The Owosso times., 1882-01-27


s that the young lady and gentleman
t would have to stay upon the hill al
. night, and hoped they had SOM
I wraps
| Stay on the hill all night, woman
f My daughter with that young man
Good gracious, Mr. Salway, you must d.
/ somethingl This is too dreadfulr
} So a search-party was organized
though with some difficulty, anC
} guides, brandy and lanterns obtained
, but before it set out Mrs. Salway haC
been moved to contemplate the affair
} from different point Of view. She
; heard the 'tarn' and the cliffs men.
J toned in whispers by the guides with
: ominous glances, and saw from her hus
J bands face that he knew and did not
think lightly of their suspicious. Up
to this time she had thought only of
her daughters good name, and the way
in which it was being compromised,
but now her fears for her daughters
safety took the place OF this feeling.
Agnes and Laura, eloquent enough be-
fore, were awed into silence, and the
affair was assuming very serious
light in the eyes of all, when a cry out
side proci2imed some news, and just as
the party were starting into the mist
and rain, the lost ones stood before
them.
Thank Heavenp cried Mr.. Salway,
taking charge of Mary. who, what
with her wornout condition and her
very natural confusion Was near faint
ing. Mrs. Salway, in the revulsion of
feeling and fear to relief and then to
anger, had nothing to say on the spur
OF the moment. The girls surrounded
Mary, and rs they did 80 they looked
defiance, and yet sort of admira-
tion, at her daring companion.
please look to your daughter, Mrs.
Salway; she is very wet and fatigued.
1t is my fault and that of the mist
that we are so late. But l will ex-
plain, am sure to your satisfaction in
the morning
TO my satisfaction, sir! cried Mrs.
Salway, taking up an indignant atti-
tude between him and Mary; but before
she could say any more the greater cul-
prit has gone, and the lesser one was
not in a state at present to hear the
lecture which Mrs. Salway was pre-
pared to administer. And l think
it was still held i'm over the
young lady when they took their seats
outside the coach for Bowness next
day; she was evidently in disgrace,
and her mother would not let her quit
her side for moment. For wonder,
Mary had escaped all injurious effects
of the exposure, and though very quiet
this morning and very shy, she did not
look altogether unhappy, and once or
twice on the road smile would cross
the demure little face, and twinkle of
fun appear in the big brown eyes. Mrs.
Salway saw something of this; and
feeling sure that Mary was infatuated
with that dreadful young fellow added
a few severe phrases to the lecture she
was coming, and hardened her heart
to administer it without mercy. Mary
shall 60 home to Hampstead tomorrow;
with Anne she will be out of danger
she mentally determined; Anne being
the sourest of MarSs maiden aunts, at
this present moment taking care of
their house during the holidays. No
more holidays for you, young lady,
thought her mother to herself.
They had passed Esthwaite water
and were nearing Windemere, when
the attention of all upon the coach was
attracted by the sight of four finland
behind them. 1t was splendidly horsed,
and, as two servants in handsome liv.
cries we're sitting behind, it was clearly
private coach. 1t came along with
wonderful smoothness, which put the
spring of the rickety vehicle upon
whose top they were perched to shame.
Nevertheless it seemed in no hurry to
pass them; and presently Mr.. Salway,
who had been running his eyes over the
horses with an expression of critical
approval, asked his own driver whose
was the four-in-hand following them.
4 guess it will be Sir Henry Norbor-
ough's, said he. whistling up his
horses, and getting to the side of the
road. Il see his team standing in the
hotel-yard when 1 was starting
They're four as pretty bays with white
stockings as ever see together
It's Sir Henry Norborough's four-in-
hand explained Mr.. Salway to his
womankind, as the other drew gradual
ly alongside.
All, Miss Mary, how your cheek has
been flushing and blushing, and your
eye Frightening, and your mouth smil-
ing a proud happy smile, though you
have never looked up to see who is the
spruce driver of this gallant equipage
turned out in all respect fit for Hyde
Park! Now he is alongside, handling
the ribbons, though the road is narrow
and steep, with the ease of custom,
looking, with his tall hat and black
coat and the flower in his button-hole,
evera inch baronet and member of
the Coaching Club. He is alongside,
and not until then, when he lifts his
hat and shoots one glance at Mary, sit
ting well protected by her mother and
sisters from the woif-wolf indeedl
wolf no longer-not until then do the
others recognize their old acquaintance
of the knickerbockers and shabby hat.
He is gone before they can express
their astonshment, or any; but she is
so well prepared for it, returns his
salute.
Good gracious! uttered Mrs. Salway
slowly, her eyes glued to his back, can
it be2 suppose it really is. Why
who can it bep Can it be his coach ?
Sir Harry Norborough, l suppose
, answered her husband drily, who has
: secretly sympathized with Mary. ailC
} has been puzzling his brains how tc
rescue her from that lecture and othel