The sun., 1889-11-24

tic manner the crazy air Of conviviality that
flushed ns with a glow OF fever his speech and
carriage and behavior OF high breeding. Not
a syllable concerning the events OF the morn.
ing, the object OF our excursion. Its achieve
ment, the change Of the yachts course, escaped
him. He drank freely, but without any other
result than throwing little color upon his
high check bones, and rendering yet more
puzzling tho conflicting expressions which
lllod with wildness his large. protrudinR. near
sighted gaze at one or the other OF us. l saw
too clearly how II was with the poor fellow to
feel shocked. Miss Laura's tact served her
well in the replies she made 10 him. In tho In
terest with which she seemed to listen to his
conversation, in her wel-feigned Ignorance OF
there being anything unusual In his % apparel az or
Geal her deep-seated apprehension, that stole
Ike shadow into her face when she Looked D
ablod her to think. or when her eyes met mine;
After dinner my cousin fetched his pipe and
vantage q his absence. to say swiftly e Miss
Laura, We must not forget that Lady Monson
sR IN Your This that
| Nilfrid has forgotten all about 1t, or surely he
would have made some reference to nor
Ill take care that she is. looked after, Mr.
Monsoon" she answered, Il purposely alb
I am certain, by the expression in his face that
he would have been irritated by tho lightest
| dlluslOn 10 IeT, anu uS. uIs luOOu Is
through" here she glanced in the objection Of
Sp6a whSs the coS0s Sa e sOSS tSSg sSen S
seowling, silent. eating up his heart"
He returned with his pipe, at that m3pmept, pan IT.
STONED and said TO hts sister-in'law Come
along, Laura, my love-" ,,
II have a slight headache Wilirid, and /
have to see that my cabin is prerared."
this answer wSqld start ,h hin "a Into n6t
| Ualhar thn manning q II. Pooh DOOl ~ lo
cried, there are two stewards and a maid to
f bsSS Sa S b,t 4syS dSn son sueG n
scareey Se the worse for the tar that stains his
cred one OF his short roars Of laughter and
hear that and take il as an expression Of his de-
light at her, presence on board Does 81 she
that her G9o 9i dead
49,, :, Como along, Laura" continued Wilfrtd;
III roll You pp as pretty cigarette, nts,o as was
She shook her head forcing smile
Perhaps Miss jennings will join US later"
said l, distrustful Of his temper, and passing
nv hand through his arm. got him on deck
:" Laura Is n sweet little woman" said he,
pausing Just outside the hatch, to hammer at
,Ay sweet, pretty. and good saidI.
You're n,lloye with her; think, CharIeS
Why Of beautiful, night in preference to
beduiIul NOlHthI CTleu
But was determined 10 end this, 50 called
to figure :, standing stan t. lesyard Of the main
Ooo% is 'nSs ms SSG eH orimps spry no,e
the Captns a-laylng down; but he's Euv or
derS e he g. aroused al wfITri tETG BELLS
Crlmp probably supposed the question put
to me. for which ! was thankful. He may
softly, that old Jacob might not hear, Yet
SKY has Eg5f o a6s s Gtsd 6 S9k 0o
drauRht here is emDtynD nine"
We stroled together to the grating abaft the the
wheel and :, seated t.uo ourselves m & ! &c, cannot tel
been dark some time. f9r in those parallels
the departing sun trails down the western
slope Of the sea. There would be no moon
was Ii now SV" little e after M s"for my cousins
strange humor had made a much longer sit,
as o. ras Wind dheFl IN
countless pinIons, with smooth kissing
one think Of the shearing of a sEat-
eer oyer Ice; The cabin lamp lamps glowing
sheen upon the foot Of the mainsail. tho
cloths oi which scared the paier for that a. lustre
brow M o Of som some height Of yspor dissoIvngasenst
the stars. We sat on line with the side Of the
aeG 0h h S0 me- woRed the o
incident in me into u phantasm, and remem-
ber little shiXer creepIng over me to the
NioIoh VI tAtne toh' hooio LIZ uAo' WIN III
he watched the flight Of his spirit, then falling
bH %d hd II to
about Il. coulu not reconcile his eXtraorli-
at ali evonts ind Indicated R % the rec recolIeeti9n Of tho
duel as strong in him. He chatted volubly and
tntelliEently, without any Of his customary
not OF his wife, nor Of the Colonel. nor of HIS
infant. nor OF this ocean chase that was now
talked OF HIS estates how he intended to build
a wing to his house that should contain ban
9sGS so@e acres OF his % land into market sarden
and so on and SO on His face showed palo In !
the st%G6 G to his evening he m an
lesslY on twenty matters of small interest. / |
could yet detect an undue energy In the tone of
and In his vehement manner OF smoking, puff-
Ing ont great clouds rapidly and filling, the
Vastly T 1S% e@sod M my mnd had Ee ae omS % roer %
epee to the morning You felt iis A. II the mem9ry
swift I pulse and I co Confess that could have
shrpnk from him at moments when thought
Of the character Of the % source 81 whence he
himself with what might well have passed for
mere company face;
l made move as though to go below.
Going to turn In 7" he asked
1T has been long, firing day" said l. eva
"A grand day." he exclaimed; The one
stirring, memorable day OF 1r oHr voyage. Come,
bumper before parting"
We entered the cabin: It wos deserted. Will
frid asked where Miss Laura was, and the
steward replied that he believed she was gone
to bed.
She should be with us, Charles" cried my
cousin. with a light Of excitement In his eyes,
his face flushed, though above It had looked
marble In the starlight. and half smile OF ma
fr5g%h no sad f'nF TGe he Ss Poor child is tired
VIII What G Is our drink to be, WIZ want to SEQ
Pooh, pooh; hang turning I'M / feel my
self of forty-spirit power tonight, Just in the
humor, II We're member. to so down to the
themselves Sir Johns and Sir Thomases. and
who wear swallow tailed coats and broad
brimmed hats, with a, passionate attack on the
British Constitution"
He called for brandy and seltzer. However,
We had not been sitting twenty minutes when
his mood changed his dinner party face dark
chair, looking downward, with a gathering
scowl upon his brow. i rose.
Good night. Wifrid," said /.
He viewed me with, an absent expression,
said " Good night" and at once went, but In a
mechanical way. goyerped by habit without
the door of which / SAW him stand n |