Morris tribune., 1883-09-26
oIhope ne isn't a perambulating maniac,

Its the very cart that frightened the
ponyi" WIS the terrified response. "Do let
me get out, Lila! Oh! ohm
But already the horse was backing down
the hill HarHey sprang from the cart, ana
graspel the refractory aaitual by the bride
just in season to prevent the carrisGe from
overturning in the ditch.
'rhauk YOU, Sir-thank you very much
said the g:rlish driver, the color rushing back
to her face. Now if you'll be kind enough
to lead our pony past your cart we shall be
yet more obliged" .
IA pretty girl-stylish, too, but abomina
bly, patronizing," thought the young Sopho-
| more, stalking resentfully at the ponys head.
''There, now your cart is behind us; we
shall have no further trouble. Tn sorry TO
have detained you, sir Infinitely obliged"
In leaving the ladies Harvey mechanically
raised his hat the deacon's hat-alas!
yellowed and frayed by farm service. The
touch set flying the ashes upon its brim, Civ
ing our receding hero the effect of being
caught away in a cloud. A little blinded,
but laughing behind his goggles, he went
back to old Dobbin, and waited for the
ladies to go on in advance.
But what allied that surprising pony? The
young lady chirruped to him; he would not
bulge. She snapped the whip; he stood as
stiff as the wooden horse of the Trojans
ooh, daughter, daughter, he's balkingw
cried the elder lady, who appeared to be an
invalid "If there's anything I'm afraid of,
it's baking horse"
"Allow me, madam" said Harvey, again
advancing
He twisted the animals ear a moment to
divert his attention, then took him by the bit
and led him several PAGES.
''See, mamma, the pony has got over his
sulks. Thank you, sir"
The young lady resumed the reins; the
fractions quadruped promptly refused to
stir
LET me get out, Lila; won't so another
step with him."
"He doesn't seem to be going" said the
daughter, with vexed laugh. "You know
you can't walk rod You'll surely have
relapse, mamma, if you don't sit still"
Again Harvey led the pony. Again the
tantalizing nag stiffened in his harness the
instant Miss Lila took the reins. Many times
was this farce repeated, and many were the
minutes wasted. Meantime the sky had be-
come overcast, and thunder was muttering
in the distance
MY mother has been very ill. If she is
caught in the shower she may get her DEATH"
| we dog
IF you'll pardon the suggestion, 1 might
| drive you to the Eyrie, if that is your desti-
nation" said Harvey, with deprecatory
| 81 ance at his masquerading costume.
| ''Oh, will your But there is your horse
and cart?n
+ 81 could Come back for them"
"And with all mammals pillows and
shawls, the phaeton is hardly wide enough
for us two
'That is true: it is q Lilliputian affair."
The youth was gravely testing its light springs
and braces
SIS there danger of breaking down? Then
you go with mamma, and I'll drive the cart"
LILA Cavander! The ideal" expostulated
| the invalid.
| tom Cavender's mother and sister, by the
ashes of my uncle! Confound it, what a
scrape?" was the young soap merchants In
ward ejaculation as he awaited the ladies'
| pleasure.
| 'What better can | do, mamma? I shall
ride famously. Unless you're afraid to trust
me with your horse" the young lady added,
with glance toward Harvey.
mot in the least. He's far from being a
fiery Bucephalus."
Struck with the incongruity of the remark
| from such source, Miss Lila lost all control
| of her dimples.
"That seat is suspended between the heavens
and the earth, like Mohammeds coffin,
mamma she jested, by way of cloaking her
untinely mirth. zone ought to be shot into
it out of catapult."
To aid the young lady in mounting, Harvey
silently extended hand, whose exceeding
smuttiness was intensified by a seal ring that
| crIi++ no lSf1o Mics lilo
| glanced curiously at the fine cameo with its
quaint setting. Who was this anomalous
being who sported costly ornaments
and quoted from the classics? And
where, where had she seen that pc
culiar cameo before, or one just like its All!
now she recollected; Tom had worn it home
| last vacation, when he and his chum had ex-
| changed rings. But how had this soap man
become possessed of it? Could it be that he and
| Harvey Vance were Identical? Tom had said
that Harvey was spending the summer in the
neighborhood. This must be he. Yes, she
| was sure of it. ....
| Obedient to the young mans will, that I'M
accountable pony darted away on the wings
of the wind. Close behind, head down, tail
up, followed old Dobbin in a heavy canter
which seemed to shake the very leaves on
the trees. Charged upon by the empty soap
barrel, Miss Lila slipped to the other side of
the seat, and chung to the ash-bin. A mile
was passed, two miles. The gable-roofed
| Eyrie loomed in the distance. On sped the
pony; on numbered old Dobbin; on swooped
the storm-cloud. A dozen guests crowded
out upon the hotel piazza to witness the ex-
citing race.
| "How white Mrs. Cavander looks!n cried
one. "Where did she pick up that fantastic
| driverH' ""
SIS that Miss Lila in the cart" exclaimed
the gentleman addressed. "Well, she's girl
of mettle! Ha, here comes the RANT"
AS the phaeton dashed up he rushed out
with an open umbrella to escort Mrs. Caven-
der into the house. In mounting the steps
she turned toward Harvey. . III
'FYou have done us a great service, sir. l
assure you we are grateful. My daughter
| will see that you are recompensed for your
time and trouble"
"The dickens she will" thought the dea-
cons indignant substitute.
Standing beneath the dripping caves with
rivulets of I've coursing down his cheeks, he
assisted the moist young lady to alight. 81
am-we are deeply indebted to you," she
stammered, blushingly. ''My mother" "
elias taken no cold i trust, said he, loftily,
'Good afternoon" ... #a
And horse, cart and driver disappeared
| kitchenward.
In putting the cart to rights that evening
Harvey discovered grimy object caught be-
tween the seat and the ash-bin. 1t proved to
! be ladys pocket handkerchief, bearing in
one corner the name of ella Lavender" He
handed it to his aunt for bleaching purposes,
and received in return a letter from Tom.
"My mother and sister have perched at the
Eyrie, on Emden Hill, it ran. ''My mother
is getting up from a fever, and is b5und to
get as high up as she can. If you're any
where near their secluded nest, do peep in
upon them, They'll be charmed to make