The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-07-09

have been curious TO learn more of him.
My GOODNESS of manner, accompanied
by the almost rude brevity of my replies
to his few ventured remarks, seemed to
amuse him, for he smilingly observed
that 1 was a true "Anglaise."
TO be taken for English always arous-
ed my honest Indignation, and quickly
retorted, +" Pardon, mais je ne suis pas
Anglaise."
Vraiment! but you speak with the
English accent"
"Quite possible, monsieur, as English
is my mother tongue, but / am q true
Ameriodt,e."
"Americaine Ansericdine % he re-
peated eagerly. C. once knew an
American lady, and should prize above
all things some knowledge of her. L
hope may have the honor" A blast
from the engine broke upon his speech
at that juncture; we were at Baden.
Hastily thanking him-for abroad one
falls into the continental habit of thank
ing people "mille fois," for what they
do not do, as for what they do-and say
ing Bon jour-" 1 hurried off to the
Bergstrasse. The next morning 1 re-
funded my borrowed guldens to the
master of the cafe by post (as had not
placed my entire bank in my purse,)
and feeling conscience-smitten at hav-
ing, in my direst extremity, been be-
friended by one of those dreadful Aus
| trian" whom had so bitterly berated,
1 hinted my amazement, along with my
thanks, at having been the recipient of
so graceful and needed a courtesy from a
Viennese. He acknowledged the re-
ceipt of the money, adding, " L hope
you do not take me for Viennese; 1
am Bavarian, and have lived twelve
years in England"
Among the occupants of the house
and dwellers in the garden where lodg-
ed and lived was young Austrian wo-
man, two years married, with whom
formed a pleasant acquaintance, and
whose chatty ways rapidly revived my
knowledge of the German, in which
language only she could express herself.
shall not soon forget her, for she told
me that she married to please the GEL
term that she chad never loved" and
was so naive in her mode of reasoning
as to prove a source of infinite surprise.
She had no conception of any destiny
for girl but that of marriage, and nev-
er tired of asking about american
girls,' whom described as oftentimes
living and dying unmarried.
'And do not the parents force them
to marry2 And what do they do if not
marryY And when they get old, what
becomes of them? And they are doc
iors even ? Did you ever see woman
doctor ?'' etc., etc., and hundreds of
similar questions.
One evening, two or three days after
the robbery" we went to sit in the
park and listen to the music. On the
end of bench where we sat down was
poorly clad, miserable-looking woman,
who occupied herself in doing and
waking. 1 had no money in my pocket
but could not rid myself of the idea
that the poor wretch was dying of hun
ger, and her sharp contrast to the hun
dreds of elegantly-dressed people all
about her and constantly moving to and
fro only gave more force to her isolation
and misery. At length, perhaps more
to relieve my mind than otherwise,
begged my Ndchbarin to lend me a coin,
which slipped without word into the
creatures hand. To the surprise of both
of us, she made no sign of acceptance or
thanks. Ten or fifteen minutes later
she rose, and coming near us she began
to stammer out her thanks and to tell us
how poor she was-that she could not
work, and that for month she had been
coming to the park, hoping that where
there were so many rich people some
would kindly give her a trife; but that
in all that time but one person had done
so-a gentleman who had given her a
gulden andi if we would look she would
point him out. We looked; it was the
distinguished stranger. confess to
have been gratified, and to feeling conf
dent that if he was one of the foreigners
that Aunt Edith had bade me beware
of, he was at least a gentleman and a
Christian.
The last of August was nearing, and,
as the heat was intense, 1 often went
up hill at the back of the park to be
alone and enjoy the breezy atmosphere