New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-11

tached friend and ourselves-aw-of the pressure VI
my friend Sir Reginald Morecombe's sons company
| at dinner this evening"
priol1ed up MY ears, Stealing, meanwhile earnest
! glances at Miss Florence who looked, thought'
now that l could take good peep at her, I'D IL sno
/ had been crying
at boppened in this way" continued Mr.. Hawke:
"Flora had followed my daughter upstairs; but
aw-being exceedingly infrm--her age, Florence
could certainly not be less than sixteen years-and
-aw-short of breath she failed, | presume to
! reach the landing and lay down upon one or the
steps to await her mistTess's return WINE the am
! nal was there Mr. Morecombe came from ms-il"-
| his bedroom and not observing the dawg stepped
upon it which, / regret to say, caused him to roll
down at least half dozen stairs; but proyldent-
ally he caught hold Of the banister and saved MN
self from-aw-from serious injury. As 1t was, he
severely sprained his ankle, which necesstated nlS
| removal to his bedroom. where he now lies"
"And in stepping upon Flora he trod wfia' re-
manned Of the poor beasts breath ou1 Oh her' sup
nose ?, said NV uncle keeping his gravity nobly
for upon my word, believe. had caught the least
shadow of a grin upon his face, I should have ex-
ploded.
dyes cried Miss Hawke with the tears standing
in her beautiful eyes; "papa thinks only OF MI
Morecombc When poor Flora was looked AT she
was stone dead; and will anybody beleve thht MI
Morecombc did not see her. that he did not tread
with all his weight ont of spite ~ she added making
| n little passionate gesture with her hand
ais he of naturally cruel disposition ~ asked my
uncle of Mr. Hawke, with little droop In his right
eyelid which took as meant for me
aCrnell certainly not" exclaimed the Old gentle
man, IN his amplest manner; aud expanding HIS
bosom as he spoke. " Had he seen the poor dAWg
he would. of course. have vOiJod her. Can You sup
Al. fhof Hp
ately spran his ankle yet yOu are bound, my love
IN presume this if Won affirm that he acted out OF
malice Ree-diculous"
| A footman announced dinner Mr.. Hawke gave
| his arm 10 my aunt and heard him tell my uncle
! In take Miss Hawke in but my uncle, instead or
Offering his arm to Miss Florence. gave II to MISS
| Emily, and left her sister to me. He thrust MS
| tongue in his cheek as he glanced at me over MS
shoulder Heaven bless him. there never was a
| finer creature. With Miss Florence on my arm L
followed the others, forming the tail OF the pro-
cessiOn. The table was so pentltully covered WIN
| flowers and tall silver candesticks that Mt Hawke
was from his position at the head OF II, unable 10
SEQ the order in which we had arrived until we were
! all seated. But what could he say when he saw me
! alongside Miss Hawke and my uncle next to Miss
! Emily7 His business was TO ask blessing, which
he did with his eyes closed and his hands locked :;
! and when that was over my Unclo began 70 talk TO
him while one of the tIunkeys served ont soup at
side-table and the others handed il round.
al am very sorry for your sake said I to Miss
! Florence 10 hear Of the death Of poor old Flora.
1t would have served your fathers friend right had
he broken his ncc-that IS if he stepped on the dog
purposcly because she happened TO be IN the road
"Flora was my poor mothers pet she replied.
She has been n constant companion oi NINE Tor
wears. and it bitterly greyes me 10 think that the
| I'm 1 IL 1u..t and
! cruelly killed even admitting that Mr. Morccomhe
| did tread upon her by accident But we'll say no
more about it, Mr. Seymour. do not want you TO
| think me affected"
! Here Mr.. Hawke began 10 speak about the dog in
| a loud voice.
.Thc popularity Mr.. seymour Of the old animal
| was-aw-was its capacity Of fondness Some
wears ago tbrought cat out of the water where the
| thing was-aw-was drowning. Florence uursed
the cat and made it wen, and the dawg grew 80 at
tached to the cat and the cat To the dawg, that they
would-aw-I assure you, take walks together. The
cat was ultimately lost bclicvc-aw--it strayed.
Flora greatly missed it, and, until age rendered Der
imbecfe she could never hear the noise which cats
are in the habit Of making at night without consld-
/ cradle agitaton-a circumstance that people WHO
aw-,tudy dawg- might think affecting
Considering that ] wanted to preserve q solemn
/ face. that Miss Hawke might believe my sympathy
with her loss sincere " hioh 1t certainly wa-l say
that the old fellow story rather the manner and
tone with which ne delivered H. WIS rs severe 70
trial rs ever bcfrl me- However it did not take me
| long 10 recover; the having Miss Hawke alongside
Of me soon rendered me desperately serious and -cu
/ timental / knew old Hawke wss looking; fhad
/ not tho least doubt that lac WAS extremely annoyed
that his daughter should be sitting next young fell
low who's, admiration for his lovely companion be
i
care a bras, fartAine for hi, thoughts. Il was e
magnificent pleasure for an immense delight, 10
be- IN her society again. after the separation If a
week. during which | had hung about ike q turn
/ pike tramp in the hope OF catching sight OF her.
Besides could doubt that she was pleased with me
/ as n companion She could not nclp talking of
Flora and heartily did bless tic ghost Of the dead
brute as a bond of sympathy between lis adorable
mistress and me- and Flora led her 90 speak of Aus
tIalia and Australia set ne Cabling about my sea-
experiences and told her one or two thrilling tales
of salt-watcr-of n ship fire, Of black man over
! board in the doldrJuns fighting with a shark, and
such things; aud either related them ~ we'll, OF
shc was 50 anxious to be Interested, thai seemed
10 forget that the foouncn were waiting to remove
our plates that there others besides our-eN e-
at table and that old Hawke Watching from
behind the silver candlesticl,s Though, Of course
we were not supposed 10 notice anything of that
kind. until On looking mp once, caught Mis-
Emily staring at us, and then gauciug at her papa
"A circumstance which made ne cautious for about
one minute and half after which was deep in
stories, questions conversation again
You will suppose from this that I did not acl
encouragement. In many things / was q corrected
young fellow in those days; believed was tolcr-
ably good looking; considered that was not dcs-
titu,o Of iutrcct there was not a man living, OH
or of the stage. whom should have been afraid "a
challenge to dancing-match, from walt 20 a
hornpipe; | reckoned in such songs ~ 4" Tom Bow
line" The Anchors Weighed and "Rockcd in
the Cradle of the Deep / could deliver as honest d
q L a