The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-27
A YOUNG LADY'S LETTER.
Continued

shot over in'the very smoothest place,
and went straight out into the pool.
And there's party down yonder fishing
In punt, and / see that very Identical
bit Of paper up against the side OF the
punt, and | says to myself: II that 'ud
ha' been bank note it couldn't ha' took
more care of itself; and there it may be
now, they've took aboard"
"Thank you. How can get there?
Through the lock, Of course; but that
would take time. Can cross higher up,
and run down along the bank beyond the
weir and call to them? Can l leave the
canoe there safelyY'
"Pll keep an eye on her for you, sir"
A'Thank you. But your eye won't do
much from this side, if somebody else
should think fit to put a hand on her on
the other" H.r aU.5o
"Shell be right enough. That's Mr..
Pettigrew's, amt it?"
"Tm sure don't know. Well, if you
will wait here shall be obliged. Thank
you"
"Thank you, sir"
To cross the river, to land on the op-
posite side, to fasten the canoe to the
stump Of an old willow-tree, to run along
the bank and past the weir and to come
in sight of the fishing party, was the
work Of very few minutes. Paul Les
car, however, did not see the white paper
at the side Of the punt, but, as the man
had said, that might be because the peo-
pie in the punt had taken it on board.
OF course it was disappointment not to
see his treasure before his eyes, more
especially as its absence from the scene
entailed the necessity Of making ques-
tions and answering them.
The people in the punt were sitting
quite silent. and almost motionless.
Perhaps because Of the stilling in
fluence Of the scene---the calming beauty
Of the wooded banks to their right; the
blue Of the sky overhead; the whiteness
of the tumbling, foaming water just be-
fore them. Perhaps because Of the sooth-
ing monotony Of the rook cawing in the
distance, the roar Of the weir; perhaps
because of the necessity for not disturb
ing "the fish" and perhaps a little be-
cause bottled ale taken in however small
quantities in the open air has an ex-
ceedingly soporific effect on the sys-
tenn. -.-,.
Paul Lescar, hot and excited, was az
sudden and as rousing in the complete
quiescence of the spot as a whirlwind
in desert.
'"What an internal rowl' thought he
"How am going to make them hearT
There were ladies in the punt. Ladies
are actually in the way sometimes Ill
couldn't shout out eli! hip to couple
of ladies, and "Hi!" is sound that car
ries far. ..,.'.
He began nervously with Excuse mt
-. They heard nothing at all OF this
80 he inflated his lungs and shouted:
"Hex Goose me-" 1t did soun(
like preamble or an apology, but it wa
a noise and attracted attention.
"Oh!-look at that man gesticulatin
on the bank; what is he sayingT' SAL
one of the party. ia
Mr.. Lescar shouted something.
"What does he say? Something abou
newspaper
"A newspaper? Oh, ] know! It's tn
man from the station about the papers
What fool he must be to come herr
shouting at us like that. All right--a
right. The Times and The Saturday RI
yiew-Times! Saturday Review"
..Whatp' shouted Mr.. Lescar, infnit'
lypuzzled,
we are not to be trusted with ninepenc
All right-all right. Leave 'em at tE
house. Tomorrow. Tomorrow"
"He's saying something about som
thing being a better-I think" said OF
lady who had sharp ears.
"Well, don't want his opinion abo'
the papers read. Don't laugh like tina
Georgiana! The Times. The Saturd;
Review"
f"He's laughing himself" said Geor
ina. "It's not a man--its a gent
man."
There was a roar of laughter at t
defnition, in which for some reason
other the individual ON the bank join
heartily.
'FYou're right. I don't think it's t
station man." ''r
= at amt the station man." said t
fisherman placidly. "Leastways, it all
the station paper man as know on"
s"Well, we had better shove in and /
what he wants. We can leave the pol
He evidently doesn't mean to go tall
has had speech Of u.s."
So they prepared "to shove in"
Mr.. Lescar was serious enough by
time they had come within speaking d
tance Of eaclrother. 1t was rather
awkward thing to explain to punt f
of curious people-of whom two w
ladies-that he had disturbed them fr'
their peaceful employment, shouting a
gesticulating to them wildly from
tant bank-not because somebody b
Just caught whale in the upper rea
.Aor because the Mikado of Japan was
that moment passing through the X
with twenty junks full Of attendants, q
the sight was worth seeing, but becaus
little bit of note-paper had aoated o
the weir and had been stopped by tn
punt.
"rm sure I must apologize to 20
said he petting crimson when they W