Exeter Advocate, 1901-4-25, Page 3ik WICKED GIRL,
BY MARY cECAL flAY0
(CoN Beecritm.)
cheeks .quite cool again, ."I saw your
, photograph. there, Mee. Frayd.,"
"Yep,. iniss, Mr, Basset 'pries it.
gave it to hirn years ego • when he
wits at 'Arracks first."'
"Then he ,has been here before?"
Oh, heie oftenhere, Oenerally
Tuley writing, but this time .he's 'do-
, ing nothing, "SO it seems to me. I'rn
glied though, for ,he .1:me a look of
overdoing, , or, overgoing, I dont
know. \Villein and he doesn't, tell me
much, It's 'a pity, for it's good for
us to hear each ether: talk, as I tell
: him often', though, l'rri not a talker
myself. He's toomuch .by himself,
too, I tell him. It isn't Well for a
, ,
man to be always lonely. He hasn't
any letters, ' it seems to me, exce,pt
.13usineSSe1ooking once, and there'e
never anything friendly on his 10S. -
i41 -card§-." '
"Perhaps," suggested Derry, wielt:'
,
out a smile for this candid remark,
so a.nxieusly ws She SChOOling her
VOlCe to sound calm on the subject
Ie longed to' start,. "Me.' Basset is
herefor the purpose of diecoveritir
the truth about his cousin's mur-
der?"
'p'r'aps so; miss, but somehow I
• don't believe he troubles. about that.
• I'mevea heard hint 'laugh
, .
'about the d,etecteve 'old Mrs. Basset
• empheys, IIe.neiveii liked Mr. Miles..."1
never liked Mr. Miles!
,
•
The ' word e -echoed painfully
•
Derry's ears. Trete, 'he had .told .her!
this „ himself .' last- night, but it
scitinded diff,erently froin this wo.man's lips,e
•
"'This Mr. Basset ,was .not here
, .
,on the night of the ,murder, was let',
Mrs: Frayd?"
"No, Miss. I think he ,said he was
In The -le -tore though, there are some
thet-, say. he was in Deweing. :In-
' deed, there are those that say . he
was at the Piries that night ---next
evening .„ he , was, Any way. There
'was e to have been a dinner -party
,there, but of -cones°, no one, went,
knowing, about, Mr. Miles, Whether'
Mr. Dasset dined there or not I can't
say, but I know he came from, there
here.''
, , . • .
"He must have been to Condole
With or inquire after Mips, Hope,"
explaine,d Derry, "musingly. "Yell
do. nothear hine.,Speak of the mur-
der, I suppose," ,she continued, hat-
ing , herself for meanness while' elle
asked' the 'question, which she still
felt it right to ask.
I've"Scareelybeard him
mention it, except once he said he
woncleised Mr. Oliver' didn't come to
the Tower, but he. ,only said it
_lazy Way„--and`nietea bit as' ho eared."
, "poor., old Mrs. Basset!'' said
-Derry, , ,from ,her heart. r"She, at
,lcast, is - trying to solve the nays-
teey."
. ,
• ...The manWho 'did it's -.safe ,eo
. ,
be found."(There was ree
• further excuse for delay; and Mrs..
.Prayd's ,hand e was ,on • the door., but
,She had nelittle more to saY ) "It'P
always done fair.. Didn't my Own
- brother' keep a rattlesnake quits.
against nature, and it was its bite
that .kilied him? And elms/eft thee
,
that- Wicked Corney, • over Black
Down way, determined to 'poison his
, wife aild two innocent, children? ,,So,
• he ,bought. a leg of lamb °as a :treat.
for 'there,' he Said; and he first
eubbed, arsenic into- it, andjusthe-
-fora' dinner -time he came in all in, a,
hurry, and said he was called. tteicay
on business . and couldn't Wait for
their dinner -time; so his wife mmit
"----fry hien, the sole he ,brought. • His
appetite. 'seemed '"good end he eat":it,
all up, and went 'cheerfully ofa. His
wife, being a frugal young wo.man,
had thought re. a pity to ,evaste a
leg- of lamb on her iandthe children,
Po she put if aveay, for next day,.
and ,they had. eggs. Well, .you sce,
• niies "hoiy: :it, wase , She, had 'fried her
husband's .sole , the arapping, env,
so he ,died, not over comfortably, ,in
• the street. OJ, it always does' cofne
hone to the sinner, doesn't it,
' don't, lenew--YeS," said Derry,
i -heavily; end, then as 'She gave Mrs.
Frziyd no -further opportunity.. of
esPeakinge' that 'silent eveliaan di Pei,-
peered.
• •
An hour later Derry's , room had a
'changed aspect,. almost a ' pretty
•,home look.. She had brought' in her,
,books; and,.evork, ,and photographe,,
and , had put` out of sight ve views
• articles, highly prized by Mrs. Frayll
•;(such as the scalps upon the table,
and a wax doll dressed , as a bride• -
'ender 'a glass ease), and, had gieew
everything a beat/ ifyin.g ouch, de
'as she looked aonecl she, gave. aelittla
sigh of longing for the hone studio.
