The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-27

Dub edcu one hao meaning; she was not
loquaciOus in words, but her eyes, and the
changing color in her cheeks, talked: and
the inward emotions of her soul seemed to
be indicated, to an intelligent observer. in
the subtle foldings and modulations of her
lips. Her voice. however, was singularly
agreeable-full, low and guttural-e sound
that secretly stirred and caressed the nearer.
As rule, she was more ready to listen than
to speak, and the intelligence Of her listen
ing was an inspiration 20 her interlooutor.
Girl enough she was. she stimulated men to
do their utmost to please her.
".
Her father was tall, gray-bearded, bas-
voiced old fellow, with blue, humorous
eyes, cheeks ruddy with good cheer, and a
stiff leg. He spoke with a slow, swinging
emphasis, Jolly, chuokling heartinesi
pleasant to hear, but liable TO become op-
pressive. He had a fondness for cham
payne. in season and out of season; and.
remember, he ordered bottle when Cache
| pole and came up to his table that
afternoon, and / recalled myself to his req
objection and that of his daughter. The
music was going on all the while, and audi
bic conversation is discountenanced by
Germans under such circumstances. But
sat beside Blanche at the little round table,
IN such a position that her left shoulder
was nearest me, and by bending forward a
| trifie could speak low in her ear She
listened with her profile turned: but ever
| and anon she turned further toward me, so
as to encounter my eyes with hers and,
suppose, gauge what l said by what
| looked. OF course, what l said amounted
to nothing. 1t is astonishing how uniformly
nothing is said In society conversation. We
meet to look one another over, TO practice
our accomplishments of information and in
nuendo, of gesture and pose; and we keep
| up sort OF accompaniment Of remark and
rejoinder; but nothing is really said, nor is
that nothing listened to. To this pass
| has civilized hypocisy brought human
speech. But we get our impressions and
convictions about one another just the
same. The way the word is seid sigui-
fies something, though the word itself does
not.
shall not attempt to repeat what
Blanche and l said to each other. She, !
may venture to surmise, came to the con-
| cluson that l was nice, witty, genial and
| just old enough TO be comfortable-no harm
| in me. We recalled some of our ad-
ventures when she was a child. Soon we
were on the easiest, most spontaneous foot
ing. She had been out of school a few
months only. Society was a novelty to her.
She liked old men Cshe said better than
young men. And as she said it she looked
at me with 80 ingenious conviction that
must regard myself as an old man, that l
was conscious of a slight, guilty twinge, as
it were, In every wrinkle and gray hair
there were really not so many after ALL that
time had given me.
"Still, you are not got going to fall in
love with an old manp I said, interro-
getely.
She smiled; the delicate arc of her nose
Strengthened. l thought she was not going
to reply; but after pause she said:
"When fall in love, shall-gol'
And again her eyes rested on niue for
moment. In that moment | wished were
younger and the mani The symphony
which was being played came to an end,
and with it the little aria OF impossible
romance. l leaned back in my chair,
looked up, and saw the handsomest man
that ever | beheld.
He was a hairy man-an Esau-strong,
straight and masculine. His ewes were
bold, and his bearing manifested the auda-
| city of conscious power. His hair was
black, with hyacinthine curl to IL; and
black was his beard, and his brows, which
were neither archel nor level; the line of
each assembled gently from within outward,
| and then turned downward at an angle, Civ
| ing him an expression of mingled deviltry
and humor. The lift of these brows gave
ample space beneath; his eyes were large
and long, with something hewk-hke in the
moulding of the lids. The nose was now
once patricau and humorous The cheek
bones were broad, giving certain massive-
ness TO his aspect; he was a man to meet
with adventures; man Of whom you
would expect to hear with tales. His
beard curled like his hair; it was trife
longer than was the fashion for young men
| who went bearded, yet not so long as to dis
tort the face and made it appear like an
appendage to a beard; you could trace
| through it the outline of the square chin !;
! cvery hair was crisp with character. The
| head, as whole, was o model of strength
| and proportion, and was set on a handsome
pair of shoulders. The mans figure was
active and vigorous, and graceful in move-
| ment, but withal 1t had stateliness of
bearing-an air of careless authority.
There traces OF military training In the
| erectness of the neck and the confident
poise Of the gait, but 1t was far removed
from the rigid stiffness of the German off,
| GERS.
The countenance was that of a man not
above ffvesand-thirty years OF age; yet hair
and beard were grizzled, as If made of
threads OF oxidiZed silver. His dress de-
mands some special mention. He had q
fashion of his own; it was near enough to
the prevailing fashion not TO appear OtItre,
aud yet it was not like any one else's; there
was certain dash and style about il that
we read about in the chronicles Of the last
century. he naQ Uno lace ana bne nguro to
carry off any extravaganza of costume, so
that what would have seemed audacious in
& lesser man was moderation in him.
The total effect was rich picturesque
ness; though whether it were due most to
the man or to his garments, it was hard to
decide
There must have been in him strong in
fusion of the artistic temperament; he had
an eye for color and for form. His black
felt hat Of the Tyrolesa fashion, with a roll
ing brin, and there was bit of an iridis-
cent grouse's feather in the band. Hs wore
| a sack coat OF dark brown broadcloth,
bound with silk braid; his waistcoat, if /
remember right. was of silk, cut rather
low; and he had a voluminous silk neck
scarf, with thread Of crimson running
through IL. TO match the crimson flower in
his buttonhole.
He wore low-cut Oxford Shoes and socks
OF crimson silk. In his left hand he had a
pair of gloves; his right carried a stout
cane of dark polished wood, with a gold
head, and ornamented with silxen tassel
AS he set it on the ground, in walking, he
gave an outward swing OF the hand, in
harmony with the hauty ease and swagger
of his whole bearing.
There is man (tnought y as dangerous,
powerful and INSCRIPTIONS as as beast of
prey. He has the splendor and savagery of
the tiger, rendered more formidable by
the cultivation OF a gentleman, and the
jovial magnetism of man of genius. Had
he been rn in the age Of pirates, he would
have been the emperor OF the tribe. And