New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-16

it entirely of his own accord 1t behooVed MN "
For some time the piece of paper kept to the
middle Of the stream so did the punt ana co saId
with cows and several subsequent ones. They
passed q villa or two with well 1roned laWns.
Then stretch Of meadow land S tbe% neared
man fishing from the bank. ,. :.
ali! hi p called ont Mr.. Lcscar, catching as II
were ut q straw. j say! maven Ho' "
The fisherman on the bank was practical and pert
Nsither amt r shouted me- gTR no at him with
one eye The other he felt obliged 10 keep nAeu
the floating piece of white paper ahead q n docs
the current set in : Shan't go aground some
Likely as not" shouted the man, grinnng
"" You wait here till come back, my man"
shouted Mr.. Lescar. 49, ,,4
and Mr. Iescar came to rather sudden bend IN the
river The current took the piece of paper WIN IL
to the elbow as it were. of the bend where belnS
light craft not drawing more than the hunuIeuIt t
part of an inch Of water. it wriggled for nom9h5
or 30 in the grasp of small eddy, and then saIiea
of again into deep water and went on ITS way. NoV
so the punt of Mr. Lescar. They, too, were taken
to the bend by the current but be9g 100 aIEe anu
heavy to toss lightly about in whirlpool the SIZE
of waShhand basin, there they stopped. That is
to saw there the punt stopped. For young L t
was of too impatient temperament 70 S e vas rs
easy to follow its course down the banks on MS
legs as to float hepessly matter OF ten yards OF 80
Follow it to the best of his ability he did It may
be thought strange that this piece OF paper snou
have gone so long on its way stoppe Dy WE ".
creeping through the water to the ar anu Iglio
but the fact is that it did so float in that @
manner One secs the strawS and twlgs thaJ nave
been gtopped-but one cannot tell how tar they Iay
have come tumblng over weirs and gliding through
open locks before they were so brought 10 s'auu-
Nor was Mr. Lescar stopped. Cows were of course
nothing to him. Boards with suct octad
Beware of the dOg"" Private, during inc nooi 1
this road is under water troubled him not at al
He nassed few people certainly, hut however hHty
he might himself be engaged in the pursuit OF MISS
Munniss's truant correspondence, ne was ,qule
sensible that T would ne Oh no use co az tbe old Cen
tleman had his dog with him, and because tue dog
was wet. and having presumably been III me wafer
for his pleasure, might possibly be induced 10 go
ilaS sir ~ SIR your dog has been in the water
hasn't he mean ietc n mugs mug out
GOOD Cd, sir! where =" cried the ola man
stopping short at once with face OF horror
He allow viH me to explain. There it goes No. by
1--we A Eve lost til Eo There it is out i'll the full
of the stream. It's little bit OF hotepaper -
The old man was furious e.
a. Nv d I Won young fellows think it very
clever thing to startle quiet old gentleman out OF
nooSnfIaman1v but YOU are quite welcome to your
fun sir if such little things anuse y9un,; por1
IescaT' a / am quite serious l assure you. Do let
me Yop lose your bit of paper if you dO said the
oit fy love! so shall ? cried the young man. and
was Of leaving the old gentleman standing STAR
inc after him in utter amazement. m
NJ Poor fellow, touched III the head! That's what
comes of competitive examinations Every Drlll
stuffed exactly alike Healthy strong Ta Ro G9es tt
whole thing in nutshell; Poor FELLOW ,I,o,
Meanwhile the poor fellcw was scsinperlng tlH-
ing very nearly lost sight of his piece OF paper across
first meadow and secondly a relnarkably Well
lent lawn having calmly opened and come through
little gate that divided e GnT at This Es own o inner
Enence and deyOutly hoping that the family
we're ali out. For behind the lawn OF coHIse tn4Ie
| was house. and behind the walls OIL lhaU HOUSE
| presumably there would be a family; $1,000. A. Ill,
Fortune however. is known to favor the Doid.
| and she not seldom extends her patronage to the
| impudent At the further end OF the lawn was
dminutiye harhor Of refuge cut IN the lawn ltSSu'
| lust wide and long enough to hold canoe. Al1 III
! il there was a canoe, ana, croWnine nIrlv3 "a
| naddle There are some temptations too strong To
| SO Successful battle with Mr. Lescar dd not At
fenInt TO fight with this To get into the canoe
70 tpsr after the bit of paper-t0 pass ito gently
fish If up with one end of the paddlc-t" return TO
the little hArhor-tO chain ~ the canoe anu 20 WiIh
| hact triumuhantly to Miss Munniss-seemcd such 4
harmless SET of proceedings, that he at once pro-
! ceedpd The chain was unfastcncd, the canoe.
He was so excited. so delighted, above all III such
hurry that perhaps he had not ears 10 near ANYHOW
he did not hear the thud OF quickly coming loot
steps until the person whose leet NtiS sIrplns NJ
| close upon him. Then he turned, OF Goulse' Win
| the most guilty Mortified start possible. Ana the
| ncxt second Young man, as excited and as strong
! as himself had put his hanu on Is sh1uI'Gi
| Il mil the moment Paul Lescar looked up INC III
tpntion of the owner of the canoe, whose wrath III
lis lTrf Journey from the house to the water edge
hnJ crown ferccr and fcrcer with every STEP had
heeu to seize the intruder by the collar anu 10 snake
the life out of him. But when lie sd" lIi' iic I''i
| IN do with an individual who, however fire. and
| easy i'm his views, was still gentleman III the
| vrIgar acceptance of the teTn--le, not 2 mere
needy thiefhe altered his Intention, VIII 'la' IL
nate love of fair play, and that deep dislike to put
ting ones self i'll the wrong by 100 nasty CohCIu-
sion which is a characteristic OF Enghshmen gem
eraly nresnme. sir that you don't know that that
canoe is private property, and that TINS lawn Is
S'sp Yes do" was the hurried answer. Lend her
10 me for minute OF two, and III bring her 6pGk
and apologize to you from then till bedtime. Only
oCh yn S,T nn lf take me for laundering ass
"No don't I'm the ass. Look here-lieres my
card. In that Pocket-book you I'M u rv IT, and I
must get it for her. Back in a minute - a. =
There was installing the expression OF inc IN
truder's eyes or the frank tone Oh Iis VOICE. lA'
%Ali right said he; "yOu1l confess it t. looked
awkward Get IN m Of ft Rg tub RcT Gq Gan you
lns Yonr Very good Can manage herf Ratherp
He took her gently out with two careluliXc a.,
Guam With a wary touch to the right now and
then till she was straight. An upset here would
have been disastrous; and she was OuiiI ior speed
When m. he had given few vigorous strokes, and
had left the villa far behind nm ne was nolIiny
to no tFafes Of tb the paper Nas yey
tInS n,ore rand than lie had imagined, or he had
wasted RaS1 more time than he Thought He Stopped
padding and after allowing for the t1t 6I t{
dtG AVIAN layTdmarfs, quickly behind him. The
rent had therefore carried the bit Of paper Ions
wav in that short time Here the river was broad Du
s,He way ahead of him it was divided into two
channels l09s i island N The The 6SE right channel leo
!" a '6f TWO tbings-one" thought he. "Eithcr thai
hit Of PAPER has had the gumpion to go straight (
the lock in which case ! shall probably ind 1
Stonned by the gatesor ii has been idiotic enough
fo 20 over the weir in which case must go afte
| ~ eONr..i ~ That will he q nuisance. seGinl