Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-12-29

sas RSG S Rsas I'd SGs1 SU aSsGs oSi
III aHo% very seo6 the mdtoa a k.he "
sci begins to affect you," he said, with
smile.
Affects you. you mean" replied
Ies, exactly. Curious, though, amt il
Srens as if Nature peyerEmeant us I
itaEe the q ~ Mlf elther4s 1.-The place {
oursbirth, as the song says, chr Ever bee
acr ss befOre?"
''Yes, twice,"I said, sharply; and then
walked away, for now, closely yelled, ha
seen the figure of my lady. friend emergin
nm tile saloon door; and upon my gOin
ap and asking concerning her welfare, shi
ula<se l0pdsnurs about. taking my arm an
J walking up and down the deck.
g Inn1st confess thatI thOnghtsvery Httl
s9f the scene around, though l kept, on tn
strength of old recOllectiOns, pointing ou
The, ,yarious familiar. objects we were pass
ing; for had the idea. in my head tina
the remark my companion had made wa
not the truth in short, / did not believe
her upon the quay at New York, and tina
after all it was but a bold subterfuge by
(which single and unprotected woman
wished to shroud herself in the respect
paid TO themarfied of her sex.
That she was respectable was undoubt
i VI ADuJiIuero NdSiAcGlullu, Shrinking way
about her, so different from the quiet, calm
self-posession OF married lady; and !
felt assured that no one whose husband
awaited her upon the quay at New York
would SO readily lay herself open to re-
mark by accepting my arm upOn so short
an ACQUAINTANCE. -! = 5il
! EIs@s that ia, friend Of YOURS ~ sud
denly asked my companion.
1s"Friend ?r-fTiend Of mine" / said, IN q
puzzled way. mo; have no friends ON
board d-at. least, only one, hope" added
meaningly.
IL thank you," was the hesitatine re-
ply, in the most gentle of tones. s'Com-
PEELED as We are to rely upon the society
of SO few during sea voyage, friendships
do soon spring up"
''But 70 whom were you alluding9" I
3 "0h, II is nothing. I-but I am very
weak. and foolish-I fancied that the man,
the gentleman you were speaking to, was
watching us rather particularly" Ess.
"Yes, yes, dare say. i think, though,
it is his habit. He looked just as earnestly
at me short time ago, and he has been
staring at every one in turn. You don't
think he is looking after runaway young
lady, do your" l added, laughing
In an instant my arm was dropped, and
though the veil was down, my compan-
ions eyes seemed to flash fire as she half
turned round toward me.
never professed to be very penetrating,
but was keen enough to see that / had
touched upon a chord which kept bent the
two endso how of mystery. Il saw too 4
that, but for careful management, the ad-
vance L had made in the good graces of an
admirable %on9aniYoyld be destroyed in an
I " Pray excuse my impertinent remark = / |
exclaimed, eagerly "The words were |
and uttered without fore
Z My companion. apparently reassured, took
ny arm once more.sand uttered little low
Il Meaningless lie Indeed but for moment
Tzthought tG2'HT5sT 1 y 4 ,ss,
She did not finish Eer. sentence; for at
hat moment my commercial acquaintance
pas ed close by Us, gave me familiar nod Y
md a smile, wasted q cloud Of smoke into. l
he lady s. face1 and iwalkedlon. -4...I
e Such .consummate impertinen encer i
aid. -" You would hardly think that /
lad never seen that maa before to day" ,ok
~ cquaiHtaneeships do spring up rather
apidly sometimes" was the meaning (
eply and glanced down, but the speak,
RS head wass lightly idvefted, and it seemed
. me thatshe spoke in husky tones.
For the next three days, the number iof
who Showed on deck was strict.
y limited, in consequence of the state of
be weather, and A really the offices s0f
toward and stewafdess Gould have been
10 sihecur6 Formye pan, JEcan only own
o being qualmistl on the second day, and L
'aced the, deck hopefully in sntlcipationo Of /
eek wfjenpI a'o2IiI 3 was. certain. to en-
ounter the eooli essyJasspred nod of the
agnan, whose consumption of cigars
last have been something enormous. .ss He Z
,as asifreesand obfrusixe asiever; but one .
Vening, just,as itWas turning dark, had
ne pleasure of smoki & my pipe inpeaee yiil
'r saw him in deep conversation with q !
ian had hardly noticed before, from the
ict of his being one. Of the second-class
ItSj
To my great establishment, though, after
had gone into the saloUn, the bagman
lme strolling in, followed, a short time {
ter, by the man to whom he had been
)eaking I and this latter seated himself on
le opposite side of the table in an alb
racted manner, sat thinking for a while,
Id then slowly walked passed me and out
the saloon door, softly shaking his !
ead.i 80 yGg p.5flTs,sI liz
The next two days passed pleasantly I,
lough; for, though unwilling to COM on
.ck, ,lthe lady passenger was nearly recov-
ed, and many "a pleasant tete-a-tete I en-
yed. / found her most lady like, and |
w, II informevi; while, as our
rm, intoIG oIGsomething that was at least {
/ was delighted to find that q
inc had indeed been a true surmise; for
e conf. ssed to having determined to i
avel as Mrs. Saville, there being no hus- Q
nd TO meet her at New York, only
PPtnfhrbs Perhabpssd r did tpihmn.e n. myself on nv
reWdnsss at ali events, that night after G
inning from her so singular an avowal, I
IS considerably elatedi r listened that C
ening to the remarks Ola, passenger re- a
Getting the tedium, of the trip with a q
nse Of lofty contempty for 1 began=to i
4 that ! was very far gone, and the At
1tic 8, emed to me the brighestSof seas, 9
by the blusstsof skies. I was. 9
fact, in such. a state Of, ecstasy that p
mt on deck to look up at the stafs for g
hour abefore seeking my berth for y
iss SaVill-Saville! what an old and y
stocratic .name'l-Bfiss Saville had re
ed, orlhoW tglorious itsBould have been; d
that. clear, diamond-illuminsted night, 8
have watched the sparkling Of the spray, y
d-is 10 asaOfI buuc. y
Was I mistaken? Had she not parted
IN me quarter of an hour before to re- Il
tn rest q n now this Veiled flpIIre fh4t f ~