Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-21

| her to the Srronv man. when her maid came
/ TO dress her, she persuaded the malo 10 put on
assembled Company; while she stole out to the
| river where her lover was to await neI, put tne
1Iloegroom got wind OF the a hr anu she esndea
him again,-she dropped into the water, and
was never seen again though they dragged ior
hum Of festivities; people rustic up and down
the broad staircases; you hear the echo OF
voices, od music the tinkie OF eusn nace the the
nan, and light footsteps patter before yoo' OUT
there Is no one present, you are alone
How perfectly delightful! 1t makes my
| however, the country people OF that tlm me
had legend, that she did not drown that she
| SIMPLY dived. being fine swim mer, ana WINE
the bridegroom went for help. she came 70 the
surface. met her lover on the opposite bank ana
emigrated to America"
| How should like to see her picture: do
| mink ghost is perfectly lovely: l wish we
new for them"
would you accept miner"
AN you youldn part with such treasure
Ariadne congratulated herself that the Nereid
was the sowest boat on the line; and she was
tnelr course; she and her lord played euchre In
me saloon, together, he read aloud to her, or
repeated lines from his own sonnets-ths man
WHO wrote poetry, and he who quoted 1t, were
totally different beings in her esteem,-and no
| doubt the poetry was different, likewise.
1
Lena.
"But I'm afraid he's only flirting; he does it
| SO SO very well, and so easily" returned Lena,
you know when they are in real earnest, and
pOsitiveiy In love, they're not $3.50 voluble
ble?'' 'n suppose 'ne noo'ieoenoS 'sh' V''u'
IS. don't suppose he's in love with me. He likes
| 70 walk and talk with somebody; If / weren't
mere 1t would be somebody else,-yOu perhaps"
wickedly.
Never" cried Ariadne.
Love, you know, is only friendship grown
tender-I read that somewhere in a bo0k-and
| 1t takes more than ten days for the process,
'an Ssrv only wanted toput you on your guard
thanked. flatter myself that I've had expert
ence enough to know when n mans in earnest,
| or aking believe"
When they walked the following morning,
the air had grown cold and sharp, although tile
SKY SKY was ss blue and sunny, Ariadne's lord met
"Come with me-" he said, "and will show
| you something you never saw before.' and lie
drew her arm within his own.
"a whale, suppose
''Oh, rery like a whale. Do you see it, off
yonder' and there against the deep colored
ing along its edges, and illuminating assures in
its expanse.
"Oh, an iceberg cried Ariadne, 81 am
"Afraid-with me?" he asked, reproachfully
Ihey mean to give us the cold shoulder"
@ the ,aa the that
The captain has been up all night with ten
men on the WATCH
do you hear the echo?' asked Lena, as the
fOg-hOrn sounded. Like voices from tairyIand
But how ghOstly they are; they wrap them
selves j, in mist and come sailing down upon us,
Yes returned the hobbledehoy, as the mist
became gradually illuminated and u huge berg
and substance from the fog itself "Thcy are
like enchantment. the fog is their garment of
i i,i,n mean to get out my things and
Splendid idea' cried Lena "they're not ex
actiy pleasant travelling companions they keep
be nice to have their photograph for u me-
mento."
The engine had been reversed, and now the
snip was just creeping along, amidst the ph.i-
lanx of bergs that kept appearing and d;.ap-
pearing: and Ariadne had to he supported back
to her chair by her devoted lord. who was only
TOO ready to sit down and console her and leave
the icebergs to their own Devices
1--WE have lost several hours by this contre-
Temps she complained, as the last peak of
ice was lost In the distance.
a,s III seems 70 .i me- he, answered. with tender
hours. instead OF losing them. have gained aimed
SO much more of your society,"
"Well, you are ingenious; it never occurred
blessing
"a blessing in disguise" Shortly after, how
ever, they experienced another such blessing
when the screw broke, and the calm weather
allowed no Roadway to be made. There was
the usual fretti!ig among the passengers and
the constant watching IOr a passing steamer
but otherwise, life on board went on pretty
much as before meals were served with regu-
larity, ring toss went forward with the same
persisfency, cards were in requistion, people
firted and danced and sang, and read their
novels, and tried to appear as ii nothing had
morning they signaled inward bound
steamer. which took them in tow, and few
days later their convoy took pilot on board
and home was close at hand.
We have had SO many experiences together"
said Ariadne's lord, THAT feel as if had al
ways known YOU"
''1f we could only have had shipwreck."
sighed Ariadne,.a perfectly safe shipwreck,
You know, but lots of romance"
on u desert iskind-how anXiOusly would have
risked my neck to find edible birds nests for
yOu."
I'm almost sorry it didn't happen"
There was u dance in the saloon that last
evening. and Ariadne and her lord had the
star-l1ghted deck pretty much to themselves
They strolled lazily back and forth, or watched
the rival dance i'll the sleerage, or they hung
over the taffrai and sang snatcies of sea songs
ana spoke softly OF the reflections OF the stars
in the water.
Diamonds arc not so beautiful" she said
'Ibo you like diamonds?' he asked.
Like them! dOte Oh them. They include
the hues and splcndor OF al other GEMS
Let me show you some, then," and from one
of those Countless pockets with wiicn the mas
cullnc being seems always to be provided he
brought forth "a handful of jewels, which Law in
his palm as if whole galaxy OF stars had fallen
there.
Oh cried Ariadne, "what splendor."
dh n. are ne, h1eirniooms he expained, "they
But why are they still unset?'
They have been taken from their old-fasll-
Toned settings years ago / have u fancy Ior
having them reset in America
IL never SAW anything SO superb. It's a. If
the skies had fallen. l wish Margaret and Eli
nor could see them. They rave SO over dia.
monds.' Nav
Would you like to show them to your
friends?"
Wouldn't To- with emphasis.
do me u favor, lie said, shutting them into
tiny box. keep them tor me till one day I
will call ON you in Boston and claim them-and
perhaps something more precious yet, be-
sides.'
"How dare you trust me with such treas.
ures!'
~ have trusted more precious things to YOU.
than jewels, he northumberland then Lem,
joined them.
Tnc next day was full of the hustle of arrival
packing and getting ready to leave. DOwdy look.
Ing women suddenly sailed upon deck in the
foreigners; fussy women were watching the
trunks that were being hoisted from the hold
for fear that their baggage had been left behind
In Liverpool; the custom house officers inter.
viewed the passengers In the saloon, and every
body was excited with the long delayed pros
pect OF dry land and home. Ariadne only
caught q glimpse of her lord, that morning in
the distance between the eXactions of the tot
lette and packing, and then the tender came
along side,, and took them OFT, and steamed up
To the CUSTOM house. Ariadne was little cha
grined then that her lord did not come and
speak to her, and take the vacant seat In her
neighbOrhOOd ON the tender; but he was smOk-
need he smoke just now? The hobbedehOy was
talking briskly to Lena, and joking her about
the customs and her dutiable fal-lals Then
while she was wondering about 1t, they were