The sun., 1889-11-24

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bumper, just poured out apparently, alongside
It. He had attired himself IN dress clothes
in his armchair, toying with large cigar not
yet lighted
Sit, Chnrloe:. There is plenty Of room for sea:
placed . chair, Tor Miss Jennings and vagIs.
was roomy in proportion to the burden OF the
yacht tho accommodation was by no means
deck His high cheek bones were @ fGSRe flushed iHS
sort Of Glassiness coated his eyes. but this ,
or SSs S and Miss hanas Cooled her.
sweet face with black fan that hung, at her
he feared she would see something in him 10
IN :. 20 YOU feel nov, wilfrid," said I, as IL you
.'Oh. certainly not" he answered warmly;
II wonder that you should ask such ques.
He looked at Miss Laura with a shruG of his
shoulders, as though he ptied me;
pass through quite easily. and without hurt.
seosn eHs i 9 IS not IN bS you sS are ySR SSS
blind. Your wish is to humor me- Please lea eVio do
ss pShs St t sh0 a Ss s MS' Hs can pa ssG S% 3
Look at these.' io continued, slappinG Irss
thinf that IT'S Should have broadened only Had
Increased corresrondingly in height should
cabin !" and he directed glance at the upper
deck or ceiling, while shiver ran through
| him.
thought now would sound his mind in
! fresh directions. for though while his present
craze hung strong in him II was not likely hs
| failed in other ways 10 the extent found in
this particular Naturalization: he he E, would Ger
curity only. but for that OF al! others on board.
Why, as you may suppose, his greatness took
very heart OF the vast Atlantic goodly com.
easily TO be made n bonfire OF as an empty tar
barrel with gunDowder enough slowed some-
iiffS the WORK that the flames might be daily.
wi,19gq KY DO nOt inquire after Lady NIOnsOn'
Miss Jennings started and stared at me.
Mhy should m he ar aDsTeired ;sis ina cGl4 Eox and
which he began 10 chip. 'J,ll venture to say
she doesn't inquire after me"
WIS astolshed at the nationality OF this an
swHr and the air OF intelligence that accompa-
. No, l fear not" said I. much embarrassed.
"Well W. ?" he exclaimed ;,F anding that paused;
Just oecurred Fred to to me- me you might have forgotten
that M she was rs, now one Of u.s. JournoyinE home"
Etbuu, me- EseS his hsnd at
are looking after her, my dear 7" :,
that she has all she
He nodded his head slowly and gravely NJ
hear,ts @ do ~ ~ %, ih;rt - '0ise' i' You i
NO / exclaimed not through, the two,
thougbtinlly bent on Miss Laura MY cousin"
sent. @ has on more than one occa. ion said to
me- me- sHppoSe yom ,m recover }n, yorr vile what are
sf Laura any YOU u know I adored b beT She inelined
Rs5 head he r%se.as Ss who soS p S
a devoted husband that wot shipped the ground,
she walked upon who should desert i Tie sweet;
regard of his eyes. that eyor. ,csme from
opulence: who should stealthily creep like .
elegance, and Of splendor: who should do all
this tn for an eng q M suGh depgaytH thIt It va mSss
OF the lids. What is tho term you would aP-
So II suea and wR aS s in 2
guessed the word that was in his mind. and
Mad! !" he thunderod. Violently. shaping his
knee. and breaking into short. semi -doilriopS
take Miss Laura into his strictest confidence.
and putting his hand 70 the side Of his mogth;;
Knew it Laura NY Ny first u act. then. R When N We We
reach reach home yill be to c9nfne f % her. But vt net &
and in that posture pG Slowly leaned back w In &iS
chair again with face painful with its smile
Ol cunning nnu triumph.
saw that the girl was getting scared: so
without ado dropped out OF the bunk on to
An excellent scheme. wifrld,", said l., in
fact, the only thing to be done: But. my dear
fellow. dye know the atmosphere here ls Just
q turn. and when am cooled down bit Ill
look IN upon you ior an9ther yarn for half an
-" All right" he exclaimed. Laura looks as
s@e Msns s9ms Tesa ar Ssn1 as Gne
the cahi5 Rut mind 10Th H " vo5ush Not
a w22rd.you UNDERSTAND" ,.,.
Miss Lauras hand and led her out OF the cabin,
As closed the door she ,reeled., and would
have fallen but for the arm passed round her.
glass OF water, The atmosphere here was
comparatively cool with the evening al.
oreezlpg down through the Wide skylisht ana
" II is terribIe!" she exclaimed. pressing her
should fall Ter crazy yG myself were much with him.
His sneers. his smiles. his looks: the boylsh
hr mrs o. hs h
poor VIII poor WIFI" Her tender heart gavo
way and she wept piteousy.. =.
fetched hat and accompanied me on deck;
The dusk down TO the horizon was clear and
line Of the, ocean ruled the armament. on
nigh sailed many meteors iiKe mgng M ,han Msm
scoring under the trembling eonstoliauons
silver wake that fingered long on the eye: and
slowly settling away before the breath Of
soft air. There were many shooting stars. too.
without the oomet-like grace OF the meteorio
flights sharp. bounding sparkles that made
one think Of the flashing OF muskets @ leySiied as
star-laden gloom. The wind was failing; the
yacht was sailing With erect erect. msG,s e nsr %it1
to the light weather rolls OF the vessel on the
lender undnlations. II was Ike u the rSg regular
was heavy. and cooled the drauRht as toup-
tain tho atmosphere round about It A little
sleepy noise OF purring frOth came from the
bows All was hushed along the decks. though
a. tho yacht lifted forward could make out
some figures pacing the forecaste apparently
with naked feet. for no football reached the
ear
the stagnation Of these waters. ! have heard
OF ships lying becalmod here for two and thre0
months at u stretch. In all those hideous
days of frying suns and steaming nights scarce
twenty leagues.
said Miss Laura, "on our passage to England.
1t seemed a year. Everybody grew QUARREL
some. and believe there was mutiny among
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