must be nice well miss tm afraid i must be going on i ve got to be at you see oh don t let me keep you you kind man i said good afternoon good afternoon to you mis sat in the cabin a prey to the most thoughts here he was to a soon to be to it still more emphatically by the presence of the corpse and here was the country about him and young ladies already proposing pleasure parties to surround his house at night well that meant the gallows and much he cared for that what the te troubled him now was s indescribable levity that girl would scrape acquaintance with anybody she had no reserve none of the of the lady she was familiar with a brute like his landlord she took an immediate interest which she lacked even the delicacy to conceal in a creature like he could conceive her asking to have tea with her and it was for a girl like this that a man like � down manly heart i he was interrupted by a sound that sent him behind the door in a miss had stepped on board the her sketch was promising judging from the stillness she supposed not yet come and she had decided to seize occasion and complete the work of art down she sat therefore in the bow produced her block and water colors and was soon singing over what used to be called the accomplishment now and then indeed her song was interrupted as she searched in her memory for some of the odious little by means of which the game is practised � or used to be practised in the brave days of old they say the world and those ornaments of the world young ladies are become more now but had probably studied under and she stood firm in the old ways meanwhile stood behind the door afraid to move afraid to breathe afraid to think of what must follow by confinement and borne to the ground with this particular phase he felt with gratitude the box could not last forever whatever even the gallows he bitterly and perhaps reflected could not fail to be a relief to calculate occurred to him as an ingenious and even profitable refuge from distressing thoughts and he threw his manhood into that dreary exercise thus then were these two young persons occupied attacking the perfect number with resolution vigorously colors on her block when providence despatched into these waters a steam panting up the all along the banks the water swelled and fell and the the itself that ancient stationary creature became suddenly with life and rolled briskly at her like a sea going ship when she begins to smell the harbor bar the wash had nearly died away and the quick panting of the sounded already faint and far of when was startled by a cry from peering through the window he beheld her staring down stream at the fast vanishing the whatever were his faults displayed on this occasion a worthy of his hero skill with one effort of his mind he foresaw what was about to follow with one movement of his body he dropped to the floor and crawled under the table on her part was not yet alive to her position she saw she had lost the and she looked forward with something less than to her next interview the jim n with mr but she had no idea that she was imprisoned for she knew of the plank bridge made the circuit of the house and found the door open and the bridge withdrawn it was plain then that must have come plain too that he must be on board he must be a very shy man to have suffered this invasion of his residence and made no sign and her courage rose higher at the thought he must come now she must force him from his for the plank was too heavy for her single strength so she tapped upon the open door then she tapped again mr she cried mr here come � you come you know sooner or later for i can t get off without you oh don t be so exceedingly silly i oh please come still there was no reply if he is here he must be mad she thought with a little fear and the next moment she remembered he had probably gone abroad like herself in a boat in that case she might as well see the and she pushed open the door and stepped in under the table where he lay smothered with dust s heart stood still there were the remains of s lunch he likes rather nice things to eat she thought oh i am sure he is quite a delightful man i wonder if he is as as mr mrs � i don t believe it sounds as nice as mrs but then is so really odious and here is some of his music too this the wrong box is delightful orange � oh that s what he meant by some kind of tea and she with laughter she read next for the literary part of a s business was well equipped how very strange to have all these directions and only three or four notes oh here s another with some more and she began to glance over the music o dear me she thought he must be terribly modem it all seems to me let s try the air it is very strange it seems familiar she began to sing it and suddenly broke off with laughter why it s make room for your uncle i she cried aloud so that the soul of was filled with indeed i the man must be a mere and just at this moment there came a confused sound from underneath the table a strange note like that of a 