The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-07
THE ENGLISH WOMAN OF RANK

AS SHE APPEARS IN ENGLISH FICTION.
As the silent, watchful and obsqui
Gus footman brushed aside the heavy
silken portieres, Evelyn Lady Mailman.
ners gided into the exquisitely fur
nished drawing-room. 1t was not hard
to see that she was of patrician birth,
Her 1.-THE form, her delicately shaped
head with its thin nostrils, arching eye
brows, and proudly curling lip, and her
dainty foot with its high instep, were
vivid reminders of the matchless beauty
of her mother, the Dowager Countess
Malmanners.
Lord Fitzuseess rose as she entered,
and stood in the centre of gigantic
tiger.skin that lay stretched before the
superb carved e-place, watching her
with admiring eyes. Then she spoke,
and at the sound of her clear, high bred
voice his eyes frightened and a slight
color crept into his pale face.
"Yeu have not been kept waiting
long, l trust ?" she said, simply.
"No, not long," he replied, absently;
but he was not thinking of what she
said. He was lost in admiration of her
wondrous beauty.
AS SHE APPEARS IN NEW YORK SOCIETY.
1t was a little after eight when a
shlver of excitement swept through the
brilliant company Of exclusives who had
been invited by Mrs, Pushington Get
there to dine and meet the two proud
British aristocrats, Lord Fitzusless and
the Lady Evelyn Malmanners 1t was
not much after eight-perhaps only ten
minutes-when Lady Evelyn entered
the room, and by her arrival put stop
to the mutterings of discomfort which
had been growing more and more audi
Bile during the preceding half hour.
Lord Ftzuseless, who had been in
the room about minutes, having by
mistake arrived only half an hour late
instead of an hour behind time, as was
his custom in New York, was a motto
able figure among Mrs. Getthere's
guests. His hostess had already re-
marked to one of her dearest friends
that it was easily to see from his lord
ships finely chisled features, not to
mention his ease of bearing, that he
was really of patrician birth, and the
sort of a man likely to attract attention
in any company, All of which was
quite true aid she might have added,
with equal pertihence, that if his high
bread face and ease Of bearing were to
escape attention, his checked suit
colored shirt, and scarlet necktie could
never fail 10 attract notice
And now, Lady Evelyn having ar
rived, dinner was announced, and the
guests marched with becoming solem.
nifty to the dining-room. They seated
themselves, and all eyes were fixed
upon the peerless Lady Evelyn, while
each delicate ear was strained to catch
the first words that might fall from her
naughty lips, for all of Mrs Getthere's
guests had heard of this titled lady's
"silvery, high bred voice"
They had not long to wait, for, as
she unfolded her napkin, she turned to
to her host and said, in those sivery,
liquid tones for which she is famous:
" Do you know, it seems so odd to me
that so many of you middle class
Americans should have buffers. At
home it is considered a piece of out
rageous presumption for any one out,
side of our own class, don't you know,
even to think of such a thing But
after all, you Americans do such odd
things. Am | not right, Lord Fitz-
useless! Don't you find that these
middle class Americans are much more
presuming than people of the same
rank at home"
i find beggars much worse" re,
piled his lordship, as he finished his
last oyster and babe the attendant
bring him some more. TRUTH
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