Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-11-12

station, he found the carriage. as ar
ranged, waiting for him and he could
not help thinking, as he lay back on its
cushions and was driven along towards
his destination, that for vulgar cot.
ton-Splnner Mr.. Maitland seemed to
have very fair idea of what was a
good carriage, and had displayed great
taste IN the selection of il. But then
he remembered that very probably it
had been chosen for him.
Mr. Maitland WAS not at home. the
butler who opened the door at the Mid
lands informed him, not having Vet re-
turned from business, but Miss Matt
land was in the drawing-room, If he
would be pleased to walk that way and
thIther accordingly he directed his
steps. As be entered, tall fair girl of
about twenty-five rose from her seat at
the far end of the room, where she had
been reading, and advanced To meet
him.
She was very different from his an
ticipatIons, he thought, as he shook
hands with her. This was certainly not
the common insignificant-looking girl
lie had prepared himself TO see. On the
contrary, she WAS infinitely more lady
like, both in her appearance and man-
ner, than many of the aristocratIc
friends he had left in London and she
had one of the sweetest faces he thought
he had ever seen. With easy grace she
bade him welcome TO the house, eXcus-
ing her fathers absence as matter of
necessity; and then she resumed her
seat, and they entered into converSa-
ton. Instinctively, during it all, Hen
mixer felt that her clear brown eyes
were ScrutiniZing him closely, that she
was, as it were, summing him up, and
making a mental estimate of his value.
He began TO take an interest IN the girl,
and the more So because he felt that he
had previously done her an injustice.
The butler came in presently to show
HennIker 10 his room, and, when the
young man went back, he found Miss
Maitland with her hat and jacket on.
Il thought you would perhaps like TO
look round the grounds, if you are not
too tired with your Journey" she said.
lie answered that he should lie only
too pleased and they at once sailed
out together.
Going along. she gave him little de-
Scriptioas of the neighbOrhOOd, showed
him her canine pets, the horses, ,et-cGtera,
and did her best to entertain him. Hen
| mixer found himself listening in a way
that he could hardly have believed pos
Slble. This girl bad wonderfully at
| tractive manner. She was so easy and
unaffected, SO thoroughly unconscious
| THAT she was beautiful and stylish, so
different from the parrot-girls of society
whom he had previously met, and yet
So completely their equal i'll the finer
| attributes of good society, i'll grace and
| refinement, with tenfold more depth of
character and cultivation, that Henni-
/ ker enjoyed his walk as he had never
enjoyed any walk before He almost
forgot that his companion was only an
uncultivated cotton-spinner's daughter,
1t was about five O'Clock when they
/ had finished their rounds, and tea was
/ served in the drawing Henniker
was surprised. It seemed that these
I Manchester people lived like other fOlh,
and were as well-bred in their habits as
/ the friends he had left in London. At
dinner, too, there was none of that gor-
geOus display of plate that he had been
/ led to expect. Everything was con-
! Quoted quietly and unOstentatiOusiy.
Mr.. Maitland perhaps, 10 those who did
not know him, was the blot upon the
scene. He certainly was tritie vulgar.
I But his friends lost sight of this in their
warm appreciation of his sterling good
| nature. No better-hearted. more gem
erOus-minded man than Walter Matt
| land ever lived. Originally the sales
| man in small warehouse in Spring
/ Gardens, lie had, by dlnt of steady IN
/ dustry and unwearying perseverance,
raised himself to his present position
among the most honOred of Manchester
merchants but, unlike the majority of
| men who have risen solely through their
own eXertions, his success had not made
/ him arrogant and Self-aSsertlye-nor
was he in the habit of bOasting OF his
| achievement. He knew that, compar-
/ atively speaking. an ignorant man, and
! he was not ashamed TO own it but he
never did SO obtrusively. Kind to a
l fault, always willing to assist any one
/ in distress, innocent as child in many
/ Of the worlds ways, wearing his heart
upon his sleeve, and as unaffected as
l the day on which he was born, Walter
Maitland, to those who knew him, was
a man to respect, to honor, and to love.
Unfortunately Frank Henniker did
not know him, and he was obliged to
Judge him by outward appearance. He
felt strongly that this old gentleman
who sat at the head of the table, who
Laughed so loudly and so heartily at his
own Jokes, who often dropped his "h's''
and misprOnounced his words, was d
very vulgar being. Henniker had been
brought up in an exclusive set, with
whom faults of breeding were iniqul-
ties that could never be atoned for, even
by the best qualities of disposition AT
dinner, unconsciously to himself, he
could not help showing the direction IN
which his thoughts lay. However, 1t
passed off very well, and Mr.. Maitland
did not perceive that his guest was
tri1e offended, not TO say disgusted with
his WAYS. But once or twice Hennlker
caught the daughter looking at him with
an expression on her face which he
could not understand. 1t puzzled him.
After aInner, IN the drawIng.room,
she sang some songs for him and again
Uenniker was thrown into state OF
wonderment. Such thrilling voice,
SO touching in its tender pathos, he had
never heard. 1t entranced him, and he
remained fascinated by the piano all the
time that she was singing But, when
he showed symptoms of the great de-
liobt that he feiC, Miss Maitland at once
rose from her seat, and rather coldiy re-
fused to sing any more.
Uenniker's thoughts, as he sat In bis
bed room that night, were anything but
pleasant. Above everything he felt
thoroughly angry and dissatisfied with
himself. He had acted, it seemed tc
him, very like a fool. Ee had come
from London full of self-conceit, com
placently satisfied that the people nt
was going to see were an inferior order
or creation to himself, quite an inferior
race of beings, living in common 1n'
der. hired way that to man OF culti