Year: 1876

Letter to the Chicago Times.


We remained. | am glad that We did,
for we saw two very interesting occur
RANGES. One included fresh, honest,
cOmely girl from the Pacific slope, with
natural compIexion, truthful voice, and
naive manners. She won the Adonis of
the beach under the cOngre gated sneers
Of all the trained racers in the matrimo-
nial contest She is the one of whom l
told you at the beginning Of this letter
who went into the surf for a bath. She
had read names. Also newspapers, and
she supposed that it was nothing to do
Her father who knows that he is unpre-
seutable in fine society, having spent his
early days In mining, and his latter ones
in doubling up his money over and over
again, secured for her the chaperonage
of less crude family, which was making
the fashionable round Of summer resorts.
There is daughter in this family. She
Is nice enough, but not TOO beautiful, too
accomplished or too agreeable. 1t was
announced by the journal of fashion
able intelligence that an heiress was in
this family, and somehow this reputa-
ton became misplaced. The family,
who discovered the error, did not con-
tradict it, and their daughter be came the
center of devotiOns which were multitu-
dinous and complex Indeed, if it did
not mean love it did signify business,
which has come to stand for the same
thing in a general way.


The miners daughter received what
ever of adulation was left over. 1t was
offered to her as a cen5er Of incense in
tended for the central goddess, who did
not happen to be accessible to her devo-
tees when there was a crowd of candi-
dates for a smile. The pretty ingenue
of the Western slope did not know why
she was placed down at the side of the
alter, and even if she thought of it ct all
she supposed it was because she did
not know how to please the fashionable
world. Of course she wished to be
worthy of admiration, and she was not
such an idiot as not to know how much
more laYish nature had been to her tn an
to the daughter of her protecting frieads.
Whatever faults of style she possessed
she was determined to eradicate them
just as soon as she knew W bat they were.
Adonis, who Is at heart a right manly
fellow, and whose faults of manner are
not blemishes Of character, but Just such
little cOnceits as have been cultivated by
the women whom he admired, but neith-
er loved nor respected, endeavOred to
divert himself " ith the pretty girl until
be should fnd the heiress sufficiently at
leisure to feel the fall effect of his fascina-
tons when be brought them to play upon
her senses The more he tried to amuse
himself the more he liked it. He had
never before met with this style of lassie.
She did not know what sham was com
posed Of She told the truth in the most
Unheard-of style-at Long Blanchard
was as full of pleasant unWorldly
thoughts as a wild sweet-briar is of fra
fragrance Before his time came to
level his beWitch ments upon the heiress
he had ceased to desire the opportunity
He was really in love, for the first time
in his life. His young lady friends
chafed him, derided him, and even ex
postulated with hiz upon his cruelty tC
an unsophistieated girl who swan like a
duck, rode like a joe key, danced as if she
really liked it, didn't crimp her lavish
ment of ruddy locks, nor wear traiue
it Nothing reformed him, OF brought
him back to civilization.


He even made love to her, and wher
/ he discovered that she was neither gree
/ dy for an engagement, nor especially
/ proEd of her conquest, but very serious
and disposed to consider herself united
/ for his circle Of associates, he became
wretchedly in earnest. he believed thai
/ only the airs of the Pacific could have
/ developed and nOurished so ench antinl
blossom. Of course the father wa