As it was stili toe -eaely tc, expect
her sister she dOchied to explore , the
• surroundings of the mill but not to
go, out of sightelest there might be
chance of missing, even a minute of
Ella's,' soaaetY. Slee went through
the creaking half -glass -door-, and in
"order to avoid ,the twin door lower
down, she .,strollefl ,upward, not paus-
ing, until she eves on the higlieee
spot. Standing in the broad day:
light,- looking (hewn upon- the 'mese
and' noticing ' i ts sheer , uglin ees, Derry
smiled over the legeed she had been
told, and the n oti on of any family
,ghost haunting euch a building as
this, Vel -e elle in etane • eller:it:rancid: bail'
!from' her eel/tempi t I etitered
iinl IICOIi t chimp of e spruce firs,
she celight herself starting at tmly a
small figtire in the midst, silently
end busily engaged in pickings a bone
evideetly taken. from, an open' parcel
on her lences. Derry ,stopped oppe-
si Le to watch: this , proeees 'for, some
11 Alo'. time, then spoke in What' her,
,father called the -brotherly 'Wav she,
had with ehildren of all grades; '
"Oh, indeed , Yoh are dining 'clnito
• early, aren't you'?"'
'lt sae -es carrYing it," returned the
'very small evoiiiiire 111 11 rotind rais-
ed eyee, tend a suepirious sliMe., 90
her protrigling chin,
'I see, it Is yteur (11211101 piteked
to take to seligel, „grid yen_ eaSe
carriage' bV eeating , it on', your 'Wear.
lak, 1, bright idea,abut you had bete
ter pot up what is left, And then
e-ou May open your mouth and shut
your eyes."
Derry took out a box of sweets,
the purehaee of -which had been' her
'muse that Morning for a little talk
with the village shop -mistress, but
,when the ehild expanded her lips dan-
gerously and screwed together her
eeellds, Derry could not. reeist Pop-
ping her finger Only into the yawn-
ing 'chasm. • It was a test the weird -
looking .child bore so philosophically
that Derry imnrediately took her to
her heatt and liberally rewarded her.
"Whet will they do to you for be-
ing late at school?" she inquired pre-
sently, with that warn/air of sym-
pathy, and friendship which 'children
• "Keep le in. •Teacher always
does."
Poor teacher! . And these are ,your
usual hours, are they? How, old are
you?"
Eight."
"Indeed!" (The little thing looked
at most five,) "Quite old:enough to
,earryyour dinner, when mother Packs
it so nicely for yon."••
,''Mothers dead ten years ago."
"Dh!"• gasped Derry, foundering
Over a new arithmetical problem, as
she thought of the child's ago.'"What
is your rianse?" • aa •
' "Penkus?" with an Amused gleam
of metnery. "Then you are one of tin:
adjuncts of Har,rack's,laeaema?"
live At .Harracit'a with ma."
• "Then Mrs. Frayd is ma: Who la
•"There's no 'pa.?' •
PI see. • Who is your .father?"
"Areos.''
."Now run ofI to ,sehool. 1)o you
go downe-
-.Then you only elnnbecl to obtain
privacy, over yoiircl inair'? :You `May
well be called 'a child with a most
knowing eye' as Wordsworth said.
Run."
But the child preferred her own
unbiased - gait, . and Derry ' stood
evatebing her, 'leaning against one of
the firs, as shelooked about her, and.
rejoicing that that troeihlesome man
wine nowhere' about. But peesetitly„-a:
t�l113gt1re came toward her among
the trees, and she kneels it had, been
too .1a,lio to congratulate, herself on
the troublesome man, ,net 'being
about.. " •
Derry; in her - beautifully . - fitting,
bronze' dress, braided by herself, as
no one but , an artist could have
braided it, neight .be 'perhaps excused
far looking with, A little eenteniPt•
o,n the, sage -green. hire of his' shabby
coat; but • her 'keen- glance. detected
,
that for all itsisha.bbiriess its fit was
perfect. The brim Of ,a soft' felt hat
was .pulled down over,his. ears, but
even that week' equipment ,,,ef ,the
head did not rob it of its look.: of
power. 1 -le did not offer a' hand to
Derry;only. his .hat seed iput his
pipe .steaight. into ,his pocket..Shehad-
made up her mindito anticipate any-
thing, he neiglit eay or think of her,
nfornriag's mistake, ,hy,,plereging, at
once ,intb the seibjecit' when ehe should
see him,' :, and ' she had • distinctly,
dreaded its., but now, that she was
face to face. with' him, she f °end she
, . .
leaceno feeling of cIeea.d at all, and
kneel/ it would be quite easy to speak
•of her escapade, 'even' though she did
not plunge in o it. . .
'Is it quite ..Safe?"plie ,asked,. her
,.eyes iclidwing hi pipe.. You seesI
em net the typically 'silent Blaglish
traveller ' who -outdid the typically
silent Gorman one."
