Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-05

look of n;schievous triumph 90 his face; as
( /; was II al Concentrated IN his tone, as he
Swersd. "By Instinct, tow did Ealstad
Know The prince got very red then aid
know You must tel me all about this-how
You came To meet them and save her, aud
low much o. struggle you had before
came up. felt that / was coming tato
c! core as / rounded that rock"
] was, confess, so utterly suhjugated by
lis calling me princess that / hastily prom
is. d, ard we went on To the house, where
Ellen and escaped upstairs, luckily with
out being noticed. Ny opinion OF the this
tle-Gown Ellen would have been heightened
IL II had been she that tumbled and tossed
all night But / regret to say that she, after
passing Trough such peril. was asleep long
before The other servants came chattering
up. scarcely awoke with all their noise. and
broke into good heal thy snore, the moment
csTsness and silence began, l, on the con-
traIy, lay looking at the dim rafters of the
| roof In The starlight until nearly morning;
and when ghostly moon shOne in, about
O'CLOCK, IL made me dream horrible things.
ConsequeI tly looked like a ghost the next
day, While Ellen was as much full blown
cabbage rose as ever. Ton of Ton gave me
one lance OF pity when he came In To his
brea kfast, but made no other sign. Ellen
was little more quiet than usual, and she
did come TO me as soon as she found chance
and said in an awkward, confused way: Al
am glad you did send that hoTrid man OIL,
last night. i know he was bal, now. Mrs.
SeeIs wife of our proprietary told me she
was glad he was gone, for she hal ben
watching him, and thought he was not very
nice" Not very nice! Mrs. SeeTs might
have watched, simply. until the girl was
actually carried of, and all her watching
| would have done no good without some ac-
| ton. DO you suppose il was mere chan 20
| that sent me down that path just when /
went that night? Ten minutes later might
| have been just too late. Such things maze
| one think all sorts of strange thoughts, as
| You would know il would write item out.
Well, this letter is like a dime novel; p 10
this is all The startling you will have. We
all 90 away some now, and nothing more an
happen. But my dear girl 1t is glorious not
to have sneeZed a single while / have been
hereto be able to shake my fist at that box
OF hanC kerchiefS (gentleman's siZe) which is
down in the bottom of my trunk. Not 10 bs
obliged Ia say "RepubiIkad knub" when |
am talkir politics, aud not to have, as yOu
would lay. ihe long lashes of my starry eyes
hung with tears, and the eyes themselves
red and green with rubbing. Here's goo l.
night and good conscience As ever,
BECKIE GRAY.
SEPTEMBER 20.
Dear CUSGrd: The thing ] have dreaded
ever since have been here has come 10 pass.
have lived In Micawberish fear that some
thing would turn up, aud, yesterday, dust
and ashes were on my head because some
thing did. / saw some well known trunks
| IN the hall, and to make assurance sure,
there was ID. L.. Cecil" aud on another "F.
| =. C." There. the game is up. You know
| how impulsive our intimate friend Fannie
| Cecil is. l felt 1t all, aud ran along 10 the
Office TO find her room, which discovered,
| made a lire shot OF myselffor her door. Alas!
| as was turning from the staircase heal to
| go along the passage-way TO her room, be
| hold she had come. half way along it, AMI
| Ton Of Ton emerging from his room at that
| moment, L had the pleasure of seeing him
| bow and go up To her. Ii she had seen me
she would have given haIloo and fallen
| on my neck. Ny movements were of the
| Lightning kind for the next i've minutes, and
| i prayed, in the dining room, that whe
She and her father came in TO supper they
| might be placed back toward me and at a
| distaEce. OF course thar perverted heat
waiter set them so that Mr. Cecil facet me.
| | remembered that he was near-Signtei l. aud
| trusted that be had lost, left, or smashed his
eye glasses. No, the wretch calmly put
thu M on and gaZed Scref ely around to the
| region where was, in the course Of his lei
surely survey could have told when his
dear Old eyes rested on his back hair as GER
taiI y as II al OXyhydrOgeE blDwpipe had
| been opened on il full blast. Bless him?
What good times had hat with him and
Fannie in Europe. aLd how | hatet him
now. AbstIactedly presented young la ~
| Of tie party was waiting on with pickles
when she icd for some more sugar, and
tried 10 pour mill. into the baby's tuInb er
out OF the carving knife. | was Indignantly
| sent 10 make hot toast and managed 10 cool
down little, hot a. jgst operation is gen
| orally considered ON n lot summer night /
! bored Mr. Cecil's attention would be Turned
| upon something else ny Inc time got b tck.
But YOU cannot throw keen Old LAWYER OF
| the track. He hal evidently spoken In
| Fannie, who was loUSiug around full of
| cur Osity, and, what was worst of all Ton of
| Ton was regarding US with Al eagle eye, and
| evidently thought there was situation
somewhere. | saw IT, All In about a quarter
| o. a glance, and how felt Don't talk to me
about leading a fOrlorn hope; 1t is a mere
| joke TO facing inQuiring friends under unex
p, ctefi circumstances with dish of toast In
| your hanC; especially when the awkwardness
| j. all in the toast and your conscience is
| clear. / expected Fannie would get up, tear
| across the room, call me by my name, de.
| mand an instant explanation, and that mad G
| me- de perate Putting down the toast, and
| putting on a cool, quiet look, walked over
| 20 them, asked Fannie if there was anything
| i could do for her, and said in an impera b.
| manner: "Keep stu! Don't say word"
| Like an angel She said in loud voice, " l
want the butter" IT was within half an inch
| OF her nose, and pushed 1t half an inch
| learer aud went back TO my own table, leav-
| ing Mr.. Cecil very much tumbled up and
| down in his mind. What Ton of Ton thought
| bad no means OF knowing, for / did
| not dare 20 much as move an eyelash
| in his direction. There was one consolation
| in his being gentleman. ! knew he
| would Lot ask Fannie about me because he
must have seen that did not wish to be
| known. But j felt as IL peck OF humble bees
| were up my sleeves until about half past .,
| when Fannie went to her room, and /, on
the watch, tapped at the door almost as
| howl and seized me around the neck before
| / could stop her, and we had good old-time
hug. and then she asked me forty questions
Il
| up with, "NOw, Beckie, what does 1t all
| mean?' II did not take long to explain, and
| she laughed over my being incog., and de-
clared it was good enough for a story. Then
| Mr.. Cecil, whose room was next, heard US,
and came humping on the door, and re-
| lieved his mind as soon as he saw me,
| knocking of his spectacles in his excite
ment, and giving me two kisses, which
| pleased me, he is usually so reticent and
| dignifed. Then 1 had TO explain and ex-
pound to him and swear him 10 eternal Sc
| crecy, which had the greatest difficulty In
| doing, and lad TO knock him clean Off his
| feet, so 10 speak, because he was deter
| mined should stay the rest of the time It
his expense. l talked and reasoned, and he
| declined TO listen to reason. "Sir," said |,
and struck an attitude, when, in the course
| OF human events, 1t becomes necessary
that decent regard for ones eyes aud
| nose requires an unprecedented fleeing To
| the mountains for refuge, stand not upon
| the order of my going, but go. Sir, my in
| dependent flag is nailed 10 the mast, and 10
man shall haul it down and pay my bills for
| ne" AT this fight of unIeasOn he became
| reasonable, and he went TO talking about
| Europe. About half past 10 came away 10
| go 10 my garnet, and of course came upon
| Ton Of Ton going To his room. The creature
! Is always around, and believe now he saw