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

IN A0l M Nt lin $3.50 Ibtbh.
'sWhet do yuu think, aIrs7" cried Lily Par
ton. rushing ont on the porch In % tremor nr
excitement and delight, I'VE are actually go
Inc III have Il new arrival tomorrow a man,
and an EnRlshman into the hafgainW
-Four pairs of eyes were quickly raised from
novels and crewel work, and four faces looked
with Ineretlulons wonder bit the bearer VI snch
unwunted tidinas
''Its n fact, Assure you" che wenton, 'taa-
founding though N may seem, MI Miller
told Uncle John himself that be had iust r.
patved a letter from a friend Iii Nav York,
asking him TO secure room for n NJ Some
body OF otberI've forgotten the name All
Ignullshnan who has only been q few months
Id this country
sAnd what do you suppose brings him up
hpreg" asked one Of thepaity, wonderlnaly.
nOnr lucky altar must have guided him, /
fancy crIeh another, jumping W and upset.
flnu her lapfull Ut wools on the floor. "lts
about the best news I've heard since came"
n nBut what la one among 80 many said
Minnie Neal, rather dolefuly. I'VE Will have
To cut him up into bits and diylde him around,
Ill alae hire him out by the hour like pony
phaetun."
And indeed these seemed the only avalla-
BILE ways OF solving the problem. Here We
were, five girls stranded Oh desert spot oh
The Hudsnn; full OF lovely walks and roman
lie hooks an, corners, as was Robinson CRU
Af.n'a islAAd. have no doubt and very nearly
ns destitute vi ,nan. True, every Saturday
night there would come All influx Ut theae
desirable articles, and % SUNDAY they would
be actually aeen lying around loose ~
Lilly expressed ID without any one to pick
Their, tp.. but on Monday morning the tide
Invariably turned cltywards again, and fur
fhp next Ave DAYS we were left To wander
around d melancholy little aunad Of unpro-
teeted and unHallantsd females.
We were not by any means the only UNI
married women In the house, while rs for
men, II we except Mr.. Miller, WIG, was sixty
al least, and Dick Terry, who could not have
been much over sixteen. the list resolves ~
self Into my brother Charley, ~ no possible
tlBe 81 far az | wea concerned. aud lameR
tleman I'll melancholy aapeet. who had been
there three weeks and had never been heard
nv one of ,is TO utter q syllable. Under these
circumstances Lilly's news was indeed ex
hilarating. True, the newcomer was, IA
Minnie had observed, only one and we We're
i five. but still. thought each Of vs. aaHely 20
herself. one Ia enough, II he fanciea me. and
then this Enslishman was going 20 stay.
There would IN nu hortd business to call him
To the city just when his company was most
needed.
5rhe next iay came. Many were our anecu-
lntions aa to the distinEuished guasts arrival.
The o'clock train was to have the homer III
bringing him down, and five airla, seated on
The perch with their fancy work In their lapa.
Vlanrsh with nndisgutaad Interest at the
coach aa It drew up and emptled it, burden
at the door. Fret stouttah lady with three
4 Rtaail children and q nurse there was
nothing at all remarkable about that group.
then two of the boardets, married women,
who had gene 10 New York for days shop
ping climbed YEARLY down; thnn p aolstaty
faail--it vast must he-the EnRliahman,
jumped lightly TO the ground, and shoulder
Inn a little yaliae. walked straight into tho
house without hestowinH single look around.
Aa he disappeared we each drew Icing breath
and wondered whether or NOT We were diaap-
ppinted The stranger seemed rather good
{unktnr was tall and well built and dressed
like gentleman. More than that our haaty
glance had failed to show na, and we loneed
fpr the supper table to give ua good look.
Charley was luunging IN our mldat. Irritating.
liz Indifferent, and ! fancy none ton well
pleased 10 have foreigner encroaching On
hie especial preserve
sshtr, Westnn.' said Lilly, persuasivcly tp
him. "yeu know we depend entirely on YOU
DO make thia Enalishman'a acquaintance and
Introduce him TO the party.
Hllf course We do / continued, "and please
try first To find out little about him.
hDo YOU mean Ivy that said Charley, that
i Z am TO aek him what his income ia and
whether there In . title IN the family F.
sDf course not answered sharply, there
III mol the smallest chance vi anything or
that Sort though lii my heart ! Thought
there might be, and 80 l am cure did the
uthera. Remember, we don't even know
what his maine ia, and you can discover that
anyhow, and whether he IL only visiting In
this country OF going to stay"
"And whether he has wife Oh wants one.
said Charley, lahguidly: Fall right ladies',
III yo,, may trust In me for the PARTICULARS. and
drawing note book out ST hR pocket and
carefully sharpening 4 pencil he declared
himself ready to crpss-questtpn dozen Eng
lahmen III our behalf, and aauntered of to
fulfill his mission.
THAT evening the two were seen smoking
tnrether under the trees Ike the oldest and
beet al friends, and an hour later my brother,
of whom was beginning to feel quite proud.
brought un his captive and introduced him
III the group MIR. Howard Nelson Nugent
he had plenty of name, anyhow seemed
anything but displeaseh at the quarters IN
which he found himself, and 40 wonder. Five
Kirls. and none If us absolutely ugly. to
choose from. five free born citizens OF our
glorious republic NIL ready to forswear allie |
glance no democratic principles, and full Of
admiration for everything English, from
titlea down 10 tennis surely he at least had
nothing To complain OF. AS for us, perhaps |
ar GOOD fortune was not quite 80 apparent. !
OIr prize was certainly handsome, we'll !
hammered and fairly Intelligent, but we failed /
30 see In what particular he differed from the
ordinary = i, oa t. nah
lnc III the conventional Englishman about
him. He didn't drawl, me DIDN'T llsp, ne
didn't say daaR for dog, or gel for girl ~
didn't seem at NIL inclined 70 talk about
his holae--a tendency which we attributed ~
arastocratic reseryc-he didn't even wear
side.whiskers, but the smallest Of fair NOUS
taehes, and altogether he WAS In no respect
fnss what we had expected to lind him.
Charley. however, appeared to have been
aingularfy fortunate in extracting his tnior-
nation. and brought usssthe result OF hls II
yestigatioDs the next Snng after hreah-
fasf. Mr.. Nugent, he In ed US, came from
ire narish Of Linthwaita the West h'alnR
al York, which sounded utifuily. He was
4 second son, with delicse brother-this at |
va = 10 seems To be the case-and not having |
ssexntsd himself To any profession, with view
n succeeding to the estate, he was merely