Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-11-14

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had only a second place in my
mind, though | had not left it
tressed memento behind, believeme
"My business required all kindl
OF disguises; in London wore fe
male attire and frequented all the
low haunts of town, accompanied
by clever London detective, whC
passed me off as bis American
ga' on a spree. In Paris was
an Italian beggar woman, and
haunted the hotels, with a hired
baby on one arm and O basket of
crusts on the other, during the
midday hours, and at night visi
ted all the fashionable salons of
the respectable citizens, by intro
duction of our American Minister,
who was into my secret and assis.
ted my purpose and disguise.
81 had about collected all the
threads necessary for satisfacto-
ry denoument, thereby saving my
employers Thousands of dollars,
and giving myself professional
lift and a neat purse for services
rendered, when | felt justified in
following the bent of my inclins-
tions and seeing Paris before my
return home.
"There were several prominent
Americaps-New Yorkers--stop
ping at my hotel, and in their
company | started out for might
of it, We made arrangements
with a hackman TO take us to all
the places of interest to gentle
men in search of knowledge, and
made him responsible for our safe
return. Right here, let me tell,
If you visit any strange city and
feel disposed to take it in,' just
place yourself under the guardian
ship Of an old 'cabby.' Make
your bargain with him beforehand,
make him responsible for your
safety and the hotel you are stop
ping at for his fare, and you'll
come out all right, even if you
have a headache the next day.
Make up your mind deliberately
how much money man in his so.
Der senses ought to squander
in seeing things take just
that much with you. and leave
the rest with your hotel clerk.
This is paren!hetic advice gratui-
tously thrown in. Fill up tie
glass; my throat is dry; give me
"A light.
"Well, we took in The sights up
until two O'Clock in the morning,
aud didn't see any great variety
Of sin that hasn't its Elegantly cor
responding attraction in any large
American city. We were about
to give the order to go to our hotel,
when the driver remarked that
he had still one more place to
take us-a private gambling es-
tablishmcrt. The proprietress-
aha lady. We were ushered in
a half an hour later, by the sim
pie passport of our driver, who
for US by saying "a
square party--Americans on. a
lark!'
slave you an artistic imagina-
tion ? Cad 4! Inever saw such sup
erb taste, combining in all its
pleasing senses as the house pre-
sented. Fountains of delightfully."-
spray, flowers, statuary,
paintings, ,tesselated floors and fres.
coed walls; tables loaded with
gold lined caskets and salvers hol
ding all kinds Of fruit, pipes, ci.
gars, tobacco, coffee. urns with fra.
grant beverages of all kinds of
coffee tea steamers, wines end
champagnes. All who entered
were privileged to paftake or ab-
stain. from any or all things set
before them A balcony was sup
piled with various musical instru-
aud a grand piano stood in
the center of the large salon that
could he turned by the dropping
Of lace and damask,
into separate apartments, as the
ceiling was finished in the Moorish
style Of architecture, supported
BY columns or pillars, to which
the drapery was fastened. The
whole sceEe was most picturefque.
A woman Of singularly repnlsive
proved herself to be the
hostess. She was sit
ting at rear table watching the
progressofa game of cards near her
Her features were regular, with the