Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-22

arc. apparently. the staple of ccnyer-
saiiom in the French language. There
fore. | repeat, 1 do not desire to learn
1t.
My wife, however, is unfortunately,
an invalid lady. dislike referring to
tie Internal organs of the human
frame, bat it i, necessarysfor m , to OK
plain that her lungs are affected. She
calls hers elf n poitrinaire, which, I
greet to say Mrs. Worthistan docs not
share my instructive dislike for tho
French language or the continent of
Europe. On the contrary, being lungy,
sle spends cvery winter on the
Riviera. for the sake of the climate.
On these eXl editions in search of
health my daughter Sylvia accom-
panies her. | am very proud of Sylvia.
/ do not deny it. sylvia is a girl, in
deed, that any man might we'll be
proud. of. Her education cost me
several hundred pounds, and ! shall
never regret it. Sylvia is tall, hand
some, graceful, dignitied, u very at
tractlve girl, with a charming voice
and most taking She looks
and moves every inch u lady. 1t is the
ried as Il girl in her position ought to
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status i'll the county. L hate vulgarity.
/ detest the mob. 1t is my desire that
Sylvia should marry q gentleman. l
say no more than that. But when I
say that ] mean a great deal by it.
My wife affects Cannes, Nice, Mem
tone. Sylvia goes with her. This cuts
me off entirely from tho pleasures of
their society during half tho year. 1
regret that. too. 1 would like to be
near 8, "a to watch over Sylvia, and
guard hcr alike from the advances Of
the ignoble plebeian or the Interested
fortune hunter. For l need hardly
say that Sylvia will he rich: Palm Gil
may not bs particularly ari.tocratic. it
aid | will even add lucrative.) Bust
ness, the sordid affairs of the Gil mar
ket, retain me in the city from day to
day. 1t is only at Christmas that 1
can ever get away, fer IL fortnight at a
time, to visit Maria and Sylvia in their
foreign quarters. At Christmas. l will
a1mit, the Mediterranean is endura-
BILE; it is u period whom n prefers to
be away IRON England. l admire all
our Briti-h institutions from the very
bolt III of my heart: but | am over 20
and 1 have q digestion. Plum pudding
is an institution that l can now admire
III the Abstract only.
Last November. as it happened. Mrs.
Worthistan and Sylvia we're stopping
at the Antibcs-a most charming spot,
undeniably healthy. and with the love-
Hest views on the whole Riviera. Syl-
via is always the most dutiful of daugh-
ters ard the best of corresponds ats,
and she wrote to me pretty we'll every
second day a full budget of news about
herse'f and her mother. But her let
ters alarmed me. They were staying
at a hotel where another of the guests
wa a certain young man of the name
of hampton. 1t began to strike me
after while that Sylvia was .ceing a
COOL deal too much of this unknown
y ung man. 1t was Mr.. Hampton this,
Mr.. hampton that, MIR. Hampton the
other thing. till I was really alarmed
about her acquaintance with him.
Yesterday Wa went 70: a delightful
jouan. Mr.. Hampton helped us to
carry the ba ket. AMI was nice and
kind, and so very attentive to mother
Attentive to Maria. Was he? The
rascal. That's the way with these fort.
hunters: they know that to he pc
lite aud attentive to mamma is the
very way Of m skiing up to q daughter
who happens to be al hei.ess. "Thi.
m rning MIR. Hampton hired o Lowell!
little sailing b,at AMI took mother and
mc across the bay to the islands. He
is really very good to US, and mothers
quito attached to him." Ohio, Mr.
Hampton, sir, 30 that's your littls
game. Well, at least. thought I to my
sell. before long I'll just run across und
have q good round look at you:.
So, o week tefore Christmas I oh
served to ]owles, my confidential clerk
"Gct me a continental Bradshaw thi.
morning: Jowles. and look me UP
good train for the Riviera"
~ es. sir; directly. SIR" Jowles an
swered ms at To- Capital servant
Jowle.. knows his place to q IT, "Lud
gate ill or Victoria, sir??"
Now, II there's q habit Of the popu
lace which I cannot endure, it's the
bsrbarous practice OF misplacing thu