New-York tribune., 1884-10-05
SOCIAL SILHOUE1TES,
.v,sa THE IMPRESSIONS uf MIR MARK MAN
HAITIAN.
XII.
NJ IMAM WHO IMAGINES,

'o"' "",, Mo,,on Studwcll use this phrase
hocause. although had met and even spok'" W."
.hc Gentleman before, his personality ha" NOV ~
any way appealed to me- Perhaps ha" ooSv''.
that he was dark aud slim. yet am no' S",o '
had made either observation. bu' d" ,'o ""' ns
mentioned had talked WIN "''" """
what attracted by him. .u..u
~ .n,oo,,ncc was very gentlemanly and allur-
,,c Uc smoke with low. musical voice ITO n"o
.,,rcmelv white hands, which he used worry o''ch'
An s,,okinc n rather copious black mustache "o
wasnot n member of the Metropolitan bu' hau o'c"
introduced there as a visitor by an elderly c'"" ma"
WIN rarely left domestic quarters lie hao "'ou
living for several wears abroad. though 1" h"'Nuo'
Charleston, South Carolina. lie spoke enough ""'
an Engshman not to be taken Tor an An'e'''""'
and ve, no had no trace of salient British man
nerism. ,r VIA
,aI6nd everything very new and strange heio' nc
told me with a gentle suave air of confidence
lived good while abroad, you know-prncipaiiy III
Paris. The life there is so different!
"Oh. very different" | assentcd'
.Ono n,rst breathe the true French social atmos-
nbcro he continued " to thoroughly ENJOY faris'
Ono must get TO know the FaubouTg 81 "eiiha'i
people. and all that ur
% I supposc YOU know them. MrStudweiif
IIesmilcd Iio had quite a sweet SMILE anu IAN
eied that it now wore CLEAN oil courteous p"''
.Mnn, of ,bcni are NV warm personal friends
he sail. -
"Apd shall YOU remain here in America pefiha-
nently 2" l questioned He lifted his eyebrows d
little. and slightly shrugged bis shoulders
must remain for the present. have no alternative
NV STAY concerns &. we'll Mr. Manhattan Pio
tra ted law suit about certain inherited property
7 fel, that this was rathcr magnificent way oi
sileucinc me- and rcfrainc1 from ASKING s'"s'o
other question There was certainly something I'M
nrcss,vc even to the most republican mind about
,ou,, gentleman who had torn himself from
tl,c orstocraic circles of the Fauboulg 81 "elina'h
for reasons whicl concerned litgateu inheritance
soon discovered that in his quiet. nodeSt way
he had not few thrilling experiences To re'a''' io
had fought a duel III Belgium with the merry young
Uuc de p---and received rather severe wouhu'
fiery yonng Count would have startIeu NE aI 'oSN
than a Duke of similar temper we are always no"
mo Of duels with Counts. but ducal encounter
orros with il to the American mind a sense oi as
tinctiop and rarity Then. again learned that
Al, stndwcll lad saved the life of Prince t"lohna'
bs dear friend when the yacht oi the iatler hao
been terribly copardized in squal OH "nernScN
The Prince had given his friend an amethyst ing
set in silver at ia somewhere among my tiap'
tho, ring" said Mi Sudwell IN careless cohin'h'
of the Gift. lt's exceedingly pretty woni" NOV
p,u with II for anything but don't wear ~ W.
,a,sn / hate All except the plaincst icwelry' lio
with the French luiine the siege ot PARIS NV
w,uuj there hr proceeded, "was setinns one
the bullrt came very near my heart was 'hii'''
on ,N that excellent iiirnd oi mihr' the NA'o"n'
Cinny covered With hood aud IN ah nh'"hse"n7
,Sndjtjon NV Ito huns hy Unread iot NrpRa
afterwa,d iut | an rather tough tnll"'
through as tho Lnglish SAY"
These tales at hairhreaith escapes We're dollNeio'
with such hositating reluctance that often iell ~
4. .tiuulateI and eIsllitNrU Illtll
narration never dreamed OF doubling thelI hh
solute authenticity TO do 50 would have struck
mo as the rankest hcresy They appeared so utterly
apart from the least vainglorious vauntlns' MT
Studwell never seemed, the phrase goes To Souho
his own horn What he sounded was more Ike an
unpreentous little fageolet, and at the earnest Ill
vitation of myself.
His term of soiourn at the club expired. For more
than fortnight | completely lost sight OF MN.
We had not bid each other any formal iarewehs; |
badfaied to see him for day or two before his en-
forced departure from the Metropolitan
But one evening Glanced to meet him IN the ha
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel 1t instantly occurred u
me that he loo&cd detected, sombre depressed
Rnt his bright smile soon disspated this idea
GWitn your charming club" he sad' u wohuo'
that You should drop in here" ,
.Now and then do so' answered " Ihc tliti
Avenue Hotel attracts a man. sometimes, as III
glitter. One Is visited. at special early hours in h
evening. by fancy that he may meet here SOM
long-lost European acquaintance
= But one so seldom does sad MI StudWeH VIII
, soft full smile that showed his white teeth unde
his dark. drooping .mustache.i any apartments ar
not far from here and so occasionally drop III.
aMy apartments pronounced by his placid lips
gave me feeling that was being referred TO some
thing of especial elegance and luxury
I re "A y
of rather reckless interrogation even while spoke
aJust in Twenty fourth street was the reply
And here he laughed. with an upward m0mehtarN
wavo of both hands "TO tell the truth until III!
affairs are settled, | am living rather ob>cureiy
.Obscurely p | repeated catching at the word
sYou mean that you are seeing very few peopeT
Not lust that not just that, he murmured
scanning the marblcd floor as we strolled forth SD
nv side toward the great populous doorway of tn
hotel al mean that my lodgings are blt modest
and and primitive That is all. To tell the trutl
Ibad fancy for something plain and simple in thi
vay am fellow of rather odd capriccS. some
times grow tired of too prosperous living ana lon
for a change. Can yOu explain the feeling con
fess that cannot 1t occasionally sweeps over Inc
for no apparent reason"
We were now in the open street walking north
ward in the direction of those inasscd ircgula
buildiucs the Ain,mare and the Hoffman House
two structures that naNe "l"N' '''"-"' "''
jntcrblcnd their architectural Identities 10 the eN
tent of forgetting which is which. ." suppose you
eapricc Is like all others" said. 1t IS not iroi
TIA very nature TO be accounted for. However,
bogio a. think this NewYork craze for houschoi
decoration an extremely titcsome affair
Mr.. Studwell land his hand upon my arm u
eves sparklcd as they met mine IN the rather dubion
lsmplight. "You eypfcs' my own opinions 10 VI
Icttrrw he exclaimed Nothing Is more wcarlsom
than this innndaton o' decorative appointments
....t.....t,. .,,L a Enatlike iurutufo an