Daily globe., 1879-06-22
IN A LEATHER BAG.

Miss Norfolk Stanley stout, middle
aged lady, with runbicund contenance,
a Juvenile straw hat perched on the bridge
of her nose, and many onyx beads wound
about her throat.
"Bow-wow,' . responded her little dog
Bijou.
Nephew Dick, presumtive 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
spinister with a neat property in Derby
shire, and funds in Turkish and Indian
loans.
The bag was produced by the maid.
1t was large bag Of black leather.
Bijou eyed it apprehensively, yet with
resignation. The tiny terrier, with eyes
like shining beads, an inquisitive nose,
and black body, with patch of soft
velvet brown on breast and paws, jumped
into the outside pocket of this
travelling mansion, and submitted to hav-
ing the strap carefully adjusted over his
prison in such a manner as allowed a
reathing space. Bljou was smuggled
on board trains; the maid was not trust
ed with the bag in her third-class seat,
and it was point of economy with his
mistress not to pay for a dogs ticket in
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 jewel
cases and bags carried by the English
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-
mained 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 cut Of the dismal captivity.
BUou's fur stood on end, at the approach
of guard, by instinct.
Miss Norfolk Stanley and her maid ap-
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 Piedmontese
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 pursuasive 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 we are left
alOne," she whispered, 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-
ses, 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 London crowd, would have en-.
joyed it! The British lion monopolizes
the field, as a rule, and presents here his
most eccentric national aspect. He comes
from Nice and Mentone, ,vio Genoa, stiff
in gait, with dyed whiskers and naughty
mien, followed by my wife and troops Of
daughters. He comes from India, vSo
Brindisi, tall and lean as cane, in Orien
tai cap and belted tunic, like very large
school-boy, accompanied by sickly an6
querulous helpmate, whose aspect sug
gests loss of health and children on thu
borders Of the jungle. Every where il
clamor, confusion, panic of haste; pile.
Of wraps still odorous of long sea-yoyages
trip the unwary pedestrian. A negress
with blue silk cap on the back Of he
head and long earrings, drops a pile O
cushions, and pauses to replace them in I
scarlet rug, with good -humored laughter
An anxious mother escorts her darling
boy, who is collapsed over the shoulde
of painting facchino, and demands wild
ly her coupe, engaged for Paris. An am
bassador of Morocco, in crimson gow1
and white turban, passes with dignifiet
repose of manner, surrounded by hi
suit, enveloped in snowy burnouses, eac]
wearing yellow slippers. A group Q
young soldiers lean on their muskets, ant
criticise the throng; porters skurry along
and guards gesticulate; but the quick
mocking Italian eye has ample leisure t
scan the laughing negress with her gol
geous wrap, the tall old gentleman, tn
toddling old ladies round as balls, tn
ambassador in his turban
Miss Norfolk Stanley gazed on the hui
rylng throng with that selfish complacer
cy peculiar to the traveller who has al
ready secured a good seat in Continen
} tai railway carriage. She held an ole
fashioned theory that, deprived of tn
: escort of Nephew Dick, aladies' carriag
} was the safest place for herself. Tha
she was alone in this opinion was speec
lily revealed by the fact of every othe
woman in the crowd bestowing her pei
, son in the conveyances adjacent, rathe
than submit to the awful possibility of
, troop Of children for hours. Bijou's mis-
: tress was an old traveller; experience ha
, made her timid and suspicious. Sh
f; read all the roberries in English and fo1
) eign newspapers, AID looked dubious {
2 mankind Of the tourest species. Wh
| were these men2 Why did they observ
a her? A ladies' carriage for her, if yo
e please, and not one where each man
g the corner may prove an assassin and
l thief if favorable opportunity offer
( She had learned the words "Help!'' an
e ''Thieves' in six languages, for eme
:, gencies.
8 Two ladies paused at the door of Il
! carriage. The smiling official, in remer
Y brance of Miss Norfolk -Stanley's brib
resisted their efforts to enter and Il
them elsewhere. They were both wo1
o en- Of medium height, in long waite
proof cloaks, their heads enveloped
O blue wells, which concealed their face
$, Miss Norfolk-Stanley saw a long yello
i hand, with thin fingars peculiarly talo
e like, stretched forth to turn the hand
is OF her carriage door. The hand belong
: to the first woman, and she experienced
is strange sense of relief when it was aga
t. withdrawn, and the owner passed c
ii Why? Because BJou could caper abo