The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-29


am told, offered some gratuity. But /
shall restrict this narrative to the few
facts OF which was personally cognizant
in the career of this remarkable man.
was Mt certain entertainment given
in Paris by the heirs, executors, and
asrlgnees OF an admirable man, long
since gathered to his fathers in Pere la
Chaise, bat whose Shakspeare-like bust
still looks calmly and benevolently
down on the riotous revelry of absurd
wickedness of which he was, when liv-
ing, the patron saint. The entertain
ment was OF such character that, while
the performers were chiefly women,
majority of the spectators were men.
The few exceptions were foreigners,
and among them 1 quickly recognized
my fair ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Mont
morrises. Don't thay that you've
theen us here" said the youngest Miss
Montmorris, for it'll only lark. Ith
awfully funny! And that friend of
yourth from Iniianny it'll here with
hith daughter" 1t did not take me
long to find my friend Uncle Joshua's
serious, practical, unsympathetic face
in the front row of tables and benches.
But beside him, to my utter consterna-
ton, was his shy and modest daughter.
In another moment 1 was at his side.
really think-I am afraid" / be-
gan in whisper, that you have made
mistake. L don't think you can be
aware of the character of this place.
Your daughter"
KEN here with Miss Montmorris
She's yer. It's all right"
was at my wits end Happily, at
this moment, Mile. Rochefort, from the
Orangie, skipped out in the quadrille
Immediately before us, caught her light
skirts in either hand, and executed q
pas that lifted the hat from the eyes of
some of the front spectators and pulled
1T down over the eyes of others. The
Montmorrises futtered away with a
a half-hysterical giggle and half-con-
founded escort. The understanding
Miss Loo, who had been staring at ev-
erything quite indifferently, suddenly
stepped forward, took her fathers arm,
and said, sharply, Come"
At this moment a voice in English,
but Enthusiastically belonging to the po-
litest nation in the world, rose from be-
hind the girl, mimickingly. "My
God! it is shocking. L bloosh! Oh,
dammit"
In an instant he was in the hands of
Uncle Joshua" and forced back clam
oring against the railing, his hat smashed
over his foolish, furious face, and half
his shirt and cravat in the old mans
strong grip. Several students rushed
to the rescue of their compatriot, but
one or two Englishmen and half dozen
Americans had managed, in some mys-
FERROUS way, to bound into the arena
L looked hurriedly for Miss Louisa, but
she was gone. When we had extracted
the old man from the melee, asked
him where she was.
"Oh, / reckon she's gone off with Sir
Arthur, l saw him here just as pitched
into that darn fool"
"Sir Arthur"
eyes, an acquaintance o. Loo's."
"She's in my carriage, just outside"
interrupted handsome young fellow,
with the shoulders of giant and the
bushes of girl. cts all over now,
you know. 1t was rather foolish lark,
you coming here with her without know
ipg-you know-anything about it, you
know. But this way-thank you. She's
waiting for you" and in another instant
he and the old man had vanished.
Nor did / see him again until he
stepped into the railway carriage with
me on his way to Liverpool. "You see
I'm travlin' first class now" he said,
"but goin' home don't mind trife
extry expense" "Then you have made
your tour" L asked, land are success
ful?" "Wall, yes, we saw Switzerland
and Italy, and, if I hedn't been short O
time, we'd hev gone to Egypt. Mebbe
next winter I'll run over again to see
Loo, and do it." "Then your daughter
does not return with you?" contin-
ued, in some establishment. "Wall, no
she's visiting some of Sir Arthur's
relatives in Kent. Sir Arthur is there
perhaps you recollect him?" He paused
moment, looked cautiously around,
and, with the same enjoyment he had
shown on shipboard, said, "Do you re-
member the joke / told You on Loo,
when she was at sea?"
Eyes"
"Well, don't we say anything about it
nor. But darn my skin if it doesn't
look like coming true"