The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-01
0LYNPIAN W00ING.

am a wi low with mAiarat Inroma
AMI no ehIitTeu | >huubt l.. atrJutri a.
being dubbed mtill-i ayet. -rIll | a.. uSll'r
that | am quite oil efiru-l Z. L. thar
ou.hly ind, I--n tent tail Iu Worl an aet
Ira, cling i the amusement may say tae
mania of INV lIf.. and with ~r4phIue, my
,0utilential Treasure OF "a French mani,
have travrrssst turop.' from Ct.ll, Ia ton
stantinopl', ant even crossed the Atllhtt'
and had a lonk at the State,
The Loma country /, the Only Idrt OF the
worli within easy range that have not eN-
Ilortpi - this autumn | re>ul 81 Z" take
tourist ticstts ion > otEtui Tor Inv >'It AMI
Ssra hine, and, strange a. r''Ettr, Il ~
miiu,sI fur that somewhat fright country t.
pr.lu - ous If tho most startling ai'en-
tun> | have ever experienced
tod, sy, colt enough We found II among
the TAR. iil. hltnd tastne~-e,, AMI &C u
taln 4 A. We wrft t. ask IA tAe hrIShtn :,
ol sidtheru Land, W. >'arrly appr,e lit'si
the keen sLarpues, If the uorth'tu blasts
aui tnwari, tine ent OF September " de'
eide, t. anIIer la h to warmer realms as
fast as steam coull take uS
We reached Perth about the mld,lle OF thu
day hired IA carriage ami drove a out the
Nat town, With with all II, many nrmar
h., should felt have ie.'n more retll. IN
tere,tlns ani then, after gtui dinner at
Topples hotel We arrived on tho platform
IN very .oot t.me t. catch the night express
To onion
Soraphine, however treasure though she
Is lwould not part With her tor worlds
i, SOMETIMES Ju,t little ohliviouS ! believe
tlrrs is II certain French village in which
her hopes AMI lungin,s lie conferred AMI
every now aud again When slIe thinks NJ 1t
II sort Of miras.' comes over her and she
forg,tS She WAS probably comparin; this
village to, in her mimi, the lesser attractions
Of lerth tor VIII n W. r"ach@i thu station |
discovered that she had lit my travelling
ha.. tshind AT tho hotel
Uf coursa she had To 60 hack for it. -
that travelling bag II 1t had not been miss
ins this story II my life would never hay"
ts~n written
As soon As S.raphne vas gone Strollei
about the station which was not parted
larly light electric hight has not vt
Travelled 80 far north | presume AMI |
went To the book stall IT, purchase soina
easily dirc,tel literature Tor the WAY. 10
make choice was not easy, tn print of the
mos, amusing books being universally too
small Whilst ! was still wondering on
which tri,le should bestow my shilling, "a
vuce closed to h. observed that tlympGtS
Noolns was the book ought to- huy.
turned around with start AMI con
irontel the speaker He wa, n broad.
shoultrel, hurly man with a brown well
kempt hoard and rather sat booking bluc
eyes; AMI he wore a r,u,h tweed suit AMI
soft billy cocls hat With the air vi oue who
belongs to tho upper ten
He raised the afurc,ai hlllycock whtn |
turned round, oven ieioro spoAe which |
iii rather sharply, asking Inn, what he
knew of olympia Woolng'
The tone of my voice did not serve To axe
him, for ho SAID very calmly
",ny that 1t Is very amusing book. |
have read it.
As it were danntcl by bis cool ut,eranco,
handel n shilling to tho stall boy AMI
possessed myself Of the book
IT course 1t was only a coin ldrnce, Stili
u strange coincidence, that my name i,
Olympia
Was nj ont To- walk rapidly away, wish
ing most frrvcntly that Soraphinc woul re-.
tn,n when that impatient hrarlcd fellow
again allrcS,el me- Really, ms remark,
were becoming II persecution to "a woman
OF my nge and hablt,, too. it was most
absurd, AMI Yet tn" monster W, 81 civil
That To resent ms '"mltct "uhlI appear ~
# thought myself II Tight, miss
lie "hly >iid;
Il am Shd you have louShi the book,
ana hope IL VIII aih'i" You a. mu'h n, 1t
an m"
MY answer was n srrlv Hump and
mental prayer for S"iaphino
Are you gong 10 LONDON hy tins train:
Can |" "t any service about yonr
mgeago'
No, thank YOU have my m1ld and
almost stamped my foot, felt 50 angry
AGAIN no rIlN"l III" hiIy'ork hat, amt II ,
though not Wishing to h' too intrusive,
moved a lew pa IS OIL
remained well under the light Of the
book stall, where Snraphnc cuuhi $50 me at
glance, TO all appearance | was reading
carefully tho names Of the paper. which
had been published that day but never
eaw one Of them for felt the sad hlGr eve,
were liked IN mo with INTENSE curiosity, If
not also somewhat IN admiration For what
seemed an endless time, this ordeal lasted, |
standing almost GREATNESS, gazing ~ thu
Iarrs, while Ii" gi"t at M"
vi thI nv sho was at last Tho ~pul was
hroktn Ncraphine Never before hal
hnilrd her advent with such JOY.
Her behavior WI, however, to give INC
my next surprise Tor no sooner dii she
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