The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-29

Ddtlu ne promenaded ttc pare Of the
little street.
as he sauntered gracefully along, twill.
ing his mustache and rattan with an
air of self evident superiority and the
most supreme contempt and indiffer-
ence to all their operations.
IL is proper here TO be stated that his
tailor had never as yet received an equiv
alent for the magnificent suit of French
broadcloth, Genoa velvet and Turks
satin that enveloped his elegant person,
but of what consequence was that fact
TO him, so long as the suit retained its
pristine elegance and his tailor remained
ignorant of his whereabouts?
"Was Solomon in all his glory arrayed
like" Augustus Fitz Clarence Boobiel
Could that sapient monarch have risen
to behold this unique specimen Of hu-
manity he would doubtless have hurried
back to his long repose heartily ashamed
of the shabby appearance of his own OBJ
solete wardrobe.
Time passed on, and our hero had in
gratiated himself in the good opinions
of many Of the wealthiest families of
M, with whom he was a general
favorite-in fact, quite the rage-and
there was much strife as to who should
make a conquest of this "love of a
man."
He was such nice, genteel, moral
young man-at least so everybody
said," aud surely everybody" ought
TO know.
AS regularly as the Sabbath morning
dawned and the little bell had ceased
tolling Augustus, prayer book in hand,
sauntered gracefully up the aisle to his
pew, and devoutly bending his head
upon his perfumed cambria handker-
chief otfered-at least so people i'm
hgined--a silent prayer and then, after
finding tho service for the day, in a
clearly audible tone he made the re-
sponses very reverently and paid the
most profound attention te-tAe worthy
pastors discourse, "even unto the end
thereof"
Many stolen glances were directed to-
ward him from all parts of the little
church. The chorister sang his loud
est, and the lady members of the choir
evinced perceptible consciousness OF
his presence within the sacred walls.
And when the forty filthy" of the
good dominic was ended, the last strain
of the hymn had died away and the
benediction had been pronounced, what
jostling and hurrying down the gall
lery stairs to obtain glimpse of our
hero or perhaps the honor of bow from
his lordshipl Thrice happy the young
ii H. Ill a.,
pany homeward, and how many
thoughts wandered TO him instead of
holier objects upon that sacred dayi
His presence in the village had a tend
ency 10 render society unusually gay,
and many balls and parties were given
expressly in honor Of him. He was lion
lied by the young ladies' petted by their
iudicious mammas, clapped upon the
back familiarly by their papas-in
short, his invitations to breakfast, din
ner and tea were so numerous that IL
was exceedingly difficult for him to Gc-
cept them all. 1t would have been no
very surprising result had person with
q far more ample allowance of brains
under such circumstances been com
pletely bewildered and guilty of equal
indiscretion.
1t was the young men alone who
stunned him. They were his sworn
enemies.
The "head and front of bis offending
had this extent, no more" He was, az
they imagined, usurping the places they
had formerly occupied in the good
graces Of the opposite sex, while they
Esrs now ALMOST foIgottsl Or at least