Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-01-05

warned him that II was time 10 get some
thing 90 eat.
lie knew the principal streets and
hotels u New York, bat be had only q
general idea % the plan of tho city. and
of anything oil thu beaten track hs
knew absolutely nothing. Setting out
In quest u a restaurant. ho walked down
Fourth avenue from Fourteenth stree,
until he came % place where a sign Al
the door announced French and Italian
Restaurant Table-d'hoto dinner. with
wine. IS cents. MAcaroni a speciality.
Uoing up flight of stairs. no entered q
nom nj one cni of which black eyed
curly haired Italian at at n desk max
ing change On either side were rows
of little tables, between which deIisrOu,
waiter, bcaring aloft dishes ~ smoking
viands hurried 90 AMI fro. Rush Ilurl
- ine was not a man 90 bo daunted by q
new experience When ho was un
familiar with tho ways ~ u place, hs
took In tho habits of its frcqucntors az ,
glance. and dill as they did. II troubled
him for a moment o. know whether any
language except Italian was spoken. but,
remembering that many Italians speak
French. he was Just about % hail d
waiter In tho latter language, when the
man callcd out 10 him, Ia excellent Eng
lishi
This way. sir. II you please
Rush seated himself at ono ~ the littl,
table. AMI took up bin of fare. stll
firmly believing that he would have q
give his orders In French. bat bcforo hs
hal made up his mind what ho would
have dish % steaming soup was laid
before him. This was followed by fisl
and meat. and then heapcd up plate oi
macaToni with its slyory sauce. TOPPED
with Parmesan cheese. The only maca
roni Rush had ever eaten beforc was ths
sort bcst known In American country
towns, which IL covered with slices oi
cheese and baked In an oven. Tho Eng
lish call IL "ohccso pudding" and serve
IL after tho salad Tho Italian spaghetti
was new 90 him; but ho saw an Italian
eating IL at an opposite table and FOL
lowed hi. example with something ot
tho sensations of Sir Walter Raleigh
when he frst lighted pipo u tobacco
lie wound the slippery ropss around hii
fork and finally ate them with as much
enjoyment as II scyenty.dye cent dinner.
In Italian restaurants had mado a PAR,
of hi, every day life. Birds, salad,
chess. fruit AMI cofIco followed Ia easy
succession. Everything tasted good oK
ocp, the wine. which was of tho waierci
California variety. and when he lighted
his cigar-yOung men dill not smoke
Cigarette. In tho-s days as they do now
-ho felt that he hal dined well.
Having plenty Of time on his hands hC
callcl for Tho Evening Post. and when
ho had rad all the news ho looked at hi.
watch and found that Il was half past Z.
lie had thought il must 10 at least y.
What could ho DO 10 kill timer Go Il
the theatre, or. better. 20 tho opera. N II
was an opera night. Tor II there was one
thing ko Lowell above another IL va,
music. Turning 10 the Advertising col
umns Of Tho Post ho found that IL wa,
evidently a gala night. for ho read
ENGAGEMENT ExTRAoRDiSARYi
Ne Mas NaHmAnn has the honor 10 announo.
that b. has s>oIfri the ssrvios- q The dLstla
guish~l American Tfina douaA
xs. uSLss sS0.Lros.
for o.. nights Cnly. pfevio,l. o. her dsTartur'
fos Earopa ThiS wcino.iay evening Ia Ira
,aiA" Nj. KH0vaoa ~ her gruai rOis q ylO
lstta s.ats msy b. seCurci a. The boI Ocioe
"'rnviata, the story of Dumas Dam,
Aux Camellias. said Rush 90 himself
"And Mis, Knowlion as Violctta Just
the thingl have never heard her. and
they say shc Il fine" 30 ho walked
around 20 tho academy. bought a good
seat Tor two dollar, and settled down foI
an evening Of solid pleasure. Every
note Of the overture was a treat 20 him
lie knew enough u music 30 appreciate
the beauties of that now desptsed opera,
and hs wondered how the pooplo who
had the boxes could find u In their
hearts 10 come 40 late. But he enjoyed
seeing them come IN. and ho was quito
enchanted with the pretty girls Who
gTaccd the front rows The sccne II
beautiful enough even Go old opera
gocrs. for there u no theatre In the
world that shows OF an audience as
los the Academy of Music. and u must
have been simply dazzling 10 an imprcs-
,ionable young man 10 whom It was all
new. The last notes of the overture
liei away and the great curtain rolled
up. show ing the room In Niolctta's house.
IL u not necessary to follow the story
" tile opera enough to say that Rush
lIurlsionc could scarcely believe hiseyes
and ears The music entranced him,
and the prina donna turned hls brain.
Before the opcm was over he was madly
In love. lie had bocn more or hes sus-
ceptible Ia the charms II the gentler sex
ever since be- left on pctiicoats, but this
was something new lie had never felt
this sensation before. lie wanielto kill
the tenor-a mild eyed signor Mcssalini
and tear the divine violctta from his
arms Altogether. be Was bcslde him
self. II was an extreme cas- ~ love at
Grst sight DO you believe such a fire Is
certain To die out as quickly as II Is
kindloii Read the following pages, and
you will know better.
II the departing audience had not H.
gun to walk over his feet and to express
itself rather vigorously at the stupid
manner In which he AT In his seat after
the curtain was rung down, Rush llurl.
stone would probably have remained in
the Academy of Music ill morning.
After having nearly upset tall. near
sighted young man. and having held a
stout elderly lady on his instep for half
q minute. Rush collected his scattered
wits. and soon found himself under the
calm evening sky that hung over Irving
place. The one thought uppennost In
his mind was the prima donna he had
Just seen. and whom he must go again
before he could return to his lodgings
In West Eleventh. street. But how wa
he to see a psr~On - hejgcd about Tho
stage doorl She must come through
that passage TO take her carriage. and
a. she passed him he could catch one
more glance of her bewitching face.
A few words Of inquiry brought him
TO the spot A coach was drawn up by
the si,l.walk-h.r coachi lie know A