New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-04

I or maIdpn nNlNT
! and vet imbued by the not unusual idea that a
! missiye delivered by hand would be more hKe!
! 70 receive attention than one which had gon@
! through the post?
Tben Nina occupied with other and more en-
crossing thoughts, had forgotten or did no'
! think IT worth while. to mention the mater t
| The writer might have been some one III WHOM
| she felt no particular interest N
| As this possible Interpretation grew upon re-
| nelope her spirits rose. ~, . L.,
| ,Vhen nothing had been said by the next DAY:
! and when it was evident that no advance mad
| been made toward an understanding 10y REQ
/ wood and her cousin. she was ioohshlE hapIS
She gave Redwood spllteu "''ouH' VI iO
Won should have seen me hunting for them
ALL over the carpet. and Tosh seated calmly oy'
| holding his Tam-o -Shanter. Then he presents
| q 10 me to convey the delectable oHering 10
| Captain Ainse, Then he suddenly becomes wllu
| with dismay because he has LOST soiiiewli.le
mnon his capacious person important letter
wherowth he had been entrusted DO you ever
! entrust your letters TO him, MI Redwood IN,
he is much in request as letter-carrer IN '' ~,
mo,gbborhood and I really should not wish TO
! throw discredit on him because the letter on 'hs
! occasion was found inside the inner priin 81
his 'Tammy 1t would be very sale p'"oo "
! be- ala NOT go nuttinC in the mean time
| was that where my letter came from sald
Nina vino on Redwoods otheS sue, or ."e
three being separated from the res. oi tnc pa q, 90
II am not sure If should have received IL 81
readily had known" ,,,orood
From poor boy l am interested In. He had
| given 1t to Tosh for me. as he IL some way OIL:
| Penelope don't mention 1t till nave Iou .r,s
| mother myself. she likes NE W ''' "
| thing first hand" ,,,,
so that was all" said Penelope to herself:
and vet I don't like that Don't m' . N II
! business beginning again. | am nke puInru
| cbid I suppose HI, there Is Tosh' suddehlN.
| .'Tosh-hev-Tosh, oh dear. how grand you are
to-day Tosh, Oh beautiful, The captain VIII al
,ia ,o, To is TO 90 up to see Captain Ainsc.
| Mr. Redwood: and doesn't ne look h'r ~ in, .,,'
Sunday clothes, and such handsome WINNIE
"a Az IT'S no that handsome. rs jist dacent'
tbat's a." protested Tosh modestly. ITS ahe
| O. Carno1stie's an we ken he has hai'"'h manu-
some ABBOTT him 49,. ,,.,,o ID Won
hear hiatt" Penelope few after the broad paDh f
| in front and repeated what Tosh had saiu; 10y
mis- movement she did a double stroke or DUST
ness and detached herself from REDWOOD SUI
| Now, that Redwood had not written thc H!H
terous letter. and that he and Nina were sun sun
halting and dragging over tne,l o ooT ~ ''''o'
| was once more keen TO preside over H. ,,,
She even set the step of those she Joi'''"
| quicker. $500 two q. che cr,ed
there being only Joanna IN her unclr lin, o Sa,
| hand Come along Joanna; you can walk iasl'
| | know Let US get home ana see VIZ i n, w w,
| tween Captain Ainslie and To'h. Senu mn m u.'
