Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-02-22

your kindness this afternoon; had yo
not gwen up your seat we should hav
all had to stay" l-''
was very glad to be of service :
you. Do You stop here lonrp"
"a week at least, believe
suppose You have private room
mere, and you will disappear after din
Oh, no; my father likes to sec stran
Keas anu the coming and going; b,
'nmKs 1t change after home life,
very true, answered the gentleman
WIN a ioek OF content on his face which
was not lost upon Mary. She begins i,
,aei that the Lake holiday promises {,
pe at least as agreeable as she expected
women are quick, very quick, to read
men 9 thoughts when they are turue,
toward themselves-evens such a shv lii
tie Hampstead maiden as Mary. lust re-
leased from the governess' thraldom
ana still suffering a good deal from re
preston at the hands OF her mother apt
sisters. She steals look at him Will,
ne Is engaged with his cntrce. He i,
not handsome; she settles that at once
ne 10 not tall, with black mustache
flashing dark eyes, and an imposing
manner; only keen, sunburnt face !,
MS, with small black whiskers. and eve,
Dr1ghtenough, but of no particular color
But If his clothes are old and shabby
ne seemed at home in them, and perfect
" at ease with his company; she is Ger
tam that he is gentleman, not because
ne gave up his seat to her, but by ,
hundred tiny proofs. And she enioy,
her nrst hotel dinner very much. anc
wonders whether the same seats will bt
reserved for them every evening.
SO when she rises and he bows. Mary
is inclined to view the world throuoI
rose-coiored spectacles. Not SO he,
mother. Mrs. Salway has, during din
ner, been talking to an old gentleman
who CHANGED to sit next to her and whom
she does not know from Adam: but
nevertheless on the road to the drawing.
room she puts before Mary the enormity
OF talking to gentleman to whom she
had not been introduced, and bees her to
behave herself like Agnes and Laura.
who, having been walled in from such
approaches by those heavy thanking
parties, Mr.. and Mrs. Salway, have had
no chance of SHINING in the same way.
Her father is instructed to see that Mary
Is not allowed to outlie the party another
evening; and when the Objectionable
young gentleman actually has the au-
dacity," to quote Mrs. Salway's words.
to enter the drawing-room in his knick-
and looks inquiringly round
as II for some particular person, he finds
Mary penned In corner by her mother
and sisters, who regard him, and
especially his neither garments, with
looks In which wonder and scorn are
finely blended. That richly dressed
matron having set the example, he finds
himself rather coolly received in other
quarters, and soon retires from the
scene in search, if 1 may make a guess,
Of the smokipg-room.
But strict reserve in the clab.li life
Of tourists hotel is difficult to main.
tam. Ii you do not meet your bugbear
Tor wee versa, for 1T is more polite to
suppose that you, reader, stand In Mary's
place thanin her elders upon the coach
70 Ellswater, you will do SO most proba-
by next day on that going to Coniston:
L not III the drawing room, then in that
Iavorite resort, the verandah; il not at
breakfast, then at dinner or lunch. or
lighting bedroom candle, or on the
steamboat, you will be sure to find him
Or her opposite toyou. So it was with
'ur young friends, and Mary suffered in
The sisters persisted, as
sisters will in such case, that Mary en-
outraged him, but 1 believe that he
needed small encouragement. Now and
hen, too, ne suffered little: Mrs. Sal
way would be rude to him, and the girls
and sighted him with a
contempt that was certainly
cit more by Mary than by the person
or whom it was chiefly intended. Mrs.
'alway had made up her mind that he
vas commercial traveller and was not
harry of stating her belief: 30 that the
7oung fellow without a black coat came
quite unconscously to be considered q
ather Objectionable member of the
little community; wolf--and worse, a
o W class of wolf.
This had gone on tor more than a
week, when the .Salways went by coach
o Coniston, with the intention, as far as
he younger ones were concerned, of
'scending the Old Man. Itwas bright
md gloriously fine morning, one of those
70 sparingly granted amid the beautiful
cenery. The party was in the highest
pirits; the careful mother had begun to
changing their plans, and
unning away from that vulgar young
nan who had, last evening, crowned his
ther enormities by openly drinking beer
ut OF pewter-mug at the table dhote
Inner; but Row she congratulated her
elf on his absence. 1t must be confess
d, Mary felt little dull; no doubt the
cenery was beautiful, and her sisters
7erc prepared to join in any amount of
oudly-expressed admiration of it, as
hey swept past Eastwaite Water, and
yer Conlston Pass, and through the
hickly- wooded clope that, like shrub
'ery, surrounds Coniston Water, and
orms go rich contrast to the bare,
'igantic side of the Old Man. But she
frightened up directly.
II declare now" cried Mrs. Salway,
8 they came in sight of the village ho-
Ell, II there's not that dreadful young
aan! Now, Mary, remember what |
old YOU"
"The child can't be rude to him." said
Ter father, who had a sneaking prefer
nee for Mary, and had seen the faint
lush which that figure loungipg there
t the porch had brought to her cheeks
ong before her mother had noted the
,entleman's identity.
We had better wait and let him go
Up the hill first" said Agnes, dark,
handsome girl, who always attracted a
ircle of admirers, and had brought two
n three with her on this expedition.
"Nonsense p cried Mr.. Salway. "If
re are to 60 up we must start at once:
he coach will leave at 6, and that does
lot give us any too much time. What
viii you and Laura do?" added he to
lis wife.
"Oh, we will walk little way round
he lake, papa. do not envy your
limb, especially if you will bring me
ice root Of the parsley fern"