The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-09
HETTY INGRAM.
A STORY OF THE sUsQUEHANNA.

lAAkANu NllINNNN INV NlHlA ANNf"fNlllkANs
and when lac arose TO go, u warm invita-
/ ton TO repeat the call WAS given 10y Mr.
Ingram. and heartily seconded by Miss
/ lletty. lie went home the next morn
ing
Redundant abundant. magnificent
| June. with its flowers and its showers.
had come, and nearly gone. The coun-
/ try WIS growing luycliuDr every day
| and the fields were putting ON their
| brightest dresses trimming them with
| iunumerable buttcrnups daisies and
] clOycT-blOssOms The fragrance Of
/ hOneysucklcs and roses ircighted the
| halmy hieezcs which played around the
/ birth Of the young Summer. But In the
| city II WIS different. II was torridly,
| wrctchedly. decidedly hot, and there are
| not enough adirctiNcs in an unabridged
| dictionary To- express the hariships one
/ Ind To- endure who remained faithful to
| his post IN the close and breaches husi-
| ness Office Edward Arlington WAS one
/ OF these uuiurtunatcs. lie II cdcd rest
| and relaxation. II was then with great
| JOY that hc took morning train for
! llayrc-de-Grncc. which Is. hy the way,
a cool and most delightful place in sum
| mer time.
Bob Marley was at the depot Tor sta
| ton. Whichyl to meet him. As he
! emerged from the ears he grlspcd his
| hand and exclaimed
"Glad TO see you. old fellow. llow's
! your hralthy Excellent. OF course.
| Everythng's arranged for good time.
! Picnic mp the river to-day. All the girls
| are there. After dinner well row up
and take 1t in
\ pleasant welcome and good din
| nCr-tWu indispensable clements of
Maryland hospitality greeted the Wis
| itor at the house. The meal being over
| aud ull thn messages from the folks
| being delivered the two young men
| strpllrd down to the wharf. Jumped into
| "A lighlly-huilt boat. easily propelled,
| and rnWpl up the river. The oars were
! piled lclsurrly. but the little craft yield
cd gracefully 10 their tUcr, aud IN less
| than au hour the confused echoes of
merry voices ~ they lloatcd over the
river told the boatmln that their dcsti-
| nation was near at hand They reached
! the spot where the boats were mOuTed,
and discmharkcd. Bob stopped, brought
| his TehrlliCus collar into SuhiCctiou. fix
ed his coat. adjusted his crayat, wiped
| his hat, carefully busted his shoes with
| a handkerchief. and then asked AIling-
| ton if he looked all right. Never before
| having seen him 90 through such pro-
| cCcding. Arlington expressed his amaze
| mrut and approval IN the same sen
| tcuce. They walked To the ground
| where the festivities were going ON II
was "A country picnic. where there IL
| everything to entertain and amusc.
| from swings and CrOquct to sylvan ram
| blcs and ic'C-d-tdrS I'm messy hooks. Al
| most the first person encountered was
| Boh's sister. Mrs. Ire. She welcomed
| Arlington cordially Marriage had not
made her a bit older either in looks or
in spirits. She kindly volunteered To
act rs mentor, amt conducted the gen
tlemcn tO the ladies. who were sitting
compOScdly ON the river bank. muuch-
ing cake and ENJOYING the prospect be-
fore them \ feeling of innate listlcss-
ness seemed to have fallen on the whole
| party. There were six of the ladies'
Miss Jarding. pleasant and jolly. so fat
that her little eyes closed every time
she laughed: Mrs. CrOssman. 1.-THE and
| willowy soulful eyes and puutng mouth;
| Miss Plumly, no distinct type of beauty
or of ugliness. passlhlC, laxative and
companiOnabc; Miss Lanncttc, ,"titc,
bright, smiling face, and musical voice;
and the fifth was Miss Ingram. attircd
in q plain white dress, Il wild rose IN
her hair and a bunch of water-llics
dropping from her waist. The sixth, a
stranger to Arlington, was "A decided
brunette, dressed in n iaunty suit of
| navy blue. with straw hat of unmcn-
tiOnable proportions. Her face was al
| most Italian In its expression and there
was about heru charming naiycte which
was irrr sistible Upon the arrival of
the gentlemen mutual greetings ensrcd.
| The stranger was introduced to Airing
ton as Miss Mabel Nottingham, of Della
ware. M"ssrs. Marley and Arlington
were soon at home with the ladies. In
| the disposition of themselves ii was
noticeable the former assumed u posi-
ton i'm conversational proximity to Miss
Nottingham, while Arlington. Miss In
| gram and Mrs. Lee were holding a tri-
angular discussion over familiar topics
| The afternoon was pleasantly spent
and as evening drew near, the picnic
ers began to hustle around In theiI
| preparations to return home. Airing.
ton was standing alOOf from the crowd
when Bob came up and said:
Look here, Arlington, can't you row
back to town yourselfr'
Certainly can. Why
because | want TO return in another
boat Say, old fellow, what do you
think of Miss Nottingham Charming
isn't shep"
"Ah, an. That explains it. That's
why You were so very careful about
your collar and crayat. Truths begin
ming to dawn. How did it
Just then Miss Nottingham and Miss
Ingram came up.
II appeal to these gentlemen" said
the former, "if it's right for Miss In
gram to remain here alone after W,
leave?n
Certainly not, Why does she think
Of such "A thingi'
"IIcr father promised to send scrv.
ant for her, and he hasn't COME set. She
says she will wait until he arrives. W.
want her to 60 with us
"Why, that can be very easily aTrang
ed" said Arlington. "Ihaye an empt,
boat, and will gladly row Miss ingram
home"
The picnic party was soon home
bound. Arlington and Miss Ingram ac
companied them part way until il wa!
necessary TO branch of towards Mr.. In
grams cottage.
1t was some time after sunset wher
the boat touched the landing, He as
sisted her to disembark, and then jump
ed into the boat again to secure an oal
which WAS floating away. He then step
ped swiftly forward and leaped for The
shore; but, the boat being moved back
ward, he miscalculatCd his step. and
his foot catching between the front sea-
and bow piece, he was thrown violently
into the water, which fortunately wa,
not very deep. After he had crawlct
up the embankmcnt, as wet as an Apri
day, amid the sympathiZing expression!
Of Miss Ingram, he found that his ankle
had been sprained in the fall, and thai