Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-12-12

jear. remember aim perfectly. Tall,
and fair and"
"Yes, that is Cecil why, it is Cecil,
II course. Oh, you must come down
and see him. Come along, quick, and
we II meet the boat. If we run down
straight from here, we can easily head
her. and get TO the D er ii st. Do come
Cecil viii ike Us to meet him"
Like this?" suggested Bellenden,
ooking first at her ana then at him
self. though, truth to tell it was of her
appearance only he had his doubts.
or himself. he was all right, roughly
ut suitably an becomingly clai, Dut
Jerry was such Il Jerry And he
knew well that young OXonians were
,ensiti, on such points, and not likely
Highland pier, by Highland cousin.
wrapped in Ollsklns and topped by SOU
ye5terS.
''To be sure, 1 had forgotten" owned
the little lady herself, ,olOring slight
ly under the imputation. Il do look
rather queer, don't l? And Cecil is
most frightfully. dreadfully particular
should catch ii from granny ever s.
uuc h if he were too see me-"
But you don't mind my seeing you?'
"Oh. no at least, | mean / never
thought about it. Granny would have
minded. daresay: but then you will
t. OF see granny. unless and again the
round yoIug check was suffused by
'blush-''uniess you will come hom'
Eith me. and -"
Now this was the very proposal Bel
ienden was longing to have made him.
II should like to see the Raymond.
again, he said thoughtfully.
lcrhaps he really thought at tn,
moment that he should like it. Per-
haps it was only the remem brance of
the close. stu 1y. whisky-reeking little
inn at the ferry, viii b made Il chance
of escaping from it so seductive; but at
any rate the unfortunate traveller felt
that for life or death his only hope was
20 hang on to Cecil Raymond now. and
that never in his life before had an ac-
luaintauceship turned up such trumps.
tntil within a few moments he had
oeen forced to contemplate pass ng a
.uckle5s night in damp. rough bed,
imid the coarsest surroundings, with
heavy mistS obliterating all the beau.
lies OF the landscape without. and with
40 panlonShlD, Sa his own
houghts. within. He had been posi-
lively assured that there was no pOsSi-
oility of reaching his friends shooting
10 ge until the following morning: that
:he boat on which he had depended for
proceeding up the och did not go he
5ond the ferrE on that especial even
.ng oi the week: and that the best, in
iced the on Y thing 10 be done was for
aim to take up his quarters ut Dame
Maconochie little public bou-e, anc
nhabit her one spare room.
1t had beer a sorry look out: but it
. lad been mitigatcd By the dame S
rggestion that he should take her
on : rod. and bring her in some trout
rom the Iuchmarew burn, not mile
)ff. W hich burn she assure him would
De III ne trim after the rain, and was
acted for its trout.
/ The worthy woman had not ad ,eG
! that the fishing in its best part was
ca!uusly guarded for the benefit of the
10 ny mistress of the place, and that
my one caught trespasslng within the
nchmara " grounds in pursuit of sport
yould be in an awkward prcdicamen ent.
; She had trusted to the gentleman's not
being caught. The odds were that he
would not be so: the day being SO eX-
,ecdingly bad, and the stream having
oecn so greatly augmented by the re-
cent rains. she concluded that the little
Mss would hardly be allowed out, and
hat at any rate, if the worst came to
he worst, the stranger would say moth
ny about her She did not think he
would even know her name.
TO BE CONTINUED.