New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-10
MILE. EULALIE.


:" Eye half mind 70 throw the thing up alto
gether" Hugh said 20 himself pettishly. ana come
abroad for good to 1--we as well as can upon my
little bit OF private income (FOuI hundred year
is not 50 bad. after all, for young man to live
1t was in the sallea-manger Of the Hotel DIES
DcuX MOndcs at bustlng Cherbourg that Hugh
Portledown came lmomentarly to this heroic reso,
linton. The next minute he had forgotten all
about It. and Justify calling the clean-shaven
garCOn to produce the note. That document duly
arrived IN i've minutes a goodly roll of paper in
deed. and IL must be acknOw lcdgod that even Hugh
POrtlrdOwn who was a CHEEKY, happy 20. lucky
fellow of the Iollcst sort did look Just tric sur
prsed when he glanced at the total duly inscribed
! IN very French figures at the bottom of the long
column. ,
Seyentv-ive francs" he said to himself little
! aghast. Seyeuty-tve francs for three daysentr-
tanment for single man THANK goodness haven't
married one of these pretty Norman girls why.
! upon my soul | don't believe snail have enough
! money left to pay my way back TO Bristol Let
/ uo see. Seyenty-iiVe is three pounds one. two,
! three. four-seyenteen. SIX. Foar seventeen. SIX
Through ticket to Bristol per advertisement one
pound sixteen; necessary gTatuIty to that ruihan
Alphonsc franc twenty-five; leaves me exactly
sIxpence to pay al incidental expenses on my re-
turn Journey. Well, it's "A blessed thing can man
| aye to do that nuch. COnfOundedly awkward u
would have been if I'd ran short altogether Great
mistake in going trip away from home not 10 YAK
ten pounds in your pocket beyond the tuTthest
| possible estimate of your total expenditure / vow
I'll never do Il again: ana vet ts curious ldct III
the history of humanity that one always does vow
one won't repeat these unpleasant experiences
I only TO repeat them forthwith, like a blockhead,
on the earliest feasible opportunity. Who defined
man wonder. as a two-legged rational animal
Two. lppred if you will Except at Chelseas Hos
pitall; but as to rational, why the things absurd
otherwise. how could | have come to leave myself
with only slxpence to pay all my sumry expenses
on the way back To that detcstable Bristol I 80
He counted out the seventy -hVe francs rneiullyi
paid the smiling AlphOnse his one, twenty-five, and
sailed forth, trayelling-bag IN hand out INTO the
delicious summer evening ami down to the once
of the steamboats, which at that time used 10 run
nightly between Cherbourg and Poole ~ Dorset,
shire shan't be able 10 afford a BERTH he Sald
to himself. grucsOmey: but anyway. its splen-
did nIght-iull moon and sea like mill pond-,and
after all. ono might do worse than spend aJulY
evening looking over INTO the reflection 81 the
stars on that beautiful water. Here goes then
inst cabin and third-cass to Bristol one pound,
cabin. I'm not particular, hut | draw line at
second class on board n steamer. In" sea bad
enough any case. and doesn't require to be made
worse by tine combined smell OF an OILY engine ana
bad tobacco
Hugh paid his fare boldly with the air Of a man
who has several hounds In reserve nm case he wants
Them aud walked aboard at once To secure himself
"a comfortable corner before the arrival of the tram
from Cacn and Paris. 4" If I've got to sit mp all
night.- ne thought. " may ms well do 1t as con
yruiently ~ possible SO lac chose nice corner on
deck with padded seat, and laid his bag here to
keep the place for INN whilc he paced up aud down
and took birds eye view of the situation
There vis hardly any body on board "a vet, Tor
most of the T'sacngers came 10y the afla tram nul
one young lady. "a pretty French gu WIN tmIing
round face was standing lay ia" side OF the paddle
hnA watching the hurry and sCutry on shore. Whcf"
"a crowd of douanicrs sailors. and fishermen we're
Hphting nnf that mcyitahlc blttlo which tagra
caaa,rs,ly nrhj aud day ut All Preach Hcapolts
Shc held hund" Of tnft IN lot hand ana on ,hc
luuao parchment label tnat hung pcuHtlr truh thn
end lugh could dnturtly read in large, round
iirnch nrhnpl4nl nuit of hand the neat in7ctip'
tom. " Mur lulhlir Lctujh, ,hot Mi7r Nphtiot
Mare"
llosh felt algh pans of rcmcree ~ he read int
tell tale ntr address aud thought 10 hu7oli "l the
sort OF reception Madrmuhrllr Enlahe Lefulh
what q charming uaincN Wa, likely 10 Obtain at
the baud, If h!a ingenious young countfyW"mch
20. N
going % be French goycme,s IN England, ana
That tins was her first venture beyond the stormy
channel. lhr sra was actually at that moment
lk- "a ehccl of glass; but 90 compassionate frame
M mind one ALWAYS makes the worst. mentally of
all barriers of separation when DIVIDE tAe poor !
exile from hi, or htr beloved iathrTlandl She was
SO pretty and nervous and shrinking too; when
bright red Immediately, with the naive !
instructive modeSty of 5ieReieree French !
hearted sort OF fellow. ana he blushed in return |
Though not vsibly 70 the naked eNe' 10 tHihh "I
the way that delicate, dainty, ruund-laccd Htiie !
