I can't see, for my part, what business the assistant editor of a magazine has abroad." "Oh, we make a specialty of articles from notorieties over there; statesmen, scientific fellows, or people with titles.

I expect to capture a paper from Lorne and some sketches by the Princess Beatrice this time." "Lorne?
It throws you into contact with that sort of folk, eh ?" said the doctor, looking at him enviously.

"How do they strike you, Jem ?" "Well," said Perry importantly, "well-bred people are the same the world over.

I only see them in a business way, of course, but one can judge.

Their voices are better than ours, but as to looks--no! It's queer, but American women--the wives and daughters of saddlers or farmers, perhaps--have more often the patrician look than English duchesses.