, 1873-05-04
"KENELM CHlLLINGLY."
A Scene from Lord Lytton's Last
ii. Novel.
A Village Duel.

affairs than he thinks fit to tell me-. STAY and
f1niah the hay-making. And soy, lad, I'm gla6
you don't seem to care for the girls for saw
yeEy pretty one trying to t1irt with you:-and il
you don 7 mind, she'll bring you into trouble
In fact, Jessie Wi1es-that's hor namo-is, I be-
ieve, q very good girl, and everybody likes hor-
perhaps little too much but thon she know,
she's beauty, and does not object to adnirat
ton"
"No woman ever does, whether aho's bsauty
or not. But don't understand why jessie Wles
should bring me into trouble"
"Decause there is big hulking fellow who
has gone half out Of Ills wits for her and when
he fancies be soes any other chap too sweet
on her, he thrashes him into jelly. So,
youugstez, you Just keep your skin out Of that
trap"
"Hem! And what does the girl gay to those
proofs Of: affection Does she like the man the
bstter for thrashing hor admirers into. jelly ?"
" Poor child No; she hates the very sight
Of him. But he swea1s she shau marry nobody
olse, il he hangs for 1t. And to tell you the
truth, suspect that it Jessie doos seem to tride
With others little too lightly, it is to draw away
this bully's suspicion from tho only man think
she does care for-a poor, sick1y young fellow
who was crippled by al accident, and whom Tom
Bonles could brain with his litt1o fngor."
"This il really interesting" cried Kenolm,
showing something like excitoment. " should
like to know this terrible suito-."
''That's easy enough" said tho farmer, dry1y
" You have only to take stroll with Jessie Wilos
after aunaet, and you'll know more OF Tom
Bowlea than you are likely TO forget in q
month"
"Thank you very much for your information"
in = F~,1 1,,A,,
"1hopo to profit by it."
Konelm mado no reply. They both walked on
in allence, and had now reached tho centre OF tho
village street, when Jessie, looking up, uttered
an abrupt exclamation, gave al af1ghted start,
followed the direction OF hers. and saw, few
yards distant, at the other side Of the way,
small, rod brick house, with thatchod sheds ad
joining it, the whole standing in wido yard
over tho gate Of which leaned a man smoking o
small cutty-pipo. I. is Tom Bowles,". wtis-
pered Jessie; and instinctively she twined her
arm into Kenelm's-then, as If on second
thoughts, withdrew it, and said, etill in whis-
per, "Go back now, sir-do."
"Net I: It is Tom Dowles whom I want to
know. Hush"
For here Tom Bowles had thrown down his
pipe, and vas coming slowly ACROSS the road
toward them.
Konelm eyed him With attention. 4 singularly
powerful man, not 30 tall as Keuelm By some
inches but still above the middle height, he1cu-
lean shoulders and chest, the lower lmbs not in
e9ua1 propo-tion-a sort Of slouching, sham
bling gait. Az, he advanced, the moonlight fell
on his face-a handsome one. He wore no hat,
and his hair, light brown, cur1ed close. His face
WAS fresh-colored, with aquiline features; his
age apparently about SIX or seven and twenty.
Coming nearer and nearer, whatever favorable
impression the first glance at his physiognomy
might have made on henelm was dispolied, for
me expression o. nus lace changed, and became
nerce aud loTenng. hsnelm was still walking
On. yessle p hlB' side, when Bowlea rudely
e9rnss l''s nnnsnh pesTeen mem, ana eelzns tho
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