| ~ frort uncla" lower "to say We are folloW-
| inr" ~ ,,, no, walk. nc
| brisklv as her sisters She would pant pun h't
hand to her side. and insensby lag 3"ninu' II
the mace were beyond her She would now De
| forced to retard Redwoods steps ..,, ,h
| win no surprise. therefore, she heneiu t,''
d,stance rnomcntarilv increasing between the
| prouns. and soon the pair behind were 10 Il" III
| tents ana purposes alone. ,,ao,. ,oor,ed
| Another pair OF eyes INA" 'V"'''f
'"i Pomelo,,e however thought she had been
! adroit in the extreme, when from the am
| chamber whittier she had accompanies i+.u
| Carnnustia and his prottgt she beheld the TWO
| long afterward coming slowly up 'h' AZ -,
Redwood had dropped into the way 81 ' ,tii,
| q, tho castle on sundays since captain NlhSI"
| a. tosdent and had therefore been able to escort
tho vounc lady to her own door, ana while l"sh
Uas heinp nut through his facings by her uh''e'
and while she was ou;wardly paying me h'''s-
cav tribute TO the scene in reality 81" was con-
occurring what this long tete-a-'e'e '''s"' nav
| brought forth. ., s,ar,,v
well now you have seen Tosh.' LORD car
noustie was saying "Tosh Is grea' itiSnu ,o W
| nine and very fine fellow. but ! Wlsh 70"
| could have seen TorquV -Torquil MacalS'rr
! rho head shepherd on the home farm ~
two in his stocking soIes ana 'ne ",' f,,., ,nev
| fnl line Of features, I'aintcr~,Wh ~ = >
| .I,,d have given me anything liked 10 ask i''
him. I was proud to show him OF TO EYER h,,m
| who came The ladies used :" ray '' w., ,n
| T2m, no left us n very short time before YOU APP
| i,u and I don't. know where he Is now
"a KEN" said Tosh who had been list.hlhG
| ken. Torquil's no that iau ay"nt' He'"1t h +"
200 far for YOU or me - get M MN; i.'S".
| Lord Carnoustie shook his head i'E''4 ~ ti
| doubt neither of MS Will ever 80
.yin9 s"f cen on him yestreen." INTERRUPTED
the fool contomptuously. set con- guY'm ~
I'VE had a crack thegither. an ne b." , "a,
| saxperce but I'm haVerin. as WIN t. @ri.re
thought "Torquil's no carin to har q M
ken he's ABBOTT. an was 10 haud my "',7r lin,
"TnrnuUr' exclaimed Lord CdinouS'''' =
III, I've unon The speaker Are You ihin!'he
what Won are saying Tcsh? Torqoll n'r' >' 80
not come 10 see me? ma h,t .n, -, q, very
III ~ TorGun. but can't think II 3 uu' j."
hroke Of doubtful,y. Il think YOU iorgc' wee
biz. Tosh Wasna that some wee whit i So nor
we're seem Torqun an crackin' WI nm. P,n
,'nsi,.nlv "Afore he left us? 4 good many sun
DAYS ago: was ma that IT. Tosh?
'.Mcbbe" said Tosh. sullenly. 1870 ,oo1
81 tnorrht SO" Lord CarnOustie's bro" '!ehi'1..
"Time masses 50 quietly here. ana ne - no, VI ,
enod Al counting the weeks" to captain Nins',r'
"If "orquil Macastcr had COM va, n@0" the last
island knew ! should not have been lnc "a
ncrenn r. near Of H. 4 good-hearted. graieiu,
fellow and the lest sery NaGnre ever snYb '%I
have come 10 see me before ""'N'
well Tosh. y5H have seen the captain. ana
now think you had better be going, ","o,,nan
his patron kindly duncan: 10 h t,,' doyyn and
see he gets something. Is that dinner Dufl,
can? I'll be down directly anu Alnsic; az ,
coming into the dining-roon ma f be"e you
are getting on fast now. We shai nave 30"
ahort In no time" and he stumped away.
Meantime Penelope had turned round a scar,
and wh!tened face upon BOD, anu ds H'' ,cnrn
past him he uttered an exclamatoh Ui ''''"
She sienced II by a wave OF her hahu.
The next day she went down 10 'ei",oir 'ma
by good fortune found the ldc'"i "' "O "
well as his s.ster. u,ro
Don't you think Tosh is growing a httls
more silly than ne used % be-? she onSrrveu
careessly in the course Of conversation :" heI
| 7 FIRST came here, about four months ago uS'u
TO have long talks with him. ana ne oi,en con on
! .arsad ori,e sensibly about things within ms
reach But now he seems 10 have Illusions
| What do YOU think he said yesterday ID i-oid
Carnoustie and Captain Ainshe? irc pl"'e ,,a
and stuck TO IT, that he had seen 1orqull Mac
alister. the shepherd that used to be here. IN.
dav before and that Torquil was IL sort oi
manner In hiding; at least, Tosh inferred a.
rnurh. and at first my uncle was quite put our
hut when ne thought it over, he cane TO the con.
| clusion that Tosh was talking honSelSe, no'
,,u,,I'v Int that he was wandering in his