Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-11-24
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stand it yet. 1heard in Australia that the
man Miss Maurice married was MIR.
Ewing; but / suppose there was some
mistake about the name. 1T was mis-
take" said Hamnond "but | can see
how il probably occurred. The title OF
he firm of which Mr.. Valance was junior
partner was Griffith g. Ewing. Your in
formal must have heard that Miss Ala'i-
rice married the junior partner, and con-
cluded that it was Mr.. Ewing. or the sto
~ got mixed up in some such way
Yes; the more easily as it had passed
through several months by the time II
reached me-
And suppose that letter of yours ex'
pressed the real state oil things win you
at the time. p
Exactly; you have got The gist of the
letter quite correctly When wrote that.
saw no prospect for years to come OF be-
ing able to marry When things did at
length take turn in the right direction
with me. / made fair progress. And now,
though am not wealthy man, have as
much as had any right to expect"
well. George, how is this little story
Of yours to end? And as Hammond spoke
he looked quietly into his friends face. but
with not little curiosity.
"Ah, how p answered the other and the
friends again for a little relapsed into 81
leBce.
us Mrs. Valance staying in London
for any time, do you know? inquired
iIerder presently.
.'She has been paying short visit TO
Mrs. Norcott. and is to return home In Il
day or two, she told me- replied Ham
mond. "When do you think of going to
Plymouth yourself?'
This is Wednesday; | think shall go
on Friday or Saturday. When have got
nv things out of the ship, and arranged
one or two small matters Of business.
shall have nothing further to keep me 10
London. and am anxious to see my Old
aunt She is almost my only relative now
left; was a fayorite OF hers. you rcmem-
ber"
Il think you are perfectly right in visit
ing her at once" Hammond answered,
quietly.
The Friday evening following found
Herder al Plymouth. Early next morning
he visited his aunt and one or two old
friends. and then made his way in the di-
rection Of the house in which he had spent
his bOyhood. 1t lay two or three miles
out of town, among fields and low hills,
and Herder found It without difficulty. A
few villas had sprung up in the neighbor-
hood, but otherwise the place and its sur
roundings were little altered. Time had
been esss6usy in this part of the vicinity
Of Plymouth than in most others. George
walked round the house, stood gazing over
the low garden walk for while, and then
strolled away in the direction of the hills
in the rear. By-and-by he came upon
stream flowing between grassy banks. and
shaded by willow trees. The recollec-
gtions of the place came fully back upon
him now, and he recalled point after
point in the landscape. As he followed
the windings of the stream, he felt him.
self once more on familiar ground, and he
almost forgot for the moment the years
that had elapsed since last he trod these
same paths. He had fallen into the sort
OF reyery which the circumstances natur-
ally induced. when he reached a point
where the stream widened into little
pool, with an overhanging rock on ore
side, on the other a close line of willows,
whose dropping boughs swept the clear
brown waters beneath. A boy who was on
the bank, looked up as Herder approached.
He had a frank, intelligent face and brown
waving hair.
GOOD sport this morning ?' asked Her.
der. accosting him.
mot first-rate - and the speaker lifted
the lid Of the small creel that lay on the
grass beside him, for the strangers in
spection Of the mornings take.
"This used 10 be good sport, and this
is not q bad morning either; little bright,
perhaps" continued Herder.
'.The river isn't SO good as it was once,
think, sir; at least if all the stories old
fishermen tell of it are true but daresay
th.se Ill chaps either forget or exagger-
ate. get good lot of fish sometimes,
though generally higher up than this. Do
,,,u ever fish here, sir l never saw you.
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