Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-30
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mine" SAID falrWeaInti; VI Vow III NJ
III Count Oscar Won. Held, as the two
yonng men were strolling along the
Inter den Linden
~ never vet have known one OF your
cir Americans answered Won Held
II fancy they are charming mixture
of personal grace and republican sim
plicity." :.
aSimplicity You Europeans won't
find much Of that in our girls. Why
thev ought to be All. We spend plenty
af money on them. Now this Miss
Warren we're meeting, she's had thou
sands spent on her education.
Won Held responded with an lnsclu-
table German "So?' the only word q
his native tongue that forced IT. way
through his fluent and excellent Eng
lish. He found it impossible to con.
duct conversation both politely and
prndently without using the familiar
SYLLABLE that let itself TO any meaning
ii covered all meaning.
"She's with her father, Falrweather
went on. "He's rich as CrGsus large
mill owner. I'll introduce you as they
pass.
''She il very beautiful" said Won
Held "tall and slight. brown eyes,
lovely chestnut hair, and what 4 per
feet crimson ON what a perfect cheek
She has the softness and brightness oil
your autumn landscape, | fancy, ana
he flushed slightly in the fashion pecn-
liar III tile German blonde. But Won
Held was neither bashful nor awkward.
lie was il tall, good-looking fellow oil
thirty-iive, with a long yellow mus
tache, pleasant blue eyes, much expe-
rencc IN tile best society IN Europe,
and much given to formulating MS
views III neat, careful phrases.
"Gcorgci" exclaimed Falrweather,
M Miss Warren came near, "she' S
grown handsomer than ever, ''she's
grown handsomcr than ever. Shes
got chic. That's from six months IN
Paris. Why, that girls music alone
cost 1T least ten thousand dallars.
"i'hen," observed Won Held, inter-
negatively. 'she may be said To repre-
sent capital invested 2"
Exactly. Here they are And
tile count Wis duly presented.
Mr. Warren's greeting was: Glad 10
make your acquaintance, sir. How
are You, sir 2 IN very loud voice, and
with Il show If feeling perfectly ut
home Then lie shook hands with the
friendly grip current among mill own
~ iii eastern Massachusetts The
connt bent lis blue eyes on him in the
qnietcst observation, and returned the
How are yon, -ir2" and the grip with
that last te,t of true politcness the
sacrifice "a personal taste and pride 70
qnt another IL ease.
But Miss Warren was mimpeacha-
ble digniied, calm, slow of gaze, apt
II speech. everything that the father
N.i- Nit
Where Till she learn il all2 How
flld she come by that grace and PR
pFiety2 asked the puzzled foreigner,
when he had parted from the Ameri-
cans IL the mother charming"
Mothers manikin, answered
Falrwoather 'drednn party III black
& the new American girl; just adopts
luxury. accomplishments. manners,
lyle, and wears EN- as she wears her
clothes u if they We're made e order
expressly for her. She's the only
daughter, to-; going o have fortune
cool million III least
I've always been Interested in
America, remarked Won Held just
here. The notion of republic has
long held il sort NJ charm for me-
think must make il trip there"
FaIrweather kept diseouraging 81
lencc. frewned slightly, and stared NJ
some distant object.
From boyhood, the count went on,
l'yr had dream of repubhcanism
~ caste distinctions, only those Of per-
sanal merit. Lc Comics views have
impressed me strongly. | feel our old
world manaeles Of dignities aud prelu-
diccs slipping OIL ! want something
fresh, pure, simple. hope to find it
IA your country
Ioull find nothing green (as we
sayl III America, count" answered
Falrweather. with an attempt ut good
nature. Then remembering an en-
gagcmeut, liz walked oil, muttcring 60
himself. The fellows poor He'd
like some Yankee money. Sorry IN
troduced him Dora's u beauty"
few days later, when Won Held
called Oh the Warren family, he spoke
IL hls intended trip. whercllpun Mr..
Warren s.uI "Mcll, We cant brag Of
castles. hut III show ven mills. We
shall lie ii our seaside place ut Rock
port the first of June. Come there and
stay with is.
Won Held explained while thanking
him. II 20 u America to crafty the
longingof years 10 enjoy young civil
imtion; 10 lind something more natural,
more vigorous, than our old types of
humanity
After the German had gone Warren
nodded knowingly ID his wife with
Talk u tho marines. I've found out
all about that young count. Ancient
family, splendid education, nice old
castle, Int poor; actually hasn't means
~ keep ~ the place"
Hes gentleman, remarked Dora.
Whats that, miss said Warren. in
the tone, half banter and half reproof.
yet wholly pride aud affection, with
which he always addressed this hand
some creature hc had the luck % call
daughter What's that. miss? a
gentleman. i hc9 Well. we don't want
him, do we Let him keep to his aris-
tocracy, ehs'
There i something i'll birth and
breeding, papa Fairweather, with all
his money and his hoasting. cant inn
press one is this quiet German does.
lmpreSss Whom does he impress
MISS, chs Me or you?'
'oh, have your joke, papa; but You
know what ! mean perfectly" Dora
MAS never embarrassed about men. As
All American belle she had been too
long surrounded by admirers to treat
their existence otherwise than II matter
Of course. 50 she Strengthened her
iiehu N front III the glass quite coolly.
and Met her own reflected eyes with i
calm aceeptailon oftheir limpid beauty
that was something more dignitied yet
more VAIN than vanity itself.
About the middle of the following
June, when the family were home from
their European tour, and settled 1T
their kesSport place, Mr.. Warren an
nounced one day ut the dinner table.
I've a letter from Count Won Held
Mrs. Warren, long unused to chang
ing color. actually flushed with delight,
and looked significantly at Dora, who
returned the look with frank compla-
cency
Phil, the only son, and future iuher-
ltor of all the mill property, bowled out,
III loud Voice that was his most re-