St. Paul daily globe., 1884-04-05

ding away calmly hundred yards off. The
horns blew and blew and small crowd of
urchins and fsherwomen assembled. Enid
was getting further away, although she was
striking hard for the shore. The norman
had no rope wherewith he might have gone
out, and moreover, as he was old enough to
be grandfather, would have been Of very
little use had he done SO. Mamma was
screaming and crying with the water over
her ankles, and Enid was evidently fast los
ing strength. scream from her deter
mined me.
81 tore off my coat and waistcoat and
plunged in. I am good swimmer. re-
member long battling with the waves,
graphing with something heavy, but moth
ing more until found myself lying on my
stomach on the sand, a crowd OF people
around me and two men vigorously engaged
in pumping the water out of me according
to the rules prescribed by the Humane So
cety.
Z" III reyient II re,de,et' were the first
words 1 heard. Where is the young lady!'
were the first words l uttered.
g Quite safe, sir; quite safe, thanks to
you, was the answer. 4 don't know how
to express my thanks to you for yonr gallant
conduct
luC SJedhcT, O1 cOuTSe, Was Eulu mann
ma: sol murmured out few commonplaces
about only having done what any other fel-
low would have done under similar circum-
stances and SO forth, and as soon as L felt
well enough made the best of my way home
through the crowd
"Of course this led to making the acquain-
tance of Enid and her mamma, whose name
was Mountjoy for, although l would will
ingly have escaped the prominence into
which my momentary enthusiasm was sure
to bring me, felt under an obligation to ask
after Miss Mountjoy, and moreover, | was
smitten with her. So / dined with them at
their hotel and went about with them as if
we were acquaintences OF many years stand
ing. ! think Mrs. Mountjoy must have made
some inquiries about me before permitting
this intercourse, for she was one OF those
proud, naughty women who do not even
deem the saving of daughters life an eX-
cuse to gush and eXtra-gratitude, and re-
member the smallest perceptible curl in her
lips when my name was announced as plain
Jones. She was very severe On 'snobs' ana
harmless holiday folk, and people who
dined early and who did not dress according
to the Partisan fashion sheets: she was brim-
full of society and societ'ys doings and knew
more about dear duchesses' and charming
lords than any woman l evermet with who
condescended to spend summer holiday at
such plebian watering place as Boulogne
"HOwever, we got on very well together:
/ was the more enchanted with Enid the
more l knew of her, and | fattered myself /
that my ardent devotion was not unrecipro.
Gated. Still / had not pluck enough to make
any serious advances, much less to put the
all important question, although | had plenty
e, hoinn Of
a ponderous physique, was not given to
much active exercise and Enid and were
left constantly alone.
cat length the period of my holiday was
drawing to a close, and T felt that if the step
was to be taken it must be taken soon.
''Enid had hobby; she suffered from
acrostics on the brain. Every week pile of
papers arrived from England, society papers
which Mrs. Mountjoy devoured for their fash
ionable news and Enid for their acrostics,
and her excitement every week as the list OF
correct solvers appeared was amusing to me
who had hitherto regarded acrostics as simple
puzzles for young folk
'sBut when | was introduced to the formid
able array of reference books, quotation
books, gazetteers, geographical photograph
ical and other dictionaries, when | often
found Enid with severe frown seated at a
table Uttered with papers, began to think
that, after all there must be something in
them.
zone evening after dinner she said
.'Oh, would give anything to find out this
light It's the last accrostic of the quar-
ter and I'm already well up for prize, and
do so want to beat Mrs Nuns and Nil
Despeaandum, who are old solvers and are
always winning prizes. Do look at it, Mr.
Jones, and see if you can make anything out
of it,
81 took up the paper and looked at the
acrostic as if it were a Telegu poem or a ma
tive edition Of the Koran, and read OUT
Ancient name of English town,
Something very near a crown.
s'You see,' said Enid 'the sides are ''Radi-
ical Members, so that this light must be-
gin with R. and end with NJ. I've done all the
rest but this beats me-
II murmured the lines a score of times
with profound air, but the more | thought
the fnrther was from solving their mean
ing.
"a sudden idea struck me- Smith the
Bore will be sure to know it: I'll write and
ask him. So said in a low voice.
''Miss Mountjoy, didn't you say you would
give anything to find this out!'
g Yes, that would; anything in reason,
he replied.
{" Then said I, stealing her hand and
glance at Mrs. Mountioy, who was doing
over the World, suppose 1 ask you Toto give
me your heart and hand!'
''Enid blushed and said nothing; her hand
was actually in my possession, so would be
her heart if the Bore sent me back a right an
swer. i
81 stole away to my hotel and hastily scrib
bled as follows:
''NIY DEAR SMITH: You will think Pm
resuming q long interrupted friendship
for very interested rasons. But l can't
help it. and when tell you that
nv future happiness depends upon
in your power to help me. What English
town in olden times was known by nam
beginning with and ending with NJ! Some
thing about crown? Please answer by re-
turn if you can. Yours very truly,
HABoLD JONES'
soThe answer came in due course from his
city office.
My DEAR JONES: Only too delighted to
do YOU service The town to which you
refer is Chichester, ancently called Reg
nun, which l need not tell you is the Latin
for kingdom, hence the allusion to crown. !
Regnum stood on the Stane street, con-
tinuation of the Eemine street, one of the
tour great Roman roads. 1t ran through Hal |
maker and Rignor and Pulborough |
and Billingshurst'-
81 read no more, for the old fellow went
on to describe the whole course OF the Stane
street to London, but with beaming face
presented myself at Mrs. Mountjoy's apart
ments.
Eureka I exclaimed, as 1 entered. The
town is Regnuni, Miss Mountjoy, now known
as Chichester.
.sWhat followed need not be detailed; sus-
flee it to say that 1 left the hotel
the betrothed of Enid Meuntjoy, subject to