The Exeter Times, 1879-10-9, Page 7Oc'ra13En J, 1q79
WHAT 'A. WORLD I'1' IS, IX 111. 8,
`1'1!.115 ?"
(cor rtstnw viten LAST WEEK),
'Very,' said Bawdy.'
'Von tare fulfil of davoii►g ?'
'V'es,' stays .Boftttty, always with an
air of ►•t+ser%ai•ivu.
('Evidefltly of the monosyllable „or-
der,' ',adults 1• Ir. Bohm' ; not demon-
strative tat tall ()velar, 1 thank sly
stars.)
'Then why are you not dancing 2' he
asks gently --very ge+ntly,loas he should
:<•uttee a FL:eying demon.
Tia pretty ripaunt° pauses a tno-
tllent, its theagh to consider her un-
swer, aud thele says naively :
'Beottuee nobody Lev asked me.'
'What it dilatru t' C.tti t lit/IMO. 'One
ata hardly believe it.' 'Perliaaps,' with
home Iledltati,,ll, 'you will give lee the
lileaseru tit'– .' Il,.t half rises !'rout his
seat tis lib speaks, but at hid words his
•L',/nrpaeLn1 dillivao alaib y awl pate op
(the h.atl,t ill a iit.aatia1• talluodt beseeub-
iully. ,
'Ult ! thuulr yoe, ta,t !,' slie rays, re.
•. .trdiug Into eo'uutiiug like horror in
her eyes. •1 should refe: nu'. 'D,,
not,' t'utt•eatiugly, iti..1 just it little
.soothiugty,'think we rude, blit I would
much rather aft still.'
'As yea wish or course,' says Buhnu,
reset►tittt; himself. ('1.e.artl't know her
own wild for two set:Jude together,
pour lie toils lll:li3itlt pityingly
mad knows he is devotedly thankful to
her bocaude of hutrefusal. '1'u talk to
au insane young wutllau is one thiug,
dance with hat finite auuther).
'Besides,' Nuys the j roily girl with
rather .► Fretted „witu, hilt? plailtly with
desire to outicitiate, 'you see I haven't
been introit:wed to ;,nu. 1 don't evcu
kuow your sate.'
ILre Mr. JJihin( remembers George
Norman's tnivice to humor thein. So
thy way t.f htunuring this particular ua-
tirut, lio says blandly.
'I'ln the Ifit:g of Cie U:wnibal
lalaude 1'
'Ab.' says Beauty gravely. She ro-
gerdb hint attentively for a unorrisut or
t,vo in hit• stow, pretty fashion, aud
then bits ori : 'Your Majesty has done
ine\ti, great honor ; I had no idea I
'Wits ttouverhntg tlith royalty.'
'Wel., one tilir,tntu't think it certain-
ly, wo look at me,' ettid Mr. Bohan
turtdeatly, 'but the fee- remains.'
'1 should iatlior fancy your people
must bo troublesome. 1 shouldn't
ihiuli you have wee:, t.f a "line with
thein,' says ilia uuwpauion timidly.
'You are right,' boys At. Behan,
bub that arises principally front the
reasot, runt 1 am seldom among them ;
their atteutione are a little too pro -
Bummed for lily tattted bo tiro their
mettle, Even 1v!leu 1 do visit theta it
elutl't seem to dignity ; they don't
trouble ovtr'uruo11 ; :Coil of late I have
llotioed'that the Jeeves grow smaller
anti smaller. Yeti see they have a
lather playful way of making them-
selves duatoe, especially iu famine
owes.'
'Poor people !—h•.tw their poverty
must dietiess you 1' Nays Beauty.
'Nut su meat as yott /light imagine,'
says ;Sir. Ilubun ; 'as 1 told you before,
except on very rare o e .eioud, I don't
inflict my so:.iety 'upon thein.'
'Why ?' with iutereet.
'Leaet they should make Ise scarce
too.'
says the lovely lunatic so conl-
prehensively, that Boling, for a while
,stares at her reflectively. bleu ho stays
gently :
'Now 1 have told you all ray private
affairs, don't you think yea aright cau-
*hie a little in the ? May I ask your
name ?'
She lowers her eyes and hesitates
perceptibly, after which alio soya with'
geutle.dignity :
'1 tam the Queen of goads 1'
'Indeed 1' says Bohan with a quiet
!!Wile, ",Yoe; amllZe Me ! l did llOt kiwi*
that there was It `Queen in the room,
and such rt, Qweeu l After all. it wee
uo common itiaitii►ot that drew rue to
year side, 'Like inttliues to like,' you
kuow, taus hirde yl a ltaather'—
'Gather no noes,' sive the Queen of
'Duarte ant wilitigly.
