New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
TEE LITTLE LANE DOCTOR,

N lolo, IN tTrn thS head of n SCHOOLGIRL My wife,
p * trne could no longer claim place IN the cafe
cory of bread-and bUtter-msseS. but she was m
,,,.1s.Iv charmed with him. She declared MN 10
he a most gcntlemaniy and acconpil sued man.
Personally I bad my doubts out the fellow re
es-rbrd himself ~ a Pole AMI talked. with kind
of -ob IN hi voice about the mIsiortunes Ji ms
country. lie had fought against the tyranny d the
C,ar: he had suffered exile and imprisonment; he
Nh aided the Italian. to throw OF the Austrian
woke hv taking part ln Gaura.dIs campaigns, I'D
fact according 90 his own acto22i there were rev
things IN the way of Chlvahy drt heTolsm Win
which ne had not Som,AOw been connected
nor that he h0aSted or his achievements IN
coarse, Dragging fashion, they came OUT SIMPLY anu
naturally, one 10y one. IN tht course Oh ~" >
ton. Nv wife. 800, was greatly .AlpiesNeu ~ t"5
notion Of his being count, AMI tle -S{ uhiAilIlgl
scion of a terribly ancient Idmiy. IieaNei oill
lsuov. when the urst Lanrowskl saw l.Ehi. "Ul. 10
was long before the first year az Oar Lord. Sti.i
~ nv mint there was something usGF ABOUT NlAl.
ne ya- div-ays extremely well and cdfeiniY dressed
II never >u-w bis feet TO Ge ont OF smart pa enU
leather uoot--ln! lac sang queer ouliandi>A songs
feu,r vo,re lie also played billiards with superior
sLili-.lr 500 superior skill. r. knew 20 nay cost.
We rc.au uy knocking tHr balls about purely ioF
the sake of jho game. bat he grhrTai} couiINeu ~
rut little interest OBJ H. Just few naNo.eoh- 10
cause "A liJtl, excitement, and he generally won
alter te.ujIn- me llto lhe insane "t--l 'A1I u8"
o-.ly "a get another stroke 20 cry victory.
.irhe Count !, going on 70 san Reno, said my
wife IN q one morning. As sat at the breakfast
fable IN the Hotel Itale.
san Reno tdat isn't TAR from Monaco, where
that wicked gambling house ls.'
oh I0mi should Ike 20 go there ahoVe ri
tbIrrs, DO take me- Hn tred of this place. and
the mud baths don't seem &c be doing me bit Of
good. .. To- Ill,
moi plt much crcdeuce in the efficacy Of bodily
abIution In thick, dlrty-OO6InC wafer on thr part
o. p.r.,u whose acalth being excellent required
no treatment of any sort. But gong Oh % san hrm"
or In Ired. anywhere except back 20 OR country
lGme Do England. was rather ouI OF El' lu-IA.ILAe'
November WAS drawing .gh, and coma Aoi 'tl'4.
cf Inc Urla- being I'd stuJ0.e without yeaTuLg for
rile with the hounds t..,. ,,-.
ntcht' answered on my n ST coDc-LttofN to"G'
ION. bother There Us no necessity lo go 1tCN
TIN, winter. or Just vet at all events; on ON
dear, / q so lou- % see what "a real 9am'-n4-
b,ii.e - like. Nou viii take Ul', "on you
When a wife, not ordinarily gwen % complete
n resI-tlnce Is al am end. i,I-hcd and yielded,
couSnIIu- myself with tGe reflection that alter al
was getting old. and rode fourteen stone. and nat
a man who rides fourteen stone is 1uHty ~ clu1lty
~ animals II he insists upon going hunting
san Reno Ice IT, | SAID, affecting a Eavety was
in reality far from feeling. III 60 ana ask Laur-
ow-H al about the place, the lest hotel ana so
did 20 ana ask Laurow,ki. The Count was de-
lighted at me idea OF not parting from US ana
proicred his services Is guide and mentor WIN
e1u-0n.
MY dear monsieur he remarked, You and mad
anne will like san Reno very, very mach !, IS
sheltered it IS warm. IL Is the best place Tor 20 spend
your winter i'm. and 10 is not ZOO expensive
The Count, among his other virtues, spoke a
prettv broken English, and as he also seemed TO be
arpualuted with every other living language under
H.. suu he was of immense use 70 me. who found
the simplest French sentence puzllng exercise.
IL Is IN easy rotsirdce TO Monaco, he continued,
ana quite a nei-hbor 70 Mentone and Rorcabruna.
