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FRIZIN:p. BROOK.
hoe hatzt i 4 i nbetweeit tho' hilk folauet. rue•
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`at ttie Dfit - •
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Th 0- Sa6r6°-: i4t;tti.C.0241i4Itliit.-o tby beautiful tibode
• Arrion_t!r•t1.0! :indiaosses ot yowler_ safalowy-
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-1,7tlettler theii dotirsparVe- into song; and tilt the
wootis witti tot.. . -
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¶Jhe frat-vo - -
-Hers e-ossitiu the -rink- bridge,. dear
Brookwould_ never
F1join thy staid rnoYelnena through-tktell.e1C1$.t.h3 _
- ihoh4tAtin lovelingoK; -
'ifhp-h! wan lere-4 utong See(' and: garnin common-
-. plaet disgUi4e,. . •
_oat nappy tt*, evade_ the glance -tit undiseertiing
ee
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But 1 heard the whispering, ".Calt rite by
- name!, 'Friend Brook.'
Per That to- thee -; comeup- to iny-c reinotest
n(1- the. freedt*- or 'the hospitable
hills. -
'./in4f.-poni: thy freshness- through thy -life, fibirt-.. •
et • uads and spririce-.,-. and rill$.1t .
hnpvs-4--411 I -thysong is sweeCupon the
:
...17te- trees'. bend over tit iu I to sta3`“th
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-(lowuward, tide; „1. - .
4vild witit- close
• tonial<eappvat '
For briefetti.-yauttzafter her the wet -eyed 'Adele ts
steriv., • .• - • • • •
,getlier ire4,. and knows. how-to pull a goad
oar, and: is something -else-besides-fa-great
deal else, he thinks. And so it --happens
that Lett's little -reniark fella' flat and the
races start up again But we are not to be
rid.. ofLetty's ice man quite se.easily:Pre-
- .Pre-
sently there he is again • and as if our talk
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had Mesmerized him his face is. turned fully
toward us with. a look • 9f -curiosity in his
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gaze, _which Letty at- once translates into -a_
•look a -admiration for herself. Then a sqd-
-.den aeemid, thought assails her, andl-withl.
-that-innocent air of hers -Ad.-_if she had•en-
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tirely forgotten- her first exclamation of ad.
miration, _says; •:"How like he18to. you; Mr.
-Ditworth-how Very like!"- Theniimrnedi-
ate1y she recollects; and Celle upthat
with:. -
surprising will power one of. those sinall-
:bliishes„. and a pretty little air of t. fusion
Tenicke smiles broadly, not clis0 and
says,- "Thanks; 'Miss-: Letty." V,-_,ereat I-
laugli;".a discontent,. "disagreeable 14.ugh, Iath
perfectly well aware for nothing sets my•
teeth en edge k.ii.these- ntinauderia of
Letty's, and Teniekces *aged acceptance of
there.. Letty flings herself at his head, as
she- flings herself at every inan's heed • and
he likes it, as they all like. it. At my laugh,
he turns quickly and flushes: Them-Witha
'Sat not-tte white-wa_17...e• rohini nor the Wood -stare.
, on. brink.... • -
Roe any s-,-,-.romer dower Whose reets-- frOni• thee re-
' freshriient drink,
. Vain ray need,. Friend.Brook, and -never
anyliird- -
81..eli gratitude to thee as my heart chant
- unheard.,
ot the -.Weed-thrilubiifiging fn. the pine-
eetWilioutit*Shade
one alt his ntertidy,ttie bonghs‘ low.nivritur
A. loyeltunig„ -eloquent withbreaks of-,-ipeehless
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...et: TOR:4C Li ad. through 't,I1Y soft tusk, ton.sWeet to
*tt gIttas
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for thou r spondest harnanlY, almost,' to- Itiiiitian.
- thou_th4 • -- • .• . ' .
•Soothing :. he's:Lie-4 pain wherewith- a . it•,ranger-
, rued °lett notc,- • - - ' -,...
ealing-si-- k fan-piesT!fr ni thielearlite' okerilew--
lifr_
ingt-- ...
wino i -Ig nagging oot- and _heart forever tip'
-ard_%P.• , 1 --- ... _
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-, - - - 4: - -- ' _ -7 ' f7
Ficnd Er(' Ac, r hold theetdearest yet_ for what -Lk°
itOt: litfosT,•
(fltrir par:: secret !kings- afar;, the ra3'..:Stery Or thy
- - . - -- '-- ` -
-Ina or the mountain eav CiTIR; hid:hy tangled:brit!,
- : mid fetir: --
friend is, rnosta, friend of. whom thebestienuans-
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„Ne_w-born. t-titeltiniotneni, flashing_ light thrOngh
WOrri. :accustomed:ways, - _-? •
-witty tent hindrance, gay- surprise.- sweethiir
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ahd deraya-,- •
is' -nest
gues:42-4, unseen.- -
evelatioti. them et . ail that- frieadShipa
-mean
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wIll- net TtArng-, the hills. that nieet- to 'hold theeban& -
The semmP leadittg toward thy votee";-.-the,moun
, -tam, orreand.grank. -
- That -to---ks" across: to welcome intethe :
be. hi -Ade -1-.4,p- ink Breek„ from all save !eye's- alt.
(406'4 sight -
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every year; and all the slimmer?.
loeg.
