Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-22

tain'sSurprise---the Dancing spanish
GIrl---RepuIsIve Beings in the steer
age.
Saturday, March ID, 1893.
Well, here we are, nearly at our Jour
ney's end. We left New York one week
ago today and day after tomorrow we ex-
pect to arrive at Gibraltar, and glad
enough we shall be to get there. 1t has
been an uneventful and tresome voyage
in general, although the weather on the
whole has been pretty good, but the pas
sengers are mostly commonplace, we'll
hammered people, who are not acting out
their histories for the edification of the
chance observer, and are not quite so in
;eresting as if they were more peculiar.
was quite i'll and did not leave my
room until the sixth day, but NJ. felt well
enough to go up on deck the second and
third days. The fourth day, however, she
remained down stairs in sheer despair.
She said it was so dull sitting up on deck
in a long row of half-sick, drowsy people,
lying motionless in their steamer chairs
and wrapped up ike mummies in their
rugs and shawls, cold and damp, and gem
orally uncomfortable. Then the fifth day
was rough and she was too i'll to 90 on
deck if she had wished to. But since
then the sea has been very smooth and
everybody has been out enjoying the fresh
sea air; today has been perfect, not white
cap to be seen and the ship moving as
smoothly as in river.
The chief amusement has been in watch
ing the passengers. From the very first we
have wanted to find out who a certain Miss
Rxxxx was. The day we came on board
there were two immense boxes of flowers,
a large floral anchor, letters, one with a
special delivery stamp on it, several tele-
grams and all sorts of things in the saloon
for Miss RxXXx. On the passenger list was
Miss RxXXx and maid so we have been
very curious to see Miss Rxxxx.
While | was i'll and didn't go out NJ.
happened 10 sit IN her chair one day and
felt quite proud, thinking people would
take her for Miss RNXXX. Another day as
NJ. sat up on deck in a row with long line
Of steamer chairs with their halfsick oc-
cupants chair was brought out in front
OF them all, very handsome rugs and wraps
arranged carefully and NJ. waited with
great interest expecting 10 see Miss RXXNN
make a sort OF royal debut, when who
| should appear but light compexioned
elderly man and bee tucked up in 1t
We'll. We have at last seen Miss RxNxx
| have seen her from the first, but 50 like
| everybody else We could hardly believe oul
| eyes. No maid in sight and no glamour
about her; sue /, a very tall, slight, good
| looking young woman of - or so, and OF
the whole rather shabbly dressed At any
rate her clothes look decidedly the worse
for wear. We can't imagine who OF
what she is, whether an heiress, or &C
tress, or singer, or phianthropist, though
| she hardly suits our conception of any o.
| these beings.
| There seemed to be two bridal couple.
on board. One Of them attracted our at
tentiOn because the woman looked con
| siderably older than the man, perhaps 80
and he so young, hardly 20, as to be al
most TOO young go be married. certainly
too young to be- taking his wife TO Europe
| Later We learned that he was ~, that thii
was his second wife, and that they haC
| been married for some years. The othe
| couple, however, are really taking the
wedding journey. One day when II. wa
up on deck she Heard them saying the,
wanted TO sit IN the sun, so they left tn,
side of the steamer where all the peopl,
were. After while NJ. happening I,
walk around 20 the other deck saw then
slitlng thrt" al. by themselves, their chair
racing each other one steamer-rug owe
them bo'h' looking al each other.
There are several Spaniards on board
Two OF Them pretty young girls, who seen
TO De travelling by themselves, and eacl
engaged I'D very vigorous and enjoyable
irritation. The other evening the captain
gave the passengers surprise, by having
Wh.e they were down at dinner the Who'll
deck on one side OF the ship enclosed II
n'gs and bunting and draperies and dec
Grated with colored electric lights for
pail Al So the musicians tthere is
oand on board that plays mornings oil
deck anu during dinner took their place
at one END OF the deck and THE part
came IN. TINS is not dancing crow,
and people did not trip the light fantasti
Toe win much zest, but one OF the youn
! spanish girls, al The request OF tie cap
tam and passengers, danced several time
alone
She would dance down the whole lengtl
OF the deck, sometimes folding her arms
sonnet mes throwing them over her head
or putting her hands under her arms
sometimes she waved her cap or tosse
II IN the air or picked up her skirt an
nlrted II about; and the prettiest and mos