New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-15


About a score Of us-men, women and CHILDREN
- eating our breakfast at roogood's place down
I'm suffolk. one ~c"temuer DlOrulng, when lOogon'
who had been reading his letters, looked up, rub
bling h.s bald head and lr'Tnlng. rs ne does III
,ro1cntS of distress and Gale ont across the table
TO b,s vie, j say mother. PerclyaIs coming TO-
.Feroiyalg Per,iyal9 repeated Mrs. ,Tooeood
vaguely. Oh. DO Won mean the man with the req
Th, 1ooeools are such extremely hospitabe
peo. the ca 10 Is hardly possible 10 conceive sut
ntlnr as tNat either Of thsm shouid leel sorI{ az
the prospect receiving an additional Ruest III Il'I
rapaeior, boise and ilofrv Neville only maze
I,,.lf tLe snc..~y oman OF the entire company 'N
asking IN % tone Of aston;Shment Why because
nc wei. We YES: partly because Of that, answered
hi2 lo'go1 ,a WI, ci lag said Tooeood in a oud
voice: not a word about red hair 50 long as Mr..
PeYCval Is here. ~
don't know how many children Ioog'2a hasL ~
have never attempted 20 count trehi-Iu i. 81"
ir,vy trcf If there was ANYTHING which pdIucu-
larlv wished 20 prevent them IRON dlIueng TO- me
very las, course that should adopt Wouid DC 10 tel
The first child. continued Toocood resolutely,
',yhn mentions the beet OF red Ealr DURING MI
pcr.lvars visit wall he VhOpptd, or cohun-d 10 tht
nursery II made to learn the first SIS propositions
Of Euclid bv heart according TO age ana sex 80
.Agi how about adults p MIS-. Neville inquired.
'What is to be done 70 them II they hurt your
ION he'll look after the adults answered Too
good rather gIo0mIly; o believe he hail killed d
man 10 Oxford, years ago Tor calling MN Oarr4tS'
don't know what he'd do i'm the ease of lady, M
sure: but ! wouldn't try chatting him. Miss NeYiLe'
If were yOu-I wouldn't really.
Now that, again, is not the sort of Nhnc that
should have said with p view to maklug ~Uit OF
Florrv's behaving herself; but dear old Iooe"od IS
ALWAYS savIrg things thai he ought not 10 say
'Irrrival isn't a bad fellow, lac continued pen
sively $50 long as Won don't ruo nm tAr wrong
way: only. unfortunately, II takes very RUE 10
ruh him the wrong way ana Wheh ne .l' mo one
Off, temper.-weu, ITS uncommonly HiS'E'eea'ie
Tor pyerVba1V'
however. When he did come lie turned ont
like so many things that one has looked for
far as appearances went He Va- not I'D tie least
lie fine 6ore m the picture book nor like ans OGRE
at all. bur tall and wemade fellow "l SIN or
seven and twenty, whom nine people out OF TEA
would have pronounced decidedly gjod-ioohlus.
Certainly his hair was IL l.; bat 1t was cut so snort
tina. its color hardly attracted attention, and lie
wore neither beard nor moustache. 10 was Just
before dinner that we hau our hfst view or MIN
and | scru' inHed him then ana Throughout the
evening rather narrowly MISUNDERSTANDING any
thing about him different from the rest on inc
world. except that las eyes were IittIe restless
and that lie spoke with certain hurried excl ability
when he was interested in his subject. II Lee had
Iopu a horse Won would have said that he was Il
lgh-cOura-eI animal, nothing more. At dessert
the children stared at Nun with round eyes. and
could see that my feeling OF olsaPpoi4 tment was
Shared by them; but they made 40 drea nj IT,
marks nor was the harmony OIL t'e eFeh!HA III any
way disturbed. As Tor ms manners. nothing could
have been more pleasant. His VOICE was rather
loud, but not DIS agreeable: ne talked R'Od "Cdl-
chiefly about portland was very CHEEKY and I'M
affected aud rc3tg 10 MAKE trends WIN every nO"y'
After dinner Horny Neville TOOK MN dt@f Iui3 ID
conner and began 20 hlrJ with him outragcously;
but that had known beforehand she would
10. / Inlv mention that IluTy Is my COUSIN anu
pat have been acquainted with her little ways
for many Years Rufus appeared To be much
taken with her. don't know whether she chIicd
hun or not; but. If she dId, her ch3u must nave
been Of a very mid order. for no one could have
looked more compliment than DE dld when the
ladies went upstairs and we adjourned TO The
smOkiuE-rDOm.
