The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-08

ilSLenoQ WlLn the deepest Interest tO us descriptions of the society of Vienna, St Petersburg, and other capitals in which he had resided; she quite forgot that he was the nephew of his uncle, and pres ently began, in her turn, to confide to him some of her own tastes and expert ences. She liked, it appeared, the things that most young ladies like. She was fond of the company of her contemporaries, she delighted in the play; above all things, she adored dan cing. There had been a time when she had danced great deal, and had been taken to many balls; but these had lat terly been abandoned, owing to the claims of the great nations of antiquity.
 "Oh," she exclaimed fervently, in an unguarded moment, how I hate the Creeks If they had only known what cruel bores they would become after death, l am sure they would have tried to obliterate all traces of themselves, like the people of Mycen@"
 She did not say, but it was easy to understand, that her mother had hawked her about in London and else where, and failing to find sufficiently high bidder, had cast her at the head of the venerable nobleman who had now been so successfully captured Hubert was very sorry for the poor child, whose history he divined, and of whose entire freedom from complicity in her mothers designs he was satisfied. To what sen timent pity is said to be akin we all know Whether Mr. Mallet would have been equally sorry for Miss Ogle if she had been less pretty, and whether, if he had been less sorry for her, he would have been equally attracted by her charms, it is impossible to say; what is certain is that when the young people reached Brighton again, after a some what prolonged circuit, the truth of the adage had been as good as vindicated in the person of wary diplomatist and that Lord Shepton was provided with rival of formidable kind.
 As for Miss Ogle, she had contrived, | during a very enjoyable two hours, to lose sight of Lord Shepton's existence, as well as of the anxiety from which he and her mother might be assumed to be suffering, but the sight of houses and streets brought her back with start to the realities of life. Mir Mallet," she said, speaking hurriedly, and with complete change of tone, know you must think me horrid and contempt ible. Though you are so very kind about it, you cant help being disgusted with your uncle for marrying and with me for marrying him. All l should like you to know is that you cant hate me more than 1 hate myself.
 "Ifyou don't hate yourself more than hate you, Miss Ogle," returned Hubert, smiling, you must be tolerably self satisfied certainly should not hate you for marrying my uncle, whether you did it of your own free will or because you were forced into it. Only, think if were you, l wouldn't be forced into it."
 "I can't escapel" cried the girl despairingly. II dare not haven't the courage!'
 "Try to find some. Would you be grateful to me, wonder, if I managed to set you free?'
 "Grateful!-oh, if you only knew! But you would never be able to do it. How could you without
 Without exposing you to reproaches which it would be hard to face? An, that is my affair. l don't promise to succeed; but if fail you will be no worse off than you are now, and don't think shall fail. The only thing I will ask you to do by way of helping me is to make as many mistakes as you can in writing from dictation."
 If that is all,' answered the girl with dreary little laugh, my part will not be difficult. am always making mistakes as it is.
 Double them, then; keep good heart Miss Ogle; don't be surprised at anything you may see, and hope for the best. Hope never yet did any harm to any body
 There is every reason to believe that Miss Ogle passed through bad quarter of an hour after she was restored to the arms of her anxious mother, for she appeared at the dinner-table with red eyes while an ominous black cloud hung upon the brow of the elder lady.
 Lord Shepton, on the other hand, had felt no disquietude He had been sure he said, that it would be all right, and had not considered it necessary to over heat himself and his colby by pursuing 1 the fugitives Nevertheless, Ellinor my dear, you had better try to gain some mastery over your horse during the next 1 few months, for you must remember that we shall not have the advantage of Huberts company in the Peloponnesus."
 If can be of any service as an in- structor, 1 shall be delighted remarked Hubert blandly
 Certainly not!' cried Mrs Ogle We will not think of detaining you here, Mir. Mallet, The riding-master will be the proper person to employ"
 Either because she had resolved to act upon Hubert's advice, or because she was dead tired, Miss Ogle made sad mess of her dictation that evening Lord Shepton, having found himself with spare hour before dinner, had already committed to paper in his own illegible handwriting several pages of ] elephantine pleasantries at the expense