New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-11
THE ODD-LOOkING MAN.

al ar tbe feJic dh6te Of fashionable hotter IN
Venice. We. means my father, dnnopted this
Golf Tho two former are long since uepaitscu ".
IT, Nv -ister "A young lady travelling lot euil,
nntional nnroos,,s or as old John Dickens Woulu
have said, to consolidate n9r n G2G had int
Gnisned my terms mt oxford; ana, as we an ran
cied we should benefit by change OIL ar anu tomr
we set out for tweyemontns Con.Ihhen no war
Ia Ina season we reached Venice. where ovel
heard the remark which suggested INC nedank a.
fine present article. Our riS'd,tS was AZ 10 et
eIoi S mo-" Gst time on orr travels. The eldest
daughter glancug stealthIly at her opposite neis
Dor, and with dliheniy h reP feiSers ear: What
p,range lacking Young man that Is racing us.
Uerenpon Patcrfamas putting MS qula~,hs st"o1 of
70 his eve aud staring deliberately AZ tno Ia -
the remark exclaimed emphaticaiiy' ho 10
indeed an dd-lOOklng fellow A.. ,.os
The victim Of these unllatterine ISonIJ
call a rum un TO look at Perhaps no oVher uGuI i
ton would suit me as well. am not' 1'i TIA
speaking The Ugly Man InG nha gbo arr Man. or
The Iall Man. My features lndiViau1y. az
neither plain nor Onpre possessIDg Yet the eSfnom
all there Is the Tg1 the "sI shoe pnchcs But
LaG INV tnrAfortnnes been confined to genera pc
rmIiaritv of appearance, should cGitdllas naoT
kent my own counsel anu so 10 SPA, T. ;ino,jc,
nv own smoke with the pipe OF pniIosupnGG.'
Wnt II was far more than this. lerehitaIY Pleu,s
no.iton had beuueathed 10 me n tlreelolu Iilosyu
rcrasv Sperrn person ana nervous ORGANIZATION
.s oIiL. ont of time The early CONSCIOUSNESS OF
tbose failings rendered me. from chdhOol sny anu
Sensitive 10 u deg &C when more nealtnliy oons''
tuted persons could scarcely even lnaRlne ~
go. 80 bcvhood and yunth these feelings pecame
moro intensified, and when had reHcne' III,
eighteenth year. WAS literally uhapio 10 Ilouot,
pl1ces OF public resort ana amusement, vi 49,
cnio,, \ ouiet daily walk. without undergoing pos
tive torture My friends failed not 10 Inluuec NV,
and attributed To me, most uhlu' NY, InT'U'o 49,
misauthrOplcll disposition Wa IuuS. n.y. " v w.,
~ f,toltv deprived of the natural sympathle' ana
counsel of those who were nearest ann HTatoSS -,
me In due season. my school days "hich nau
been hourly torture 10 me- whether IN 'ass-Iooi VI
tlay-crouud came 10 an END lmlrIIeu w n't"l'.
AMBITION md complying with the WISHES ~ NV
parrnls | boldly resolved 10 rlsk me oIueal =.
,r;yrrstv life with faint hOPe-lieavcn save Tue
mark of eventually embracing the clerical PRO
f,ssou "a entered NY name al a c0ne-e' "Ih ~
~, t,,no rrcscut-d myself for matriculatlon Aas
,,r ot,rr 1T0pre destined NJ the Outset 20 ~
/ rndrlv shaken CHANGING 10 encounter Oehealn
| the g,t.vnv Of nv college a merry group oI my
feow-goNnsuen. one of them, eyeihs ne s 9NSIn,o,
/ uu;ibly cApr,ss,d "a hope that mat 1uu-'uoN w
! fellow didn't intend 10 conc 'n.I, ln' Nt,or 90
! Gafferlug welcome on the PAN Ol Al'h' .l"'0'' w
! o~e "a sensitive and self-cunsciOus ~ uF-cu
| But WORSE still WAS to follow. Nhll9 uhd'tgo'nE
! the preliminary examination IN we 'olirko nal va
which IN POINT Of scholarship. had niue dreao
! ono of nv fellow freshmen TcmaThtd 10 us htlEu,
| Lor. Good heavens dd you ever see Surh phlI
TLis plunged the iron more deeply SIM lnlo NV sore
and stricken soul IL capped the Climax, aS u "cIe
/ IVi min less than week was forced 10 letNc NY
college aud rcnoulce all The toud ana VAIN holr'
/ which my friends and myself had Oullt on my UNI
! now became desperate, and threw myself into
variou. forms of solitary and uDsOclal 5lPht'ol
! Having inherited, from distant reIdtNo u hHiaI
! ierocv to euabic me to follow some Iloeral career
! ,Iuapdrrrd away the whole capital. on attaining
! nv Majority, win insane reckle' Shet7. having
H. riuced myself 20 the condition of the pennl-
! less prodg1l. / gratefully accepted the oier OF
| accompanying MY family abroad. .-...
