Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-14

nolulnS Sucn gatnerlnpS was, ana naO taken the risk and now found himself rewarded by finding those whom ho sought Perhaps-but why assign a reason for his coming.
 He had leisure. He could come and go as it pleased him. and he had pleased to make trip to the lake of which he had heard, and to take with him the fish ing tackle which hN had brought from New York. And he had found on the banks of the lake company of young people, two or three of whom he had net before; what moro natural than that he should join them, and if made welcome. spend the afternoon in their company.
 He advanced toward the group of which our friends formed part; greeted the young ladies in gay manner and shook hands very cordially with Bras tus, and was made welcome and bidden to ''eat, drink and be merry, for he was long way from homo and would re- gret it if he ever showed any backward ness in accepting invitations to eat while among the foothills and breath ing the appetite-crcating atmosphere of California"
 When the lunch was eaten he was in- troduced to others and invited to take part in the dance; for in the country there is less fornality than in the city. and in new countries less than in old ones; and here every well-appearing stranger was treated as a friend and in troduced freely to all, and by ala confidence less frequently betrayed than might be expected by those who do not know that hearts not altogether hardened are always prompted to ex- hbit whatever quality of honor or good ness those whom they respect credit them with.
 It may be, too, that knowledge that a betrayal of such condolences generally met q punishment as swift as it was se- were had a restraining influence upon those who were by nature bad.
 Be these things as they may, those who are themselves free from guile ever were. and ever will be, slow to suspect evil of others, and consequently ready 10 receive and treat ;,; friends all who have the outward arpcarancc of respect ability and "OOtlnc:9. And what com pany ot young ladies cT2i ia led to look With favor, more CT less ski:ifuliy con- ccaled, upon thc entrance into their cir cie of a young gen; lo:,rn whose appear ancc gave promise that he would at least be an agr, cli! !c partner for their festivities. And if the gentlemen We're at all disposed to ba jealous of one whose wealth or knowledge of !!.u world and the ways of polite society might give him an advnntag. over them in tho eyes of their lady-lovcs. they still could not act the part of boors and thus them selves prove his superiority over them.
 And so Annelsrys way to mingla freely with all was made easy, and right well he improved it.. He dant cd not only with Lucy and Jennie Parsons, but with a dozen others; but he sought Lucy for partner oftenest, and when they went for another sail upon the lake he was still at her side, and would have been pleased to have rowed with her alone, but he was unaccustomed to the lse of the oars, besides which he feared that sine might refuse him, and so con- tented himself with keeping as near to her as possible in a boat in which Wero a half-dozcu others,
 Erastus noticed Annelsey's evident preference for Lucy, and was ill at ease,
 Whether it were true or not, he be- lieved that the New Yorker had learned of the picnic and came purposely to re- new his acquaintance with her; and al- though he did not acknowledge to him. self that he loved Lucy ot:ier than as a sister, he yet did uot like this stranger with his stylish, clothes, his gold watch and ohuln, and other evidences of wealth and position, to be crowding in l between them; and when he saw, or | thought he saw, that Lucy was pleased 1 with tic attention shown her by his rival, as he now began to regard him, hc became actually jealous, and half wished that the train which had brought | Annciscy from the States had plunged down one of the precipicea he was so fond of mentioning as among the dangers he had ess s'apcd.
 Then realizing the awfulness of the thought, he amended it to wishing An nelsey might fall into the water and wet the plush hunting suit which mado him SO noticeable among his more plair- ly dressed fellows
 ''As if We had never seen any grand sccnery." he said, mentally, when An itelsey was describing somo of the scenes on the line Of tho road which ho had passed over, And then he tried to make hiaself believe that Annelscy wuul, not have known that the scenery was grand and wonderful if somebody had not pointed it out to him.
 Then again he pictured his rival as shrinking bacl, and covering his eyes lest his head lc turned at sight of this magnificent scenery-this almost bot tomless abyss, upon tho edge of which his train wound, by describing which he ianciet the New Yorker was seeking to draw attention to himself He tried, however, not to show that he objected to Annelsey's presence, or attention to Lucy. by avoiding her and paying court to Julia Ennis, the daughter of q neigh Dor who had lately come among them. Neither was Erastus the only one who was inclined to look upon the
 stranger as an interloper, for Lucy
 Parsons was Q favorita with the young
 men of the nci-hhorhood. Her fresh young face and lively mien, as well
 Gs her kindly nature, attracted to heI
 ali with whom she came in contact
 And to-day, dressed al! iu white excep
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