, 1874-09-26
himnoy abovo tho umbrage qnsrsor Of n milo

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knock, and Tho Fool Of Five Forks ntood before
hor: Mtnn Molly Ind navor before Boon tho man
dos1gnatel by thIa lnfeloitouH Vito, and an 10
Htoppod bnch In lAff courtoBy and half astonlal'-
n'o',t, sl,o WaH for Tho nornont tlsconcoftea. 10
waB tall, finely formed. and bIaok-boarood.
Above checks . little |,ollowca by c"re aud III
llcalsll, ehono pair Of hazol ayos ,vory largcc,
yory Rontlo, but lnc1prosgttlf gay anu mollrtinl,
This mas certainly not tho kind Of mnn h!iha
Sss ss sap'nssa sa a.ss hs @ ie % @
htances oddly enough. added to llor iin'lgnattpn'
and st,,l,g llcr wounded pride aill 1uo,e docny.
NeyertfeieBa, TIM nrch hypnef!to INSTANTLY
ef'anEesl l,er tactics with tho s:ift intuition Of
her NOE.
II have conac." eho said with dazzling
H,niio, infinitely moro dangerous Than her fo.1ncr
diEnihed severity; /" I havo conlo To AMT your
psitlu,l for great liberty I have luat taken. I
yours. was 80 MITCH ploasod with its oxtcrlor
that loft my friends for mosnont bolow hofet'
Hllo o0ntt,liled altfully, with slight wave of tho
hand, an II i,nlicating q bantl Of fearless ANA"
IONS Without and waiting 70 avongo any possible
turGd to outer It. Finding It unoccupct. vi
llad beon told, / AM afraid l,ad tho nudactty to
alt down and amuro myself for fow 1noInents
1t tho Pano-whllo waiting for my friends"
Hawkins raised his beautiful eyos to llors. Ho
SAW very protty glrl, with frank grny oyos glis-
taning with excitement, with two red, slightly
freckied chooka glowing little ,luler hsB eyoa,
with y short scarlet upper lin turned baok, like
roao1oaf. ovor littla Iino OF Whito taot III sl,o
clteH1ent. Ha Blw all tl,iH calmly, qnto:y. aud.
savo for the natural unoaaluoHa Of Rly, roti-
cent mna', I foar without quiokcnlug Of hia
pulBo.
II knowod it," he said, simply. NJ Aoord ye
Miss Nelly rms furious At hin grammar, lis
dalcct, Ills euolness. and Atill moro ut tho SITS
pieion tlnt l,o WAS an actiso molnbor Of hor in-
visible claqae.
"Ah," ai,e said. still a,nillng "thon think1
II reckon not" he interrupted. grnyely. II
didn't atay Ing. found the boyb hanging
round the Ionso. and allowed at first III 70 III
an kinder warn you, but thoy i. .omised to koop
still, and you lookod 50 comfortable md wrapped
up in your music, that hadn't the heart to dis
turb y0n, and llem away. / hope" ho added
earnestly, thoy didn't lot on ez they hocrd you.
They aill't u bad lot-them Hlazin' Star boyH-
no more hurt 80 then thoy nouId a-a-a cat !"
apprehension Of tho nelcganoe q hin nllni!e:
"No! no! said Miss Nelly, foeltng suddenly
worry angry with herself: the Fool. and tl1e Gu
have behaved foolisbly, I anproso-and # tho3y
had It would have served mo right, Dut ouly
wanted to apologize to you. You'll ilud evory-
thing Rs you loft it. Gool-tayl"
ombsrrasaei. 5 r. "Td H have asked 70 10 1t down"
he said. finally, III it bod boeu place Fl: far 2
Indy. oughtor dono 10, euuy way. don't
know what Kept me from It. But aiu't we'll,
Afiss. Times get a sort o dumb ager-its the
ditchcs, l think, MiHs-ard I don't seom to hev
my wits about tno."
