St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-09-10

gelItlc lady VINO WAS her hostess. by
this means they could present her with
boxes f"r the opera, they could lend her
new books. they could even offer to eS-
cont herself to an exhibition of pictures.
All this WAS smooth sailing. Little did
we perceive in it the elements of Il
tragedy. The Young lady accepted
these marks of tricndineSS with Il sweet
impartialitN doubtless they were
merely little acts of courtesy extended
to II stranger from Il distant land.
And of the Young American lady
herself? Well. she WAS neither very
wise nor very learned; but she was
exceedingly pretty, and she had Gu
riouSly winning and fascinating man
nrr that drew women aS well as men
toward her Perhaps it was the soft
ness of her voice; perhaps it was Il
kind of piteous look in her dark gray
eyes; but amy how. people liked to get
near her. and when they got near her
they got interested in her, and when
they got Interested in her they imme
diatcly went and asked every body else
what waS her story. No one present
knew. 1t was supposed to he rather Il
painful Hilair-had she not been en-
gagged To he married tu Il Young man
who WAS drowned within 81 ght of shore.
Paul and Virginia fashion but in any
case she always referred to il in Il vague
way. apparently wished to keep her
SoIrow Il secret. For the rest. Miss
Amy WAS rather tall and pale; she wore
Il good many rings. and when she tray
cllcd she displayed Ia the other i'll
hahltant> of the railway carriage Il bag
filled with all sorts of curiuSitirS in the
way of scents and other toilet rcqui-
sites. One might have laughed at the
fashion in which she played with these:
only she WAS 80 pretty and child-llke
one had not the heart To laugh at her.
She seemed to pet herself because every
body else pcttcd her.
We drove 10 Paddington Station.
There Wa> Il Young man there, looking
turtivelv up and down the platform.
He came /" us and said. with an amount
of confusion in his face that seemed T."
make him Il uitlc ~mlkl:
"Dh. are Nou going into the country .!
Really What beautiful Weather, |
took it suddenly into my head /" run
down /" SEQ Mail"W il must he look
imy ;" pretty just now.
Miss Newton said nothing ut all.
though she seemed surprised; but the
small lady beside her vino manlgc>
all such things with IN infinite tact and
discretion smiled dcmurcly. and re
marked:
Nv hat an odd coincidence, We are
going To NARROW also. We shall make
quite Il little party how very nice -
When once the IwkWarduc>> of the
meeting wa> over, Nh. Maurice WIS
apparently highly delighted with his
good fortune; and he did his best all the
way down To make himself an agreeable
companion. taking care /" address him
self mostly Ia the elder lady. on
would have iImcicd thai he meant to
leave t" me all the talk with ON pretty
Miss Amy those Young men are -"
trau>paIrntlN cunning.
Well. We got down at length +" the
small country ~tnti"n. and hrI" th"r"
WAS AN humble carriage IL waiting T."
drive u> to the river side: We passed
along through the sweet smelling fields.
We drove Though the quaint hrIIc
town. whicli Vas all shining NOW in the
warm li.ht Of the cNruim" sun. We
passed the rhdIrh and got down t" the
hlid.c ami there before u>. on the 9th
ID
Ei>hlumcd inn ui ned brick amidst lt~
IIim plots nf flowers and shrubs.
Ibid N"u ever >cr any thing more
lrauIilul =" Queen IiIa >IN>: and in
deed. il would hc uiiiirIIlt To- cumpo>,. Il
prrtti,l picture than We mrhrld ut this
n"m,ui the SOLITARY. quaint. red. old
huiidm" 10y the side "i the river. the
>u"nth Watrl rejecting the ,ll""ring
Iirc~. the " hirr lur at the W"iI. and
hchiud all these some rich meadow :
| lraIim" over t" u low rampant ni hills.
! the thick woods on " hirh were huiniu"
red in the >lIr~ct.
/ 1t Na- in Truth. Il peaceful spot. and
We drove "\cI Tia" lnld@r. and round
and down T." the inn, with something "t
i notion that h,lr. ior - space. We
should shut nut all The cares and >l"ImN
Passions al lh,. N"rli. and dream ON
selves back int" Il r"udiIi"n nt piinIr\ al
peace aud iuuuc"ucr. We goi down
tl"m the carriage. lhr >nllilIN matter
VA at the donI Ia receive Us. w, hoped
that Nr should hr Ia, only occupants "i
the famous old ho~tcIiN.
just at this mumcnI the face of the
Noun. gentleman who had come with
I> MIS- nhScI we'd ln change. color. and Il
most uu.hIi>riam ylram of angel >l"l
fimm lis eyes. Who WIS this hlithc
and hu\"m person who. dressed IN Il
fishing of "IaN. came GINlN
:iInu" the passage. aud seemed over
Whrlmcd with .nGiI,Iucmt and JOY III
seeing us.
Nv hat ," said hr. ''cIn il hc posi-
hlc ;" Bless my soul. nov What {;
inItumalc thing, Hut VII" could HAY,
dIcanrd oi meeting N"u here, ot al
places in this sinful but delightful
world -
Who. indeed II has been the lot q
the present writer io have been present
at dramatic performances in the capital,
of various countries, hut he has never
Witnessed Il more beautiful piece of act
ing than that which was performed 10y
n stout and middlc-agcd gentleman ol
the Threshold of an inn in Berkshire
We were very nearly imposed ON. Fo
the moment il almost seemed real. Blu
then our common ScIIS, came to the res
, cue and we knew that this Slv al,
dog had quietly slipped down here an,
taken up his quarters in anticipation q
our coming. while the most we cnul,
hope for WAS that the green and frrtil,
plains of Berkshire might not he stain
ed with blood before the week wa
out.
CHAPTER IL.
THREATS.
They behaved themselves prett,
well at dinner. We dincd together il
the coffee room, Il queer, ow-rooied ol,
. place. with an abundance of window
looking ont on the river. and with col
urcd pictures of the Thames hung rouu,
, thp wallis The only other occuu,ut N