Rollo in Paris

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l from a walk which he had been taking, and there found his mother and Jennie putting on their bon

, too?" a

pose there will be room. Or you may stay at home

eest and most cordial manner. With gentlemen and ladies, however, it is different. They generally have more delicacy, and are seldom willing to accept of any favor unless circumstances are such that it can be granted in a very free and cordial manner. They will scarcely ever, in any case, ask to be permitted to joi

of a man; and when he perceived that his mother hesitated a little about granting his request,

here. My father may wish for

t is really necessary for you to stay on his account. His bell i

d Rollo; "and besides, I can get

was a very pleasant time to go out. Besides, there were often plans and excursions formed for that time, which he was invited to join; and he could not join them unless his lesson for the day had been written. So he took pains to write his exercises, as much as possible, in advance. Whenever there came a rainy day he would wri

g of the exercise took about an hour. When the work was finished, and while Rollo was preparing to put his book

are you

father. "Are y

n a great arm chair, by the side of

feel, father

e said this he put on his slippers, and then st

ertainly feel better

y glad,"

d Mr. Holiday, as he walked

a ride," said Rollo, "with

y glad that she has gone. And have you been

riting another French lesson. I have g

s excellent. That's what the f

and take a ride myself. I don't care much where. If there is any where that you wish to go, I will go with you.

among a hundred others, setting forth that there was to be a balloon ascension that afternoon at the Hippodrome, at three o'clock, to be followed by various equestrian performances. Roll

lowly along through the Elysian Fields, and let me see

wspapers with me, and I will sit still in the carr

of the stream of equipages that were going up the grand avenue of the Elysian Fields. They arrived at the Hippodrome in time to get an excellent seat, and they remained there two hours. They saw the balloon, with a man and young girl in the car below it, rise majes

nd round the ring several times, they formed into squadrons and attacked each other with their lances in sham battles. After this, fences of hurdles were put up across the course, in various places, and girls, mounted on beautiful white horses and elegantly dressed, rode around,

for them all this time, and passing the Triumphal Arch, they entere

rate. Here, after passing the Round Point, the road became level, an

slowly, so that, if I come to any thing tha

his father; "give

can to the sidewalk on the right hand, and wal

" said Mr. Holiday, "I

anding up in the carriage, began to survey the crowd that filled the walks and groves that b

d somebody here with me to go and see the thi

him," said his father, with h

?" sai

. "You are in command this afternoon. Yo

o, "drive to the Hotel Lo

took his seat, while Alfred, turning the horses away from t

llo, "I shall prevent y

ay. "I shall like a good brisk ride

ndid chariots of the French and English aristocracy that thronged the avenue. Presently Rollo observed a peculiar movement among the carriages before them, as if they were making way

fred, drawing in his h

e distance by two others; and then came a very beautiful barouche, drawn by four glossy black horses, magnificently caparisoned. Two gentlemen were seated in this carriage, one of whom bowed repeatedly to the crowd that were gazing at the spectacle from the sides o

red to Rollo. "He is go

. But if I had four such beautiful black horses as he has got, I shou

, cabs, wagons, chariots, and foot passengers without number; and, finally, the tall column of the Place Vendome. Winding round in a graceful curve through this magnificent square, the carriage rolled on in the direction of the Boulevards, and, after going rapidly on for nearly half a mile in that spacious avenue, it turned into the street which led to the hotel. It stopped, at length, before the door, and Rollo got out, w

ollo and Carlos went in among the walks and groves to see the various spectacles which were exhibited there. They would come back from time to time to the carriage, in o

los and I want to ride on it. The horses are in pairs, two together. Carlos can get on one

l," said

strong. The horses were as large as small ponies, and the vessels were as big as little boats-each one having seats for four children. When Rollo and Carlos went back, the machine had just taken up its complement of passengers for one turn, and was then commencing its rotation. There were a great many persons sta

e. Rollo and Carlos then went inside the enclosure, and, going up some steps placed there for the purpose, they mounted their horses. Very soon the machine began to revolve, and they were whirled round and round twenty

an axis, like a vertical mill wheel. This wheel was double, and between the two circumferences the seats of the passengers were hung in such a manner that in revolving they swung freely, so as to keep the heads of the people always uppermost. These seats had high backs and sides, and a sort of bar in front for the people

hine revolve, went to the carriage to a

iday. "I am not su

n, and walked along to see what the next exhibition might be. The

his cap to the bystanders, in hopes that some of them would give him a sou. At length their attention was attracted by some large boys, who were engaged at a stand at a little distance in shooting at a mark with what seemed to be small guns. These guns, however, discharged themselves by means of a spring coiled up within the barrel, instead of gunpowder; and the bullets which they shot were peas. Rollo had seen these shooting-places before, when he went through the Fields on the first Sunday after he came; so he di

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these, one by one, and standing back at a certain distance, perhaps about as far as one good long pace, pitched them, as boys do quoits, in upon the floor of the box. What he tried to do was, to cover up one of the disks in the box so that no part of it could be seen. If he did so he

they would rebound or slide away, and sometimes knock away those which were already well placed. Still, after trying once, the players wore usually unwilling to give up without trying a second, and even a third and fourth time, so that they generally l

id Rollo. "I should like to try. I me

nd ask his permission to see if he could not pitch the disks so

matter of dexterity and skill, there is no harm; but so far as the hop

he nature of a reward for merit

hance passengers coming along to such a place, the result m

riment, provided you determine beforehand not to take any prize if you succeed. Then you will pay your money simply

"that is all I wan

hat you made," said Mr. George, as soon as Rollo had g

e other. For a boy to pay for the use of such an apparatus for the purpose of trying his eye and his hand is clearly right; but to stake his money in hopes of winning a prize is wrong, f

r. George, "I

ks that he threw spread all over the board. The money that he paid was, however, well sp

s and stands that he visited; but at length he got tired of them all, and,

ncle George and I are ready, too, though we have not quite

o the carriage, and all the