Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-17
and that only eight of them have as ye

and that only eight of them have as yet
shown any signs of backsliding."
cat that rate, said Rivers, "the whole
of Burmah must be very near conversion"
"Yes, indeed" replied the pious and
impervious lady, the evangelization
of that island can not be very far off. F"
"You err, madam, said Kinmont, who,
with generous benefcence, corrected every
error that was not his own, in calling
Burmah an island"
+" 1t was slip Of the tongue, Mr.. Kin
mont; know that it is an archipelago"
Kinmont smiled, as he remarked, with
tact as unconscious as her pleasantly, 81
perceive, Mrs. Royden, that you are a
humorist."
Thus the talk meandered on, until the
fruit and finger-bo had been introduced
and the last glass of champagne had been
drank. Then the ladies retired, and the
gentlemen, after escorting them to the
drawingroom, returned to the table to
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the wine, if SO disposed.
Mr.. Grayson bore deserted mien, bereft
of his daughter, and tried his best to hide
himself In a cloud of smoke. When
question was directly addressed to him, he
responded laconically, thinking all the
while of Ruth and his investments, though
mainly of them as her inheritance.
&C. hate this English dinner fashion"
said Archer, who had sat down next to
Goodwin; there is sort of masculine
brutality in it that does not belong to us
Americans. We men have dinners enough
together without excluding women when
we are in their company"
81 don't particularly fancy it, either.
But in this country we rarely do anything
except smoke before rejoining the ladies.
Nobody, you see, is drinking but Kinmont,
who is once more testing that Richebourg-
probably because he is meditating a chapter
on Burgundy wines in his Forthcoming
work
You were very silent at dinner, Oscar
1t is the one subject, suppose, that pos
sesses you"
Yes, can't help thinking of him."
'Or of her, my boy"
"If she were freed from him 1 might
not think of her."
"Would that could believe SO"
"What do you mean, Archer ?"
It had just occurred to me that 1
should be glad to believe anything" re-
piled the doctor, laughing, SO especially so
extraordinary statement as yours"
Il can hardly tell, Archer, when you
are or are not iesting."
Northrup, Yardley and Rivers had come
to pause in the discussion about the
growth of New York, and Kinmont had
found in Seth Grayson man who would
not oppose any of his theories to be en-
bodied in the +" Philosophy of Life" The
host arose abruptly, as if there might not
be another opportunity, and the six went
into the drawing room.
Elise Northrup was soon engaged in
conversation with Archer. When he
teased her, as he frequently did, she put
out her red lips very invitingly. Pres
emily she got volume of Browning, and
seated on sofa, read something to him
which seemed to render it necessary that
her hair should nearly brush his shoulder.
They talked together steadily for an hour,
until several OF the company had gone
and when he babe her good-by, she looked
into his eyes as if he had ensnared her
soul. On their way home Goodwin said to
the doctor, 60 Miss Northrup appears par.
tial to your society"
eyes for the time. She was trying to
make Kinmont jealous. She knows thing
or two, if no more"
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