Byron tells us that tOiclgn tlaNel - INC S.,oEc3'
,uc,,t.I stinulus next To ambition. NotW ithStAhu
! inc NV repeated failures and dlsappontmehts /
now clrne ~ this last forlorn hope of Kidding my
| afIp ri
| novel and striking scenes of tho incubus oil sell
| cousciousn-ss. ! endeavorcd to counterfeit my per
! souat dchriencics by adopting various MODES oi
| drr-s hen / fanccd most suitable Tor Inc pur-
,n.c regardless Of fashion or expense, ~ long as
sull had the family purse TO resort 10. Slu"lgn m1
! imnerfec, eunuciatIon for hours together, IN my
! r,ou, and lefole my glass fancying myself come
dian nreparIng for his dtbut or an VI. T. rchoaIb'hg
! bis maiden speech. To combat my slyneSs' con
| smiled an experienced medical practitioner, 10
! whom | fully described my abnormal symptoms
aud who uendcd me To try colorrd spec tacieS
! Fol- what aided 10 my Confusion was the la'O lua'
! whenever people chlnccd To look at me- the ntr-
| vnus tvitchns and scared expression OF my eye
naturally attracted their attention ana caused
,be, =, tar, In. harder. Bat " was all 10 no pur
pose: my fatality stlll chung To mo wherever
! wont Nv voice, indeed. grew stronger ana moro
| cmpnatic under the severe training Oh NY bcuoN
tbruir exercises. But its Inherent deIe l. ne anne
! p,oportionay more marked ard 0HenSltc. my
,roen ar Line coec les-for tired every variety and
| shade IF culOr-ony served 10 WetamorphoSe my
qucer-looIing phz into an exquisite model Tor
| carnival mask. ,, o.
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| summer n evening. ", re- al standing on tho ter
| race of the lar-famod kighi above tho Lake OF
| Iucernr. watching the sunset FOR single matt
/ huur of rapture the combined influences ot thegio
rtous panOraa completely absorbod the sense ol ms
painful subjcctivity. An could hut have Kept
| nv .ptrit 10 that flight" But my demon was NJ my
niRR Not long after happened to he walkIng
M and down the now deserted Plateau WIN my
sister expatiating ON tho beauties Oh the sutT"uhu
! ing landscape. suddenly We we're "VeIt1"oi ny
- vnuuv Englishmen tourists like ourselves
whom VIZ had not hitherto taken notice Of AS
they passed 10y, one OF thc eAcId'mCu :" n'' .o,n
| pauou in a sort OF stage -whl.per;, 10y J"'T; no"
,,e haze secn something worth looking at. For the
life of me couldn't keep my eyes OIL that ouu-looh-
ing fellows face all the uIno we were sUpPosod 10
| 10 vatcnin5 the sunset In "A single moment all
the sweet and loving Influences oil thaJ ulFne VIZ
! ION faded out OF NV NINA. can suggest no oettet
I r,,narison than that OF a man suddenly walked out
| of !, dream OF paradise by the scathing soon OF u
| Tcnbistopheles Again | felt myself nnder the
haL OF NV follow -creatures Again doubted oil
| heaven and humlnity.
rrsHrri pity and pardon me for invent moth
ing. nut am telling plain unvarnished tale an
| over true story. i,
| ON our return to England, had to mourn the
| loss OF an alurtlOnate mother who died almost
btokrn at the failure of all tho hopes she had
huilt On her first born and. rs was gel orally sup
| posed. her iaYOrilo child. llence'orwMO re-
| solved to bury myself IN my books, and turn my
| hack once for all. on world which had hitherto
! greeted ne only with contempt ana rdlcule. for
! wear or two | stead lastly adhered to TINS pan
when il was temporarily suspended ny one OF nose
| myslcrlous chances which occasionally DelaI the
| most unObtiusye and secluded OF ives 20 WIN
myself. | mauc acquaintance. quite acclunntally,
| with a young lady OF personal attractions and yet
| more remarkable talents. Circumstances Threw US
| much together; and soon began for the hrst tne
| IN my life TO realize the tender passion. StranSo
to say, the feeling reciprocated; anu WIN th9
consenC at least. If not Appreciation OF our hutuHi
| familics a day was fixed for our union. but
whether through accident or dispensation OF Pro-
violence. unexpected hitch occurred AZ the e,ov
| enth hour. Suspicious were awakened OF loose
| screw somewhere. And, finally was compelled.
by stress of circumstances, TO make clear breast
| of IT, and tho engagement was amcably ternl-
| mated | will only add that this lady. eminently
fitted by her talents to SHINE In the social sphere,
| subseoueutIy made n worldly and better assorted
| marriage and is now the mother VI numerous