The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-08
As he shook hands with Miss ogle,

pressed appeal or dehance, ana ne thought good deal about it after he had retired to his own quarters and had lighted cigar. Poor little soul" he muttered.
 Your true diplomatist is always pliant to circumstances He forms plans, in- deed but he never hesitates to discard them if the development of events rem ders it advisable so to do. Hebert Nal let had formed plan, the not unprom- ising one of getting up furious fiirta- ton with Miss Ogle, and thereby open ing his uncle's eyes to future probabili- ties; but he now resolved to modify his intentions. It would be cruel, he thought, to firt with such an innocent, unsuspecting little creature as Miss Ogle appeared to be, and he fancied that there would be no great difficulty in inducing her to throw off of her own accord yoke which had already begun to gall her Should he be successful in this attempt, 1t was plain that he would be combining the greatest possible kind ness to her and to his uncle, with pro- per regard for his own interests Such a state of affairs is eminently agreeable; and it was with conscience at ease that Mir. Mallet went to sleep.
 It was of course,S essential that he should obtain few minutes of private conversation with his fair supplanter; and on the ensuing day he was fortu- nate enough to secure that opportunity without having any recourse to strata gem. Lord Shepton, it seemed was very desirous of accustoming his be- frpthaI fa SI.a avowed herself poor horsewoman, and, as travelling on wheels is hardly practic- able in the Morea, prudence counselled that she should be taken out riding on the Brighton downs until she should learn to feel at home in the saddle Lord Shepton himself was wont to shake up his person and stimulate the action of his liver daily upon the back of a steady old cob and it struck him that the presence of his nephew might now be turned to some good account.
 You will accompany us, Hubert, V said he, after explaining that he had ordered horse from the livery stables for Miss Ogle; "and if Ellinor requires any help, as she possibly may, you will be at hand to render it.
 Hubert assented cheerfully, and de termined that if Eilinor did not require help before the afternoon was over it should be no fault of his But he was little dismayed to find that Mrs. Ogle, whom he had succeeded in inspiring with sentiments of the deepest distrust, proposed to be one of the party Mrs Ogle was quite willing that her daugh- ter should ride with Lord Shepton; but as for Mir Mallet, she meant to ride with him herself, and see that he did not get into mischief
 It was in that order that the cavalcade eventually set out, Lord Shepton shog- ging along with his toes turned out, his hat on the back of his head, his gray hair flying and his elbows Tapping Miss Ogle, obviously Ill at ease on a raw-boned, sidling gray; and her mother and Mir Mallet keeping we'll in the rear So long as they were proceeding at a foots pace along the high roads no change of partners could be effected ;; but once out upon the turf Miss Ogle' $ gray, who had discovered that he was carrying novice, took it into his head that for once in way he would have some fun. He accordingly flung up his heels, indulged in a preliminary plunge or two, and then broke clean away.
 Lord Shepton immediately wheeled round and called out to his nephew, Hubert Hubert! ride after Ellinor; she has allowed her horse to bolt with her.
 Hubert did not wait to be told twice The Gvery-stable keeper had awarded him comparatively sound and fresh animal, and he caught up the runaway easily enough Miss Ogle turned an atfri ghted pair of blue eyes upon him as he galloped alongside of her
 What am to do?' she cried. " He won't stop!'
 co, yes, he will" shouted Hubert Sit tight and let him go; he'll soon have had enough of it. It's all uphill. V
 Miss Ogle obeyed orders, having no power to do otherwise; and, after what seemed to her an interminable gallop at racing speed, her advisers prediction was fulfilled. The light-hearted gray gradually lost all his light-heartedness; walk finally he stood still, putting and blowing like a steam engine. while Hu- bert, drawing rein, remarked cheerfully
 nat S dil riSnti ne won oolt again to-day promise you
 Where are Lord Shepton and mann ma" asked the girl looking very much inclined to cry, II think should like to get of and walk, please
 You certainly can't do that; and I assure you you are perfectly safe now. As for my uncle and your mother, should think they must be couple of miles away They will overtake us in time, perhaps. Personally feel that can endure their absence. Between ourselves, have no taste for antiquity in any form" He paused, and then added boldly, "Idon't believe you have, either"
 She cast an apprehensive glance at him. Hubert Mallet was good-look- ing man, who carried his thirty odd years with mueh iauntinesS He was very