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

they swept past Esthwaito Water. and over Con
stOn Pass and Il trough the thickly-wooded slope
that. like shrubnery, surrounds Coniston water,
and forms rich n contrast to the bare gigantic
sides of the Old Man But she frightened up
directly.
Il declare now cried Mrs. Saway az they came
IN sight of the village hotel If there's not that
dreadful young man! Now Mary, remember what
told you
who had sntaklng preference for Mary, and had
seen the faint blush which that hgnre louhging
there at the porch had brought to her cheeks lohE
before her mother had noted the gentleman ideh-
We had better wait and let hin! go mp the hill
first said Agnes, dark handsome girl who always
attracted a circle of admirers and had brought Two
or three with her on this expedition.
Nonsense" cried Mr.. Salway. : If We ara to 60
up We must start at once ne coach VIII IeaNo aI O
and that does not give IS any TOO mncH tli3 fc
What will you and Laura dor added he to ms WE
oh we will walk little way round HE lake.
papa | do not envy you vOur climb, especially II
Won will bring me a nice root of the parsley fern
the family. seldom visible without spectaces and
moro attached to ferns and botany than To anyone
outside her own circle. -,
It'll very long pull uphill from COniston village
to the top of the Old Man towering nearly three
thousand feet above it, and 80 our patty fouhd IL.
They started five, but had not gone far when the
objectionable Young fellow joined them. anu, Stim
ing his opportunity soon detached Mary from tue
rest. believe that. on this occasion at any la'e'
she made some resistance. But Agnes hau her
hands too full of her swans to look after her slSoI
S;s easa Ii,on the navement of the stock Exchange
than the side of a WestmOrcand fell he haa enough
to do TO mind his own business MP the winding PAIN,
even though for n long distance mat pam c"hloS
be called PERCEPTIONS. Mary was Tar l9hter ana
more niinble han her Juno like sister; and 80 me
pair i'm No very long time took the lead lhat me
volnc gentleman hal not been wasting his tnne,
may be inferred from scrap of the conversation
| wonder whether this week has been as pleasant
TO Won ~ to me. Mary
III has been very nice. The lakes are delightful
All. of course; you must have had pleasant
fa VI GlFI
'Oh, yes, pretty we'll, asNentcd Mary, but duoi-
Ously
She turned Lcr face the other way. and diligently
root ed M q hit of parsley very SctupbV hit too,
though there were plenty Of splendid clusters not
far oil Then she said frankly, though still with
her face turned away
| am SOTrN
Are, Won, really, dear. Won't your mother be
glad though: She doesn't like me nuch'
No, said Mary canddly.
You have no right to as', me that
Have not! And why not, Miss Maryf
Because because you have not told me-whcthcr
= think 7 called Won somcthirr Miss Mary Sal
way. q few minutes ago. dancing NJ and down the
path: thew lust IN the contr" of the gorge near
the Low Water Tarn and there was no enc IN sight
Mary DID not answer. You've forgottoE, perhaps
what il was. dear"
She shook her head.
meant IL. You are very dear to me-!
you've only known me nine DAYS.
His arm. which had been assisting her mp the
steep path was now giving her much sureI support.
'AHd 70 know you day, my darling, Is to loVe
And Mary, her arms full of parsley fern, was
kissed before she could escape. Then little rcaC-
ton of feeling took place on her part.
L don't even know your name she said, standing
still.
OF course not; Harry. It's rather a common
name isn't itF
Harry mmmurcd the girl softly; 'and-and
'0h, never mind that. You have not yet an
swcrcd my question whether YOU liked me-.
That won't do. Mary The question IS now
altered tO--lOyC me ?
'You lave answered il for yourself, think Do
yOu suppose l should have let You DO what you
have, if had not
And they went on up the hill.
When they reached the top II was nnOccupled and
seldom, indeed had it been gained by two more happy
people. sunny smiling world stretched round them
the green sides Of the Old Mans brethren while
below lake beyond lake reflected the sky, and round
them. peak beyond peak, the mountains stretched
as far as eye cOulG reach. only NcdwfelFs summit
was veIcd In mist. They stood by the calrn. and
for moment almost forgot ore another IN the
grandeur OF the sight No, not forgot one another;
rather it was the thought of the others presence
which tingcd with q brighter lUStrc tho brightest
sunbeam on the distant lakes. No wonder that
they sat down 10y the cairn taking no very careful
note OF the passage Of time and talked more OF
those sweet nothings than before. At length Harry
looked at his watch and discovered that they had
but an hour in which to make the descent If they
wished to catch the coach
THE others must have given it up and turned
i suppose So We must come up with them, or
mamma will he 50 angry
Poor little Mary
Don't sirl How misty it has lccomen
'By Jove, so it has. | ought TO have looked ont.
Have we not the world 10 ourselves But | wish
were quite certain which IS the side by which we
came up We must make q start, anyhow.
Have you ever, when at the top OF "A Nestmore-
land Hill found yourself silently. as II by IuaGic,
surrounded by a mist, from which London fog
1fN I of
hardly bear of the PALM 4 moment ago a smlng
plain set with lakes, as if with Jewels, and trimmed
with purple hills, was before you little pun OF
thin mist almost transparent rises from neigh
boring gorge anOthe" and another, and 10! your
prospect is narrowed to few wards perhaps few
feet OF turf and Shae, a cold ghastiy cairn of
stones and bevond-nothing nothing but mist
rounding your little island like gray ocean.
While all is clear it IS 50 hard for novice IN noun
tains to realize the difficulty of finding his way in
such state Of things but the difficulty is very
"rcal Our hero VINO had experience Of 1t, was quite
at fault, nevertheless he had been too much occH-
pied with his companion to notice the direction or
the wind, or any landmarks which might Indicate
the side on which they had come up. Once safely
upon the path, the foot of the hill might, by pa
tience and care he gained but tho summit was
stony, and on two sides PERCEPTIONS. lie remen-
befed that a honeymoonlng couple had only week
before been caught upon lielvelyn and detained
all night by the mist Such an adventure would be-
much worse for himself and Mary the latter would
certainly suffer, so he made resolute attempt TO
Mary trusted to him implicitly and hand IN hand
thew had successfully descended some distance al
though the stcepness of the hillside and It's rocky
nature made hun feel pretty sure that this was not
the side by winch they had gained the top. Slip
stumble slip, here few yards of steep turf aiding
them, there the stones giving way under loot. and
warning him ut least that they were on the border
of a scree. The ground grew more aad more treach-
erous and rocky after stumble worse than those
which had preceded it, he stopped to try II their
eyes could distinguish anything through the gulf of
mist into which they had n1a.ly plunged headlong
No, the curtain as thick rs ever, and the ram
bpsiaes was falling heavily. Then he started a
large stone in order to judge by its descent what
kind of ground Law in front of them three yards,
and it was hidden from sight; bound, bound twice
II struck the rocks and then an interval of silence
nnL d., anllnn histant snlash- liz shuddernd.