Lucknow Sentinel, 1888-12-28, Page 6,
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ilikirliti*WAlfetherelisiiii ham•.
And felt in no We* tad.
uotkubwiniyilf
X Waited there beeide *door.*
And heard the *a' heat
And ought this quiver of the deer
.13,oneatla thedeneerle feet; •
.Whflo gouti 1 bag!
Paid • Over the Auiow.,
• Over the 1140Yr And acrey I
Vhereta moon audtun
For whaPate,badons •
Before the break ofthe day."
'The indOnlight fellis cold as snoOn w
that great foot of -granite r •
A minute seemed to pass so siew
A lifetime could not span U.
BO!. after All; thekindly Mope
One heat 4herii heineat
And none too soon -eh, none too ;men-,
sawthent trkPlettPast-'.
And the her carriage stops, the way --
Ely lady's blaisoned carriage
I know 'twas only yesterday
.
or ;ether's moond Marriage,
And down the high atone stePit she gees,
And lackeys wait herthe.re-
03 winter ,wilida 0 wintsr ono*. I
Bavevou seeker's ad fair ?
he stets towarda flie carriage door,
And t en -a sudden nutter= •
The footman ron=her father swore-
Butishe west] my • cutter.
And lip the road ancinp we flew,
, _ And4tetird ponies!feet •
Atrikeout a tune inore sweet and new
Than any,mtuilo a beat ;
• , And lip theinowyroad wo sweep,' •
And leave the town, behind, us ; • .
•Tho dancers sleep, the ilddiera sleep -
And never &man shall find us.
But up, upon the snow -clad hill,
• That morning's light makes red, ,
Por fair or foul, for good or ill.
Two lovers ehan "be wed. •
• And &tong; know .
Hays Oyer the snow,
Overthe snow and away
It's lifo and'a wife, •
And a wife textile,. •
Bator.° the' break, of the day." •
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iiiWilltikr_o_Wojiw.--tr•
tliair,-e-iiiray-
itee WIII .0E114e-001 red eye-
PbOva littlfil:flifiTilavleil Iffr9htel in the
e darn ..blies ' yea, like
ritiline. Pet into ." hi& puddIng SofN and hie
,orange-oolored beard grew One:Way-0n One
littiop a'galtttiaufgehoettawantlimaernOU:Zan)! cun-Pfigthine'
a kerPettiol draught. , ...7„ ..] , •••? ,
'
But neither a luan'e Peretinel ipPearanoe,
nor the, feat, of his beings, ripntor o Son' 'eon
haw, Our aPPogiable egook ,,R304 .hia love
affelre (80 Air art he hindeelf le coneerno).
.• Thus it °homed that Thnetherle Ineleon
became enenlored of the: hpydenilb BUBB
Page, and proposed' ,to her. It:.' WAs had
enough until he got down on his kneel/.
;Nth* could not stand that; and So down,
she Went on her intone 11180,. just opPoeife
him, and (Mid, no well as she oonid tor
laughing; ..
'!",Pleise get up."
-Yon •rilay be sure he imago withialeority.
1
Re did more. -be gotbp metaphoricelly,ae
11/014 And rempined from that time in a
standing position.
He admitted that very night what, he
could never be persuaded to even BOMnoli
AO listen to -before, namely, that for young
women to epply.sptiornore to their hair ie air
un8een:11y is a litre application; iemeritori&
one in young , mon. lite ()collided to -his:
mother that he had onoe met Meal rage
riding along noon the, highway, and l' that
ehe wan tvhietig:'' He went 80 far (68' to
etate that with her mouth in thAt unfem-
inine position, he consideredher positively
plain, and concluded by, stating that flaxen
hair Vern lth.delehrebande on either Ode
ef A :flaxen coontonance wait it eio,ht at once
refreshing and - ennobling, after hirving,
looked for any length', of time 'upon Oriel)
,brown ourls,and a. fece that Ohanged 'as
often es on Autumn sunset*, ,
Mr. TimothetteNideon had actiousinLiioy;
• who aneWered exeotlY to the 'flaxen ideal,
and hesoon after made her Mrs. Timotliens
Nelson: Retook a certain pride in present.
ing her to Miss Page., and in listening alter.
ward to her shocked copslismaticauf in regard
to the muolidinotissed onile- • ' - 1-
It was about thie time that by cionietliing
of a coincidenotei a cousin of Judith also
Made his appearanoe in the neighborhoed.
