The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-06-24
THE ONE FALSE STEP.

,oar 49, Iay' oi,oo , no., Grst met >
I,.t tLirL ~ ~ Onn ycor I o.dovi"
"yca rIIo dorlingI. opd enc yenr
,,. Jny horcr wo,U me nId mari"
Hmi Lcro = dainty bond wus applied
LhnoLinnIy N ,hn ,jorino lima And the
]uInwinmn yroJictiou rrmninnd iucomplcte,
Thr auL;rcl woe changed with u rompt.
rrga lLat rcrmcd fl simultaneous ipgloi.
ration and oIouo ibc gummcr lime the
handsome mir ioyougly iauptcd in
tbrir cngy bos,ct rhoeton,
Waiter Carleton wne n rising young
m.rrhout iho iuuicr member Of a New
Yorl firm Tie y,o az uri,igh birth.
and hig do,L romuleyior c,iep rbor
curlg and doom Mach rycg he derived
f,n,o hiq C,arIinn ,rnihr,r
LIIa C,nl,,h waa nm Irno.IiLc oreo.
t,ra In uo Gro, GmsL ~ Lnr m,ro,ore
gnn,onLnn gho wog a dctk,brod
LInrJn 'nL ,bn oniy 5oughter Of
uoniII3 nLj pr G,,drEcL ~ Kirkland
WoI,or lad roooiaoI Lig c%nrIiret Lrnri.
o,nl r,on, ,ho ,Inrt ~ EIln,g bcon.y
~, garnt""o ban ouJ cimco Than tLr
cn,,r,c nr tbrir Invo lind run ma emon,hIy
os two rpthuaiogtjc Lports conId ualc
IL DR. Gnodrich Lcoidps cloqrIy OBJ
serving thn yDupn man boj roadG the
pnclarn,y ]irIurri,g rcencrlino him ,y;ln
tLn r,enit nr uJ~nrnuoLiy eotisryins his
on,;,hIn ,.,,t,o. a,I +; - o,lS n,- ,Lo ,,r,
,.int,, 90 uL,in Ja,'aL tnn,a aL,
P'I,'5 W. ''"h ~
~ wa, 'c'''Y " P'''Na',L h''o'"""n
'',1 W VI" summer ma 'ho Rr"Y pony.
WIN inc bhHkcl phacton, ana the par OF
tnrilc doves loRGed along with II sort OF
"sobcr certainty OF waking bll"s, az
Milton happily plraacd 1t.
The miles flew by ON Angels wings,
and when Walter consulted his watch,
10 md behold 1T was within II few
minutes OF Nhe Kirkland dinner hour
and they were II good five miles uway2
W." inu'I nuke III, hi'blr hh'N,
c'Icn l1l,, pa "lHIIEcR 70 WA, Tor am
h'f' kWir, "ld man, ihnH TO the Rra
pony, You must put Your best foo
foremost " ]whcrcupon RuSo'H mistro4
proceeded 10 udmOnlHh hm with rel
and whip.
Now, ltuio bad NOT been used to ihI
cavalier treatment, md ho began I
protest against IL NV manifold hra,
Hhnkinp, !niI Bwitchinp. cIcphnntir
hops md mprtinm. md pcncruIIy Il
moving forward rnfIror slower tbai h,
foro. Whcrcupon EIn groiJcJ UIo me-,
vorso brute, and Walter took the Win
and administered II shnrp cut ncrosa Tn
foro.leg. 1IIia was enough. Rufng in
HihntIy performed some compound
ciF'"H tf''h' "hd clevrrly aopnrnted
If iLo uhartnm "i moc ""m 'no ""ny
J,ch piI,,n'" "c,"i" y"n oo,''a 8pS
]rolling IN FL" J "nT '"'n Vt, g IWvtr7 Wrnr
cnmnIac"nI r ""' "I'o ""7
LnJ moIn n',hI'"B 'no ''s"r ne
WnItnr nnJ I'm" '',' 'u"H.''C'u
moro ecornI th,m h,,,1t n,l ,"," .
veycd '"'' "''''''' ''"'
llIn amid u,oro woo Iootomiu oo,
a Fhor, distance 81 and thi,i'nr WaInr,
nm wliln sLn :, "l' It'".oi W"a,o,
told "Ruio" what II disreputable old
william he was.
When Walter returned with the me
chanic, " tall, bony hooking man will
huge red whiekera nua m immense Pan
m lat was talking to Ella. And nc
merely talking VI seemed to WALTZ
that the mnu wos annoying her, and n
tempting to take her hnud-a librrt
rae med to r,pcl with indignant ol
orgy.
We'll, bo friends, anyhow, Ella,
You won't shake hands" he Of tho re-
whlsh"rs wna saying, as Walter. wit
llnSIlnG oyc9 and yongcluI looks, NJ
seen, approached.
"Stnnd or sir :" cried bo pusbin
tho intruder Violently osijo ar
what right do Won urGEqumc tn anna,
this young lndy p"
Ella uttered II little ecrcum. IN,
man staggered. md neurIy rrII hnt
rcRuuug bis c%uuilibrinm, no unirkI,
fnced round. and Grrc,l. 0yrL hIn r"'j'
"IFl', chestnut eyes upon his ussnilant.
Walter Carleton, us I'm n breathing
SINNER j.
"Dr. Fnricon p" with n violent ator
and chorna ~ noior "GoaI cnI ""
here | beg your pardon for nv ride
rc,p I l;jI , 10y ,'"'
10 uucxpocted. Whv how in tbo non,,
I mean how ON cnr,L IiJ ynn oun
turn mp hcrc?"
80, that il cagily explained " AMI,
DIR. Farjron, with a meaning lnnL
You zee, after wa parted M I~ivcrn,n
dock"
"Ah yes lust 40" said Wnlter mo,
vously. CELIA, my denr. Ipr. For;on,
ard ! are old ncGuaininnc,a- friend
and all that, you know. Doctor, | shnl
be glad 10 meet You that ia. conform,
thiH mjehnp we must get il repaired
and got home at once ; mustn't We Ella ?