"How?'', Steven 'Basset,inquire:el.
showing an idle Williagness to be en-
tertained. ,And it is no doubt • for-
giver: him that he knew quite' :well
bertha, he asked: •
silent Gernean.' after travel-
ling silently opposite the silent,' Eng-
lishmen for really hours, :wee at last
impelled to toll hien briefly- that, he
had cropped a speak on his waist-
coat. . !Let me alone,' .growled the
silent, Englishman. 'Your coat-tail
has be,en on fire for; ten minutes and
1 hayen't bothered: you about it.'
Dca our know, Mr.. Basset," sale had
.111,ide 110 pause, and he felt it a little
al-terra:aim-table to be thus hurried by
his ehtertainer-e"I trade a' mistake
this morning between those , two
glass -doors ' atHarree.k's., , I opened
the :first iand 'found 'myself in yintr'
roone''
Im very glad. °I've. 's.o , often
ini.stal,,en those two doors," he sail,
Iibbing .tranquilly, that 1 have- been
hopieg you would de. it, snpneror
later.." ,
"1 couldn't •• have done it much
seon.er„" interpolated Derry.
,"Ieut perhaps you, are mistaken.
The door's' and rooms are so, exactly
alike -dike our 'days and yesterdays,
en ithesir .parts ----that 1 dare pay ',ii
only fancied you S.Vent, into, 'the
'rackaa to--nianble halls, ,pay; ehotild
youa ,ln the fleeh or the photo-
graph i like her beet in the sea-
rourielings .of her ,eholee. ' And -e-
, "And, it, eignitiee 'nothing to oth-
ers, you -mean," added the: gialaSylell.,
011't any doubt that the rightly, en--
terpreted hie thought, 'though, elle
did,noe.
--You could not understand;" , lie
explitieed, without ediTecting nee,
it 45 tOspeild one', life hi
lodfellitee„ 1 have, and" ;my neatest
frieude are ,of .course my land.lacliee.
Of these Mee, Frayd is the only tine
who has, proffered, inc hex' photor
graph; so. 1 meen it, to have an hon-
ored place. You, end" (there heel
been -no pause,' but the tone -WaS
lighter 000) ''that she has p. few
\verde 1.0 say and says theen? I
thought you would think so." Derry
had not„ answered and he had only •
lookoi into her ce:ee, "You will be
more 'favored with them than ,I, for,
your face evill grve her more en-
colaitgement, I wonder 'how -far
youe thoughts 'will generally',stray
while she holds en.''
went into Cheshire ihs
Inorniege', replied Derry, ''for
member , reading , there,- on a wee -
man's , grave -stone, , a line, her hus-
band had pet' theee al ter the eat)
of her deatle—jAnd there 15155 0 great
' But," (with sudden , frank
compunction) "that's despicable of
'inc, fen' I have myself been leadieg
Mrs,' Irayd on to 'talk, arid 1 mewl
to ldre her further and further ---
and. further. Per I've a purpose in
beieg here.
'I feared „sea' he said, and Berry
thought he. Made an odd' withdraw-
ing' moyeinenta but the only e thime
Was ---surea.on Was that he frown-
,
ed in a rather , ,, ugly Manner.She,
g oeci. this, an,. oar.) ,-
lag• the -pOsfaibilitY of 'his having
Wincral'at- her words, when he- taroa.c
the. silence. .
"I owe you .anapology, Miss Hope,
for taxing intruded upon you yester-
day" in Your drive: . I should have
,Walaied certainlY in I had understooti
-hawit was, but Amos Merely said
hehad coshe to meet 'nee, and- left aree
to Make:any, -.own discoveries.''
."I think the int/elision *05 mine."
.aneerided :Derry,. as ,'You said,
you eseplained all to me -While I was
not listening. You had engaged the
carte-. ,aied besides" (demurely)
was, werse,for .you because I ye not
any•partimilar objection to' Your sex,
wIibo 1 understand you have .a par-
ticular 'objection ,to• mine. -
Ile hied thrOwn his head' back as if
to laugh,but after all he only took
,the , opportunity of looking ,beneath
the 1.:11111 of his hat intently into. her
,debonaie sface. Now think s",)may cry quits, Miss Hope," ' he .saiil
then; coolly, "for though you have
no 'particular- objection to ,my, see,
you have, a general disregard -Sof". it,
'which hia . better .for ,You, and safer
than 'ree---nartaeu o /lee eon. -
'It„..was Such a' ridicule:ha panaa
that oacurred then, the: girl, thong:hie,
tha,t,"' ocethred • el/eh,' • the, gi..r1,
thoualit, that she „ broke. ar;
ev'ti the oxaggcrated eool-
0058 a evorhan .so ofte,n aseumes evhen
she is. not , at, emece '1 :heel the silence
here wonderfully, I actually hear it:-
"Youprefer' the. sounds of London,
.•,
of courpe; No, doubt.. youwould ra..,
t 11 e 'have 'the planes upon the
aah,arnessEinbaakarianaealaaanneech tresaa,
•. , . •
AS theSe;-growints uhnoticed, old- in
such silence, here." .. •
-;
Of com‘se," she assented,: As if
there were no .doubt aboutat, simply
because Ilia:tone mit ironically. "Who
could" ,(1OOl11ng up ,armang t.he splen-
did firs), 'acompare one, of these with.
