New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-19

adopted mode of life which their oplnl N can
not fail to result in yOm ruin Don't snort, Heorge,
| and don't stamp ab ut the room like that. Sit
| down and listen to me- for | am sent as klh6 or
| reformed sinner to warn you by my experience
against the dangers of wiliulness, ana win you
| back into respectabty.'
| You surely do not side with thoseIthoseo
! NO, do not agree altogether WIN those gentle
| men. But sympathize with your mother ana thlnk
her feelings ought to be considered. Ii ~ chiefly ON
| her account that | undertook this mission. IL
seems George that you nearly broke the heart OF
| young lady in TunbTidge
'Oh, stupid little Irritation. She found another
| sweetheart the week after We separated, ana De,
lieve are both heartily glad the Irritation ended
| as 1t did.
Still. am led to believe that if strong pressure
had not been brought 10 bear upon her through the
mediation Of the bishop aad her father: you, would
| have married her-athough she was only diapers
| daughter
| i know was fool.
| A man who has been fool in Tunbridge may
| easily he foolish in London. and am not aston
ished at your mothers anxiety on youT behalf.
i have given her nv word of honor 10 ally myself
| to nobody unworthy TO be her daughter. lhat
should satisfy her. have never told lie to he'll,
! And believe You never Will knowingly. But
| remember, q young man is apt 70 oyeriate Ine
worth of the girl he loves especially IL he Is gen
| erous honest young fellow ,,.,.
| shall not get into a again. And look mere
| Uncle Dick-wny does mother want me 10 return 70
| Tunbridge, where have already been LED astray
| because she believes she has a counter attTac-
| tion that will keen Won in the straight peth She
| would like you to know-wrth view to marriage
'Oh, know the younr lady before see her.
| face like this George executed Tapld am noV
very nattering representation of female lace
no. George yonr portrait is clever bnt not tr4e !
| have the young lady, and her head ana legC
| are not IN the least like your drawing She Is
prctty-at least think so roin
| oh | know heroine of the Budges lol Falr
and frecly with much brain as there ~ III tnlt
| plaster ca,t-a mandy panby-ladldah. On hanS
| 'eml know EN-" ,,.
But her name is not Bulge. and she's neither fair
nor freckly. am told she is decidedly clever
Clever girls always make me dull
But she is amusing, you may conclude when /
tel yOUh9Ugh your m24TG G0Fs eaTsha she
made quite a sensation at Shcepbourne by her act-
ing in a charade" .-,,.. ,;,,
You are rather hard to pleasep
The fact is, intend to have no passion peyohu
nv art ; and | lave resolved to live ana die
bachelor r,;, T
shall carry disappointment to your uncle, your
mother and her visitor. To be sure 1t Wl. DC some
consolation to your mother to know that you are
absolutely proof against any hnG % faca
was SO serious that George could hardly believe
him to he payfully sarcastic But how can
lessen the modification Of her visitor, who has been
| led to suppose she would make conquest over
by pointing out the fact that she would have
lazy" You think You could have wthstood the nGu-
ence OF her wit and beauty "
Il am certain of It,
VIII YOU be good enough to tell me who she isV
'She is my daughter George
Then no wonder she Is irresistible; Sald George
with a sly laugh for Unco Dick. with his shayen
face, his large mouth and leaden skin, was not
beautiful to look at.
III.
At the end of the month, George crossed the
Channel and landed at llavre. There was nothing
there to detan HIM, carrying ont ms Original IN
tenlon he went on to Trouvlle Iron,llle IN NAY
with a strong wind blowing from thc cast Is sun
| less agreeable than liavTe.
These resorts of pleasure have now no charms
! for me. he said and then wondering where on etrt
| he should 20 to escape from the cutting "lhH ana
the drearincss of pleasurale resorts IN the month
| of May lie thought of Uncle Dicks remark about
ASnphes and its pretty girls. A. he knew OF MOTH
ing better why should be not 60 to AsneirS ana see
what il was likeY The main objection was that the
village was difficult to reach; but more serious IN
pedimcnts are necessary to check an artist III hl9
IurSuit of the beautiful, and George. having dccded
that Asncrs was Just the place tor an artist to 90
to- lett 1rouvillc at once. lie Journeyed 10 Caen
and thence by rail TO COursrullrs. There his
courage began to fail. ANY place more ,Wrc'ch'u
than COnrseulles, any people more Iepulslvr ltaf
It's inhabitants he had not yet seen on the COAST %
Calvados and he was rapidly approaching ms ues,
tnaton. TO get to AsnelleS he must ENGAGE n
couture pIrtiGlh"r'. Rather from the aroent u'9lL
TO leave CoUrScullCs than IN eag"rprsS 10 rthch
AsnceS he ordered the vehicle to be brought forth
| early the following morning, ana went 10 oeu III
lint in the night the wind dropped the air in the
| morning was soft and sweet. and George took ms
!
which was the simplest cart that ever carried pigs
TO market-wIth a slight accession OF hope.
| The horse strong aud active thc country
improved with every foot OF ground they tia;eISru'
| and the rottrjcr was gay and cpmmuncatlYe. iie
! knew Asucles we'll and assured George that he
would be pleased with It. There was no hotel, but
! an excellent cpcerie where Monsieur cpuld get re-
fre-lmeut As to obtaining an apartmeut-that
- Int so certain: the folks IN the village wanted
ali the rooms they had for their families and their
cows Asnrllts being famous for rs good butter.
The villas by the not let to strangers Ike
the honses at ArromancheS, but were thr lioPSIW
of the b.Hgcoije, who came to reside III them
during the season. Perhaps II Monsieur chose to 20
TO Arromanches he might find accommodail"n--It
was but short distance farther on, not 50 pIetiy
certanIy and at this season OF the year Truly
wretched for the hshertLcn could c9tch no ,sIl;
and Iorrmoking was no longer profitable. as il had
been IN the time of the Empire. He would hnd 1t
excessively dull and cold, but NJ Chretlen; thG
butcher kept a hotel. Asneiles was q wohderlui
place for health. No one ever III therc--eNcept
IN the iInc OF cholera when the birds ana even lie
insects forsook it. The women were certainly
beautiul-rcal country people; Monsieur could
judge for himself, for here was woman OF AsneIles
coming toward them with her cow.
George looked with some curiosity at TINS repre-
sentative She might nave been handsome once,
bnt now nnumerable wrinkles covered her face,
ana her back was bent George objected 10 the
Lideon, white bonnet shaped like a 10 keys helmet
and worn over black skull cap beneath when
loon Of HAIR was brought down over each temple.
The r0ituIr explained that the bonnet was characI
tcristic and that everyone III Asneles wore IL; ana
then he exchanged lew words with the Oh woman
in passing, which George ueSpite ms knoWledSe OF
French failed to comprehend lie Ieihahdeu an
explanation and learnt that they had been SPEAK
inc about the 'raG' which was in this part Of the
country the name for a COW; for the people OF
ASnclles, Monsieur must know, did not speak
French but a pg')js of their own, " hch was as
uniutclligiLle to the unlcarned French as french
was 10 the unlearned people of AsnellcS.
i think you had etter axe me back TO our
sculles' said George, calculating that he might be
able to catch the midday train tor Caen.
The roiturier Jescie TO refuse, but he had an
Notwithstanding the purchase of a pig ut Creully,
which would prevent his returning 10 C0urseulte5;
George asked himself what he wa- to do IN VII
lage where "A lodging was not To lie had nor his
Mnuts mnle knnwn. md WIS he.innlng u lancv