Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-08-01


of maiden authorship! Congratulations
flow in upon her. Alasl she has
achieved her triumph too easily, and
within three moons she Is signing for
new worlds to conquer"
The captain swung uneasils at
anchor, but had not yet said my say.
What ! was heading for seemed to re-
treat as | approached it, With hercu-
lean persistency resumed:
"This paragon, my dear fellow, re-
turns TO us at last y finished work of
art. Again we meet at the opera, the
kettle-drum the Soire6. With one ac-
cord we adore the past, and deprecate
the bitter fate that enthrals US upon
the outskirts of civilization.
"She chats ghbly on art; the galleries
of Europe are NJ her tongues end, she
knows Titan from u Tnotret,snd the
glimpse of u chrome throws her into q
violent CONFUSION.
.She has reverted to the original faith
by easy stages through graduated epis-
copacy. Her costumes are Worth's
own, especially adapted to the society
drama in which she figures largely.
even her English mas an alien air.
and she reads only French-a language
in which she thinks with ease. There
is nothing left TO be desired but the one
thing needful; she is interested in every
thing.
"She has brought back with her a
touch of that Continental Bohemian
ism which is the key to secret gardens
of delight.
"She agrees with me that the philoso-
ply of life is to do unto yourself as
others would have YOU do unto them!
And this is not ali: We mutually pity
the man who has committed the stupid
error of marrying lis own wifel
Seeking, for her sake, some object
of interest, in luckless moment in
troduce the Navy Excel She halls the
boys in blue with genuine enthusiasm;
she is crazed with an intermittent
nautical fever; she welcomes anything
on sea legs, from an Admiral to the
thrush throated Ralph Raekstraw.'
"Her ambitior now is to sail her
pleasure-yacht in undiscovered seas.
"l4et charming landsmen charm never
so wisely, they may not hold her for
moment when the Navy heaves in
sight. 1t is ever thus, my Captain; in
one of your bright buttons there is
metal more attractive than CLEANS
from the Golfers of the heir to the
riches of Cre>us.
why is it? 1t is because of all the
sexes the feminine is the drollest? | do
not say that the gender is inexcusable,
though | must confess that it is
altogether unaccountable-bu let me
not crib from my suppressed essay
entitled What know about girls. Or
is it your jaunty salt sea air that
heightens the pollenarius flush of her
peach blow cheek?
"You quicken her imagination; you
have summered in many port, from
the Spice Islands To the ice belt; you
have fired your broadsides into the ex-
tensive camp of the elite, and have
shaken the best society Of its founda-
tons; you have basked i'll the aquatic
calm of the Venetian lagoon, reveled
in the deep delights of Maple, luxuriat-
ed in the suburban charms of Villa
France, that limbo lying betwixt the
fashionable heaven of Nice and the dis
tracing hades of Monte Carlo; and as
for Honolulu-tnere you were but little
lower than the king.
Is it the aroma of riotous living that
attracts her? Is it your suspected vir-
tue that trebles your market value? No
answer?
removed my clutch upon the Cap
tain. l resumed with the next breath:
"This is no fable. She is not myth
she is one of startling type. You
know her my dear fellow; YOU have
seen her thousand times. Now, have
you not?"
"Never!" cried my victim, with great
violence. The conclusion brought TWEEN
ty pedestrians to n sudden halt.
what Never?' / shrieked. feeling
that had lived and labored in vain.
The Captains eyes met mine. A
deeper scarlet dyed his weather. beaten
cheek. All hands breathlessly awaited
response. His face grew pale; he dip
ped his colors, as il were, and then in a
voice trembling with emotion, he made
answer-an answer that set us all afloat
again. and the world wagged still, for
the words he uttered may be found in
the fore-top of this Article triumphantly
nailed TO the mast
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