Setee:wal_f•kr-era.- wiltseek thy ajde-. and- to
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OW41).g_ .
Ati feet -t-,e-tir- hearts bund on with thin -e ever
the ottr: - '
tftese, through shade and shine, ethy
frtentiatip, wilt L share, - . • .
- half smile, "-You:don't agree With your Ns-
. ter, Mies _Rachel ?"- . - • - •
about,- ivIt. Ditviorth ?"- 1 -Make'
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answer with .imalicious assumed Oblivion:
He knows itisassumed, and he flushes - -
• deeper.
"Now,' Ray, that is_ae,like yen -4e- pre-
tend not to- know of What we were -speaking,
,
to pretend, -'that you: didn't, see the most
•strikingrettentblance between Mr. ,Ditworth
and the -the ice: men who just -passed."
; I de. not reply to- the. firstpart of this
s_Peech,hut I stoutly mantanthat:I sawio
• Poisibte-reeemblanee te Mr.,DitWorth in- the
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handsome fellow of Letty's sadden admira-
tion But all the tinie I am going --flatly
Lett had
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do -se resemblance, not merely_ of form but of
feature, and something too of expression.
But to „feed Tenlcke's vanity, to let him
think for a moment that I was following in
• Lefty's shimeless'-wake ! . Never. wahld
perjure myself fifty times over before I would,
;hazard the slightest suspicion of that. 'In
• -0e-rnean time Colonel-Chadwicic.::
g -
th ruth ; for even before. y
.-sapoakinean Iltead- been 'Arno
k with -the curiously
• t.
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"Not - -'bict-leaking &Caro*, really,
laut--What a dg's Lfe to lead"
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" A happy.dog; I dare say'7 said Tenicke.
The Colonel shrugs -- his shoulders and.
quotes "If ignorance is bliss."'
don't see why yet need .takeAtIor
granted that only the idlers have any use for
brains," say- "Oa the -con-
trary, as far .as iny' -knowledge :‘• of -.history
_ goes,-, the great men,- the brainy:. people -
always. cerne '111).f:rein the, werhera.'!-- And f.
_ quote freely; as far as my memory Will allow.
me, the -great taniek that have shone on the
. world ".n.aaided by birthandfortune:- Ten -
joke smiles again, <Oneref those easy- exasper-
ating sidles- of his; and., Sitting- back lazily: in
hiscileir he Says:: -
take hothing for granted,. Misailtechel;
and -I dare aay this son of the soil, .te, put it
-_ sentimentally; :may be carrying ar vointne- of
Horner in his pocket While he .carriesi,his icy
burdens or perliaPS he may - sindYing
aome: of thesoiendes in. his leisure moments.
-Perhaps he is a -great- geologist or . a' second
Tyndall inembryo"; and regarding' those
blocks of ice he -may be studying new forms •
ofwater.'-' ' • •
I am in an inward flame, bid outwardly' I
AM as., ley -.Aa the subject under discussion,
;andI manaie to. hum -in an 'absent Way -a bar
of a Strauss waltz to show: Mr, Ditivorth
• that. his impertinent - familiarity in nhafling
me was unheeded -
And justhereLett-T,-say-s. atieetly, "Oh
no, not Homer, Mr. , Ditwerth; but verylike-
ly one Of Bret Ilarte'S books:" - _ .1
-Mr Ditwortli. rensesi'hitriself.
- Letty; cloW.t you knowthat: f13is-; estab- -
• fished fact -that Bret- Harte is Mity;appreCi-
- ated by the people of tulture- or with -the
cultivated instincts, never by. the class he.
writes about; unless it may be the John
-bakhursts- ?"- - ' _ -
"But this is a .-ileasible Tyndall; icaiad-
Mit; Mr. DitWorth, -and eonseqitently he May
have the instinoti-Of cUlture and. be able to
appreciate your Bret Harte,". I stidderilysay,
forgetting for the-ram:6a my role of ,indif-
ference and abstraction .
"Oh, yes; .1-..will„coneede tothe. possible
Tyndall; Miss ,Rachel," with a low laugh
and a qiiick..gl-ance• shot at Me,- And here -
again down the carriage- drive hepesaes; this
-• possible Tyndall, this _bone-- of our' omiten-
tion:. As- I catch A full View of his -face and:
see the straightbrows, Ahe. square chin, and
above-all:the level look of the eyes that smee
to look into mine, I hive -a sudden odd sen-
sation that something: queer is going to ham,
pen, not thenandthere; but somewhere and
:some when, not far distant. • , ;
Tenieke, who had also'been Observing
Men; suddenly drops into. seriousnesa. "I -
dare day that -renew:enjoys': 'himself- better
than. 1 do. He -gets good wages,liVeS
_sim-
ply and heartily-;-nd- -chance of his -.1being
-.bored, no Chance Of - /his Tmakiiie anftreat
mistakes, - no :great riaki possible to him.
PM not sure but rd. change places with hireif 1 could".
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:"-Ohi. now,. •Mr. -DirtWorth,. you knew -you
wouldn't r_'• ursts forth. Lefty.-
: "Well,. no, -I don't slippoie-I would • -but
I.stick te it-sonan mightdo:*orse. 1 m not -
--sure-but,Miss-Raeltel thinks- we -are all ;
worse such fellows as Chad. an
dawdling ronnd -here."
ayink----no • *.t.iaxas=1,24=Ntsi, a
matter, -"-f reply 1 i.
