Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-15
Pretty Americans ABROAD.

/ There is something irresistible il
Mr.. Henry James description o
the pretty Anaer6cealae in his move
entitled Confidence" It is a grea
solace to travelling Americans of tn
masculine gender that the species il
illustratedby many hundred typica
specimens in most European cities
and when the Greek calends come
at which time we are to make oul
purposed European tour, We hope
to meet several of them. Whether
they are well occupied for their owr
welfare and that of their country il
question to be indefinitely post
poned. Ed. CHRoNICLE.]
She was simply the American
pretty girl, whom he had seen a
thousand times. 1t was a numerous
sisterhOod, pervaded by a strong
family likeness. This young lady
had charming eyes (of the color OF
GordOn's cravats), which looked
everywhere at once, and yet found
time to iinger in some places, where
IongueviIle's own eyes frequently
met them. She had soft brown
hair, with a silky golden thread in
it, ,beautifullyarranged and crowned
by a smart little hat that savored
of Paris. She had also a slender
little figure, neatly rounded, and
delicate, narrow hands, prettily
gloved. She moved about great
deal in her place, twisted her 1.-THE,
flexible body and tossed her head,
fingered her hair and examined the
ornaments of her dress. She had a
great deal of conversation, and she
expressed herself with extreme
frankness and decision. He asked
her, to begin with, if she had been
long at Baden, but the impetus of
this question was all she required.
Turning her charming, conscious,
cOquettish little face upon him, she
instantly began to chatter:
81 have been here about four
weeks. / don't know whether you
call that long. It doesn't seem long
to me. / have had such a lovely
time. / have met ever so many
people / knOw-every day some
one turns up. Now you have turned
up to-day"
"Ah, but you don't know me-"
said Longueville, laughing.
"Well, / have heard a great deal
about your cried the young girl,
with a pretty little stare of contra
diction. 81 think you know great
friend of mine, Miss Ella Maclane,
of Baltimore. She's travelling in
Europe now" Longueville's men,
Ory did not instantly respond to
this signal, but he expressed that
rapturous assent which the occasion
demanded, and even risked the OBJ
that the young lady from
Baltimore was very pretty. "She's
far too lovely" his companion went
on. 81 have often heard her speak
of you. think you know her sister
rather better than you know her.
She has not been out very long.
She is just as interesting as she can
be. Her hair comes down to her
feet. She's travelling in Norway.
She has been everywhere you can
think of, and she's going to finish
off in Finland. You can't go any
farther than that, can you? That's
one comfort; she'll have to turn
round and come back. / want her
to come to Baden
Baden" r
81 wish she would, said Tongue
Vile. ''Is she travelling alone?"
"Oh, no. They've got some
They say he's de-
voted to Ella. Everyone seems to
have an Englishman, now. We've
got one here, Captain Lovelock-
Captain Augustus LOvelOck. Well |
they're awfully handsome. Ella
Maclane is dying to come to Baden
/ wish you'd write to her.
Her father and mother have got |
some idea in their heads; they |
.hink its improper-what do you
call it?-immoral. / wish you'd |
write to her and tell her it isn't. I |
wonder if they think Mrs. Vivian
would come to a place that's inn
moral. Mrs. Vivian says she would |
AXE her in a moment; she doesn't |
seem to care how many she has. /
declare, she's only too kind. You |
know I'm in Mrs. ViYian's care. |
Ny mothers gone to Franzensbad.
She would let me 60 with Mrs.
Vivian anywhere, on account of the
influence thinks so much of |
Mrs. ViVian's influence. / have |
always heard great deal about it,
haven't you? must say it's lovely; |
t's had wonderful effect upon me.
don't want to praise myself, but it
Fra
haven't been good. / have been
ust as good as / can be. I've been
70 peaceful, I've just sat here this
way. Do you call this immoral?
You're not obliged to gamble if you
ioD't want to. Ella Maclane's
ather seems to think you get drawn
n. Pm sure ] haven't been drawn
n. I know what you're going to
ay-you're going to say l'ye been
lrawn out. Well, / haye tonight.
We just sit here 50 quietly-there's
lOthing to do but to talk. We
make little party by ourselves
ire you going to belong to our party?
Two of US are missing-Miss Vivian
md Captain Lovelock. Captain
1ovelock has gone with her into
he rooms to explain the gambling
Miss Vivian always wants every
hing explained. / am sure l un-
lerstood it the first time L looked at
he tables. Have you ever seen
Mss Vivian? She's very much !
admired. She's so very unusual.
Black hairs so uncOmmon-1 see
yOu've got it too-but / mean for
,oung ladies. am sure one sees
here. There's woman
hat comes to the tables-a POrtu-
.ueSe cOuntess-WhO has hair that
5 positively blue. can't say ad-
nire it when it comes to that shade.
Blues my favorite color, but / pre-
er it in the eyes" continued Lon
sueVille's companion, resting upon
linn her own two brilliant little
pecimens of the tint. 'sis
He. listened with that expression
If clear amusement which Is not
always an indication OF high
but which even pretty
who are not the reverse
If eStimable, often prefer to mascu-
inc inattention; and while Bernard,
according to his wont, made his
He said to himself that
here were two kinds of pretty
girls-the acutely conscious and the |
inely unconscious. Mrs. Vivian's |
1r0tegee was member of the for
mer category; she belonged to the |
genus coquette. We all have our |
of the INDISPENSABLE. and |