, 1873-03-02

! appreciated, and Helen Eay seemed to give with
cut effort this quiclE, unspokon recognition,
establish in an instant between two compa-atiy,
strangers; therefore she was attractive, ant
| therefore when she spoke people listened
! thought over WIN. sho said, and would not le
| it drop. 50, when sho answered, II am no
| sure that KNOW" the chorus went on, "Let III
! have yonr uncertainty, then-I nm sure there il
| something bcl,ind-Eon't you? We'll, then, II.
! ahall cali III the best advice. Mr.. Preston car
you tel us why Miss Fay changed hor mine
/ three times 2"
"Oh, that'a nothing!" said Marmaduke Pres
ton. lazily lying at full lonsth under the pines
''she changes her mind merely from q certain
| feycri-t industry she possesses. She has dis
covered tEe secret OF perpetual notion"
"Am I then SO Industrious 7" said Helen
| smiling.
::lt would be moro in accordance with the
truth if were to cay that she changes it for The
mere novelty Of tho thing" said Aunt Kane
severely: What should you Lay Of young
person WHO keeps lor picture Of Faust and
Gretchen constantly travelling around the walls
Of her room because sho never wants to look Of
il twice in the sano spot:'
Here there was laugh, as much ct Aunt
Kaue as nt her wi11ful niece. % Am then 80
restless r said Helen, careleasly.
.sNo; Til toll you what it is, said the chorus.
"She changes her mind, just to see what effect
it will have upon us she is like the moon, and
VIC arc the tides" :
O Am then so curious ?" commented Helen,
as ele went on fitting the pine-coues into each
other. -. -. .
:" There comes tho Manhattan" cried one, and
instantly the chorus rcu forward to tho bank to
soc Lake surerior's ono steamer, the Manhat-
tan-hauled over the 6ault portage the
then, milking the speed Of nine miles an hoar
on. tho great inland sea; for this was in 1858.
leaned forward :" You changed your mind be-
cauHe you were afraid, 1liss Fay he said. in a
low tone, with single glauca Of his blue eyes.
Tho cones fell from Helen Fay's hands, and she
Wei, sha1 Ne e" 90 p said tho chorus, coming
buck. 81 1lr. Preston, how lazy you are !; the
perEoni6cahon Of Incidence Why don't you do
=" Look at TINT wheeling old Manhattan, for
instance" said 1farmadukc, with closed eyes.
"Ycs; that ia better than nothing"
q Cui bono7" asked the lazy young Saxon,
with all his long length unssirred.
"Oh, it you are going to talk Latin, ne give
you up. said tho chorus. ''Say, good people,
tai, ta}Hn,:" '''' - b. '''' . ~ ~<'' '4 '
..we will Co." answered Victor Lee; "we
Will start this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Misc Fay LETT her knoll and went over to her
lethargic giant. Duke, come and walk with mo
along the beach,' she said, with her back toward
the rest Of the party. As1ni1o cleaned over Vic
tor Lees face as Lo looked after her moment
chorus, something Of task, ance it embraced al
grades, from grim Aunt Kaae to volatile Eunico
Gregory, tho New-York schoolgirl. But, SO well
did be succeed TINT tho sound OF laughter reached
FIR down tho beach whore the lovers were stroll
ing. InvoiuntarIy, Helen looked back. Mar-
maduke yawlled mighty yawn. "Oh-oh!' he
said, /" tlis iako mir makes ono sleepy, doesn't
"Not me-" answered Helen, taking her hand
from his arm and slightly quiclening her pace:
Then Mar7naduke lighted q frcsh cigar, put his
hands deep down in his coat-pockets, and in
silence they walked on. =
Marquette, on Lake Superior, is now busy
town, and soon to be city; it has railroads on
shore and fleets Of steamers and vessels On the
water, people to do business and ausiness to do.
But, in 1858, it was lonely settlement
in the woods, with ono little stamp
ing-min stamping on the ore with wooden
legs d few houses OF those hopeful pioneers,
seldom reap tho harvest ; and swampy, rocky,
sandy, corduroy road, inland to tho mine. Tho
Iron Mountain stood there great and wonderful,
waiting for capital. Capital has come, and dug
and blasted into it's sides for years but tire
mains great and wonderful still.
Our party, visitors from the East, felt them
eolye6 going to hyperborean regions when the
steamer bore them out Of the lovely st, Clair
River into broad Lake Huron; and, when
they bad passed tho ODD Little village
phrasoology - and taken passage on the
unique Manhattan, heroine of the grease
to see oil tho wonders Of Superior, they called
themselves New-World Argonauts, in search Of
\ fleece, not golden, but iron. At Detroit, q new
passenger had joined them, Victor Lee, 1.-THE
Lees Of Virginia, you know" said Aunt Kane,
who sealed her letters with crest. s'Oh, yes."
echoed the chorus to each other, ''the Virginia
Lees you know delightful acquHition!'
T. = H71ron tMr Ina haa all hat
tesy which comes only from O long line Of re-
fined ancestors. suspect lie il 8 grandson OF
Lee Loudon Lee, Of Lcosburg.">. -
Yes" commented the chorus, bland but
calmly ignorant; !; grandson Of Leland Lee. Of
'.Woll, but who WAS LELAND Lee, OF Lchigh7".
persisted one youthful inquirer, who Ind not yet
learned the accomplishment Of pretending to.
know.
"oh, he had coal-mine. I believe" answered
the chorus, vaguely.
Poor Aunt kano!
'.What do you think Of that Virginian, Duke 2"
said Helen Fay to her lover, after two weeks.
close companionship had forced close intima-
cy. She spoke carelessly, but her eyes looked
away, and her fingers braided and upbraided the
friu5cs Of her shawl.
"Oh, Lee, do you ule1n7 SeemB to be q pleas
ant sort of follow. Really, though, I have not
noticed him closely"
DO you ever notice anything closely, Dnke?"
- tIA tAc tlutuf uOk OAteDt ueieus Au-
svered tie young man, skipping pobblcs over
the water"
mot oven mo -
Il It is not necessary that should notice you
closely: dear, for I so thoroughly understand
you that no arc like one person. We think
alike on oil points, We love each other, and We
shall spend our lives together, trust, in tho
happiness of loving rcpose,-that restfulness
which is tho greatest charm Of life" And, con-
cluding this speech, unusually long for him Mar
rnaduko Preston turned and took Helan's 1.-the,
little fingers caressingly into his own large,
slapely white hand.
Yes, VIC will, wo wiu,' said Helen, impetus
ously; "nothing ever can, nothing ever shall
prevent it! Nothing but death, Dnke-nothirg |
but death! Nothing in all this wide world!"
In heaven above, the earth beneath, or the |
waters under it, }" eaid Duke, taking mp another
stone.
~ wonder who is meant by the prince Of tho
powers OF the nil" said Helen, after = dreamy |
pause.
-" There, See that" interrupted Duke; "eight
sEps in TOW! I cannot improve upon tint. |
Let US 60 back: it must be d;nner-time n