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

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Assd. Onss Tn chained. don't care. ] fssl
like kind Of blAekboasA b this uas any way.
We eoaBd thsa awful h Germany"
vogelstsin wondered whether the friend she
had written to were her lover. and n she wore
engaged to him. especially when she alluded
10 him again - that gentleman that II com.
Ing down." He asked her about her travels.
her Impressions. whether che had boon long In
Europe. and what she liked best. and she told
him that they had gone abroad. shs and her
family. for little fresh experience. Though
he found her very intelligent, he suspected she
gave this ~ reason because he was German
and she had heard that Germans wero fond Of
culture. He wondered what form OF culture Mr..
and Mn. Day had brought back from Italy.
Greece and Palestine they bad travelled for
two years and been evafywhere, especially
when their daughter said: Il wanted father
and mother to sec tho best things. kept them
three hours on the Acropolls-f guess they
won't forget thatr' Perhaps II was OF Phidias
and Pcricies they were thinking. Vogeistein re-
fected. IS they sat Illuminating In their rugs.
Pandora remarked also that she wanted 10
show her little sister everything while che Was
young; remarkable sishts made 80 much more
impression whom the mind was fresh; she had
road something Of that sort In Goethe. soms.
whore. She had wanted TO come herself. when
she was her sisters age but her father was 10
business then and they couldn't leave Utica.
vogelstein thought OF the little sistcr frisking
over the Parthenon and the Mount Of Olives.
and sharing for two years. the years OF the
school room. this extraordinary pilgrimage OF
her parents. and wondered whsther Goethe's
dictum had been justified In this case. Ho
| asked Pandora II Utica were the scat Of her
II n Mi ~ ha
an interesting city for him. as stranger. to
| see. His companion replied frankly that 1t
was horrid. but added that all the same she
would ask him to come and visit US at our
home" II II were not that they should probably
soon leave II.
"Ah! You are going to live elsewhere? ?"
well. am working for New York. iatter
myself have loosened them-while We have
been away. They won't find Utica the same |:
that was my idea. Iwant q big plnoe. and. Of
course. Utica" and the girl broke Of with .
little sigh.
II suppose Utica IL small" voaslstsin sug.
eested.
well. no. It's middle-sizsd. ! hatc anything
middling." said Pandora Day. She gave q
| light dry iaugh. tossing back her head little
as she made this declaration. And looking at
her askanee In the dusk. - she trOd the dock
that vaguely swayed. he thought there was
something In her dir and port that carried out
| such spirit.
What is her social position 2" he inquired Of
Mrs. DanRerfield the next day. Il can't make
1t out at ALL 1t Is so contradictory. She strikes
me as having much cultivation and much
spirit Her appearance. too. Is very nice. Ye.
her parents arc little burghers. That Is easily
SEEM"
oh. social position" Mrs. DangerAeld ex-
claimed noddinR two or three times rather
portentously. What big expressions you use.
Do you think everybody In the world has q
social position? That 10 reserved for an in
flnitny small minority Of mankind You can't
have social position ut Utica any moro than
you con have an opera box. Pandora hasn't
got any; where should she have found It;
Poor girl. 1t isn't fair Of you to ask such Ques.
tions rs that"
WELL" said vogelstein. Ii she Is OF tho
lower class. that seems to DO yery-yery-'
and no paused moment. Us he often paused
in speaking English looking for his word.
Very what2 Count Vogelstein."
Very signiacant-very representative"
"Oh. dear. she isn't Of the lower Glass; Mrs
Dangerfleld murmured helplessly.
What Is she. them"
well. I'm bound to admit that since wa
at home last she is novelty. A girl like that
with such people; it's now type"
Il like novelties" said Count vogelstein
smiling with an air Of considerable resolution
He could not. however. DO satisfied with ar
explanation that only begged the question
and when they disembnrked in New York. ht
felt. even amid the confusion OF the wharf an,
the heaps OF disembowslled baggage. certain
acutcness OF regret at the idea that Pandora
and her family were about to vanish into the
unknown. He had Q consolation. however: /
was apparent that for some reason or other
illness or absence from town-the gentleman
to whom she had written had not. as she said
como down. Vogestein was gad-he oouldn'
hnvo told you why-that this sympathetic per
son had failed her; oven though without hin
Pandora had to engage single handed with tn
United States Custom House. vogelstein'
first impression Of the western world was 70
csived on the landing place Of the Germal
steamers at Jsrsey City-s huge woodel
shed. covering . wooden wharf which re
sounded Under the fest pallsaded Wit
roueh-hown. slanting pilss. and bes.rewl
with masses OF heterogeneous luggage
! At one end. toward the town. was q 70,
OF tall. painted palings. behind which he cou
distinguish . press OF hackney coachmeu
brandishing their whips and awaiting thoi
victims. while their voices rose. ineessant. wit
O sharp. strange sound. ct oncs fierce and IA
! miliar. Tho whole place. behind the fence. ap
; peared to bristle and rcsound. Out there va
: America. Voeelstein said to himself. an
he looked toward Il with . sense ths
hs ought to muster rssolution. On tn
wharf people were rushing about amt
: their trunks pulling their things toeeth
or trying to unite their scattered parcels
! They were heated and angry. or else quite bs
wildsred and discouraged. The few that hs
succeeded In collecting their battered boxe
had an air OF flushed Indifference to tho effort
Of their neighbors. not even looking at peopl
with whom they had been intimate on tn
steamer. A detachment OF the officers {
the customs was In attendance. and snel
getic passengers were engaged In attempt
to drag them toward their luggage or to dra
heavy pieces toward them. These function
aries were good natured and tacfturn. eIcep
! when occasionally they remarked to q passsn
ger whose open trunk stared up at them. i'm
ploring. that they were afraid the voyage ha
been kind OF dull" They had a frlendl,
leisurely. speculative way OF performing thel
Office. and II they perceived o victims nam
| written on tho portmnnteau thoy addresse