"Itis eleven o'clock, and if we are going
to the beach it is high time," remarks Mrs
Ditiorth;.' rousing from a -close,: conference
With my mother upon_ the iniquities of ser!-
vants-And other domestic topios 1 have no
-ideal that either of thehi has heard a word of
the Conversat*n. just narrated but I am no
sooner in my room than my mother's very
iweet. voice _says, ,at My -elbow; -
:can't 'think ' why you are Se-
th:de to Mr
"Rud' I did net meantobe rude,..mo-
-her; 'and I'm sureif yon could see Mr. Dit- --
worth as Tde,. if you -..could understand all.
lus superciliousness, -his idle. affectations"
".Rachel, you. are usually clear-sighted,
but Ithink you are strangely blinded:
re-
gard to Mr DitWorth, - I have watched him
- very closely, lint I s-eenothinget--all ef What
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. you say- on the contrary; -he-seems-to-mete
be vers ' -tolerant and kind .t5 you, Rachel,
'who- are anything but. kind to,hlin,"
"Well, s1!re,he-,4oemft stiffer forkind
-area - Letty fully makes. . upto hith for arty,
'a cruelty -71 retort rather
And 4.ut _ their abanobing. jer ikew lo*etin'ess%
and- '
Shall - grow znto the memory of thy green abidifig-:
- „place- .
Then veilesf thyself -in sun -loathed, mists through--
= whioit -I may.
'Vettlendtthy being with :thy tiov4 -stir and,
- - ret,Friend Brook-!
tfarper'te W--agazt7-ne.-
TIR GE MAN.
OiA. fERRIT,
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'We -are .sitting -oh the Ipiazza of -the Dit
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Wo the" 4'- cottage "'rat Newport it is the
sarnmer of ing-,j or rather the. beginning of
- 4ottkinit, zor it- is just- turned. September.
--e-are si,c, in' number : Mrs„ Ditworth;:!- her -
on, Tenict-se,.. CeIonel-Chadwiek, my mother,
an her tU'deliiiiklitefsilliohel and.---LefitiiT-
--Itis in tht,, moil:tint-, just, after breakfast and -
-we are it--_•fiag,.- da.walieg, digestingour break -
tag,: and .:„-esterdari mews -dribbled out to us
. bythe Coenel and Tenicke, for, as- is the
oiastoin it households With masculine. Mem-
-ers, t --,-nen- of the partk.have at onceap-
propriated. the newipapers,
-1- ainliNtening vaguely to Tenicke's. voice.
-17unniiig atOng in a 'jerky 'account of .$;iitie
'..iacei. ,SoMewriere An., -which: I. haven't _ the
-. z wintest.interest faid. 4tchingolonel Chad,
k.
_ :---,..vielea--_,ek-Iamations- of 4:` By, -oVe,"-- -And-
' hat es'set.- of .faols!new,!..,': an. - "I- knew
'the mare,would winft And I ani _ thinking
vag-imty that- it- rinistsbe nearly time to drive
to the -beat h, iailien Letitia breaks in, saying
in plio- of. Ur: rapturous tones, " lThrit a
anOsomedellowt ' - Letitia, is.always break-
' ingitite little fervors of feeling or imitations
. . . . . . . .
of -feeling over somebody, always picking
. . , ,
. -,.,..pn.f.eliarina unseen. by other oyes , so k ,am
= . cot iaetekted or.moved by thisexelamatiOn,
at the gentIeMen_ . of Our- parly are --. net so
s-tohd ea,1-ina.,' Letitia isn't their sister, and.
. at. 'She•1-'..hinks of One of their sex is by no
_ =wane' an --2.. Uninteresting ;matter` to-- thdin. -
-Tenieke -Steps his jerky reeding and throivs'
up-his-chist, in that near-sightedWay Of Ilia,.
and Colonel: Chadwick wheels, entirely abeut.
..,. to 4°11(4 - the, di tion ofLetitia's Clgrk
,eyes;but both_ he iiitt1
-_..._ icke, fail bac-11er-
:
e it -it)? `.. atienir 1 '
- -Uelve the -object of
tatigh silently behinclmy,noWthe •
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:bent of int Sister'srain&
makei_gre4-pretensions toward being 0
' ci'atie in her tastes, and that she delights te
astonish her fine friendf .(prby bl•eaking Out
- - into what he calls holiest, admiration_ for a
...eoil heaver �r Some . grimy giant of Ihatillk;'
and so, one •Temek‘ aud_cotouelChadoriek.
,are entirelY adrift andperceive no 'earthly:"
-, object- Whereupon to waste that enthusiaitic .
exelarilati-en; 1 eM perfectly aware that:, the
- f- great hulking -fellow who -has fest di4p--
, -peered Up!:the. carriage drive at our riglit--;-
: tit shorti---Our iee man -is the object Of 484
- Letty's- preaent. approval. . "Blest if I. jean
see anybody," says Tenieke after a-ramiteht '
"Must .-have- been a hero_of.yoUr dreanis
an. halliteination," Says. the Colenel, _laugh-
ing -feebly. . . . - -. . - . . - ',
"---Hilan, here he comes: again," and .isii.
