The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-10-24
BAR HARBOR.
A Wild, Weird Tale of Love
and Adventure.
BY - MO 8 LEE

ny AMOS LEE.
PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH
THE AUTHOR.
tCopyrighted, 1887, By g. W. Dulinohdm - All
Rights ReSerUed.]
brown. A closer inspection discovered them
to be decidedly green and notified with dots
of rusty brown; and it, also, was apt to re-
veal the totally unsupported fact that, far
in their depths-behind an apparent frank
ness and boyishness that seemed to vail
from observation the real motives and feel
ings of the heart and that invariably threw
the stranger off his guard and caused him
to miscalculate as to the ability and designs
Of his new acquaintance-b behind all this
lurked strong dash OF recklessness, yet
withal. determination, which q passing
glance certainly would never give the own
er credit for possessing This discovery, in
turn, led TO the instant conviction that, when
aroused, this apparently easy, good-natured
fellow might develop many surprising
traits-evcn such as the entire casting aside
of conscientious scruples in order TO gt.in
his ends.
If it is asked what had been the cause Of
his unpleasant meditations along the high
way, that is easily told.
He was an American, wcll-born but poor.
His friends and relatives, from the first, OPP
posed his choice of profession, declaring
the latter to be unmanly, enervating and al
together impracticable. He himself began
to doubt his own abilities. His was plant,
impressionable nature, easily influenced by
others not wholly from weakness; but, also,
because his natural lack of self-confidence
/ had been aggravated by a mistaken course
of early discipline which taught him always
to yield to the opinion Of his elders. The
constant reitcration Of dismal prophecies,
mistrust of his own talents, and, above al,
the unwilling, disappointed acquiescence Of
his parents in his choice-Gll this caused
him to waver in the wish of his youth, and,
at last, to abandon it.
/ Dlshcartened and imbittered at the
thought of foregoing the one and only real
desire Of his life, he now became drifting,
unhappy man; uncertain what to do; APP
parcntly incapable of selecting profession
soured as much as one of his happy DISPOSE
tions could be; unfit for any immediate du-
ties and, yet, obliged, in some way or other,
to earn livelihood.
He was not one to give up in despair. He
tried, first one thing, then another--not
from choice, but necessity, because he
deemed 1t his duty-always hating most
what he last was engaged in; and, although
now not far from thirty years of age, he
was still unsettled and, of course, unhappy
--woefully So ut times.
Finally, realizing the seeming helplessness
Of his state, he lost the will and, at length,
even the wish to decide. So he resolved
upon the cowardly course of allowing mat
tiers to shape themselves and force him to
some decision.
Yet, although he professed no longer to
trouble himself as to his future, like many
of those in similar prcdicament, he expert
enced moments when his wasted life, his
present aimlessness, his disappointments
and unrealized hopes overwhelmed him in
all Of their dismal aspects. When thus dis
turbed, of he would go on some long, lonely
walk, lost in gloomy reflection.
Some slight occurrence Of the previous
evening had brought back the old, old trou-
bles upon him; and now, although the after
noon was far spent, he was still completely
under their influence, and the reader finds
him on the outskirts of a small country viii
lage, near Oman, in Brtanny-for he had
managed to scrape together o few dollars
and venture even upon trip to Europe
suffering from fit of dependency, super
induced by reflections of tho foregoing
character. tr
Despite tho fact that he could lay no
claim to good looks, Fairfax, when excited,
gained rather unusual color in his cheeks,
and his eyes were wont to flash and sparkle
with unusual brilliancy. Had he not been
in such haste and so absorbed in his prep
arations for the ball, he might have
paused moment before the mirror to re
mark the transformation in his appearance
His high, full forehead over which had
dropped an unruly Napoleonic forclocb
his bronzod complexion, heightened by the
unusual color of the face; his long, droop
ing mustache, and, more especially, those
brilliant, flashing eyes that seemed to burr
with fire in their sockets, made him, to say
the least, rather observable,
At last, he pat the finishing touches to his
costume and, entering the carriage, prom
ised the coachman extra money, if the lat
ter would drive as rapidly as possible.
This had been lucky day to the young
American. Why should not luck continue
Might it not be possible that he should NEE
her there this evenings He felt almost Ger
i, tain that he would.
ION, as fast as you can!' called he to the
driver.
That individual, aroused by the hope O.
reward, dashed his horses, until, tired q!
they were, they tore alone at furious pace
, Covered with foam, they dashod past The
porter's lodge, along the avenue to th'
, chateau, and drew up, steaming, before thu
entrance.
Seeking out his friend, Dick Oxford, Fair
: fax asked the latter to take him TO thu
Warehouses, his hostess. To her he made
his apologies.
"Pray that she may present 70, to thu
, Princess whispered Dick, in his car.
But the old lady saw fit to leave him Il
the tender mercies of remarkably bright
ssa go