The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-30


che promises to take me to Sacramento
with him as his private secretary or conf
Dental clerk, you know, ef-ef-" He
hesitated again with very un-Rupert-like
caution, EFF things 80 as he wants EN-" be
stopped awkwardly and his brown eyes be-
came cloudod. "Idko ez not, Mr.. Ford, he's
only foolin' me-and-himself."
The boys eyes sought the masters curl
ously.
II don't know about that returned Mr..
Ford, uneasily, with certain recollection Of
Uncle Beu's triumph over bis own mere
dulity, "he surely hasn't shown himself a
fool or booster so far. / consider your
prospect very fair one, and wish you joy
OF It. my boy"
He ran his fingers through Rupert's curls
in his old caressing fashion, the more ten
derby perhaps that he fancied he still saw
symptoms Of storm and wet weather in the
boys brown eyes.
run along home, both of you, and don't
worry yourselves about me-"
He turned away, but had scarcely pro
ceeded half dozen yards before he felt
tug at his coat. Looking down he saw the
disminutive Johnny.
ar -ey'll be comm home thith way" he
said. reaching up IN hoarse confidential
whisper.
"Whoa"
'Crethy and i'm"
But befo the master could make any
response to this presumably gratifying in
formation, Johnny hal rejoined his brother.
The two boys waved their hands toward
him with the same ditiident and mysterious
sympathy that left MIN hesitating between
a smile and frown. Then he proceeded on
his way. Nevertheless, for no other reason
than that he felt sudden distaste to meet
i IL any one, when he reached the point
where tho trail descended directly to
the settlement, he turned into a longer ami
more solitary detour by the woods
i he sun was already SO low that its long
rays pierced the forest from beneath, and
sutiuseI the dim colonna1e of straight piue
shafts with gold n hazs, while il left the
dense intercrJssed bra cnes fifty feet alove
in deeper shadow. Walking in this yellow
| twilight, with his feet noiselessly treiding
down the yielding carpet OF pine needles, it
seemed to the master that he was passing
through the woods in "a dream There was
no sound but the dull intermittent double
knock of the w1odpscker, or the drOwsy
croa< Of some early roostiug bird; all sug-
gestion Of the settlement, with al traces f
human contiguity, were left n behind. 1t
was, therefore, with strange and nervous
sense Of being softly hailed by some wood
land spirit that he seemed TO hear his own
name family waited upon the air. He
turned quicxly; it was CresSy, painting be-
hind him! Even then, in her white closely
gathered skirts, her barred head and grace
| full arching neck bent forward, her fiyi e
br aids freed from the straw hat which she
had swung from her arm 50 as not to inn
| pede her flight, there was 50 much OF the
| following Maenid about her that he was for
an instant startled.
He stopped; she bounded to him, and
| throwing rer arms around his neck with a
| light laugh, let herself hang for a moment
breAthless on his breast. Then recovering
| her speech, she said slowly:
81 started on an / jia trot after YOU,
| Just as you turned Off the trail but you'd
| got 50 far ahead while was shaking myself
| clear of Uncle Bsn that | had TO jist lope
the whole way through the woods to catca
up"
| She stopped and looking up into his
| trou lied face caught his cheeks between her
bands, aad bringing his knit 5rows down TO
the level of her humid blue eyes, said
"You haven't kissed me yet. WHAT'S the
matter"
doesn't it strike you that l might ask
| that question, considering that it's three
| days since I've seen you, and that you left
| me in q rather awkward position to explain
| matters to your motherW he said, coldly.
| He had formulated the sentence in his
| mind some m Jmants before, but now that it
was uttered. it appeared singularly weak
! aud impotent.
That's Sc" she said, with frank laugh
| burying her face in his waistcoat. "You
| see, dandy boy'-his pet name--"I reckoned
| for that reas) we'd better lie Low for a day
] or two Well. sne continued, unit ;ing hi,
cravat and retying it again, ''how did you
| crawl out Of itN
"Do you mean to say your mother did not
tell youF" he asked, Indignantly.
| "Why should she" returned Cressy, lazi-
| ly. 'She never talks to me of these things,
honey"
| And you knew nothing about itF'
| Cressy shook her head, apd then winding
one Of ner long braids around the you g
mans neck, offered the end of 1t TO his
| mouth, and on his sternly declining it, took
| it in her own.
Yet even her ignorance Of what had
| really happened did not accou 1t to g
| master for the indifference Of her long ST
lence, and albeit conscious Of some inefi-
| cheney 10 his present unheroic attitude, he
| continued sarcastlcaily:
| MAY | ask what you imagined would
| happen when you left me?"
"Well," said Cressy, confidently, 81
| reckonked, chile, you could lie as we'll as the
| next man, and chat being gifted you Id sling
| nav something new aud pu ty. Why, |
| aiu't got no fancy, but fixed up somthing
| against paws questioning me- l made that
| cOncelted NJ tsterS promise To swear ina he
| was in the barn with me. Then calculated
| to tell paw that you came meandering along
| just before nav popped in, and that ske-
| daddled to join Masters. or course,n sac
added, quickly, tightening her hold Of the
master as ne made q sudden attempt at
| wi, hdra val, II didn't let on to Masters why
| wanted him to promise, or Tat you were
| there"
"Cressy," said Ford, irritated beyond
measure, ''are you mad, or do you thiuk
| am?"
The girls face changed. She cast half
frightened, half questioning glance at his
| eyes and then arou ID the darkening aisle.
"If we're going to quarrel, jack" she
said, hurriedly, don't let's do it before
| folks
"In the name Of heaven" he said, fol-
lowing her eyes Indignantly, "what do you
| meanp
II mean,n she said, with a slight shiver of
| resignation ADD scorn, "if you--oh, dear IL
it's all going to DO like them, let's keep it TO
| ourselves"
He gazed at her in hopeless bewilderment.
Did she really mean that she was mo q
frightened at the possible rev lation OF their
disagreement than Of their intimacyi
fro BE Continued
Boston Briefs.
BOSTON, GA, Dec. 29.-There was a pub
lie installation Of officers of the Masonic
lodge here Thursday night. $. @. Culpep-
per was installed as worshipful master, and
In NJ .lIatta oud r u Marion a. seniar n nd