Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-14

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said, glancing once again at the statue
and speaking 10 her niece, II consider
it very far-fetched"
"Yes, auntie," replied her pretty
n;oce-tall and slim and dressed in gray
looking at her scarlet t-bouud guide;
at was brought from the Hgean Sea-"
"I don't mean that, Maggie. | mean
on, well, you know what mean"
They went up the broad staircase of
the Louvre to the picture galleries. On
their way young fellow picked up Mar
garets gauntlet glove which she had
dropped, handed it her with bow, and
passed on. He was a broad-shouldered,
lonC.legged man, and he went up two
stems at a time with bit of limp. In
one Of the rooms Aunt Galnsford, IN
moving back to get tde right focus Of
Greuze, slipped, and would have fallen
prone ian undigntied attitude even for
a lady of fifty eight had not the broad
shouldered, long-legged youth with the
limp ielded her deftlv with one arm and
restored her to an upright position. The
Hon. Miss Gainsford felt thankful, and,
being plain woman, said 50.
II beg you won't mention it" said
the young fellow lightly. "It's so much
easier to slide down these boards than to
90 anything else. One ought to wear
cricket shoes. They were saying the
same thing at breakfast to-day at the
Continental"
1--WE were staying at the Continental" >"
said the elder lady genially. my
niece and may meet you there"
The young fellow took out his card
case, said he hoped he might have that
pleasure, aud, to Miss Margaret's great
disappointment, limped of. The card
bore the name, Oswald Brady. lie was
indeed the Oswald Brady. In the last
county match be had played a capital
innings of lis, ana had then been given
out leg before wicket. Now to be given
out l-b.w is always an annoying circum.
stances; it loses few of its irritating Gle
ments when the Oall knocks your leg 50
severely that you are ordered to rest for
a month. This was what had happened
to Brady.
Being ordered rest be perversely went
to Paris and knocked about bit, and
saw some Of the Latin Quarter chums
whom he had known in his hard-up
days, and spent a good deal of his time
in calling at 157 Avenue des Champs
Elysees. At 157 there lived a widow
whom Oswald Brady liked-au ex-
tremly diverting, an undoubtedly fine
attractive lady with much money.
Name, Nine. Sentier. NJ. Sentier had
said adieu to the Rne de la Banque, to
his wife, aud to the world generally
about two years since, and Brady had
met the magnificent young relict at the
house of mutual friend at Blackhtath.
After the Louvre incident and sub
seouent encounter between the new &C
ouaiutances At the hotel, when Brady
discovered to his delight that Maggie
knew all about the scoring of Shrews-
bury and W. W. Read, Madame seutier
found herself relieved from the attcn-
tions of her English admirer.
A fortnight after the meeting, in the
reading room Of the hotel, Oswald
Brady and Miss Gainsford's niece were
talking. Aunt Gsinsford had been read
ing the Times, and was consequently
asleep.
al could never like any one
"We we're talking of love, Maggie"
"Well, love then. could never love
auy one unless had first tested LIS affec-
tons"
"Test away" said Oswald airily. 1t I
will be seen that Oswald Brady was /
scoring (after his CUSTOM pretty fast.
"And of course, said the ycung lady,
crsveIy, 'I should choose my own time
and my own mode, Mr., Brady"
~ have a Christian name, Maggie"
"Don't brag, sir"
81 insist on being called Oswald. "
"weIl, Oswald, said the young lady,
shyly. "I would call you dear Oswald
we're sure you did not care for anybody
Else"
"You may be quite sure about that,
dear girl"
cNot even for Mme. sentieri1