Lottk,lio4 her beautifully got up head to
--the right, .1 ".0h, that fellah V and Tenielte
1.7 -leeks relieired„ -" Yes; -very -,-good-looking;
- Q' -.pit tedether--welf„ Looks as if : he'd pull a
' -good oar if he _knew how."
- `Chedwiek yawns, and says nothing; . This
. ofellali." :is out of-thepale of his me.sailine
.jealthisy,- ipt 0016 i;tpt • Chadwwk: is- pit- to-
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.1a o find firm sten- -ding ground.; Bit My .'=heart :-beat* gL wildly Against his-7even h
mother -doesn't seem to think it firni- And after, as we -floated Out ‘gether,
ing ground.------------------------ --
"-Letty-is.polite to --every offer" she says
with Slight frown.
Lam exasperated and unwisely, unduti-
fallaferho,ps, burst out, Mother, you must
see that Letty flings terdelf at MS head."
"Rachel, hOiv can you use etch slang' -
'How -can you accuse- your sister of such
thinas ' '
"J3ecallSe it is true," I say- doggedly,
"and Letty in her heart . knows that it -is
true, And7.0fiicke knows that it is true; And
it Makes me hate him; the cool easy way in.
which'he takes likes it", •. • -
-"-Bach .
el ',there is A.notein my mother's
Voice that bringsmeup. sharply" Rachel
if this. is all true, I don't see whyyou have
such special feeling aboutitLetty, .it may
_be, isundu1y fond- of admiration, and strives
.to please; but it is her way with every one,
and -I -never- saW. you so bitter, before;
Rachel:" -
I ini in aflame, and I. answer hotly,' "I
hate to see her make sueh a fool of r Tenicke
Ditworth-that's all. - s vain and idle
and . acne enough, Heaven knows, but he Was
Jack's- friend, and I hate. td.,sed him made
Such : fool -of; - ,• -
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"I.letty isn't making slick a fool, as you
call , of *r. Ditworth.:1 think -he- under-
stands kir better than you do; RaChel ; and
if he likes one- of my daughters, I Arn Sure I
. shall- not quarrel with hi* for it. But -
there is the carriage, 'don't keep them wait,
ing, thy dear." • - -
I • -
I turn to the window.- My cheeks,-*hich
were 'flaming a moment ago., feel atone cold.
All niy hot anger had gone out and left me.
-
• I hear my -mother's steps• going slowly down
the- Stairs. I hear her ‘saying -:`presently,
t
".'iRechel will be -here in a Moment." -But:I
am hearing at the tianie time her significant
word, "If he likes oneof my daughters, ', I
am slitel shell not quarrel With him!' --.. Am
I'qua' rrelling with him because_ he likes
Lett il . - This is whet MY mother thinks-. , I
forget for ai fel', seconds the carriage that 18waiting, :forget -everything in .reealling my.
meth.'er s words; - all .niy- mother's -meaning 1
and as j recall, every ano'Of these pierces me
like ee Paally arrows And And, how- cheap and
mean and pitiful. all my life seems, and how
• the &ger -ancl brightness, gees out of •evety-
thini-f and it is then - I . suddenly hear; :
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`'. "W1at in -the -werld keeps-Radher se long ?"
* L tty!S clear tenes..-. -And I Arouse,' And
oo ing -down I .see Temeke- Sitting in the .
:higheach wagon, and I meet his eyes and
-.know that he hag( been silently -observant of
- me-,all;this while.' . I tiirrt swiftly and run .
- down the stairs, -anclin anothermoment I
at* sated beside- Colonel Chadwick on the
back I seat; ancl.,..we- are Whirling *along the
. . . _ .. . . , . ..
avenue.
:. "- hat 'did keep you SO long, , -Ray ?" asks
Lett. I„- ... She is in the front with Tenicke,
loOkinground-at Me curiously and noting my
pale- cheeks and niy„lackltstre eyes:,
"--t couldn't find my -hatt."-, 1. -lie boldly
andbriefly, .- and then all at Once. Tenicke
.. ,
aiki-Leity a qtieatioti, and': she forgets- my
-eiciitnee... We drive on thrOugh-: the long
English -looking lanes, •. sweet- with . fresh -
mown lawns'e&the standing clover in the
upland fieldei. and cook_ with' the :coolness
' that.ithe close unseen sea brings.. I hear as
-go the chirp of - the grasshOpper, - the
- whistling,- ealling, :cooing notes of the robins,
and the sWiff, - swift of the land mowers, all
ble d . er• together in a Sweet summer sound..
_Which will net shut out the sound of My mo-
ther's words, :and. Letty's carelesa, 'chatter
and -light; happy, -conscious laugh...
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The ti' de is ,very high that day, for there
- hasi'eaast7'ru'a'dl,itY'whha:a:7at8
ahererof teseahearsaomeeleatht
thetinclertoWia clangerotia, and straightway
falls' into a little panic of terror,
."- I cannet go in to.,clay.. :I know' sholiki
- bring- on one of my ;palpitations,7 . She . - says, -
in answer to 'Colonel Chadwick's- remark
'
that there is ne pe able danger:
--, Temcke does not urge her; on thecoutra-
ry,_lie says, with a ,queer . _ shyness, " Don't
urge iker„ Chadwick.; -.Let -.her- do as she
nhOOifes.."- - - And then to .Letty, -With_a little
eager hesitation new to him, and asifhe
were speakingte-a`ehild,- "I wouldn't have
you go iii-,. Letty, if you feel like:that.: I'm
sure it would harni. yg1.1."