Norman C,rl would be married ana worried AllI ou'
of her liie hy his rough young fellow cltlzchc,Sr''
future Hugh POrtlc town tct >" thoroughly sorry |
for the poor lite thing that hc was iai inclined
tacu auu there. 10 mp o. her and Siy ~ tajuciF
fashion iyouug men of twcnty-scveI ste alWays SO !
fafncr!y 10 gir, of cightroui, My dear lady, or
rat her. Madame, allo" Inc 10 beg "l You not 10 |
MINT yn,itrlf 10 Lc trr itrpcut You are sure
p,rIcnrc from the Uututnr-d youns Sayases OF the |
Somerset shire marshes. However, Hls courage !
failed him on tui, count. and he contcnted himself
with cAcrcl9h- iat Ierly SUPERVISION o'cI Nl'uo-
Io..ellc EullD from affair. ,
Presently his uu,u-pecting protcge seeing Hughs |
eyes bent closely upon her beyond what was con-
rcHQJic stepped 90 the top OF thc cohpihloi-tuncI
and began All ilc1eCiudI attempt at CONVERSATION |
with tAc tat eteWaidess. he scWaIdcss' OF couI,e
having only been engaged lOi lWtull-tNo y ears ~ |
Wis ting French ports, couldn't speak single "old
OF turIr outauuI-h furIcn lingo; ana MadeIuglsrHc
Eulalic was on the point Of giving NJ tie cudt1Nor
nm dc.pa r. when Hugh IA sing hs hat with cour-
tc,y thar was more than English lEualie thousht'
inter, eucd % at az interpreter. MadehoiSIAe |
.r. i IslfIf a
politely but she is unable 10 make herself under
stood 20 NY cOmpatriot. | fear. Ny comp1tuots |
generally one must confess, madeinoIsellc DO not
speak foreign Iahsudsr' win cas- 81 r1urHCi' !
Nadcmol,clic on her part. does not speak EuglsI !
il seems 10 me. VIII she permit me TO explain To /
the steWardcss What Il Is tIat she required
N.druui-cllc icIuth blu,hcd Stlll more violently |
Had not that dear GrandpaPa ,OlemnlS aQui"d her |
that very morning. when hc conalgnti her tirlh-
JIur 10 the diligence from Gruchy -c-Oircvile Tor
Chcrbouig that no account was size to hold cOH /
,.iulleatiou with any monsieur whatsoever, ana |
least of all with monsieur Au@ais untu sue liad /
reached Ia safety the hOspltaDie ToOt OF Sci' /
Spo0rtlrc, NcstJuue -upcrte Mare =" Tor thonc !
English. look YOU Eulahc. are the most terrible |
dragons that one can imagine" And now, at the !
exact outset of her journey. had not one OF tc'e
aggressive and d1naeIou, beings positively 5l'atVHiy
her under the gule" of poAt' inquiry MY
LerJth hlu-hod % third time merely 10 TANK Oh H. |
And get, thoush hiS accent was, sne acAnofE,l. |
edged, just trinc hard and brltanhc, TINS ttIIpf
Brltou certainly spoke her beautiful language with
ca-c aul readiness. He seemed anxious o. assist /
her. Cuul that dear uIaudpapa Doe wrong after all 7
Was 10 absolutely certain that every monsieur /
Aug,ais was complete ogre. or M -t u be possible
THAT ,omc few among them were really polite an, /
1ttoutlyef In any case. Mile Eulal c couldn't well
turn away without even thanking hum: 80 she sad
timidiy with little curt,tS. / thank You mon ]
-jcuI. but It was really no matter merely AL /
dr .-cd myself % the stewards IS by way of society
and conversation. ] need not trouble you to inter
pref for We'
Hugh saw from her manner that she meant these /
words "a. a disulIs sal aud he accepted them As such
su hc merely raised has hat again 4" exactly like
Freuchmau" thought Eulalio and retired aft. lust |
saving as he did So If madcmolsellc should have /
need of my assistance a. intorprter hereafter