, 1890-04-18

easy Tor Amer leans whoever they ure-rlcn
Americans, ! mean. Then | thought that !
you know what happened, Lady BagshOt
The worst Of it was | had to leave poor
mamma on tho o:her side; she couldn't pass
for an American, she drops her his Now,
can you forgive mef'
Forgive your said her ladyship. Il love
you very much indeed. OF course / am sorry
that you are a-that you are not an Ameri
can, but that can't be helped. l must tell
Sir Henry he will enjoy the joke immensely.
How did you manage it 50 cleverlyf'
"Oh, . said the young lady, Il tried to get
the accent as well as / could. And l wrote
out lists of American words, with the English
opposite, you know; "bootlace' - "sho2
string ''stationn-"depot, - and so on, and
used to look it over every now and again an
see what word l could bring in. But l felt
that l was doing it very clumsily. and that l
should betray myself-give myself away, ]
would have said half an hour ago"
You did it wonderfully well, " said Lady
Bagshot. 81 can hardly believe now you are
not an American. Did Sir Engleheld Green
find 1t outf'
81 told him. the young lady said, with a
slight blush, and then he withdrew the pro-
posal he had done me the honor to make. II
/ had been an American he was ready to love
me with all his might, butt think he had
seen the name over the shop door. ! thought
Of telling him that il was American oil, but ]
didn't"
"Sir Englefeld was a parvenu. y interrupted
Lady Bagshot. His grandfather was some
thing or other; Sir Henry will tell you"
"Perhaps | ought TO say, - said the young
lady, that he wrote afterward to make II
up, but | declined with thanks"
But the marquis, my dear, did you tell
him, toof'
mo, l didn't,r said the girl, slowly. II
don't care for the marquis. You know,
Lady Bagshot, society isn't what l expected
to find it, when 1 read novels in our garden
at Leytonstone. 1t is not nearly so interest
ing. The men are conceited and stupid; oh,
50 stupid And they don't seem to know
anything. thought | hadn't learned much
in Miss Bailey's academy at Woodford; but
these men, oh dearI So | have made up my
mind what to do. / will 60 over TO America
and bring mamma back to England. And
then we'll live at Leytonstone just as we did
before, except that perhaps you and Sir
Henry will come down and sec US sometimes
when you can. Promise me this, Lady Bag
shot, for | like you very much, indeed,
though / have deceived you shamefully.n
"~Evangeline,' said Lady Bagshot, Il won't
hear Of such a plan. You mustn't bury your
self at Leytonstone, wherever that place is.
You must have another season with me, you
must, indeed. | will have my drawing room
full Of clever men, now that | know you like
them. There are lots Of clever men in London,
and well connected, too. There is Lord Chill
bourne, who knows all about Darwinism and
how we all were once frogs. And the Hon.
Charles Fincb-Finch, who writes poetry. He
wrote Roses and Passion Flowers IL is not
quitea lady's book, you know, but it is very
clever. And then there's Sir Lewis Chetsey,
who paints beautifully, you know. His pict-
ures are nearly as good as some of those ut the
Academy, and he has a big room full OF them,
You must have another season with me and
see all these men,
Evnngoline wanted a lot of persuasion, but
she yielded at last, and promised to so and
stay with Lady Bagshot from May to the end
of july.
So E~vangoline Sarah Short will have an
other season next year, sailing this time under
no false colors. And | incline to think that
she will shine quite Us brilliantly as before.
She has reflected luster on the extreme west
she will not fail to do credit to the remote
east, and expect that many n young gentle
man will be searching for Bow and Stratford
on the enormous map Of London.-Longmans
Magazine.