San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-29
CHI LUhG G;
A BIT OF HUMAN NATURE.
By DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY.

gellQue, Olivia, embrace liIii.
This appeal fell little fiat, but the three
who were appealed to shook hands with
Lawrence, and the two elders said they were
delighted to meet him. The young lady
shook hands in silence, but perhaps she was
as well pleased as either her aunt or her
uncle. Young people who live much with
their elders find the occasional intrusion of
youth pleasant thing.
Uncle Raoul had hustled out into the
darkness, and there under his directions
the cOachman, and one or two sturdy fell
lows who hung on about the chateau, got
the two dead boars from the roof of the small
omnibus, and dragged them into the en-
trance hall. And then and there Uncle
RaOul delivered an Grafton descriptive Of
his own danger and his young friends cour-
age and GOODNESS, and at the end of ii flung
himself impetuously on his young friend,
and kissed him, to his infinite chagrin and
discomfort. By this time the hall was full
of male and female dOmesticS, who eXclaim-
ed In the proper places like an unusually
well-drilled chorus. Lawrence got his best
French in order, and protested against the
exaggerated view of his services which was
presented by the rescued, but the old gentle
man turned upon him with fiery gratitude.
Ibid not fall Immediately the beast was
shot? And could have held on a moment
longer for my life? And had not Monsieur
Guichon missed with both barrels? But for
YOU should have been killed. That is all.
should have been torn to pieces by these
terrible swords"
He indicated the tusks of the animal
whose attentions he had invited. They were
not, as the little boy had told Lawrence, as
big as reaping-hook but they were certain
ly four inches long, and edged like knives,
and, as they turned the brute's upper lip in
to that agreeable smile which everybody has
noticed in his tribe, they looked cruel and
dangerous even now. Uncle Raoul and the
ladies shuddered in contemplating them,
and Lawrence was established as hero in
the minds of all three of them. The female
servants, to pettcOat, fell in love with
him for the moment, and even the phleg-
matte elder brother was awakened to en-
thusasm.
Now it had already dawned upon Law
rence's mind that Olivia had made an un.
usual impression upon him, and from the
moment since it had been decided that he
was actually to stay beneath the same roof
with her, he had beeL so agitated by her
constant presence in his thoughts that he had
really awakened to his danger. He put in
that way to himself He was in danger. To fall
In love, this young man had sense enough
to know, would be matter of serious con-
sequence to him, a question of bliss or bale.
In the first place, he knew no more Of
Olivia than her face and voice had told him,
and in justice to himself he had no right to
be enslaved on such mere preteXts of good
ness as these afforded. Then she might al
ready have proprietor, might be engaged
TO be married, might be on the very eve Of
marriage. OF course no natural-minded
young man ever at once set himself to weigh
pros and cons in this kind of fashion, but
the delightful impression Olivia had made
upon him, and the possibilities of disillusion
on the one hand, and of a completion Of his
slavery on the other, were present to his
mind, and were mingled with a thousand
hazy speculations, with all of which he was
more or less impatient.
Twenty-four hours after his first meeting
with her, he was seated opposite to her at
the same table, the center Of interest and of
admiration. There was strong flavor Of
romance In the whole story 80 far, and 1t
operated upon both the young people like a
perfumed opiate, to lull to sleep the ordi-
nary precautions of the heart Then II an
other bond between them for the moment
had been needed, they had Chi Lung. They
had each succOred that interesting barbar-
ian and it was not long before the fact of
his presence in the granary of the chateau
became known to Lawrence. The question
how he came into MontcourtOis was one in
which they could take a natural interest,
and Its discussion made them easy compan-
ions in a little time. Lawrence escaped to
1t from his own praises with so apparent a
delight that Olivia was pleased with him.
To be young and handsome falls to the lot
Of many people; but to afford proof OF be-
neyolence, presence of mind, and modesty,
in the course of four-and-twenty hours is to
experience series Of blessings from For
tune. 1t is great blessing of Fortune when
ayoung man possesses those qualities; and
when circumstance calls them into play for
the observation and admiration Of charm
ing young person Of the opposite sex, the
goddess has done more than might be rea-
sonably expected Of her.
Tell me Of your grandfather" says On.
Gle Raoul. II had but a notification of his
death four years ago." The young man told