He came unexpeetedly; and met her •jnsi
eutside of earylon gates, leading her horse,
Hautboy, Who had ,gO•ne ' lame all of a
Sudden.
trj, Amalie Rives, Author' of “ The Quick
. or the Dead."'
:1Peoide used to say it 'Weis almost a duly
, kir :Colonel Henry Merriweather Pop to
• . party a second tithe. A' motherless boy
,anight do well elleligh. •hllt when lt mune
• to o .girl 'growing . up; altogether among
&lbws and men, it was absoltitely blood-
c,(---"-otirdting. The poor child ,wao really doomed
• iit a manner that woe almost indecent, and
it hadoveiLbeen-eaid-lhere theinformant
• generally put ,an fitigiessiVe hand•in a one-
leittoned lielo-thread glove upon the arm
•of the person to be enhghten_edl ;that oho,
, • actually 'used' bad langooge-in faot, swore,
as she heard.her father do. '
Xt_was_perfeotliirtie-that-ehe rarely put
in an eppearenoe: at 9huroh, and when 'she
did participate . , in : the hebdoinitial
devotions ' of Broviiieville parish, she
Was went to clatter Up the central
' Aisle in a short and • gatherless habit,
' Which' .was exteeMely shocking to the taste
of the congregation. She .wore hoots,
• moreaVer, and 10 , was ..rumored, a spur .on
, Occasion& ' Iler greatest offense; probably,
Was. her made of dreeeing her hair, or other
or' leaving it t,o„ dress itself. dhe had a
°small, shapely hstid clapped cleselrfrom
•.. brow tethroet to,„beevy red:litown curls.
• Colonel ?age's pew was the molt con!
. apictioni in the Pretty. sandstone church;
and the nape of his daughter's handsome
•• neck exposed in all its ohignonlese effrontery
. Of a Sabbath,' was a never-ending :source of
•,; displeasnre to the outraged lleownivilliane.
, Had not St. Paul expressed :himself
•
dearly, not to saY striingly, on this very
' aubjeot ? Was not a woman'a piety almost
•,
Se surely to be measured by the length of
her hair, an the age Of a horst, told. by. the
length of his nippers? Cotild 'a young lady
, fly in the face not only of tradition,' but of
the Soniptans, in thie fashion; and yet be
. all that is reqnired .Of young Indio; by a
• country parish?. Not so:, The reotor's
wife Went akine in. her* state darry-all to
reniOnetnite with Aliso ,Page upon this very
subject. z ' , ' . •
She waited for some iorty minute& and
Whirl at UM her .hosteas • entered; it wee
not in a neat magenta colored paduaeoy,
neither a blaok or salt and Pepper : barege,
, '..tri'mmed with braid and 'pearl buttone. as
4:vas then deemedthethingrbushade—fif-
-'.4t,h-ar niolliWoinan• "Mrs. Colonel." RentY
** . . -`liternweather Pege=in: a blue flannel
-,, Weis' t, an old homespun, - skirt ' pinned ap
' about her boyiehly straight - hip, and
Muddy boot,' that left apparent mimes-
'
11008 on the red Velvet carpet of*She drate-
•
--She wae,rathei 1(840130e Agora,' tall, and
slight, andiath as fen' cartes Ms:o 'growing
lad. Her habik,which,, in. .thtnier days lof
galloo-n arid within", Was rsally noticeable
for ite lack of volumi &int
up-ahnosttoter-knees, disoloein
leather boots, 'stained ' orimsen
their length by the scarlet soil..
wok hat Was litithed bacilt on h
crest, and a- eparkle Of mud orn
her left cheeklike* fantastio pato
Boughton did not in the least r
her. He had not seen her duce
of white frocks and blue shoe s an
when her hair had been -o pretty t
and one of her front teeth missing.
tRe hesitated a MOduillt, and then
ip and asked if be waeor was not-
nrthinking the gate to the left
whioh led into the ChirYlon Earth
nodded and and that it WWI. The
that her horse vies lame, ' and,
down; asked if he could not &Geist h
thankedhini, and said no, that she
bo ootild not; and then yielding -7a
manner I have. mentioned --to one
inclinattons, said euddenly,:
"Are you 'Malik going to C
What is your name?" • ' .
"Boughton," he had anewered •
“ Boughton," • -
Then„it was that this culpably Moo
tional young .woman made use
expression which amused Boughton
bound& until he found out who she
• "Gd 1"-- cried she; not my
ritii?" • • •
He replied, with a bow; that if her
=Min ' also rejoiced' in the surname • of '
Boughton, their identity must he estab.
