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of foreign correspondence-and Of tele-
grams and eablegrams-giye one the
advantage of knowing the history Of
The world for one day. My incognito
repliod II am not sure from the nc
cunts but that it will DO found TO be q
new planet. / think that is a more in
'oresting theory than that of the
omet
Are you i reader Of the newspapers
said to her, hastily coming down from
NY starry height.
oh. yes, indeed, " she remarked, lit
Il such a comfort to have some common
ground Of conversation on which to
meet u nance no Iuaintance. Anything
Is better than to DO doomed TO hear the
everlasting changes rung upon ones
yves and other personal features. 81
fully agree with YOU, replied I. Never
ia 500 a pretty woman that / do not
say to myself She has been over
whelmcd with compliments all her life.
will spare her. will have pity upon
her, and viii do myself the pleasure
OF speaking to her Of other things than
TER unfortunate face.
said this as a sort of nm indirect
compliment 10 the rs yet unseen face of
my companion. think YOU have
reason, she replied, for it can but be
resome to q moderately sensible girl to
have her personal attributes forever
dwelt upon. it Is easy for a man to act
in a laftering manner toward a woman
without nauscating her with the tradi-
iiunal compliments by tho way. she
continued If not open to spoken lat
terry, you must not suppose me beyond
the usual gossip II this place. al
WAYS liked that remark of sidney
mith's to ady Holland, when he wrote
to her saying Il know you are much
100 sensible a wom5n not to en- oy i
title gossip
Indeed, ! ENJOY il immensely.
quickly replied, do give me some nj q
tid-bit though have not been here
long enough to get the run of the
habitues of the hotel.
Well, said she, there is a spirited
bit of fun going on here. If you had ar
rived a few days ago, you might nave
seen n tall, good enough looking zen
tleman on the sunny side of rs, who
has Teen the professional 'masher' Of
the place. lie has been in the habit of
watching for the new arrivals, and when
his eye fell upon a brilliant and elegant
young lady for he is quite fastidious
in his taste he would lie in wait, get an
introduction TO her, then he would
bring all his ponderous ammunition to
bear on the sole pro eet of captivating
the fair victim After this noble OBJ ect
is accomplished, he, Alexander-like,
signs for new worlds to conquer, but he
has Just now suffered II little check in
his career, by a species of tactics known
rs combination movement among the
Young ladies' o. the place.
II happened that the various victims
oil MS attentions met together, talked
over MS methods, and discovered that
they were precisely the same as applied
TO each and every individual. The same
assertions n declarations had formed
his limited stock in trade for the last
halt-dozen years. When the young
ladies found that Mr.. Washer had lot
even taken the trouble to give variety
10 hlS mode oil attack, they said, among
themselves, now let's bother him n lit
Tie. Then one said, turning 10 Blanche
Maitland, who had been for the present
season assuring the ambitious con neror
that all his asserSerations had failed to
make any impression on her tlinty
heart; Now, blanche, why a you
not turn suddenly and directly around
ahl confess yourself ubdne by his
perseNerlng EFFORTS say that you believe
every word he says, and that you think
yourselt most fortunate IN securing the
love ana admiration OF so noble and per
sis'ent n oelng- linen We VIII see how
ne WIZ sup Il oil Il snare. Agreed.
SAD anche ! VIII DO II. II VIII be-
great run 10 aVengc you All.
80, at the next moonlight, sitting nj
an u~nfrequented part Of the plaza
Blanche confessed herself conquered 10y
all his ieryent appeals. She was, oil
course, hardly surprised to observe
that he was not entirely oyerpowered
with gratitude for her %relenting mood.
ana she was secretly amused to see the
Willingness with which he allowed him
sell to ue so attracted by a party of his
relatives passing along that part OF the
piazza thai they deemed 1t no impolite
ness 10 stop n SIT down beside him.
Inc conversation soon became general
n harmless, the party afterward dis
persed Tor the night, ana tho self-sup-
posed acceptable lover has found safety
IN llghtThe must have taken the next
morning early boat-for he has not
peen seen mere since:
was aoout to reply that such char
aoters were as constant at the seashore
as tue annual sea serpent, whom
they much resemoled IN their
Shlltlhg man uVres, when our atten-
non was drawn OF by tho d%lscordant
notes II gentleman VINO was trying to
mum a popular AIR from "lolanthe at n
snort Instance from us. After running
over several tlmes' the untuneful
singer observed TO a Trend | don {
n why, II that tune seems to haunt
me. o wonder remarked my com
pahloh III lone % me- FOR he
Is forever numbering II. was smiling
at ms niue sally oil wlii n congratu-
wtttv when nj this inonnnrtnna mo.
ment, her uncle appeared at the door.