The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-26

erably his elder, inclined to be stout. comedy offacc. and made welcome among Us chiefly by sor; of shy yood humor which sometimes lead him into saying l good things. but in any case and al all ] times seemed to make him very we'll con tented with himself. This Mir. Hum phreys WAS understood by some To be in government office; but no one could ever precisely say what Il was. and his du- tic certainly never intcfercd with hls pleasures. tis rival. who had the prirl- lese of bemg sly led by the court newsinan thc Honorable Philip Nturmerc Maurice, ,sas the youngest son ot m lmpeCunl0us noblemaH, and was bellev cd to be waiting ior some colonial appointment.
 Ne@, these tWo inefi. from the moment that our pretty Mss Ne~ton came among as. began to pay her t ,cries of more or les, aefg Fl, attentions. Ill m friendly sort ai way. of eotise and generally through the small and gentle lady who was her hostess. By thls mean they could pre- scn, her with boxes to the opera. thcy could lend her new boaks. they could e cn offer io escort herself and her two com panionS to m eXhibIuou ot pictures. tff ths was smooth sailing. Little did we perceive in it Inc elements of Il tragedy. The young lady accepted these marks of frlendlne,s wlih aFswcct impartlllity l; doubtless they werc mercl, little acts of courtesy extended to d ,ttangcl from Il distant land.
 And of the young American lady her sclt, Well, she was neither very wise nor eery learned. but she was exceedingly pretty and she had eurlously winning aud fasc mating manner that drew women as we'll as men toward her Perhaps 1t was the softnes, of her voice; perhaps 1t was kind of pi,eou, look III her dark gray eyes : but anyhow people liked to gc, rear her, and when they got near her they go, interested m her. and when they go, interested in her they immediately wen, and asked everybody else what was her story. No one present knew. IL was supposed to be rather painful affair had she ne, been engaged ,o young man who MAS drowned within sight of shore. Paul and Virginia fashion but in any case she always referred to It Tn d vague wa, and apparently wished to keep her sorrow a secret. Tor the rest. she was rather tall and pale she wore Il good many rings, and when she travelled she displayed to the other inhabitants ot the railway carriage bag filled with all sorts oi curiosi,ies III the way of scent and other toilet requisites. One might have laughed at the fashion Tn which she played with these ; only she was 50 pretty and child like one had not the heart to laugh al hcr.-Sce seemed only to pet herself be cause everybody else pcttcd hct
 Me drove to paddinSton station. Therc WAS young man there, looking furtiycly up and down the platform. He ounc to u, ,iHd said, with an amount oi confusion in his tacc that seemed to make him i. tfltlc ,ulky
 Are you gong into The aanir, :: Nha, beautiful weather. l took II ,ud- denll into my head tc run down la sec Marlow--it must be looking so pretty lust now"
 Mss Newton said nothing Il all, though she seemed surprised but the lady beside her who manage all such things with an infinite tact and discretion smiled demurcly and remarked:
 What an odd coincidence We are going to Marlow also. We shall make quite d little party how very nice
 When once the awkwardncss ot the meeting was over. Mir. Maurice was ap- t,aseatls -Aiehl,- -deLshle -with-his- -.nad fortune and he did his best all the way down to make himself an agreeable com panlon, taking care to address himself mostly to the elder lady. You would have faneicd that he meant me to hear all the talk with our pretty Miss Mary those la Well. We got down at length to the lit tic country station, and here there was a humble carriage in waiting to drive us to the river side. We passed along through the swect-scented fields. We drove through the quaint old town. which was all shining now in the warm light of the evening sun. We passed the church and sot down to the bridge. and there before us, on the other side of the stream. stood the oldfashloned inn amid it's trim plots of grass and bushes.
 "Did you ever sec anything more beau itiiul :.'' the elder lady says: and. indeed. il would be difficult to compose prc,tier picture than we beheld at this moment the solitary, quaint, old building by the side of the river, the smooth water reflect ing the dropping trees, the white line of the weir, and behind all these some rich . meadows leading over to d low rampant of hills. the thick woods on which were burning rcd in the sunset.
 Ii was, in truth, peaceful spot, and VIC drove over the bridge. and round and down to the inn, with something of mo- ton that here, for n space. we should shu, out all the cares and stormy passions of the world, and dream ourselves back into a condition of primcval peace and innocence. We got down from the car rage The solitary waiter was al the door to receive us. We hoped ,ha, VIC should he the only occupants of the famous old hostcln
 lust l, this momcn, the face oi the young gentleman who had come with Us was observed to change color. and most unchristan slcam ot anger sho, from his eyes Who was this blythe and huNom gentleman who. dressed in tish,ng-eos- tune of grey, came sayly along tho pas sage. and seemed overwhelmed with amaiemen, and loy al seeing us