Inked, at the &tine time inquiring her Own
rm. 'Judith' t" she_announced,
reioliing out rguoblieuartobliti with Haut.
boy's bridle -rein Yet overh ,23;
Judah Page, Consin Phil. Yen don'
a bit as you used to." ' •
"NO.?" !laid amain Phil, , smiling a
deal, perhaps not ' uncoriscions of a
mime monetiche clipped doge; moldier-
ion,:acrose hia fine upper lip, and
mancetivering, had finally led the converse=
When Mrs. Nelson, after much deetrone he had bodied when they lout parted,
general impressivenee of appearance tv
;Mon, by what she considered. • " No, no -not a bit," said Judith,
a !fleeter- ing a little away from him, while
atroke. OF to the moot lineetien, 'Mee Page keeping afriendly grasp on hie hands,
' had replied merely by =lining a eli'ght eyeing him frnan. the crown of s
baying:rown hand through the 9ffensive looke and Parisian hat (there w,".Angis.inanias
' • ' those days, but they ureic the except
"Why I wear it way? • Oh! and not the rule) to the toes of his pat
like it, and dad likes it, and Dick," then, teothei hantS, .
with a sudden cobliono glance Of her bright
01 KeeP Alm-% 1 OM "Not • ," 'S e repeated, earnestly
jollity, and , very' often -1,17;.-.16:. " what way 2" fetiduB,roengshatcoan. . a
'Dont • on the, innocent, Teaeltere a;1•51, TiZiert;r1.4.311.4-
en
so. even when X dro married ,
n eyeo ; " I 8naltdrog°7Z.4 thiS a the le yea phe has faded aw4
th tt%Fold fiFtetbut
64 you Nero AO have no doubt an that dandy," replied c7tuidid Juditt.:a . .
agathered- 6r -wide-open eyes. -in
g russet- Boughton 10 the meantime proceeded to
.for hay Carylon, where he got a genuine Virginian
Her billy. weloornefrom Judith's father; who was hie
er brown seeond cousin and not his uncle: He was
amented also regaled with a mysteriouildrink, which
h I consisted of lemon -peel and brandy and
eognize• nutmeg, and several other ingredients, and
the dive which tasted very delioione, and which his
d Books, host called “ Colonel Page's own."
ap. color, "Colonel Page's own', put Phil in a some-
, what- better temper, and h
reined
mistaken
the one
. . She
O he slew
jumping
er. She
-thought
fter the
of the
stilton ?
gravely.
onven-
of an
beyond
was,
cousin,
..-
. . nothee Judith, and another,- dieheit fade and oemmenlideeeheelde it.• ea
• . at, 414 .not htteet inkt Aelltree,Indritise the ki u in •00.1thicbeth." to the oraok et 'Oriel Page!o• own." • ,
, •
and 'smellier, and . another, 200c:siting like after: dinner belied 'another glee's of " Ol; •
her riding .100p.. And eve bin2 .tt, erflarll doo , 011, he (Medd:tell. er they were The next (Joy there.'wee to. bolvf4.1mot,, .
white line over her teeth, and Old that hard heeled him in by both. hende, and bade hi !erred a groat sun -colored 'brute, raj:ming •
... _..2.
blow OrOno413041iinio or r_eilat :hint like the all itlirrng, iikna all had d Met feet in , They were to :Mart at .6 O'colook sharp, the
litile elirew he believed her to be, !Claim bronne, elippero, , And wore .blno beide; and :toolonel• told them, , And 1141 Wfta to ride the
ehosaw what woe: about at° happen, .she not one of them:100103d: up at him,, although; colonel's . favorite, .“ Trunipeter." ea,'
merely drew. in • her peek lipe to a -hard the colonel Mune bOisteronaly fOrWard and 0 Hautboy " wes 'lame., And ';ndith pre,
It wee gertainly.lopthing at ell like whet Qaoth she 1 - . . -
white *ie.:ell Mr. Philip BOughtonte kiss. lass give:greeting to ber ocinein Phil. in the name of '1Eyebrows "-why, no, one, '
he hut at/pos(4 ik,i,nntid.t3s. thither wee o gegii, dot, dear, thet'S all right; We 'pevo4sereknesi;d74.44140.•*1113.08ahjel'adn'A! halreeedd °f70044.141134 ••
her:oothluot. She •0100d.qtlietly, looking at beve met already. My ball, dad, darling;, a sullen, eye,,and :epough daylight, under. '
him squarely inthe eYeer• and drawing on You are litampingrall over it, ThoOket" ' aa him i
to have lltimiotted St. Peter'ff °Very
'a little 'Other. her tiog.ekin gauntlete..• . Phil handed it to her. . coign of diead.vantage, But Boughton
. .44 lilr-ryonhAVe. mistaken: your *ay after Now the eolonel •wtte A .good dea, as he foundtnot hie rider hada way ,Of pulling
alio' she remarked: Allan . • •• would express it,. 4" dieoembobereted." He him Mong that: told somehow, and . the
" ow, 2". be ,said, feoling :sonieerhat said " Hey ? what's that ?"' and looked Nod greet raw beat jumped libel A ArfteahOPPol,-
.
