Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-23
CHATTER VII.
GOLDEN DAYS.

caught away.
CHATTER VII.
| GOLDEN DAYS.
| so glides the metsor through tie sky.
And Spreads alon. a Slided train;
fu wheu its short-lived glories die,
| Resolves TO common air again.
So it went on.
| bc!lenden was not blamelcss: but h,
Was less to blame than perhaps ap
pears.
He was really fond of children
Shether boys or & iris; and had he pos
sesScd either sisters. or ME es. oI
daughters OF hi own. woull have showr
As an atfectionate relation. There wa
a implicitly in his disposition an
tastes which made him the most de
| lghtIul OF companions to the very
young; they never bored him; in theil
sports and pastimeS he was deeply
truly, and seriously interested as them
| selves: he could go a-nestinE or a-nut
ting with the enthusiasm of a LAD: he
would spend whole mornings in con
str-cting a bri ge, CT damming &
stream, or making a minnow bcI; he
would be quite pettish II called away
to attend to weighticr matters.
| Now Cecil Raymond cared for n one {
| these things. Geraldine had Ions
ceased to bring out for his inspection
| her drawers FULL of birds eggs. hcl
shells, and her eawecds. She hal
heard his ~ cry pretty so often, had
| instructed his ignorance so often. ano
hal seen him yawn behind his hand
such times innumerable when she hac
endeavored to interest him in her s. M
pie spoils and treasures. that she haG
| lost all heart for showing them.
| indeed she had almost given uI
bringing them out for any body till Bell
enden came.
She had found that so many of her
grand mothers visitors would look tC
please her, would admire when told t.
ADMIRE, and listen in order to seem
| mplaisant, that she had learned to
suppose no grOwn-up peop Q really
loved such pursuits for their own
sakes. and that it was only because she
vas still young that she clung to them.
But Bellenden had dispersed that
idea
"You do ride, I know" continued
he. Il saw your excellent pony in the
stables yesterday. oh, he would carry
you up that path"
Granny has often been up it," in.
terposed small voice. unable to hold
had our luncheon often at the very
place, haven't We, dear? And sine does
not mind any mountain path, can tell
YOU, Capt. Bellenden."
1T certainly sounds very pleasant, u
sub oined granny for herself 'and il
tomorrow should be as fine as to-day
''Cf course fine weather is a neces-
sity for such an expedition" assentcd
it's pro. oser readily: "hut we are going
to have long spell OF fine weather
now, every one is agreed. so we NAV
hope for the best, and he went gaily OIL
to make ready for the evening.
When he came back only Jerry was
in the drawing room: Mrs. Caupre i
mad been called away, and Cecil had
not vet come dow-
He had not only explored every
corner OF her cherished collections,
and handled deli berately each separate
acquisition, but he had displayed an
amount OF knowledge and interest that
was at once novel and enhancing
More, he had informed her that he.
too, was a collector. Not that he had
been'-she had known had beens'
before several elderly gentlemen had
been labOrlOusly anxious TO assure her
of their having at some remote period
of hcolboyhOod themselves collected
and arranged, but her new friend was
her ,onte mpOrarv on this ground. He
had. he said, his collection at homo,
and W whenever he went home he looked
it over, and when he has chance he
added TO it. His collection was OF eggs
and If he were at home at the nesting
season. he invaribly got some new
L. u nf
inc eggs with other people. He like
| 70 have them all OF his own finding. II
wa stupid to have other peoples find
inoa Terry had got some that be
n;io noc, put 1t was far better ,or eacr
| to keep their own. 1t made variety
He was quite sober and serious over it
and promised his young friend that i
| she ever came to his home, she should
| see his cabinet, when she could have
one made on the same principles, i
J she approved of the design. With re
gard to the shells and seaweeds he wa
| not so learned, for he had never livet
upon the sea. But he picked up
smattering of knowledge fast, and thel
it wa, quite a treat to behold the pain
he took to assist the little conchologis
| n her travels round about the shore
| There happened to be very low tide:
all the time he was at Inchmarew. anC
| at such times. he was informed by
Jerry, much could be done in the wa.
of augmenting the shell collection. II
the little girls great Joy, the fine
shooting weather had proved to be o.
brief duration; and, during the un
settled off-and-On wet days that sue
| ceeded, Bellenden found no better Oc
/ cupatiOn for himself than poking about
among the long reaches of sea-weed
and briny fools in the bay, in search ol
ANYTHING that might turn up.
The shore at that point was fruitful
.aa gorgeous sea-anemones as wei III
! many hum bier beauties, besides shells
and weeds sinnumerable rewarded their
pains; and day by day the two friend:
the tail gray figure and the smal
| white one, for: Jerry's white frocks
wont on every morning now, and 1t wa
quite business for the laundry-mald!
to get them up quickly enough-woule
sally forth in the early hours ere the
| tide had begun to return, and have
long delightful hour or two investi
eating and discovering. Later or
there might be the moor, or the burn
The afternoon would probably be
claimed for one or the other by I ecil
but he was nothing 10th to have his
guest amused and taken OF his hands
In the interval between breakfast ane
i luncheon.
He had not, as after q time he found
out. much in common with Bellenden q,