, 1874-11-28

and o,gross an ailm,ror. find It not bocn forhcr
yolubIly In making explanations Of l1o rcasona
for tosilug In brooklyn, conld not hnyo brought
innysolf to boliovo that sllo was widow ut n!l:
lier previous manner, coi1toss. whou thought
personal yani.y:-ara don't dony / have my
aaro-tnvonted solution This lovely yolng
wdow lla1 teon-ahom l-lARan will! mo at ssrst
asght. and sho determined honorablY. very hon
Ilonoo hor haste to make tho revolution.
r. llne' ooala now perceive plainly that ler
an, 81 ioquaelous manner was duo entirely to
lor feolhE II, at oaso in my presence and It was
not till wo borht 10 be better acquainted Tint
she appeared lor tluo solf. Happy In thia expla-
natlont tho mononta Bped faat. Ia ono by ono
quilted tho dock With tile adyancs OF Tho ovouiup
observed thy companion glance tlulidy around.
and, whom tho oaly remaining lady {besdna hel-
actO left, so also rose, ina quiot, dlgnined way,
and Baid It was later than sho Imagined. could
Offer no possible reason for dotnlniag her. Leon.
yanturod to offer my land rs l wished hor
goodnight sao took It with nasuraluoHa. It
thrilled ino to tho heart. y slali 800 you In
s Ss SFHss %s Jack ss s sTssy Ssasna *s" tns sS sS
mnttorcd to nyBclf. aa hurried away, had
folgottcn ali about him.
'STlo little follow was sleeping sounav whom
entoroa my stateroon. no had takesl the lower
berth, which struck mo rs MI in1pertluent pro-
ceolsng, till +. rol!ected TINT tho bog
might lava Thought tho upper Que
waa tho most dos'rable. Aa I looted
OIL hiH unoceut face as 1t Jay uptnrncd, Jaw
hcart softoned towaids hin. 1osdes, / was IN
an ocBtalio stato and felt friendly to the whole
human raco. I lay awalo moro tllau an hour.
| will not undertake. 10 deecrtho nv emotions or
tho tntnust,toua thoughts Which flied my breass.
'Aly tino has come snId to uyaolf. After aiE
thete years Without q hcartintcreat, hero am,
| gol,o beyond reclaim! / will endure no sus-
peneo; Tomorrow shall decide my fator Sol
| acea bv thla .oBolntion foil aHloep.
| When I awoke, tho boat hnd already reached
| tho dock III Nov Yotk. and was lying motoneBs.
It was early. however. and reAolvod to keep
quiet for half an hour aud enjoy my thoughts
which were s"eetonod by Visions Of tho last
oyonlng's experiences. I was in tho height Of
my enjoyment WHOM my Btatotoom companion.
wfloso pr. senco had again quito lost sight Of
| emerged from lin borth and proceeded to dro.s
himself. Although, az have intlmatod, could
uot lop regarding tho boy iu tho light Of nui-
eance, atili, 10 Ioug al llo wua With mo.
| folt there was link botwoen her aud N.Y.
solf. Tl,e Ind 1nads hB toilet carefully, wl,!cl,
| proved hun 10 Aavo boon well nur;urod, ind 1t
was not I'LL l,o waH rcady to leave the room TINT
ho looked towards my Corth. Theu 1le. turned,
| and, parce,vius I wns awake, ho aald Good.
morning, sirl hope have not disturbed sou.
What lllakeA sou turn out 80 carly ? askod.
Il hayo bse1 awake wake. 80 louR' Eot tired o paid.
you, I suppose, by-and-by, Hir7' ho aldod,
/ nodesslY, as ha wont cut and closed the
door equity bollind him. l.. could take
10 rost after thut. I tried, but could not.
For, had not thu only certain security that
should soo my charming friend again vanished
through tho cAbin.door Suppose ehc bud also
been wakcfut. had s!ao ,tscu carly. aud WAS bc-
coming .impatieut to oayc7 Would sl,o wait
was quite ready TO depart ? Was It not oyi1ouce
OF my in4ifEcl enco that I waB not up botmcs, to
hiring Willie back to her, NJ sha had 30 pretttly
Expressed It? People wero already dzosssug
/ sprang 3mputiontly from NY berth aid
that I might snox tho exact time. NY witch was
not nnt!or my pillpw. I thonght possibly 1t hal
stipued into Tho bcd: No. Thea looked to sea
i It bad not fallen ongh Tho toor: It had not.
Oll la1 lott It in my pockct. inspected my
vest. found no watch. but discovered that d
few dollars hich werc taere woro gono. Nor
| vcusly sought my ccat whero carried pocll.
ctbook. whicu on this occasion continued, be-
sides papers Of importance. nbous $500 III money,
md q 1air OF soiitairo diamond errrings which, I
was Lrloging ~ Inv als:cr, nnd which had ooat
ING e3Ao ulofc. There ~asuo pocketbook On tho
PROMISES.
IT now became thoroughly rouaetl. No Won
der, YOU :slll fa1. I examined tho bIsnda which
| had carefully secured tho pight before. They
were precihel7 rs loft them. I reeo'lected dis
ai1ftly bolt,ng as we'll IS locking tho door. In
flight seized me-Was lam I-could 1t ho
Fsiblo7 made up my mind with tho sagacltv
IN old traveller {Haeaclpus after tho eyont)
1t was entirely possible in short, that there
0 tho saloon. aud proceeded 10 Stnlo.roon
| II Quo Of tho stewards Was aroadv turn
ing 1t upsle down. t'Whsro Is the lady wAc
occupied tt!s room p asaed Ut tito stswartloEe
who etood hy. The lady, B!r, left tho boat as
roop as It got in, moro than an hour aso ? And
tho 1prT Gunft know ANYTHING about nr1y