12, real London. deodar or sumach?
,
Why, the very names left themhigher.
Besides, our life's bliss does not de-
pend upon trees alone, we have pillar
pos
•.
Thats serves me right," he said,
good-humoredly, "end it ' was Inean
of me.. Why, some of. the finest treee
I -know, are -close to , your Londoa
home. No, You could .not,' of course,
live out of London, .and .if I can 'tis
all the • ee-orse for erre, as showing
what ,a very Olddinan I ein."
- "But, of course,'' shesuggested,
graciously willingeto allow an arise,
horati on, of his condition, .''You keep
yourself up in everything that goes'
on in the world?"
"ile world?. 'Oh, that is too far
-away," with a Sort of smile in his
voice "We try to be aware when
, •
•
Parliament is. sitting. by listeningfor
the prayer in church, but sometimes
there is a -mistake evenathong pae-
sons, and that puts us all wrong."
• :'You have your pipers?"
"DI' course- They -arrive et our
station somewhere , about the tiane
when the next clay's news' is prepare
nig for the press, and first the sea-
tion-111£1,9tee,, • and the postman, and
the .porters--soinetimes `with a select
auchence--have to gleantheir con-
tents,. Then the postman, who foe 0
weekly, consideration rieciertake.s to
deli -Yee reline, starts MI with 'ha I
'usually meet him ,and fiaa out fromhilne what it. contains; to save myself,1
the trouble he has .passed through,"
suppose,began Derry, present-
ly, her VOiCC it l•IttIC'MOSteaily, as she
brought the subject round to her one
absorbing desire '`the people - havie
been,very 'anxious to SCC the papere
,since that merder at the. Tower,"
,"-Why? We knOwmore than the
Londonpapers can tell es,. I wonder"
(quite anutrkedle- 'putting,' aside a the
topic' she had With, such a waste of
ingenuity: introduced) "what • you
.find hereto amuse you, and to.
Make' up ,to You for London?" '
:t don't Want I.ond" on' new,she
• , , • , .
Cried,''[ninetnetiely resenting this TOT,
pentad' failure to make' Mr, Basset
, ,
speak,of his' .cousin's Murder, !Sind „
de -day MY, sister is conling to mees
then that,'' he observed pointing
to -a darkiohject a,deeincing fleetlyeon
'the •leVer road -believe the downs;
:"will be ,Miss Hop' a' ponyseerriage,
need not have „ given utterance to
MY' unwarrantable' wonder,, for where'
7Y.riaas Hope"haa''al4leared 'Others' will
sOen follow:. She' ie•!re,
like that M'
, , , ,
Sointhody at. whoSer appearance tho
,horizon-beestme dark With, majors.'
'Derry's lips ,' had , been ominously,
closed, sae .liad, ,Ielt ilea; a lice
thnipaniop Waa about .to be personal,
and thatlatWOUld, be „an limpertinente
,iniaiiiin,•,,elity,lehiS,Manner. wits, So' ,
nt-
wroye, one."
"'Yon knew," asserted Derry,
"What made you think you hada"
he .eentinued, coolly ignoring this
assertion; and she guessed he si
laughing at tlie'ranicrnbrancecf holy
1 e 11112.1 SCCII her standing placidly e-
tabli:AlCd before his fire.
"I knew 1 had left no pipe on inY
own mantel -piece last night."
But pernaps it was I 'who hail
made a mistake, and left at the,
morning in your room."
- "And I have no,nhotograple of Mrs•-
aarayd in an orange -colored frame."
"You evidently rejoice in that
fact.
•"Well, it seems rather an unncccs-
,sar3i Peseession When ' -the original
is on ,view. You ,prize, it, though,"Misehievous1V."aee• eliesrecelled
'Yes. it :is' the only photograph
that was ever given to me.' TJongh
he ,ansevered'e so e01:11 1/0SeCily,' 'some-
thing in his. tone made her look nt
him, and Slie,felt, no surprise at evhat.
Pc Iher said. ,it, Would have been
hard for her to imagine lie had 'ever
praised a evonla.n, eafficieetly, .1,0, an-
covineci her' to 11(31' retire,-
SCIIIn 1. bop. ,
A (1 i 9i*i, ereine might be .a
a.11eelfttion," she suggested, looking,
ii,wa,y to the thernal el retehe of sand
binding ,the, dime aanitara, aea.
'I.. shall 'mein itiet as she ' f.,q2VC
11.,", lie answered, too simply for 111a,
words' , sotindlikeea..iboetre2die-,
' see: "ao fithesSelb
etratiairiirtint tiles frone StIviesi!
ille
At the meramennernent lat Llee Teens-
cVlaivai civilian
a eel efe: etoy Y depot sa
Of the Blast atankehre Regiment, and
Ofl ecconnt ofthe war the MIlitIa bat--
tall:Alm Were stationed there, -a ratie;
e2.1 pride myself 11.1.1QT1' My an ie to e r t i
aPPraranee, and I always dreee /either
aullartlr, therefore. w-a2.i not! much
Surprai'ed wilier/ the sentry on guard
nidstook Inc fat: an officer and salut-
ed me 'are e.otered the barracks'. Of
„ , .
