The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-12-02

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been flirting with her as heartlessly
as she had with him, and that it was
a drawn game at best. With this
resolution, he went into the supper
room. but could not bring himself to
approach where she was sitting, for
Gaisford was standing behind her
chair. It was not until dancing ne
commenced that he had an oppor-
tunity of approaching her She vas
1or moment alone, and Rubert no
ticed that as she saw he was coming
up 70 speak to her, shade Of cold
ness came across her face.
1 must apologize for missing my
dance, Miss Turner; but I could
not find you
1T is Of no consequence. Mr..
Holmes, she said. 4 danced with
Mr.. Gaisford.'
Then I am relieved Of a burden
of self-reproaeh, he said lightly.
by the way, Miss Turner, is there
any commission l can execute for
YOU upon the Continent? 1 start to-
morrow; and anything, from a
Venetian chain to a Swiss -lpen-
stock, that you may require | shall
be happy to charge myself with
Rupert saw that the color left her
face, and her lips quivered a little;
but she said steadily:
Thank you, Mr.. Holmes; do not
think that l will trouble you. /
wish you a pleasant journey
And then she rose, took the arm
of a gentleman who claimed her for
the dance, and was oil.
Where have you been, Rupert? 1
have missed you all the evening, his
friend Wilmot asked, coming up.
I have a badish headache, and
have been strollin9 in the ground,
Jack
When the carriage came, Rupert
took his place on the box, under plea
of the headache, and OF reaching the
house went straight to bed. He felt
that be could not stand the COM
miseration of his fried, who, he knew,
had guessed pretty accurately the
state of his feelings. Upon getting
up to his room, he packed his things,
and wrote note to Jack
Mr. DEAR JACK: l am sOrry to
say must go up town tomorrow
on particular business. You under
stand me, of course. Make things
square with your mother and sister
| And in the morning, before the
family were down, he was in the
Il ain on his way 70 New Haven,
whence he crossed that evening to
Havre.
For three monts Rupert Holmes
travelled upon the Continent. The
vacation was over, and he ought to
have been back at his chambers; but
he had no heart for it. In fact, he
was very hard hit indeed, and had
resolved to throw over the Bar for =
year at any rate, if not forever, and
to go to India for the winter. He
was in Switzerland now, and was
travelling by train from Zurich to
Lucerne, whence he meant to cross
over the st. Gothard and 90 via
Trieste to Alexandria.
He was alone in a railway Carri-
age, when at one of the stations the
door opened, and two ladies and
gentleman entered. It was not un-
til they were seated, and the train
was in motion again, that he looked
up from his book; and he could
scarcely restrain a sharp exclamR-
ton when he saw that his tIs-d UiS
was Amy Turner-at least Amy
Turner no longer, for next to her
was seated Mr.. Gaisford. The rec
ognition was mutual. A bright flush
few over her cheek, and, fading
away, left her very pale. Then she
quietly held out her hand, and said,
This is indeed an unexpected
meeting, Mr.. Holmes; but we heard
from the Wilmots that you were
abrosd.-Mr. Gaisford, Mr.. Holmes.
Garry, you have heard mamma speak
of MIR. Holmes-My sister,
Rupert bowed, he had recovered
himself now, and addressed himself
to Miss Turner.
I was not fortunate enough TO
meet you when l was down at
Chichester; but / was so frequently
heard your name mentioned by Mrs,
Turner, that l quite feel like an old
acquaintance. Mr. Gaisford I met
at the ball at Mr.. KiDgsford's, but
had not the pleasure of an introduc-
tion.'
Miss Turner said q few words; and
| then Mr.. Gaisford, with the usual
heartiuess of an Englishman meet
ing any one with whom he has the
smallest acquaintance abroad, en-
tered into a warm conversation with
him. His wife took no part in it, but
sat looking out Of the window; and
Rupert fancied that she was thinner
and paler than when he saw her last.
No wonder he said to himself,
tied to such a common place brute
at this! I am glad Of it; it serves
her right
Miss Turner was of an entirely
different style from her sister; pret-
tier a good deal, as far as pretti-
ness went; indeed, she was almost
beautiful; but her face entirely
lacked the itelleetual expression
which was characteristic of Mrs.
Gaisford. Rupert wondered at two
sisters being so little alike. He
remembered having heard Amy
speak of her sister, who was away
on s visit; but he had not heard
much of her from the Wilmots, and
fancied that she was not a favorite
with them.
After a time, Mr.. Gaisford asked
him which hotel he was going to, and
on hearing bis answer said;
very well: we may as well 60
there too. We we're thinking Of the
Englisherhof; but it is all the same
thins; and as you are an old tray
eler, no doubt you know which is
best.
Rupert was extremely veXed, but
had no excuse to give for making
anv change. Mrs. GaisfOrd made
movement, as if to turn to her hus-
band to make an objection; but she
did not do so, remained looking out