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By HENRY JANIS
FirN Part.
CHAPTER l.
She was certainly singular girl. and II
no felt at the end that he didn't know her nor
understand her. Il IL not surprising that he
should have felt It at tho beginning. But he
felt at the beginning what he did not feel ct the
end. that her singularity took tho form Of .
charm which-oncs circumstances had made
Thorn 20 intimate-it was impossible to resist
or conjure away. He had strange impression
lit amounted at times to Q positive distress.
and shot through the sense OF pleasure
morally speaking-with the acutensss Of Q
sudden twinge Of neuralgia that It would b
better for each Of them that they should break
Oh short and never see each other again. In
later years he called this feeling foreboding.
and remembered two or three occasions whom
he had been on the point OF expressing II TO
Georgina. OF course. In fact he never OF.
pressed It: there were plenty OF good reasons
for that Happy love IL not disposed to assume
dlsagreeable duties. and Raymond Benyon's
lovo was happy. In spite OF grave present..
ments. In spite Of the singuarity Of his mistress
and tho insunerable rudeness Of her parents.
She was q tall. fair girl. with . beautiful
cold eye and . smile Of which the perfect
sweetness. proceeding from the lips. was full Of
| compensation; she had auburn hair Of hue
| that could be qualified as nothing less than
gorgeous. and she seemed to move through
| life with . stately grace as she would have
walked through an old fashioned minuet.
Gentlemen connected will the navy have the
advantage OF seeing many types Of womeni
they are able to compare the ladies' Of New
| York with those OF Valparaiso. and those Of
Halifax with those Of the Cape Of Good Hope.
Raymond Benyon had had these advantages.
| and being very fond OF women he had learnt
his lesson; he was In q position to appreciate
Georgina Gressie's fine points. She looked
like duchess-I don't mean that in foreign
ports Benyon had associated with duchesses--
and she took everything SO seriously. That
was fattering for the young man. who was
| only . Lieutenant. detailed for duty ut the
| Brooklyn Navy Yard without penny In the
| world but his pay. with set Of plain. numer-
Gus. seaiaring God-fearing relations In New
Hampshire. a considerable appearance OF
talent. feverish. disguised ambition. and .
slight impediment In his speech. He was
spare. tough young man. his dark hair was
straight and fine. aud his face. a triHe gale.
smooth and carefully drawn. He STAN.
mered . little blushing when he did
90. at long intervals. I scarcely know
how he appeared on shipboard. but
on shore. In his civilians garb. which was
Of the neatest. he had as little as possible an
aroma OF winds and waves. He was neither
salt nor brown. nor red. nor particularly
hearty" He never twitched up his trousers.
nor. 30 far a. we could &c., did he. with his
modest. attentive manner. carry himself - one
accustomed to command. OF course. - sub.
| altern. he had moro to do in the way Of obey.
| n lNOtaH n ~ IA fol1owod aodan.
tary calling. and was indeed. supposed to be
decidedly intellectual. He was q lamb with
| women. to whose charms he was. rs I have
limited. susceptible; but with men he was Diff
ferent. and. believe. as much Of wolf as was
| necessary. He had q manner Of adorinG the
| handsome. insolent queen Of his affections II
will explain In moment why call her inso-
lent); indeed. he looked up to her literally a.
we'll AS sentlmentally. for she was the least bit
the taller OF the two. He had met her the
| summer before. on the piazza OF hotel at
Fort Hamilton. to which, with brother officer.
in a dusty buggy. he had driven over from
Brooklyn to spend a tremendously hot Sunday
| the kind OF day when the navy yard was
loathsome; and tho acquaintance had been re-
newed by his calling In Twelfth street ON New
Years day-aconsidera time to wait for pre-.
text. but which proved the impression had not
been transitory. The acquaintance ripened.
| thanks to jealous cultivation ION his part) Of
occasions which Providence. 1t must be con.
fessed. placed at his disposal none too lib
orally; SO that now Georgina took up oil his
thoughts and considerable part OF his time.
He was In love with her beyond q doubt: but
he could not fatter himself that she was In
love with him. though she appeared willing
what was so strange) to quarrel with her fam.
lily about him. He didn't see how she could
really care for him-she seemed marked out
by nature for so much greater q fortune: and
he used to say to her: "Ah. you don't-theres
no use talking. you don't-really care for me at
alp To which she answered: Really? You
are very particular. 1t seems 10 me it's real
enough II let you touch one Of my finger
tips3" That was one Of her ways Of being In
solent. Another was simply her manner OF
looking ut him. or at other people when thoy
spoke to her). with her hard. divine blue eye
looking quietly amusedly. with the dir Of con-
siderlng WHOLLY from hor own point OF view)
what they might have said and then turning
her head or her back. while. without taking tho
trouble to answer them. she broke into
q short. liquid. Irrelevant laugh. This may
seem to contradict what saidjust now about
her taking the young Lieutenant In tho navy
seriously What mean Is that she appeared
to take him more seriously than she took any
thing else. She said to him once: AT any
rate you have the merit OF not being shop
keeper;' and 1t was by this epithet sho was
pleased to designate most Of tho young men
who at that time hourished In tho best society
OF New York. Even II she had rather q free
way Of expressing general Indifference. Q
young lady Is supposed to be serious enough
when she consents to marry you. For the rest.
as regards certain haughtiness that might be
observed In Georgina Gresse. my story will
probably throw sufficient light upon It. She
remarked to Benyon once that It was mono Of
his business why she liked him. but that to
please herself. she didn't mind telling him she
thought the great Napoleon before he was
celebrated. before he had command OF the
army Of Italy. must have looked something
like him; and she sketched In few words the
sort OF figure she lmagin the incipient Bona
parte to have been-short lean. pale. poor. in
tellectual. and with tremendous future under