The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-01-08

inches Of n,y off knee. As lis biz hers
buckcl with the clumsy fl idle head h
had on his head, he struck the Euntin!
crop | earlcd to steer with smack ou
o. nv hand. and it went spinning ike
ulil wheel into a pollard oak c1osc by
II had given two pound ten for lh'
stick, and never expected to see it more
though it turned un again. and hangs ii
my saddle room now somewhere. Whci
[ lookcG around, as | was telling you
it az pcared not unlikely that VIC three
fellows should cannon into each othcr
as We jumped. and 20 to kingdom como
that way; bat neither Of them had thei'
horses in hand, while ! knew that Li.
dybird would answer rcins quite sweet
ly. Taking stock Of my position, quick
as thought, therefore, | drew sharp on
the snafflc to let Fiizurse aud Neville
thunder by, and bang they went head
over heels, fioundering about like wild
duck> who are badly winged. a minute
afterwards. Then | wheeled and made
u semicirclc to get The brock well under
my mares nose, and over she sprung
like a BIRD, Just then | became con-
scious that Lncy Hawks eyes had been
fixed upon ne, first with an expression
of fear as rode at the brook in which
Jack and Reginald were sp!ashing after
their tun,tling subsequently with Il
glance ofirrepressible JOY when / cleared
the big jump of the day and was booked
to win the race rs soon as it was all
over in the afternoon as was can,er-
ing home upon my pony, you may be
sure looked out for Lucy. and | found
her, as expected that should easily
enough, for had kept my eyes upon
her, ani knew which way she would 90
in to be ready for milking time. Be-
sides. she had trick of gathering flow
ers while waiting for her COW. which
Farmer Longmead's boy drove home for
her every evening from the common ;
and | had often watched her STOPPING
among the cowslips and wild lavender
when I went out fishing. She was there
as usual whcn l pulled up my pony,
who had been pattering along the hard
road to the tune Of potatoes and applcs;'
then | looked over the hedge and whis.
tied, bu. Lucy did not move, and |
think now that she must have been
blushing, for she stopped lower and
lower, and looked like timid little blue
shadow among the flowers, as the shrill
notes of my whistliDg went over copse
and meadow and lied away along the
river. 4 startled hare sprang across
nv path, I recolect, then dashed into
the tall ferns of our park and sat listen
ing in her form. The hare, too, re-
minds me Of Lucy. 1t was very ST.
lent altcrnoon. For miles and miles
the fields and woodlands seemed all
asleep, and nothing awake but | and
Lucy | have never known how it hap
pened, but by-and by she and | were
walking together, the pony following US
with his bride slung idly over ny left
arm, while my right was round Lucys
waist, and Ecr talk was rs the coolng OF
the wild dove in spring. | wonder even
now wha; We said to each other she
was such an empty creature, so i'aii, So
fair; | fresh from grammar shoo!,
srrong as IN OK and brown asa berry She
must have known nothing, yet we chat
ted on, ond | sat beside her rs she milk
ed the old cav, though my father was
Lord Of the Manor 1t was quite night
Ahen | said good-by to Lucy at last
and the moon was rising over a gravel
pi, which had been just opened on the
outskirts Of our estate. The grave
looked like gold us the moonbcams fell
upon it, though it was but POOR stuff,
as we found out when We came to dia
deeper. had got one foot in The
sliirup though | still held Lucy
hand, when noticed flower near my
pony's hools, and STOPPING down,
picked it up and gave it to Lucy -
She stopped down aud picked another
blossom. and as she did so our lips NE
for the first time. | took her flower ava,
from her, aud gave her mine We were
a very shy aud shame faced pair o
lovers.
"'Tis only daisy now, Master Ed
ward, do declare - said the girl, blush
ing, and counting with arch simplicity
the leaves on the wee flower. rs
dai<y. though, and daisies tell secrets
Her arithmetic | am sure was satlsiac
tory, for she smiled suddenly ard pu
her hand with Il spontaneous gesture
back mo mine before We parted.
II forget low often We met altc
that. but ! believe my mother got wine
of our doings through her French maid
about three months from the race day
and gave NE proper scoidlns, an'
made me promise to be good boy
She said i; was bad enough for Lucy
mother to have run off with Noting
ham pawrbroker who had married an'
deserted her, without my brlngln;
trouble on the Girl herself. | do no
know how my mother found out tha
Lucy's father was a Nottingham maj
and a pawnbroker, but she knew every
thing that was talked about in th
country, though she kept such a Sil
tongue in her head, except where ! VA
concerned. ! had no cnl Of bother II
getting out Of evenings to STE Lucy aiIc
this, for my mother seemed to have eye
all over the park ; and the manner y
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