' )ntte so,' says Mr. Kohut:, though
perhaps at this moment he is little--
jeist a little --at fault. Again he stares
at her ineditativoty. Uoxtainly she is a,
very able lunatic,
'Your lcitlglolu is a larger one than
mine," he 'say's presently.
'It is luiversal,' returns her Majesty
Mildly, 'it grows every hour.'
'It has certainly growtl within the
last hour,' replies he ; 'you have made
a fresh cougtest... Will your Majesty
deign to enroll ale as a now subject 2'
'You 1' with a laugh full of awuse-
mellt aud a vivid blush, 'so soon 1 Oh 1
it is impossible.'
'It is quite possible. I would be,
not your subjaot butyour slave,' says
Bohm), warming to his work, aud in-
sensibly oouuug a degree nearer to
her,
At this unexpectedunexpectedmorneut an his
Tart, the fair Qneeu shows signs of
fear. Slte pales visibly, and casts an
anxious look around her. Then shrink-
iu„ from hila she makes e, quiok ges-
ture, suggestive of instant flight.
'!Live I offended you 2 surely you
are uut afraid of me 2' asks Bohun re-
hruaohl'ully.
*Oh'! uo—uo, It is not that,' war-
time elle faintly, 'only you are so --do
impetuous. The Taut is, I oauuot speak
to you --J you—stir 1'
Her finger, Mal?each other nervous-
ly. There is a good deal of unmis-
takable fear in her large blue eyed.
('liyst.erieal !' thinks kir. Boha),
'very fidgety aud unsettled, pour
thing 1')
'Vary well,' he says, 'then I shan't
stir ; but at leant relieve my auxiety.
71/11 me do yeti reject we, that you
will accept 1118 as a subject.'
'Of ouurse 1 accept you. Why should
1 sat ? Oulp a moment since 1 cou-
feds 1 felt a little frightened ; retne,n-
buriug whore yeti came from, I thought
you were goiug to bite me.'
'it was a most natural thought'
amiably ; 'hut reassure yourself; it is
so long since I tasted human flesh,
that I have almost lost WV zest for it.
1 promise faithfully that I shan't take
a bite out of you, at all events.
'Remember that royal premises elan
never be brukeu,' says the Queen earn-
estly.
'1 shall remember it', replies ho.
Then issues a slight pause, broken
at leugth by her.
'Have you been here loug ?'
'Nut vary loug.'
'1. imagined that, Your face is
strange to isle.'
'Yes. 1 slrau't stay long, either. 1
leaving very 8003), do perhaps we
shall never meet again'
Is it fancy, or dues a look of delicate
courpa,siou fall :btu her lovely eyes at
these words 2 Site his gaziug at him
sadly, wistfu.iy as it seems to Bohm] ;
tiler: the eyes are lowered, suit the
look is gone.
*Have you been here any tune 2 he
asks in return.
'Yes, nearly three weeks. I do not
like it. I too am going away to-Inur-
re w.'
Bohan regards her silently, and Rumly the pitiful look that a moment ago
darkened her eyes has wandered and
now shiues out of his.' ('Always to-
morrow, I suppose ; poor soul!' thinks
he, 'and to -Morrow never oorne:t,').
*Thou perhaps we may meet again,'
Ile rays With au assumption of pay he
id is far from feeling. 'In the great
world beyond these gates we may corse
face to face some day ; wheu we are
rep, 1 will r.sk some of your other sub
jeots tale way to ray Quoell'a palaue,at.d
thou Ishalt layt/y 'homage at your
feet. tufty 1 ?'
'You' play,' replied her Majesty,. a
wonderful softness in her tone. Dieu
site murmurs s.ltnsthiug he cannot
hear, and rising, makes him a grace-
ful inclination of her pretty 'held, and
vanishes sarong the crowd.
When she is quite gone, Mr Bohuu
draws himself up with a sigh that has
something of iwpatieuce in it.
'What a life 1' ho says ; 'I should go
raving rued thyself if I saw teach nlnre
of it. I wuuder how Norman can
stand it 1 That poor pretty mature 1
kt is tile saa,tdest thing I ever saw.
1fer beauty 1 Her vain longings' for
freedom l ' It is horrible t'
With this he too leaves his seat, and
inakee his way towards Wilding, who
is staucling at t► little didtanee evidently
lost in cuutemplatiou of the elderly
prima douse, who le disoousring in a
soutewhut noisy lesion], with a very
mild old gen tleman.