She etill looked. quietly : at him while in, sheer ainmement. :
otiriono and extremely tusoomforiable, one to the other,' and let go ef hie 000tt-taile ''': It, wes;kpretty sight as they.rode out the
'eottling her mile and polling forward' the , Out as, Mistreee. judith roaintained un-- behind it. zone ot dull gray oloude. ' Beryl,
billy,o0ok hot. • ' next. morning. • The eun. wee' .just rising, . .
"Er -yon have behaved like, A beast her knitting, Boughton was at the, pantie! nese . of o kiss. in mid -heaven, and thq
broken ellenee, and appeared absorbed in green end topitzlellow:met with the. sof
when you :should' have behoed • like a geg,. atAalaing that he hadmet hie Oonsin with° 'moon, wan, as though with ntueli wetobing,
tleman," she replied; almost eulkilY, • 'high -road, and 'how they had mutually crept down behind the naked ainototrees. to
"G.d afternoon."' And she 'turned about ropognioed each. other. ,. • . , the left. , Over the brownlavinthere. wee
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in , '•e Other direction and walked oft" :with ' As he made, these remarks 'he banght light powdering of tifiew, •and there Was
her lame horse.. . ' ao:
himself watching the etebjeol of. *the*, out keen wind iabroad, together With much
. He had no onebut human to thank for og the tail Of his eye, and, fell, Moreover,. rustling Of withered grase. and trees.. ••
all this, but that did not in the least mitl. into a strange Piney whioh likened the slim, They had some hot iv/leers. which AlditlX.,
:tette' his violent. indignation; To be baled foot in the gray silk-raeshes to on 144080)0 'poured/out for them, and the„ remains. of
,iiret, a 0 dendy,'"and then a "best," in leiei beetle.eanght in a domewbat bulky: epider's •thegreen owe, and then they set out at a
than twenty 'mintage,' by. a very pretty wet:4 'Her hair Was jug* about the color of hunteman'e jog for the meet.
young. women, isnot calculated to add to bee...shoe, he obilerved,a littleredder, per- Judith had plenty to do in attending. to '
one's enjoyment even .of • an Albermarle haPti--and A bow of 13lue ribbon fluttered. gyebrower Who wae:. disposed to :moquette
Scene in the flush of a -November • sun*. over her fairboaom like a. butterfly. - 1 • with every dead loef that . blew uoroue hia
And, by George I If one Wasn't, le kiss one's The colonel laughed a; good deal, and he :way, and Trunipeter was otiflloient of 0
'puska, who wae one to Wee? ' . had the rare acOompliehment, or rather handful' to Ow Bongtitton's Egad °Om,
' Boughton was actually more farionathen fooulty,, Of langhing well,' He Was as bend- pletely Open himoelf. • • ' .
he reMeMhered to have been in the , whole ecnne as his daughter, in a more regular , “ Ah, thereee the ramie " called' the • .
pewee of his life, • ,f . .
way, and Wore hie., hick,. riotously curling colonel at last over hie shoulder. " keen
As. for jedith-,-.well;. I really do notknow heir in a queue, • Ho had broad : ohestnnt his heod, Judy. Ite'd• bolt in a .minote if
c•• • . t ' •
how to write , concerning. Judith's 'Mate of' eyebtowe, that znet above his nose, Which he thought he could."
mind.' ' It may perhape be most concisely: had a peanut -like but oristooritio ripple in They could hoer tho yoti-yowing of - thdt
expreeeed by.'maythig,..that, had she been in it, and his mouth was .sat between two - :hounds new, :fitfully .borne. toward • thenaon`-a,.
