Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-06-25
Y HOLE MUM BER, 500

t..nored little fellow; anu he mas one
sIlat merit in my estimation-he bears
~ resemblance to his father. l saw his
mothers features when 1 first took him
| On my kneean looked at his face, lifted
to mine in grave surprise. The baby
| aud | are sure to get on we'll together.
Even Mrs. Eyrecourt seems to have
improved in the French air and under
tho French diet. She has better sur.
face to lay the paint on; her nimble
tongue runs faster than ever, aud she
has so completely recovered her good
spirits that Monsieur and Madam Ray.
blood in her veins. They were all so
u atlectedly glad to see me (NIatilda in
cluded) that il was really like returning
to ones home. As for Traveller, must
interfere lin the interests of his figure
and his healthy to prevent everybody in
the house from feeding him with every
catable thing from plain bread to p0te
de .foie graS.
My experience to-day will, as Stella
tolls me, be my general experience Of
tho family life ut st. Germait.
We begin the morning with the Gus.
tomary cup of coffee. At II o'clock
am summoned from my "pavilion :" OF
three rooms to one of those delicious
and artfully varied breakfasts which are
only to be found in France and in Scot
land. An interval of about three hours
follows, during which the child takes
his siesta, and his elders occupy them.
selves AS they please. At o'clock we
ali so out with pony-chaise which
carries weaker members Of the
household flor ramble in the forest.
III o'clock we assemble ut the dinner,
ta!lo. At coffee-time some of the
a,i ighhors drop in for 4 game at cards.
1t 10 We all wish each other good
night
Such is the domestic programme,
,'red by excursions in the country and
by occasional visits to Paris. L am
naturally a man of quiet, stay-at-home
habits. 1t is only when my mind is
disturbed that get restless and feel
,oaGiugs for change, Surely the quiet
routine OF st. Germain ought to be vel.
come to me now l have been looking
lorward to this life through long
,,f tpox-nl What r ,r,iob
ior?
Nothing more, of course.
And yet-and yet-Stella has inno'
Gently made it harder than ever to play
Tie part of her "brother." The recov.
cry Of her beauty is a subject OF con
Statulation to her mother and heI
nds. How does it affect me?
had better not think of my hard
4a'e. Can help thinking of it? Can
dismiss from memory the unmerited
mislortunes which have taken from me,
in the prime OF her charms, the woman
whom 1 love? At least 1 can try.
The good old moral must be my
moral: "Be content with such things
as ye have"
1911 Hpch.-It is eight in the morn
ing, and scarcely know how to employ
myself. Having finished my coffee
have just looked again at my diary.
1t strikes me that am falling into a
bad habit of writing too much about
myself. The custom of keeping jour
nj certainly has this drawback-it en-.
rourages egotism. Well, the remedy
IS easy. From this date L lock up my
book, only to open it again when some
event has happened which has claim
to berecorded for its own sake. As for
myself and my feelings, they have madd
Aeir last appearance in these pages.
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III Jane. The occasion for opening
my diary once more has presented itself
this morning.
News has reached me OF Romayne,
which is too important to be passed
over without notice He has been ap-
pointed one OF the pope's chamberlains.
Ii is also reported, on good authority,
that he will be attached to papal en-
hassy when a vacancy occurs. These
l9nors, present and to come, seem to
remove him further from the possibil-
tY Of It return to his wife and child.
sM Jaue.-Tn In regard to Romayne
Mrs. Eyrooourt seems to be of my opin.
.oa.
Eriag in Paris to-day, at a morning
oacart, she there mel with her old
ilieud, DR.. Wybrow. The famous ply
ician is suffering from overwork, and
e. on his way to Italy for q few months
ni rest and recreation. They took
Rive together after the performance, in
the Boi5 dc Boulogue; aud Mrs. Eyre
court opened her uInd to the doctor as
freely as usual on the subject of Stella
and the child ila entirely agreed
speaking in the future interests of the
boy that precious time has been lost
in informing Romayne of the birth OF
al heir; and he has promised, no mat
ter what obstacles may be placed in his
way, to make tho announcement HIM
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