Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-15

We'll anyhow. NJ Blake. weIl Try 70
make Il pleaz,4at Tor you over sunday.
You can EsseE re On the 8 oiesocz train al
Forty -sscond srreetg SAYS Saryoorst.
VINO certainly does not prDerastin@te.
The O'Clock train Up tie river earTics
The two young n.sn swiftly along Until.
In the ate twilight. they deseEEt al
l0naly ligt!s station. far sng1gh fr1Ea
New Vera 10 be out u the way q eoE1-
cutters. and the eDnseq Tent eligible villa
Besides the t&itos house notAing Is us
IDLE In the di.sz Of the staEiess, VgereSst
evening. except sn exe-edingiy steep laIe
atriking glIao8s dIreetiy Up the E!ll from
tbs river VITA tie ruar Of the trsi4s Ia
tkeis ezlrs. the Plsee seems strange
qsliet not IN say dismal bat both lie
young msn rocoyer their spirits to soEao
extent at the exhilaFGtlrg sfsctacla of q
very high T cart coming Up TO the plat
forIa with big and undoubtedly
evil dlspositi0ned brown hoFss ia the
sha.ts. the whole gnder the guidance
Of groom NAoss eravgt Gione b sufficient
70 stamp the eqnipags a. fashionable
Mounting this, Nals0orst junlor Dis
covers new ekeeIlenees. sad b-Fsts. 81 il
svfs. into fall bioosa lie Is not tHueh to
look a.. te does not strike one ~ intel
bat be ean drive. He has en opport unity
foF display Of his talents a. they 81 Up
the hill 4 freight trsia cones roaring
along below them. and the horse only too
glad u az excuse. attempts 10 get ever
tins tcucs. regardless of tho cart and iis
occupants The calm manner In which
his master gets him back into tie road.
and the pses st which be wor-.s tin aioug
when they have climbed 10 tie Level, unite
10 raise EanvOorst IN the opinion u bis
eoin panlon who a begiBging u quake ~
tas near approach Of his troubles. otsl.
his philosophy come. 10 the rescue and
looking only at the present. he THINKS it
Is certainly better 10 be thus bow ling
along a good road through the sumner
night than 10 he Ia New fork-better
even than bearing Thomas men scraplng
away al "Amaryilis. in an atmosphere
blue with smoke
Through little village-tavern. black
smith shop. store and dozen houses
along road lined with trees, through
which one gets glimpses Of the river down
below, past long line Of stone wall. then
with a sudden whirl that makes the
groOqn on the back seat seize the rail.
through vide gate with lodge, neither
ornamental nor eommodious. guarding 1t,
then up q long avenue. "hich Is very dark
with thick trees, Til tire trees grow larger
and fewer. and the turf more closely
shor1l. and the house comes IN sight
lust a great dark bulk looming up against
a background OF trees aud sky They
trot Uriskly around great graveled
sweep to the front. and pull up, with
much scattering Of small stones. and
great reluctance on tho part Of the
horse
Tae house presents Il row Of brilliantly
lighted windows. opening on a wide
piazza. and sending their light stream
Ing over lawn aud flower beds. till it Is
lost In the night sounds Of Strauss are
heard dancing forms go sliding past the
window evidently the NanyOorsts en-
tcrtain. The scion OK that noble race.
called on to explain by his companion. re-
spends. Hang III forgot. They've got
a lot 0f people 10 Linuer-sOme people who
live ground hers aud "a lot moro up from
the Point
Visions Of military heroes alt through
Blal.e's head as lie follows his host up the
steps acTuss the vacant piazza. and
through rather dark entrance into big
square hall in tho middle of the house,
which runs Up 70 the roof apparently. and
has gallery Around it al tue floor above.
1t Is dinly TX tcd and has slippery,
hard wood tlor, upon which, further to
catch tho unwarv. arc disposed occasional
RUGS. ~ SIZE and fabric well adapted for
tri ping up and ovesturning This is
about all Blake MAKES out. before small
brunette. deci,!sdly pretty. comes out Of
the lighted draining room and siezes Van
voOrsi with IN air Of proprietorship. Tom
has been mado aware that the reason
Nanvoorst junior Is unmolested by the
dest ructive wi low Is because he IS already
married; 10 to Is quite prepared to DO
presented TO Airs Nanvoorst. lie Is not.
however prepared 20 see two acquaint-
nnces coming upon him simultaneously.
One Of these. a small and cninently lady
like young WOMAN, comes across tho hall
on mnn's arm. with little hand out
stretched. aud an astoais1ed why, Mr..
Bla,.e, Tho other bGrsts upon him all
OF once. through near door. bewilder
ing vision, which he knows only too well
a vision Of d.tr, eyes and dead gold hair
over low brow. and white. fun arms
and shoulders the whole swimming in a
sea % pale green Blake who is anything
but nervous whose heart hardly gains a
,hrcb IN that awful moment when.
gripping bis oar handle. he waits be-
lNtfN ltH i4elNy anu the No
--feels his face iush and draws his
breath hard moment. but only FOR mo
r,cnt Mrs Mackenzie. let me presen.
Air Blake
Mr. Blake aud | have met before.
think. says tho beauty and puts out
ready hand cordially enough And Mr.
ulako Ia charmed 60 have the pleasure
again. says tho Young man. quite self
possessed NOW Mrs Mackenzie and he take
stock OF ono another. tho Vanvoorsts
stare there ia an awkward parse. which
IS broken by the little person before no
f-rred to- who never did an awkward
thing in her life, and who now leaves her
escort arm and comes up with - pleas
sn;est possible smilc
Here Is another surprise for you. Mr..
Blake. What cloud did you fan fronf'
Then. tribe lower but very frankly,
81 m awfully glad to SEQ you" And she
gives Mr. Blake = brown paw little pinch.
which no man in his senses would dare TO
think squeeze She ia honest In what
she says she really is glad to see the young
man She is fond Of the society Of N I,
and men like to talk TO her Kate ST. =
is not hirt she is simply cordial I'D
unadectedly easy with every one; but
hardly any man can help fsncying. as he
talks TO her that she really rather pre-
fers him to the majority Of people Some
men havo possibly been conceited enough
to get themselves In love with the little
lady; but Is that her faulty She honestly
does not like to be annoyed by sentimen.
tai boys, and our friend Blake is an i'm
mease favoritc OF hers because he has
carefully kept in the background what
little sentiment there is in his compost
ton, and has alway been perfectly frank
and simple with her And to tell the
truth, Tom likes her just little better
than any one else he knows. but keeps q
tight rein on himself For Miss Stuart
Is. as he thinks. too large game" for
him. She is the only daughter of an old
gentleman we'll known and much re-
spectcd in the vicinity Of Wall
and Broad streets. and she would
undoubtedly be q very good specu-
lation for Mr.. Blake. whose fnan-
cial abilities are principally in the limo of
getting credit, and whose law practice
does not pay his Office rent. But strange
ss it may seem In these days. Blake has .
kind Of an idea that he would be as I'M
comfortable in marrying money as he
would be in marrying poverty; so when
ever he thinks OF the subject at all. he
puts it by wi.l shrus of the shoulder
aud says. IT'S too expensive"
So lie Is pleased to see the little girl
now. aud saws so Then the old gentle
man, whose happiness he has come to de
stroy. appears on the scene. and vel
comes HIN with q cordiality that makes
him feel like q pickpocket; and after .
little sweet converse about the weather
aud tie dust. and other interes ling topics.
the arrivals are allowed 10 make them
selves q little comfortable. and are served
with dinner in big dining room where
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