The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-23
A CORRECT MISTAKE.

5 Murray WAS wife Of the vicar Of 81
sns. WhitechaIel. an elderly, scholarly.
,,-, ,fiii yk-rgynlan, whC~e nleans were
IA inii.,IlIste Ia meet all the claims
On, him ly numerous family. The
-lavti by name-had early develoi-si T
Ia, t,lal tastes; his exIsnss at schnI ami
~ lad t.sn defrayed by wealthy 81
n. killslui;ln of his mother. The youth
II out Shy, studious, and dreamy, the
-,,or If All enthusiasm for p.stry, hut Of
IRA. ti.,al ability, and Of No instructive
y h.i-e u the world
hrs Murray belonged to wealthy family
hal taken uinbrage at her marriage with
,r par~sn Her brothers ami sisters had
igneSi her Ia oblivion, and her name was
t,I f.rin her fathers will But few
t..for. my story opens, sister, the
L,w Of falMloll,ly rich East India mer-
nj named Wilton, he'll out the golden
Mr. of reconciliation. ami Mrs. Murray
I,.d it With trembling rapture Il am
n,.,, ta make the acquaintance Of your
ST lad wrote Mrs. Wilton You
not Yet, l suppose, sen your
IL putting him into any profession.
resolved % like the lad even build
- in til. air for him. AMI have in my
a hame for his marriage With my hrs-
rs ward, Joyce Balfour, who lives with
and is my h.iress. send your san to
,n,e, Ia ,s.,s the winter herr. AMI to re-
with Us in the spring Let him spend
II time and Se what PLACES he likes On
h. enclose check for his travelling ex-
ss'
In, Murray was only tn glad to Revive
sisters o>ertures She told herself, in
simple piety, that Providence hal opened
rny for TIN. provision of her sou; she called
David tn rejoice with her
but David refused :" rejoice. tine CLAUSE
kba bitter that relating to n possible mar
W. between Joyce Balfour ami himself
4 aroused his ire,
Who is this Joyce Balfour, motherr he
al. to,sing asiis thu nEn,entous letter.
u know little more Of her than your aunt
us, dear; shs was Mr.. Wiltons ward, is
kher younger than you, | fancy, AMI l
Ne heard that she has considerable prop
" When she inherits my sisters estates,
addition IA her own, she will IT, enorln
sly rich Your aunt'--with IA slight pause
N wistful look in lMvkis direction
k.ays fond IL match making. II her fancy
an engagement between you two young
|ople should he realized, your fortune would
made. David"
"Bnt don't want my fortune Ia be made
,.r that fashion," .crie,i the young man
bt,y. What do l know, AMI what do !
lre about Miss Rlfour"
AT least YOU will not ieri'le in the matter
h YOU have sen Mis- BalfHir, David
NO, will nu dectl., till have seen her.
"And you will go to Florence.
David rose, walkal tn thu window AMI
k,kal out. But hc saw nothing his thoughts
,rr far away. FLORENCE" was a fas-
mating maine to the untraveled lat; Inc
ki,hed that his errand there were not 80 UNI
(elcome.
YES, will CO." he said slowly.
A few days later the young man started on
b. travels. In the excitement inseparable
rom a first foreign tour, the obj~t Of his
Ianlerings was almost forgotten He went
,r,a,gh the usual yicisstud.s of a long jour
nv. The usual important package WAS left
k,hind, and its absence, as usual, discovered
BIZ late for recovery. Then came hurried
heals ut railway stations, then views of mo
paono,ls French landscape, with its inevita-
H. long, straight rows of poplars, then
llimlses Of holder scenery, Of chalets, AMI Of
now peaks, and then Switzerland burst upon
Dayds view.
Al last Italy was reached; at last, Milan
nv like dream bshind him, and one early
morning found him sleeping ttfully in n rail
way carriages, and nearing venire At 3
bclock h. aW0ar, rubbsi his eyes, olrned the
window and looked out. lie was on the bridge
nine mill ling -which connects Venice
NTH the mainland. In short time the forms
Ind clustering houses began To reveal them
Hives against the horizon; the train whihzsl
pn. and presently the city Of the Adriatic lay
broad and clear, before Dn,irs eyes. The
boung man he'll bis breath az he ga1el. But
! railway station Is the last place for senti
nentalisln, and before the platform Of the
Railway station The train came in a lew
minutes. 10 a standstill. Before the station
kere number Of gondolas, their proprictors
Mailing passengers with deafening cries oi
|'Gondoli, signori Signori, gonloli, gon
klohn
What hotel does the sgnore command
asked, hat in hand, Davirs gondolier, o
weather beaten old Venetian, with the man
nprs Of a duke.
The 'Angleterre,' returned David
soon he was gliding on, along the grand
|,ala under the bridge ~ the RialtO, past thu
fruit market, with its wealth Of grapes and
punukiu,. beside world famed Gothic oI
Renaissance palaces. lie was in Venice a
last in Venice the city Of dreams, AMI TIN
whole scene had come uron him 81 suddenly
that he failed to grasp the reality Of his sur
ruuniings
II was with a sense of good day.
work well done that he took his s'a
that evening at table d'hote, stiti,sl hungry
yawn stretclEsi bis tire,l legs under the tabl'
and looked about him. The win'l,@, hook"
full ON the kva, a plainti,e lIitl" fac'
l4elssl in, through the curtains, AMI plain
tive little voice solicited aims.
Excuse lI,e. DO you know whether Their
isto I've singing on the grand canal, tonightf
said voice in English, in David, ear. Some
thing In the tine Ut once arrested AMI fasci
mated hi, attention He looked quickly dow
to face turned to this, and the bloo
mounted into his own fae with rush. Th
propounler Of the question was his neares
neishi,or. young girl, the owner Of tn
most attractive face that David hal eve
sch From beneath a mass Of glorious rcl
brown hair looked pair Of the nerricst
brightest eyes in all the world. The nos
Viti its slight tendency tn turn saucily uT
"ari the dimplel chin, a"i the laughing
mouth with its sweet lips, male up pictur
which ,azyl,,l and bswillere,i Dayhl.
"l-I-,inn't know" In staInnierel. "Th