- :A. flattered look.in Letty's eyes,. a -sat
pink binsh; a , real honest blush, : on her...:
peachy cheek; at this, ' -and I .-turned a*ey
with my Mother's wordsrringing through -my
"brain.- - When J emerge from the bath house
. I see- only Tenicke - at My door,- ' ColonelChadWick is 644*g -.* -..the bead': Wk.° i .
with. etty: - i _ - '..- , - _
If I Fr:afraid. of the, .nndertew,". he says,
throng a*langhing_ leek at us, a look; that]
seenitto embarrass Tenicke, but which - only
calla out a finelittle blush - ee Lefty's cheek.'
All isl fish that 00-111SS to Letty's net, and she
neveliteases to feel triumphant at any indi-
cations of A nibble.- ' • . - - .
- So it happens that I go in alone that day
with-Tenieke Dit*.Ortli. - I-. can 'see every --
thing as I Savi ittlien: The brilliance:Of the
-sky, the. awonderful deer- iatmesphere. that
showed fanoff to tis an oaean--steamer -on the
bine jiorizon line. and the great vexed waves
that still remembered yesterday's . rage - 44a
Wrath. - -The water, with all the warm sain;:
is ehilay,'aud r shiver :as itbreaks overme.'
':,‘*011 are :aeld;" 'says Tenieke, -'.- ".. Per-
liaps yon had better not stay": ..::
.
"I will be over In a moment, . this :first
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1itt1eehill;-7 Irettril-.---A.-ncl-4-, -a we -breast the':
hand still- ni,re1inquif3he4,- and inyaelf can' ht
now and iga* inthatilyeifp.embrace..aslt e
tide . -beat npward131 its reverse entre t, --
'•threateningOverthrow And danger' h W
the -.,,ineantiful clayish -one fairer than any d y
since:Jack had diel put of my. ,Hi w
the rain*ished heaVen sniiled with n
• and ther'surt warmed nip through a d :
through with its friendlY-heema ! • 4s we a
out, just up from the surf line; we Pied ti e
beach wagon, and: there is 'Letty smiling t
us, or at-''Yerticle, whodoesnet see her,
"Weren't ytailrozen she-aiks.
' "At. first; yes, answer lightly.,
c`. But you feel :no chill no*1. ,asks
- icke; lookinittoviardine;
:1 know my eyea are shining,- my !eh e
aglow
- ,s1 .- •
"The Sun Wat So warm," 1 answer irre
elantly.
Fot.a second Tenicke regards me- stead].
-fixedly. Then I gseape from all *their Man
. as I: turn, and labor up the waste Of s-
in My water-logged - ;garments: :I When-
-emerge-fron tke bath bouse, no longer a
- dripping mermaid; but clothed on with t
..nineteenth century right -Oneness -of fine r
inent; 1 perceive that there has-been a chan e
:10. the- arrangement Of the Morning: Tenic e
isWaiting to take -his place beside me on t
'-back seat, :while Pelmet Chadwick, drivea
With.Letty en-the,frent 'For - a momejitE I
Mil _gladwith the gladness . that came..lu n-
. me a halt hour ago, but whatisly,•
t4ii- Sneering, _.hitter spirit returned -uPfil
Me or is.: it Letty's mznauderie, ti4t:
changes the latmosphere, aid makes eie
thing seenrse cheap •and mean and trivi1 is
We turneddown the blossained read th t
longagoI naMedany -English lane I-1 .;--1
. .
7 Tenickizt;-: WhO':. is :beside ine,:: is no 1�nr
- jack7S friend,. He is the-- id _
le, -Naaa: in
With An .;:affeeted, la..iiguer -: in.:- his Voice- -4,
manner,and a supercilieusnesi. And A.00-11
SC0;1131011 which 1 betel,' And. aa Letty.-.toas
him her arch glances, and pouts her lips i f
:
his :benefit; .:,lie paySher,hack,vAth. adetes
ble interest of loy.snilleSand glenceawhi,
fill-Me:With a kind of shamed Wonder.'
this the, nian;:s 1.:_: ear. to -,.. myself, 1 at who
touch _a ihalf hour ago, -I flamed and-thrilie
. AS -*it thouOit, thiarqUeStieic assails
flame anew with . a scorchin& misery Of .: Me
itificatien.-- -1-And then; -- all .-ati- once, ' aa
flash .tip my MOther'etWorda-; -1"ft he lik
one Of my daughters—" . , And he likeS, -
-Sister.Letitie _-- -I leek At her fair;_eeniple
mit fee:9;114$ no lo,ii-e will: ever line With:
. 'ankielle wTilahle, that 110 care Will,ever tra
:itsworry npen :tend I -remember the 'at*
..!. nt
jj, nit ite4Liippahsas,foids4opfojn,n.4.11ipr nenli: -.V.is7hherh.. :frr4.,lle ket. , 74
f .--,:--
I
'watching her at: her . ti-Oleilea--;.with- two; b
three, young -Men ata. pertiSoirieWliere,1-! .
shell despise the min who :fella in love
-Letty;'' he suddenly exclaimed to meA
wi
when I aeid;1"•put.giris must he girls,-,_trie
:and you told' me -the otker.night.that I lik
,to -flirt- altogethettoe. Well,sir," rOtonell.