;coureenalail::ere.d ti,n
u.r,coneerned, and re-
tn,ed the salute , in an offieial, off-
hand
,
,
Thesre was in ths same office as 103' -
sell another civilian clerk it'very de-
cent sort of a aellow; but he, would
insiet upon Wearing a turn -down col -
Jar. I uverlooked tlip, however, and
we earb•bed- along very a -ell together.
of couhse, pointed ,out to him the'
/really advantages of wearing a high
tellen,g him now I had been
mistaken for an officer, and 'had
been ;saluted itS one on several occas-
ions.
IIIo
ersuaidid Lrthyaotnieai
f and
weretlenexttrm
heclanse
110_
ang 11i howed tro 'wearing a collar
about high'. That nlofning
lie was very qtal.let, and I thought that
something muathav-e ,tiPset 4
,
learnt at dilianeltatiene this ' was.
• -It apPeairs that when he had come
into barracles. in the, ,merning; a eole
clear evaro had been it the depot for
'yearg was on guard, and just
as lie was doraing in thegates thls sol-
dier had gilt hi a hand up to hia head
ttehaktnhoa'elels,a0.51faainfliyial... hCLoenSi
raltandseaotLinugteha,t
in return. •;The soldier baret out
laughing and told him ,that he, the
soldier, was n,ol: an officer. Collins'
seemed .to think it Wag my fault; and
Wla!,S quate naety about it. -
-When the dancing aeasten commence
,
ed Eall'ais and myeelf .were invited to:
a ,tiall to be' elield iin Li•ih•neighboring,
town; and of co-wee:we went.' I wag
in evening dress, and, though 1,say
St myself, I looked, more a.riateeratic
than ever. was one girl there
, with whom I &need, a very srePerior
and I took to 'her at once.
• had been .told that she was a Miss
aryare and had an income of about
£2,000 a year. NOW, I thought, Da
sh knoW3, E am a,availanlelferk,:earn-
ing about ;£75 a year, 'She will natur-
• ally treat •Me wita ,0 certain latclonnt
of indiaferendal, so. I got Collins; Who;
said he kn'e'wa her quite well, to, iritroa
-cluoe Me' to her alealafeutenant Batea,
of the East -Rankshllee II„egamenteellea
consented to do So, bat eie,inarked,
,
that nnsty sarcasticmoaner Of his
that af must not,. be disappointed if'
she, cid not believe it." a
• .So ilt canic eh:eat-that I was
trodireecleaenne.li as. Lieutenant Bates,
'arnielant,ed ea:1.th her several times,
•
and Upon leav:ng She expressed a
Wash that we should meet again.
It was a:bout three ev,eeka after tin's,
atall that I.again met „Risk Myers. It
was at a rce,eption, and I had along
talk with ,her and when I went home
that night 1 eras de,epar ate 1 y in love
wifth 'hew :bat I•thoueht that my suit
was 'isopeleps. .13'ier was she not. an
heiress 'andea a raisera:ble Clerk? I
was, 1511 oonaess,, ittrapted by her for
bune,, and had 'she been poor I might
have ated' differently,, but .1 had al-
ways eaal that, Lee/tended to marry
o girl with money. She actually ar-
ranged to meeL mo on the Wednesday
holleevnnge the, reception, so I beLeved
that at. lea.et she liked me.
Weil, we net and.I got along swim-
maite-ly. 1 naw regretted very. much
deceiving her as regarded my position
aside ev,lien sloe hads'palren aboul the
the Army,lawas a terrible fix for
fearhshe should ask me s,ome., qUesteen
ee.hat 1 slmaild not be able to answer.
' continued to know.- 1110, however,'
as Lieutenant Bates; and I dared not
tell bur daffealently., •
,
Well, thIngs went on like this stet
mioire .ttlean a month during which
'tame, I met iher on seve.ral oecaslitans.
One evening When I left her she -told
me that ehe was! coining to- Bingley
en the following Wedne,sday, and if 1
eviished, She would meet me thexe;
'that See,' ha addpd, you can spare
the time.' -I know- you affieare have,
so miioh to de/ now 'that, ,tleite awful
wear Se on "
• I said that a hundred evarg.. would
not. prevent me . from seeing her.' "I
.can ask the ataff-seggeant to let --
that is, I can excuse ' myself from
emcee," I haselly added.
"Old" she eaid, "1 have never seen
you in uni•form yet, and I should so
like to:1sec you: - Will you woe!: your
eegiancentale next 'Wednesday?"
rOf course
'I; went back to Bingley, not know-
ing what the, dickens to do! 1 was
not allowed to, wear ttnatorm, and if
'she knew anYthing about military
ttens 'She' would see tli,at ‚none �'f
;c1r!
