The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-12-22

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So it went on.
Bellenden was not blame ess bit he
was less to blame than Perhaps APP
pears.
He was really fond of children
whether boys or girls. and had he pos
sessed either sisters, or ME cs. or
daughters Of hi-own, wOul have shown
as an atfecti0nate relation. There was
a simplicity in his disposition an /
tastes which made him the most de
Il@hLtuI of companions TO the very
young: they never bored him; in their
! sports ana pastlmcS he was deeply,
| truly, and arIously Interested as them
selves: he could 90 a-ncotlng or a-nut-
ting with the Cnthu 5iasm of LAD: he
| would spend whole mornings in con
str citing Il II re, or d.mming a
stream or making minnow be /; he
| would lie quite pcttish i called away
to attend to weighticr matters.
Now Cecil Raymond cared for n one 0
these things. Geraldine had long
ceased to bring out for his inspection
her drawers full of birds eggs. her
shells. and her sea-wceds. She had
heard his ~ cry pretty SO often, had
instructed his ignorance 50 often, and
had seen him yawn behind his hand
endeavOrc to interest him in her 5. M
pie spoiis and treasures. that she had
lost all heart for showing them.
indeed she had almost given up
bringing them out rany body till Bell
enden came.
She mad found that so many Of her
grandmother visitors would look to
please her, void admire when told to
admire, and listen in order to seem
cOmplaisant, that she had learned to
suppO no grOwn-up Poop really
loved such purSu Is for their own
sakes, and that it was only because she
was still young that She chung to them.
But Bcllenden had dispersed that
idea.
He mad not only explored every
corner of her cherished collections,
and handled deliberately each separate
acquisition. but he had displayed an
amount of knowledge and interest that
was at once novel and entrancing
More, he had informed her that he
too, was a collector. Not that ne had
been she had known had beens"
Eefore al elderly gentlemen had
been labOrlO.sIy anxious to assure her
OF their having at some remote period
o. hColbOyhOOd themselves collected
and arranged, but her new friend was
her contemporary on this ground. He
had, he said, his collection at home
and whenever he went home he looked
1t over. and whom he has a chance he
added 10 1t. His collection was OF eggs,
and if he were at home at the nesting
season, he invaribIy got some new
eggs. he did not approve of eXchaug-
ing eggs with other people He liked
to have them all Of his own finding. 1t
wa stupid 10 have other peoples find
ings. Jerry had got some that he
had not, but it was far better for each
to keep their own. 1t made a variety
He was quite sober and serious OIcr it,
and promise his young friend that ii
she ever came to his home, she should
SEQ his cabinet, when she could have
one made on the same principles, if
she approved OF the design. With re-
gard to the shells and seaweeds he was
not so learned, for he had never lived
upon the sea. But he picked up a
smattering OF knowledge fast. and then
Il was quite a treat to behold the aims
he took to assist the little 0nrholOgist
in her travels round about the shore.
There happened to be very low tides
all the time he was at Inchmarew. and
at such times. he was Informed by
erry, mu, could be done in the way
Of augmenting the she'll collection TO
the little girls great 10y. the fine
shooting weather had proved to be Of
brief duration: and. during the I'M
settled off and-On wet days that sue
cccdcd Bcllcndcn found no better Oc-
Gu. alton for himself thanpOking about
among the long reaches OF sea weed
and briny fools in the bay, in search OF
anything that might turn up.
he bppp a hat mint W. FIJI.