Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-11

upon IeUecLlO0. Malcl QlQ not
know why he should not await his
ga cousin here. He should do a
wrong TO his entertainers frank hos
pitahty, he felt, III doubling his welcome
so long as be chose to stay. He had
finished mis- tour of investigation he had
puTpOsely left this fer the last. A large
tract Of land had been offered him a little
to the south, which he had not expected
to visit. But if he waited he might 90
and return. He was inclined TO believe
ii extraordinarily adapted to his cOloniz-
ing design, and when Lincoln came, they
could 90 somewhere for a fortnight before
he need sail for England.
Having yielded to the abundant Mora
Wan hospitality he made a point of seeing
the best in it. Judea was exquisitely
provincial, certainly, but that was part
of its charm, and March at least would
not have added a pennyweIght of sOphis-
tlcatiOn to it if he could. If it were 10 be
complained that the life was absurdly
narrow, March, IN his invincible satisfac-
ton for the moment with It, would have
freely owned the truth of all that could
be said in this direction, but he would
have urged that one might sometimes
grow a little tired of the broader life.
One could always angle in the wide,
swift currents; it was interesting to whip
the brooks occasionally. This was, of
course, especially true when those brooks
were American. The genuine hospitality
was not an every day matter; when one
was in the luXuriant enjoyment of it, for
what could 1t be adYantageOusly ex-
changed?
His life from day to day was very sim
pie, and though it embraced much obser-
walton in the direct line Of his mission,
seemed to have no other very large aim.
Nevertheless he was fully occupied.
There appeared to be great many things
in Judea that might be done with pleas
ure, and DR.. Van Cleef busted himself
unwearyingly in searching these out and
setting them before him.
Il want to drive you to the Old Basin
this afternoon" he would say at break
fast; or on another morning, Constance,
my dear, why not show MIR. March Indian
Gorge to-day? Now there are the clock
works, You have seen them? O, of course,
but not MOravian clock works." and 1--WE
omitted the Widows Choir yesterday,
Constance. You must take Mr.. March
through il. | want you 10 see our whole
system, sir" The Doctor seemed to
think some part of his duty left undOne
in day for which be had provided no
certain plan, and his repertoire was APP
parently eXhaustless. But March en-
jOyed the days which were less carefully
WanderlngS with Constance through the
settlement, and their morning talks in
the garden had value of their own
which the pleasantest of their regularly
eXcursiOns-and they were GER
tainly delightful in their Way-quite
lacked.
Constance did not permit their guest to
disturb the even order of her daily Oc-
equations, however. In the afternoon
she often spun-a graceful employment,
at which, in the MOravian habit, she sang
med the quaint airs which the church of
the UHlt0s FTdtum has wisely provided
for this, as for ali the industries of her
her daintily-made foot rose and
Tell III time, and while the easy motions
d. her head and figure required in har-
nOny, one hand spanned the distatf as
the other ran to and fro, drawing forth
The slight thread, and returning. In the
evening she was wont TO sit before the
great, CHEEKY wood fire, the natural
centre OF the little circle. While her
.athef read, Miss Cynthia knitted, ah@
NJ arch talked with Constance. At these
times she was often sKilfully celebrating
some wOmaG's fancy in emb oidery by
-he light Of the massive candelabrum, or
toiug that more prosaic sewing which
toned to render weekly to the personal
care Of the housewife. Toward the close
Of the evening she would lay aside her
work. As they sat thus confronting the
1amng lOgs in the wide chimney-mOuth,
their talk was of many things; and if the
litetature or the art of which they Occa-
,ionally spoke chung rather RnXiOusly to
ENGLISH skirts, that was perhaps to be
expected, though disappointing to
!
was to borrow altogether in mattrs Of
his sort, however, it was agreeable to
discover that her daughters occasionally
knew these loan collections, as it were,
80 very well.
March took the journey to the south
ward which he had proposed to himself,
and spent several days in travelling about
4 region which impressed him as partic-
llarly favorable to his purpose. 1t was
lOt only that the land was fat, and seemed
waiting vistfully for the plough. There
Vas the desirable neighbOrhOod of cities,
md the near presence Of a considerable
yilage; it was all in a particularly lovely
yRlleV. When he returned to Judea, he
)ccu pied some days in rendering an ac-
count Of 1t TO the proposing immigrants
IN the other side Of the water. AS he
lame down into the garden one morning,
after finishing his work for the day, he
perceived Constance bending over flower
bed from which she was steady plucking
.he weeds. She wore pair of tattered
cloves. For the first time since March
lad known her, she had laid aside the
society cap, aud wore an enormous straw
sun-shade. She looked up to greet him,
With her clear skin flushed from her eXer-
IOa. Down somewhere in the depths OF
ler great suu-bonnet glOwed her face,
and, as she bent it again upon the bed,
March was left wide prospect of straw,
Frightened By the broad blue ribbon that
the mOnStrOus piece OF millinery
to her head.
Have YOU been at work 20 she asked,
hollOwly from her outrageous shelter.
"No; not in the sense that you are at
work. | suppose | may say PYe been
playing rather hard. Tve been writing"
''You do great deal of writing"
"Why. have to get up my reports, you
know. Eve been rather lazy recently.
My Journey furnished me with some ma
teriai that thought might as well do up
at once"
Constance went thoughtfully on with
her wedding. After a moment:
"Do you know, I'ye wondered if you
" would not be thOught-hOw shall say it?
if they wouldn't think in England you
had good deal of purpose. That is a
clumsy way of putting it. But" rising,
''you know what mean. Are they all as
much in earnest over therep
"You don't expect me to answer, do
your
Il don't know that do. But should
like you to-"
You offer me the opportunity of say
ing hard things of my cOuntrymen, TO the
elevation OF myself. THAT'S very fiatter-
ing, but l can hardly take advantage Of
it,"
As she stood before him ne smiled at her
laughing face, as it showed IN the remote
vista of the sun-bonnet.
81 didn't mean that you should reply
L was only giving you the text.
L hoped you would talk"
at would be little like the Archbishop
Of Canterbury taking himself for text,
ana preaching on the Primate of all Eng
land. But Pm willing to say, what is
obvious to you, that the entire body OF
British youth is not as anxious as was tt
visit AMERICA"
s.No. 1 see that" agreed Constance;
"and what made you anxious? VIII you
let me ask thGtW
That's a long story. But l suppose
was a little impatient Of our slow ways
OF coming at the truth, and 1 wanted to
see a country that seemed to have re-
ceived all the new messages, and to be eX-
them in its government.
thought that a fine thing"
And is itE'
dOn't see how any thing could be better.
But Il IS only an experiment yet. No
one can tell how it viii come out"