The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-01-03
BAR HARBOR.
A Wild, Weird Tale Of Love
and Adventure.
ny AMOS LEE.
published BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH
THR AUTHOR
copwiCitsd, 1887, BY q. w. Dillingham; - All
| Rights Rsssrrsdl
ny n 90 LEE.


young girl in strange Huu, nave gwen
Ter several letters of introduction to old
ine friends who know me as plain Miss
Jerome Nay | count upon you, too, to
show her somo attention. She is one OF my
most admired and dearest friends. don't
hink You will consider me going too far
when add, she must, therefore, be very
ovoly and attractive
The note was from the wife Of we'll
nown English peer.
Upon arriving in New York, Lydia mailed
mis- letter with several others of similar
haracter. 1t was reforwarded to Bar Har-
or and one result OF lis receipt was the
udden departure, Of young Mr.. and Miss
iillnare fUr New YORK city with the pur-
$50 Of pursuadiug Lady Lydia Broaaacfos
spend with them the remaining weeks OF
heir scjourn at Desert Rock
Having once entered upon her mission,
4ydia was resolved upon carrying it
ar5ugh TO the end. Natalie must be found,
Z her own sCspicionG forever laid at rest.
he decided upon paying g brief visit TO a
'rtain remote village, best made known
y a sentence copied from previously
entioned nole Of M Richard OEford's:
Il shall often think Of him. FAR away in
ut quiet little village Of Drifton in Penn
Eauia.'
Informing h2r aunt that she had heard q
roat deal about the coal mines and tho
niQua scenery OF the mining district Of
Pennsylvania, sho declared her intention OF
Immediately inspecting the region around
about Haz.eton, il Llzerne County
Under assumed names, they registered at
o little hotel in tho village OF Upper Lehigh,
within two miles Of Dlifton, in Ponnsyl-
vania. q
Prof. John Fairfax, dignihed, gray
haired old gentleman, was in charge OF TO.
male seminary in the town He was well-to-
do only in the size of his family, consisting
of several daughters and two soma, Arthur
and Dana FGirfax.
Mr., Arthur Fairfax was abSent-no one
knew where. Still this fact, although not all
reassuring, was by no means conclusive
proof of his guilt. So my Lady Lydia" re-
solved to profit by his absence.
Ere her departure she had learned much
about the town, more about the Fairfaxes,
and, most of all. about Mr.. Arthur Fairfax.
She heard, too, the history of his disappoint-
ments and his present unhappy state Of in
decision. But, the more she learned about
him and the more she saw Of his father
family, the more she began to think that it
was impossible that he should be any thing
else but innocent
Lydia was what might be called prac-
teal dreamer; and, to be candid, many of
her musings latterly were chiefly upon one
subject, and much in the following extra
ordinary vein:
Her estates were large; her tenants man.
ifo,d, They, Of course, would vote for the
man Of her choice, should he offer himself
as Parliamentary candidate. How much
better would be her life could she marry a
man whom she might thus help. Howmuch
happier than if mated with some rouc, her
equal in wealth and station, perhaps, but
tired Of life and In blaSe; whom was no am
bition and no apparent interest in the world
at large.
These, and thoughts Ike these, constant
ly tioated through her mind. Can she be
blamed if they were in connection with but
lone manl
Her very mission, together with the ex-
tremely satisfactory results Of her investi-
cations as to Fairfax's character and ante
cedents were such as could scarcely fail to
interest the coolest and most fastidious
woman. Lydia found her interest growing
80 warm that she, at last, allowed herself
TO come to definitely shaped resolve, al.
though somewhat staggered at first, by the
very boldness and unwomanly nature OF
the latter. In character II wss somewhat
IS follows
When she should eventually and this man,
Fairfax, he and fate-''together with little
assistance from me-" so she naively told
'herself-must once and for all ''decide this
matter" as she was pleased to call II.
But deep down in her heart was the con.
viction never uttered, yet all powerful, that
for what she gave she must receive genuine
coin in return.
Let the reader pause moment before
utterlng his hastily formed opinion as to the
somewhat remarkable course adopted by
this equally remarkable young woman, and
allow the writer to repeat certain facts al
ready given
She had always been accustomed to hay.
ing her own way. She had lived long
enough In her own country TO realize the
false and mercenary spirit Of most Of the
men whose rank would allow them to aspire
to her hand. Something in her heart told
her that when she esteemed this Fairfax,