Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-09-14

MS company nnu become 10 one OF the party.
Meantime, Frank Philimore pressed his suit
most warmly. Jessie appeared to like him very
well, but was not yet in love with him. Sir Her
cules was also pleased with him; for he was a
good-looking fellow, and exceedingly well born
the greatest Of all personal advantages in the old
gentleman's eyes. Lady Tufton, on the other
hand, manifested the strongest repugnance to
him because he was younger son, or even if he
Inherited his fathers estates, what were they?
Three thousand a year at the very outside. And
to think of accepting such man, and rejecting
Walter Perciyal, esq, worth five times the in
come Birth was oil very well, but not worth
much IN her opinion. There was little flaw in
her iadyship's own pedigree, by the way. At all
events, the conjunction of the Verney estates and
the Tuition estates, and their joint rent-rols, ap-
peared to her Of fur greater importance than q
mouldy parchment OF long descent and little
money.
But in spite Of oil the good lady's exertions
Frank was the most constant Of visiters at the
house. and continued to talk, walk, and laugh
with Jessie Tuition more than any man in Lon
don, except perhaps, Dick Fennithorne, his in
separable friend, who generally accompanied
him, and always took Jessie in hand when any
thing called Frank off from his delightful duty
But then wasn't Dick married man? It is true,
Frank was under promise not to divuge that
little secret, but he felt that it was perfect safe
guard, nevertheless, against rivalry in that quar-
ter.
Dick was one of the merriest and ceverest fell
lows in the world He stated frankly that he
never knew who his grandfather was but his
father had been West India merchant and had
made q decent little fortune in s'auld lang syne,"
for it's not so easy to screw a fortune out of the
West Indies now.. Dick had been sent to Eton
when boy, and there he first became acquainted
with Frank Phillimore, and they had remained
friends ever since. Their ways of life, however,
had been very different; for while Frank had
gone to college, and thence to study for the bar
in London, Dick had come into his little fortune
by the death of his father, and Wns fond of roam
ing about the world, so that you might see him
| one month in London, and have a letter from
him, dated "Nova Zembla,' the next, and "Cal-
cutta' one or two months later He was nj
ways happy and always contented, but had an
odd kind of way of doing everything and telling
everything, so that Frank had been far less as
tonshed at the revelation he made touching his
marriage, than he would have been in the case
of any other man.
The ladies liked Dick, as they generally do
like handsome, clever, good -humored fellow,
who thinks more of them than himself-a griey-
Gus sin against the spirit of dandyism, but very
successful with the fair SEX
The London season was drawing to a close, and
people beginning to make their arrangements for
country quarters. But there is n pleasant little
season intervening between the two great ones of
balls and operas in town, and partridges and fox
hunts in the country 1t is the yachting season,
when people rush off from the sitting heat and
dust Of London to taste the sea-breezes of Cowes
and Ryde, get up regattas, and sailing parties,
and pic-nics, and make July and August endura-
BILE.
Percval had yacht at Cowes and he had also
marine villa there and in spite of all the cool
ness he had experienced from Miss Jessie, he
mustered up courage to invite the Tufton's down
to his house Sir Hercules who liked yachting,
though he was very sea-sick in rough weather,
accepted with pleasure for himself and his family.
Lady Tufton was delighted TO give her favorite
scheme one more chance, and Jessie was not un-
willing to go, as she found that Percivnl never
annoyed her with attentions.
I" And 80 you are going to Cowes next week,
Miss Tuition ?'' asked Dick
"Yes; | believe So"
[" Pm delighted to hear it, for your own sake,
as it is really delightful, that yachting life, and
for mine, as am going also"
i" - said Jessie; and as sure as she
possessed pretty eyes, they sparkled with pleas
ure, and she felt little more delight than she
could quite account for. Whether Dick saw it
we can't tell
"Ah, never miss COwes,' pursued Dick al
once came from Egypt, where was very busy
poring over antiquities, TO be at the regatta"
say, she added
"Then you have been in EgyptY'
eyes; five times. In fact think I've been
everywhere, except to Greenland, and | never
have had a taste for Arctic expeditions"
"You have been to the West Indies believe"
she said Significantly, so significantly, in fact,
that Dick wondered what the deuce she could
mean.
''I have been in every of the West Indian
islands" said Dick. "l was there two years
ago." Suddenly lie stopped, for he saw some
thing like a smile Jessie's face, and it struck
him instantly that Frank had betrayed his con-
fdence, and "peached" about his Spanish Creole
wife.
Just then Frank was announced, and as he
entered the room, Dick felt the greatest desire
to kick him on the spot but he had tolerable
command of his temper and his countenance, and
he kept both in order on this occasion.
TO BE CONCLUDED.