The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-05-22

Whlt tine worse 1or their revelry, and as. we
cu1 1hrougn the rlppilHg blue waters be-
tween the Dumphngs and the fort we pre-
sented an unquestlonably delightful ap-
! pearance. we passed the little Narragan-
se1e DoaO on our way out Oh the harbor, and
every one on Doaro Oh her ran to the side,
Ior the 1ong piack lines and tapering masts
Oh the Hlldegarde were famous everywhere.
hatty Langton hlmself, IN full yachting
trlm, leaned over the taffrail waving his
mana TO one or two men on the little
steamer VINO recognized him and shouted
at MN. mrs. lWho refused to be called La
Slgnora) Conchas Especiales, the wife of
NY Sieeo ouoan 'ooiicco plahter' WIN MRS.
rreeoouy' s.oou sirln ~ arm under the
a"nins, VIII my Huspanu lylng on the
In IN,oA neo. .noin. oapouih prague ana
ia;eanot l..eI .. uanuer were III Che %" together
v.one. nir; ol con eoncoceins nilscnieI, IL
was ,llpossigie 70 teii Wnich), ana Paddy
ae - "e.a sMinsins ourselves py
SOME u Inose mysterious ropes that are al
ways SO Plentiful on board yacht.
IL nau peen on tne Narragansett boat
lnseeau OF on the yacnt Know that l
sIouiu nave gulhpeu oVerpoard out OF
sneel envy; now saio ana cool was the
minu WHICH pie" aInwaro our pows that
uay! NJ" o,ca, , anu uiseinco showed the
snoles ny WHICH we sailed! IL was my 1lrst
ny spree, anu e.Joyeu IL accordingly.
t.1 IS ,:ll1 iiie q il.oso alnus-
+iaea ~ WaSoL ~ one iieoie arTrlices prac-
NO.. =; ~ ~. souns !leoreW VINO
S ~, ~ ~ ..loo suoie'y IL Newpof1,
oh,,-o,, tl,;,.1.;,,s " q Ceri-
IT, ; 4i"4' S.l45 Is onao ~ one Wouiu pc
-'o',o 80 ~ 80 70 oonfero IL C1aG
~ .'a' Sue caiieo
MI 10 e,,s;a4o5 as seo ns ligoie insehIion.
- - .ss1-A. - y :. Doo.u' onaiheu
80 - ~, sn1 'nu 9 oeeooIuiA wnlcn
"a =. ono ii'u ilis'ue ior niln OUT OF
urV ~, " "ooo
a. Inc captain constituted himself the
pahk, anu we We're all OF us soon alb
sorpeu III pushing ABOUT tne llttle squares
VI c;ruooaru from game OF logomachy
winch somehow 1urned up IN the cabin,
anu oCner small aftlcles, representing the
neavy Stakes t1ney We're only quarter dol
lars) "a. lor Whlcn we had agreed to play.
Eleanor Uanoer became tremendously ex-
ciceu, anu Wnen MIS-. Especlales pulled out
no0ie package OF CUBAN cigarettes de-
ciareu Cnao II sne nad not learned to smoke
IN Cupa IL was only because she had never
nau cne opportunity ana promptly thrusta
clgarette DeGWeen her audaclous little lips.
- >-NS,s1SN Oeo "ASSh,
DuG aiter sne mad one rolled for her she
pulIeu away Win much delight.
Mrs. Freebody began to smoke without
any ado; but | declined, because / was
privately afraid of being ill, and I was
rather glad had done so when l saw
Eleanor coughing at every third puff Our
game, which was interrupted by this little
incident, was resumed with more fervor
than ever, and whenever Mr.. IAangton pro-
posed to have "a little appetizer before
lunch" the idea was received with entire
acquiescence. caught myself wondering
what the sailors would think of it. After
all, there was nothing extraordinary in it,
We were living a perfectly natural exist
ence. When the sailors were on shore they
played cards and drank spirituous liquors;
our game was little more involved and
our drinks" were ''miXed."
Our impulses were perfectly natural.
we were really Tree from artificial polish
ana veneer. we conducted ourselves with
proprlety because we had innate ideas on
the supJect, not because we chose to pay a
hypocrltlcal homage to conventional Vir
Tue. oucn' at least, We're my thoughts at
Ine tlme' AS say dld smile little to
nnu mysell spread out at tuil length on a
rug, sipping snerry cobbler and laughing
at a conversation winch owed none of its
aeCracelveness TO covert alluslon or sly ref
erehce.
buI Wnere was tne narm? had been
accustomed TO take not little pride in
my cleverness OF managing conversation
SO as 10 steer clear OF peoples preJudices
ana natCef tnelr pecularltles, SO as to sug
geso rather than TO speak plainly and to
giide over Things personal or undignified
WIN easy grace' Duc 6ne people with whom
no" ningieu seemed TO take no thought
Oh possible deep 1eehng, to be utterly re-
gardiess OF hidden meanings. They talked |
oi everything WAN the utmost trankness; |
pesal1 10 1nink Snac had been only stiff |
Wnere thonght nad been dignlfied, and
unnecessarily prudish wnere l had sup
posed nyseil 10 DC elevated IN tone.
l never once sad to myself, Vogue la
ealere, anu haa no IeelihS that was fall
ing away from righteousness; was quite |
content to think that this was the proper |
way of life, and that if Bunyan had not |
gone to the Celestial City along this path |
it was only because the necessities of his
century had forced upon him narrower |
set of ideas. Lady Mary was quite right"
said I, thinking aloud, just after making |
some reflections similar to these.
What on earth is Mrs. Charter talking |
aboutT said Paddy Gander. "Mrs. Chart
er, your lush has gone to your head, Tll
be bound. Why didn't you listen to my
story about my sister Eleanor and the milk
punch?"
Mrs. Charter is absent minded. Chart
er, that's doosid bad sign. I'll 60 bail
. k1x.A F. 4.