the *Aloe of .. her 'Jewish' namesake, andiongion, orirolg.'dimples, like a &meant' andaway by the flactuating wind. ... '
Boughton in the sand* of Holofernes, shesentence betweentwo braokete. ...He had a ' “ Once, ' said Judith, beginning to !speak • :
would have seettred hit head with deoided •deep cleft in hieohin, Which was sometimes all of A sudden, "a friend brOught a.. Ger-
feelingaa autgauotiou.', !. _,_: . , more or lossleveled with shaving . powder. .man baron-eyer such a steel! he was -to
Judith had never been killed, and bed and he wore kneebnickleio of brilliants, and see dad. Re stopped. at Carylcin about a '
had *charming uthl 'rOmantio 'fancy that a stet* and ruffles-, - ''' • • week; and dad, of course, .took him out
theinan: who :married her Should,' ,ite the The colonel ' Was a believer in ' the good bunting. Yeti know dad ca0. never resist. '
only man to IsisAber;., ,NOW Boughton had old tinieB, OlainOred for •• the . retention of Milling any one's attentieut, to the' hounds
de:shed:thin pretty ideal to bit& and broken stageoolohes; and alWaYS travelled In :hie when they're giving tongue. He sive he's .
the . chain, and pollated-yes, 'polInted, private carriage.He took Muff, and treated tar bitter able' to :appMbiate inch hoir;,.
Miss Rage told herself=with .violenoe, ',her himeell to n pinoh now; While slyly °beery. .moniee then 13eetkovim eir-Mozart. We%
lifelong cherished. lips.: His' monetacihe had ing the hero and 11Oreine of the •edVenttire• we had gotten kik, about here; and dad+r ,
scratched -her nos& and_whetber one urns jitst: related. He hart his empieions; . had deardad1 shall I everforget his •faes•2-4- '
oenelipain over ene's teeth or net, * Use the:colonel, thet there had .been *a tow -row said,c' 'There, sir! did you ,ever hear 'such' is i him, afialdovvrotildlm qtiiiii with him. of some kindbetigeenibe two, and ,ke ale° 'innate in your life; Sir ? ' ,:Vere 2 vere?.•,,:
' • :Judith's' 'hoe ,Weedgeidediyi•wiched as Mitieed the blue be*, and , the.beade, and said the baron, eagerlying_allabou '
bite made Wiliest announcernent, and -there the bronze shoes.,„ . -iii-hiesaddle-and holdingon to his home* •
tvitil etPer BO linlOh -. ed th brown • -i-The Colonel was A' 'Olotterobserver:. than min& '' Vat mustcik ? .T : can't .•hear AO. „
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'people generally gave him v Oredit for, and inusick vor toe tam teWge.' "•rf •
be reotalleotedthat• Judith did-norsegineralli . "Ra 1 hi l• ha 1" thundered Phil, who -
wear her 'bronze shoes to dinner, neither wee. equally .delighted with this 'etneedote"
the blue bow, noe..the beads.. He win; also and the sudden breaking. orthe ice between
aware 01 The feet that Phil Boughton was them. :. • ',, . ,. : . . - . , • .
art!.elctre*Oy dashiog-looking loungeter, "Judith," ho began, andiN:leitned „ over ,
.134 *kattlio damoseU, in the,oluniney bor.; with his hand on her pummel: ' ' ,' : •
her 'had '''announoed her - intention' •many Re waii,just about to =eke hie roecit.
rstrii ego of, " morrYing, her •,•Phil;" . This tatted apology. when they .weke joined by. ,, .•
was at the time Of the -missing tooth, and keno people,: and • he sat ereckagain in e .
, radish dolls, and fiehing with crooked pins, tolerable.hurry*. . : .. • • ' ' .
as isposed,: eto.' • • I . ' . • • • - • -They:had •alongday of it. No less than
after ins „amoonditimbler,tO Smile -to,• him,' • • It 'gave • the' colonel gilt° a' comfortable three. foxee • Were 'stetted, .and the pack :
.selfoeterthile WOO, 00040 impettlosi and and . perfectly natural, glow to . think that 'being young, and not Well trained •as the
.Went se far a ta•oon (3#' iv,* which.hn NOtighteri's .father Weetwealthy, and their heart ' 'Of' the master , could desire, • broke •
would mike t her after dinner, Andwhioh OM* plane . one of thc'handsorcieitsin 'PIN abozninably. Then', when they . ilnallY ,
renAirthe tifriot4hat any40164ciOlds be not guile: :Ateo he rectilled with setiefaotion • settled' down to work, , reynard took to. a.
only :content but anxious( to play the part the fact that, only two yea's' ago ',Matter drain, and was •given, up in despair. ' The . •
of beast to ' Snail • A beauty. ,. Paring these Phil. hinnielf had graclutited with himors at fourth fox, however, gave them • a Capitill" '
meditations the ' I woe telling him the L'E. 1.. ' e onta et Chemises in Paris, forty Minutes, but got them into the moun- :
everythingthat hanpened to, everybody in :A very good thing it would be; the &lona taimi finally,and they killed hitnever.fifteen•
She neighborhood for tholes* twelve years, told hindielf=end perhaps' they. would re- miles from Carylon. ' ' . • •
: 44 Ahd;.•gad I oh'," .lni, . ended, "but ' you main Withhina tit Carylon-for some years, N
ehonld see int laiel-•,-.1ndy, you know. • Air ---tuitiii in/sot •,-.--Here the Colonel,' who
• (To bo Oontineedb
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'01fTzforia; *on FORTON88.‘ .
