The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-13

and Lionel riding his Shetland pony besid,
themi II makes as pretty picture as
care to see." And the plump young grand
mother beamed with enthusiasm over thu
picture which she had conjured up for her
self. "They will be at the station to meet
me, I'll warrant, ponies and alll"
well, children are not much to my
mind" said the young girl coldly, cal
though suppose must like Leonie's, a.
Max is so devoted to them"
"And have you never seen themf"
"No, / have only seen Leonie once. You
see it was on the other side that Max and ]
became acquainted"
The plump lady looked perplexed, but
held her peace.
"He was at the university, Heidelberg
you know. and was at pension"
A gentle smile of amused retrospection
played around the girls pretty mouth.
"Oh. those were gay old times. But since
we came home it is very different Of
course"
WAS 1t some trouble brought you homei
notice you wear all black"
"Oh, l make 1t rule to wear black
whenever am Obliged to travel alone. A
young lady under such circumstances can
wish nothing better than to slip along I'M
noticed, and one cannot be conspicuous in
black"
But you can't Judge people you meet
when travelling by their clothes. You can
be SO deceived. Only a year ago | was
going over to New York, and there was a
very ordinary looking little woman sat by
me- She was dressed in purple and wore
the dowdiest hat, and at flrst did not pay
much attention to her, but she asked me a
good many questions about places we
passed and her English WINS caution. So
i made up my mind she must be for
eigner. I've often heard they do dress
dreadfully, and did the best l could to be
agreeable, though couldn't decide whether
to speak German or French But you can
imagine my Amusement when she left mo
at Cortlandt street ferry, for she thanked
me for my kindness and gave me her card,
with a coronet csl it, bless your heart, and
the Countess de Graffenriedr"
The young girl appeared to be impressed
and looked pensively at the tips of her fin
gers. Almost all Of the suburban passen,
gers had been dropped by this time aud
the stretches of green fields between the
villas grew larger. The conductor had left
the back door of the car open and a deli.
cious breeze came rollicking in, blowing
the young girls blond hair aud the stout
lady's feather about and rustling the pa.
pers which the old gentleman had thrown
down as they hurried out.
ut will be pleasant evening"" said the
stout lady, with yawn.
Eyes, indeed; l am so glad Mime. x. got
my green tulle done after all. Leone wrote
me needn't trouble to order flowers, she
would have one Of the men get me water
lilies from the lake"
"There is a lake near2"
$50 it seems, You know have not been
there yet. Max says it is poem of a place;
but Max is SO romantic" added the girl,
with smile, half fond and half apologize.
He Is handsome, of coursef" queried
her companion with renewed interest.
"Of course / would think so; but he
really rs. He has very dark hair and is
pale, with large, dark blue eyes, but not
one bit girlish looking; and then his figure
is perfect. You should see him in his
yachting suitP'
"He goes in for athletics, suppose2"
mot exactly. He is rather literary in
bis turn of mind; but he can afford to iu-
dulge his fancies, and his yacht is superb. 4"
You have been out on it, them"
yes; that is when l met Leonie. She
came on to chaperone little party for
Max. He wanted auntie to do 1t, but she
is 80 afraid of the water"
well, indeed, my dear, 1 sympathize
with her. l don't think ever shall mus.
ter up courage to cross the ocean. Mr..
Henderson insisted on our going abroad
for our wedding tour, and, for that mat.
ter, SO did Mr.. Dupont, but there-I just
couldn't make up my mind"
"Oh," said the young girl, sitting up
straight, with her soft eyes Frightening, ~
love the sea. never feel SO much alive as
when the wind freshens up and the boat
just bounds. Max says we shall make a
tour of the Mediterranean soon with a.
rising blush) and take run south everyI
winter"
"That's the way Isabel and Mr.. Leland
talkl They think nothing of going abroad
for six weeks, just for all the world as if
they were running in to the CITY,"
The brakeman on the noon accommoda
ton is short and stout, and announces his
stations in fierce, explosive fashion; but
had his every word been dynamite it could
not have had more immediate effect uponi
these two ingenious ladies, when at thig
moment he put his head inside the door
and cried "Arbutus Station"
They sprang to their feet with one nc |
cord, the plump lady turning very red in
the face while she gasped out some inco.
herent sentences, and the blond haired
girl turning her back on her companion
while she gathered up her umbrella and
bag. The station was three sided box,
painted green and containing wooden
bench. A country road stretched white
beyond it.
There was neither basket phaeton nor
Shetland pony in sight, but as the women
faced each other on the siding, one with
the dilated eyes of Amusement, the other
with the narrowing lids of distrust, a neat
Dayton wagon drove out from behind the ,
station, and clean, pleasant looking Irish
man alighted therefrom. Hat in hand he
the fellow travellers, Twas it to
Arhutus Lodge you expected to goS"
And in one breath they answered, "Yes"
"Then it's glad am to welcome you,
and it's liking the place Pm sure you'll be,
for the missus is II raal lady. An, by way
Of introducin' myself I'll just say am
Thomas Connolly, the gardener Mrs. Lin
dell was needin' the coachman herself the
afternoon. Av coorse it's you, ma'am, arc
Mrs Robbins, the housekeeper, and you,
miss, Nellie Pethers, the nursesn 4
And so our TRAVELLING comnanjons heca mo