THE INTERVIEW WITH MISS ROUNDSVILLE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 72, 29 March 1892, Page 2

THE INTERVIEW WITH MISS ROUNDSVILLE.

DESCRIPTION OF THE LADY. The reporter of the Melbourne Evening Herald, on hearing that William's betrothed was at the Ooffea Palace Hotel, hastened thither, and got the promise of an interview. The sequel we must let him tell in his own words ; — We were peremptorily told to wait in the corridor below for her appearanoe. In due ' time she. osme with a bundle of letters ia her hand and waltzed across the tiled hall-way to the porters. She had forgotten her appointment with the reporter, and without losing time sped back again to the door of the lift, but we were before her, raising our hat and begging to be excused, but oould she tell us her interesting story. We stood out of the way of some ladies, and Mias Roundsville tapped her foot on tbe floor rather disoonoorned, while the reporter told bia errand. " No," Bho said ; and she has a rioh full voice, •' I oannot give yon an interview or tell you my story, I have promised the gentlemen— the deteotiveß -not to, lam sure you will not press me." Not for worlds I we hasten to exclaim, but wo did venture the question if she was— — The lady anticipated us. She has the deepest of violet eyes, and these she pathetically turned upon the reporter, as she answered, "I am the lady, I may tell you that, Mr Reporter, We told her we did not want the story if she did not oare to give ifc but she was loyal to Oowsey and Oonsidine, and graoioualy referred us to them. We stood by her side loug enough, however, to be able to give our readers a pretty tolerable description of her, She is deoidedly petite, walks with a springy step, has an ox* ceptionally good figure, and carries her head like a princess. Her face ia rounded and dyed with the most delioatc of pinks, with Nature's blush of health. Dark, long hair, brushed well baok from a well shaped head, surmounts a pair of eyes whioh would be calculated to attraofc attention, and, befrilled in laces and {soft materials of such quality, she makes a very pretty figure iudeed against the stony background provided by tbe walls of the coffee palace, That is her word portrait as painted by an unimaginative reporter. She had no more to aay, and waited for us to go— whioh we did to learn the remainder of her story.