Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-17
A AtiLLuoN&IEE Ot1Ni.
She Follows the Hounds in Europe,
Spears Suckers in Hartford and
Kills Her Rocky Mountain Bear,
and Withai Is Il Lao.

hlilS Her Rocky hOHntalH bcoI
and Withai Is Il Lao.
From the Es,r y,rk sun.
"WeI, that IS reVelsuon OF fai
womanhood as interesting IA il was uh
expected" l said TO myself, 1t was a
the Grand Central depot last Wednesday
evening, and had iust lifted my nat II
my travelling companion on the limit
express from New Haven. She was no
more than 20 tai and wiIlowy, but We
well rounded in form. auburn hair, cut
short and curling, as 1t seemed, from
natural vigOr, and light blue eyes thai
were full and frank and fearless, brimiul
of lively wit, and changing with every
thought as a clear mountain lake reflects
the nues of the sunny skies; no cnquettish
yelled glances, no idiOtjc baby stare.
sat in the opposite seat to her. ard we
talked with the ease and confidence that
only exp, rienced travellers. meeting as
perfect strangers, can. She told me OF
exciting rides over the wild mOorlaud and
crumhl lng stone walls OF | Ster and the
daisy-pied meadows ard green hedgerows
ofW arwickshire; of killing Der first bear
I'D in the Rockies and OF spearlng the
sucker by torchlight in New England
streams. Yet there was not single
trace OF masculinity about her. She was
a lady from the little white ostrich
feathers OH her English travelling
hat to the tips Of her dalntily dimpled
bands.
There are, OF course, in every country
where there is fox hunting intrepid lady
riders, from the rank 2nd fortune headed
be the Empress OF Austria ia the demo-
cratic Miss Bayard. and wives who have
Eh flood
and savage forest like Mrs. Gordon. the
African explorer, and Lady Brassey Of he
Yacht sunbeam; ana | suppose We ought
q add Mrs. Lieut.. HEM of the Galatea.
Indy Brass US books ara intensely in
terestrng, although they are confred to
yachting adventures only. Bnt hero is
rpr-til woman who has leaped 1.-The rotten
Ia at prejudice" and entered actively
ipi "a the outdoor sports generally held
IT, he The recreation Of the other sex, with
mi losing one iot or little OF that soft
femiuInity which is womaU's wondrous
charm; and such a story, from her own
lips as near as may be, cannot fail Of In
terast, even trough poorly related
just rs | was ste oping into the cars at
New Haven she said "Pardon," with just
the slightest shade OF emphasis on the
last syllable, lis this the limited express
Tor New NorkY'
''NO. thanks," che said, with smile;
aud she tripped into the car to find a seat.
Mine happeutd to lie the next to it. |
think we must have commenced a con
vprsatiOn. which lasted until we reached
Grand Central de, OF, by some reference
10 the absence of the porter, and then 10
drifted on to travelling in general. She
expressed berself remarkably well, aud
seemed to have been almost every
where.
"American railroad travel is by far the
pleassntest to lady travelling alone"
she remarked. Not that the
men OF this cOun'ry are
80 much more gallant than those nf the old
world. Not at all. ! think the English
gentleman is the finest gentleman of them
all. In travelling they are particularly
kind ard attentive, and their politeness
has dignilicd grace about it which ure-
cludes any fear Of familiarity. But then
il is not the thug for ladies' to travel un-
attended in Europe. and one is looked
upon with unpleasant curiosity. Here
l generally meet with pleasant COM
pany-sometimeS lady. sometimes n
gentIemaH-and small talk passes away
the time.
"But do detest drummars. | don't
think they nave th's class anywhere else.
They are invariably what my brother
Fred woIld call hogs. Always looking
out for their own C mort. Settling in one
seat and putting their satchels on the
other. ! was gong on the express train
To Boston one dav, aud there was only
one seat lie the car entered, and this had
a saichel on it,. | asked the gentleman,
or drummer, II the seat was engaged. He
c0Glly reulied. 1T ia engaged. but not
occupied Then III occupy it, / said,
and took up the satchel and threw it on
the floor. ! had made mistake for once.
A out fifteen minutes after the train
starred a man came in from the smok-
ing car, and 81 nod alongside talking to
the man who said the seat was engaged.
Chen acted w0manly; l pretended to be
asleep"
Under ordinary circumstances, when
travelling alone, you act in more manly
spiri,?'
VI mo, [ don't say that exactly. hope
YOU don't think l am manly because
travel alone. II so, shall prepare N.Y.
self to fall considerably in your apprecia-
fioG. Why, some time ago | was out
with my hrOlher-Out l had better not
tell you that. You may think it unlady-
like"
THAT could not possibly do 80 far in
our short acquaintance"
Then she drew off her gloves. settled the
Guaint-shaped straw hat, and medita-
lively said TO herself: 81 wonder why one
talks so freely To one stranger and not TO
nnnther?" Here was a chance for me to
get out some philOsophic piatitudes OF a
iheOsophic and probably esOteric charac-
ter, with II creeping vanity that tor hall
an hour, at any rate, bad fair chance
of showing myself as a real thinker. Men
always laugh and try to joke when one
voices a serious thought. She listened
Ike an angel, while explained to her
but that isn't OF much interest.
"Well, Since YOU ask me-" she eaid.
with pretty smile In her frank eyes, II
went out one night spearinE for suckers
With one OF my brothers. You know there
are SIX of us at hone. tive boys and one
girl. And i'm the girl Ever since can
remember | have gone out with them, no
matter what IL was. | never cared for
dancing, perhaps because ! had no sister
and latterlY no mother. But don't care
forit anyway. IL such waste OF time.
And enc can't get up IN the morning. II
the dances were in the day time | think
might like il. but then there are men
city bred fellOws--that | would not care
90 get into such close quarters with. They
are. YOU know
about ihe sucker .tishngi Oh yes,
III tell you about that. DID YOU never try
il? Wei, we were down in West Vir-
ginla when we first tried tin the shoals
Of Indian creek and New river. Last
summer we had "a fne time Just outside
of Hartford. In the South they call IT
tiivpinv : btt M Mort, Ia upaortpo