=
the, soldiers that NVe evereabohnd to
meet saluted nae. I was deternain-
ed not to give her up, without a strug-
gle, so I decided that at all risks I
must see her on the following :Wed-
Diesd first •
'Ihthing to do, was to 'bor-
row some uniform. Fortunately,
knew a sergeant in tire Army Pay
Corps; and, that uniform not beinp; a
common 000 ,1 rteked lum if he would
lend it to me, telling him that I re-
quired the ' things f•or SOME) private
theatricals. Ile lent them to me, and
on the Wednesday I took them round
to my lodgings and asked ray land-
lady to remove, tht. three stripes
from tlip artai s tiem LunLe.,
I had arranged to meet Miss Myers
at three o'cloele,‘ so after having my
dinner 1 went. back t6 the: office for
an hour. ,Stitidenlya brilliant idea
o0nrred tomn. At th dopot tlierc
were dozens of 'recruits who would
do anything for a few eoppers; why
reot.get, two erthpoet ofetliera to wait -
'hi, a Carae,i,and senate me as we pas-
l5it50\TJ rib')
07, Loventa oat asa to the canteen, and,
.h!
Picked out three raw recruits, and
asked them 11 they would, like to earn
bob, [alley were only too glad. of
Ole oppertunity, arid I gave them in-
atructione to wait outside a certain
publie-house, and vilien myeell and a
young lady appeared, to salute me as
though I were an officer. They
winked and putting the shilling in
their poekets, gave the <Mara° costic
answer, "Not 'aria'
Having everything arranged I went
beck to my lodginge and got into the
uniform --it fitted me like a glove -
and I was quite proud of my military
appearance.
Punetually at tire o'cloele 1 wap
at the station wilitine,, Inc Mies Myers.
About three minutes after that time
aSUPndPoIslebtlottzoh at 0
see you agcitiiipo When Mils
e or
o114h tiosns 4y0Yue.rs aduipdrPo fit Wt. reg
cry quits, can't we?"
For several minutes 1 (1111 not speats
I was dumfounded.
But avliat could I do but marry berf
At ROMAN
, • , '
BATH IN LON.DO
Two eraensatad l'eaire 0141---Riseeverc4
t.licatfaliYLu
lcgaorl olrEssscx.
aaiInalon is ii
laatb perfectly preserved,' 'evhich
her strain,. an...aed and „he stepped all•Pinlied by sonw to have been co ,7 -
out, and lier face quite lighted up 'strut:tea duringethe Bunton occupation
when ehe 'caw. me.
'of this city. One may ,go into :the
"Oh! yeti look ever so nice in unia, stralaa without _finding a trace 011
f 0:
"Oh!
--Ii)eetr=ficiitoiy 3,s,, ::e; oil:: , ' h' '3,shs egoe xne.01::::) -0 skntaoulnvda fi,,,:y,nre:anlatei.n pAai,5,:,.,.::iti:r tsnanynnthopttt... II
ed; "but Yvillere is Your, .slvoi:dl. I ala neern.„ns of ,the. 4eigtyaritolnd, may 310t1
ss."111'‘ai,'Io3:1-s-Pdes'n'It'e'hdo,:igeinht atcleloallin t°foifie6trhse ''':: ra re' Sf'(1111,reti4o1 bd ttaohniiniarig.l'iiii:liet hiatehseirr eadnai nfo°14r nib: --;1 '
You know," 1 answered, in ..e°nin-Si°xil tion. It was an old danaa, seated' at
Thillg,5 NVent fairly Smooth IY aft'ell a, newspaper ,ataai, who was ahin to
this until IkVe approached the corner,
,where -I had told the recruits to wait.' ig.,,,,'Ill.:,1c1114,1,a° as,ok,acaatia,.LetviriteoTt.o. the.*Sqrand'
'They were there, Sure enough, 'but
etlxipe3e'elNaearcey- wathitaint gr wiftiaitsuaciihr. [cook:nos! , "Why. this in Strand Lane," said teen,
, d th ,..f . ,, .1, t a ,moaldryLeov.n. dp,oin:asaage,SwhehicTincotnediadboeavnia:;.;
,isfy, Myers\evrsh.alloonvelr ,isseethean...1ilitevras:wai..0.11-) tahnos.a. ity overlooked, (car It in entered
Soldiers at the 'corner?" asked „Miss
der a doorway, and causeg no 'break,
in a. oontinuoue line Of building* ,
"Ob!" I replied, "they are only re -
°tints, and are tremendously fright- Thhe'tfe,ou'gchn:f.ta°r!fe,thaendtuirnmlu°ilt,0°Tftothoeus*griejoaa
ened when they see an officer. Some
of cid aeuse,a" , one find's a finger on
of them, have. been'pulein the guatd-
the, \mil Indicating the w,ay to ' the ,
room for not saluting, and that. makes
'them very .careful, you know." 114a'rilataalloab:ararnho. . e fellowseh,e line' of
a We reached, the corner, where alate
fiet le brook 'irb.i.elt, izi; old days; car-
recruits.Were :standing; and the.y'
Tied off the, ,water, from the, higher,
stood to- attention and saluted. I re -
land above to Strand bridge or Pier., ,
turned the ' salute in a casual, oft -
Oh its left Side ,yern. ceme Upon a ana,alll
had rnanner'as though. it was-tlie
innioesttoa ebeee nis :01./-1 1 u' tt6ntitai. g in ..the, world foe dingy thonsfa which ia the object 'oft
your search. Bang the rusty Della ,
and pre,sently a, Mau appear g and'
araly.-ecHrhos7r.re. snicizt isthaTtis:isrobue,:.,tosalaidavefissos
age inte a .v-aulted, chamber, sixtem.v;
esoortS you through a vaulted passel
'One gets siek ' of so much Of ' it," -fo.4eedtaloonft'3ahnedfineionae i.fbettheNNR-idocio'l aa•Alinhalithh9,2,1 '
Ito,r,DkQPeoel,lpy6d:ucci'kiiisnttoa‘ivns,tlakty TbaB.tafasButcalli:einsr:gt:i,sohananeve'ese legtha,„1:tttyhfott):ohig,Insoideelf,..,:eane Eaa, i af;
helnaet tO everar. soldier one ineete."