.f,.Aoa so. 'you de; Rachel :i ' .yaii'te- a ;fa
little! Cognette ; . but yon!re . not of Lett
kind. -. ,Letty's 06 bloodless ; She 41:Jet-fee
She hes OnlY.Sendations;-...and the greatest
-.these' is Vanitv. r .- • - • - ',--- '-''..... : '. . i . ,- ' - -- '
.1; ? - - . - : ' • - ---- •:
[. Aell. look -at : her preetising. her .focleri
Witli.,Tenicke, as I' thin and leeketTenic
-:liiM4.61f, a- tsenae - of leas coines:Clier ., in
, . .
3sluit T:. deaPise Jack's friend.:? .1 And Jac
If .11.e.were.- here -new and Saw his friend -La
his Sister Letitia; ViroilIsI he keep his wor
*Villa he .be hb1e:t6--441iitie this man, who
he had. 'love& with the- 'eye' that: passelh t
jOirel OfWoman E." . . .- -! I--
..., : That . night there' .was.. -a-. small part '
.ai-ruier÷-.#0alit.i.,-iiif Ifill; ' and .-iiii-I- sat
end tif Of -the- teble,! With .0e1Onel Chad 'c
andlleeked across: at. Tenieke, ;I:thOught
;had Inever seenhire in. such a brilliant; ve
less linood , 'His dark eyeaWere'sliiningili
lengind -manner qinte.gone,,.and in its pla
a: gayety that was -almost bOyisli. - And -On
ortwiceI. met his eyes between *.tha..grap-
an4 the, tall e7g,ne 'xit tiewera,.land Was- he
iii aPiteef-MYself -by. his'TbOghtluud-w* 0
look iii.: ; ;1 ,,I --. . - - . --- ::.- - - -., ., ,-,.„ - . .,„
- -"How heridsoine Tenicke is ' il.Ysee ro
el Chad -Wick* -we dawdle over the .deeser
I. dOliiet atiaWei this, an& the Colonel -do
not Seem te expect an answer ;_pind he A
.1Y felloWitig!i- Out - the --train. of -.1114
thoughts OE he:goes-On 1.."Andithieli a I ek
Wick,* as he's 1 alwaysbeen-bornIffith a g(i
sPQ60, 'yob. :10i0*-.:- -.I.wonder---.,-. -
e
a,
,s
•
•
a
8
I lift .my !eyes at the -sudden pause-. A
- _ '
thenrI follow the I Colonel's glance,' and e
'Barnet the wait crossing the reOei: with
.-yellow . envelope- in telegra
and One for Tenicke. He breaks -Oft ini t
sentence he is !in. the middle -Off,- and wi
the Mementery,sniprise and expectancyi o
:feels at a .niefisage uponhis face,- tears
the wrapperai, ..'• He has lost _money upon
one Of 'those horses," histentlythinklas
ditch the sudden emiltriOn. of his, bre
And the -.CoMpresSion of -- his lips; But.
must; be a. long message, I think also, as
'seconds .fly by, anct. he kecpsrthat 0;64 lee
r 114 not know whether any one1semar-
all this,tiorWhether the titheseeth'
to any one elie,before he4
-ieSitineS his place again; -an
sume the -old! 1eolt-74stie.inel.
well it is only an attempt:-
-
else know it? The light•StreaM'Iftal
-.an," we alllangh.and.- banter asit-ire
'innititea ago; „bit:the real gay,et 40
utterly out of,TeAiohe!Ei face, and,t-nOtice
isdoingwhet is unusiiahif him, drinking'ee
freely o _ Must'ilasfe).
heavil ehame-fOriinen'to do suc
ithfirrevelantvindln
ion.deepenatasTeeel.:tb
roheekaud:i-thei-feveijil
'gelit tidaS I see too that h
mot aniaatiSly, At
%firSt!Pcisitl. ent she, rises; from the -
-bLe, zind- as We go trooping into the parlor
.find,!Myself 'behind- my host, and we two tb
-ziasteflthk cOmpany;'..and'thui in a ffleasu
.;
Iloek up at him in amazement. He h
never addressed -Mein this iiiicerenioniO
inenner, does not heed my loo
Raeh01;" lie'a•epeets,r,:.[‘•what Was -thena
of: Jack's! friend. in Celarada_14liet banki
friend ef,14:dt- •
4134: stammer in ansWe
i."'Dees'J'e4r:-Mothe ?eaUld. She
out?":
• "
' W
my words are Verified; - The -.chill- oes, and. I -WC • - i ...• - • I:U. . “
..,.--.....-.
7187 :ut -the' undertow that Letty - was
afrai Of Was -A reality...of whichwehaVe.
need a be careful if __we. do not fear it -I
turn for an instant te leek at the steamer far
out. at sea, and the .next instant have lost
cantrel of myielf. It then that Tenicke
flitigsihis arm about me and says, " Give me
your - ther -hand."., -Itis . tone- is imperative, .
bti•--1 do net quarrel with it, The need I
-Very well know is iniperatiie ; and if it were
less, if it were not at all, I did net care then.
