The Dillon tribune., 1886-12-17

could he called 50. There was desperate at
tempt visible to combine an American shawl
with the habits Of Il mantilla, and it was al
ways slipping from ono shoulder, that was 50
supple and vivacious us to betiay the deticicll-
cies OF an education i'll stays There was
cluster OF black curls around her low fore
head tittin, her so closely AS to seem to be
par. of the sealskin cap she wore. Once, from
the force of habit, she attempted to put her
shawl over her head and talk through the
folds gathered under her chin, but an aston
s.c,l lco! from the senator checked her.
Nevertheless he felt relieved, and, rising, mo-
toned her to Il chair with Il heartincss he
would have scarcely shown to Il Partisan toll
leta. And when. with two or three quick,
long steps s',e.,raced his side and showed Il
frank, innocent hut strong and determined
little face feminine only in its flash OF eye
and beauty OF lip and chin curves, he put
down the pamphlet he had taken up some
what ostcntatiously and gently begged to
know her business
think have once before spoken of her
voice-an organ more often cultivated by my
fair coumtrywomen for singing than for
Speaking, which, considering that much of
our practical relations with the sex
all opera score, seems q mistaken no.
ton of tl,eirs-and Of its sweetness,
gentle inficxion, and musical emphasis She
had the advantage of having been trained in
musical language, and came of a race with
whom catarrhs and sore Threats were rare.
So that in a few brief phrases she sang the
senator into acquiescence as she impaired
"desirs to see some Of his rare engravings."
Now the engravings in question were GER
tain etchings of the early Great Apprentices
of the art. and were, am happy to believe,
extremely rare. From my unprofessional
view they were exceedingly bad-showing
the mere genesis of something since perfected,
but dear, OF course, to the true collectors
soul; I don't believe that Carmen really i'd
mired them either. But the mink knew that
tho senator prided himself OH having the
only pot hooks Of the great a. or the first ar
tistic efforts OF 81 leave the real names to
he filled in by the connoisse,lr,- the
senator became interested. For the last
year, two or three of these denominations had
been hanging in his study, utterly ignored by
the casual visitor. But here was apprecia-
ton! "She was" she added, 'only u poor
young artist, unable to purchase such treas
ures, but equally unable to resist the oppor-
tunity afforded her, even at the risk of seeming
bold, or of obtrudiny upon great mans
privacy" ETC., etc.
This tlattery, which, if offered in the usual
legal tender OF the country, would have been
looked upon as counterfeit, delivered here i'll
a foreign accent, with a slightly tropical
warmth, was accepted by the senator as
genuine. These children of the sun are so
impulsiye! We, Of course, feel little pity
for the person who thus transcends our stand
ard Of good taste and violates our conven-
tional canon-but they are always sincere.
The cold New Englander saw nothing wrong
in one or two direct and extravagant compli-
n,ents, that would have insured his visitors
early dismissal if rendered in the clipped me-
tallic phrases of the commonwealth he rep
resented
So that in a few moments the black, curly
head of tho little artist and the white, flowing
locks of the senator We're close together bend
ing over the rack that contained the engrav-
ings. 1t was then that Carmen, listening to
a graphic description of the early rise Of art
in the Netherlands, forgot herself and put her
shawl around her head, holding its folds in
her little brown hand. In this situation they
were, at different times during the next two
hours, interrupted by five congressman, three
senators, a cabinet officer and judge of the
supreme bench-cach Of whom was quickly
but courteously dismissed. Popular senti-
ment, however, broke out i'll the hall.
"Well, I'm blanked, but this gets me-" (The
speaker was territorial delegate)
'At this time o life, too, loolsin' over pic
lures with q gal young enough to be his
grandchild." This from venerable official,
since suspected Of various crotic irregular
ities)
"she don't handsome any," The honorable
member from Dallota.)
"This accounts for his protracted silence
during the sessions "a serious colleague
from the senator's own state.)
"Oh, blank it all.'' (Omnes.)
-Four went home to tell their wives. There
are few things more touching in the matri-
monial compact than the superb frankness
with which each contides to each the various
Irregularities Of their friends. It is upon
these sacred condolences that the firm founta-
tons Of marriage rest mistaken.
or course the objects Of this comment, at
least one Of them, were quite oblivious. II
trust" said Carmen, timidly, when they had
for the fourth time regarded in rapt admira-
ton an abominable something by some Dutch
woodchopper, Il trust am not keeping you
from your great friends"-her pretty eyelids