• Eselex diaeovered it When -he was mak-,
-' "It's taw) thennand years old, thial '
never , noticed the soldiers -salute , At the further, end 'of the bath Ls a
you when We have been; out before?" ledge of wleite..marble, undoubtedly,
"No; that's because 1 :was.iti rOrdi- Ore remains of a flight •of steps lead-',
nary. clothing,' and not having been ,in,g drawn to the Water. The water.
long at the depot they do not yet is supplied by a spring, without the
know, me without my•untform. . ' modattra of pipe's. It huhbiee up .
I was simply perspiring with ap- through the ground, 'fills the batli, -
prehension. . - Whatever question laaeses into the bath beyond, -that ot
would she ask next?' What 1 did -See
Made me 1 -`°(rd Eaa--cx,,-anal, -Ilan flows into the
when, we turne,d the corner Ihaneee. One vieitorsays of a vieit,
ten times worse, for there stood the to Strand Lane:
.sergeant who had lent me the uni-a ,.'It 'would ba pure a-ffectation toform, the man avhom I had told that
pretend that, as I' etood gaearigraundl
I required th-em for sonie theatrir the vaulted -chamber, I was haimted'
cals., Before' I had tinae- to make by a vision' of laornan nebles and wax-,
some excuse -for 'turning back hicers' in tolgasl.a.nd breastplates. It 1, ,
' , , . . . ,
e !r
caught sight of me. He stood still waS,, on, the contrataa, 'difficult to rea-f
for a.m,onient -lin a§tonislament, and 1,ienehni,e, in the heart ,at busy Lori-t
then.' pointed over his 'ehoulderto don, that t.he land o'f ' the,'Caesarsi.had a
the public -house, as 'much as to eay,
any connection with Modern • aife. -
"Come and have one." I had' .itlie Within a fetter yards were endlesa.
presence of mind to touch ' my foie- olmai.,,o,,,,,..,,, ..taaa,eanog, to . and from
heeadl?.astaathobung, hhe ha :
d Saluted, land the easta and aaant end; ' -Neoa ab.
, .
hand wore, theaters, .iaeevaPaPer offi, i
or an hour we were sho'l)Ping, and eas; law'
'l•feeirelz;'cuea:rta, s, --the ounderground
tiaasuzgsted that we should ealeway.Inwan,Lardly,,rasnne
walktotheneatatdar0ntehncthreugh Tall ahis din, to. catch
adistanceutabtiolt.magleAa5'°C allc1ent'Tometh°ugh he
fhafs1e'sh"lataketig'traiffrilThitsts11112-'eceltilies'"
there. Sleevasce.qighedvitthe.',,.,
-
Proposal, ancl we accordingly 'start- e
ed. Some "arrow of outrageous for-
tune' seamed,' to have inade -nee its
mark tbat day,, for seaacely had we
started before I saw owning down tire 'William la. Moody, a son of the 'cam')
road one of those wretched recruits, ,gelist, and the Rev. F. B. Meyer of Len -1
in a Pitiful. 'tate of , intoxica ion.. don wi l make ft tour of this country to; .
The shilling that i ' hall given him liold revival.services. - ' ' , l 1
:had been responsible'for this. hI 'pray- The First. aletbodist EpiSeepal ehurall;
ed that he might not re.cognlae' nie, , of Jamestown; N. ,Y.'and the alatthaw-,1 a"..
but he did, 'and bawled aceese the son Street Alethodist Episcorfal ebuech o4i
road:- . e, ' Providence have been using elevatore fee:
. "I say, guy'nors-you with the ser- several _years, ,
Ballingten. Beeth ,says the Volunteere
of Arnerica have raised 880,000' In tile '
year just past and have -attracted 1,113,- li
'.683 persops to 30,000 indoor Meeting:a; ,..
within nine mouths. ' I
.
.A. memorial whidow has been placed ine
St. Paul's Episcopal church, Peters-',
burg, Va., in. Memory Of the late BiSlion
THE DOMINIE.
