New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-19

j lando began - laugh and asked her II d
were going 70 the university.
"NO," she said. sedately, "but have
brother 1t Eton between mo and the girls
''The girle!' muttered Orlando, under b
breath-and presently asked her, almo
dimdently, If she arranged everything.
YES" she snswered, raising her ey
brows little; II am the eldest, and Il ha,
to do tbings."
Then she turned to the governese, On
asked her If she snd the girls would joi
them later on the lawn. Miss Tubb mu
INJURED her thanks. blushed under JOS ey
and looked appeslingIy ct Lefty, who =
her out of the room.
"Sbe is very invaluable" said Mi
Jeanne, gravely, to the young man; an
then . sudden flush came over her fac
and her mouth was round as child's as Oh
ssid, "Oh, do you play lawn tennis!"
In few minutes she was ready, clad in
suitable gown, and armed With her favorit
racquet, and was quickly absorbed in Q tire
| mendous struggle with Orlando. Sh
laughed when the genial young gian
reached strokes which seemed impossible
and he laughed twice as loud admiring he
skill and quicknees, her parted lips, he
eager looks. and all the beauty whicl
seemed nothing to her. Thomas, Watching
Su0 PaoycIcs tuOukut Low muc0 AIAo Gnol
were, and yet how different, and how YER!
quickly they had become friends. Fo
some reason he could not feel their gaiety
and his thoughts wandered off with gym
patty to Miss Tubb, who hat of course
been disappointed in life, - anybody could
zee.
This was one of those rare GUNNER days
which seem to have no end. Each is q life
as happy as uneventful, and its chronicle
must be tedious as the biography of q
maiden aunt. Yet they are the great
memory loves to wander in idle hours, ae
the laden bee goes back and can not have
enough of sweetness. This long day was
scarcely old when Mr.. Dorian came home.
He found his family drinking tea in the
veranda, and Miss Jeanne, who had run
to meet him like q child, came leading him
by the hand toward the young men. This
father was evidently the kindest of men,
for Lefty proudly claimed his other hand,
10 flung herself upon him. and Miss Tubb
expanded in his presence. He had been all
efforts to believe in the wickedness of the
world, but to no purpose. There were
tears in his eyes a. he held out his hand te
Orlsnde and said, II must thank You again
tor what you did yesterday. don't know
how to say-I don't know how to think of
what might have been," and he put his arm
round his oldest child a. he spoke.
"Please don't speak II" cried Orlando, in
. great hurry, cit was nothing; could not
have done less tor cat"
Hereupon Miss Dorian burst out Laughing
and caught Thomas eye and stopped. She
him to her father, aud looked at
him curiously. She was puzzled and al.
most troubled by him, wondering what he
about 40 much,
"A splendid place." said Orlando that
evening, a. he bresthed the night cir in his
friends room.
II never believed in maiden simplicity
before" murmured Thomas, whose old en-
thusiasm for romance seemed rather stale
10 him.
"She is like an awfully nice, honest sort
If boy" said Orlando, with the air of one
inspired.
Thomas shuddered. There seemed to
him . certain profanity in the remark.
CHAPTER III.
meoth runs the water where the brook L. Deep
The days went elowly by, and the two
riends did not leave the farm by the river.
hey had not refused to send for their lug
age, and, after all, the place was q good |
entrsl point for lovers Of the Thames.
'hus it happened that great change came
YER the family, who were converted with
7onderful ease to Orlando's theory of life: |
fr. Dorian took holiday. He had read |
Wilhelm Meister" when boy, and there |
7as Q half-choked spring Of romance be- |
cath his ample waistc0st. He was now |
uddenly possessed by q conviction that |
rlsdom was to be imbibed with air, and /
hat health and happiness were incompat-
de with q shirt collar. He began to row
18th tremendous energy. to lead his family |
, distant spots, and to wonder in the coli
lde of his own room why exercise made
inn stouter. In the schoolrOom lessons
ere forgotten. 10 added = stupendous
hapter, in which was related the tragic
;ory of Miss Tabb's attachment to q barge
ian, by whose side the Farnese Hercules
as . puny whipster; and Miss Tubb her
If, after many fears of possible impropri-
lies, invested secretly in little manual
aiming.
The 6eadlong zeal and superb example
Orlondo inspired the community. Early
sing, though cynically regal ded by ser.
ante, became Q custom; and to greet the
sing sun with shout assumed the char.
,ter of 0 religious observance. To ride,
shoot, and to speak the truth, seemed
nee more the whole duty of man, and the
srdy Norsemsn found . home upon the
sntlest of rivers. The courage of the men
az matched by the endurance of the
omen, who made an exercise of hair
rushing, and sc0rned to shrek ct the split
,int Of hair pin. Simplicity was the
,shlon, and practical Lefty manipuls ted
er bed with 90 much dexterity that she
,uld almost lie in it as she had made it.
II things began to be viewed with the eye
the athlete. 1t was observed for the
rst time that the butler was beginning to
oop, and it was suRgested that he should
! his head. Miss Tubbs fell into feeble
,stacies over the wing muscles of the
irds, whom she had previously regarded
it'll merely sentimental interest a. feath.
ed songsters of the grove; and the very
might, which had been little more than
carees, gained new interest as q tremen-
Gus species of force. Thomas alone was
I'D. He congratulated his friend some
hat dismally on his successful preaching
the brutal lite.
BRUTAL life" cried Orlando; II wonder
lat you can use such coarse expressions"
"Why, il was your own word" said the
ther, staring.
"Say simple life, or Greek, Homeric,
eroic," said the prophet, whose voice grew
,uder with each epithet. Thomas smiled
> he recognized the refining influence of
10 despised sex. He was acquiring the
abit of smiling sadly. He took part in the
9mmon occupations, but often moved away
ito solitude. Sometimes he was discon-
,nted among the eager crowd, and having
1T them was more disconnected still He
overed ON the borders, hearing little and
imagining much, half actor, half spectator,
. comfortable as hypochondriac TANNED
q drafty doorway. One eye observes the
weet, treacherous moonlight without, the
Their warm, wide sofa within, but
10 draft on the neck is undeniable.
D was Thomas dissatisfied with the
orld and with himself, as he in.
,rpreted the words and actions around him
to his theory of the situation, his
lie of the hero who saved the lovely wo-
ian from the water. So, too, it happened
lat when Miss Dorian, who preserved q