San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-08

hllnSclt, ina | Il me- think of IL be-
fore? Or. r"thef~ v = prematureIy
wrect<my 100, :, pIrau.se, s.nce l was
fated 70 play the fool at ALP
Paul had now sunk from almost Ger.
tain hope TO equally certain despair.
He was so completely buried in his dis.
NAL thoughts, that he received almost
shock when the conductor touched
him on the shoulder and said: Here,
young m n, be. quick about getting
out, If we. must.stop this train at all
for you. We are Stacking up at this
very moment for Stony Creek"
Paul pulled h '1self together with an
effort. He was in no conditian 10 face
his fate, so dazed was he. He had not
moved from his seat in the smoking
compartment since his train left New
York. But he did not propose to make a,
fool. of himself because he was in love
and had definitely discovered the state
of his affections So he rushed to his
seat in the car, grabbed his overcoat,
umbrella and dress-suit case, and made
an exit before the train had fairly come
to stop Here l am" said voice
at his elbow which he knew so well
and which he delighted to hear SC
fondly. 81 am very glad, indeed, that
you were able to come, and to see you
again here on our lovely island. But
where are mother and Frank? You
certainly have not let the train carry
them on?"
Paul looked around, but saw only one
vision of loveliness in white tennis
flannels-it was before the days wher
everybody wore them here, and they
gave the wearer quite a distinguished
air of English get-up. But if ever a
young woman WAS under the most per.
feet self-command, most tantalizingly
so, that young woman was Miss Lee
bourgeois at that identical moment.
There was not a tremor in her voice,
or in the hand which she cordially ex.
tendedto Paul. She looked as little like
young womanwho had had a trying
and severe experience as any young
woman possibly could. She was the
picture of health and happiness, OF
beauty, and-shall we say saucinessf
Diana returning from the chase
could not have presented
more supple. firmly-moulded figure,
or complexion more richly sun-kissed,
Indeed, its richer bloom, contraste5
with its more delicate whiteness, as
Paul had formerly known her, seemed
If anything to accentuate those glorious
dark eyes, which some ill-natured
rivals had asserted owed their depth
and strength to the exquisite tin ting OF
the skin, which no one, even another
woman, could deny. Paul felt awk.
ward and abashed, and wondered il
those eyes were reading him now, and
had discovered the secret he would so
carefully guard. If so, the eyes failed
to betray by the least significant sigp
the womanly prerogative of their
owner, y
Paul made haste TO explain that Mrs.
Lebourgeois and Frank were not on the
train which by this time was mile
81 50 away. He told of the
note he had received at the station
from Frank, and Of his ignorance Of
what had been the cause Of the delay.
well, then" said Miss Lebourgeois,
~ shall have the unexpected pleasure
of introducing you to our island home
all by myself, / am so fond of it that
] do hope we shall be able to buy it,
have no taste for summer gayeties
They are an awful bore" added this
almost school girl with a bewitching
air of woman of the world, who has
finished the round of all possible vani.
ties and found them but vexation.
Follow me, and l will guide you to the
launch"
IT was only few steps TO the little
naphtha affair, which lay at small
wharf ready for them to board. A
party of freshmen stood around it ex.
changing critical remarks. Half con.
cealed in the shadow of building
stood the not-easily discerned figure Of
young man, also in tennis rig. There
he is again, do declare" said Miss LIE.
bourgeois, as the launch started.
pang shot through Pau's heart.
CHAPTER XVII.
Paul'S curiosity was naturally keenly
whetted by the enigmatical remark oil
Miss Lebourgeois. But if she guessed
the effect produced, she showed no
consciousness of it, and gave no sign
of an intention to CRAFTY it. The lit.
tie launch pushed swiftly along. dodg-
ing in and out between the islands
as If knowing the course by heart
There was a man forward and man
aft, Miss Lebourgeois and Paul.
These were all the occupants. Miss Lee
bourgeois pointed out the pretty spots
as they glided swiftly by, and called
over the various names, by no means
equal in romance to the wooded re-
trPatS-NPnt Island ~ for eNam-