Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12
IN LEATHEHs BAG.

SdlQ MISS NOIiOih-DAaAiiC.9 q otONtA1
middle-aged lady, with a rubicund
cOuntenance, juvenile straw hat
perched on the bridge of her nose,
and many onyx beads wound about
her throat.
"Bow-wow," responded her little
dog BiiOu. Nephew Dick, presump-
tive heir of the lady, had failed to
meet her at Turin, as agreed, and
she had been forced to wait twenty
four hours, without result. She
was deeply incensed, as became a
British spinster with a neat proper
tn in Derbyshire, and funds in In
dian and Turkish loans.
The bag was produced by the
maid. 1t was large bag of black
leather. Bijou eyed it apprehens-
lively, yet with resignation. The
tiny terrier, with eyes like shining
beads, an inquisitive nose, and
black body, with a patch of soft
velvet brown on his breast and
paws, jumped into the outside pOck-
ct of this travelling mansion, and
submitted to having the strap care
fully adjusted over his prison in
such a manner as allowed a breath
ing space. Bijou was smuggled on
board trains the maid was not
trusted with the bag in her third
class seat, and it was a point of econ
omy with his mistress not to pay
for a dogs ticket in her own first
class carriage. Miss NOrfOlk-Stan-
lev took the bag herself, thus excit-
ing the interest of keen-eYed birds
of prey lowering about in scent of
jewel cases and bags carried by the
English lady traveller. AT frontiers
the pet was popped under his mis-
tress's mantle, while the maid took
the bag to the custOm-hOuse officer
for inspection then the inmate
was successfully restored. BijOu re-
manned as silent as as mouse in
the pocket for hours, and resisted
the most tempting inducements to
bark at startling noises. He knew
full well that when the enemy had
deserted the field his mistress would
take him out of the dismal captiv-
ity. BijOu's fur stood on end at the
approach of a guard, by instinct.
Miss NorfOlk-Stanley and her
maid appeared on the platform of
the Turin depot at nine O'Clock in
the morning. Nephew Dick would
find the birds flown when he saw fit
to grace the PiedmOntese capital
with his presence. BiJou was inVis-
ible to the most penetrating eyes,
eurled up in the bag.
"Give me a ladies' carriage, and
alone if possible" said Miss Nor
fOlk-Stanley to a smiling official,
with a persuasive exchange of francs
from palm to palm. The smiling
official bowed, and the lady was in
stalled in a vacant carriage.
"YOu shall come out, pet, if we
are alone" she whispered, unfasten-
ing the strap over the pocket of
the bag as it rested on her knee.
BiiOu thrust out his little black
head, reconnOitred the premises,
and discreetly withdrew from sight
again.
The Turin depot is one of the
most amusing fields of observation
in Europe. How Charles Lamb,
the gentle philosopher, fond of a
London crowd would have enjoyed
it The British lion monOpOlized
the field, as a rule, and presents here
his most eccentric national aspect
He comes from Nice and Mentone
via Genoa, stiff in gait, with dyed
whiskers and naughty mien, fol
lowed by wife and troops of daugh.
tiers. He comes from India, Wis
Brindisi, tall and lean as cane, in
Oriental cap and belted tunic, like
very large school-bOy, accompa
MED by a sickly and querulou:
helpmeet, whose aspect suggest:
loss of health and children on the
borders of the jungle. Everywhere
is clamOr, confusion, and panic o
haste. Piles of wraps, still OdorOut
of long sea-VOyageS, trip the un
wary pedestrian. A negTess, will
a blue silk cap on the back of he
head, and large earrings, drops ;
pile of cushions, and pauses to re
place them in a scarlet rug, Will
good humOred laughter. An anx
iOus mother escorts her darling boy
who is collapsed over the shoulde
of a painting facchinO, and demand
wildly her coupe changed for Paris
An Ambassador of Morocco, in /;
crimson gown and white turban
passes with dignified repOse OF man
Oped in snowy burnOuseS, eacl
wearing yellow slippers. y groul
of young soldiers lean on their mus
kets, ana criticise the thrOng por
tiers skurry along, and guards ges
ticulate but the quick, mOckin!
Italian eye has ample leisure t.
sead the laughing negress with he
gorgeous wraps, the tall old gentle
man, the toddling old ladies rounC
as balls, the Ambassador in his tur
ban.
Miss Stanley gaZed out OF
the hurrying thrOng with that sci
fish cOmplacency peculiar to tn
traveller who has already secured
good seat in a Continental railwa,
carriage. She held an Old-fashiOnet
theory that, deprived of the esCOT
of Nephew Dick, a ladies' carriag
was the safest place for herself. Tha
she was alone in this opinion wa
speedily revealed by the fact of CIV
cry woman in the crowd bestOwin
her person in the cOnveyances ada
cent, rather than submit to the aW
full possibility of a troop of childre
for hours. BijOu's mistress was a
old traveller experience had mad
her timid and suspicious. She rea,
all the TObberieS in English and fOI
eign newspapers, and looked dub
Ously at mankind of the tourist spe
cies. Who were these men? VIII,
did they observe her? A ladies
carriage for her, if you please, an,
not one where each man in the COZ
ner may prove an assassin and
thief If a favorable opportunity of
ers. She had learned the word
"Help" and Thieves" in six Ian
guages, for emergencies.
Two ladies paused at the door {
the carriage. The smiling Officia
in remembrance of Miss NorfolB
SANKEY'S brihe, resisted their effort
enter, and led them elsewhere
They were both women of mediuI
height, in long waterproof cloak;
their heads enveloped in blue VciE
which concealed their faces. Mis-
Norfolk-Stanley saw a long yello'
hand, with thin fingers peculiarl
talOn-like, stretched forth to tur
the handle of her carriage duOl
The hand belonged to the fir,
woman, and she experienced
strange sense of relief when it wa
again withdrawn, and the ownC
passed on. Why? Because Bio
could aot,or n bpnt at Iihar.tN- 81 Sb