The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-10-26

cup Oh Tea. ielt IN an internal temper,
too. Never had such a day in my
life. Drew a fox in one of the most
unlikely covers in ten counties; then my
brute OF mount went dog lame, when
I'd barely managed to keep on the tail
OF the field, over few miles of the
beastliest fallow-land Gust after severe
thaw. too) in the shires l did feel blue,
even though it was the women's hour and
dinner was in the near future.
"H'ml" l rather Grossly replied to
pretty Blanche Glossop's sweetly uttered
remark. You'll have to turn out some-
thing big to soothe me just now, Blanche,
l I'M in pretty hole, and here's one
of the beasts on which have been
banking, as my chief nainstay during
the rest of the season, utterly broken
down. Cad it's hard lines"
"Abomina5lel" she murmured sympa.
thetically. "You poor boy; never
mind, have your remedy, and / know
she is worth at least 500, 900. Then she
is quiet esentable-indeed, really
very pretty little barbarian"
"American1" l inquired briefly.
Blanche nodded.
''Mrs. Chumley met her at Nice in the
autumn and trotted her out little; she
introduced her to me. She says she is
travelling for amusement and to improve
herself. think she is looking about to
buy up suitable parti." And Blanche's
lids dropped over her big blue eyes in an
amused smile.
Lady Glossop had always stood me
bright good friend; she had out Man
chester girl for me all through that win
ter; big girl with a corresponding big
purse; Manchester straight through, she
rocked of cotton. Aud the worst of it
all was the creature insisted on riding, or
trying to. She had half dozen clean
thoroughbre1s down at Glossop during
her stsy-cost five hundred each and up
to twelve stone-she rode them on a
curb, too. 1t was the very dickens to
see her tugging at those beauties, while
l pounded along on forty or fifty
guinea Irish beast; it was a severe win
ter.
Under the circumstances, you can
understand how relieved was to hear
OF an American; anything but bumma-
gem Englishwoman.
"Blanche!" l cried enthusiastically,
''you're trump. Half the men know
would be colonizing now but for you're
saving help; you're our only refuge,
God bless you'll Where Is shel"
sob, she will be here directly, she's
quite decent looking, very chick, and
that you know-why, here she is"
l looked up as there entered quite a
smart-looking body-very pretty, too,
just my style, all big gray eyes and |
fuzzy hair, very correctly dressed.
Blanche introduced her all round, skill |
fully steering her up to me. "Ina, she
said said sweetly, "let me introduce to
you one of my incest boys, Mr.. Hallett.
Now you must be very gracious to him,
as he gives the best things about here.
But must run; see Captain aud Mrs.
Randall are coming in"
Soon we were chatting away, and /
was the happiest and most sanguine of
fishers. She had excellent points and
was really very fetching-in any case
she was tremendous improvement on
Miss Morton, the awful cotton heiress.
Now there was staying at Glossop Just
then in the character of Blanche Clos.
'op's favorite tame cat, the Bay Middle
ton of the North country; his name was
Arthur Er'arton, we called him
Beauty" I'll grant him he could ride
crooks and unknown animals to better
advantage than any other man in the
5hires. He certainly was at that time
the very suTest thing between the flags,
and he was really the handsomest man
under eleven stone IN our set. Briarton,
as We all knew, never did own any cat
lie, but yet he was always one of the
pest mounted man out; truth was,
Beauty of diplomatic turn, and
Iept in with the 'tailors," who affected