Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25

began;
4 hope you are not feeling the cold.
That's a famOusly warm cloak you have
on"
The cloak was handsome sealskin dol 4
man. Good gracious! His voice seemed
rather pointed. Did he think it too hand
! some fOr gOYeTness TO Weari To allaY his
suspicious, If he had any, she said:
cit is Mrs. COventry's cloak: she was
afraid l might feel cold, and lent it to
me. -
or course he remembered who Mrs. Cow
entry was ;iher great friend Kitty had told
INN tnat 1t was she who had recommend
ed her.
Mrs. Coventry rose full fifty feet in the
COlOnePs estimation.
An he thought, e'nOw that's a very
kind action" and be smiled approvingly,
/ as he said:
My sister tells me that Mrs. Coventry
| is charming-very nice - and he looked as
| II expecting to hear an emphatic sfiirma-
| ton.
"Yes-Oh-I have known her so long
I that l am hardly able to say. She has a
I great many friends
[ In what a sad voice she said that. Poor
/ girl! The Colonel felt quite touched, and
I drew nearer still, and to explain his rea-
son for doing SO said he felt draught
/ from the window.
won't you have your rug?' she said.
/ taking one from Bah, and wrapping her
I in half her own. ''YOur little girl and
I will share this one"
| Col. Seymour protested, but allowed
/ his scruples to be overcome.
| 81 don't think you know Mrs. LambtOn.
/ my sister, do vOuy'
as she at al like yOu?' asked Mrs. Cow
/ entry. eVaslVely.
| The Colonel smiled.
/ ''SOme people think SOL he said.
! He was not at all displeased at the way
| she had asked the question; there was a
| look in her face which gave point to the
4 inquiry.
"Mrs. Coventry thinks Mrs. LambtOn is
| 50 handsome" she said, naively.
Mrs. Coventry herself is very good
/ looking. isn't shey"
/ sob, she has a lot Of money, YOU
. know" and she smiled rather meaningly.
/ "NOt a tenth part so pretty as you are
! I'll take Odds,'' thought the Colonel, but
| aloud he said: Il abOminate women with
money"
mo, really; do you?' and she sighed
I audibly. Il thought that was all men cared
women to have"
Ppm sure you're not speaking from
experience nOw," said the Colonel, gal
| lantly.
"How do you know?'
! She spoke sharply, and looked the Col
! onel so straight IN the face that he stam-
I nered;
OIL am-judging from appear
/ ances.'
/ Every unsOUnd policy. People often
/ are not 10 the least what they seem 10 be-"
1 and she opened paper as if she intended
I to read.
ION. on, we have claws under our vel
I vety paws, have we:' thought the Col
! Onel; aud then he betoOk himself to his
paper, and on they went in silence.
D. m
to a standstillw
1t was past o'clOck-they had been
due at Ashridge an hour ago; Mrs.
Coventry felt her courage rapidly ebb-
ing.
| SsWe've chosen cheerful day to make
VAN attempt to see the cause of the OBJ
I structiOn.
The windows were blocked with snow;
I the carriage was all but dark.
what can it be?' she asked, anxious
~. Il really wish we were all back at
home again"
s'Weli, l don't fancy that would mend
I matters much in nay case. My house at
present is all skies and seyens; they're
having a general scrimmage there to see
! who shall be naster.w
SIS that why Mrs. LambtOn wants you
! to"
She stopped, her eyes had fallen on
Bah.
.Quite right-little pitchers sometimes
have long ears. SO my sister acquainted
/ Mrs. Coventry, did she, with her philan-
/ thrOpic views regarding my futureY'
Eyes, and she told you that Mrs. CCv-
! entry bad lots Of money, didn't she!'
I Certainly. Oh, the whole thing is ar
ranged charmingly! You viii be asked to
witness a tGbtedu UiCdRt we shall play to-
/ gether."
1--WE. What, you and Mrs. Coventry?
/ You are sure of her consent, then:'
"Certain-when l ask it. which, with
all due respect to the lady, l have not the
slightest intention of doing"
no? / thought that it was because
YOU had made up your mind to marry that
she had been asked 90 meet you"
''OR the contrary; my sister seems to
| think that the fair widow intends taking
to herself another husband, and has so
! arranged that l should meet her. Wicked
little intriguer, il was only at the
/ eleventh hour she permitted her hand to
| be seen. and then it was too late to change
my plans, or l should not have had the
felicity of making this journey in your
company"
upon my word you are the very pluck
lest woman l ever knew in all my life!"
l.COl. Seymour said, enthusiastically.
He. Bah and Mrs. Coventry were getting
! thaWed before roaring FIRE in the walting
! room of Ysobury station. Although it
| had struck O'Clock they had reached no
further; and, considering that their last
| four hours had been spent all but buried
| in a snow drift, from which with difficulty
/ they had been dug out, thankful indeed
did they feel that they had reached haven
| OF safety. Bah was the only one of the
three who had had anything to eat since
the morning.
1--WE can do better without food than a
1 y in
[ sisting that her sandwiches should fall to
| BaUs share-and after this she had taken
| Bah on her lap to keep her warm, and the
child, growing drOwsy, had fallen asleep
in her arms.
The time, after all, did not seem so very
long, and Mrs. Coventry was sensible of
a certain amount of eXhilaration pro-
| duced by a spirit Of adventure. There
| was, however, dismay when it was dis
| covered that further progress was i'm
I possible for that night. The station was
( some distance from the town; to get to
I the hotel was not practicable. But
/ really, considering all things, | think we
l ought to look upon ourselves as very
/ lucky to be where we are" said the
/ Colonel. who undertook to make up a bed
! composed of rugs and wraps in the ladies'
| waiting room, where Bah and Mrs. Cow
/ entry might sleep as snugly as dOrmice,
/ while he and the porter in charge, who
,
by the general room fire. In the morning
[ early the Colonel would start of to find
/ out if they could not reach As bridge Oy
| driving across country, as no train went
on there before IL O'Clock.
Mrs. Coventry shut the door and sat
down to consider. Surely no woman in
| the world had ever done anything so rash.
so foolish, so utterly unfeminine beforel
l What could have possessed herr She
/ must have been mad. On, If she could
\ but avoid meeting him-get back to Lon
/ Observation-Disclosures so as 10 escape
/ the denOuement which would take place
! Sleepi She never closed her eyes, and
! the hours seemed interminable before Col.
! Seymour set OF In quest Of a carriage.
/ Some fresh hands had come to relieve the
! pOrters who had been on night duty; and,
! shutting the door on the still sleeping
! Bah, Mrs. Coventry addressed one OF
! these:
'At what time is there train to Lon
donP
1.-The first train will pull up here by sig
/ nal in 20 minutes, ma'am."
"Can you stop it?"
Certainly, ma'am." Yes, it was half
| sovereign she had given him. ''Do you
want me to take a ticket for yOup
Il do. There is the money, and pres
entity / will give you note to give to
gentleman who will come for the little
! Girl in the ladies' waiting rOom."
0Of went the man, and down sat Mrs.
| foxyartrv tn scribble the iucOAerent epie-