The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-30

WIS the S1DEtHflun III htH report, AHn t0 my
tiisaafeenble about II, az had feared, he
seemed aR much interested III ctr English
IMAM as VIZ were ourselves, aud appeared tn
find q mysterious pleasure IN Sitting little
apart and benevplenIy watching us Whenever
MI. Nueent hunared ns with his attentions.
This state ~ affairs lasted three days. dur
Ing which we all became 90 extremely Eng
iiah that there u no telling whore wa ware
likely III stop Our lion was most impartial
IN his heyutions; had ruwed Lilly, aud walk
eH with Mihnie, and proposed a river excur-
sinn fir ~ all which we sat discussing i'll
the moonlight the night before II was u take
place. The heauties III THE Hudson formed
the theme vi our conversation. Julia Terry,
who had been abroad, said che th.'nRht 1t far
appeared 70 have been everywhere, warmly
agreed with hpr. Minnie Neal, who always
made Il point Ut sitting IA the porch steps
when there was moonlight, for the sake III
the effect On her fair hair, asked him If he
had ever seen Il before. Tie seemed surprised
Al tha question, ut aald "Oh, yes, liz was
familiar with, every turn III IL"
"fpu must have improved your orpurttini-
lies wonderfully ! Thought, considering
what n short time You have been here"
lanh2' asked Lilly, who appeared devuuled
with sudden thirst fur Information.
''lhat he could hardly say. England Yves
full Ut charming scenery, IN some respects II
was unsurpassed: but nothing at all Ike the
Rhine or hudson
This we all Knew before, and there wac a
little pause. Mr. Nugent strnked hia fair
npusiarhe ana looked tlreaMily handsome,
We supposed him tu he thinking Ut his fat uf
home which he 81 proudly refused tn talk
about. I'd was really quite romantic. II there
were five 81 ua. and w heatated tn break the
spell. Finally he turned to me. "Aprupos
III England" lie said, "do yuu know. Miss
Weston, you remind me very n,unh nj Eng
lish girla.
heats we're turned III my direction. and four
pairs III eyas looked enyylngly at my Hitherto
Yes lie went OH. 1T struck me when /
first saw you, Though | could not say Just
where thn, resemblance lies Have you any
English blond "a your?
not drop" ! answered. with a pang Of
regret.
f7odd T. he said, with n little laugh, neither
have l."
There was pause now In earnest We all
aat as II spsll-bonnd, waiting for what would
come next, but y nothing did come. Lilly
finally burst forth:
"B,,t you were born In England. weren't
your"
~ wac horn Ia Puaahkeepaie. Nngent sounds
rather English does II not? but my father
was an trahman and my mother u Yankee"
These were developments with q vengeance.
y, Then, Why aasped, why d. you I've N
Enaland2"
turn. " i've In New York when al home;
but travel good deal, both In this country
aud abroad. for my firm Humbull, Smith
Il Co.
house, a store where had often bought my
dresser; and he had merely travelled OH busi-
meas through that England where we had
fondly dreamed was planted his ancestral
home A light flashed through my MUD
Charley had betrayed us, had He'd IN = whole
sale fashion terrible to contemplate. and for
the last three days had quietly enjoyed see
Ing us make fools Ut ourselves Lnthwalte,
the West Riding Of York the. delicate
brother all had existed only IN his fertile I'M
aalnation, and on his evil tongue.
How shall write more The next day the
real EneliHhman arrived q little ara haired,
wlzenesi man. who looked nj least s,xty-nvt,
and who signed his name IN tfemulnus
little hand, Peter D. Smith. Thus nerished
onr Illusion. Mt. Nugent suddenly found
himself looked ocdly Oh, and unconscious VI
any ufIenae he chperfuliy devoted himself to
another batch uf girls, who received him M
what he was and made the most ~ hun. A.
for na, the descent was too terrible. the mem
ory OF u,ll own folly too strong anti we never
wanted tu see hla handsome face again.
Charley Red. The early train next ntnrn-
Ing saw film en- route for Weet Point, and
don't know when he will summon un courage
to return. And now fancy the other four
girls are cool To me either suspscttng me Vt
being ALI accomplish or Mt least holding me
Iii d measure responsible for my brothers
elm NV innocence ASSERT. and If the mis-
deeds of our brothers are 10 be laid upon onf
shoulders who ! wonder, will be strong
enough to bear them.
MaesstnE tire Dogs.
The London Ne,ea u November 10 says 1t
is din ut to Judge the religious uaaHes OF
ono country by the feelings of another; but
the BLESSING Of the Dogs which has lately
taken place at the Duo d'Aumalas seat Mt
GhanUlly, might one would think, reasonably
Ho the way III the Fnnat aud Procession OF the
Ass, The third Of November was this day vt
III. Hubert, who Ia the patron Of huntaman, as
sSt. Facre la al roaehman; and on that day, at
4 Ia the morning, the Duo a Aumale, with his
Ut his pack, attended service In the
parish church. The dog, called with prnoaly
good taste, Rahagaa wtta, on the whole, Ii
seems to us. the leaat blameable participant
In the service Next to him We are disposed
To place the chief hlntsman. Hourvari, whose
ideae were probably not much above the canine
layrl Prince and priest and guest are not 80
easily excused RabaHaa appears 20 have
been more serious dog than ha rredeces-
aors. He received. we are told, with acme
surprise the holy water and the nrleanist
corkate which was attached to his neck.
Perhaps he was astoniahed Mt the ombtna-
tion, which seems little homogeneous. though
there Ia NO reason why Raha gag, II he re-
sambles hts human prototype should not
blend Cerlcalism and Orlsaniam. Perhaps
ha was amazed at the proceedings gem
orally. n sentiment which will be common
outside of canine and Orleanlat circles. On
tho whole he appears 10 have behaved q good
deal better than his predecessor Corbeau.
who iast year entering too completely Into
the fareioal character Of the proceedings. de-
voured n wax candle The Monde, which Is
sacred journal. seems to be- fayorably i'm
with the proceedings, SO We may ne
sumo that they commend themselves TO the
devout In France.
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Great Merit
All the fairs give the first premiums and
special awards 1T great merit 10 Hop Ritters
ma the purest and best family medicine, and
We most heartily approve of the awarde. Tor
We know they deserve It. Thay are now on
Exhibition Mt the State fairs. and we advise all
to test them. See another column,
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