, 1873-07-06
III,
IN TIE VOICE OF THE EsTonY-TELLEn.

In THE fU1CE bE 1HEblOHt-IELLFAs
The glossy green 1awu-BlopoB at Lanrol-
wood arc momently ripplcd whore the soft winds
sweep tholn. Tho woatoring sun throws Blant
light from q purpiish.bluo heaven. It is rarity
, of afternoons---the freshness Of carly May min
glcd with oil mitlsummers leafy bountoonanoss.
Mr., Heath has rocontly canterod down hiH car
riago-drlvo on m alort, Rlondcr-loggod, shining
bay, and Miss bartholomew, on similaf]y hand
aomo llorseilesh, has cantercd at his side. Into
m open carriage at the door a very Doau Brum-
mel OF footmon is courteollsly uBlierng Airs.
Heath and Mr.. Louis Burnotte. On tue piazza
stand Miss h1nrtol and Mr. Dalgrish, ready for
their walk.
sYou two pedoRtrlans must bo sure and not
keep dinner waiting" equity commands Mrs.
Heath. while her footnian closes tho CARRIAGE
door with banging decision: Then she divides
the tcnderost Of iudulgont amiles IN amablo
suppose you're M bestiffiod to g got rid oi Mr. Bur-
nette and me. Don't bring her home quito
worn out" Ito h1r. DalgriAh). '.And pray
keep your fascinations moroifuly within bounds"
Ito Miss MarteD. Aftor that Mrs. Heath ,dsintily
Kisses adleu with little layender-gloved haud,
Mr. Burnette impressively displaces hiA luatrouH
hat, and tho carriage rolls away i'll all it's impor-
tant majesty.
walk 2" Miss Martol wanta to know, while Hho
and hor companion loiteriugly leave the piazza.
"Not tho drea1nlest," le tells her, with pro-
nounced Bhouldor-shrng. Suppose wo make it
Acrosa the hills nnd far away,
A|o5oAA sA-t@@ E"N4'o AA%*s
"That would be very pretty thing to do, Two
your quotation carrioB with 1t diadain OF the
dinner-hour that can't bring myself to share"
I" You don't look at all like slaye to your
appetite"
porliapa not But thore's nothing etherenl
about mo, hopo (with right anxious iutona-
tion). II do so dotBHt girls who don't look as
i t they ato thoir tl'roo meals day and 0n5oyod
"Thon DO conso1od. You somehow show your
prosperity, though not prominently, in bothf
and figure"
my proapority7" She has turned
her ieep large eyes upon him rather wonder-
for hiB cigar III this brisk wind that is abroad,
and, with noso plunged into luminous cnyern
mado by both hands, lnda the foat barely pos
nltle. When next ho speaks Ae has changed tho
"fs it not q perfect day, and ia not this q
perfect country Az 4 rulo am not given to
noticing landscapes, either real or on canvas,
but today demands notice. profor human na-
tura to common nature, you know"
"l'hRt iH becauBo you have beon brought
up among bad worldly surroundings" 8ho
little. "numau nature il ali bramhles, and
serAggy dead treen, and muddy foot-pathsI with
only Aoro urd there burst Of greon living
beauty. But common naturo--"
"r1eaao dout talk liho o girl In book" le
Interrupts with mock importnonco. ~ should
like to test your contompt forono kind Of nature
asolltary island little wli!e."
ut would DO charningl" sha vocifo1atos.
" say for about Bix 1nouth8, with plenty to cat,
drnk wear, mud reatl, all sayed from tho wreck
geography. Think how delicious to go cruiaing
in your private yossol among thoso
a.,lnor lsoa of Eden, lying iu darlpurple epherea
as tho rlapsoalcal young man of Locks;
t.~x IT.1t H., IT, f,,t