New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-10

not uslhhse yourself, beg or yOu y: Tor she was
bali AFRAID that this monsieur with the handsome
mustaehe was really making deliberate attempt
To get her INTO conversation. and not that tho
very thhg hsr good grandDapa had specially warned
Mot at ALL" Hugh replied, motoning her into the
contortable corner, 80 that (were It but to avoid
nnSe9my hggung over ~ she was Obliged 10 accept
ms ouci; IL Will not be Tor long, lnademOiselle.
lou VIII soon he going down to claim yOur BERTH
no Rnt I hal then can resume the position
iatG tnus compelling her to continue the dangerous
dialogue. " mean TO pass the night on deck; the
IHsut Is 80 cool so tranquil; and can't turn mon
sicu 1u OF the place ne has secured Tor himself for
the whole evening"
Pray don't trouble about it," Hugh answered
win smile. " can find another by-and-by. when
some OF these bears 90 downstairs for the night
ANA tltl' being too much of a gentleman to force
MS, society further upon her. he walked OFT again
anu Lo9A up Eulalies previous. place beside the
Poor thing" he thought to himself. she can't
ahord 10 take berth, even I'm awfuly sorry for
her Fretty, too, decidedly pretty; and what a
5Moo'' nlusieal voice! CONG to be a gOyerness
II III. W nat stupid fools they must be over in Nor
mandy; Why didn't some fellow or other 90 and
marry her should like &c know instead OF sending
her about her business. wee trembling little thing
That she Is, to teach French to pack OF jealous
bh2lish schoolgirls Had no dot | suppose :
Deastiy mercenary fellows those young bourgeois
ment among the whole lot of them"
10y ana by the other Passengers began to drop oil
one ny one until at last Hugh and Eulale were
ieit alone on deck 10 their own devices. Nobody
else was going to sit it ont. apparently. THIS was
decldeuly awkward. Tie night was 80 calm, the
moon so full and poetcal, the two young people 50
exceedingly Interesting. Upon my word" thought
hugh, " the situation is really becoming quite
romantic. However as madcm0isclle would have
none OF MN, he didn't care to try any further con
Vefsation; so he rolled his light rug carefully
AROUND hln and took up his temporary abode at the
very iurthest opposite end Of the cushioned seat.
Eulalle seemed to think the rug good idea, for
she TOOK up her own bundle shortly after and began
TO slowly unstrap it.. But the bundle had been
strapped very tight Indeed by that good grandpapa
kneeling on 1t aud pulling with all his might aud
man, and, let her ting at it As best SIDE might she
conldnt undo the tongue of tho buckle. Hugh
watched her efforts philosophcally for at least two
minutes Greenwich timel. until he could stand it
no longer
Mademoiselle must really excuse me again." he
her"
Mademoisolo laughed neryously and handed the
bundle To the terrible dragon The terrible dragon
took 1t lightly, aud with single pull undid the
buckle
-" I, was drawn very tight" he said as he unrolcd
the shawls
"Ah, yes" answered Euialie simply half crying
at the thought, sit was done with all his force by
that dear graudpapa.'
Hugh ycnturcd TO place one shawl around her
shoulders and 10 lay another ono quietly across
her knees. MademOlsellc did not resist his atten-
ton; she was beginning TO reflect that perhaps even
IN ENGLAND Sq r young People nay ne perfectly
you are very kind. I'm afraid I'm giving ou lot
of trouble"
" Not Ht all MN0enl0isgIIN lfIlltN. llNEN an
sworcd once more raising hls hat, and 0uitc uncon-
sciously using the name he had sron NO the label
ON the bundle He had thought OF nor by that
name All along and Toe SAID out now without even
" How monsicurw Eulalic cred. starting with
surprise. "lou know my nanc' then You have
seen mol You have boon at Grurhy y
NO mndomularlln. ! have not boon ~ ItuchY.
though have iuEt pnuHod through the CotCntin ON
foot, and admired much your beautiful pdWdgc
but ! knew yuut uumo quite accidentally having
puuu II uu your bag lhuu
Eualio sighed % Al" sho apd 4" I thought ,uu
know utuclN that lovely agr but tnn have
acun tho tolrntn, aud AoU admtr IL, Al, yrai It
~ beautiful. len t'trhl only this morning
And you ato going Ia England to hc govern
ras Z Hugh said, miofto4aiNob,
" But, monsieur, Nuu air magician lou know
everything, lcai | 20 tO bo u guNrruta but how
on earth did y,u c,or ind It out T.
