Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-02

llNpTHIillCNl ana OtIltl tICllDuuTltH, WutH |
| otten found Enid with severe frown
seated at Il table Uttered with papers, |
began to think that, after all, there must
he something in them.
cone evening after dinner she said
oh, would give anything to find |
ont this light It's the last ncrostic OF !
the quarter. aud I'm already well up for
| prlz', and do so wont to beat Mrs.
Minus and 'Nil Desperandum, who are
old sOl'ers and are always winning prizes.
Do look at 1t, Mr. Jones and see if you
| can make anything out Of it.
Il took up the paper and looked at the
arr"stir rs If II were II Telcgu poem or
| native edition OF the Koran, aud I read
out,
Ancient name Of Hnglsh town,
!naii i12 very near "A crown.
You see, said Enid. The sides are
"Radlcal Members" so that this light
must begin with r and end with NJ. I've
done all the rest, but this beats me-
81 murmured the lines score of times
with profound air but the more [
| thought the farther | was from solving
their meaning.
"a sudden idea struck me- Smith the
Bore will be sure TO know it. will write
and ask him. $50 ! said III 81 low voice ::
Miss Mountioy, d!du't You say you
would give anything - fud ihis ont 2
" Yes, that would anything in rr,
son, she replied
" Then, saii T, ,teahr5 h,r head an,,
Il glance at Mrs. tipun,i ". Who was dnn
ng over the IIorhi ','Ipi,-c [ nsl, ,.,,l
to-to give me your i,onit "l.l hnri?"
Enid husled uud SAID n",hins ; her
hjud WIS actually to ny pps.rsainR ; s,
would he her heart Il ia. Bore sen, ne
back 1t right answer
I stole away to my hotel and hs,tity
scrubbed as follows;
My DEAR Su.rH Ynu viii thank
I'm lrsuming Il irn{ interrupted IrIen.t.
ship for very in'' rss','i t,;,a',us Bat /
cnut help It All wu,'H ti. y'ut},l' Ia,
future happiness !.ptni, on yUUr AN
aTer, am sure ynu Nil do ali i'll your
power to help M. What English town
III olden times WAS known by a name be-
ginning with Il AMI ending with NJ?
Something about crown ? Please at
swer by return if you can. Yours very
truly. HAROLD JONES.
= "The answer came in due course from
/; his city Office.
My DEAR JONES' Only too delight
GU W W YOU btiN lCt' IIt lpdu "
, which you refer is Chichester, anciently
.. called Regnum, which | need not tell you
is the Latin name for kingdom hence
the allusion 10 crown.
'Regnum stood on the Stane street, /
continuation of the Ermine street, one o.
i the four great Roman roads. 1t ran
through Halnaker and Bignor and Pul-
borough and Blllingshurst-'
g 81 read no more, for the oldfellow wen
i on TO describe the whole course of the
:, Stane street to London but with beam
Il ing face presented myself at Mrs. Mount
$ joys apartments.
+ Eureka y | exclaimed as / entere |
Q THE town is Regnum, Miss Mountioy
i now known as Chichester.
! "What followed need not be detailed
&c suffice it to say that left their hotel tn,
betrothed of Enid Mouatioy, subject t,
y the approval of papa.
e 80 eager was | to learn the verdict OF
3 this final court of appeal that | Travelled
1t to England with Miss Mountjoy and he
,e mother, and put them into the train e
+, route for pleasant Kentish village where
<, to / was to go next week.
IS 81 may be imagined that at the day AM
lie hour named | was at the little rustic sta
st ton.
n Can you tell me where Mr. Mount
ID Joy lives? [ asked of the station mas
a ter.
t. "Mountioy, sir-Mountjoy Don
if know the name at all, and I've been her
'e ever since the line was opened, reptile
m the official.
IN "a sudden chill came over me. Had
he made mistake in the name of the place
It, Was it possible that there were two place
III of the same name? A more horribl
ut thought came over me, which | almo'
ne blush to record, that | had been mad
m the victim of heartless hoax that m
Al goddess was none but a Siren Peris
wv the thought | muttered, and drew o,
MS the address Mrs. Mountioy had given IN,
as 'Naseby, Harrietsham, Kent, and shOy
gil ed it to the station master.
he "Lor, yes, SIR he exclaimed. M
lat Smith lives there, he do. Left hand roac
ms sir, just against the Old Pilgrim Roa,
Id sir.
ne "'But, l said, confused, 'Mountjc
ng was the name given me-.
nd " Very likely, sir, snid the officii
I'm with grin, If it was given by the man
ma, sir. You see, sir, she's very prou
nd and Ugh, sir; you'll excuse my saying
i sir. And as the name of Smith is rath,
IS common, sir, she allus travels by son
mt swell name. Last year it were Fitz-Sir
ng mons, sir. It's all right, sir.
Of "Greatly relieved, / thanked the st
US ton master and FASTENED along in the
Of rection indicated, In a short time can
by to snbstantial-looking old Queen Am
house standing in its own grounds.
he had scarcely passed through the lodi
mr., gates when | heard well.known ar
well-helovod voice exclaim
10 Here he ia, papa here he Is NJ
ow End, all radiant with health and beanr
,nt appeared in company with--Hh om do y
1' think ?"
:. Smith the Bore q hazarded.
as Right yea are" said Jones. "Ar
III, you may imagine what laugh we hi
iat over it all. OF course he accepted me
Ter his future son-in-law, and I've never III
as reason since to regret that ! formed
eSt friendship with the old fellow. And s
you see, if he'd never had his hobby
ne should never have been able to ke'
IA, Enid"
gu "And when | come down TO see you, u
nj said, 81 must be careful not TO blurt o.
ny anything about that Bore Smith !"
iss -----
EN- good name at home is a tower Of srenp
IL ABROAD. Gar.