I had forgotten my -mother's wards; I had -
forgotten his Parting glance at Letty, his se- -
licitons- word ' to her, and what All these h
meant to me. I forgot everything but jut
'-the niornent-i-the wild, :blind, intoxicating
moment, in 'which I--' was -alone' out of the -
whole • *odd with. -Jack's ...friend -Jack's
' friend : ,-not the idle, blase, -. supercilious gen-.
tlenimil had. 'sneered it for three weeks and.
More; had fiung-all my small shot of sarcasmat With a fierceness that had -areueedfni3r as-
tute mother'suspicion ancUeovered me with
shaine, an heitr.before-„-:-=Jack's friend,'only
jack'ifriend,. 1 liedi to...my-se-1f even then:
. . • -. . .. . , .-..
- eiren then, with his itiMabeut nie; with my
' f.- ' • •••,t" s . -4,-;-:41 , „1 ,_ _ . 1 Smile one
spea - ere„
moves away Presently 1 ase hima
.:Vilidelifthe Chandelier; laizghiiig and
as Mich as u8ual,, ,weriderhi
aa 1 note theidteeponing figslx:upenbils,ohee
iflijs lk„is . ojid and, i?a,c?nsecinent as s
. _
me. -And as I:regard. hiM .
elternal, Oliange seems te have some '
vbii =lielooks all at lined dissolute and
,
de ie4ste4.sottes.41tindWit*hi-Itilhee mha4.e ' sta. .uTdsher*ell-Lere: -. -
Sev,bral -lettere and the New York papers:
.Colbnel Chadwick, as his -custom, -pos,
ses4es himself of the paper, -, and runs his
i swift glance over the telegtaphie column' .:.
: *AMA breaking his frothy tAlk.with pret-,
ty..IMrs, 'Maverick.. . But iii k_inoMent he •
turne,:. forgetting all ',hie, fine:Manners,,and-.
reads aloud in An excited tone; that ',first an;
,n4o--' ' ' failure ' - - - -
. ncement of the Jay•Cooke : ure which _
..,:startled:the world two yeatelago. . • • -
-T.h
esre4 -1. s.;- , various onteri- _from
-.
'.varau
vo;e,metes of speaulationiWonder, and a
aisr:y.ftothetudito:.feltieahpc
evntiy..yiaseydntlyiiiiireoovera
hiesheciBut Teneke Ditrth!For
felmoment. I had lost sight)thim. Now
1 t ri46 ..
. --
..-
look at him. - rt. that look 1 .see
ell:at-moo hew I have 'bbindered for the last
"--ti'zity- niinutes. There is _no perceptible
pit
. . -
--di - ge. in . his face: ' He sits idly drumming ,
- i 'n the table neer him; hilt I -ani perfectly - -
.ce am that this intelligence isnot so new to- ,
' hit* AS to ns ,;„.that- notlialf an hour since he - .
read - the announcement _privately con-. :
.
veyed *that 'teligrain. over which he lin- •
ge d SO 10hg. - And he had read it :With his
-Om' ruin.- 'I wondered then; „I wonder now, .
..:thayne one:. seemed' toseeWhat- I did: Per-
hape-,---, however, they were 'wiser. than - I-
tho-light, and kept their own well-bred, .i.itt-, -
as ng counsel
,At i any rate, the _party breaks-. up muCk
- eit.lieir then parties usnally-breakaip- at the
Mt, orths,a • ...When the door closes Bp0B the
last. guest Tenickereturne to thelittle wait, -
-Mg grouP in. theparlor; and; witk-i,en Situ: •
now of excitement, says coolly; •-::: • :' . - .---: .--
' - IIiBillat:°eAtel).- the early train .to -morrow '
meaning en route for New ,Itork.- Tins at? .
faidiS going to tell hardlyl Upon ns.", • * - :, . '
Ifer seen* to ,address_. himself to -I -Colonel -
Chadwick; :and the Colonel answers, - '
."ed; _I thought so by your silence. -i -I, .,
had no idea that you were involved there; -or'
I :.silonlcin't have read -7-1,"
'Oh, that didn't metter. -I•had, the newa:
_hy elegrain -already:"
7 --.Allyi mother here rises,i And we .girls -fel-.
- lowiher-exaMple, and As We Say: goodnight
-
I ktioW'very- Well. that it - good -by, but I
little:think what,i'Flong *lig -if Will be be, -
-4, _
- ' . , .
for I, see Jack's friend again,- . i-
i -.. [To., BE CONTpTUEID.1
t -we -
own.. tht. Andes by Hancl7PO,r,
i -:' ' • .
chi 12,600 got': abeVe- the :Pacific
the ,hand -ear is loaded with its :freight of .
:
six-AdVenturotivsight4ieets closely- braced- -
.tog ther. - -.. ,It is Of.the.ordinary.eonstruction
an appearance, -._•and: clira,net 'offer any .
tei ptitions - to A pleasure 4*ooision, a.owil 1,
the precipitous and tortuous gorge- of the
Ki ac, except that it afforde*i unobstruct-
ed .yiew -of the shifting-grandeur=and terrors
of the route:. As We descend in our rough
ve1icle, at the rate of 60 Miles an hour ; fly.
rag aCiost aeriarviadUcts, erd.aehiag;througli
-. sep .1Ohral-tunneli ; threatened, now; to soe
cru Yea between ConvergingmoUtitain-vialls, ..
