Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-11-01


one Of the evidences of ORIGINAL rharac.
ter, that il is apt IL halllc I'LL prognosis
4 from mere Observers STANDPOINT.
But recalled It some months after.
We parted III England Ii is not
necessary iii this hrict chroniClc "a rc-
peat the various stories ef "Uncle
Joshua, us tho Younger and moro fri
volous OF our passengers called him,
nor that two-tMrls ofthc stories repeat,
cd were utterly at variance with my cs-
innate ot the character ot the man, Ill
though ! may ada that WAS also
doubtful ot the accuracy o( my own cS-
j innate. But one quality was always
\ dominant his rcsistlcss, dogged pcr-
tnaclty and ealn' impcrtumhility,
lie asked Miss Moutmorris il She
'mindcd, singin' little IN the second
cabin 70 llNcn il UP. and added, ms IN in
dueCment, that they didn't know good
music from bad, said Jack Walker to-
me. And when he mcudod the broken
lock Of my trunk, he ahtholutelv pros
pothcd to me 10 ythi couthin Grathe il
thee didn't want 4 'kooricr' to travel
with her to do mechanics provided
/ thee would take charge OF that dread
fully deaf.and-dumb daughter of his.
Wothns il funny Really, he'th one
of your characters said the Youngest
Miss Montmorris TO me as we made our
adieus on the steamer.
am afraid he is not although he WAS
good enough afterwards Is csta hlish ono
or two Of my theories regarding him.
i was caahlcd tO assist him once III nm
lalterCaton be had with II Cabmnn re-
tAminga distinct impression that the
! father had also ridden in some obscure
way i'll or upon the same cab us he
undoubtedly had. heard that hehad
forced his Way into il certain great
house III England, and that he was ig-
ANONYMOUSLY rejected, but also heard
that ample apologies had been made TO
u certain quiet modest daughter uf his
who WAS without on the lawn, and that
nlso 4 certain Parsonage, whom APP
proach oven III this vague way, with II
capital letter, hsd graciously taken Il
fancy to the poor child, and had invited
hertO arccCptlon.
But this is only hcarsay evidence. So
is also the story which met me in Paris,
| IN the captive balloon, and that NJ M
elevation of several thousand feet from
the earth, ho had made some remarks
upon the attaching cable and thc drum
on which the cablo rovolved, which not
only excited the interest oG the pnsscn-
gers, but attracted the attention of the
authorities 50 that hc WAS not only
given n gratuitous ascent afterwards, but
was. am told, offered gratuity. But
shall restrict this narrative to tho few
facts OF which was personally cogn-
zant in the career of this remarkable
person.
was ut an entertainment given IN
Paris by the heirs, executors and ASST
gnecs Of an admirable man, long since
gathered To his fathers house in Pere
Ia Chaise, but whose Shakspcare-like
bust still looks calmly and bcnevolently
down on the riotpus revelry or absurd
wickcdness of which he was, when liy-
ing the patron saint The entertain
ment was Of such character that while
the performers were chiefly women 81
majority Of the spectators were men
The few exceptions were foreigners.
and among them quickly recognized
my far w-country-women, the
Montmorrises.
Don't thay chat you've thcon lis
here, said tho youngest Miss Montmor-
ris, for this only lark. ltn's awfulIy
funneyl And that friend of yourth
from Indiana It'll here with Ills daugh-
ter
II did not take me long TO find my
Uncle Joshua's serious, practical, un-
sypathctic face in the front row Oftablcs
and benches. But beside him, to my
utter CONSERVATION, was his shy and
modes, daughter. In another moment
was at his side. j really think /
am afraid ! began in whisper,
"that you have made mistake. H.
don't think that you can be aware of
the character of this place. Your
daughter
"Kcm here with Miss Montmorris.
Shes yer. It's all right.
! was at my wits end. lIaply, at this
moment, Mile. Rochefort, from the
"Orangerie, I skipped out in the quad
rille Immediately before us, caught her
light skirts in either hand, and executed /
pas that lifted the hat from the eyes Of +
some Of the front spectators, and pulled +
il down over the eyes of others Tho
Montmorrlsscs iluttcrcd away with
halfhysterical gigglc and 4 half-con-
founded escort. The understanding
Miss Loo, who had been staring at every
thing quite in.lillercntly, suddenly step
ped forward, took hcr fathers arm, and
said. sharplv. " Come
AT this moment voice III English,
but unmistakably belonging TO the 20.
litest nation il tile world, rose from be-
hind the girl mimickingly Ny God
IL II shocking Ibloosh oh, dammit
r., al ipatart En tyau IL lho bn,tJ, ,,f