New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-14
HOME AND SOCIETY.
AN AMERICAN BELLE IN ENGLAND.

.oss,p AT THE T!TATRg-T1E CURRENT FASH
,o>s. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE COOKING OF
c,vr-PEpPERs FOR HoRs DoEuVREs-
A CALLING EPISODE
=. e oujte a revelation for tho petted American
IT. v,bo generally has half dozen Jealous cava-
49, Il, attendance when she rides after the anise
. IN this country, to find herself for the first
49, :, = regular English every-rnan for himself
So, FOR the moment II is considered the serious
,s,ress of life. before which all conventonalities
~, trovinr-room suavities seem utterly TO fade
away. III, .. A.,
81 shall never forget my first ride after the =
ND" exclaimed a pretty. American, who had
,o,o1 forward to Blankshire hunting with all the
,,r,,q Of a Long Island sportsman. II had anici-
- M end of fun, and on receiving an invitation
= hunting country had fitted myself out in Lon
an with the smartest of new habits and all the
necessary adjuncts complete. When arrived AT
Ioav Ms where l was to stop a fortnight the
nrst question that came up was the hunting Won't
7 ride? What sort of going had we in America
- talk over the character of the country. etc.
AID when I modestly admitted that had ridden
.cross country at home and was anxious 10 Try
p,ankshire fences. nothing could have been nicer
q, kinder than their apparent interest IN my rlu-
,,g They were all kind and pressing ana
.eemed so eager TO give me mount that nat
r-alIv supposed that 1 should be equally well
,reated in the field. and that l should be provided
with al least several caretakers and guides through
these fresh fields and pastures new. But no such
hing If you please! Once mounted ana away anu
these English savages were sans eyes sans ears
cans everything in the Of attention save Tor
the hounds ahead of them. one and all LETT me as
,rcereuoniously as If l was just another reno"
snd nothing Well, you can fancy now 1
fel, going at the breakneck pace. quite alone III
a strange country, on a strange horse with none
% care whether l came to grief or not Finally
trTiN a M
and seeing man in the neighboring field who mad
hoor very friendly to me the evening before and
Who had been particularly urgent that l should
ride I called out him asking what should 90
:" .your horse has lost shoe, he said, shortly,
evidently begrudging the time taken LOT eAa'l'i"a
ton There is blacksmith half mile from mere
YOU had better ride him there and have IL put on.
PM | do not know where 10 go" exclaimed
dsmally.
".Oh you'll find 1t right enough he replied CAL
louslv Go straight over that road a quarter OF Il
mile and take the first turn TO the left; you can
miss H. Goodby, IL you later. Ana jumping
his horse over a fence he gone. leaving me-
quite alone a stranger in a strange land, TO hnd
my way as best | could the nearest village 10
add TO my uncomfortable condition. the ram De
gan to fall in soft drzze, and all the WoEIu
seemed 10 me to sc filled Win mist and moist as
comfort. However there was nothing TO DO except
~ follow his directions. and l did not have much
d,fcul,v in finding the shop, the blacksmith seem
ing 10 tale my predicament as matter oil course
and proceeding at TO shoe my horse. while
/ stood by, getting gradually wet through Ihen' TO
nv great joy l saw young American who was
also stopping at the house, coming up the
road To be he was an absentee, ana an
Anplomaniac but | thought that there woulc at
least be a spark OF Yankee chivalry left II he saw
a countrywoman in trouble, and l waved to him
eagerly.
Have YOU seen the hounds he called out as
ne approached have lost them entirely. what
have YOU dropped a shoe? Beasty luck. isn't II!
How are you going get back TO the Manor! On
that is easy enough IT is only six miles on aho
every one can direct you along the road You say
the hounds are ahead? Thank you very much
And raising his hat ne also galloped away.
by this time the shoe was on. and my one good
Samaritan, the brawny village Vulcan turned over
an old water butt and helped me on II TO mount
and was really most kind. giving me fun directions
as 70 my homeward route. and saying pleasantly
Glad to obge We. men,. wnen | deprecatingy
mentioned that | had no money with me / felt
curiously grateful for even a blacksmiths cour-
tesy l was so forlorn and lonely