Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-01
"miss McIyor< of savannah, :,

rig and playing the effusive msideu unon an-
other ereGulous chap Is rather 81 old one bu,
there Wss case Of it st cae IT the fssbiCnsbl,
rec:ptious 10 this city last week, which, for
mastodon conception. moi uu entaI check snd
general iumensry. leaves al, tho others fsr be-
hind. Young B vas from Virginia, and
WAS on visit to his cousin, who boards on
Charles street. BIS cousin was widely
known as q ''gourg man about tcwa, aud knew
all the "boys," wss fav'riio em ,os the girl !,
and cons quen;lY iavlted Gu: great deal. and
universally dubbed pood t.llow. Receiving
Invitations for the swell affairs watch came of
last week, as might have been Seen BY ths
daily papers, he SCI himself to obtain invita-
tious tor B., the young cousin from VIrsin
ia. B. Was about l9 years os age, with o
besrdess tsos and siogul,rly beautiful complex.
ion. Besides, be had large blus eyes and
rather I'm al mouth. Although, be wss the
sort Of III 20 upon whom one woull remark cas-
ually that be would have made better looking
WIN 10 than map. The idea suddenly seized
uDuu the cousin that il would be july game
10 dress B. 10 as 9 gitl, tsks the hostess
lnto bis cJuhi1Uc;, and play >ip'op game on
The boys at the same time. The cousin crap
pied the thought with so much eager5eus that
he sliced of good sized piece of GU ice with
the razor whicn he was shaving himself al the
time, and hc tjrtlGlth com uniost the plan
to B. VINO also tackled kindly TO L. The
oiusiu then went off. and, taking 90 iuiim ,,e
young lady FREUD ioto bis confidence, borrowed
tuIi bali TO- In rig-flom artificial flowers clear
down TO red ssin garters. Ii was gorge Vi.
Tho piohf 20 ba hiD i
aud B donned The Costume apd hired
q couple of panDie,s and little raw c)tton he
made up" obarnicgIy. He really Looked K.
stu uniug ly hands me woman, aud sfter prsc-
tioiog few shippers AID SIM, passes with his
trsin, under the delighted anl euthused luiion
OF his cousin. be was charged aod prmed,
ready to 10 IF. They hired OK aud wsst
of-so ogelhet-to the reception. Arriving rhsre,
the hosts ss-Sho had ssseuted rather uogIl-
lngly, it must be admtttd. II the hosx-net
them at the door AID received them grac,ously.
She was astouuded when she Grst laid her op-
tics on B, and wuuid rot believe at frs.
that be Was man, She regarded him du j.
ousy for the remsioder Of the evening". Tne-
had arranged that B vas 10 be called Miss
Mclvor, from S.vannah," ard acc 1.duxy
Miss McIvoe" wss carried srtu i aud
Introduced p!omiscu usl; and, bcug au
accou upllshed dancer, even daccad in a
d >ure OF the gernsn WITH youug m,u.
FeeIl! 6 rather swakWa,d sod upc ,ulfCr
table DUNG tue early par5 Of the eyepiny,
however, Miss Mel or" remained With her
cousin much of the .lue, aud with hin visited
certain buffet SO resusrIy that updef The
mellc|i1e lDh1; pces OF Amonllliadn, &s., &C.,
she tell 10 Tor arythllg, I'D resolved to shoe
on llLtle st} IL AID oanilvato Que or two OF tbe
Jsupes homnts who tJated arounG. rnare w.s
one particularly GOOD iuy king yyulg nan-who,
Dy the way Is Well kuoTo 90 'Chsnsc-ghOu
Miss Mcly r resolved 10 ets4art f d: Sue ob
talotd al ir r1ducrlon tbr0dgh he medium of
her oou7lp, who ad-ej, s>tia vuor, 10 Gt.ress d
good iook1g young u MI, shes 70 to 4 lhlog
or TWO, my boy; 20 10 for some fun" Tnr
god ljck Ok young mao, ThOm 1t we're best 10
Gall Pjrauus tor short, took the sot'o vGcs ad.
vloe snd went 10 for f rtation Miss Nc
lVor" p'syed him like ish, aud led him like
lamb 20 the mint sau2o, fney dauced figure,
AID Miss McIVor itougnt it was so warm
cculdn't they 70 into the conservatory and ooo
off? Pyramus ssid ha, ba way down in the
depths of his Diaphragm. and they went to the
conservatory. They ssl down in retired DO, k!
under the shelf Of a large eroure of pott,
ferns, aud ttero they said fjr long time.
Then it is alleged that Pyrauus made tie most
desperate love to Miss McIvor, and Miss McLvor
resp ,nded to IS tersid uuelauces with cords of
shy but not torbiddlns remoustraace. and
foaly gave way and sowtd Lion 10 nut hi,
arm ar"und her Waist, AMI even to kiss her,
VII CT wou d nave been sn exceedingly repre-
heuslble proceeding bad DOT Mss NJ McIvor been
-, but 90 naoter. they had royal ole fr:s.
tlon, and after the dashlng young belle bad
gotten ALT the fun she oouli out of PYramus she
led hin gently back sod set Der ue 8 to ca ch
other fish. Five blessed lambs 10 swallow tail
and white tie did she lead to that hrllow.d seat
10 the conservatory, one after The other. She
pursu; he same tactics and get all the bus-
ness of the role of "beautifui and fast youps
lady" down 6oe They all old ex oily the ssne
thing. Who would not have dons 10 u dr. the
circumstances, at much less provocauon tnsu
what was, apparently, handsome yourg ltdy
tascinstiugy 'up to suut1?" D! cIarse. each of
the "tin gods 90 wheels sho we're taken 10"
came out and cou6deutally bu. Eaps douslg told
bis Intimate ftleads about the csshing y,ung
dsmssl. ln this WaV it was whispered aoout,
and Miss Mclv r" became the centre OF
large circle, aud proved an irresistible magnet
to the men aud an obj OF of supeIciIious looks
auo cuiuo VI lHo 1901 yuuuR Ucntb, WuQ WeIe
very bitter against the yyung lady Who drew
the men away from them.
In short the young dsmsel fairy laid w4ate
the male portion of that assem- bage and hsd
them running after hor and suing for The next
waltz or = little strolp by the eco;a Never
did real. bona 6ds belle achieve more brilliant
success than did this young ra!cAl under the
guse of Miss McIvor, from Savsnnsb;" snd
when Miss McIvor lai off nor togs that nigh.
and once more assumed tha rarsonneI rs b
from Vifginis, he and his cousin rolled on tae
floor in eJuvutsons Of deli gut and then eat until
broad d~yli ght wsgging their heads and poking
each other in the ribs. or bursting With vocsn'c
exp osions IF nerriment IS B. recounted hi.
droll adventures 9he story leaked out, of
course. 1t ssnys does; and young B &C.
tually had 10 fee the town to escspe the ven
gesnce which his enrs2ed dupes vowed to wreak
upon him. And these same dupes are about the
sick est men in wn just now. lfsnyone wants
| a quarrel let him 70 u = to one Of th hem in the
street, button hole him and say: oh, by the
Way, O. man. did you ms. th.t blamed hard.
come blonde at tbs the other hight? Her
| name was hun. ha-; lot me se'-; nh Miss