The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-08


ington was new 10 voeslstein he used
sometimes 10 mistake them. In tho halls and
on the staircAses where he met Thorn. for the
fuhotionariss engaged for tho evening 70 usher
IN guests AMI walt at supper. It was only
little later that he parcoiveI those functiona-
glss WSrO RimoNt AiwayA impressive. And bad q
eeJepIeaion which ssrvod ~ Ivory. At pres-
sht however, such misleading figures were
mu6h 1854 70 No encountered than during me
moAths OF winter. and. indeed. they nsvsp we're
b - enoouEtsr01 A. Mrs. Donnycastle'A Al
DfSSsht the social vistas NJ Washington like
the vast fresh natnsss Of tho lettsrsd and num-
berod streets. which ~ this souson seemed 70
voeelAtsin more spacious and vasue than svsr.
suggested but v pAuaity Of political phenon1-
snA Count Otto that evening knew every one.
or almost svsry onn. Thsfs wsrn very often
inQuirinR stranger expecting great things
from Nav York and Boston. and to them. in the
friendly Washington way tho young German
was promptly introduced. II WA . society In
Which sssaiiiaritv roisned. and N whioh people
Wtfs Liable to mst three times u day. 30 that
their ultimate essoncs became matter Of Inn
portance.
II have got three new girls" Mrs. Bonny-
castle said. You must talk to them ALL"
IAN at onoew vogelstein asked. reversing
IN uWu8tHutiVu UOSutOu WuiOu was hub uus
known u him. Ho had often. In Washington.
been disoourssd to At the sstns moment By
esvsral virginia. Voices.
"Oh. not you must have something different
for each you can't got Of that way. Haven't
you discovered that ths American girl expects
s8nnsthinG especially aiapted to herself? lt's
very we'll for Europe TO havs few phrases that
will do for any girl. TIE American girl Isn't
anv girl, she's remarkable individual In .
remarkable genus. But you must keep tho
bsst this evening for Mlss Day"
FOR Miss Dayl" voeelstsin exclaimed.
staring DO yoa mean PandorAr"
p Ma BonnyoAstle stared moment In return;
then laughed very hard. Ono would think
yoa haA boon looking for her over the elobsi
Do rou know her already. and you call her By
her pst hamst'
= "Oh. no. don's know her, that Is. haven't
0ssh her. or thought Of hsr. from that day to
this. We o~me 70 America In the same ship"
n "Isht she an American. thenf"
"0h. yes she lives At Utica 10 the intefior."
ia the interior OF Utica? You can't mean
~ yeans woman. then who lives Ia New
Yetk. who're she Is . grent beauty and great
belle, And has bsen immensely admired this
Wtatsr."
After all" said voeelstein. rejecting. and a
little disAppointsd tho name 10 not 90 I'M
common II 10 perhaps another. But has she
rather strange eyes. . little yellow. but very
rsessy. and hose . little arthed?"
II can't tell you all that; haven't seen her.
she v staying with Mrs. Stsuben. She only
came day Or Two ago. and Mrs. Stsuben IL to
bring her. When she wrote to mo to ask leavs
Z shS told mo what I tell you. They haven't
come yet."
vokslstein felt quick hops that the subject
Of this correspondence might indeed DO the
young lady he had parted from on the dock 1T
New York. but the Indications seemed to point
the other wny. and he had no wish to cherish
On Illusion. II did not seem to him probable
that the energetic girl who had introduced him
70 Mr.. Lansing would have the entrss Of the
best house in Washington; besides. Mrs. Bon
nyoAstle's guest Was described a. beauty and
belonged to the brilliant city.
What Is the social position OF Mrs. steu.
ben wi occurred to him to ask In nom ent.
- he meditated. He had an earnest. artless.
'iitsrAi way Of utterlng such question as that:
you could SEQ from It that be was worry thor
oueh.
Hfs. Bonnyoastle broke into mocking laugh.
ter. I'm sure I don't knowi What's your
own p and she left him to turn to her other
eusats. to several OF whom she repeated his
QUESTION. Could thsy tell her what was the So
etAl position OF Mrs. Steubsn There was Count
became aware. Of course. that he ought not to
have made such an inquiry. Was not tho ladys
place IN the scale sufficiently indicated BY Mrs.
Bonnycastle's acquaintance with herr STILL
there were fine degrees. and he felt little I'M
duly snubbed. It was perfectly true. as he told
hh hostess that with the quick wave OF new
Impressions chat had rolled over him after his
arrival In America. tho image OF Pandora WAS
almost completely effaced; he had seen great
many things which were quite as remarkable
In their way rs the daughter OF the Days. but at
tho touch Of the idea that he might see her
again At any moment. she became a. vivid In
his mind as II they had parted but the day
befote he remembered the exact shade OF the
eyes he had described to Mrs. Bonnycastle as
yellow; the tone Of her voice when attic last.
she expressed the hope that he would Judge
America correctly. Had he judged It correcty2
II ho wore TO meet her again. she doubtless
would tryto ascertain. It would be going much
too far to say that the idea Of such an ordeal
wss terrible to Otto Vogelstein; but It may at
least DO said that the thought OF meeting PAN
dora Day made him nervous. The fact Is Ger
tainly singular. but shall not take upon
myself to explain It: there arc some things
that even tho most philosophic historian IL
not bound to account for. He wandered
into another room. and there. At the
end Of i've minutes. he was introduced
By Mrs. Bonnycastle to one Of tho young ladies
Of whom shs had spoken. This was worry in
tellieont girl. who came from Boston and
showed much acquaintance with Spielhaeen's
novels. DO you like them ?" Vogelstein asked.
rather vaguely. not taking much interest In
the matter, as he read works Of fiction only In
ease Of sea voyage. The young lady from
Boston looked pensive and concentrated; then
she answered that she liked some OF them. but
that there were others she did not like and she
enumerated the works that came under each
OF those heads Spielhncon Is o volumnous
writor. and such catalogue took some time
ct tho end OF II. moreover. Vogelstoin's Ques.
ton was not answered for no could not have
told you whether sho liked Splelhaasn or not
On tho next topic however. there was no doubt
about hor feelings. They talked about Wash.
ington as people talk only In tho place itself
revolving about tho subject In widening anG
narrowing circles. perching successfully on it,
many branches. considering 1t from every poIn,
OF Wow. vogelsten had besn long enough In