New Ulm weekly review., 1885-03-18

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know when they are in the way"
$50 forward and presuming," replied
the young lady.
"In my country" said the dark. ..Ameri-
can, "men never intrude themselves on
ladies'. They wait to be asked"
"We have a very short way of settling
with them if they do" added the short
man Extensively.
"And pray what do you do with
| them ?" asked the last conner quietly.
He was typical Englishman, cool
and self-possessed, with broad, honest
face framed in by square-cut grayish
whiskers. His upper lip was clean
shaven, showing his firm, mouth, and
his blue eyes were firm and penetrating.
Not man to be trifed with, in spite Of
! his calm manner, and unobtrusive de-
meanor.
"What do you do with them?" he re-
peated, looking hard at the insolent
little red man.
"Pitch them out of the window or on to
the line."
would you like to do it now?" said
the other.
"Be quiet, Thady," interposed the
dark man; remember there are ladies
present"
"Dont mind me, gentlemen, if you
wish to give him lesson" said Lady
Jones, who had espoused the part of her
first friend.
The Fnglishman looked at her rather
keenly, but made no remark. Nor.
although they continued to talk at him
and about him for the next half hour,
did he take any further notice of them,
but read novel attentively which he
had extracted from his little black bag.
By the time they reached Amiens
quite pleasant intimacy had sprung
up between Lady Jones and the Ameri-
cans. The four went to the buffet and
breakfasted together. Returning to
their carriage they found the English
man had disappeared, so they made
merry at his expense.
"Quite a common man," returned
Lady Jones.
Probably bagman," added Mill
cent.
"What we call drummer" said the
Yankee.
"a dull, stolid, stupid-looking cock
ney," said the red-haired man. "We
are we'll quit Of him."
But they had not done with him yet.
He was there on the quay as the train
ran alongside the Boulogne steamer;
they saw him again on board with his
little hand bag, and always calm and
imperturbable. Only once did he be-
tray the slightest emotion it was when
man came up to him as he stood near
the funnel, and, with an almost imper-
ceptible salute, addressed him as Mr..
Hopkinson.
Hush, you fool!" he replied angrily.
"Don't mention names here"
1T was too late, however; many OF
those around had heard the name, and
amongst the rest the two Americans,
who were smoking close by.
"Come aft, Thaddeus, ;" whispered
the tall man. ''Did you hear that
name?"
II did, by thunder! It must be that
numbering villain himself"
And you, you fool, to get tquarreling
with him in the train!"
'sDo you think he has his eye on
us?"
'sYou may take your oath of that
''What in the name of conscience
shall we do?"
''Leave it to me; I have dodge if I
can only work it."
The steamer being very crowded,
Lady Jones and her party had been un-
able to secure private cabin. They
| had to stay on deck and in by no means
q good place. But thanks to the at
tention of her American friends, Lady
Jones was made comfortable with rugs
| and wraps near one of the paddleboxes,
while Millicent and the maid sat close
beside her. The voyage across the
channel was not good, and the ladies
reached Folkestone in more or less
battered condition. Now the Ameri-
cans, like chivalrous gentlemen, came
out in their true colors. Nothing
could exceed their kindness. They
took infinite trouble to prepare the
party for going on shore; they helped
the maid to fold and strap up the rugs
and made themselves generally useful.
Lady Jones was SO grateful and so
charmed that she begged them to call
on her in London and gave them her
address.
When the porters rushed on board
Lady Jones desired one. of them to go
at once and secure her carriage.
Cant be done, num-" he replied.
"All the things have to be examined
before they let us through to the
train"
"Absurd" said her ladyship; "they
won't examine mine. I am Lady
JONES'"
But her ladyship was no better than
an ordinary person before the law. The
custom house officers were inexorable;
and in spite of her protests, all
her small parcels and those of her party
were taken into the search room and
laid out on the counter. With an i'm
perious wave Of the hand an official or
dered her to follow them. To make
matters worse, the quiet Englishman to
whom she had been so rude in the train
was standing there in the doorway,
talking to two other men, and laughing
as she thought at her distress.