Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-07-18


to mention here that we had only been
week or so in possession of our new re-
treat.
About half mile further on down
steep dip in the road we meta personl
He was % the masculine gender and look
ed like naval man, except for his man
ners. He was fine fellow. big and stall
wart dressed in well-made heatber-mix-
ture shooting clothes, showing a pair of
brawny legs W hich certainly would have
had IA fine chance of prize or at least Of
honorable mention at a show for under
standings He was goouish looking, too,
had a pair of handsome eyes and a brown
beard CT, after the fashion of naval men,
close to his face. Over his shoulder he
carried a tenis-racket towhich were Slung
a pair of tennis-shOes. One perhaps could
not expect much in the way of manners
from a gentleman who was going to
lady's tenis-party clad in a garb fit for
Scotch moors. but be that as it may,
this gallant accosted Us, pulled us up with
an imperative wave of his hand and said:
"Hawl Do you know which is Cornby
HALF"
"No," said I, thinking he might at least
have touched his hat to the lady in my
and really don't know"
The gallant looked at me as if he thought
I was dreaming or drunk. Don't you
know where it isl" he persisted.
mo, don't" said l. 4 believe it is
somewhere near the village. The village
is mile or so further on"
ooh" pause, then he pointed to the
Old red brick house which we had passed
and spoken of as that the house?'
Il don't know" said l. shortly.
] signified to the Welsh pony that she
might go on. aud the gentleman with the
legs strobe forward with curt "-nks''
flung over his shoulder as we had done
him II special aud personal injury because
we did not happen to know where Cornby
Hall was.
NY wife urned and looked after him as
be swung along the road. then looked at
me with rasentful eyes. He must have
taken MS for some of the country people,
she said then, AS laughed, added indig-
nantly, but even if he did he might have
touched his hat"
''Particularlv as he stopped our trap
said !, with a laugh.
yes" she answered, and after a min
ute or two she burst out, What suob"
A few days afterwards we had occasion
to call on the lady at Cornby Hall our
selves and found to our JOY that it was
some way beyond where we had met our
courteous friend with the legs. that he
had then came Mt least half "A mile past
the house, and rs Nell said to me, I'VE
must have sent him Il mile and half out
of his road" aud then She added, yindc-
lively, THANK Heaven"
might tell great deal about the rev
erend gentleman Shades of courtesy and
chiva'ry forgive me for using the already
degraded term to such an one), to whom
that set of harness belonged. ! might in
deed give him whole chapter TO himself
II | chose, but my Blankhampton people
are waiting. so few words will suffice
for him. In truth | think that need only
say one thing. which is that he had the
true pal son idea OF his own Importance
and | feel that as myself was brought up
in the bosom of the Church am at liber-
ty 10 know Il parsOu when | see him a
trhc better than many people. The time
may COme-and sincerely trust it will
when | shall see my great Clerical Staff
College an accomplished fact. Mr. Wal
ter Bpsant has not had to live many years
to see his "All Sorts and Conditions of
Men" grow into "a reality. Why not !
alSOl ! may say but one thing about
what shall do when that day comes-I
shall Of course, as the Founder aud Orig
iuHtor of the Institution be made Il Life
Governor, with permanent gift of a bed
So To speak. Well. | shall give my first
nomination TO my bargaiu-drIving friend
who was the owner of that second hand
set OF harness, and shall except nobody,
not even John 10y Divine Providence. Lord
Bishop of Biankhampton. There will be
hundreds of subscribers eager and anxious
to provide for MIN.
Wen, to go back to the point from which
l started-und hope the critics especial
|" my dear friend, Blue Stocking, who
sits in such mercilcss Judgment upon I'LL
of us poor scribblers, Heaven help her
and us), will not be too hard upon nv dis
cursiveness; if they feel inclined to be so
let me recommend them to 90 and do
better, if they cam was going to say
that one of the most singular bits of in
formation which one learns from study
of the human being is to see how thor
oughly it pays to assume the position
which one wishes to take in the estimation
of other people, and how the minority of
those people take you at your own valua-
ton.
At this moment know a literary wo-
man-no. my friend, | am not going to
give you the smallest clue to her identity,
So you need not look for it, She is honor
ed, fetcd, quoted as II celebrity of great
distinction, and yet everybody whom |
know-and have very LARGE acquaint-
ance in the Society of Wit-ends by ask
ing the same questions. Bye the-by have
you ever read anything of hers? What
has she wrtten?" 1t was very much in
this way with Mrs. Fairliel She was a
pretty woman, with Il sharp hatchet-like
face-still distinctly pretty, mind-a ter
rible figure and worse feet. Yet she came
rs bride to Blankhampton, where re-
member, the majority of the girls were
more than pretty, and she took mp the
position OF the beauty of the place No
body quite knew how she did it-ccrtaiu-
ly not because she was the prctticSt wo-
man ia the town. ! could mention TWEEN
~ ut this moment who were infinitely
more beautiful in face and / doubt If |
could find one who was worse in build.
Nor was it that she dressed well-on the
contrary, | think she was generally rather
badly turned out, with often skirt that
did not match itself all round. and once |
saw her at Il particular smart function,
in the shape of Il concert at which all the
rank aud fashion of the neighburnood had
gathered itself together, IN a dark silk
Euwn With AN oNfr.yrG,27ry arrtg. ,u,rnt
If white muslin aduwn The ont of her
bodice and mp the sleeves to the elbow.
which looked exactly as if She had been
at a school of cookery earlier ia The day
aud had not had time to change hcr fyock.
Yet undeniablv Mrs Fairlie had the
position in the town OF being quite the
beauty of the place. some indeed went so
tar as to call her the Blaukhampton
Lily and have heard her termed the
Parish Lily'-which | confess was hard
ON the lady. The very last time that had
the pleasure (aud it was pleasure) of see
ing Mrs. Fairlie, il was in the High Street
at Blaukhampton. mad not seen her for
some little time. ! had always been used
To seeing a sight ont of the common, but
l admit on this particular morning the
dazzling nature of her Baukhampton
ltly-neSs fairly took my breath away.
She is tall aud thin-were she not
beauty, she might be called lanky-and
she was dressed in dark. not in mourning
though. She had a very tall hat and very
short skirts, very smart boots with very
high heels. She had also 4 Pompadour
stick with a big silver knob on top. Be
hiud ran huve black noodle "A lovely