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lleys for fear of meeting him, hso fel.

why, JOneS, Ola lellOW he cNclalln-
ed, shaking my hand heartily, al made
sure that you were dead, or that you had
retired upon your fortune, forI hear your
firm have been making tremendous
strides lately. Now, old fellow, for the
me I'm lonely bachelor, rs the wife
and daughter have gone to the seaside.
Come aud dine with me, and I'll put ypu
up for the night--changed my atdr,..-,
you see
"But the awful vision of many hours
i'll Roman England stood before my cycs
i'll its old horrible shape ; and | told hun
and | hope as an act of self-dcfensc
| that 1t has been pardoned mo-that | WIS
going to start the next day for my Holt
day.
Later on, however, ] did go for my
holiday. l had been very hard worked
during the past year, and felt i'll need OF
genui.e rest and recreation-thut rest
| and recreation which are denied those
who employ their annual breathing space
in hurrying and scurrying over countries
and towns at lightning pace, and whose
time is occupied in packing and uupack-
ing, in catching steamers and trains, in
squabbling with landlords and paying
long bills.
81 found what 1 needed at Boulognc,
where / had as much gayety or solitude
az chose, the finest of air, and WAS with
in easy hail Of business and very thor
oughly 1 enjoyed myself. Time sped by
very pleasantly. Boulogne walked on
the jetty, especially on rough days about
the hour Of the tidal boats arrival, and
so did [. Boulogne disported itself vari-
ously on the sands, attended balls Mt the
Casino, looked on at balls in the Tintel-
lerie Gardens | did likewise. Boulognc
was not much given to exploring the
River Lame, because Boulognc knew
very we'll thai there was nothing to be
got for the trouble but | did rs far as
Pont de Briques, where / was upset by
the current and fastened back just i'll
time to stick fast on a sandbank for an
hour in full view of the quays and the
bridge. Boulogne knew very little about
its surrounding country, no | resolved to
teach myself, and returned with the con-
viction that, with the exception of Alden,
rustic Boulogue was about the most God
forsaken spot with which ! was acquaiut-
ed.
But the chief allure,nent and enjoy
ment of Boulognc was the bathing. Every
body knows how they b,the ut Boulognc
and other French watering places so that
there is no need to describe it. Suffice
it, therefore, to remark that if the system
is not abused by French men and women
there is no reason to suppose that it woulC
be abused by English men and women
Everybody knows also that bathing a
Boulogne, in our Englishman's sense Of
the word, is dangerous. That is to say
there is a nasty under-tow ont, about in
line with the sand bar at the jetty head
which has proved fatal to mauy Il strong
swimmer, and strong swimming, there
fore, is almost out OF the question, nj
. though the patrons OF the Dob-np.and
4 down-stand-in-ac circle style of hathiG;
, are as safe here as anywhere else II,
| who thinks to have gooi brcajhei
against the dancing, crested waves is Il"
ceived, as the notes Of the guardian IN
t horn warn him directly i- starts on.
ward.
e II was walking ON the jcllY one fin
bright morning after my bath, tliukin,
V of nothing in particular unless it wer
:: Sac lobster and outlet p,Iurc hrrakfas
r awaiting me in the Restaurant dc Il, Ictee
v when I heard the swectcnt OF voices al
most in my ear
g "'Well, mamma, it t,'nr 80 h.the, :
il come along.
It 81 naturally turned round, and behei
e one of the fairest, freshest specimens q
g English girlgood that | had ever eve
l. imagined or seen depicted on canvas. Sh
O was dressed in ligh; dress OF pink sons
j. thing or other which set off her supple
rounded figure to its very best and
= white hat (chip hat, is it? y formed pleas
ant contrast to the clusters of wdvy brow
a hair which fell on her neck and nestle
e above the gentlest and henlthiest of face.
v every well, my dear Enid, said man
l. ma, n big resolute.looking lady; 'bt
,e pray be careful, for the sea is high, an
ID that horrid horn has been going all tt
v morning
t, "'Never fear, mamma DEAR said Nj,
TX Enid /; L can swim like duck, "
H. know And she tripped eff down to ii
AS sande.
lie 81 am not masher, and it is not OF
s, of the chief items in my holiday pr
h gramme to sit and watch girls bathin
IN especially when they are attircd as
ne England in those horrible blue shrou
ly which we call bathing dresses, but co
er fess that 1 crossed the jetty to watch Il
tn movements of Miss Enid, because | hi
st, grown suddenly interested in her,
watched her across the sands and up b
ID. steps of the machine.
lc- ut certainly was rough sea, and We
es few people were bathing, absolutely no
ct were swimming, and mechanically |
tic scended to the sands. Miss Enid did II
I'm go out as do most young ladies, first t
IN drawn back suddenly with shivt
MS then all the toes, likewise drawn bac
lg- but not quite so rapidly, then by inch
&c. the entire frame but the head. No, s
he bounced out Of the machine head fl
he like partAcolored ray of light, and il
lid moment was striking out deity a
:. strongly, now over wave, now under
he wave, as if born to the manner of
in Farther and farther she went ont, as
old triumphing in the disturbance of wa
ow crest and floating spray then the he
, 1t blew. Mamma on the shore was in
Or agony and screamed. Both she and t
I'm, horn might just as well have been silel
re- for the wind was blowing shoreward, a
yer the girl could evidently hear nothing !
1 IL the tumbling and the dashing of
on waves. ] looked about for the usual M
ned in the boat he was padding away cal
ge, ly hundred yards Off. The horns bl
dy, and blew, and small crowd OF urch
UNI and tisher-women assembled. Enid v
nee getting farther and farther away, althou
tor, she was striking hard for the shore. 4
am. norman had no rope wherewith he mi,
the have gone out /; and, moreover, as he '
the old enough to be grandfather, wo
led, have been OF very little use had ne Il,
ter, 80 ; mamma was screaming and cry
with the water over her ankles, and T.
dis was last losing strength. A scream FIR
heir her determined me.
ties 81 tore off my coat and waistcoot ,
and plunged in. L am good swimmer
had remember o long battling with the wav
ten a graphing with something heavy
/ in nothing more until found myself iv
be- on my stomach on the sand. a GROVE
Tres people around me, and two men vigoro
n at ly engaged in pumping the water on
nan me according to the rules prescribed
lin. the Humana Soc;aty