. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. g, and in the evening listened to concerts provided for the guestsof the hotel in the great central hall. During a pause in the firstof these entertainments, Dorothy found herself seated beside a chattyold gentleman, evidently an American; for he was proud of hisnationality, and had found nothing in Europe which was not in hisopinion surpassed in America. Talk about your Mont Blancs and your Grand Mulets, — hepronounced the latter name as though it were the fish mullets, — they cant either of them hold a candle to Mount Hooker foractual measurement; and for a
. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. g, and in the evening listened to concerts provided for the guestsof the hotel in the great central hall. During a pause in the firstof these entertainments, Dorothy found herself seated beside a chattyold gentleman, evidently an American; for he was proud of hisnationality, and had found nothing in Europe which was not in hisopinion surpassed in America. Talk about your Mont Blancs and your Grand Mulets, — hepronounced the latter name as though it were the fish mullets, — they cant either of them hold a candle to Mount Hooker foractual measurement; and for apparent grandeur, give me PikesPeak or the Canon of the Arkansas. No, maam; home produc-tions are good enough for me. Now, take the matter of girls; there AO CHAPERON. 25 isnt a country in Europe can beat the American variety. I knewthe moment that you came into this room that you were an Ameri-can girl, and I said so to Gilbert, — thats my son, the young manin the light mustache and eye-glasses talking to that Italian count. JUDGE AUSTIN. over there. By the way, I dont take much stock in that count,and I said so; but Gilbert says he is all right I said to Gilbertwhen you came into the room, Gilbert, there s an American girl;and it makes an old mans heart swell with patriotic pride just 26 THREE VASSAR GIRLS IN THE TYROL. to see her walk across the floor. Did you ever see a marchionessdo it better? You see, Gilbert doesnt think much of foreigntitles and so forth; but I hope I have impressed one thing onhis mind, and that is that he is not to present me with a foreigndaUghter-in-law unless she is a real genuine true blue sprig of thenobility. No pretty peasant-girls for me; I ve said it, and I 11stick to it. Father, I assure you there is no cause for apprehension,remarked the young man in question ; for the old gentleman had become so much in earnest that hehad not noticed the approach of hisson. I solemnly promise you notto marry a peasant, and there isno possibility that
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