The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-26
sharply. 4 Why, that long-iegged idiot would go stalking on to the crack of doom --till he ,umbled over the edge of the world.


 would 20 stalking on to the crack of doom --till he tumbled over the edge the world. Call him back. Docs he want 10 drag the girl to the shores ofthe German Ocean called them they turned and met us and there was for q moment q lltde confusion Mir. Humphrey was equal to the occasion. He immediately sad : to her. 70. Miss Newton. want to tell you what you must do aboa; tomorrow, and then. before the poor girl knew where she was. he had walked her off. and de- posited the wrathfui and fumlng Maurice with me. l. was pleasant walk back to the nm one : companion being a young man whose chief desire yas to dispatch somebody or otheeou voyage tu another world.
 Now." said hir Hu.nshrc>S to me that night, when he had lit ki, serond cigar and mixed his parting sa5s. no~ ,ha, spindlc shanked giraffe has gone to bed i will ,ell you that happened we ,anc back tit, evening By Jovc. what d sweet ard engaging creature that gIr IS
 what ! me thips would he to have to take her abogt always n picture eX- hihnions. you knea. where your friends were to dinner paities. drums. tnd al lhat and then. when you were tired. to tke run down ,o ;itis que, l.,;le spot and have good tune ali hy yourselves. -she-is.l I.t;le -i...se.-ihA.-. -.liIa.-i..!,e- sure
 Il though, you were gong ,o tell me 4 story.
 An. yes Well. no sooner had we started ,o walk home than found that milk faced wisp of straw had been mak- ing the girl wretchcd by talking ofuoubles and misfortune and the sym athy of un. happy people with each other. Now. you know. thSt ain'tmy line and didn't see the fun of 1t and says to myself. Just lets see what this girl is really un happy about. You know, not one ot you would tell nc"
 "Surely il was no, our business even If VIC had known"
 "' We'll said l. dear Miss \ Ncwton, hear you have been rather unhappy She sighed at this. Then 1 went on to tell her that Il was very impertinent of me to ask about her private affairs. but she must excuse the interest which I. in common with everybody else, felt in her and would she tell me something ofthe young gentleman who was lost
 Well, said the attentive listener. if cheek has any buoyancy about II. there's no tear oi your drowning
 70, my dear fellow" remarked the com placent gentleman in gray. with a quiet grin on his face, 'I know how to treat one of your very sentimental girls. She told me at once. He was her cousin. l said his being drowned must have been great shock to her. and she said that was so and yet she didn't seem to make much of Il. So l sad that people some times exaggerated the concern you ought to have in your relations and that there i were cousins and cousins. She said that was true, almost m Il cheerful Volee. and admitted that she did not know much about the young man. suppose. said i l.. that your relatives rather looked for ward tn your marrying him as | sort ot family affair you know what l mean. She sad that was so. too: and added Poor young man, Nnw. I'll tell you honestly had come by this time not to believe in the depth of her misery abou, the elegant young genteleman who wa> supposed toplay Paul to her Virginia :, and ventured to hint as mach She was not offended. In fac, she grew quite lively and was rather inclined to poke fun at my curiosity. which she said was the thing that Americans were blamed for. But what was he like 7 said l. wanting to sec what she really fel, about that nero ofa sentimental past. Would you believe i,-would you believe it. Sir :.
 she never even saw him. Moreover Il wasn't in coming to see her that he was drowned. Why, bless you. laughed. then she was hurt. and said that tho drowning of anybody was not d thing to be ridlculcd to which l .lssented with such eagerness that we immediately be- came very good friends again. >len, sonows Why. Sir. will undertake to have her skipping about like a lamb in d couple of days. Regrets, and buried affections. and sympathy: you won't sec much more of that sort of stuff As for that two yards length of at,cnuated dumping, will duck him in the river Il he tries to stuff her head full of such trash
 n will will. indeed [, that young man beware"
 With ths the truculeni fellow losses the end oih,s cigar into the hre-plaee. lust as if he had been heaving his rival into the Thames and then he went off deter mined to have good sleep ,o prepare hm for the great events of the morrow
 CHATTER III.