, 1874-06-20
A'FiGHT FOR A WIFE.
CHAPTER I.
EtIfH lyEEtCfNH,

AAAAN NAA@A--AA'N"
Tho scene OF tIlls deadly encounter was noither
gloomy nor romantic; 1t was iasr and pastoral;
sud the time WIS May md OIL tha s"oot lnaa-
cnces OF the spslng-ssfna were anouala8 eot1'
ilyllfc snostness over cur English oalos. we
had with III At tbia time young Amorichn Indy
WHO wau on her first visit to tue country and,
,., o,a,,,t, wr1a, 'ror;o,. r,ona xors hcino nro.
a.a wv ~" r.. sn,nsanan+ .,;1 o,1;aont;on nno
poao' ~. NJ, ~A''o''Aoa' ~s1S eA'''N' s''~
Of US said to hor:
dou. and 70 straight down into ono Of our quiet
,.at1ov, ,u1 ac.
nr,1 arm -xor,s,, nory,,
AhAh oho L'"'aSn 9o"H
that has been Biamboslng there Tor centuries.
will 500 strange old place. with quaint houses
~ "a ,r3 ,-,ito ,,d h,r, .ra +i,ora . ~. rd.r
.a 'sN't, ~" " ",,a a.. III ~ a,.,; u.
oo1"eeh lug Gao'eo' an'a 5oa "t'i ~ uo"n ~
,by under somo beautiful woods. You lire in an
ol1 fasb,ouo, inn. caliod tho Con1ploto AneIor:'
~ ,na. autado xo,,r <In,,o,r w., vii -oa
~" Ju's ou.o'ao :n ''ee,. "o" 'ou w.. so-
weir; md you will zee tile troes and lawn, aud
yerauda of tho mior'e house on tho other side;
,,J hsvo,d tt,,t ,o,;n ~. .oft inv hil,, and
~. t'a;.,,s - 'aa. -, -. 49,, Tns,ta,, .on.t,as !,
hanging "ooos u ons u ont 1n6n'n eoanssoe'
Our young froud WAS much pleased "th tho
ouiat and beautiful plaos must be far away and
5s 1s.'..1.t - ~. t,I.e,, - ,,.. .,1, n,,t =
o'lAcu's " foao's' uoa a.s "as so.u .os' ~
nas something ia 20 thhn htty mlles from Lof-
don, eho at once agreed to go; and houoe 1t MAS
Tint tim f1osnerate conflict which have 10 de-
scr1bo took l,lace iu one OF tho most peaceful
nooka Of DorGnb1ro. at tino of tho ycnr yllon
tLo human boso1n should have boon full, not Of
angry passions, but Of tho aipgin3 Of nishtin-
rnfss.
. lt.t.
rwo MEN
lad oyar],e.rd thIs nropoyal. and each Of them
ha,I ;nwardly resolved to otw1t the other by i'm
n1ouiato]T telographiur to the HComulote All
ojer' for roon,n 10 tIat ia hln,1ll bo installed
tthera when this Young lady md ourpolycs. her
cuari]inns for tic tins. Should arrive, Ono Of
fhom was s1ondor youuR gentleman. fair
haired, lsrge-eyed, and rather petulsnt i'll man
ner, vino hld Just made some atir in literary
oIroIos by Tie publication OF volume of
metaphysical yerse; lis otler was considerably
his stdor. incjuci to he sious, oomoly of
faco. and made WELCOME among ia cilIe1Y
by = sort OF shy good-hunor rlicn aoruc-
times led him into saying good things, but, in.
1cry we'll contentol With himself This Mr.,
Humphreys WAS understood by aou,o to bs in q
GoYorumont Office; hut no one could over pre-
ai,sly say what It mas. and lia duties certainly
never interfered With lis pleasures. Hia rival,
who had tho privilege Of being styled by the
Court newman tbs Honorable Philip Sturmore
MAURICE, was tho youngest son Of a1i impecuni-
Gus nobemau, aud MAJ believed to be waiting
for Soma Colonial appointment.
Non, these Two men, from tho moment that
our pretty Miss Newton came among us, began
to pay hor ser:e. OF
MORE Oh LEBs OCCULT ATTENTIONS,
all In q friendly sort OF way, OF course, aud gon-
orally through tlle small and gontte lady wEo was
her with bo1es Tor tho opera ; they could land
her new books tloy could oven o1or to escort
herself and hor two con,pnniony to MI exhibition
OF p,otursH All this Was smooth sailing. Lille
did Ne perceive in it the elements Of tragedy
lincss WITH sweet impartlality; doubtless thsy
wore merely little acts Of courtesy extended to
stranger from a distant land.
Aud Of tho young American ]ady herself ?
Well, she ras neither yery wise nor very learned; ;
but slls was exceedingly pretty and she had a
curiously Winning aud fascinating manner tLat
drew women as we'll Is men toward her. periaps
it was tho softness Of hor voice perlaps It VAS
a kind Of pteoun look iu her darl~grny eyeY !:
but anyhon people liked to get near her, and,
uhen they rot near her. they rot lutoreated IN
her, and wGon they got intorested in hor. tbay
Immediately went and asked everybody else
Nhat WAS hor story, No ono present know. 1t
was supposed to 10
RATHER PAINFUL AFFAIR
Ind nlo not been engaged to be married. TO q
young man who waa drowned within siglt OF
shoro, Paul aud Virginia fashion 3-but, IL auy
and apparently wished to keep her sorrow 70.
crst. For the redt sho ras rather tail and paio !;
travelled, sbe displayed to the otLer inhabitants
Of ourlositjes 10 the wsY OF Scents and other toi-
!et requisites. ono might have lauthed at IL IL.
fashion In which she played With tLess only nIls
was 10 nrattv End cIiIdljko ona lad mt fla
heart to laugh at her, Sis 1eomod only to rot
hsrself bocaiine oyorybody o]so nottsd hor. ~