After he had been three days in the house he had
made himself quite a popular person nav in5
spotcn no uuclvIl word 70 anybody. nor offended
against single law of GOOD breeding, unless lt were
In his attentions to FlCTrY, which were perhaps
iu.t a shade to, couspiclous, and which seemed 70
cause Mrs TOOgood some anxiety. But Gu the
fourth day something happened which was Quue
ceria ain to happen sooner or later. tIoIEy grew
moro recent arrival. As soon as dinner was over,
saw Percival make for the STA upon which she was
sitting with ms Supplanter; l saw her looh up at
him over her Ian with that ar OF innocent surprise
an inquiry which she knows 50 Wei how to assume
when II suits her purpose and then after saying
a few words 10 her, he suddenly Whlskeu rOlnd
upon his heels ana came stridlnL toward the fire
place vii scowl upon bis face winch Doded no
piece Evidently the desire 10 break something
was strong upon him; but be spared the china.
Al he did was to snatch up the poker and begin
hammcring at the Goals with violence when sent
some red-hOt Cinder- flying out on 10 the hearth
rug. This was certainly breach Of good man~rs
and when | mildly asked him whether anything
the matter. he inquired savagely What the
devil | meant hV that-whiCh was worse How
ever he begged my pardon presently, and l sad it
was 81 no consequence.
ON the following morning we went out after the
pariiidges again. and don't think ever ~ all my
IA saw man shoot so wildly as Percval did. He
Ia. started in "A bad temper. aud the more he shot
the more angry he became. Everybody who spoke
10 h.m got sworn al for his pains, and he ended bv
pulling up in the riddle OF a tuInip-held pitching
his gun half dozen yards away, and marching on
with his hands il lis pockets growing and mutter
In 20 himself.
Dear me" said Toogood rubbing bis head. ne
90 L.d after his Ietrectug guest how ridiculous It
H. 20 be sure' Fancy n man Of his age behaving
uke % spoilt child ia that vavG
an said Noreton / told You how it would he
No You'll see. Hc'l 90 back to the house and XII
the arSt person ho meets.
suppose ought TO 20 after him. sighed Too
But SAID / would 20 and my oner was accepted
DO. IKE a good fellow oliver answered Too
go'd; q believe you can quiet him down better
TIe tTnih is that our irascihe friend had taken
ratEer q fancy TO ne. Tar be it from me q sag
ge>' that my own personal attr1 ctions Ucr" not
andy 81 lcleut 10 account for this; still ] have
observed that when ! happen to he staying in tho
samc house with flOTy Neville, men often do take
a fancy 30 me. ! don't know Why they should in
ague that because she is my cousin II is worth
III = Will. 20 worm themselves into my good
gll.ts: but the fact remains that they DO
! overlook PeIcival in the adjoining field where
j" had stopped short and waited Tor me, alter hay
IL been shouted al three or io'r times
Wen he said. looking anything but amable,
what's the rowY What 10 y0u want
] have brought you your gun. sad !; you may
want it again PERHAPS Ia not quite up 10 the
mark myself TO-DAY. 50 l thought / might as well
walk home with you'
Til, SOFT answer scanned TO hay, the eject Of turn
IL away hs WIN b. llo laughed ana c.apPed me
FATHER heavily upun the shoulder saying, pom
NJ word. Oliver. yCu aViullv good lttle chap.
TIA, is what one gcts Uy being eoJd-patured. !
nay te quite as sensitive Hjoat my dim nulNe
si4,ur. az some other people are about their rel
hair; b1i beca- 81 don't fly iH.o tanirums M
thinks nothing Of calling mo q good htte chap
where's If ! hal said. for instance. You aren't
BAL sort Of red -hca led differ PerciVa after ALL
lsuppose he would simply have torn me 10 pieces
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