Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-10-03
ON A HILLTOP.

One afternoon, in Central Park
when the late spring WAS making
strenuous efforts to assist herself BY
means Ola shivering fringe of green
hung upon naked boughs, and By
Il tingc of red, like Il blush for hcl
tardincss, over the bushes Of Pyrus
iapo"ica, the main drive offered the
usual spectacle Of pleasure-seckerS
on wheels, rolling at a discreet rate
Of speed between Fifty .ninth street
and One-hundred .and.tenth street.
and back again, while keeping care
fully in view each others equip
ages, horses, grooms, and gowns.
Passing in review the rapid sue
cession of coaches, landaus, victor
las, broughams, wagoncttes. L carts,
tllburys and village carts, sprinkled
with less pretending buggies and
hansom-cabs, II young man ON horse
back kept his spirited steed in
check, curveting back and forth at
the entrance Of one OF the equestri.
an roads crossing the principal
drive, until trig policeman began
to cast upon him side glances Of IA
decidedly investigating character.
Evidently the young mans search
was vain, for look of annoyance
came upon his open face, and giving
his horse an unreasonable cnt with
the riding-stick, lie at last consent
ed to gallop away from the spot he
had so long haunted. AT that e1-
act moment another rider canter-
ing lightly along the bridal path,
emerged from the trees ahead,
bringing face to face with him a
pretty girl with golden hair, and u
bunch of narciseus in the breast of
her well-cut habit.
"You told me you were to drive
with your mammaMi' sbruptly. tx
claimed the younG man; to which
thesloveiy 4,snazok icpded, bidsll;
ing slightly and tossing her head,
that she could not know she was
obliged TO render an exact account
of her doings to every person with
whom she might chance to dance
at Mrs. GARDENERS ball The groom
coming up at this iuncture diverted
conversation from an apparently
threatening channel. III the most
natural manner our young gentle
mans horse was turned, and the
couple we're making their way thro'
the dreary suburb Oh the west side
of the park, to emerge upon the
beautiful Riverside drive. Here a
wide and admirably made road
runs parallel with the Hudson,
whose tranquil bosom, skinned by
white-winged sail boats or SCARED
by bustling steamers along the
channel, reflects, on the farther
side. the wood.crowned SUBMITS of
the Palisades and the colors of the
sky.
ITO enjoy the Riverside" the
young man said, 'one should re.
semble the 'true love- of the early
English poet, who 'looks not back,
his eyes are fixt afore.' Let me re-
commend you to impose forfeit
Oh yourself for turning your head
one moment from the left as We fol-
low up the avenue. In this way
you may be able to preserve the H.
fusion that you are out of town."
ATS all of a piece with every.
thing here,' the girl answered, with
a discontented glance at the land
scape on her right There, amid a
curious combination Of squalor and
ambitious architecture, she CHANGED
to see the grassy slope in front of a
squatter's shanty, where in a will
derness of rubbish and tomato cans,
two sportive goats we're assuming
the attitude OF the supporters OF
the British coat of arms. Beyond
an open expanse of rocky hillside,
streets and boulevardS in various
stages of construction were to be
seen. TO Miss Caroline Heath,
aged twenty recently returned
from a six years. residence in Eu-
rope, the inconpleteness of Amer
can affairs in general was a source
of continual comment. Edgar Bar.
clay, on the contrary, the s.'n of a
Western man, who after making a
fortune in Cleveland had moved to
New York to spend it, was IL warm
defender Of our peculiar institu-
tions, and coming from other lips
than those of the present critic,
would lave resented untlattering
comments upon them with empha
sis.
They had now turned INTO a
broad boulevard, and followed it to
an end, indicated by the presence
ofworkmen with their impediInenta
making "a barrier across the street
"Let us go on" Garry urged
"Yondcr, on hat hilltop, | see
genuine old house that must have
been there since the Revolution al
least. am determined to ride NJ
and have a peep at it"
Apparently unlnhabited but fol
a pale ring ofsmoke from the kitch
en- chimney, the old house stood il
melancholy isolation upon a bluff
overlooking the river. The avenue
there in process OF construction hat
! ruthlessly shaved eft the near Sid'
of the hill, leaving exposed a steel
and sravelly incline crowned will