The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-10-22

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sould fexsfd the suggestions ! have been
msklne shout this sane trip which you
nov mediate, brother. ThsY wefa ssfy
timid sugfestians,7 che addsd, with a
smile, " bal isttsf myself yeu have IN
defstood hem"
I vss on The point Of saying q word o.
tso IN regard 70 the suddenness II my
sisters real or assumed interest In nv
own affairs, bat checked the impulse, and
merely answered
81 have noticed q slight snxie.y ON
your part. Eleanor, for me 10 vary these
lonely habits Of ming with a little city
gsyey."
You viii certainly start 10 morrow"
she asked.
Certainly" I replied
A few more words followed, and then
Eleanor rose 10 leave the library. Psus.
ing on the threshold, she asked
"And about DR.. Pomeroy, Oscar
Cyril's brother, | meant You will pay
him a visit this time, won't your You
recollect how earnestly | asked you to do
80, when you last went to town"
"Yes, Eleanor said, "and | also
~recollect how | refused toRrant your wish.
| never could precisely understand your
eagerness 10 have me visit DR.. Pometoy,
knowing, as you do, my disinclinetion to
make new acquaintsices"
My gaze was fixed rather keenly on
Eleanor's face, as | spoke these words,
and without directly returning 1t, she hasti'
ly answered:
both Cyrils and my own reason fol
urging you to visit the doctor was simply
because We ielt assured that you would
like him. He Is q man OF culture and ed
u~cation, has spent several years in Euro
pean travel, and converses fluently or
almost every topic. He has heard Cyri
and myself speak Of you, Oscar, and hal
more than once requested an introduc
ton.
"Very WELL" / said, after a moment
hesitation, "to please your caprice
Eleanor, l will pay a visit to this enter
tanning gentleman. Ask Cyril, blythe
way, to give me IN Introductory note be
fore l leave"
On the following morning the note wa
handed to Inc by my brother.in.law. Ny
consent to visit DR.. Pomeroy had evident
ly gratifed both himself and his wife
though their singular interest in the mai
ter was not a little puzzling and mysteri
GUS.
On the fourth day after my arrival Il
New York | left the hotel at which | wa
staying and entered a carriage, for tn
purpose of being driven to the residenc
of Oyril's brother -one situated at quit
q distance from the city proper, and il
the suburban settlement, If | may 30 tern
1t, of Msnhsttanville. The drive was
rather long and tedious one, and at lengtl
terminated before a large and imposing
house built of granite, and situated In
lonely portion Of the road which it faced
Knowing that DR.. Pomeroy was tn,
proprietor of what Cyril called a privst
ssnitorium, or refuge for invalids, l wa
still a little surprised at the spaciou
building of which | found him an occu
pant.
Being ushered into a handsomely fur
nished drawing room by the respectable
looking man.servant who answered m,
summons at the door, I had TO wait but
few moments for the doctor to make h
!, appearance. | had sent to him by tn
servant, in place Of q card, Cyrirs lette
of introduction: and he entered with II
broken envelope in his hand, smiling col
daily, tho very picture of a gentleman
and genial host.
, found little resemblance between d.
: Pomeroy and his brother at the Oakland
, in either o physical or mental sense. Eli
manners had none Of Cyrils languor, bt
ing briskly vivacious and at the sam
!, time easy and polished. The b~eginnin
of our conversation was unattended b
those dissgreeable awkward psuses whic
so frequently occur between stranger
DR.. Pomeroy, before / was aware of th
fact, had drawn me from the niche of m
: /, customary reserve, so to speak, and wa
: listening with attention while l freel
discussed the subject of my late extensiv
! travels in Europe.
We spoke principally of Switzerland,
, topic on which l found the doctor no lei
, an enthusiast than myself. His questio
concerning the especial portion Of Swi
, zerland that | had visited in my tou
!. through that most charming countr
were, | noticed, both frequently an
, |, earnestly asked. l recollect when on
/ talk touched on Guerdon, narrating til
little incident of my befriending tb
i, stranger In the diligence, a story whic
! the reader has already heard. At its col
clusion l rose to 60, feeling that my tw
: hours in DR.. Pomeroy's society had bee
most agreeably spent.
l II am going to request q favor Of you
the doctor remarked, however, politel
, motioning me to resume my seat. Il wis
to send a few lines to our brother Cyri
: and shall ask you to be the bearer of ther
l shall not detain you long" he added, a.
" preaching o small writing table in OF
corner of the room. ain the meantin
= let me furnish you with a book of Swi
nrintc which I am auro will orcnnv vOi