Queer Sights •,.Witneasett On Atlantio Olkir
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• , • • .. '• :ri . IleaOh. . . •
out-and:0M batty,. Buster." (The dole. had been getting -sober and soberer, sighed
nel's nick -mope for Phil; from Unit young rather heavily._ ' -
gentleman'i petticeet daya.,) "Egad, sir! • Then Judith looked up for the first time,
there's one instance of .the • Aigel of Life' but not at Boughton. .
nodding over his Work., yqo never • sew "Why da you sigh, dad, • dear ?“ she
ouch an inetance Of mule gettrfig into wrong se:id .oloinkly. . - ' '
bodies' as in the lime of that girl' and her :, ,“.0h, I reokon I'm hungry," said the
1 twin brother, sir, :Phil, thy led, look here. oolonel, , with • delightful Provincialism;
It mekes her hopping mad to say it, but-, "I'm going to hurry 'eat up.'1
'your ear, boy -he's• a young milksop. It * Exit she colonel.
breaks my heart, sir -it hreake my heart!" As he left the MO111 lletighton &Oda
The colonel eat ribbing:the knee of his rescued juditles ball.. this: time. from , a fat
upperrnost leg with his open palm, and blook kitten in a Tolty-lollar,._and-hended-
Pursed up his Hoe as 11 tip whithtle;-but-stidr it-toller.-- . '
.1,:nly-turnedlititlgiagain.... • "-Thank yen," said she again. •
.'" A d ,waythat luld loves him is , :Here Was an excellent opportunity for
•"I'm :positively pathetic, Phil-Jtis,, oil my gout! that graceful speech, but ioniehow he did
t look To hear her talk; yoit,d think he Wag the net give it Voice. He asked instead whet
iinartest; ,bravest; pluckiest-H•well--well-L. she Was making. She replied that elie way
gond the boy's never been tested, that's' a fut. making a puree for Dank. , -
hand., Pio hopes of hiinyee, hopes of hino,“ "Oh, yea, Dick," mid Boughton. “He'a
fash7 said ' the colonel; who. would never' have at the. University now; isn't he? . Do you
.`:-Madti,the foregoing adoniosion had it not reniember wheni taught you two to skete,
hioh' been for that 1 mitre glaisful of the mys- w you need to go sailing kbant and
talons beverage, drunk in, BetightOn's c e clown bang-whazig, and never Mind,
honor. ,
eta • Boughton. all this while was steadily . and yell when he canto a cropper 2"
• it 1,"and how pear Dick need to wobble
and .wendering • if -Judith. would give hint a "Dick .ikates mitreniely well," said Mies
mart. Omura to make hie grocefel speech by cip- Rage, with exceadie dignity-__.» far better
a in' :pealing at dinner. ' • -: than I do," She rose after releasing her
ion" f.. gibe colonel; who vies a mighty hunter foot froth' the gray web, and Amid winding
ent..! and operternan generally, always dined•late her silk shout the long wood% skewer with
- - **this season Of the year: Ho employed which she had been working. "1 have a
BD clierseer, end Spent most of 06tober and few things to attend to ' before': dinner.
rNevember in fox-hunting. • Se it mine to Prayexonee mei" ehe Reid; finally, turning
ght.ies that they dined ,iis a . rule by candle- to him, and then left the room without
Phil spent a tonna :hour in Making' hilt- BOtigh*04) 4146r '7" t• :6 to the little satin-
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scare," the ireotor`a wife had replied, in
....voice which was dryer than the smile that
itcoompenied -it., 'Mrs. Nelson had what
might be termed a wall -irrigated mouth.
Pray; is it to be soon 2" -
Mies page had laughed M, this, flinging,
one woe lionneled arm over the choir
whioh she sat sideways, and MM. Nelson.
had shuddered both at the taugh ' and get:
titre, which ahe found thipleasently in
keeping With their owner's cropped loiters.
