The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-06

the country for miles around, and be liked
10 keep In with them. Many = time be re-
membered bow Etbei, The younger giri,
hid been the only woman in at the death.
Her room was hung with brushes. and
and he really han the greatest admiration
fnr girl " DO took every fence and ditch
jus; as they camF. He swoTe she could
ride better than The master himself, and lie
had Ct en- found himself going straight
across dads with her when ali the rest II
The hunt took the ROAD and went around.
And she never seemed smart and stylish
then. Size simply forgot all the little sfTee-
tati0ns smart girls are supposed 10 have
and eHloFed the jumps and having some
ore who was no: afraid 10 lumD with her.
Hugo sometimes on these occasions felt
as II be iimosl liked her and wondered If
she liked him. But the moment be was
with her In draHing-room and her silk
hat was replaced by silver pins ana French
eoifIHres and sha wore low silk dress it,
stead Of that stunning habit lie was aiways
shy and speeches.. She, too. was differ
ent gil, and be knew she thought hin a
fool
Wen. anyhow. be went TO the picnic and
it was even worse than be had feared.
They drove in dog cars and wagoDeties.
Young Arthur PeyntOu fooled a four-in-
hand with one OF The London girls on the
bog beside him. Ethel Mayue-Smitb sat
the London girl and the other OCCUPANTS
OF the coach, including Maurice de We're,
" DO Dew tie horn. known this thew would
preOs bly, all have rather walked. For their
lives were in danger at every turn in the
road. and Warwickshire roads have good
many tnTns. Now Hugo. because he was
shy and retiring, sat behind in the dog
cart. The elder Miss Mayne-Smiti, fierce
girl growing a tIifie vicious with her q
years and still unmarried, hello the reins
and talked 10 Lord Cecil Moleshead, who
was desperately in love with Ethel, but
whom the fierce elder sister meant 10 cap
lure or die in the attempt Hugo sat alone
On the gToom's seat behind. The girl who
was TO have sat beside him had got lost in
the shuttle, or rather had managed 20 get
seat on the fouT-iD-hand and escape
from him. So Hugo sat alone and nobody
cared, for he was shy. Ii was his
own fault. Why didn'I he go up to one
of the London girls and make Der sit with
him and talk TO her ana entertain her?
For lie could talk if he liked and was a
good-looking fellow, toe, and no one could
touch him across country. As ii was he
sat alone with Ills back TO the two in
front, whose conversation flew past him IN
sDatehes.
He several times nearly fell off in his
efforts 10 keep his eyes on Ethel on her
lofty perch beside young Poynton. When
happy and smiling and did not bestow a
single careless glance in his direction.
That's what man gets for being
woman hater. No nice girl dares look at
him because all the other girls will charge
her with throwing herself at his head.
Cheyerring Park is lovely place for a
picnic. The day was fine, birds were sing
Ing. buttercups were yellow. hayfields and
hedges looked more beautiful than ever.
Every body and everything was iolly-ex-
cept Hugo. and he felt like the devil;
wished he was anywhere but OF the picnic.
hated the fierce sister, could have killed
Poypton, longed TO drive the fOur-in-hand
and teach De We're how to blow coach
iug horn. He also tell. only 1t was known
10 no one else. that he could have taken
Ethel in his arms and crushed her to
death-or kissed her.
What right had she 10 De so happy with
that fellow who might any moment turn
them over into the ditch? Why was she
not sitting beside him and talking and
laughing?
Had he known a little more he might
have answered that last question thus:
Because he had not asked her.
The luncheon was laid out by liTeried
footmen beneath the aged beeches OF
Cheverriug Park. Hugo hid himself as
much as possible behind big twisted root
and ate little. Nobody noticed him. Every
body was happy. Poynton sat at EthePs
feet, with Lord Moleshead just behind
him. The elder Mayne-Smith girl sat near
Hugo, aud in her an ger and Jealousy at
Ethel. flung cold veal pie az him in indi-
gestble Jumps.
hugo ate them and thanked her. 1t was
better than ealing nothing and being no.
ticed. he thought. But he made up his
mind 10 sneak away alone at his first OPP
portunity. After lunch the opportunity
came, better than he could have wished.
There was crumbling OLD church across
the park that some one said was pretty
and worth seeing The old sexton,
farmer, was looked up and the keys were
procured.
The party trooped over in twos and
threes, and Hugo made up bis mind TO
hide himself in the church aud wait till
the others had all gone out. He could
have smoke and nap and then climb out
of a window and walk home. No one
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