Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-18

WIN tne pczzie Wnue ene turned over the leave,
spoke again.
That 10 my son Algernon-our only child
he h In Australia. No. he 10 not Q soldier HI
Is nothing in particular. He lives out there
because he likes the life. II IL q most extraordi.
nary thing, and q great grief TO his father AND
me Yes, he comes to see Us sometimes VI.
came home two years ago. but he never stavI
long. He can't stand the life here. He seem,
to prefer living in a wooden hut ana making hi,
own bread and going about dressed like q com
mon navy. Is II not ssd?''
and cupids ON the msn,elp,ece' strnet 10 zad
Mr.. Templeton woke up 10 TO 20 bed. .o- a
Bennington PARK thew observed the first claus.
OF the old proyerb. They were so far fror
carrying out the SECOND Injunction that beIo-,
breakfast Molly, seizins an opportunity he,
busy life at home did not afford. was able Il
indulge in q long reverie. of which Mr. Charlie,
Hartley was the subject.
Mr.. Templeton's first COMPLIANT At breakfas
was that there was nothing 20 eat Omelet mar
fridge. salmon, Drawn, ham and perigord pie h.
peevishly rejected and decided at last TO have
an egg, plain boiled
This. however, WAS not SO easy,
''why 10 il, Emily he cried in excusabIe IN.
disnation, ..that with a man cook and half ,
dozen kitchen maids can never Get an egr
properly cooked? YESTERDAY il poured over m,
plate vhen hrol. he xhel, ,h,s ,,or,,,s, :, :,
Miss Marshsm, are YOU going 10 eat noIhinr
but bresdg'
And, indeed, upon bread and marmalsde sine
breakfasted with an appetite which ro,,sed the
wonder and envy OF her hosts
How nice to be able 10 eat breadr' cried
doctors have forbidden il so strictly. think
could relish it better thsn ANYTHING else. ba,
nave very little appetite II INNS. he n delight
1ul thiug to be hungry"
" lou should take more exer,,se said he-
husband. Driving is no good: Won sooul,i
Walk.
80 / DO. walk every dav vben .ba a..b.-
Is suitable. Miss Marshan. do Won fecl i-,,;-sl
20 take a walk with me this nno-r;pes''
Molly accepted this prouosal NTH a..;cb, A
walk in the country-real country-like tina:
around Brennington Park. WAS n r,re s,a en-,
trancing privilege. Hoping il might le,d across
fields and down. she donned her sho-tes, sl,,r.s
and thickes; boots. but when she io,ned Mr.-
Templeton ia the hal. she found bar s.s;-.d j.,
fur-!irsd pale.o: reaching to the heels-ths
nigh, taperirS heels of her delicate kid shoes
wonIer !. sasii be 90 warm. Simpkins?''
sac MRS iemnieton. looking a: Molly sli;te cape
"a. no. madame. said tail woman who
STOOD oehlrd her holding her parasol and
gloves. The wind is chilly this morning and
YOU can Only walk la the pleasure grounds be-
cause It rained last night aad the park road is
quite damp
tneir wax connned. Nothing in its own way
cou;d nave been more admirable, for the head
SS-oener. though indifferent to grapes or yio-
le'' took great pride in the pleasure grounds
aud lavished much time and work upon them.
Not stray leaf disfgared the lawns, smooth
ann as pohshed stone were the gravel walks
"n9 tne oiossom OF the flower beds was neat
ana compact as II II had been clipped like the
ai oox hedges. But all this seemed fat and
~ovus 70 h;ouy. pinlng Tor Wild woods and
s'uooie nelas. They went at what seemed to
her a funeral pace, and even then the exertion
~ss more 'nan mrs. Iempieton could well sup
port, ana she was fain to pause and rest every
ven minutes upon the rustic seats provided for
na. purpose, as, indeed, an athlete might have
none II cioaked ana shod In the same way.
molly, 100. was very much exhausted at the
enu o, tne efpedinon, which, on the whole, did
.aT,' oosn more ia. M than good.
Ine doctors tell me to walk, said Mrs Tenn
pie'on, much discouraged, but it never suits
me. l cannot do it.
Az CLOCK tnere appeared before the door a
orougnam OF the latest and most approved con-
strucnon, and two roans that had cost Mr. Tenn
P,e'on several hundred pounds 20 begin with
mat gentleman came out to see the ladies start
ana to display a fattering interest in the direc-
ton OF their drive, not altogether on their ac-
count, however.
IL Is all very well to talk Of pretty country.
but the road to Sleaton is not a good one. and
tracey Is TOO Tar. That horse, You will please
remember. has just got over his lameness and 1
don't want to have another vets bill to paw.
You can't do better than drive along the high
road to Venchurch. Take the horses along
gently, Giles"
GILES carried out this order so conscientiously
that Mrs. Templeton soon fell asleen and NolIy
was left to mediate on the mysterious nature
OF pleasure. For what shs had hitherto looked
upon with envy, drive in q fashionable car
rage. proved to be not half SO exhilarating as
one she had taken at the seaside few weeks
ago In peculiarly shabby fly, inelegantly filed
10 overnowing. True, her companions, no less
than SIX In number, SO far from being asleep,
mad been more than commonly awake and in
tne highest spirits, so that they had laughed
nearly all the way at nothing. Charles Hartly
had been one of the party but, indeed. had re-
.utned less eneeriuliy than he went, for Molly
ny. 10 ouuoo9o u,ni Oh snS sea SANDS, where they
.ooA .neir .uhcnson- Ihis treatmen mt had been
usseiit 9n9eserseo, Dat only now, Tor the irst
''i ..TI, u'u sue recognl1e tns.
GINS. protS Wa! sne thought Poor
NJ" WISH ne were mere now!
~. nso = nice or1ve, SAID Mrs. Templeton,
ssT.e ssoPPeo oeiore the front door
So noI,nS IKE taxing the air.
Th;, .uU
- ospoIuy iortunate, as woful
epson s.I'oa nsr. her husband himself
,,ttas.S e w lace 30 gloomy thatsh
t,.1uaS y y. aarm, ana aoilys thoughts
.T 70 Nue son IN australia
:. -,,Ia - yo1 oer ana over again now
.,S 90. -.y, 40 M. iempieton sol
ca. ou' YOU Souio nave your own way.
,ohnds 800 ~ 49, ~ 'ns' oe'res vase where
~. Sou'u possauE ses AZ H. out You would