The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-04

occasions he very soft and winning. People who
Ind Known her long would sometimes say that
wns forbearlng aud self. denyIng.
With hat income Miss Dawkins was blessed
no one seemed to know. She lived like a gentle.
woman, ms far as outward appearance went. and
never. seemed TO be in want; but some people
enemy had once declared that she Was an "old
soldier" Such was Miss DPwkins.
bordeau, had laid herself out to find the weak
f iIS. % "a NO. sci Ds'p Sp t Rs' R Niie. and Gi} L % %l, hi known fsm;
that he had room for two IN his boat over and
S Sf% tb nis s RsR ha 1fm NOT aui E,s made 3deT VIZ ber h %ip told ID
undergo so great n fatigue, but that. neverthe.
less, she had q longing Of the soul TO see some
s sWrns IN nothing nhHiDsS but SSo SnlS Which INNS? miss ba%k qns
had not found TO be encouraging.
To- married man there are always i've sides,
and In this instance there was Mrs. Damer as
"Ohy' Miss Dawkins sighed, and said, Yes, in
deed" then smiled, and betook herself TO Mrs.
Now Mrs. Damer was soft-hearted. and also
somewhat old fashioned. She did not conceive
told her daughter that the single lady by her.
self was very nice. young woman, and that 1t
was = thousand pitiss she should have to go
Miss Damos had turned up her pretty, nose,
thinking. perhaps, how small Vas the chance
protected female. But Miss Dawkins carried
her point at any rate az regarded the expedition
Miss 6amer, ] have said. had a pretty nose. l
may also sal. that she had pretty eyes, mouth.
pretty. As to the two Master Damers, who
were respectively Of the ages of fifteen and six
conspicuous for red caps and Tor the constsSncy
with which they raced their donkeys.
And now the donkeys. and the donkey boys,
steps of Shepherds Hotel. To each donkey
there was q donkey hoy. and TO each gentle
teRc was assembled, and a goodly noise was
made. y may here be remarked, perhaps with
some little pride, that not half the noise Is given
in Egypt to persons speaking any other language
that is bestowed on those whose vocabulary is
This lasted for half an hour. Had the party
been French the %donkeys would have arrived
And then out came Damer ptre and Damer
mere, Damcr file and Damer fills. Damer mere
was leaning on her husband. as was her wont.
She was not an unprotected female. and had no
desire to make sny attempts in that line. Damer
file was attended sedulonsly by Mr.: ingram,
iGS Tag ends o. certain political arsa;;
wife been 50 persistent b claiming her privileges.
the unprotected female, taught him to walk on
Miss Dawkins left the house with an eager
young Dsmer Yelling on each side Of her; but.
tiemen Of the party, she was ali smiles IN
prettlncss. and looked so s~ vctly on Mr.. Ingram
@ Ssr on ' no hex Te donieS that sss{ Sfs S Z %gn, almost sa hs,p
gave him for leaving her as soon rs she was In
And then they were of. In going from the
hotel TO the Pyramids our party had not to pass
through any OF the queer old narrow streets Of
lay behind them as they went down by the back
Of the hotel. by, the barracks Of the ,Pasha and
Cairo and the hanks OF the Nile.
Here they were kept half an hour while their
n stately refs. or CnDtuin of n boat. who declared
with much dignity that he could not carry them
S which h0 he a w sS% Justly 'fss s" entitled sis H" %b iss the f,nS Srns %
tiers, offered him only Ave times that, sum.
contest might soon have been at an end,
for, the man, was not without u conscience.
times and a half: but then the three dragomans
auarrellcd among themselves as to which should
have the paying Of the money and the affair
What horrid. odious men" said Miss Daw-
We'll; ! suppose they VII; people do get
Why don't You pay the man That fellow j:
always striving to save half a piaStre for me-
Mrs. T Dsme he VIVA Ts'R Tss aa airsa d. R Sscomins ra. ssi@
tired: - but I'm sure he's = very honest man in
'ryiPPss to pr is's .a as fF Siss ef baw IaSsed: VIVA. a
delightful trait OF national character 1t Is to see
these men so faithful TO their employers" And
having descended among, the combstants and
settled the matter In dispute by threats and
shouts and an upliftcd stick.
They crossed the broad Nile exactly at the
spot where the nilome;er. or river gauge. meas
ures from day to day and from year 70 year the
increasing or decreasing treasures ofthe stream.
and landed at a village where thousands OF eggs
are made into chickens by the process Of artif-
Mrs. Damer thought that it was very hard
have been maternal that they should be thus
robbed of the delights of mutherhood.
kins: so opposed 10 the fostering Ta;U principles Of
creation. Don't YOU think so, Mr.. Ingram
Mr.; Ingram aid he didn't knoT, He was
IL must be, presumed that he performed this
feat clumsily:, for Fanny, Damcr could Jump on
her when her brother or her father was her es-
cort: but now. under the hands Of Mr.. Ingram,
considerable time and care. All which Miss
Dawkins observed with precision.
bringing ass az up I his d Ssis sSi nearly Alongside sr'a sid; 1 % that
OF Mr.. Ingram. and Ignoring his daughter,s
dog; but you must admit that political power
Is more equally distributed In England than II Is
'"Perhsps It Is" said Mr., Ingram; equally
distributed among. we will say, three dozen
families" and he made a feint as though to hold
ever, at the same time on the side that WAS un-
seen by MIR. DameT, As he did so, Fanny's dom
key became equally imDetuous,. AMI the two
cantered on in advance. OF the whole party. II
was quite in vain that Mr.. Damer, at the top OF
dozen corruptible demagogues." Mr.. Ingram
found IL quite impossible 10 restrain his donkey
30 as to listen to the sarcasm.
Il do believe. papa would talk politics."
said Fanny. "if he were at the top OF Mont
politics. Mr.. Ingram"
81 sm sorry fCr that, very" said Mr.. Ingram.
almost sadly.
sorry. why You don't want me to talk poll
"in America we are all politicians. more or
less; and, therefore, | suppose you will hate
us all"
you would be such bores." But there was
something IN her eye AS she spoke which atoned
"A very nice young man Is Mr.. Ingram; don't
you think so" said Miss Dawkins To Mrs.
DameT. Mrs. Damer was going along upon her
donkey, not altogether comfortably She much
wished 10 have her lord and legitimate pro-
tector by her side, but he had left her To the
care OF a drsgoman whose English was not in
telligible TO her. and she was rather cross.
Indeed. Miss Dawkins. | don't know who are
nice and who are not. This nasty donkey Stun
bles at every step. There. | know | shall be
down directly"
You need not be at all afraid Of that; they
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