The Morning herald., 1876-08-23
THE HALF.-C,ASTE
an Old GD1V71gRHBsg TALE.
FOUNDED ON FACT.
s.lsa.a for tk Morning H~aM'
eoyrurrp FROM YESTERDAYS EDITION

Hta - ~
Ihsd not gone far in and out Of the
TANGLED walks of the shrubbery when !
found found that Zillah had slipped away. !
saw hel at distance standing under aitall
Portugal laurel seemingly doing nothing
but meditate-a new occupation for her; 80 q
| left her to it, and penetrated deepsr1in
what my old Freach governe4 would hsys
called the "bocage." = NY fse& SUNK deep,
h fern, amidst which / plunged, trying.t to
gather great armful Of that and OF wild.
flowers; for l had, and have still the baby
,sh propensity Of wishing to pluck every
,aing see, and never can conquer the de-
light feel in losing myself in a wilder
ness of vegetation. In that oblivion Of
childlike content l was happy happier
than had been for long time: The
ferns nearly hid me, when / heard stir
ring in the bushes behind, which ! took
I for some harmless animal that I had dis
turbed. However, hares, fosea, or even
squirrels, do not usually give . loud
".Ahem:" . in the periectly human tone
some stray keeper, who mise66s fPsSSsaalti fsSSsalt
shoot me for rabbit ora poacher, till !
recollected l was not in England, but in
Ireland, where unjust landlords are re.
garded as the more convenient game. !, '3g
"Ahemw reiterated the mysterious
yoice-"ahem! Is it you, my angel7'
Never could any poor governess DO more
thoroughly dumbfounded.{ Ofcourse the
adjective was not meant for me. Impossi-
Die! Still it was unpleasant to come into
such near contact with case Of philan-
dering. Mere philanderipg it must be5 for
this was no village-tryste, the mans accent
being refined and quite English. Besides,
little as knew of love.maKing, it struck
me that in any serious attachment people
would never address one another by the
silly title of "my angel" Itmust be some
idle Irritation going on among the strollina
,vlSltants whom we occasionally met on tile
beach, and who had probably wandered
up through the gate which led to these
grounds. To put an end to any more con
hdeutial disclosures from this dfe zen gen
tleman, likewise said "Ahemv' as loud
%l could, and Immediately called out fol
allah. Whereupon there was bastS
ustling in the bushes, which, however
soon subsidized, and the place became quite
'tlll again, without my ever having caugh
hght Of the very complimentary individua
VINO had in this extempore manner ad
dressed me as his 'angel." Certainly
thought, II must have been as in
visible to him as he to me, or he nevel
would have done i" s'Ft
Mllah Joined me quickly. She looket
talaIf'frightened, and said she feared some
.Alng was the matter; had / seen any
llllng? AT first I was on the point 0
elling her all, but somehow it now ap
peared rather ridiculous position for
goVerness to be placed into have shoutet
ot assistance on being addressed BY mis-
@ke by an unknown admirer, and beside
i ald not wish to put any love-notioO int
meglrls head; they come quite soel
enough Of their own accord. So l merely
ald had been startled by hearing voice.
IN 'he bushes--that perhaps we were in
.alers on the domain, and had better nc
way longer. "Yet the place seems quit
r retired md desolate," said to Zillah as W
walked down the tangled walk that led t.
.as beach, she evidently rather unwilling
Uyo LONE. "Do you ever meet an,
strangers about here?"
she She answered briefly, "No."
ud Dld you see any one tonight :"
uI;ltes'-given with slight hesitation.
WHO was IT." rs
a man, think --at distance"
u Dld he speak to you."
give these questions and answers ven
p1n pSaIn, to show--what believed then an!
SStI,eye S;I, now-that, 30 far as / questioned
xa mllah answered truthfully. ! should b
'ely sorry to think that either at that tim
any other she had told me wilful liz