The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-08-06

lie ,oas lying on his back on The platform.
She looked at me earnestly, and as she did
so l saw with delight that the color was
slowly coming back to her cheeks. 1 saw,
too, that her eyes were of dark brown that
matched well with the shade of her hair,
while her voice was regaining something of
the depth and mellow sweetness which had
attracted me when she first spoke.
tried to treat the whole affair as joke 1;
and, in part, think l succeeded. As the
girl recovered from the sudden fright and
shock of the encounter, she regained the
composure of manner which had distin-
guished her when she entered the carriage
and by and by she smiled and gave me fresh
subject for wonder and admiration as / con-
trasted the deep color of her lips with the
pearly whiteness of her tooth.
But / confess that / was somewhat piqued
when found that although unmista kably
grateful to Inc for the assistance l had
rendered her, she showed no disposition to
take me into her confidence Amid her re-
peated inquiries as to whether still felt the
smart Of the cut on my lip, and bGr renewed
expressions of gratitude, she We me no
hint as to her reason for desiring to avoid
the companionship Of the man with whom
had, on her account been brought into such
unpleasant personal relations, nor did she
make her own identity in any way known
to me.
Yet If this reserve made me feel rather in
dignant, that feeling was lost in the sense of
pleasure with which sat beside her. Never
before, thought, had met with a woman
so beautiful And as we changed the con-
versation, both manifestly trying to get rid
of the memory of the scene at the railway
station, and talked on other and more
pleasant topics, quickly came to the con-
clusion that she was as sympathetic as she
was lovely. It is not long Journey as my
readers probably know, from York to Scar
borough. In less than an hour and a half
we had reached our destination. But long
before we came in sight of divers Mount 1
felt toward this beautiful young girl, with
the splendid figure, the lovely eyes, the rich
complexion, and tho smile that was frank
ness itself, as l had never felt toward any
woman before in my lonely and uneventful
life.
"Ah so we have reached Scarborough"
she said. SLOW quickly the journey has
passed Do you know the placel 1t is my
first visit to it. Perhaps"-and she blushed
rs she spoke-"we may see each other again
some day; but / do not know" Her voice, /
thought, grew sad as she uttered these last
words, and delicate veil OF reserve seemed
to pass over the beautiful face into which 1
was gazing now with an ad miration and in
terest which made no attempt to conceal.
al hope So" said eagerly. ~ shall be
staying at the Grand hotel, and everybody
here must constantly meet upon the parade
at the saloon"
hoped that she would mention her name,
or at least tell me to what hotel she was
going. Nay, for an instant a wild idea
crossed my mind that she might ask me for
my own name, for the circumstances under
which we. had become acquainted with each
other were certainly unconventional, and, in
my youthful inexperience, fancied that
they almost justified such departure from
common usage.
But it was clear that this was not her in
tention. She made no direct response to my
words. But she gave me her hand, and while
she again thanked me with her voice, shs
thanked mo still more warmly with her eyes,