,gtielea_nt.iscloth. es one -is it all right fa7,
another bob, for another touch of
I hurried on, 'clompletely crushed by
this latest exposure. I knoev that
Miss Myers asked me some.thing about
what he rneant, and I made some sort
of reply 'about "taking mel for some-
one else," and I should "put him in_ tiwrsitilsreeeciteoresheipnolseth.aserant epeeitieeeresnbivai:g.einTioheoe:
the guaril-room in the morning."
I could not go on like this; 1 was subject of the window is the'conversion.
sure to be found out; so' 1 determ-
inea todo a very hold thing' to tell Canon Anderson who died in Montreal
her everything who I re,ally was,
, • the other day,was the oldest Anglican,
and then to propose to her' clergyman of Canada. He was the last,
We walked alor,g for some timc in of the "croveu rectors" in the 'Dominion'
silence. • I was terribly einbarrassed, and hadleen rector of Sorel, a town near
aP,4 even Nlisi3 21Yers s'6enled he Montreal, since 1839. He was appointed
nervous and, apprehensive. I won- honorary canon of Christ Church cathe-
dered if she would be; very angry at dral, in Montreal, in 1865.
my deceit'. I saw the vision of £2,-
000 a year disappearing baore
FiOUSEHOLD
elyyeesarfehdenfoIr tmhoell, ght tellvoaatidifnsbhtu irneianld.
my Position. , When a room has a low ceiling, put tha.
Suddenly I plucked up' courage and curtain poles as high up as. possible and -en
commenced, "Miss Myers, I have let the curtams hang straight doevn to
something yell- serious to say to the floor. If the poles extend a foot
you, and rea11y7-1-cion't know where either side of the window, the eurtains,,
to begin." . , will draw right beak by day and need no
"Oh! Mr. Bates, I -I am sorry I- looping. ,1
really did not intend to -to -1 ean Flimsy silk that has gone into a ,teulti-
see that you know ---3" tude of age wrinkles may be smoothed'
She here actually began 'to cry aS out aud restored to something like its
• though it was her that was to blame- original freshness by sponging it with'
d she )mvaysbessotniteOweboantsolechaettrn, a Indb‘‘e`ghaenn go fu mthaer asbi ke waantder.whSein)onitgeisthealmrigobstt sdidrya
again:- irion the wrong side.
!
"1 have deceived you, Miss Myers, 11Iabogany furniture which has become
yn ga mt.eallilmoinuegt.reYX1;37: ntaheayitev 1111" a. itaenrmk°Yfef ialcoTevure: ni811°IgiielltdIglYb'fye01:Ittli'lledtelt1,11)Sleel:0:1LaiblaIduVrleess soi iff118 gtPul°11•11:18ed11101. tirljn4;c''
for you be the excuse for mY con- with• four of ,sweet oil, adding one tensi
duet, yes, I 'oven' you -and -I am spoonful of lemon juice and ten drops of
sure we could be verY" haPPY t°ge.teh- ammonia. Shake tlaoroughly before awl
dr; and -.or -1 want you to be my wiLe. piyhen.
Do not think that I am tempted by
any mercenary consideration- for
weIleerYl°1e4atalsNPva'Trea:rin-g on m91'110111- ;THE QuEEN's 000D 1‘1E3it°13'Y'
edielle'ouariradgesdh,eadndd wnaost aabliosu‘I e r. ale nweav8/ j i tfeewbemrunivithaasesIteYfo'srvae stie
staying at
hme3; PsWataeisntga.ti°Anes fojitsltovIe tlhvhouenghff
t set hr kl
she tatgehiaisn:ti anold,Bei,:oarnida°11/.,ala' nd (-3
was sobbing, but the next moment ter the'' had been speaking! together
I found that it was laughter that was for a little when the Queen asked,
causing it. "Haw. are You going to celebrate mY
"0111 34(r. Bates. It is 50 funny, Jubilee?" "Well,' said the old woman,
very funny indeed. was Jure thinkie, ei asnin, 0110 01
"You may find it funny," I arts- twa my freen,a in{ to get a sup (,3
wered, 'but if You only knew hove-" tea and: to drink your Majesty's
sa 1:Ittehietshnitnionagt etahsIa tyha'a' nvsph e,xhaeblelasnvs,:dTobelencieg'ii" btdllueet_ itchuy‘:.p:i 101 f.h. toto' elaPaitlihlei end kjtumhheYi e9heleidte1 1:t33l1,1:
eeiving you, and I am so sorry, in-
adxacead a" al, fact;i11.: Inblyt_t my love be the jtinuhsott awaisol rtdhsslev.,(lietsolpi vi.anitgiet.yesoietnugurasa:m6h,, . b
iaiavvecaithregialel gal ,
"Whatever do you mean?" I asked. happy tea party," was handed in at
"Well," she answered, "I am . not 'the little Highland cottage where the
.Mic Myers. at all. 1.amonlY'llere-er old woinali.•evas holding thee irromfee
, -cook. 'Your friend' could hot:have (lrrmTOing. Phe story i1111e told
known Miss -Myers, Mitch; but ['am e/y. ehe etild wonstan. herself.
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