New-York tribune., 1885-09-13
A COUNTRY HEART.

anne in then p o,
BY all but H.rrw snake rsSepnc ySepsG Ti Ss
nnneared from the window and entered 9y tno iron1
appr. which ut Myrtle Bank stands wide open All an
tnc box in order, look at C0rnhiH till nave
asng,sbed ag my letter, and then We can make some
plaTphs pThs voung man sat down with the paper held
.nsstiveIy in front of him. but his eyes iooked
unbnkingly over the top OF az MISS .ersy . ond
s not much of reader. at the best oil times, anu
w" w,S"nld moi think of so employing himself except
uheot uta Veyey went on writing: The oneyoungman
ss;s heniqhted place has Just dropped IN CALL ior
o. h ' sonrth time since Sunday This was SUCH
.,l;ng way of winding up her letter; so much more
tyl.n tX.ye than The post is just going. or Mamma
eneoii; enii;no me 10 make tea" He is kind OF giant
Is cai lives in these sotudes" she went on. to her
friend Mrs Chameerian aa yo oSont ;nnessant
ssht-seeing l believe he has baronetcy some. some.
s6are in the background. Now, don't go an'i repeat
vi tSis to Captain Anstey the next time YOU are
an 'n for conversations or he will be sure to say
nsa,h;ng ns nasty aud sarcastic about my sumner at
sSs seaside! BY by, is hegongto do any yachting
tnT,s N.Y. chamberlain was Kate Yerey's dearest
sr,snd: Captain Anstey was her cousin aug net
not and Kate herself was the prettiest ana most
s5%msicaI gill in their set. who. instead 0i gong
VISITING among her friends after the Lonuon season
was over all properly disposed gIls & wooS @ a' ~
n.te oons, S"uth Coast fishing village tor the two
Inonths of autumn which should, can9mcaHy, 10
s.snt in Scotland. Whether sne repentea her ifeaS &
ana sa.as, to be preserved from Captain Ansteys
knowledge. leave the reader to determine ie ~, and
AWTheyeI that's done,n said Kate. looking up anu
sseRlhhs hch nG dsconcer,ed the Kind Of giant much
more than the London-bred young lady. ANY
thing in the paper this morningp ~
InhE Ina1Ewasn't 70 reading-I mean, don't think so-yes
there is though; seal came asho'e $40 "a hear aboSt
MSpld yOu'' very difildsn'ly' like 10 near 'O'D'
aob. no, not for the world Isn't there any
cholera news or any military ana naval @ apPoih|
hon
ms9Sh The Rev John and Mrs. Cannody and family at
ssa View: the Misses. Peach at No. Marine
fsradhs h stop OPS stop stop for goodness sake thought
Won Gm had he Post. not that dreadful local story
teller Just il there are any aehts in and then
,ra will decide what is to be done with to-day
mouS oahe 4@ tne wstsrbsby Captain Harrison and the
Jsssamue. Mr. Lockhart, for Cowes; the El'nSre nS
that biz. hulking thing lying halt across the
harbor don't see any fun IN steam yacn.,nss ns or
Miss yerey's interest in the yachts was not very
mis- miss for sIs only answered !" Is that all y and
looking across at the bay, which lay below ", the
window think it's clearing a sGe ts sdp her We aTo Eo
going ont l want hundred things IN the town'
ard you come and carry lnem nOl me ery friendly
anr;ng the month that the Vereys had spent at
Nyrtle Bauk. The young lady was the elder by by
frsu wU childhood, in London Society. Harry Treden.
nck knew Mrs. Briscoe, the parsons VIE OF the
cid Madam Mss nns ns 9w nna
gahons half n dozen ycung ladies of Torferry
rood ed-cheeked, rather shapeless young women OF
q nattern well known in this ana oIner Country
1ocaites Here his experience of the fair sex came
To an end Miss Verey knew, or appeared TO know,
the whole Army and Navy, the Bar and the Church
tie ;ns and outs of both Universities not TO speak
of automatic circles political circles. arlstocratic
circles theatrical circles-widenng out IN naehnitey
into the vast ocean OF society which used 70 make
yonng Tredennick by turns rabidly restless or
dolsfully dissatisfied with himself and his surround
ines wishing that this world of which he knew SO
Naraxf m IA
" For of course, the soldiers and sailors lawyers
and curates W tn dukes, peers and blgwigs OK ali
sorts must he in love with her. How could ii be
otberwise. when Harry Tredennick, who had never
cared to lock at woman 5eforedn his NE. had i
been SO completely vanqulshed by her charms the
first moment he saw her in rorferry church, The
fail whiie-clad figure whom the old sexton banded
up 70 the TOP Si as sas Ss n
face and style and raiment from the usuai run OF
Torferry girls as dcnizen from anothef planet
Half the girls in the place had white gowns for
SUNDAYS but this one neither stuck out in front
through too much starch nor dropped down on ons
graceful way which made il look just tue right
thing for the old country church and the blazing
August day. There were lilac touches about IT,
too: not aggressive bows and ends, but suspicious
of color ut once cool and CAV, and shady hat with
some whS msn rsS sSdnu to achieve for her two half
grown girls with three four yards OF the finest
muslin TO lie had in the town. and dozen OF lace
ton.
4 Bond Street had twisted the muslin Miss Yerey's
hat and Regent treet had fashioned tie inlmtable
simplicity of her DRESS and both went TO set Oft
face and figure which all modistes agreed il was
PLEASURE to decorate. No wonder Harry Ireden-
nick facing down the church from the sqnire's
'souare pew alongside the altar heard little of
service OF sermon. and went near to forgetting his
weekly duty Of carrying round the ofertory bag:
He had never felt shy about this duty before, bnt
somehow on this Sunday he half wished that Mark
Rowe the Brscoes faetotum. would collect both
sides it seemed such boyish thing for the young
pupil, as he had been a few years, ago. wien the
custom arose. However. as one side OF ttc church
was evidently awaiting HIM and ms bag he was
forced to 90 through with it. receiving the sticky
penpes and the elusive threepenny pieces which
had been cherished all the morning in tLe palms of
.rotton gloves or the knotted corners of handker-
chiefs. and shilling from the stranger lady, who
aid not seem bit fustercd by the presentation of
at her hand, with its long wnnkled glove, the
rufes of lace above, whore little rim OF bite arm
cold bracelet. Miss Verey had handed him back the
bag and in another moment she looked at hl,n IN
ouirngly. wondering why he still delayed. The
bow turned crimson and hurried on, he hardly knew
how III lady only thought: " What good lbok-
ing boy reading with the clergyman most likely
He will do for boating.
After this first encounter, the next step was not
difficnt where the Young man had the Iredennick
will aud the young lady was bored, and conse-
9nently accessible ,dnn ne adies and i Mis- a. Vsrey
Tetorned the visit behalf OF her mother, and
having brought no umbrella, was very Glad to
accept Mr. Tredennick's escort back, when sudden
storm caught her few steps from the vicarage,
where Mr. 'Tredennick and his umbrella had been
living in wait He did not any need TO explain.
hut he knew the climate sufficiently TO be on his
guard even on an apparently fine day. and an in
frodneton was easily effected, Mss Verey
graciousls saying she had heard of him from his old
friend Mrs Briscoe.
Under the umbrella. which the young man was
obliged 10 hold so strong is the wind in this locality
when n sudden squall arises Harry Tredennick
found himself most wonderfully at his ease, con-
sidering that he had never in all his twenty years
baId a te.e-a-tete with n pretty girl before Per-