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The U Desiinies.
A NOVEI4.
By ttlilkie Eaiiins,
Author of “The Law and the Lady.” etc.. etc.
COPYRIGHT, 1876. BY DONNELLEY, LOYD .c C0,. CHICAGO.
Complete in One V
Single Number.
DONNELLEY, LOYD & CO., PUBLISHERS,
Unabridged Editionp
Tm; LAKESIDE Buii.DiNG. CHICAGO. ,P
rice Ten Cents.
No. 60.
from our wedding: tour" (the lady wrote);
only be introduced to a few of my husbands
THE Two DEsT1N1"isQ
Qtbc 3‘,IteIu1i2:
IN TWO NARRATIVES.
[The Guest writes the Ilistory of the Dinner Party.]
Many years have passed since my Wife and I left the
United States to pay our tir>t visit to Enclaiid.
We were provided with letters of introduction, as a. matter
of course. Aino .g them, there was a letter which had been
Written for us by my wifes brother. It presented us to an
English gentleman who held ahigh rank on the list 0! his ‘
old and valued friends. . . ,
“ You will become acquainted with Mr. George Germaine,
my brother-in-law said when we took leave of him, “ at :1 very
interesting period of his life. My last news of him tells me
that he is just married’. 1 know noilnnz of the lady, or of
custom prevails of keeping the host and the
for half an hour '
and without a y
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Arriving at the
appointed time ho
In the tiist place, there was so much he
little ceremony, in the welcome accorded
almost fancied
quite fascinated us. There was an artless cli
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“HER HANDS FELL IIELPLESSLY INTO
111:3 LAP. ‘now CRUEL,’
the circumstances under which my friend first met with her. But of this
I am certain: married or single, George Gerniaine will give you and your
wife a hearty welcome to Englaiid, for my sake.” .
‘ The days after our arrival in London, we left our letter of introduction
‘ house of Mr. Geriiiiiiiie. V . , ,
x ' at'1t‘?i?a next morning we wont to see a favorite object oi’ American interest,
' X jn‘t])e metropolis of England-tlie Tower of London. The citizens of the
l ‘ United SL'ltE5'fllld this relic of the good old times of great use in raising
4' ' Iv their national estimate of the value of Republican institutions. On getting
back to the hotel. the cards ‘of Mr. and Mrs. Gerinaine told us that they
Ind already I-gtlu-n9d.0u1’.VlSlt.. The ‘same evernng.we received an invita-
‘ dull to dim, Wm, we.newly‘in;iri'ied.couple. It was enclosed1n‘a'little
to from Mrs. Germaine to iuy wife, wariiim: us that we were not to
“ Jr s vx Ifgpvct to meet 3, lugs, party. “It is the tirst dinner we give. on our return
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marriage! Hero were two people who had all their (teams;
and sympathies in common-who looliod. ii’ I may risk um c
to be man and wife. By the time when the fiisliioiiiibl ‘
hour had expired, we were talking:
dentially as if we had been, all four of us. old file ,
Eight o'clock struck; and the tirst of tho Englisli
Having forgotten this gentleman's name, I must beauests
lilm by nieans of :1. letter of ti o l l. b t.
llie intlered the $00!?‘ alum. 0i]1l‘aliIt;s)t1 aeiid iidgiys‘-.3 (i‘):(l)ltlllI
00 ‘e: surprise . par ntl , tl , 3 '
some other-person. .Gecrni:finemy npecmlmm m 1
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put a curious question to
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and manner, a simple grace in all her mownients. a low (191
in her voice, which we Americans felt to he simply irresistible
it was so plain (and so pleasant) to see that here at least '
“and you will
old Ii'ieiids."
ln America, and (as I hear) on the continent of Europe
also, when your host invites you to dine at a given hour. you
pay him the compliment of arriving punctualliy at his house.
, n England alone, the inconiprehensible ani
. discourteous
dinner Waiting
or more-without any assignable reason
better excuse than the
purely formal
be late.” ‘
use of Mr. and
. Mrs. Germaine, we had every reason to cougr.itul:ite ourselves
> on the ignorant unctuality winch had brou,r.;lit us into the
drawing-room hat an hour in advance of the other guests.
zirtiness and so
to us tli.'lt'W0
ourselves back in our own country. In the
second place, both husband and wife interested us, the
moment we set eyes upon them. The lady, especially, al-
tlinugh she was not strictly speaking a beautiful ivoinan,
arm in her face
icious melody
xpression, bom
togzethor ‘as dfiiniiliarly "and as contis
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appeared.
it leave to distinguish
M r. A. When
started, :in(1.bom
)6 actfnn pnnied by
his friend.