The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-26

morning is beautiful the chestnuts, the red hawthorn. the laburnum, all arc most loyel, and as for the river. you will be delighted when you go outside"
 Miss Newton made no answer. but looked 10 us. her proper guardians.
 '.l am quite sure. Miss Newton. said Mir. Maurice. n d sort of ,eornful way. you'll soor get heartily sick of sitting in d fisherman punt. doing nothing but watch some one else trying to catch fish that aren't there. ! don, bclie.e they've [, en got here that wooden fish that the and lords in some places moor deep dom irl the water so Is lo se' people ,o oH,re and nsh for II. suppose you've heard that fisherlndn af,c ii,hernan comes ic and swears the tish made 4 rush a; hi, Il more likely .u the case of wooden n>h than Il fcal one. l should say. You've heard W hat Df. johase a---''
 ,'l ou needn't. sad inc cider lover, with sudden i.eteeness You ncedn't take Nils, Newton pack b the ,n.c of Dr. Johnson ,at pcdantry. .,up.dity and radcnes,. There j, plenty 9i all ;aree go.ne about n oui own day.
 Ms Eeast"a io ';ed alarmed 3n3 said gently
 T sbouidn, a. al. mind lookln4 at some one fishing. don't know hos Il is 
 u thank you, sad \ir. ilumphrcNs getting quite cheerful asain. "bu; don't you imagine NC are gong 10 victimi1c you. c. no; what you must sec. first of all. k the beautiful scenery about here We oan dfise from here to the Duke of
 
 Maidenhead Bridge and Taplow. then on to Burnham Bee hes. and back again an other way And l have wasoneI,e coming at eleven for you.
 And at eleven o'clock: sure enough. there Was the wasonetie standing at the door, and the whole of Us suhmissiycl, went out as if we had been taken posses sion of by this indetatigable government official. But how were we to sit:
 Il say, Maur!ee, Humphreys re- marked. in careless waN. Il think you said you knew the country abou, here:'
 "O. very well indeed. sald the unsus- pectino victim: Il know every inch of it.
 Then perhaps you wouldn't mind sl,- ting beside the driver and telling him where he ought to take us: Wouldn't ,ha, be the best way. Miss Newton:"
 Iu appeal tU her X @.is 6fae, She said something very timdlS in reply. and ! the young man, with black rage m his heart, got up beside the driver When the ladies were not booking Humphreys winked al nc; but could not encourage familiarity on the part of so interruptions person.
 Our young friend had certainly d favor able opportunity that morning for Inak- ins the acquaintance ot certain sorts of our English aecners h ;heir most charm- ns aspects. Ne t.rove through pleasant country lanes ti,..=h heet.e-bs..iks5 oi which were brilliant ~Ith sprine towers: We pas ,ed through iinV villages. and the cottage c-aarycns wcrc Smnthcrcd m bios snns; we oauc upon elimpses of the blue rycr. loWlnS smoothly through rich meadows winch were white with daisies: and then, again. through an opening m the trees wc could sec the higher land be- yond. with the Chefden woods. rich with tic foliage nj the carly summer Miss May VA indeed delighted; and the driv- Ill.,, through the ffc,h ar had brought color to her cheeks and A Ugh, to her eyes which rendered her more than usu- ally pretty Then she was mos, friendly with Mr. Humphreys: for somehow or other he had put the notion into her ! head that ali this WAS his doing. and she was grateful to h,m for every beautiful thing she saw. You would have thought ' he planted tIis,Se red chcssnu; Trees three hundred years before n anticipation of her coming.
 j And really, Miss Newton. you must no, % away from tngland without see ing t,r more of il. Why should you go with ynui parent, ,o Pans: Your other two sisters are quite sufficient society fer them. Paris. Itfs the mos'- miserable city m the world to spend holiday in. The white \ iarc and heal al the streets will blind you. You will jose all oi the health YOU have acquired here and bcgiu to get headaches. and feel trowsy. and disgusted with the whole of Creatlon Now. he~ long dld you say your parents meant tn stay in ftrs before gong back io Americt:
 "Fhree months.
 Then sad he, promptly you stay with our .ood friends here for that tune. They will he deli sh;ed ;o have you. know; and hN and by they will be soin. down into Surrey where you will see quite another sor, of scenery and see something of our English country life You will. won't ,au:
 The audacity et this person was re- markable. Of course VIC had to press Miss Mary io stay; and, although we did so honestly. one generally wishes to have ones offer, ot hospitality proceed rom ones self However. Nr Humphreys seemed calmly ;o ignore all such little preIudices. He told Miss Newton what she could expect by giving up the ,rp to Paris and sta, ing with us. He gave her :, deslripton of boN iilli and Mickleham Downs which would have been worth, ot the poe' Thompson or ot t,eorge' Robins the aac'leneer. The girl, of course could nui promise: but she was evidently well inclined toward he proposal and said she would see what her parent, said when they c4fac ba,k from tdiaburg. Al thls. he t observed was overheard h>