INSTANTLY Miss Arnot WAS all sympathy-her
auisk Hsitnn'A Aoart wsB tostcsaed.
"Can I-can anything be tloio2" aile asked,
moro ti"tly than she had befose spoken..
"No!--,,ot ouless ye romombor sullIir' about
thesa pills." He exhibited boz containing
about half dozen. II forget tho direction-l
1on's seem to ranmrnler rnuols, any way, theHe
times-tAe1'rc 'Jones' Vegctable Compound
lf yo'ye ever took 'e1n yo'lf ronember whether
hoso hut perhaps 20 norer TUT any, ho added.
No," said Miss Molly, CURLY. She Ind rH,,-
n}1y a kean yonYo of the lulieioNs. hut somehow
Air. lfawkins' ecoentrirliy only PANIED her.
"Wil! sou lot mo zee you to tho foot Of the
hill, ho said again, after another embarrassing
pa,iHe.
Miss Arnot felt instantly Tint anch an act
would condono her tiespasB III the eyes OF tho
| world. stlo might meet somo of her invisihto
atlnlirors-or nven her cot'lpauianB-anc NTH oil
! her erratlo impll1sos, sha waH navel ltheloss 4
WOMAN, aud did not entirely deHpse tho verdict
| OF conyen.ionality. She smiled nucosly and aa-
! aente1, and III another mu1nent Tho Two were
| lost ip the shnlows OF the weed.
Like mary otllor apparently trivial acth IN M
uneycntfnl life, 1t was decisive. Az she oxpoct-
cd, sl,o met two or thrco Of lor lnte applaudors,
whom, Bhe fanciod, looked shoopiah mud cnibsr-
| raEsod: sic mot alBo her companions looking
| for her III Same alarm, who roal1y appeared an-
touiAhcd At llcr sscort. and, aho fnneita. trtia
! envious of her evtent Huccess. fear that Miss
Arnot, in response to their anxious inquiries, did
not state entirely tho truth. but, without actual
assertion, led them to believe that Bhe had
| p!etoly subjugatuI this woak~mil't1el giant,
and had brought him trlumphantly to hef
feot. Flom telling this story two or three timcs
| alie rot finally to believing that she had some
/ foundation Tor ii then to vague sort Of desire
that it would eycnsnally prove to DO tsuo, and
then TO an equally yagne yearniug to hasten thai
| consummation, THAT it would rebound to an1
satisfaction Of tho Fool sha did not atop te
| doubt. That 1t would cure him Of his folly she
| wau quite contldont. Indeed, tlero nro worry few
Of us-meu or womor-who do 10. believe thu
| evou q hopeless loyo for onrBc[yeH is moro coil
| duclvo to tho salvation OF tho lover than q re-
| quitad affection for another.
The criticism OF Five Forks was, al the raadot
| MAY imASiue, HNifs and conclusive. When it wat
| found out that Alias Araot waH not tho Aag
! incorporating ~ voting and pretty girl. to tAt
ultimate deception OF Five Forks IN gonoral atlt
tho Fool in particular, it WAS st onco decided
that nothing but tue speedy nnion OF the Fool
and the ''protty schoolnlaFm was consistent
with ordinary common senso. Tho singular goot
| fortune OF HAWKINS was quite ID accordance
with tho theory Of his luck as propouudct
! by tho camp. That after "the Hag" fa,loi
to make her appearance ho should ''strike I
load in his owl house, without the trouble o.
| progpectln'," aeoInea to these casllista aa
| wonderful bit inevitable law. 10 add to tLcHt
fatetrl probabilities, Mibs Arnot iell and sprainet
her nullo IN tho ascont OF Mount Liucoln, AIT
WIS confined for su1no woeka TO the hotel afe
her companions had departed. During this Pc
riod Hawkins ciyllly but grotesqney attentive
When, hiter o reasonable t1mo had elapsed
thoro still appeared to be no Immediate pros