" Oh, madrmoi5sllo. nothing could hr easier Your
lubol wa, addressed To Miss Spurter'-, Weston
" You know Noes Spoortarc, them She 10 of your
country -
NO; don't know her, but | saw she kept -
ladies' school 80 many young FRENCH ladle' come
10 England to be gJyorucssra; and I'm afraid they
don't always like our nation
And " tho conversation got fairly rolling, before
Eulae herself was half aware of It. Presently
Hugh brought a vacant stool over near made
moIse.le, and seating himself on II, settled down
With alarm s'' and flushed again Violently (but
bushes don't show by moonlight. Clearly she
had forgotten all that that dear grandpapa hat said
To her on that important subject. However, II was
too late to draw back now; and besides the mon
sieur was agreeable. Eleven O'Clock Is very con
id-utial hour; / can say Why but experience mas
demon, tratcd the fact that II you are talking 10 the
Inere,t stranger after ! hds struck YOU somehow
grow very confidential Madomoiseiie huahe ana,
at any rate she began telling Hugh "a little about
herself aud her gIandpapI, and GrucnY; and llugh,
being really Interested Tor pretty grl, IL may 10
commonly observed - IealIy very l!i'e'Ti'il- S,"
ject of conversation drew her oh 10 cen MN hcr
simple history of which, u say Tia" TRUTH there was
hardly any. She was Orphau-th9t was all-ant
she had lived with her grandparents turing the time
lf.a
England 10 be a gOycrucS- And Vet Mddclno'cllc
Eulalic took about hour u tell THIS simple story
picced ont with various information about that dear
Taudpapa and that dear gr3nGWamlh"' ana tine
lovely country all around uruchN
Hugh noticed that all the time while NadGmoi-
seilc Eulaie was talking 20 MN she claSpci h'r
lttlc purse tightly IA one hand. As the 9idndpapa
had specially euJOined upon her NINA You U'h
put It into your pocket. he had t'lu hcI' i9i IN
England there are a great many pckpOckets,
against whom you must be on your guard Ana
though Euauc hadn't followed ms adv gee ABOUT
not couversIng with the monsleur@ she had made up
Tor it 10y holding rs hard as she cOuIu To h'i pre-
cious purse.
Bv-and-by madcmoiselie began to shvcr The
night IN fact, was getting cold. ana even tniou-l
her rugs she felt IL chilly. Let ms geJ up ana walk
% little Hugh suggested politely. " mat VIII
warm madcmosele most assurediy' Madcmol>eu"'
now completely dcmorIlzed, accepted the Nug-
gr-tion. and paced the deck br.sEly by Huchs SlNe
They walked ND and down till they Were fairly
tired, and then Eulalle, who hau Eot nacN 10
Cwchy and the cure, stood for WINE ny III, gun
yyLitcned bv the padde-wheel. and cleaning bcdu-
tifullv IN the clear moonlight.
~ne icant for a minute or two 10y the gunwaie
with her hands both hanging over Ii>tlessly; When
all of sudden there was slight lurch cry a
splash. p glimpse of some small object lulln9 lIo
tbc water: and Eulalic wruug her hands pi'eouslY
cycaming, like a tragedy queen, d" / have lost my
purse"
Hugh was really distressed at thi, untowarI ac-
udeut "Oh, I'm 50 sorry,' he CRED QUICKLY was
therc much in il ~
Twenty francs" Madcmoi,ellc Eulalic soboed
ont bitterly, again wrnging her pretty HttlG uh-
with me-" 49,
d" If malcmoscllc will hermit me Hugh h"gani
and suddenly broke Off Tie wa, gong COB aHu'
shall Doe proud 10 let her consider my nui'' l' l'l
own until she reaches her destination ON ih'
spur of the moment no had Thought of lending hrI q
..yrrr.ru. am wannuiuu $50 10 arrange tuat Si'