! ettv there aud make journeys TO the casino;
polaul /, dead; Garlbad IS asleep at CaPTtrt; J
must have excitement, 50 l 20 TO the gambling
table. ,, , ~,
be bound mentally added taking care, however,
not 10 express my thoughts aloud.
A. was arranged thar We should start the daJ
after the morrow. and we carried ont our arrange
,nert without hindrance san Reno was reached
IN due timc. and acting on LauTOwskls advice we
pur mp az the Grand Hotel
ticipated The Count had spoken the tIulh. san
Reno was protected by an unbrOken chan OF
mountains. and is climate was OF the miidest.
Flowers were stil. IN iTI bloom, ana there was
grateful. abundance OF c!tr1n and lemon tees;
: nee conIUgal devotion denied England 10 Inc,
tc.t l could be as happy here as any " here else;
Tie hotel too. was comfortable and nicely Sill
mated and had / been permitted TO crafty my IN
cliuatIon toward drinking beer at my dinner l
should have been stiu more content. Etiquette,
however, vetoed such breach OF good manners az
a fashionable tIbi. eh0tc. and was fam 10 quench
INV thirst with Indifferent wine, at unheud OF
prices. Nevertheless the omnlsclent LaurowSkl sue
ceeded ID discovering certain @.".iHG vintage
which tIckled agrcrably my palate dna was not 700
expensive, so that 10 my Wles intense Satisfaction
began 10 grumb.e little less.
We also made acquaIntances, and were no longer
wholly dependent upen the Count for company
The head " after of the Grand HOtel-Wlth the well
authenticated sagaCty Of head WATERS IN general -
arranged seats at The dinner "a IL 50 a. 10 lace
those of a couple of Americans, lady and gentle
man and father and daughter as soon found out
The old geutleman-tAOush, tor the matter CT
that lie was not particularly Oh, being aOoul my
own age-was tall. lean man OF distinguished ap-
pearauce. His daughter was pretty girl OF the
dazzling American type. She changed her dress
OF seemed to me TO change lt-eyery Two hours ana
where she managed to get all her variety of COS
tunes from, or how she contriyed TO carry such an
extensive wardrobe about with her from place 10
place was mystery "a deep a. any OF the Lieu
Their name was Rogers John Newly Rogers,
Amurcqn citizen. and Clara Rogers and they
had crossed the Atlantic from their native home,
Boston. Mass. for the purpose OF DONG Europe
Lord how they had done 10 too In a fortnight
thev hal traversrd Germany and seen all that was
worth seeing: Paris had been the work OF twenty
four hours, ana three weeks Had lsuhL'aTl|e, 'nel
with Italy fOm Its geographical toe 10 us geo,
graphical heel They were now restlng-Or should
rather say pautIng-at san keno, where tlty pro-
posed 10 winter before luva ling England ID the
snrnr and interviewing the Britishcr' |
Told that Mr.. Rogers was man OF unlimited means,
and his dauChter-an only Child-theTefore an
heiress. LaurOwski pricked mp his ears when lie
heard the information. and Immediately adjourned
10 the nearest looking glass on mission or per
sonal inspection. | never saw a man make such
frantic attempts TO prove agreeable as he did that
dav aU dinner and the worst OF II was, TOO, that
b. succeeded. Mss Rogers seemed chaineu WIN WIN
him as indeed what girl wOuldn I win man
LcastIng OF such pair Of eyes, such til,n beard
and such courteous waysT
These A5terjcgincs very fine peoples-Very
fine peoples said the Count 20 me later in the even
Ing. we lOuuged into the smoking room they
are so bright, 80 comprehensive. so large-nhndeG.
80 large purSei, ! felt inclined 10 say. only
refrancd. out of pOlteuess. The girl viii be
good catch u the marriage market, ! however re-
marked, not being able TO resist tie temptation.
The Count looked n me susplclous.Y out Of the
curves OF his deep ustrous orbs, and ended By in
dUig.ng ia a Little musical laugh.
have Observed he said, that these laiI imer'-
canes are what yOur/ lang young men call up 10
smut No. no dep / upon il, my good. cstimabe
tir, Miss Rogers wiz be like them all, not so easily
caught
FOR the young lady's sake inwardly hoped not:
The subject was then dropped. and we talked OF
other things the evening ending as II often DID, Dy
LaurOws6i suggesting a little pdThe at billiards,
an by my being gOod-naturedly leeced.