The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-06-26
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NsA LEATHER BAG.

aged lady, with a runbicund contenance
a juvenile straw hat perched on the bridg
OF her nose, and many onyx beads woun,
about her throat.
"Bow-wow," responded her little do!
BJou. ,-.... ....-....... ,
Nephew Dick, prcsumtive heir OF til
lady, had failed to meet her at Turin, a
agreed, and she had been forced to wal
twenty -four hours, without result Sh
was deeply inccnsed, as became Britlsl
spinister with neat property in Derby
shire, and funds in Turkish and Indial
loans. E %aHA ) l. :.
The bag was produced by the maid
II was a large, bag of black leather
BDou eyed it apprehensively, yet witt
resignation. The tiny terrier, with eye
like shining beads, an inquisitive nose
and black body, with a patch of sof
velvet brown on breast and paws, jumpee
into the outside pocket of thi
travelling mansion, and submitted to hav
ing the strap carefully adjusted over hi
prison in such manner as allowed
J reathing space. Bljou was smugglc,
on board trains; the maid was not trust
ed with the bag in her third-class seat
and it was a point of economy with hi!
mistress not to pay fora dogs ticket il
her own first class carriage. Miss Nor
folk-Stanley took the bag herself, thus
exciting the interest of keen-eyed birds
of prey lowering about in scent of jewe
cases and bags carried by the EnglisI
lady traveller. At frontiers the pet was
popped under his mistress's mantle, while
the maid took the bag to the custom
house officer for inspection; then the in
mate was successfully restored. Bijou re,
malned as silent as a mouse in the pocket
for hours, and resisted the most tempting
inducements to bark at startling noises
He knew full we'll that when the enemy
had deserted the field his mistress would
take him out of the dismal captivity
BUou's fur stood on end, at the approach
of a guard, by instinct.
Miss Norfolk Stanley and her maid APP
peared on the platform of the Turin de-
pot at nine O'clock in the morning
Nephew Dick would find the birds flown
when he saw fit to grace the Piedmontcse
capital with his presence. Bijou was in
visible to the most penetrating eye, curled
up in the bag.
"Give me lady's carriage, and alone
if possible" said Miss Norfolk Stanley to
smiling official, with pursuasivc ex-
change of francs from palm to palm.
The smiling official bowed, and soon the
lady was installed in a vacant carriage
"You shall come out, pet, if VIC are left
alone" she whispercd, unfastening the
strap over the pocket of the bag as it
rested on her knee. Bijou thrust out his
little black head, reconnoitred the premi
scs, and discrectly 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 London crowd, would have en-
.joyed it! The British lion monopolizes
the field, as rule, and presents here his
most eccentric national aspect. He comes
from Nice and Mentone, piU Genoa, stiff
in gait, with dyed whiskers and naughty
mien, followed by my wife and troops of
daughters. He comes from India, ola
tai cap and belted tunic, like very large
school-boy, accompanied by sickly and
querulous helpmate, whose aspect sug-
gests loss of health and children on the
borders of the jungle. Every where is
clamor, confusion, panic of haste; piles
of wraps still odorous of long sea-voyages,
trip the unwary pedestrian. A negress,
with blue silk cap on the back Of her
head and long earrings, drops apile of
cushions, and pauscs to replace them in a
scarlet rug, with good-humored laughter.
An anxious mother escorts her darling
boy, who is collapsed over the shoulder
of a painting facchino, and demands wild
ly her coupe, engaged for Paris. An am
bassador of Morocco, ia a crimson gown
and white turban, passes with dignified
repOse of manner, surrounded by his
suit, enveloped in snowy burnouses, each
wearing yellow slippers. A group of
young soldiers lean on their muskets, and
criticise the throng; porters skurry along,
and guards gesticulate; but the quick,
mocking Italian eye has ample leisure to
scan the laughing negress with her gor-
geous wrap, the tall old gentleman, the
toddlingsold ladies round as balls, the
ambassador in his turbail. E| - 90
Miss Norfolk-Stanley gazed on the hur-
rylng throng with that selfish complacen-
cy peculiar to the traveller who has al
ready secured a good seat in Continen-
tai railway carriage. She held an old
fashioned theory that, deprived of the
escort of Nephew Dick, aladics' carriage
was the safest place for herself. That
she was alone in this opinion was speed
lily revealed by the fact Of every other
woman in the crowd bestowing her per-
son in the conveyances adjacent, rather
than submit to the awful possibility of a
troop of children for hours. Bijou's mis-
tress was an old traveller: experience had
made her timid and suspicious. She
read all the roberries in English and for
eign newspapers, and looked dubious at
mankind of the tourest species. Who
were these men? Why did they observe
her9 A ladies' carriage for her, if you
please, and not one where each man in
the corner may prove an assassin and a
thief if a favorable opportunity offers.
She had learned the words "Help" and
"Thieves!" in six languages, for cmer-
gencies. =
Two ladies paused at the door of the
carriage. The smiling official, in remem-
brance of Miss Norfolk -Stanley's bribe,
resisted their efforts to enter. and led
them elsewhere. They were both wom-
en- of medium height, in long water
proof cloaks, their heads enveloped in
blue wells, which concealed. their faces.
Miss Norfolk Stanley saw long yellow
hand, with thin fingars peculiarly talon
like, stretched forth to turn the handle
OF her carriage door. The hand belonged
to the first woman, and she experienced a
strange sense Of relief when It was again
withdrawn, and the owner passed on.
Why2 Because Bijou could caper about
at. liberty if she retained the corriage
alone. She assured herself this was the
sole reason for dreading the yellow hand
and the shiver which crept over her at
the sight of it.
This danger surmountcd, there re-
NAMED one more to be overcome before
Bijou and his mistress could breathe
freely. The surly guard jumped on the
step, demanding tickets. The surly
guard gave and received no quarter. His
expressions of countenance was saturnine,