Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-11-12

Flo were in the stern. The boy talked
a good deal but the rest OF us were
quiet. He had several things to say
about people who couldn't stand boat
ing when there was ripple on the
water and about others who preferred
poking things in rock-pools to hooking
four-pounders He limited that my
performances in the latter direction
were not what they once were, and cx-
pressed fear that my taste might
some day become as degenerate as
Toms.
suppose we all heard him, and yet
we seemed to be thinking about some'
thing else. Whatever it was that Tom
was thinking about it made him pull
cruelty hard 1t was all | could do to
keep the boats head straight So we
did the journey in very short time,
and Laddie admitted that if we weren't
in form for fishing that day we could
certainly row.
The evening turned out very fine and
warm, yet no one seemed inclined to
go out and listen to the band. So l
strollcd off by myself down to the
point that nearly closed the outlet of
the river, found comfortable nook be-
hind boat and settled down with my
back to the sea, looking right up the
broad estuary.
1t is q lovely sight there when the
sun is setting. The river stretches, a
great sheet of glory, between rich, soft
hills away to the huge, bare slopes and
rugged outline of the moor and the
greater glory of the sky.
1t is sight which has no rival, even
in the western country.
had just formulated that conclusion
when Tom appeared, apparently look
ing for some one. He caught sight of
me and came slowly toward me. He
looked pale and tired
"0hr' he said, I'm glad / found you;
there's something about which want
to talk to you"
had seldom seen Tom in so serious
n mood, and, remembering the after
noon, | expected to find him particu-
larly gay.
waited for him to settle down be-
side me, but he stood there kicking the
pebbles.
Presently he went on:
''Do you mind getting up and walk
ing about bit? don't feel like sit
ting still and looking ut sunsets. !
think l can tell you what I want to
better if we are walking"
So l got up, rather reluctantly, I
must confess. Then he suggested that
we should cross over in the ferry and
make our way up the hill.
We were soon across, and once in the
high-banked lane he seemed calmer
and again began to talk.
do you know why I followed Miss
Flo ashore this afternoon?' az
OF course had no idea.
WELL" he said, ''I'll tell you. | in
tended to find out, once for all, whether
she really cared anything for me-"
expressed hope that he had sue
ceeded in getting the information he
wanted.
"Yes," he went on, 81 have found
out; she talked to me with n freedom
have often longed for, and it came
about in this way: We had been look
ing for different sorts of anemones for
some time, when she suddenly asked
me whether / agreed with what you
had said the other night / asked her
what about. Why, about people mar
| ryinr thoea who have moro money than
they have themselves said thought
you were quite right. She then asked
me whether, supposing cared for a
girl who was richer than / was,
should hesitate to tell her so. / did
not know what to say. You will admit,
| think, that the position was curious
one. Then to my intense surprise she
burst into perfect storm of anger.
don't know all she said, but the point
of it was that didn't deserve the love
of any unselfish girl, and she hoped 1
should never by any chance win it. AS
you may imagine, was taken COM
pletely aback. / had sense enough left
to see that if she herself loved me she
would never talk to me like that. Then
she changed, and as locked up saw
tears standing in her eyes and her lips
trembling. She could scarcely COM
mand her voice enough to beg me, al
most fiercely to beg me, that if ever l
cared for girl, however poor might
be, would tell her so. There was no
knowing what years of happiness
might lose if had not courage enough
for that. / shall never cease to be
thankful that at that moment your
voice hailed us and was able to say
tolerably calmly, think Thank you,
| will bear your advice in mind. So
we joined you, and after all I had not
lost her friendship, and her love l had
never had"
After few m inutes, finding that l
did not speak, he went on:
"And so, you see, l am certain that
Miss Flo really cares for some one who
is not very well off, and who is afraid
to ask her to share lot which must be
less easy than the one to which she has
been used. She is terribly grieved that
he will not speak, for his silence may
prove fatal The only thing is, l can
not imagine who it is. Can your"
/ said-and it was all could do to
say it calmly Il thought did. When !
had considered the matter little more
/ would tell him.
So we turned back and made our
way in silence down the lane to the
ferry.
Since that evening have settled the
question beyond all doubt.-Chicagc
News
Some idea of the amount of carbon
which impregnates the air in cities, es
pecially in those burning soft coal
may be gathered from the investiga
tions of an English scientist who sa'
been engaged in computing the amount
of SCOT deposited from London air. Col
lecting the SCOT deposited on a patel
of snow in Canonbury, about eigh
inches in extent, he obtained from i
two grains of SCOT As London covers
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