- - - . - • - -
or . recipitatedfrompetidulous terraces,-
- .thefeeming,.Rimao---- emulating the amadden-.
.ing speed; now glancing beek- to take A last . *
. look . at the glistening: pinnacles Of i the: re-
ceding Andes, or, straining eagerly forward
to •Oatch-the first-glimpie of the royal city ef
the1p1mnraed. ... . . . .„1,..t '
.,the shining ,aceau,7-tli., e m
-inifieelice of the Scenery. and.' the .t.agnitit
of gr._:.Meigg's -Aohieventent break Upe* na .
with fresh force, . and not for any Perilief the
-Wei Would We•foregothe.. elrhiliretion anct,
novelty of the, -,:-trip: - :Fir otlierWiiie was ....
.. it with one of the party --4 1,stately Conim6,-
- dap. -.- -lie,- Who could faceunfiiiicliitigly--- a :
Whele . broadside - of -- murderous ; ' missiles,
._ sprang from the car 'after ten:Mile§ over the-
. wildest . part of the route, _repeating that
-nothipg Would tempt him; to repeat , such a
„foolhardy exp'etiMent. ' Feithe rest of, iii.;: -
lttlei • excitement and . ethifaration of this
racide of travel becameso attractive, that we ,
--often .Went up to Aucei for the sole purpose '
- of inalting.the down tnp.=-&/-abner.- 1 •
* ' 7.4.717°.±71111 '-
"-‘..--Plaking •Straiteilietrlei.1 ..
, - .. - •!- -i'.-t- .
, . en the delight- or. "prckingr- the wild .
- berries' - Itas. One of the fragrant memories
of lryhood.' Indeed, for -a boy -or man4o g
a -b ro
rYing in a-ertain petral bao'con t '
. - . . ... . , n ry. I
-.11cuclw4_ of; where a passerby!aleng stile: high,
-1Way la often . regarded.:..byla bigeZe4 loaded. ' with the per -fun -le .of the ripe fruit; is to
-I
fgetMarer to _ June _than to- alinost any cottrse .
lknOw of Your .errand 18 80 and -
re
1
--coati ential ! ::You. stoop loW. 'Yeti- part
. awiy the grass .and the daisies, and -would:- ,
. la* re the inmost secrets _ iof the Meadow
Evrything-is yet -tender and .sUceulent ;-;-the -
Very .I. air is. bright.l.and=new ; the- Warm
breath of the meadow _Conies up in your..
fie- ,-1 to your -knee you arej 441.4 Seel-of:del.,.
t. i - t - .
nol cloyeol_irom .your knees up. you .
--arelut a see of sot :light ana..-Warmth. Now
'yolk.* prostrate like a .151"aHmulet;' or like a '
sur -bather reaching for ..pebbles ier 1 shells; -
IL
alu
:the le andgreenspray! breAks Above -you. -
the • Ike a devotee- before_ a Shrine, Or aim:
ing Igebeads-- your rosaryetting lwith hum- ..
-Otis 'berries -• anon you are ',algrazing Nebuch...
_achiever, or an - artist liking An inverted.
..yie*, of the iiiiftieafe. -!.--':,„!, _ -I . }
5,
- 4- he birds are Alarmed by 'the close.6'Ciaiti-..-
tiet49, sding,44..4orn:.e'rj,14.-ieYnifl' 11.',40,41,1a litkiltle()-Ovi -
both. The-boticiliniefolloWit you entl,Teiteles
iabihalanii iii.adVaii%Pot&ChT:ana31i-jeady
- to{8
4,%*1111741-ill(111ta411411111rilfil l' Ve:• field,
if '"'
"Yebys t4S,P.kt)iei**4 ilfrair-b&tiei'
id -Wkthin the grai ; ii' 4. itlies:V ,
.,Oon7n04";15igil-sfiAn.4but,iVie- as no
, 4.,,
- Or isreuow-liiidierineit.".
:orpoiavhtite-7-4t *brit; ,,...ii ,u.A.8.60111an.:b04,;,15e(.tillta ...
the spring iiithei corner Of thefield-indertho
' beepheirtree.-. While;you-:ivitie,Yoqr brow, .
and: think the Lord for -spring "Water; you -
'
glance at -the initials in the bark, isone -of •
. the4eo old that they seem runic and legend:.
aryS- :You.444 out -.4480:. how gregerious the •
- 4r- ' _ -.. ' - - - -
strawberry is -that the I 4iffetakt,..VOrieti98
eti.4iiilittliiieolOnieli about the field. When . -
•7 yati strike the..uutikirti;ot ;one of these plan.
: tatiens,;-hovt qiiieldy.yOnl Work- *triad the - - .
‘.4134!r,'.54..i4faild -then.--froM the ce.nter Ont.
...then :cironinnayigat,e jt,-: and. fellow -up an :
its branchings and windings :!,-Scribner.- :
F,-
ALO140 towarde,noen.no,r-a,d,ays _pike
tins le feelja-l• ingertngregret thatlie 4-ias 'Act
i-nistiiefahd 40_:thelmilitterlboin in an kat' _
Thense or a refrigerato*w