New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-02
CHAPTER XI.-CoNTINUED.

asked if would take walk WIN lel u.
said YES and looked at her eagerly fancy nie Sn"
she intended TO put me in the way OF meeting ~
ence. She read my thoughts, and shooK nGr no"u
I'll soid significantly: Only for walk, Jack-aS
for "a observatory Hill, just to kill an hour
NJ mischief Matching hopei" says my uncle
who was half asleep. . ,-o,, ,noo, y
81 wish there was, IN the sense you me-"
Thought l. greatly disappointed by SOPHIE sn"ho VI
,ho head "Yes l should be very glad 10 take
stroll" SAID to my cousin, with whom' III 'ha' zen
,imental time took great pleasure IN conVerSlnS
80 she went away, and IN about twenty minutes
Zine reappeared. dressed for the walk My uncle
so,nd osleen snoring bravely with quantity
&c ter ash ON his trousers, and his arms hanging
all abroad. ,o,.oa lo
"Von,t Amelia Join usT / asked Sophie as she
stenDcd ON to the lawn She answered lhat lei SiS
,ar had been walking in the morning ana 1eit tlreu
and that her mamma was lying down IN hcr oeu-
room. I dare say neither of them knew that sic
,ros poinp for walk with me. She Wanteo 10 haNe
INV emotions and woes TO herself 10 ENJOY ie "ion.'
os 81 were love-story in three volumes lhuee",
,,,. cousin Sophie had a truly romantic turn Oh
I'D = keen and native relish of all matters when
nonce,n the heart How she managed to endure lie
without having some great secret OF her own Cano,
imagine Perhaps she had; and II So shoulu leci
a;araosod IN bet that he had melancholy eyes, ana
was considerably in debt.
We walked along very slowly, M as we "'lh'u
we conversed on the one topic that AT thaI Teliou
absorbed the whole of my slender stock Oh uhueI-
standing 81 can only repeat, jack says she
60 7 am 1eenly yexed at not being able to help
xor &c should like had made such capital plans
acoin and AGAIN. Florence could have been at our
bouse when you arTived-qute by acclueh,' VI
eour,e. Then she and could have taken uIlNes'
and met YOU in the most unexpected manner buV
mammals wishes are law ;" and the dear thihg
sighed with all her might.
20 sonbien said |. "at lunch you heard me say
had seen young MorecOmbe in the HAWKES. car
,ioge smoke of him lightly, for want no BODY
INT Won 10 know all that feel. But the truth Is
soubie the sight of that man has made me mlsel'
olJe had no notion he was so good-looklng
aHe IS not good-looking," she replied scornluiIy'
GIt's your jealousy that makes HIM torndaple' AZ
all events If he's good-lOokng in yoar opinloh oc
mend upon it. he does not come up to woman ;
ideas Of handsome man.
HYou merely say this to comfort me- mum Dleu'
81 say it because it is true" she exclaimed
GWere Won to talk to him you'd find him positively
pply. He has not an atom of expression-he mas a
most sicklv conceted smile-he says aw, ike Ola
uo,vle bnt much more often, and hccar for hear
md heear for beer and he also stammers mite.
If Florence were with us she'd agree IN every WORD
sav AT all events, she does not think HIM good
looking"
Are Won sure of thatp l asked, longing to be-
Icve her. and thoroughly doubling what she said at
the same time-a truly miserable condition oil mind
to be ill., ,u l.,
called him a fool to your face once don't You re-
,neuberf and do you think woman would speak
like that of man she admiredT
Oh Int she was talking of his brains, not OF ms
appearance," said l. "Confound the fellow
wish had never seen him! lnever supposed tlat
he wax much more than u soft, clean-taced under
sized fop" c
"He's not much more, whatever you may thihh'
.oid .be GAnd if Florence does not admire him
which know to he the case didn't she once say "a
me he had a most inane cOuntenance why Will
80 llov sucb triAing matters as n InOustache and
an eveclass to Worry you why, at that rate an UNI
brelia or walking-stick will be disturbing youi
neace of mind next. Depend upon it Mr. Reginald
Morcombe is not TO Florences taste"
GWhat is to her taste, can you imagine r SAID J.
letting conviction creep into me bit by bit Ike an
eel working It's way into the mud Here my warm
hearted cousin did the honor to closely describe
lack Seymour. Yes, she said that what Florence
lited was Roman nOse-not hook, but bump
Kin oroutrigrer Of the proper classic kind, plenty o.
brown HAIR. elegantly tossed of the manly brow a
81 recently combed by a gale of wind tolerab'
month falrish teeth and a small, honest mouS'ach
not a great heap of hair which might conceal no
bodr could tell what. and which, when shaVCd Oh
might leave most dreadful and wonderful chang
bebind and so my kind cousin ratified on, making
beapties of my imperiectiOns and OyerpOwer1ng IN
with the elimpses of my own charms she enabled
ma 10 snatch 1t was hard not to believe All Sin
said Nv vanity my hopes, my love- were All OF
her side But her adamautne aIniabllity, That wa
proof against nv intoerable egotisn, that did no
crumble and fall down before the battery OF suc
questions as" And you really think she admire
me more than MIR. MOrecombeW land you non
estly believe Sophie that she likes me y An
your opinion is that II could only manage 10 llee
her few times il would end in NY winning ne
love p And you sure that her latmef VII
never induce her to accept Mr. MoreconDe 7 i ca
only recall with YeneTatlOn and aInaZement. lON
] piled her, poor girl! Sometimes l APOLOGIZE
sometimes would say: "'POn my word am Ycl.
unreasonable; / have no right to be worrying yO
In this fashion; / ought not TO bore you with a.
this talk - but whether il that She enjoyed ID
conversation and would not let me drift out OF II
or that could not find anything else to talk about
II always happened that regularly returned 10 III
Subject of Florence Hawke, what she thought OF n'
my chance what ought to do, and the like.
We were wandering along side ny slde, IKE a pa
of lovers deep in conversation, when she snddenl
caught hold of my arm, came TO dead stop, con
pelling me TO halt likewise, and exclaimed WIN
Bort of CONSERVATION In her manner: "Cood grac
Ops, Jack! there's Florence IN front OF us! an
there's Emily in that bath-cbair." We were some
where about where the st. vincent ROCKS Hot
bow stands-there was suspension bridge
chose days-I could see some distance along III
load, that had railing down one side OF H. leaVn
wlde margin of edge where the preclpltous Gil
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