The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1882-04-06
GFrom the Cornhill Magaziue.l
THE MAN WITH The RED HAIR.
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pillow from under my head.
NV hat IS the matter now?" [ asked
sitting uPand rubbing my eyes; and
| dare say | added some strong ex-
presslons; for there is nothing in the
vide world that | hate 50 much a>
being reused from my slumbers in
the middle of the night.
here, Oliver" he said; Il must get
out of this. After what you saw last
night, | needn't tell you why. I'm
uut the first man who has been made
fool of by woman; and Tm not
going to break my heart about it-no
fear!" Here he pumped up hollow
laugh. But it won't do for me to
Stol. in this place" he went on. II
hould be breaking somebody's neck
t did; and I'm off to the Pyrenees
his morning to shoot bears and bou-
iuetins. After week or two of that
shall be able to pull myself together,
| expect"
Quite right | said sleepily. BEST
hing you Can do"
Il don't want to go alone, though
Now, Oliver. will you do fellow ii
good turn, and come with me? | left
he tent and everything else that we
hall want out there last year, and
I've telegraphed to the natives to say
I'm coming 1t would do you all the
good IN the world to camp out in the
Mountains for bit. Of course | pay
Ill expenses, and III guarantee you
some sport.
| hardly knew what answer to make
life at Cannes was monotonous, to
Say the least Of it.; | had never seen II
Dear In my life, except at the Zoo, and
[ had never seen bouquetin at all
On the other hand, life IN the wild>
With so uncertain-tempered COM
panion as Percival, might not prove
o be an unmixed delight. H.
watched me eagerly while [ was bal
tncing these considerations one against
he other, and forestalItd my reply by
xclaiming, for Heavens sake. Oliver.
lon't say yon are going to refuse! |
lon't mind telling the truth to you:
I'm hard hit-I'm devilish hard hit"
His voice shook little, and upon
NY word | believe there were tears IN
his eyes.
| daren't go alone" he went on
So long as I'm shooting, I'm all
light, and don't care snap for any
woman in the world; but | couldn't
ace the long evenings all by myself
Hang it, man! can't you understand? ?
It's case Of something very like lifr
II death, can tell you"
| think | mentioned before that |
m extremely good-natured. Thi>
piteous appeal of Percival's turned
he scale, and | SAID | would see him
hrongh.
Florry's face, when we made our
ldieux to her and her mother before
starting for the station, was a very
amusing study, and if Percival noticed
it, he must have felt himself fully en-
titled to score one. But | am not
sure that he looked at her at all He
>aid in an off-hand way, Goodbye.
Mss Neville. Meet you again some
lay, | hope" and plunged into the
omnibus, head first, without waiting
for her to make any reply.
| don't think Florry half liked II.
Whether she had intended to marry
Percival or not, | am very sure that she
had never contemplated his boiling af-
1rr so unceremonious fashion; but of
course it was too late to think Of stop
ping him then. She took quite an
,ffectionate farewell Of me. b, gging
me to be sure and let her know what
port we had, and asking what my
address, was to be.
''PoSte Restante, Bagneres de In
hon." growlpd out Percival from the
r+crsses Of the omnibus. I'VE shan't
he much in the way of getting letters
for the next fortnight, though Conn
dong. Oliver; there's no time to lose"
Now will i be believed that, after
all that had come and gone, that red
h. d4d idiot sulkrd for matter of
four-and-twenty hours because nv
:. .n,ln had expressed her intention of
writing to me-? [ couldn't make out
what was wrong with him at first:
but by degrees it transpirpd, and I
,ad all the trouble in the world t.
persuade him that, putting my own
blamelrsss innocpce out of the qups-
ton. it was utterly illogical of him t."
be at the same time JEALOUS of Lacy
and me-. Indeed, it was only by
hrp~ ting to abandon him to his fat.
at Toulou-e tn At I managed to bring
him t" his bearings. After that h,
became more reasonable, and both HI,
% AMI his manners improved a.
soon as we had left civilization be-
hind us.
W. spent ten days very plrasantl,
md successfully, upon the whole. In
he wild Spanish valley where PEREZ
v..I had chosen to pitch our tent. n"
p.ars came onr way. but we killed u
ot IF i~ards. and | was lucky enough
o bring down the only bonquetin
hat | got shot at. Percival shot
wo; which WAS inst as we'll, for it
would have been quite enough to up
IT his eqnanimity that the larger
,umler should have fallen to my
hare. With his removal from the
:hastening influence of Florry's So
.ietv. his queer. gnSty temper bad re-
asserted itself to some extent, aud we
lad more than one absurd little scene
With the guides and portPrs who ac-
.ompanied US; but, taking him alto
either, he was not disagreable COM
panion. In point of fact we had so
Few opportunities for conversation
hat there was not much fear of fall
ing ont. Our days were n turally
given mp entirely to sport; and when
~pt"rnnd to our encampment in
the evening, dead beat and as hungry
rs hawks, u,-lth~r of Us wished for
INV h ng more than to plrtake of the
savory stew which the guides prepar-