New-York tribune., 1883-11-04

natured sophie. 1--WE are naturally interested in
| you, and in Florence too"
'By-the-bye, Jack" said Amelia, 81 forgot to
ask you fg Floronce's portrait, which c az ySu very
may trust me; 1t will be quite safe.n
Both the girls laughed, and Amelia said, dld
not tell Won, Sophie. that when Jack was admiring
Florence's portrait she TUNED to me and asked me
if would ike il. DO you think she was sure it 1t
would find its way through me TO Jack, or thr0ugh
Jack 10 mef Upon my word, she Is deep httie
thing n eir+ =, asked NOT mueb relisIdng nv
II she were should tell you I" answered Ame-
lin laughing loudly. "NO, no; there ssuch thing
ne esDyif de corps among women we may sneer at
one smother among ourselves but right-Innded fe-
males never expose the sexs inGrmties to the COM
i'i"r resides ] Jack" said Sophie, "no girl is sup
posed TO know whether another Is hirt or not. 1t
is for men to make the discovery" I'll
Well TO be sure, all this was very twoPehS laIh,
tbe chatter of three young relations driving along
road in phaetOn but IL pleased ana amused me-
found that these girls enjoyed conVersns E
subject of love- and that they were quite uspVsfsa
TO encourage me to make fool OF myseu over Iis
Hawke. There are women VINO IKE 10 SCI Poopio ~
0uarrelling with one another, and there are women
wLo like 10 set people making love 20 one another'
My cousins were Of this order and Their papa eI,
haps knew their pecuiarty when he spoke Oh mem en-
as couple of clever girls willing 10 run Oh any ei
rands might want to put them TO- >, ,t,a
And upon my word If i were q glrl, snouIu
think that the next best fun to having sweetIleIo
is 30 act as factotnm TO pair OF lovers 10 eeJoy
the confidence of both to patch up damaged leelTT
ings to convey letters, and see the coneoJ, a.,
NAV saw from the wings instead Of from the front.
But il Is a wOman's business and, TO perform her
part to her and the satisfaction OF others she
not only requires plenty OF leisure, bqt she must 20
emotional il not hysterical, aud exceedingly
amiable: nor. perhaps, can she be held aDsO-
iutely qualified for the arduous post unless she 3
able to show that she has been in love herself ana
We returned home at half-past r. and as drove
up to the door, saw my uncle walking qHoeI 1ns
trees with tall man wearing beard MS upper
IT'S Mr. Hawkep said Amelia, and wi when taYe the
hands / followed when the groom was near
enough to catch the rens fiung to hliin' ana my
uncle INTRODUCED me- MI hawke tba ,aT rst 10 Sa3
heard of me; and when he regained his r''hrod
erectness he scrutinized me with as keen par or
ewes as were ever leVelled at youth ne vas q
tSIerably good looking man tall and well dressed:
He was certainly very different from the DuIIy
Colonial l had somehow pictured him; de cafne9f
very grave expression Of face, and the skirts OK
his coat being long, and his beard hd1ng the lurnl-
ture of his neck, he might have been mistaken i0r =
Clergyman. A pair OF gold eye-g@asses asses dgen1 Gamg,e1d
flashed upon one hand, that was ungl0ye9, ana IN
the other hand was stout cane adorned VIII d
with a degree of deliberation that was 0oth ire
some and disturbing, as it suggested not only
solicitude as to his choice OF words, npt IlsRN- R
ings as to his capacity of delivering them When
selected.
SOPHIE asked after his daughter Emily. .
"1hank you Miss Seymour, she is as well rs We
have right to expect. Sir Timothy Tomson thinks
that no change of air is at present necessary Inc
journey home fatigued heTmaW-p0or t4rg PHt Ser
And then, addressing me, What do you think OF
Clifton, siri Is this your tTst-aw-your hrSe
"it is" replied. 81 only arrived the night be-
fore last but what have seen delights me-
"my 11 nephew Jacks opinion is not to be despised,
for he has visited Sydney harbor"
"0h, you know Sydney, indeed!' exclaimed g! the
old fellow as if my knowing Sydney rather discon-
certed him. Pray, how do you know Sydney :"
"0I' a. a saiiorY yes. lust So Ycu win not--aw
have much acquaintance with it. My recollection
is that sailors only allowed to go ashore be-
ieye-aw7that is the exPrefssiIonTto res ION go ashore az
something about the nautical calling"
Not much, not much, indeed" he replied, never
relaxing his distressing gravity and speaking if,
on the whole any knowledge of the nautical calling
was calculated to lead to social prejudice " Having
cross the ocean to reach England, and have had
opportunities of finspecting-well-aw-p w-perhaps noo
- " In Short cut in INV uncle unceremouiously,
"you have seen enough of Jacks life to know
something about it." ~,
scowl round, to let understand that he had been
at no loss for words. You didn't, perhaps con-
tinued he addressing Inc, " know Sir Wilkinson
Smith at Sidney ~
NO." said |.
Nor his very charming lady, who, by the way,
Mr.. Seymour" speaking to my uncle, turns out to
be a connection of Lord Wear, my friend Sir Re2in-
aid MOrecOmbes cousin"
I'VE should call that coincidence in Canada"
said my uncle, giving me look. " by the way,
Mr.. Hawke, have you brought Mr.. MorecOmbe
along with you to Clifton r. M,
ence were out riding-a piece of news that caused
Sophie to steal peep ut me, while II excited IN the
depths of my soul an evil wish that the fellow
would break his neck before he got home
We stood, all i've of cOnVeTslng tOr some tllne
under the trees it did not take me long TO dscOY-
er that Mr. Alphonso Hawke was pomPouS oid
bore, with an early training and history OF which
he was ashamed, and to the yeneering OF whlcn lie
was devotng his declining years. was struck by
his way of speaking, the cautious manner In which
he groped along with his tongue saying and ah
merely to enable him to pause and make sure, and
9 a1 H TFd ar ne m P Sr " Wnsdn ne smh AND hs
charming lady, a connection OF tho Morec0nbes
when he addressed my cousins. Ills want oi ease
was the most haTassing part OF him. He was, Iii
deed, one of those men TO whom you long T. say,
For goodness sake, try rot to be gcnteel and pray
cease TO act as person oI pEte's DIoP al u s'
Kindly, be vulgar and natural
At last he went away, declining my uncle's inYi-
tatiOn to stop to lunch with large aud porty wave
of the hand and smile that exposed what ! sus-
pected then, and know now, to have been a set OF
splendid false teeth. he gave the ladies an immense
bow as he quilted them and / watched with an
emotion almost of awe the soemity of his tread and
and the full-bOwn dignity of his consequential
carriage as he walked by my mcle's side to the
EAIe
Well Jack" said my uncle, returning and look
ing ut me with grin, what dye think OF your
future father-in-lawp
" Hush, papa for gracious goodness sake" cried
Amelia in a terrified voice, casting her eyes IN tho
direction in which old Hawke had disappeared
Tut tut !" said my uncle, "he's out of hearing,
silly
HE fits the character you gave him to hair'
said |. "IIeis prigp
"Ay prgw exclaimed my ancle, but iss't no
fine specimen of one isn't he worth knowing as
prg You're not going TO meet with
such a sample as that every day, my
hearty May be shivered if the sight of him alone
isn't worth long journey
Really, papa,5 said Sophie, remonstratiyely,
he is our friend, dear. He is Florence's father: