San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-26

Berkeley Mason went on to New York
in ample time TO meet the incoming Gu.
harder. His sister accompanied him,
and as it was her first visit to the EN-
pire City, Mason arranged to have near.
ly week for lionizing before the arrival
of the travellers. Percival was allowed
to come from Hoboken and join the
party in order that his mothers eyes
might be gladdened by the sight of him
the instant she should land.
At the last moment General Smith
was prevented from joining his family
in Paris according to his original inten-
ton, and having old fashioned notions
relative to the helplessness of ladies, and
no sort of confidence in Blanche's ability
to distinguish herself as her mothers
courier and protector, he cabled private
ly to Nesbit Thorne, requesting him to
defer his eastern journey for month
and escort his aunt and cousin home.
Thorne changed his plans readily enough.
He only contemplated prolonged travel
as an expedient to fill the empty days,
and if he could be of service to his rela-
tives held himself quite at their dis
posal.
Pocahontas was ignorant of this change
of programme, or it is certain that she
would have remained in Virginia. Her
feelings toward Thorne had undergone
no change, hut after the long struggle
there had come to her a quiescence that
was almost peace. So worn and tempest
tossed had been her mind that she chung
to even this semblance of rest, and
would hardly yet have risked the re-
opening of the battle, which meeting
with Thorne would be sure to inaugu-
rate.
She was glad to see her old friend Gen.
eral Smith again, for between the two
existed "a hearty affection, and more than
glad to see Percival. That young gentle
mans joy at being released from the
thralldom of school, coupled with the ex-
hilaration of seeing his friends and the
prospect of a speedy reunion with his
mother and Blanche, appeared to well
nigh craze him. 1t certainly required
unusual vents for its exuberance-such
as standing on his head in the elevator,
promenading the halls ON his hands and
turning 'cartwheelsc down the passages,
accomplishments acquired with labor
and pain from his colored confreres in
the south.
1t is an interesting thing to await on
the wharf of large city the incoming of
great steamer. The feeling of expecta-
ton in the air is exhilarating, the hustle,
hurry and excitement are contagious;
involuntarily one straightens up and
grows alert, every sense on the qui vive,
eyes observant, intelligence active, MEM
ory garneriDg impressions. Note the
variety of expression in the faces of the
waiting crowd-the eager longing, the
restless expectation of some; the listless
inactivity, Indifference or idle curiosity
of others. Stand aside if you have no
business here, no personal interest in the
event about to happen, and watch your
fellowmen for your own amusement and
profit.
Many glimpse of domestic history,
many a peepinto complex human nature
will be vouchsafed you, and if the gift of
fancy be yours, you can piece out many
story. See; the throbbing monster has
reached her resting place, her fires may
subside, her heart may cease its regular
pulsations, her machinery may lapse into
well earned rest, given over TO polishing
and oil and flannel rags. The bridge is
down, the waiting crowds rush together,
the wharf crowd merging into the deck
crowd, and both pouring landward again
in an eager food. There are embraces,
kisses, congratulations, tears, continu-
GUS stream of questions and reply, and