11,e.uebitig Bohan comes to
a standstill . while aiinost at the same
utonleut a young lady, creeping in a
titimid/sunder' thretniti the throng of
dt►:tiuers, gaiue 1)r. Noi•n1'iu's bi.lo,aati
relate is sigh of ' relief ships tier hand
titrinti:th his arra, 13ohin 'ti batik being
tented toward heir he duos no ries this
yoiing lady.
'Well, where have YOU. been all this.
time ; been mai ,yiu4 yourself 2' ask
Mr. Wihliug'.
'•hardly,with it shrug. ''It is all too.
T'.Wi TTMES
much like the nialltinare for ray fancy.
You (lout *atoll me coming to this sort
of thiug again in aMurry) It is idol•
audio!), to the last degree.
'It is interesting,' says Mr Wilding.
iIt may be to `sonze people.. Nat to
me.'
'What misfortune has befallen you?'
says Mr. Wi►diub, turning to regard
Aidahis tdecuriously. !Has any one
you, or attempted' to cut
your throat ?' Yon look rather down`.
on your luck.
"I have been talttiiltr to one of the
prettiest girls I eversaw,' says Buhua.
'And— she alas wad 2'
'Pretty you say.'
'Lovely.' 'She had the sweetest eyes
in the world. Aud• the oddest part of
it was she didn't look io the least out
of her mind. It was only her conver-
sation. Site told ine for instance, she
was the (been of Hearts.'
wad very frank of her,' says
Mr. Wilding. •Nothing else ?'
'Nut wuCh.'
'Did she ask your name ?'
'Yes. I told her I was the Kung of
the Ganitipal ldlitud.'
'1 didn't thick it was in you.' says
file 1Vildien. with calmbut artiest ad-
nniratiou.'' Uf courso the poor lady was
eratlied at finding herself iu the soci-
ety of oue or her own rauk. The idea
was fullof deliettcy.'
'1 talked to her for a long time.
Then she left we somewhat ttbraptly—
bat that was to be expected you know.
Jay jove !' says. kir. Bohun excitedly.
There ehe is 2'
'Where 1' Turniug with some faint
shote of interest to gaze in the wrong
ctireotiun.
'Not there, my dear fellow ; over
there. Standing close to Norman.
Don't you see her ?'
`No ; 'Where i' said lir Wilding, be-
traying the liveliest consternation. 'Do
you mean to siuy that you told that
young lady that you wore the King of
the Cannibal Islands ?'
*Yes,' says Mr. Bohun. 'Why not 2'
'Well,' says Air. Wilding, surveyiug
his friend with gritting delight, 'you've
abort done it this time at all events..
That lovely leu atio of yours is !!Miss
Norman, George's yoltug sister.
Mr. Bohan is eoubeiou.' of a cold
chill that teems to pervade Ws entire
system, rendering hall atnloat faint.
'If that is ene of your jokes.' he says
to his friend steruly, with a last so-
oroa,e eff u•t of atnuposare, •i must
say 1 thluk it rather ill timed.'
'On thio occasion only, my dear fel-
mew, you have the joke all to yuurself,'
replies the friend, with what; appears
to Mr. Bohan brutal enjoyment of the
situation. 'I give you my honor site is
as sauna girl as ,y. u are, incl—unless
she was mariied siuco hast night --her
name is Norman.'
'Wilding, remove rue. Take me any-
where out of this,' murmurs Bohan
faebly, tithing his companion by the
aarm.'No plaeo liko the supper room for r.
ease 111..1 yours,' says Mr. Wilding, pre-
paring to lead him thither.
Meantime, Miss Norman 11'ving,,as
al early I elated, gained her brother's
side, says in a panting whisper :
'011, George 1 how glad I am to be
near you Asian. In epite of ail toy
efforts to the contrary. I confess thtse
poor peopld frighten me horribly.'
'You are nothing but a little goose,
Carry,' says her brother, patting her
hand, 'aud I taw quite disappointed;
I fully thought you would have enjoyed
it.'
'Well, so 1 do, clear, immensely. I
have been having quite a lovely time.
A. young man—a very splendid Irina•
tic—dill me the honor to converse with
me for half an hour, during which time
he made vi„lertt love to me.'
'I should like to have seen your
face,' says George ; 'who was he ?'
(To-ISZ CONTINUED.)
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Having triumphed at the polls,
ISAAC CARTAING
:Imam; to give all hid customers tee • hocollts th±tt will accrue trona its adoption, and has on
1,aw•.1 aterse stock of.
Dry Goods, Grocerlesh Wines and
Liquors, Crockery, Etc..,
At his Store, Main Street, s+ xettie•.-, which wit be sold a
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The farmers of the suroundina country will And it to their ad-
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eall tit the stare of the s'ibscri.ber and
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