The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-26
DAVID BALFOUR.
"a Sequel to kidnapped
A STORY OF ADVENTURE.
By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON,
Author Of Treasure Island" "Dr Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde" 40.
Cbryrioh. 1928, By the Auhon.
CHAPTER XXvI.-THE THRErsoME.

APT XNNl.-THE THREEsOME.
Whether or not / was to be so much blamed.
or rather. perhaps, pitied. I must leave others
to Judge Of My %shrewdness tof which ] have
q good deal. too, seems not so great with the
ladies. No doubt, at the moment when 1
awaked hor I was thinking a good deal Of the
effect upon James More; and similarly when
I returned and we were all sat Town to break
fast. / continued to behave to the young lady
with Difference and distance: as l still think
to have been most wise. Her father had
cast doubts upon the innocency Of my friend
shin: md these It was my first business
to allay. But there is a kind Of an
excuse for Catriona also. We had shared in q
scene OF some tenderness and passion. and
given and received caresses: I had thrust her
from me with violence: / had called aloud
upon her In the night from the one room to the
other: she had passed hours OF wakefulness
and weeping: and 1t Is not to be supposed I
had been absent from her pillow thoughts.
Upon the back Of this. to be awaked. with un-
accustomed iormality. under the name OF Miss
Drummoud. and to be thenceforth used with q
great deal Of distance and respect. led her en-
tirely in error on my private sentim ents: and
she was indeed so incredibly abused as to i'm
agine me repentant and trying to draw of!
The trouble betwixt us seems to have been
this: That whereas I tsince I had FIRST set eyes
on his great hat) thought singly OF James
More. his return and suspicious. she made SO
little OF these that. I may say she scarce re-
marked them. and all her troubles and doines
regarded what had passed between us in the
night before. This is partly to be explained by
the innocency ana holiness Of her character:
and partly because James More. having sped
SO I'll in,his interview with me. or had his mouth
closed by my invitation. said no word to her
upon the subject. And at the breakfast.
accordingly. 1t soon appeareds We were at
cross purposes. l had looked to find her
in clothes OF her own. I found her los II
her father were forgotten) wearing some
OF the best that I had bought for her and which
she knew Tor thought) that I admired her
in. had looked to md her initiate my afIec-
tation OF distance. and be most precise and
formal: instead l found her flushed and Wild
like. with eyes extraordinary bright and q
painful and varying expression. calling me by
name with n sort Of appeal OF tenderness. and
referring and deferring to my thoughts and
wishes like an anxious or a suspected wife.
But this was not for long. As ! beheld her
so regardless Of her own interests, which I had
jeopardized and was now endeavoring to re-
cover. | redoubled my own coldness in the
manner OF a lesson to the girl. The more she
came forward the further l drew back: the
more she betrayed the closeness OF our in
timacy the more pointedly civil l became. until
oven her father III he had not been so en-.
crossed with eatlngl might have observed the
opposition. In the mids. OF which. OF n sud-
den. she became wholly changed. and I told
myself. with . good deal Of relief. that she had
took the hint at last u.s.
All day I was at my classes or in quest OF my
new lodging: and. though the hour OF our Gus
tonary walk hung miserably on my hands. I
cannot say but / was happy on the whole to
find my way cleared. the girl again In proper
keeping. the father satisfied or at least acnui-
escent. and myself free to prosecute my love
with honor. At supper. as at all our meals. 1t
WAS James More that did the talking. No
doubt but he talk cd well. II anyone could have
believed him. But I will speak OF him pres
emily more at large. Tho meal at an end. he
rose. got his great coat. and looking las l
thought at me. observed he had affairs
abroad. Itook this for q hint that 1 was to be
going also. and got up: whereupon tho girl.
who had scarce given mo greeting at my en-
trance. turned her eyes on me wide open. with
a look that bado me stay. / stood between
them like q Ash out Of water. turning from one
to the other: neither seemed to observe me.
she gazing on the floor. he buttonin2h his cont
which vastly swelled my embarrassment This
appearance Of indifrerency argued. upon her
side. a good deal Of anger very near to burst
out. Upon his. thought 1t horribly alarming.
l made sure there was q tempest brewing
.@efsi tuned Urn" o tow"rds Kim MAJ and d PUT Ut Myself nnS fp $50
Can do anything for You. Mr.. Drum
he He a stif !sity 2 yaaw Wiz w" M. a Ssx9o ! !h ss,S ito to
might show me the way to a certain tavern"
!of which he gave the namel where l hone to
fall In with some old companions In arms"
TharN WAS no mOlfA tn Rtv and i Upf n hnf
And as Tor YOU" said he to his daughter.
home S9s hs and pes Ea 81 70 to s0S bed iG and | o shfIl to DO r isso
esEs bonny laSHs 70 haze brish. syes'" -,
from the door; This was 50 done q fhonght
served she DID not Iook at me, and set it down
talked all the way Of matters which did not
interest me the smallest. and At the door dis
walked to my. new lodging; where had not so
s ss;ItI S;,s ISs . ny SMn tfs "a Is. q ISL. So r
! thought We we're like folk pledged: Thought
steps In a msss need,nI policy. And the most
was not AZ ~ the kina ! Would fi' have ch T"'s"
speak 10 him. which was a delicate point on
several sides In the nEst, place. when
and could almos. rays ioSnd II IN my heart to
from Leyden without. explanation. / might
lose her altogether. And 10 the second place,
there was our very irregular situation to DO
kept ln view. and the rather scant Measure Of
morning, concluded, on the whole. that de;
lay would, not hurt anything. yet would not
with q full heart,
This next day. as James More seemed n lit. |
tie on the complaining hand in the matter Of
ms chamber. j offered to have In more furni-
ture: and coming in the afternoon, with por-
tiers bringing chairs ana. tables. found the girl
once more Left to herself. She greetod me on
ny admissi2n olyiIlyi but withdrew at once to
made my disposition. and paid and dismissed
the men SO that she might hear them 90. when
/ supposed she would at once come forth
again, TO speak to me. waited yet awhile.
then Knocked upon her door.
"Catriona!' said /.
The door was open so quickly. even before
had the word out. that i Thought she must
have stood belind # listening, she remained
look that / cannot put u name on. as Of one in