Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09

SAID, for the four wheeler nearly d1Slo
Gated ones limbs, and sentences were
quite di8iointed; but from what ]
gathered it seemed that her father was
major in All infantry regiment, and her
mother was with him at Wicklow; that
she had four brothers and three sisters,
all very much younger than herself /;
that she alone had been with her pa
rents in India; that these last had
gone to the regimental headquarters to
arrange for the accommodation of so
large family; and chat there was to
be a general meeting, now alt va
ready At this point we reached the
station.
I was then very glad I had come, for
everything was as strange ana beWll-
dering to her as You might suppose it
would be to one who had imagined that
London had but a single railway ter
minus. [ 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 I persuaded
my charge to take some refreshments,
and by that time the ticket windows
were opened.
go dear!" she cried, turning dread
fully pale, ''I have no money"
Now it happened, for woiider5 that
there was a crisp new fve-pound note
in .mypocket- book. 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 q shrill
whistle, a putting, & roar, and of the
two human straws which had been
caught for moment in an eddy of
life's stream, one was swept away again
by the current, while the other-well,
the other found he was late for dinner,
and determined to have a 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 Haymarl1et my
attention was arrested by certain words
which I heard at the entrance of the
coach office stationed there.
EEYou are the man who comes up
with the three O'Clock omnibus from
Acton, and to whom [ spoke about that
young lady?"
/ g Yes, ma am. "
We'll, you have been there and re-
/ turned since %
eyes, ma'am; and I made inqui-
rles, as you told NE. They've all left
RoseviIle cottage, and the servant in
charge said as young lady did come
up by our 'buss"
"And yet you did not observe herr"
''Well, ma am, we did not take her mp
at the door, you see, and as there were
several young ladies got in and out, |
could not pick her exactly
6 But If she came by the 3 O'Clock
omnibus, how was it that | did not find
her in it when it arrived ?"
g Can't say, I'm sure, ma am. "
C Was the young lady going by the
Irish mail ~ I asked, pushing up to
the elderly lady, who seemed to be III a
state of great distress.
g Yes, sir; 0 yes - and she turned
to me eagerly.
{" Then I think I can tell you how
you missed her, said L. You told
her to meet you at Regent Circus, did
you not Wei, 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 [ suspected, this was the amt
who had made the identical blunder
suggested; and [ now had a second
distressed female on my hands; not so
interesting as the other and coming at
q more inconvenient season. The last
joint would be out of the room if I lie
layed long SO [ gave her as concise an
account Of what had happened as pos
sible, pleaded business OF the utmost
importance, which / really felt dinner
to be, and hurried away like q cat from
a schoolboy.
In a few days + received a letter from
Major Duckling acknowledging my
great kindness to his daughter, hoping
to have the pleasure Of thanking me in
person some day, and inclosing the five
pounds he owed me. | wrote back
saying that the money had come safely,
that it had been an honor and bliss to
be of use to Miss Duckling, and that I
would certainly look in if | happened
to be passing.
A year afterward some house prop
erty was left me at CobblestoD, and /
had to go and look after it, If you
happen to think of paying q visit TO
that spot, take nay advice and don't.
This sounds disinterested but the fact
is that I have found a l1lnatic to pur-
chase these four desOlate tenemeDts,
and I am free to confess that they are
situated in a British Sahara. There
are about twenty houses altogether III
the place, built in single row with
very good road i'll front. Beyond the
road is shingle and beyond the shin
gle is q 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 to
right, to left, in front there is nothing
but shIngle, wearying the eyes and
, wearing out the boots. When, after q
terribly long tramp every step of which
threatens the dislOcaGion OF the ankles
, you at last get to the sad sea waves,
you find them repeating nothing but
Z" Sh-sh-shingle -
This barren desolation makes the
place admirably adapted for rifle prac-
tice, which is, perhaps, the reason why
depot battalion is stationed in isolat-
| ed barracks in the neighborhood. The
| G6CI Itlluo diC hCpg Ot1t IL ullSCuISl, ana
they are taught to shoot You may see
squads Of them plunging about in the
s6ifty 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 L can say, it is 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 asafetida. The visitor,
6 then, with q delicate nose, corns, and
: a constitution requiring exercise, would
I be wise in keeping to the road. If he
f turned to the left, and walked straight
: on, he would come, at the end of {
8 couple Of mile, to a martello tower
! and then, two miles again further on
T tO Portable where is a small barbo1