The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-08-05

la general:
They bad plauned to stop ovsr 81 Roch-
ester tii ,he morrow, that they migbt ar
rive =, NIsgsrs By daylight, sud a, UlieA
lhey hsj Suddenly resolved 20 make The
res, Of lhe journey ia 3 drawing room
car. tbs change gaye lbem al added
reasou for content sBd they realized how
much they bad previously sacrificed to
tbe ideA Of travelling 10 the most Ameri.
can mzuuer, without achieving 1t after
al. for This seemed touch Of American.
ism beyond ,be old fashioned car They
reelined in lu1ury upon the easy eusbion'
ed, revolving ehAlrs they surveyed with
Infinite fAlisiEetion the elegance Of the
dying parior in which they sat, or turned
their eontesled regard through the broad
plaie glass windows upon the landscape
| without They said that none but Amer.
leans OF enchanted princes 10 the ArGbisn
Nights ever travelled In snoh state; and
when the stewards Of the car came round
sueeessively with tropicSl fruits, ice cream
aud claret punches. they felt heighteu.
ed assurance that they were either en-
| chsuted priuceg-or Americans, There
were more ladies' and more fashion than
in the other cars, aud pretuIy dressed
| children played about on the carpet; but
the general appearance Of The passengers
hardly suggested greater wealth than else
where; aud they were plainly in that car
because they were OF the American race,
which finds nothing too good for Il that
It's money eau buy.
They knew none Of the hotels 10 Roc b..
ester, and they bad chosen q certain one
in reliance upon their hand book. When
they named 1t there stepped forth porter
OF an Incredibly cordial and pleasant
! countensnce, who took their travelling
bags, and led them TO the omnibus. AS
they were passengers, the porter got in
side with them, aud seeing their interest
10 the streets through which they rode,
be descanted in q strain OF cheerful pride
upon The city's prosperity and character,
and gave the names of the people who
lived In the finer houses, just as If 1t had
been al Old.Word town, and be some
! eager historian expecting some reward
glamour over Rochester, SO that in passing
body OF water, bordered by houses, and
overlooked by odd balconies aud galleries
and crossed IN the distance by a bridge
upon which other houses were built, they
boldly declared, being at their wits end
for comparison, and taken with the un-
hoped for picturesqueness, that it put
them in mind Of Verona. Thus they
reached their hotel in almost spirit OF
foreign travel and very willing TO verify
the pleasant porter's assurance that they
would like II, for everybody liked II; aud
1t was with sudden sinking Of the heart
that Basil beheld presiding over the regis
ter tho conventional American hotel
clerk, He was young, he had neat
mustache aud well brushed hair jewelled
studs sparkled in his shirt front, and rings
on his white hands; gentle disdain OF
the travelling public breathed from bis per
son in the mystical odors of Ihaugihlang.
lie did not lid bis hsughty head to look
at the wayfsrer who meekly wrote his
name in the register he did not answer
him when be begged for cool room he
turned to the board on which the keys
hung and, plucking one from it, slid it
toward Basil on the marble counter,
touched a bell for a call boy, whstled a
bar OF Olenbsch, and ss he wrote the
number against Basil's name, said TO a
friend lounging near him, as If resuming
a conversation, Well, she's mighty
pooty gub anyway, Chswleyl
When reflect that this was type of
the hotel clerks throughout the United
States, that behind unnumbered registers
At this moment he Is suubbing travellers
into the dust, and that they are suffering
aud perpe,uating him, am lost in won
der at the national meekness. Not that
am one TO refuse the humble pie his Jew
eled iugers offer me. Abjectly take
my key, aud creep Off up stairs after the
call boy, and Try to give myself the gen.
teel air of one who bad not been stepped
npon. But think homicidal things, all
the same, aud rejoice that 10 the safety
OF print can cry out against the despot
whom have not the presence to defy.
You vulgar and cruel little soul, | say,
and limagiue myself breathing the W ords
to his teeth, why do you treat n weary
stranger with this ignomiBy? ! sm TO
pay we'll for al get, and shall not com.
plain Of that, But look at me, and own
my humanity confess by some civil ac-
tion, by some decent phrase, that have
rights and they shall be respected. Ans.
wer my proper questions; respond to my
fair demands. Do not slide my key at
me; do not deny me the poor politsress
ofa nod as you give II In my hsnd. am
not your equal; few men are; but shall
not presume upon your clemenoy. Come,
| also sm bnmani
BAsil found That, for bis sin 10 asking
for coai room, The clerk had given them
8 room 10 which The sun bad been shining
The whole afternoon; bn, when his lug
gage bad been put In Il seemed useless to
proles,, and Ike a true American, like
you, like me, he shrsnk from asserting
himself When the sun went down II
would be cool enough; aud they turned
their thoughts 70 supper, Dot yeBtufiug
to bope that, ss il proved, the handsome
clerk was the sole bleInish Of The house.
Isabel viewed with Innocent surprise