Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-08


requiring strangers expecting great things
frOfn New York and Boston, and to them,
in the friendly Washington way, the young
German Nsas promptly introduced. II was
a society in which familiarity reigned
and in which people were liable to meei
three times a day, 90 that their ultimate
essence became man er Of Importance
Il have got three new girls" Mrs
BOnnycastle said. ''YOu must talk tC
them ALL
'sAu at oReef- Vogelstein asked, Re
versing IN Imagination a position which
was not unknown to him. He had Oftea
in Washington, been discoursed to at the
same moment by several virginia. voices.
''Oh. no; you must have something diff
I ferent for each you can't get of that way
Haven't you disco erred that the American
girl expects something especially adapted
TO herself IT7s very well for Europe TO
have few phrases that will do for any
/ girl. The American girl isn't any girl;
she's a remarkable individual in a re-
markable genus. Bat YOU must keep the
best this evening for Mss Day.
"For Miss Day" y ogelstein exclaimed,
staring. do sou mean Pandora:"
Mrs. BOnnycastle stared a moment in
return; then laughed Tery hard. Zone
would think you had been looking FOR her
over the glObel So yOU know her already,
and you call her by her pet name:'
'Oh, no, I don't know her: that Is,
haven't seen her, or thong of her, from
that day to this. We cane 10 America
in the same ship"
'.Isn't she an American, then:'
rOh, yes; she lives at Utica. IN the in
terior."
"In the interior of Utica? You can't
meanZy young woman, then, who lives
in New York, where she IS a great beauty
and great belle, and has been Immensely
admired this winter"
f.Aftsr az said NOgelsGein, rejecting,
aHd Little disappointed, ''the meme IS
not so uncommon; it is perhaps another.
But has she rather strange eyes, little
yellow, but very pretty, and nose kttle
archedf"
Il can't tell you all that; haven tseen
her. She is staying with Mrs. SteVbeA-
She only came day or two ago, and Mrs.
Steuben is TO bring her. When she wrote
TO me TO ask leave she told me what l tell
you. They haven't come yet"
Vogelstein felt a quick hope that the
subject Of this correspondence might in
deed be the young lady he had parted from
on the dock at New York, but the indica-
tiOus seemed to point the other way, and
he had no wish to cherish an illusion. It
did not seem to him probable that the en-
ergetic girl who had introduced him to
Mr.. Lansing would have the entree Of the
best house in Washington; besides, Mrs.
BOnuycastle's guest was described as a
beauty and belonged TO the brilliant city.
what is the social position Of Mrs.
Steuben2" it occurred to him 10 ask in
moment. as he meditated. He had an
earnest, artless, literal way OF uttering
such a question as that; you could see
from it that he was very thorough.
Mrs. Bonnycastle broke into mOcking
laughter. "Em sure 1 don't know :
What's your own" and she left him to
turn to her other guests, to several of
whom she repeated his question. Could
they tell her what was the social position
Of Mrs. Steubens There was Count NOgel-
stein. who wanted to know. He INSTANTLY
became aware, Of course, that he ought
not to have made such an inquiry. Was
not the lady's place in the scale sufficiently
indicated by Mrs. Bonnycastle's acquaint-
ance with her: Still, there were fine de-
grees, and he felt little Unduly snubbed.
IL was perfectly true, as he told his host
ess. that with the quick wave Of new
impressions that had rolled over him after
his arrival in America, the Image Of Pan
dora was almost completely effaced; he
had seen a great many things which were
quite as remarkable in their way as the
daughter OF the DAYS, but at the touch of
the idea that he might see her again at
any moment, she became as vivid in his
mind as if they had parted but the day
before; he remembered the exact shade
of the ewes he had described to Mrs. Bon
nycastle as yellow; the tone of her voice
when, at the last, she expressed the hope
that he would judge America correctly.
Had he judged it correctly? If he were
to meet her again, she doubtless would
try TO ascertain. 1t would be going much
too far TO say that the idea Of such
an ordeal was terrible to Otto Nogelstein;
BUTT NAV at least be said that the thought
OF meeting Pandora Day made him ner-
vOus. The fact is certainly singular, but
/ shall not take upon myself to explain it;
there are some things that even the most
philOsOphic historian is not bound to ac-
count for. He wandered into another
room, and there, at the end Of five min
utes, he was introduced by Mrs. BOnny-
castle TO one Of the young ladies Of whom
she had spoken. This was a very intelli-
gent girl, who came from Boston and
showed much acquaintance with Spielha-
gems novels. "DO you like them:' No-
gelstein asked, rather vaguely. not taking
much interest IN the matter, as he read
works Of fiction only in case Of a sea yOE-
age. The young lady from Boston looked
Iensiye and concentrated; then she an
swered that she liked some Of them, but
that there were others she did not like,
acd she enumerated the works that came
Zach Of these heads. SpIelhagen is
n Vol, yoInminous vruer. ana such cata-
locue took some time; at the end OF It.
moreover. VogeIstein's question was not
answered. for he could not have told you
whether she liked Spielhagen or not. Ut
the next topic, however, there vas no
doubt about her feelings, They talked
about Washington as people talk only IN
the ni.ace itself. revolving about the sub
ject in widening and narrowing circles,
perching successfully on its many branch
es. considering it from every point of
view. Vogelstein had been long enough
in America TO discover that, after
half a century of social neglect,
Washington had become the fashion,
possessed the great advantage OF be
ing a new resource in conversation. This
was especially the case in the months Of
spring, when the inhabitants of the COM
mercial cities came so far southwark to
escape that boisterOus lnterlude. Ihey
were all agreed that Washington was tas-
cinating. and none of them were better
| prepared to talk il over than the BOsoni-
/ ans. NOgelstein originally had been rath-
/ er out of step with them he had not seized
their point of view. had not known with
what they compared this object of their
/ infatuatiOn. But now he knew every
thing: he had settled down to the pace:
there was not possible phase Of the dis
/ cussion which could fiud him at loss.
There was a kind Of Hegelian element in
! it; in the light Of these considerations the
/ American capital took on the semblance
! of monstrOus. mystical WerdeR. But
I they fatigued Nogelstein a little, and 1t
I was his preference, as a general thing,
not TO engage the same evening with
| more than one new-cOmer-One visitor in
| the freshness of initiation. This was
I why Mrs. B0nnycastle's expression OF a
/ wish TO introduce him to three young
/ ladies had startled him little; he saw a
| certain process, in which he flattered HIM
/ self that he had become proficient, but
I which was after all tOlerably exhaust
! ing. repeated for each of the damsels. At
| ter separating from his bright BOstOnian,
] he rather evaded Mrs. BOnnycastle, and
/ cOntented himself with the conversation
I of old friends, pitched, for the most part,
/ in a lower and more skeptical key. At
/ last he heard il mentioned that the Presi-
/ dent had arrived, had been some
I half an hour in the house.
I and he went in search Of the
/ illUstriOus guest, whose whereabouts, at
/ Washington parties, was not indicated by
l cluster of courtiers. He made ii a point,
/ whenever he found himself in company
/ with the President, 10 pay him his re-
/ spects. and he had not been discouraged by
1 the fact that there was no association OF
I ideas in the eve of the great
/ man as he sput out his hand
/ Presidentially, and said: ''Happy to
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