The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-08-12

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ready. At this point We reached the
station.
l was then very glad / had come, for
everything was as strange anu Devil
dering to ner as you might suppose 1T
would be to one who had imagined that
London had but single railway ter
minus. l found her luggage, and saw
it duly labeled: / helped her TO search
for her aunt, and made inquiries for
that lady of all the available officials,
but without result. Then L persuade
my charge to take some refreshments,
and by that time the ticket windows
were opened.
80 dear" she cried, turning dread
fully pale, q never thought OF that; /
have no money
Now it happened, for wonder, that
there was a crisp new e-pound note
in mypocket-b What could | do
but enlist it inthe cause?
''Oh, thank you. What should |
have done but for your great kind
ness" she said, when the guard had
banged the carriage door to. "Please,
where is papa to send the five pounds"
] gave her my card; she held out her
hand to be shaken there was a shrill
whistle, putting, & roar and of the
two human strawS which had been
caught for a moment III an eddy of
llfe's stream, one was swept away again
by the current, while the other-welI,
the other found he was late for dinner,
and determined to have cut out Of the
JOINT at his club, and then turn into the
PIT OF some theatre at half-price.
] walked back to the west end, and,
passing the top of the Haymarket my
attention was arrested by certain words
which | heard at the entrance Of the
coach office stationed there.
You are the man who comes up
with the three O'Clock omnibus from
Acton, and to whom spoke about that
young hdy?"
eyes, ma am
Well, you have been there and re-
turned since 2"
Yes ma am, and | made inqui-
RES, as you told NE. They've all left
Roseville cottage, and the servant III
charge sud as a young lady did come
up 10y our 'buss.
And yet you did not observe her r
Well, ma am, we did not take her III
at the door, you see, and as there were
several young ladies' got in and out,
could not pick her exactly"
But if she came by the 3 o'clock
omnibus, how was it that | did not find
her III it when it arrived z"
q Can't say, I'm sure, ma am.
" Was the young lady going by the
Irish mail ~ | asked, pushing up tC
the elderly lady, who seemed to be III 6
state of great distress
" Yes, sir; O yes - and she turned
to me eagerly.
Then [ think | can tell you how
You missed her." said l. " You told
her to meet you at Regent Circus, die
you not Well, she got out at the 9th
er Regent Circus, by Oxford street
while you waited for her at this But
do not be alarmed [ saw her off by
the mail myself
As l suspected, this was the aunt
who had made the identical blundel
suggested; and [ now had a second
distressed female on my hands, not Sc
interesting as the other, and coming a
u more announcement season. The las
Joint would be out of the room ii [ dc
layed long; so [ gave her as concise al
account of what had happened as pos
sible, pleaded business OF the utmos
importance, which I really felt dime
to be, and hurried away like "a cat from
a schoolboy.
In a few days ] received letter IRON
Major Duckling acknowledging my
great kindness to his daughter, hoping
to have the pleasure Of thanking me il
person some day, and iuclosing the five
| pounds he owed me ! wrote back
saying that the money had come safely,
that it had been an honor and a bliss tC
be of use to Miss Duckling, and that
would certainly look in ii | happened
to be passing.
4 wear afterward some house prop
erty was left me at Cobbleston, and |
had to go and look after 1t. Ii you
happen to think of paying visit to
that spot, take my advice and don't
This sounds disinterested but the fact
is that | have found lunatic to pur-
chase these four desolate tenements,
and | am free to confess that they are
situated in a British Sahara. There
are about twenty houses altogether IN
the place, built in single row with a
very good road in front. Beyond the
road is a shingle and beyond the shin
gle is a sea, which has retired as far as
it could from the place, leaving miles
Of margin. Shingle, indeed, is the
prevailing characteristic of Cobble-
ston. There are no cliffs or rocks; 10
right, to left, III front there is nothing
but single, wearying the eyes ami
wearing out the boots. When, after Il
terribly long tramp every step OF which
threatens the dislocation of the ankles
you at last get 10 the sad sea waves,
YOU find them repeating nothing but
" Sh-sh-shingle !"
This barren desOlatiOn makes the
| place admirably adapted for rifle prac-
tice, which is, perhaps, the reason why
a depot battalion is stationed IN isOlat-
ed barracks in the neighborhood. The
recruits are kept out of mischief, and
they are taught to shoot. You may see
squads Of them plunging about IN the
shifty soil at Judging distance drill;
and If the Horse Guards or the war
office, or whoever'S business it IS, does
not provide them with plenty OF boots,
free of charge, all [ can say, it Is a crying
shame. But surely the visitor can walk
inland, and so reach the downs? He
can; the farmers have fashion of using
! fish manure in these parts, but If he
likes that sort of Odor the custom will
not annoy him. Personally, | very
much prefer asafptlda. The visitor
! then, with delicate nose corns, and
a constitution requiring exercise, would
be wise in keeping to the road. Ii he