New-York tribune., 1901-02-23
AN ADORABLE MAIDEN.
HER ADVENTURES AMONG KTNsFoLK
AND FRIENDS.

shoot folly az II flies are commonly Su'''S'i -
because the novelist-especially inc f'ihii'i''
nove!ist-is apt 10 choose tho wrong "FaP,i'
Instead Of ono that hits the market 40 Ee' '''
smooth bore Nothing could be drearl9' 'H"
fhose laundering attacks upon ihe iol"'es ''
gasbionable society ln which ever! Ha'i'" -
scbe,ning barnv. and her efforts 10 marry hH'
daughter 20 a titled scamp are only frusra'ed
through the genius 4 q uenuIless Adonis WIN
ont = arop of blue blood i'm his veins. Miss "lyn
&c wiser She knows all about the marriage
market. she has observed had manners IN high
nlac-s. she can paint the nolleman Who IS d
sad dog" and the countess who is a cat WIN
consurnraate precision. Rut she seems q" 50! -
hers-lf: why grow hys.erical over these 'hihes'
why not p~eat them lightly. deity, even Joy
ously?" She does il. and 'Th" Visits of tI'za-
beth" IS accordingly q boon
Il, was perhaps fortunate thinG Tor Eliza
beth" she begins .t.at h'i ancestors Neh'
bact % -b.. CONQUEST. and thar she numbered at
least two Couutesses and Duchess among hV'
relatives. Her father had died some years ago
and. her mother neine an invalid, she had lived
q good deal abroad. But Al about seventeen
Elizabeth nccan 10 pay visits among her klns-
folk " She carried with her charm oi feature
rnuch rreater Ne cather from the text. tnah
that displayed by The frortispiece portrait pref
~ though that is She rojoiced IN gowns "hlch
were perfectly dewey hcr maid. Agnes, was
pearl above price and she abounded IN the most
adorable ienorarcc Of the ways of this n2uEh'E
world
AZ Nazeby Hail. her first stopping place She
enormously enjoyed her dinner, though she vas
also sorely puzzled. We talked on all the liihe'
sba tells b,r mother and every one else seemed
10 be having such FUN, and they all c2- eaeh
other by pe, names. and shorten up all thelr
50 orir /
an, sure YOU made mistake in what You told
me that ell voU bred people behave nicely at
dinner and sir up because they don't hl''
lois or them put heir elbows N the tame. ana
nearly ala sat anyhow in their chairs. only LaaE
Cecilia and Mrs VaVaseur behaved like You.
hrt then rhev are both quite old-oFer fofN.
Elizabeth is Justly severe on an those VINO are
absurd enough 70 look what she calls Old
When she meets an ancient crone Of thirty She
almost expects - find her quite toothleSS Al
forty one is or one ought 70 be. i'm ruins, and
though or her visit TO The chateau d. 'r"iN-
mare in France. she hnds the Baronne de Lar
nae a deliehtful person" she notes only the
remains" Of extreme good looks and distinction
Later. when this lady has won her heart she IS
moved 10 wondering admiration. The karonne
calls all the men by their end names and
every one Is very devoted to her and dare say
she is even older than you. mamma, isn't " Won
derful?" But We must not cross tho 'hanhel
100 soon. Elizabeth in England is too divertng
for that Here is passase from one of her
Nazeby Hall letters.
He nut his horrid arm right round my waist
and kissed me-someHhere about my right ear
before / could realize what he vas at
I irdS i'm a race. as YOU can fancy. mamma, so
tust turned round and gave him the hardest slal
7 could. right On the cheek He was furious
and called me little devil, and we both
walked straight into the drawing room.
J suppose ] looked SGrG0f and in the light ]
could he had great red finger marks on his
fac Anyway Mrs Smith. who sitting on
the big sofa near the window alone, looked up,
and said in odious voice. that made every
one listen Il afraid, Harry you have not
enjoyed cooling in the moonlight; il looks as IL
our sweet Elizabeth had been difficult and had
boxed yOuT ears
That made me iri1d the impudence, That
JGrrCHUc calling me- 10y nay Christian name 50
just lost my temper right out. and said 10 her,
IT is perfectly true what YOU say, and ] viii
box yours II YOU call me Elizabeth again.
After this sort Of thing it was perhaps as well
for Elizabeth TO move on 10 Heaviland Manor,
"A stuny, boring place" where the puddngs.
however. were .awfully sweet and jammy. and
Uncle John was quite irritated with me because
j could only two, and Aunt Maria. who has
got as deaf as a post, kept roaring 10 old Major
Orwell who sat next to her Children have no
healthy appetites in our day. Eh, what
And I wanted 10 scream in reply. But / am
grown up now Aunt Maria" Heayiland
Manor was. in fact a bit dull hut il frightened
up before Elizabeth left especially one day at
morning prayers
Uncle John reads them. and Aunt Maria re
pests responses whenever she thinks hest. as
she can't hear a word; but / suppose she counts
up and. from long habit, just says Amen
when she gets to The end of-thirty. say-fancy-
ing that viii be right, and il is generally. Only
Uncle John stopped in the middle to say D
that dog Fido was whining and scratching
outside so that put her out and brought in
the Amen TOO soon.
We would like 70 Hnger AT Hazeldene Court.
where Lady Robby amused herself from her
bedroom window by shooting at rabbits just
beyond the wire fence of the lawn with roolx
rife; she did not hit any rabbits. hut she got
? gardener in the leg and the man was very
angry, and bled a great deal and had 10 be
taken away. and l think il was very careless
- her don't you?" But the French visit i'm
pends. Tremendous things happened at the
chateau. Victorine. the eldest daughter ~ the
house still unmarried. was "a big dump. with
shiny complexion" and then the French maid
became outra aEeous The attitude Of Agnes
such conscious pride In the superiority OF
France-nearly drove me mad However. there
were compensating joys FIRST the Nicomtc fell
in love with Elizabeth and then the MARQUIS
followed his example There were glorious hours
yacht i'm the Seine there were fairs and
balls. and dinners. and life seemed altogether
50 gay that the letters fairly bubble - simply
won't he old maid. mamma" runs one Of
the asides in this correspondence. She could
take her pick of the nohlemen she meets. hut
she keeps her heart 20 herself. They are all
charming" she says Of these French friends
they 10 have kinder hearts than sons
of the people Nazeby hut wha; strikes one
quite different Is that every one il u-i-t,,