Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-18

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| ish thing Tor the +" young squire " =
be doine--as II he was still Briscoe'
pupil, as he had been few years ago
when the custom arose. However, .
one side Of the church was evidentl
awaiting him and his bag. he was forces
to 20 through with 1t, receiving tn
sticky pennies and tho elusive three
penny pieces which had been cherishe'
/ al the morning in the palms Of cottol
gloves or the knotted corners Of hand
kerchieis, and . shilling from tn
stranger lady, who did not seen
bic fiustered by the presentation o
the red velvet watch-pocket. HArr.
stood staring at her hand, with its lont
wrinkled glove, the ruflles Of lac
above, where little rim of white arm
| cleaned, and the wonderful serpentin'
twists Of gold bracelet. Miss We're.
had handed him back the bag, and il
another moment she looked At him in
| quiringly, wondering why he still dc
layed. The boy turned crimson, ant
hurried on, he hardly knew how. Tit
lady only thought: "What q good
looking boy; reading with the clergy
man most likely. lie will do for boat
ipg."
Aftsr this first encounter the mex
step was not difficult where the youne
man had the Tredennick WILL" and
the young lady was bored, and conse.
quently accessible. The Briscoes called
| at Myrtle Bank on the London ladies,
and Miss verey returned the visit on
behalf Of her mother, and, havin9
brought no umbrella, was very glad to
accept Mr.. Tredennick's escort back
when . sudden storm caught her few
ksteps from the virage, where DIR. Treden-
nick and his umbrella had been lying
in wait. lie did not see any need to
explain, but he knew the climate suffi-
GENTLY to be on his guard, even on an
apparently fine day, and an introduce
ton was easily effected, Miss Verey
graciously saying she had heard of him
from his old friend, Mrs. Briscoe.
Under the umbrella, which the young
man was obliged to hold $50 strong is
the wind in this locality when q sud-
den squall arises y Harry Tredennick
found himself most wonderfully at his
ease, considering that he had never in
all his twenty years held tete-a-tete
with . pretty girl before. Perhaps it
Was the girls doing that they SO soon
made friends, for, as every intelli-
gent woman knows, there is no
surer way Of gaining young
mans admiration than by leading him
unconsciously on to his own strong
est ground. Kate Verey could no more
help trying to make every man she met
like her than she could help her hair
curling. Consequently her tact led her
to talk Of the country and. the coast,
where Harry Tredennick was as much
at home as q young seaman; of the
Park, where his grandmother lived
Miss verey had heard of Madam" in
Torferry, and knew that "the family"
had been 'squires Of Tredennick for six
hundred years.; Of the Tors and moors
and coves that she would like to see in
the neighborhood, but scarcely knew
how to compass.
BY the time they had reached Myrtle
Bank, half a mile above the town, the
infatuated young native had promised
rows, sails, drives, rides in every di.
rection, and Miss Verey, with the men,
tai note, Mamma can't mind such
boy as this" had accepted some Of the
excursions conditionally on
Mr.. Tredennick's coming in then and
there and being introduced to her
mother.
Then, as the rain continued, as it has
D way of doing at Torferry, tea was
brought in, and Mr.. Tredennick must
stay and have some, and the rapid
was cemented over the kettle
boiling and the fire-lighting and the
toasting; for sudden wet day in lodg-
ing demands q fire and hot toast most
imperatively. And when poor Harry
at last tore himself away, half an hour
short of his grandmother's dinner-time,
he was as sincerely in love with the
London lady as ever any poor boy in
this world has been with his first love,
three years his senior.
Don't tease the poor lad, Kate"
said old Mrs. Verey, looking up from
her novel when he was gone. "He is
but boy, and very simple one, and
it is scarcely fair to treat him like
man."
Gracious, mother that great big
creature can look after himself; but |
will treat him quito as boy, pro-
mise YOU"
And so she did, with q misleading
frankness which was more dangerous to
Harry's peace Of mind than more subtle
coquetries which might have puzzled
and confused him. And from this art
less boy-and-girl camaraderie, which
Harry found so enchantingly real, and
Kate SO smusingly fresh, arose the
friendly footing Of affairs described in
Kate's letter to Mrs. Chamberlain:
I" The young man has dropped in to call,
for the fourth time since Sunday. He
rather bores me about incessant sight
seeing" -
III.
Kate came down equipped for her
walk. Harry had seen her in many
costumes since the memorable white
dress on that first Sunday, and each
toilet, as it appeared from the arched
travelling trunks above, seemed more
marvellous and more becoming than
the last.
But Kste's precsution against the
rain threw all her own bewitchmeHts
into the shade. The costume for wet
weather which had held good in Tor
ferry from time immemorial was long,
circular waterproof cloak Of brown or
iron-gray. But this young lady from
London had real Redfern-cut "New-
market" of darkest blue waterproof
cloth and . wonderful little yachting
cap with a peak, under which the yell
low curls twisted distractingly, as they
had a way Of doing in rainy weather I;
the serge skirts were short enough to
clear the neat lace-up boots, and the
slender hands, as shApely as the feet,
| were clad in doyskin gloves