New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-02

most rapd!ty. Nina. apparently either impei.eo
by fear or some other powerful motive. was TAX
Ing advantage OF every piece OF smooth grass OF
sheep-run which came directly In her pain. 10
skim along still more swiftly than could be zone
when broken ground obsiructed her progress me
shepherd, striding straight over every obstacle.
neither increased nor slackened his pace as occa-
sion offered.
In a very few minutes they met.
Penelope marked brief halt and perceived or
fancied she perceived. the extended arm Of Tor
quill Macalister pointing toward herfe!f. she then
expected to see him rendering the young LADY
such assistance as the rough walking made de-
sirabe II speed were In the question, but 10 her
surprise. after a brief cooquy. her cousin again
started alone to down hill, while the stall
vart Highlander struck off at right angles in the
direction of the grassy knoll she had quilted on
which he presently proceeded to pace up and
down precisely as Nina had been doing when first
sighted.
All at once light broke in upon Penelope.
How stupid I am, She must have lost some
thing and was trying to find II when she was
patrolllng that height and now she has set Tor
quill to look She has got the right man. He has
ewes like an eag.e-clear. yellow eyes, that let
nothing escape. He will find anything there is TO
find
"lIo. Nina she cried as soon as 1t was likely
her voice would be heard. what have YOU lost ?
/ saw you hunting about for something. and |
thought you had gone clean wud. as Tosh said
the other day You did cut droll figure moon
ing up and down on that little biz Of ground. I'M
Ill the mystery solved. suppose you nave
told Torqui to hunt now. What IS t?'
Nina was painting with her run
"Nothing-a-a pencil" she replied raising her
her cousins side. How could you see what |
was doing?" Then turning her eyes toward the
spot. Il am sure could not have told what any
one was about up there.
mo more could I. but | put two and two to-
gether l saw you in the teeth Of gathering
storm--it is going to pass of. believe, all the
same" in parenthess-"I saw you just when the
sky was at its backest placidiy trottlng up and
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and confess the truth. 1T first could NOT I'M
agne what was up. But when / saw you as
patch the beauty shepherd Off TO me same place
and observed he. too. began TO perform the same
incomprehensible gyrations, the light hashed on
my bewildered BRAIN" -,
'Oh. yes It was a favorite little pencil" said
Nina Il have had 1t long time. don't like
losing my things; / get fond OF them. Torquii
says ne Is sure to find It. but don't believe ne
is. I have been over the ground 80 often. IL
must have caught my eye. 1t would have gilt
tered"
'Glittered Was 1t god?"
mo. silver. Such pretty pencil-case! Large
and handsome. Penelope.
The speaker hesitated
"Weli?"
please do not say anything about my loss TO
the rest. They would worry about II. 1t Is bad
enough to lose something one values, without
being .amented over and scoded.
yes, know.
"Of course 1t was careless. I should not have
taken a handsome silver pencil-case out OH the
moor. but did
what made you think 1t on that par
t.cular spot"'
Il missed 1t there. I fancied I felt 1t fall
Off
"A pencil-case fall off,
Fail out. mean-ou, of my pocket"
"You are sure you had it with YOU"
Perfectly sure"
In your pocket"
mo. fastening my-yes to be sure, In my
pocket"
/ ION. In your pocket" Mentally: "A large,
handsome silver pencil-case valued by its owner,
but the loss not to be publicly adverted to. Yet
she had shown me all her treasures. and have
never seen nor heard of this pencll-case before;
and II must be an odd kind Of pencil-case. too.
to fall Off person. and 10 fasten something sne
wears somehow" said Penelope to herself as In
silence the two pursued the homeward path side
by side-"somehow have a curous-a very curl
ous-fancy that there is no such thing as this
silver pencil-case.)
(TO be contnued)