"Dear me, no! Goodness, no I should
. think not 1" the delinquent had . re -
'
polled ;heartily.. ",I haven't even an
Ideal; but, of. ciounie, he'll turn up
• -1-they always do. ••• Old Maids are aro-,
cidente." ' " .
Acoidents 1" the reotor'e wile :had el -
claimed, in a tone which / am unable to
-describe. • -
She held up the' gray. cotton gloves, ern.rnented with wriettasselo, these last
• &aril* in the gond lady's agitation. Their
frisky bobbings developed a kittenish deeire
inMisis Page to seize and secure them.
How delightful it would have been to oh-
ser•ve the face of their 'wearer, had she
done so. • .
Midi; Page did not alwaye• control bind!'
so well as on this occasion,' however. She
, • yielded to her inclinations without Mint,
net infrequently. •
One of these events took place not long
after the visit of he rector's wife; and that
wail when the rector'il son proposed to her.
This go/Alm:hart was a pretty little Per-
sonage, with the physique of .tolerably
well-eculptured snow man. Hifi Orange,
4bolored hair, stirmtninted his ortinge-crelored
I No
ever can you , wiggle your toes in -
boots? Gd! it mikes. mine ache to look
at 'em." • • ' . .
This made twice that she had used that
somewhat`, extraordinary' teem Of expres-
sion. Besides, Philip did not exectlyenjoy
being oallecia dandy. - • '. •
“ You have _changed; too," he remarked.
-,,- "Me ?".• said -Judith. "Oh! do you tell
me! How?" , • • , ,
"Well, for one thing,"- said 'Itcinghton,
slowly, "yon -or -didn't Swear when I last
saw you.",
It is im sible•to imagine the effect tbat
r
her phial reception of this scathing re*
niarkha upcin him. .' , • .
' "Didn't I?" she iiaid serenely, still hail-
ing hie hands.' "1 must have been very
young. Yes, I was -I remember all about
it now. , Yon used to mekor ine della ad of
radishee, and init turnip s into flowers for
Me. Oh, YOB, and ' you .taught MO to fleh
with a crooked pin.' •
"You have ,beconie a Asher of men by
now, I suppose," said Boughton; with an
attempt at wit, *which; hoWever; left his'
Consin as unruffled as ever. ' • , '
- "Oh, dear, nO,"alie assziredhino "They
fish for me 1 And meetly with crooked
ping, I must admit t " she ended,,' with it
laugh. ', How tall and etraight you are,
cousin. I do believe I oonld ,walk ender
your ann. Let's try." ' ,.., •
Philip held out his arm obediently, and
obe made the attempt, but her eYee Were
blinded spinet his coat sleeve.
"1 know ever 00 numb it brit Ivo io
'rise my arni than that,", eel ,,Botighton,,
suddenly possessed of it devil;:and he let bit
against the hotel bultvarke, at Atlamio City,
• •
A michtuni r tide of humanity flowed
yesterday. The ruin -strewed beach Wile •
full of eightseers. There wig a curious
coincidence conneited with the trip of cone .
of the. yaohtq, Mday. ' Tho. party woe
carried by Cape Will Gale ' in his yeolst _
.04fflearlit.a.r.a.1;haneYd-ePthetee;caalpritamdcieningiingiracihedoaointerer
the people in Atlantic City. In the conver-:
sation that followed it was found that the
schooner* was no Other than the Relied
Horgan, whioh was blown high and dry
en shore during the terrible storm of 1884. '
and upon Which balls and parties were held:
all of the following season. '
A otnall army of sand sifters were at
work 00 the beach. Their outfit consisted -
of sieve, a shovel and a tin box. They dug
the sand front around the poets on which •
the hood walk had been had... After reach-
ing a depth of about two feet. the sifters 'A
ran , the •• Sand through their nievelM
Prep:teeny their efforts were rewarded19
finds of preoious stenos and jewellery. ""
To. a curious Visitor 9fie of theeifters
eibibited his treasure. It comprieed;
diamond pins, ,A,plain gold ring; a dollar
gold piece, and a niunber of &nailer oohs,
fie had Made a luoky bit in the morning, „.
and !FAB' shout WO better off. ,He .•
there Were oases where $500
• covered from the send in ." ' •••' .:11);*-t-
ne elthei`aie just AS gii0d Be- miliy der; y:q4.',4,,,; 6 .66)7,9 ri ft.
embracing;:lrer,11:bea%gan- ponderinemany
61 en spent wit out re- •
e °haw, which was yet. war tn
things in his heart. He was just beginning
to think that perhaps he had behaved like
a beast after al!, and owed her. an 'apology,
when 'ft.solenin voice at:the door said,:
. 4, Diener am fiarCed, sah." .
