, 1879-02-26
ANGELL,.

1&4Nu3AAh
1lr. CHARLES W. AaoEII, tho defanlting
Secretary Of tho Pullman palaco Car Com
pauy, las arrived upon tho scsne Of his for.
nier tsiumphs- -triumphs in society, In tie
nrt Of dressing, In the ars Of vonooring," III
tho art Of general imposition. Mature seems
to have boon very niggardly with ANaELh.
Indeed, It did nothing for him beyond pro-
viding, rs d basis for voneorlng. an innocent
conntonanco, will, n very blink expression,
or, rather, no expression at all. But ho
studied, assiduously, tho value Of "polish,"
and praoticed tho art to tho lost degree Of
refinement. His dress was faullless. That
Is to soy, It WINS Mother too rich nor too
gaudy; 1t was the style Of tho millionaire
who feols that personal aaorument eau add
nothing to his Importance. In tho matter Of
kid gloves ho was lavishly oxtravagant; it is
related OF him that ho mover drew on q pair
tho second timc. Possibly This is mn exag-
goration. He soorned Mosllor Earth rs hoart-
lily as he dospised streot-cars and soiled kid
gloves. As he would not tread upon common
ravomcnts, nor minglo with tho common
herd in avo-cent publio conveyance, ho WINS
compelled to indulge in the expouse of q pri-
vato carriage. Hence, us ho WIS puuotilious
in tho observance Of society obligations,
his coupe waa often acon at the doors
Of tho fashionable residences of the
"upper ten." No grand party was
complete without tho presence Of ASoELI,
who threaded bis WY through Tho donss
throng with gloomy mir Of abstraction
recalling to mind tho character Of Hamlet.
If hc dcigned to rocogIize The ordinary NOR
tails BY whom ho was surrounded, it was only
by n half nod, which condescension 10 np-
poarod Immediately to regret. In his prog
rcss through drnwing-room ho roscmblod
NAPOLEON ut the aome Of power absolvod in
contemplation Of plans for tho conquest of
the world.
| In his Office of Secretary Of n wealthy
corporation ANGEL maintained doport-
ment of studied dccorum, tending to inspire
| extrcmo ave In tho beholdor, md make him
feel his own insigni0conco in contrast with
tho grandeur Of the representative Of wealth
and power. In tho society Of his intimate
friends ANaE11 affected to bo oppressed with
burden Of anxiety, caro-, md responsibility,
rs If the weight Of tho affairs Of tho Pullman
Palace Cur Company restod Hololy upon his
shoulders. Whether in his carriage, in q
fashionable drawing. room, or presiding at n
private dinner, he was extremely rcticent,
md had proocoupied mir, rs it revolving in
his mind great business prob!ems. But ns lo
wns not required, by virtue Of his station, to
consider or decide any lasgo questions,
tho presumption il that such subjects
were nevor in his thoughts. On the con-
trary, the presumption is far moro plausible
TINT ho was roticont ~ because he had
nothing Of any consequence to say, aud (,)
because of consciousness that volubility
would inevitably expose tho poverty Of his
intellect. These 1abits Of ANdELL tended
to onyelop him in m atmosphere Of nys-
tory. This ticlsled his vanity, and he mato
tho veil moro impsnetrabls. He put on
moro polish, more vonecrlng, and became
moro silent md moro gloomy. Tho OCCASION
OF hia annual season Of recreation afforded
an admirable opportunity for tho Indulgence
of bis whim. Closing tho desk OF his Rocrc-
tasyship ho announced Ills purpose to travel,
to sock rost in utter isolation from tho carca
: TINT had weariad his giapt intellect.
J "Would he so cast or west, or north OF
| soath?" Flo could not say. Ho tlasired ia
ssvor every link that bound him to the la.
rassing unxioties md rerplexitics Of Ills
J onoroua duties. Might ae not bo ad.
: dressed somewhere in tho oycnt Of oil
emergency? No; emphatioally moi And
In order that no Glow to hia whereabouts
should remain either In tho Offices Of the
: Pullman Palace Chr Company or in the
, hantls Of hts personal friends, he packed his
trunk, and, Ike the Arab, alently stolo nway,
D At tho appointed timo ha glidol, rather thar
a walked, into bis offico, removed from hi
r delicate white hands pair Of immaculate
! kid glovos, threw them Into tho wasto-bns
ket, seated himaolf ns his desk, md resumed
: his duties. It was thus that he stolo away
Q Inst summer, whom he also stolo Stl3 600 o.
! bis employers money. But 1t Ia not thu
: that ho returns. Ills char in the Offices o
shs Pullman Palaco Car Company Is ocosl
J pied His delicate wllte hands u1ay be q,
1 oassd in froah kids, but ho doesn't possess Fl
= much ~ wastc-basket into which 10 cos
Q them when ho draws them OIL. Whom u
= stole away last summer no went as g thtet
o carrying his pldudor with him. Enjoying
], tho confidence Of his iululgcut employers
o ho hasely betrayed 1t: standing on the tol
h round Of the social ladder, 10 made dos
d pera.e tlungo, thinking that The watora Q
>. oblivion would paas oyer and hiile him, an
= that, In another land undor another name
l. lie might practice tho arts TINT enabled ht
& to choat and ilelude not only Aia employ
l. Cru and Ills personal friends, but t
.. hoodwink On ontfro community. Du
1t To reokoned without his host.
10 Nemesis wins on his track. The plunge Int
II oblivion proved to bs III smergcnco inlo th
or full light Of day. In distant land AaoKtL
ID crime found him ont, and he returns In th
III custody Of she law felon soon TO be COT
III signed to the only compauionahip for whlo
N he is fit, that OF fclons. But has ANGEL
to forgotten his rt,-art Of seeming to DO viii
10 he is not,--the art OF polish and veneering
Of Has be lost that cunning which first mad