The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-01

asoendsd. sad hs felt more thsn ever like. Ne
young man IN his American tala. The gisli In
the present case was older and not - prseey.
- he could easily Judge. for the imass Of her
smiling Dyes and speaking lips still hovsred
bsiore hin. He wsn4 bask 70 HE book with The
feeling that II would give him some informa-
tion about her. This was rather illogical. but
u Indicated certain amount Of curiosity on
the part OF Count vogestoin. Tho girl In the
book had mother. Il appeared. and 10 hat
this young lady; the former had also brother.
and ha nov remembered that he had noticed
young man on tho whnrf-A young man In q
high hat and white overcoat--who seemed
united to Miss Day BY this natural tie. And
there was soms one else too. n he gradually
recoIiectod-an older man. also IN . high
hat. but In q black overcoat-in black alto
gether-who com pieted tho group. and who WAS
presumably tho head Of tho family Those re-
Elections would indicate that Count vogclstein
road his volume Of Tauchnitz rnthcr inter
ruptedly. Moreover. they represented con-
siderable waste Of time; for was he not to be
afioat In an obiong box. for ton days, with such
poodle. and could IL DO doubted that he should
500 plenty Of them?
It may - we'll 10 said without delay that he
did SEQ plenty Of them have depicted with
some precision the circumstances under which
he made the Acquaintance OF Miss Day. be-
cause tho event had q certain importance for
this candid Teuton: but must pass briefly
over the incidents that Immediately followed
II. He wondered what IL was open to him. after
such an Introduction. 70 do with regard to her.
and he determined he would push through his
American tale and discover what the hero did.
But in very short time no perceived that Miss
Day had nothing In common with the heroine
OF that work, savo certain local quality and
tlle fact that the malo sex was not terrible to
her. Her local quality. indeod. no took rather
ON trust than apprshendsd for himself; she
was native to small town in the interior Of
tho American continent and a lady from New
York. who was on tho ship. and with whom he
had . good deal OF conversation. assured
him Miss Day was exceedingly provin-
cial. How this lady ascertained tho fact
did not appear. for vogelstetn observed that
she held no communion with the girl. It 10
true that she threw some light on her processes
by romarkin2 to him that certain Americans
could tell Immediately who other Anne ricans
wore. leaving him to judge whether or no she
herself belonged to the discriminating class.
She was Mrs. Dangertsd, . handsome. con-
fidential. insinuatin2 woman. and Vogelstcin's
talk with hertook o turn that was almost phio-
sophie. She convinced him. rather effrctually.
that even in q great democracy there are hu-
man differences and that American life was
full OF social distinctions. OF delicate shades.
which foreigners arc often too stupid to per-
ceive. Did he suppose that every one know
every one clss. In the biggest country in the
world. and that ono was not as FREQ to choose
ones company there as In the most monarch
ical communities2 She laughed these ideas to
scorn. as vogelstein tucked her beautiful fur
red coverlst they rsclined together great deal
in their elongated ohairs) we'll ovor her feet.
How free an American lady was to choose her
company she abundantly proved by not know
Ing any one on the steamer but Count Otto.
He could see for himself that Mr.. and Mrs.
Day had not her peculiar stamp. They were
fat. plain serious people, who sat sido by side
on the deck for hours. looking straight before
them. Mrs. Day had . white face lnrge
checks. and small eyes, hor forehead was sur
rounded with multitude OF little tight black
curls. and her lips moved a. II she had
always u lozenge In her mouth. She
wore entwinod abou. hcr head an article
which Mrs. Danserfsld spoke Of as "nuby 1"
"a knitted pink scarf which covered her COLI
fure and sncirclsd her neck. having among Ito
convolutions hole for her perfectly express
sion!sss face. Her hands we're folded on her
stomach. and In her still. swathed figure
her little beadlike eyes. which occasionally
changed their direction. alone represented life.
Her husband had stir gray beard ON his chin.
and q baro. spacious upper lip. tn which con-
slant shaving had impaired kind Of hard
glaze. His eyebrows were thick and his nos
trils wide. and when he was uncovered. in the
saloon. 1t was visible that his erizzled hair was
donse and perpendicular. He might have
looked rather grim and trucuIent. II 1t had not
boon for the mild. familiar. accommodating
gaze with which his large. llght-colored pupils
I'm 1nio noPu ell
consider surrounding objects. He was evil
IDENTITY more friendly than fierce. but he was
moro difident than friendly. He liked to look
at you. but he would not have pretended to I'M
| derstand You much nor to classify you. and
would have been sorry that 1t should put you
| under an obligation. He and his wife spoke
! sometimes. but they seldom talked and there
| was something passive and patient about Thorn.
| IS II they wsre victims Of spell. The spell.
| however Was evidently pleasant-it was the
fascination OF prosperity. the confidence OF Sc
curity. which sometimes makes people arro-
| CANT but which had had such different effect
upon this simple. satisfied pail. in which further
| development OF every kind appeared to have
been arrested. Mrs. Dangertield told Count
| VogelStein that every morning. after breakfast
the hour at which he wrote his journal. In his
cabin. the old couple were guided up stairs and
installed In their customary corner by Pandora.
This sho had learned to be the name OF their
elder daughter. and she was immensely amused
by ller discovery. Pandora was in the
highest degree typical: It placed them in the
social scale. IL other evidence had boon want.
ing; you could tell that girl was from the in.
terior-the mysterious interior about which
Vogelstein's Imagination was now quite ex-
cited-when she had such name as that. This
young lady managed the whole family. even q
little the small befounced sister, who with
bold. pretty. innocent eyes. . torrent Of fair
silky hair. = crimson fez such a. IL worn BY
male Turks. worry much askew on top OF It, and
away OF galloping and straddlinR about the shiI
In any company she could pick up tshs had
long, thin legs. very short skirts. and stockings
Of every tint. was going home. In elaborate
French clothes to resume an interrupted edu.
cation. Pandora overlooked and directed hel
relatives: Yogelstein could sec that for himself
could see that she was very active and de.
cided-that she had In high degree the sAnti.
ment OF responsibility. and settled most OF the
questions that could come up for family from
the Interior. The voyage was remarkably fine
and day after day II was possible to sit there