The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-20

plying the Efie sH,at. nti.. !@'r"d by a
sh., w lady of mnl0,; a@", who
would answer very well Eor Mrs. ST
las p. Christie.
The Judge went of at once into
conversation, for he knew if he hest
tated to make acquaintance he
should fall into the observant silence
his secluded habits had taught him.
His new associates were very respOn-
1--WE, and the amiable Lempriere felt
sure he had got into clover. He
knew nothing of Americans beyond
what he had read in books, but lie
concluded from a few terms of
speech that the ladies hailed from
the States. Effie was gerry likely
told good stories, described adven-
lures, picked up any topic with men
tai agility and seemed determined
not to let the ball of conversation
drop when once in the air. The
Judge was surprised at himself.
There was plenty of time for 10 or ~
years of happy married life with a
margin beyond for paralysis, imbe-
cility and so on, which would afford
a field for affectionate nursing.
In the evening the ladies were
quite ready to play at cards or back
CANNON, and Effie had a banjo, but
: that had to be reserved for deck, and
the Judge did not SO much car for
public music, because the young men
mere boys, of c~ourse-were attract
ed by it.
When the berth was reached the
first night, and his two companions
were asleep-the ship was very
crowded-the judge calmly contem-
plated the situation He had found
out that Mrs. Christie was the wife
of an American merchant in Bonn
bay, partner in the we'll known
house of Christie, Moore & Burgess,
and Miss Briedenbach was apparent,
ly travelling under her care, but n 20
one knew anything about her.
BY the time the Auckland arrived
at Alden the old judge decided that
he had got on very fairly, consider
ing the rusticity of his up country
manners. He was a person of some
importance when he made his own
tea on the quarter deck in the early
hours and Stevens brought the hot
water and arranged the tray for him
:, on the skylight. 1t was rather the
thing to get an invitation to JOIN in
q u Of real tea in cOntradistinctiOn
to the beverage provided by the purs.
or, which the irresponsible declared
was IA mixture of Il and cock
:, roach wings. Then in the forenoon
the Judge would read to the ladies'
Longfellow perhaps, out of compli-
> ment, or his favorite, Byron. for he
belonged to the period when that no,
bleman was considered the type OF
everything which was passionate, in
, tellectual aud rebelliOus.
, Afternoon walks on the decks, talks
= at dinner, cards, music, another even
=. ing lounge. Oh, golden days indeed
! And Efie was so kind as we'll a!
amusing. She would ask for his hand
T.. kerchief and put scent on it and in
\ quire if he liked it and whether h.
= fancied flowers generally - whit
rose. s~weetbrier or stephanotis. 1t wa
. so nice to have tastes consulted. Tn
\ Red sea was very hot and the pleas
ant routine a little broken in upon b,
= expedients for keeping cool, and a
- Efiie was depressed in the daytim
she tried to brighten into banjo mt
. sic in the evening. and the banjo a.
" Ways brought the foolish young pee
y pie.
). Then, when Egypt was passed, tn
No. Mediterranean was very rough. Ih
charming, halcyon Indian seas wer
left behind, and with them the leisur
y and the languor of the east. Sea
sickness disperses sentiments, and tn
careworn, horizontal invalids boz
r little trace of the sylphids of sum
y hours. But the bad weather onl
~ lasted to Gibraltar, and then the day
10 became quite lovely. They coaste
= Portugal, and they passed over dee
-. Biscay with nothing but a long swe
~ on it. scarcely curling the smoot
-. satin surface into a fold. To be pu
~ suing frivolous amusements in tn
y locality, so often the arena of u
= tanned and contending element
=: seemed like p%icnicking by the crate
of Vesuvius.
y, The ship glided past the redoubt
BILE Ushant like a pleasure boat, al
10 the JUDI. feeling very genial, r
-, marked to a Chinese quartermast'
~ that the season was delightful,
~ which that tunctionary reptile
"Catchee London yesterday" TIL
" response a little embarrassed the e
,g cellent Lempriere, but the Chinese a
not good linguists, and it only mea,
20 that England would be reached Il
,e next morning.
a Very friendly relations had be-
o. established again, i'll the calm moo
RI and evenings, with the ladies I"
no Judge was sure Etfie felt an intere
= :> o, H., had coon hnp nnn II.