The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-17
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i was at q certain entertainment River
in Paris by the heirs, executors ant
assignees Of an admirable man, Ions
since gathered to his fathers in Pere Ii
Chaise, but whose Shakspeare-like bus,
still looks calmly and benevolently dowr
on the riotous revelry of absurd wicked
ness of which he was, when living, the
patron saint. The entertainment was
Of such character that, while the per.
formers were chiefly women, a majority
of the spectators were men. The few
exceptions were foreigners, and among
them I quickly recognized my fellow.
countrywomen, the Montmorrises.
"Dont thay that you We theen us here, ,
said the youngest Miss Montmorris,
"for ith only lark. Ith awfully funny
And that friend yourth from Iniianny
ith here with his daughter"
It did not take me long to find nv
friend Uncle Joshua's serious, practical.
unsympathetic face in the front row oi
tables and benches. But beside him. to
my utter CONSERVATION, was his shy and
modest daughter. In another moment
l was at his side. "I really Think
am afraid I began in a whisper,
"that you have made mistake.
don't think you can be aware of the
character of this place. Your daugh-
ter
"Kem here with Miss Montmorris.
She's yer. It's ell right"
The modest-looking Miss Loo, who
had been staring at everything quite in
differently, suddenly stepped forward,
took her fathers arm, and said sharply,
"Come."
At this moment, a voice in English, but
unmistakably belonging to the politest
nation in the world, rose from behind
the girl, mimickingly. "My it is shock
ing. I bloosh !"
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 o
| dozen Americans had managed in some
mysterious way to bound into the arena.
looked hurriedly for Miss Louisa, but
she was gone. When we had extricated
the old man from the melee, I asked him
where she was.
"Oh reckon she's gone off with Sir
Arthur. I saw him here just as I
pitched into that fool"
"Sir Arthur" I asked.
eyes, an acquaintance O. Loo's."
She's in my carriage, just outside"
interrupted a handsome young fellow,
with the shoulders of giant and the
bushes of girl. &C. It's all over now,
you know. 1t was rather q foolish lark, !,
you coming here with her without know
ing-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 I see him again until he
stepped into the railway carriage with
me on his way to Liverpool. "You see
I'm trav'lin' first-class now," he said,
"but goin' home 1 don't mind trifle
extry expense" "Then you've made
your tour, I asked, "and are success
ful2' Wall, yes, we saw Switzerland
and Italy, and if I hedn't been short O.
time, we'd hev gone to Egypt. Mebbee
next winter I'll run over again to see
Loo, and do it." "Then your daughter
does not return with you ?" l continued
in some astonishment. "Wall, no
she's visiting some of Sir Arthur's rela-
tives 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
remember the joke I told you on Loo,
when she was at sea?"
"Yes."
"Well, don't ye say anything about
it now. But dem my skin if it doesn't
look like coming true"
And it did.