The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-12

a chirrup or two and his lazy air WIS
shaken off and his hoof-beats rang
quick and sharp upon the hard road.
Away we went at pace far below his
best. but one which would have left
most of the local trotters hopelessly
in the rear. Pulling him up when we
reached a rise in the grade. | turned 10
the girl little triuinphantly. The
swift motion haG brought a new light
into her eyes, and the rush of the wind
had heightened her delicate color.
THAT was delightful" she cried.
LET me confess at once, | misiudged
your horse cruelty. He has wonder
fully exceeded expectations"
"The brute has redeemed himself
easily" said |. would it were as light
task for the man."
Perhaps the man has not been mis-
judged, after all. But come, DIR. Nor
ris, you've told me almost nothing of
your adventures for the last two or
three years. Surely, you must have
had some before coming here?"
"'The short and simple annals
YOU know the line. The city was not
generous; there is nothing more to tell.
Believe me, you are fortunate, indeed,
to escape any risk of the monotony of
humdrum existence. l envy you the
variety of scene and surroundings
which has fallen 10 your lot"
GAS if there could be no monotony in
variety; as if one could not grow weary
OF i'll" she cried. "Why, DIR. Morris,
it is the superlative of lnonotony. Many
time I've been tempted to recall APP
provingly the growls of an irascble
| old Englishman we met in Spain.
Madam said he to my aunt, take my
word for it, air hotels aie bad, but some
are worse than others: all strangers
are obnoxious, but some are pestilen-
| tial; all sightseeing is a WEAKNESS of
the flesh, and the more one has of it
the greater the burden becomes
"And Mrs. Loring?"
His yehemence startled her, and she
fed at the first opportunity"
"Yet she could not have needed the
| TRADE to advantage. In all sincerity,
let me say that until she consents to
settle down quietly for a considerable
time there is not much hope of effect
| ing her cure. You must have observed
| that on a journey she seems to be at
her best, but that when the trip is
ended there is a reaction, and after a
few weeks she is off again, finding in
the renewed excitement relief which,
in turn, has to be paid for at high
rate. When her greatest need is rest
| Sh ha
n victim of the travel habit, she is one.
Can she not be persuaded to give her
lccuperative powers fair chance to
assert themselves? One can't do bet
ter than to let nature alone sometimes.
This is plain talk, palmer than should
Like to address directly to your aunt; /;
but it is due TO you, for in many ways
you can help to put it into practice"
"And l will help only too gladly"
said the girl, earnestly. please be as.
sured of that"
rs it a bargain, then?"
Indeed it is"
MAY it be a successful one" said
"And now, Miss Gray, you may be
pleased to know that from this turn in
the road can be had the only view OF
Sassettville which warrants a claim oi
beauty for the place"
We drove into the town and turned
into it's principal street, hating in
front of the shop of its solitary drug
gist. While l stood before the counter
waiting for the prescription to be mad,
up, Sam Carpenter sauntered in.
Il kinder wanted to see ye," he re,
marked, after the weather, the state OF
trade and town politics had been dis
cussed "Tain't much, bul maybe yer'd
like to know about it,"
whats the trouble 2" said |.
''Wall, couple o. days ago a char
come ter my stable an hung round til