Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-10-06
JUMPING To A CONCLUSION.

The tumulus of Chadbury Hill was
Standing testimony TO the good taste of
prehiStoric man. Situated in one of the
loyIies1 spots III the south OF England, 1t
demonstrated 10 future ages that he had
as much an eye for effect as any enter
prismg owner of a public house with a
commanding corner position. On the
summit of the earth-mound the gaze
Travelled over an unopposed range of
coruiields. meadows, woodlands, gleam-
inr hamletS. long wind-Swept reaches OF
chalk down encircled afar off by the
azure cincture of the ocean. ClylllZa-
ton. IS represented by the ubiquitous
steam engine, and smart red brick
Queen Anne villas and grasping lodging
house keepers, had not as yet. penetra-
ted to Chadbury. Though visited du-
ring summer by an eminent arch3olo-
rical body intent on ranSacking and
research. it had escaped the eye of the
great --enicking public. No blackened
turf, no broken ginger beer bottles, or
gadding cerks and straylng papers ana
Scattered orange pee betrayed the pres
ence of AIRY and his Dlnah, out for
dav." The only human habltatlons Tor
miles around were the farmhouse at the
foot of the hill and a little cottage nest
ling in the hollow.
Harriet Johnson and Helen GOring,
the two ladies who occupied one OF the
eoSey bay window sitting rooms set
aside for the use of the summer board
ers at the farm. had hitherto lodged
together IN the stuffy apartments OF
dinrv london suburb. The former
was an elderly art student whose PIC
tures had not. as vet, been accepted by
aught but he stiBgieSt of dealers. The
latter, who was spending her vacation
at Chadbury, was teacher at neigh
boring high school. Miss Goring was
Young woman well versed in all the lsms
and ologieS of the day, holding advanced
views after Darwin and Spencer, and
equally advanced opinions as TO the ultl-
mate destiny of her sex. An authority
on evolution and the environment, and
the survival of the fittest; an lnconociast
Of the idols and superstitionS OF an
effete past-with starry blue eyes,
fringed by dense black laShes, a delicate
complexion like a dog rose, and auburn
haIr, streaked with multltudlnous gold
threads like the twisted sunDeams IN
brook. She was totally devoid OF the
romance with which her friend brim-
med over. Nowadays one must look
for sentiment to the old, not 10 the
children Of the iron age of science. Inc
fair reader who dropped the sympathetic
tear over LARA" THE Corsalr, anu
The Fire Worshippers, has for de-
scendant a ractical young person VINO
prefers a treatise on sanitary laws 10 the
finest lvric that was ever penned. for
the rest. Helen GOring was good, nara
working Girl who sent liberal install
ments of her slender salary to augment
the half-pay on which widow anu
three little boys subsisted IN shabby
genteel cottage in Clifton.
In the winter, Chadbury Hill, swept
BY the hurricane from the sea, by blind
ing snow-storms and indrivlnS ram Tor
rents, must have been bleak ana desc
late to a degree. But on TINS lnaJestic
August day it seemed the most desiraDie
Of places. with swift lights and shadows
chasing each other over its thymy slopes
and the level country beneath bathed In
4 yellow glory. After settling herseTI
and her shady hat on a campstool De
hind 4 tall easel. on whose canvas she
vainly endeavored to portray portion
of the magnificent panorama uhroneu
at her feet. Miss Harriet was not iost
in one of her impossible day dreams OF
splendid pictures las yet undrawhl
accepted bv a grateful Academy las yet
unborn. Meanwhile her young COM
pani0n, in an antiquarian ecstasy up
and round the barrow, lad wahdeleu
down the farther side where the NIUE
cottage sheltered itself under the 6houl-
der of the hill. She had tapped ana
Clipped with her geological hammer,
and observed the salient features OF the
Scene in the notebook, between whose
pages she carefully pressed rare noun
tain plant, ignoring the noddlng Dare
bells as comparatively unworthy OF d
bOtaniSt's regard, however cerulean
their tint. Presently she awakened 70
the fact that her excursion under lhe
hot August sun had rendered her ex-
ceSSively thirsty. The cottage pictur-
eSquely delightful to an artists eye,
with its steep thatched roof anu Whl,e-
washed walls, possessed Tor an arohieio,
glcal mind full of the wattled NUS OF
primitive epoch merely the ulltariail
advantage of possibly aftording her
drink of water, 4 venerable peaSan!
whose white locks strayed in patriarcha
fashion on an arcad an and antiquateo
smock frock, sat on three-legged sIoo
IN the doorway basking in the sun,
Leaning his arms on his crutches, ht
surveyed the young lady with smiie o.
encouraging beneyolence. In the diii
Dutch interior woman was wasnlngu Il
a eapacious red tub, the multifariou'
clothes that will eventually join theii
cnmradas OF, tha line at the hack OF TIT