Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-09-07

zoo mucn Tor my nerves.
"Plead for me, Ca plain Harfeld,"
Egerton said.
"Oh, you know that ! am cap
tainp"
ut does not need sailor to tell
that you have been to sea-"
"Very we'll. Go on with your
defense"
81 am the most unhappy of
beings" Egerton continued, throw
ing mock terror into his voice. ~
wrote from the inn at which | am
staying to Sir John Chamberlayne
for days fishing, and he gracious
ly granted the favor / asked; but
it seems that | was either misdirect-
ed, or mistook the direction given
to me by a boy who grinned to such
an appalling extent at the sight Of
a shilling that there was positively
no appreciable distance between the
corners of his mouth and his ears. "
"Young Jimpson, I'll be bound"
said Captain Harfeld. "Well, the
mistake is often made, and not with
out extenuating circumstances.
But after all, you are trespasser,
and | will leave your sentence to
my daughter"
1.-THE sentence of the court is"
Marie said, "that the delinquent
pack up the Instruments of torture
with which he attempted to pur-
loin fish from our side Of the stream,
and start of without delay in our
custody to the White House on the
hill, where, by this time, luncheon
is being prepared. IL delinquent
has anything to say why execution
of the sentence should be staid, he
must say it at once"
II have nothing whatever to say"
Egerton replied. II acknowledge
that | have met with well-deserv-
ed fate"
"Then come along" said Captain
fairfield, opening his cigar case, and
offering it to Egerton. 81 dare say
he added, in an easy, chatty style,
"that you wonder at seeing me
providing about with gun at this
time of the year. | was looking
after shoats and weasels, which play
the very deuce with the young birds.
| am my own keeper, as don't care
about supporting a man who would
probably steal my own eggs and
sell them 30 me again at a shilling
apiece"
"And | am the under-keeper," re-
marked Maria, throwing up her
dimpled chin. Papa makes me a
present every time l discover a
poacher or a trespasser."
Don't be too hard on him." said
Captain Harfield, laughing. 81 am
sure the prisoner feels his position
only too acutely."
$50 acutely," thought Egerton,
"that were destined to be enslaved
forever to my fair captor, I should
hail my fate with JOY"
This was q curious idea to enter
Egerton Herrington's mind, con-
sidering that he had made a strong
resolution to remain single all his
life. He was a young man of good
family, with plenty of money in his
own right, and he had known no
better delight than to roam about
from place to place during the con-
genial months of the year, and
lounge through the winter about
London.
There had, indeed, been a kind of
love affair between Egerton and a
certain young lady, but Cupid had
not been sure of his aim, and the
dart fell without touching the
heart.
The Hermitage, as Captain Har-
fields residence was called, was the
ideal of an English home.
Egerton learned that the captain
was widower, with no other child
rem than Marie and lad Of fifteen,
who was on the eve of entering the
service his father had retired from
with honor.
Harrington found himself at
home in five minutes, and told the
captain so much about himself that
they were soon chatting as if they
had known each other for five years.
IL used to have a horror" said
Captain Harfeld, when Maria had
tripped away to change her dress,
that one day Prince Charming
might ride this way and take my
dear daughter from me, but she has
promised never to marry while ] am
alive. To lose her would deprive
my life of its sunlight, for when her
poor mother died became a lonely
man with nothing to cling to but
kba heaut;ful image of herself she