The Portland daily press., 1871-07-08

THAT immense number lay heavy on / is soul. |
"Why, Lucy, you know it was all Grant,
"Others crammed, too, Jack; but you were
frstw
Thus Lucy settled the matter. In her eyes
Jack was hero. She was In love with the
young Lieutenant, and determined to urge
him to fulfil her ambition.
And thus 1t was at Boxley Down that these |
lnnocents found again a taste of Paradise. |
JACK was TO be married as soon as he got his |
company, and Jacks father was already in |
connection with Craig's court and, no doubt, |
by judicious mixture of purchase, allowed
by our virtuous and happy country, young
Romiy who was well connected, would not
have to wait long.
Dick Bulliman was dreaming of making
some wonderful discovery in chemistry; he
had already evolved curious salt of no use
to any one. Katy BullImau was busy with
her school, and with making her mother COM
Portable; and l was dreaming ONO matter;
not even the DOwny ones of BOxley shall
know.
One day, not far from Christmas-so said
many of us!-when matters were proceeding
in this pastoral manner, Jack Romlly came
in, silent and depressed. He gave Gyp Gun
because the poor animal fawned on MIN,
threw the Saturday Review to the end OF the
room, and threw himself upon the sofa.
'sWhat's the matter, Jacke" asked.
Jack groanod plaintiveiy.
as it so bad as that"
"Wolser he said; "as bad as bad can be.
My dear boy, never place your heart as have
done upon so frail thing as woman"
SACK" said l, Don't be foolish"
Il may be FOOLISH" he said, bitterly, "when
Lucy Is false"
"Pshaw, my dear fellow; you will be angry
with yourself for saying SO. What do you
mean?"
In answer to this Jack took out his watch,
sighed heavily, and told me that in few
minutes we should be able to see.
cat four o'clock every other afternoon that
false girl" he said, "goes courting-absolute
| ly cOurting-Dick Bullimanw
Lucy was favorite of mine, and would
| not hear her abused. l told Jack so; and he,
| soberly sad and full of argument-so certain
| was he that ne was right-heard all that
| said with calmness and again drew out his
| watch.
"Noww he cried-"nows the time Come
up into my bedroom0-we shall not be observ-
| ed there-and from the window we can OBJ
serve Buliman's garden.
At four O'Clock precisely Miss Lucy Spot
forth opened Bulliman's front gate, walked
through the neat little fOrecourt they digni-
| fed by the name of garden we heard-Jack
heard as II it were the crack of doOm-her
neat, little aristocratic double knock on Built
mans front door,
| Jacks nature was, as Lucy had assured
me- for was in confidence with the two a
large one. l don't like ''larce" natures, if
they are anything like Jacks. have been
assured that Lord Byron's was large ma
ture; and have found, as rule, that these
large natures are generally of poetic, tu-
multuous, greedy, ambitious, not to say sell
hsh kind; and that the poor and wretched
/ SmalP nafureS arn cd To do oil T.: 4
work and self-sacrifice.
Jack, therefore, directly he saw Lucy, and
heard that knock, turned a sort of green !;
and treating me as an extempore Iago, Missed,
| literally hssed-the heroics of the stage be-
ing bnt faint copies of the exaggerated pas
slons OF these large natures.
what does she do at Bulliman's? She,
| who is above them in rank and social posi-
tion9 What does she de?"
IN. B. may here remark that the Dow
ny ones OF Boxley who live on their means
never visit another Downy who is in trade, or
even profession and that the old church at
boxley IS carefully divided into first, second,
and third class pews-so aristocratic are we
| Dor cried. "You great muff, you'll
Why, she goes to take music lessons Of Miss
Bulliman."
| docs she ?" sneered Jack. "Muff as I am
know that Lucy could beat Miss Bulliman
all to shivers at music. Take lessons in Or
game chemistry, you mean. Come along I'll
"Don't go, Jack w cried: "you will repent
it. You do not know these people,"
beg pardon, do. 1 have been introduced
to them; but have been making inquiries
dash your inquiriesp jerked in.
And my opinion is made up I have
learned all about it. She has visited this
house for fortnight thus; ; and has never told
mew
This staggered me- Well, Dick Bulliman
was a clever, good fellow. Had Lucy got tired
of her great.nature
Come onp again cried Jack.
And pushing Inc down stairs, he seized his
hat. put mine on-a modest billycock, useful
in the country-and we went down stairs
quick foot, as they say in the country across
the water.
Down stairs we went on tiptoe. Why on
tlptoe don't know: but we were excited and
hIstrionic. In we sneaked, also on tiptoe, in
to Bulliman's garden, and were guilty-being
great natures, and histrionic also-of the un-
pardona6le meanness-so often seen on the
stage-Of crouching to listen and SPY behind
a thick cypress tree which adorned the gar
den, and of looking through the window.
Boxley Down is quiet place; and whether
our ears were sharper than usual, or the sill
very tones Of Lucy's resonant voice pierced
further than usual, cannot say (; but there we
saw Miss pullman, in a hat, standing up and
looking down on Lucy, who, with her hat off,
was sitting down; and we heard the latter
say:
"He has sent me cruel letter, my dear
very cruel letter; and / am afraid l must
not come here again."
such cruel drive as 1 do not want again to
have just below my false ribs; and then he
again Kissed:
otis my letter! 1 will unmask the hypo-
critic! Come onw
I was dragged forward-how 1 hardly
know; but soon found myself opposite Luz
cy and Miss Buliman, and heard Jacks reso-
lutte and certainly offensive tones.
II know all, Miss Spofforth. have heard
what you have said-I have my witness
here" He threw back his great hand in his
great eaSerness, and knocked my billycock
down with crash,-I had taken it off polite
ly to Miss Bulliman, whom rather admired,
and he said, fixing his large fierce eyes upon
pretty Miss Lucy, II have done with you for
everw
Hereupon, Lucy, who was but young and
very much in love, gave a great scream and
went OFF," Miss Bulliman went off too, but
not in dead faint; called Jack RomiIly a
coward, and sang out for her brother Dick
Al SdAiO DCh anu LIS uOGuSr, 100 anu, WIN
out any words, soon by vinegar and smelling
salts,-Dicks chemicals were always prefer
red at Bullman's, as being so powerful
brought her to. Meanwhile and Jack Rom
lily stood like two guilty and intruding fools;
Jack suffering-as he afterward confessed
the tOrments of place of which he has, am
sure, no experience, at witnessing the tender
dexterity of Dick Bulliman and the fainting
OF Lucy. When the young lady was well re-
covered, Jack and I-for had to follow that
great natures lead-"thought that we had
better CO."
"No-dont," cried Katey Bulliman. "We
must settle accounts with you, gentlemen.-
Dick, stop them"
"My good Katey," said Dick, shutting the
row."
Scan you fight, STRIP said Jack, with the
greatest amount of bitterness. "You are
man of peace.'
"I'm man of SCIENCE" said Dick, slowly;
mot necessarily man of peace, I can fight
if want"
Then, sir, you must fight me. am an
ofncer In her majesty's service You have
taken away my only hope-my only love-"
Here Lucy began to show white feather,
that is, she cried a bit, and looked at Jack
with some admiration; she saw that it was
all his love.
81 have done nothing of the sort" said Dick.
-! love Miss Lucy as love an angel, that's
an; but know that she is bound to you-and,
MIR. Romilly, l am gentleman"
"And the son of an officer" whimpered Mrs
Bulliman.
"But if you wish me to fight for Miss Lucy.
I'm willing" said Dick, "only let me choose
my own weapons. Pm going in heavily for
pOlS0nS. I've new salt. LET me give Won a