Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-12-27

and gorgeous sea-anemones as well as
many hum bier beauties. besides shells
and weeds innumerable rewarded their
pains; and day by day the two friends
the tall gray figure and the small
white one, for. Jerry's white frocks
went on every morning now, and it was
quite business for the laundry-maids
to get them up quickly enough would
sally forth in the early hours ere the
long delightful hour or two investi-
eating and discovering. Later on
there might be the moor, or the burn.
The afternoon would probably be
claimed for one or the other by Cecil:
but he was nothing 10th to have his
guest amused and taken Off his hands
in the interval between breakfast and
luncheon.
He had not, as after time he found
out, much i'll common with Bellenden,
who was at one too old and too young
for him. Bellenden was either COM
plete man OF the world or boy-Cecil
was a youth: and it was doubtful
whether he ever would become the one
or could have been the other.
At present he was all Oxford and Ok
onians: and he had hitherto felt that
his prattle concerning these was
scarcely sufficiently strong meat for
the swell ife-guardsman, who was ''up"
in everything of the day. Then, to his
astonis hment, it had appeared that the
veriest milk for babes was quite pal
atable to this fine gentleman, for whom
he had teen straining all his faculties
to provide fare, and he had expert
enced curious sense of modification
and reaction.
What was he to suppose? Why, that
Bellenden was after all, but shallow
fellow, who did very we'll on the sur
face, but of whom reading, thinking
Oxonian very speedily got to the end.
The longer that Bellenden stayed at
Inchmarew the better indeed was Cecil
pleased Not a note went out to a
friend, tutor, Or relation but what it
contained some mention of the per-
sonage then on visit to his grand
mother. and the reports OF the Inchma-
rev bags during that week were sent
to more papers, tar and wide, than
they had ever been before. But, proud
as he was of the honor thus conferred
upon one and all, young Raymond could
not but rejoice that the burden of it
should sit easily on his Individual
shoulders.
He had really none OF the trouble OF
entertaining the guest. Jerry, as we
have said, had the most of him, while
Mrs. Campbell found the young man
delightful company during the meals
when all were together and she had
herself never been seen to greater ad-
vantage than when, all animation, she
revived the scenes, friendships, and
stories of her youth for his benefit. AS
the two talked jerry would stand by
drinking it all in, and wondering why
she had never cared to listen to any
thing of the kind before, and whether
it would not be rather nice after all to
know something of the great world,
about which both her grandmother
and Bellenden waxed eloquent.
One day the latter surprised her.
"Don't you ever do any lessons,
Jerry?" inquired he, somewhat sud-
denly.
sOh, yes, 1 do. But these are the
holidays, you know. / have been hav-
ing holidays ever since you came
$50 I supposed. But what do you do
never hear you speak OF lessons. Have
you not governess?"
"N-no." For moment Jerry
wished she could have said yes" felt
as if it DUG ht to have been yes" and
that she ought to have been able to
produce the infexible, specialized pre-
ceptress, who had ever been the bane
of her imagination; but presently she
plucked up spirit to vindicate her posi-
ton. II go every day for two hours to
the manse." she said, 'or else Mr..
Mackenzie comes here for two hours.
He comes here three times a week,
and [ go there three times a week.
Granny says [ could not have better
master, and that it is extremely kind
of him to spare the time. | have Of
ten heard granny say how fortunate
! am she added: but a glance at her
auditors face impclled her to throw
in, as it were, care!essly, 81 shall have
a governess some day. at the close.
"Oh, you will?" said he.
"OE, yes, [ suppose SO. Most girls
do, you know" said Jerry instructlng
him. my aunts worry poor granny to
death about it whenever they see her.
! Aunt Charlotte -that is Lady Ray
mond especially. She thinks her
girls are perfection, and they are with
the cir governess all day long: and she
does go on at poor e amy about me. -
affirmed the little girl. shaking her
head and knitting her da-k Bows to
emphasize the statement.
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