The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-11-15


Edgar" said Mrs. Tramlay, "dont make
Mr.. Hayn think we are heathens You know
we never fail to go to service on Sunday"
"Yes, said Tramlay; "we're as good Phari-
sees as any other family in New York"
sand after that dinner in the woods" con-
tinued Lucia, 1--WE went for pond lilies, don't
you renemberf do believe | should have
been drowned in that awful pond If you
hadn't caught me-"
Again Marges brows gathered perceptibly
HE merely drew her aside from a muddy
place" whispered Mrs. Tramlay.
SWELL this is interesting, said TraInlay, at
tho oSher end of the table. "Hayn, are there
many places out your way where silly girls
are likely to be drowned IL they are allowed
to roam about without keeperP
"Quite NUMBER" said Phil, as seriously
as If his host expected a list OF the Haynton
ponds and their relative depths. "For in.
stance, Boldly banks pond is about
"Oh, that was the pond where we went
canoeing-that pond with the funny name
Myi wish was in that very canoe, on that
very pond, this very minute"
'Iucia!" exclaimed Mrs. Tramlay
III know twas dreadfully impolite to say
before company" said Lucia, with pretty
affectation OF penitence, "but everybody
knows l can't be there, and that 'twould DO
too cold for comfort; so 1t doesn't do any
harm to wish 1t. And l should like that
canoe trip over again; shouldn't you. PHILIP
~ certainly should" said Phil THAT
pond is very pretty In summer, when every
thing around 1t Ii green. There are great
many shades OF green there, on account Of
there being great variety of trees and
bushes. But you wouldn't know the place at
this season; and think it's great deal pref
tier. The ground-the water, tDo-is covered
with leaves Of bright colors; there are a lot
of blazing red swamp naples around it, in
spots, and three or four cedar trees with poi
son ivy vines"-
"Ughi" calculated Mrs. Tramlay
"Poison ivy leaves, you know, are the
clearest crimson in the fall" Phil continued,
land they're so large and grow SO close to-
gether that they make a bit of woods look
like splendid sunset"
"Oh, papal" exclaimed Lucia, clapping her
hands, "let's so out to Haynton tomorrow.
just for two or three days"
"Lucia," said her mother severely, ''you
forget all your engagements for tho next few
days"
"Her fathers own child" said Tramlay
"She forgets everything but the subject be-
fore her. She would make a good business
man-if she weren't girl"
II saw some couples out canoeing at Mount
Desert, last season." drawled Marge ut
seemed to me dreadfully dangerous, as well
as very uncomfortable for the lady"
"Oh our canoe wasn't ono of those wret0hed
little things; was 1t, Phill Twas great
long pond boat, made Of beech bark"-
"Birch," suggested Phil.
"Birch bark, and so heavy that couldn't
upset it, though tried my hardest"
"Lucial" The voice was Mrs. Tramlays,
Of course
'Why, mamma, the water wasn't knee
deep; measured it with the paddle"
Mrs. Tramlay sank back In her chair, and
whispered that If the family ever went to the
country again she would not dare leave that
child out Of her sight for a single instant,
but she had hoped that a girl - years Of age
would have enough sense not to imperil her
own life. As for that farmer fellow, she had
supposed he was sensible enough to
"You wouldn't have tried that trick II
had been In the canoe Miss Tramlay," said
Phil
"Why notw asked Lucia. She knew how
to look defiant without ceasing to be pretty.
"Well, ! would have been responsible for
you, you know-your instructor in naviSa.
ton, SO to speak, and it's ono of the first
principles Of that art not to take any risks
unless something's to be gained by it,"
"Goodl" exclaimed TraInlay
mot bad" assented Marge.
"But I'd have got something II I'd sue
ceeded in upsetting the boat" said Lucia;
"Td have got ducking."
Then everybody laughed, Everybody but
Mrs. Tramlay, who intimated to Marge that
Lucia was simply being ruined by her Ia
theirs indulgence
The dinner ended, tho host and Marge re-
tired to the library to smoke. Phil was In
vited to accompany them. but Lucia ex-
clained:
"Phil has been too well brought up to have
such bad habits He is going to keep me
from feeling stupid, as ladies always do
while gentlemen smoke after dinner"
She took Phil's arm and led him to the
drawing room, where the young man soon
showed signs Of being more interested In
the pictures on the wall than In the girl by
his side.
"These are very different from the pictures
you used to see In our little parlor in Hayn-
ton" said Phil Different from any In our
town, In fact"
"Are theyT said Lucia. "But you might
be loyal to home and insist that yours were
unlike any In New York; because they werc
you know"
N didn't suppose they were anything I'M
usual, said Phil, quite tnnocently.
"Oh, thoy were, though" insisted Lucia,
with much sarnsstnsss "I'm sure you couldn't
end ono OF them In any parlor In New York.
Let me see; do believe could name Thorn
all II were 10 close my eyes moment.
There wan Gen. Taylor at the Battle of Buena
VISTA The Destruction Of Jerusalem the
Declaration Of Independence 'Nspolson's
Tomb at St Helena, Rock of Ages, George
Washington Psals's Court OF Death
Abraham Lincoln and His Family and
RUNS Deadly Upas Tree There"
"Your memory Is remarkable" said Phil.
81 didn't suppose any one had even noticed
our pictures at all; for Pm sure they are old
fashioned
"Old fashioned things-why, they're all the
fashion now, don't You known said Lucia,
with pretty laugh.
Phil did not reply, for be was quito over
powered by what seemed 70 him the elegance
Of the Tramlay pictures. He could easily see
that the engravings we're superior In quality
10 those to which he was accustomed; he was
most profoundly impressed by the paintings