- Turning, he saw that thievoice proceeded,
from a person inextricably tangled with his
childhood'e experiences. It was nene other
thon Uncle Edon, the major -dome of Cary.
ion -an individual as ;black -of hide as he
was white of teeth and soul;>, for Uncle
Eden had " got 'ligion" at the age of 10.
Ile was so -blaok ao ta he the possessor of n
bloortilike that on a•'• damson and had a,
pale pink soar down one cheek, which gave
his akin the appearance of black satin "how-
ing ripped over a rosenolorei lining.
He hesitated a moment when he saw
Phil; and then burst into a deep chuckle ns
his whilom tormenter etartid forward and
took him by both hands.. '
• "'Uncle Eden," said he, "you don't look
ti day Older than you did twelvq years ago."
"Don' I. Morse Phil? Bless ye' ha'at I
'Copt fur ye' whiakerers, I'd dun ben know
ytih time I not eyes on yob.' Lor' it doh'
item a day sincoal was yerkin yell Out er
dat ar tab uv aeft-soap whar ynh wuz a
fur Blies Judy's oboe, she don'drap
in it, ' Yuh ent,n'y is looking peart. tri!
dar-dat's de C un'l-geod-by' till hirneby.“
The dinner wee a !Mimeos. 'When is
dinner not a success with hungry folks ?
There Witif a peen good with gooseberry
nue°. Beaghton had not tasted a green
goose ter twelve Years. ne,thought French
flelftiresentamil: Re was
'young fellow, with Icing, clean limbs, and a
curiously hattghty pose of head. Hie hair
was as abundant and waved Much after the
fashion of Judith's. Perhaps his most de-
lightful feature was his inouth-•=well =eyed
and,perting a little one-sidedly: over uneven
and very White teeth. His luggogo had
followed him in the 'care of hie body
servant, and he issued from his room
finally, as deliciously and ,fragrantly freth
it is only given to fair men to appear.,
When he entered the drawing -room he
forind, a little to his surprise, that Judith
was there already, engaged, in ?the start-
lingly 'feminine employment of knotting.
Boughton only saw that her foot, in ita
bronze slipper and silk Mocking, Was very
alender-alenderer than he had ever spen,in
fact: ---with &minden under Which the young
man was elinvinoed he could heve relied 6
good sized marble. •
' She had on a.niee little frook Of some
creamy etuff,.,that fell about her, guiltlese
of crinoline, and a string of, blue Persian
beade around her throat. - •
. The colonel wail revolving slowly, before
the glru, with parted coat-tails, and at the
same time rocking backward and forward
on his toes.- .- ,
Boughton palmed in the bill some time
to watch them. They mead° Suoh 6 pleee-
ant picture in the 'wedded light of the wax
°indica and leeping'. fire. Beyond them
was the handsome dusk of the oak -paneled
man; with,its high, oar*ed furniture and
big,Prenoh miners. -..
As hp entered, he et* thet inone of these
covering 'A dollar's worth. , The action o .
the sea- Washes' all particle!' around the,
posts along the beach, and the huedredo of
dollare worth of jewellery and money lost
by the -summer crowds are gathered in by
these patient toilers d nrieg the, cold months.
=Philtytelphia Record. ' " • '
' The. Wian7li000.
She-".Therii, it a, yours. how, ieh
but reindaOu mustn't tell your wish o it
will never coolie true." •
He' -(tenderly-» 13n1 niay, I ' not .
you V,' • • ;
She:-" Oh dear od," •
He-(pathetioally)--" It never can come
true unless I do tell you."
She---(shyty)--"Well, then, in 'stieh an ex-
ceptional case as yours, perhaps yeti had
better tett the."
lincertaintiekOf Lift. .
Patient (to young physician)--" You ski, •
doctor;' that I am well now,. and that no
ferther danger is to be • expected?" Php
l' apprehend Mine, sir ; but life• •
is uncertain, Patient--" Perhape r had '
better 'pay your bill now," ' *Physician -
"Well, yes, sir, itinight be as weaves I have
said life iiriery imoortain." •
Life is history,,,,not poetry*, It nonsista of
little' things, rarely " illuminated , by
flashes of great heroitiiii, broken by greet
dangersor demanding groetrexortionti. •
DTiallitesPohni. sigapeobrIlinne, idayeuwioa, cliecotored by
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