The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

very pretty young woman OF precisely
the same type on reduced scale, and a
I'm really quite as we'll able to walk as
you, mamma" said the girl, as they went
You may feel so. Maud. but you know
what Dr. Hartford said: you must on no
account oevrtax your strength" said the
elder lady. You are stu weak on.
that's the chair. II seems clean. Is u
clean. my man2'
quite clean, my lady" came the some
what thrOaty voice of the driver, who
| stood at the donkey's head. a. II he fan
cied this precautfOn was needed to pre-
/ vent the spirited animal from running
away
The young girl got into the chair, the
/ page closing the apron.
I'VE don't want to go fast" said Mrs.
/ Ashby.
| The man touched his cap. and the donkey
/ was induced 10 move ahead. Ii had GER
/ tainly heard the ladyship's injunction.
and was smiling blandly. 1t would take
! precious good care to carry out that in
1 junction TO the letter, whatever its driver
might try to do
/ way by its head. The elder lady walked
! by the side of the chair in which her
daughter was seated. and both admired
I the expanse of sea that came into view
when the cliff path had been assembled.
/ The lady who was on foot went along
I bravely She had no difficulty keeping
pace with the vehicle in which her daugh-
/ ter was lying back under her sunshade.
/ But when a seat near the summit was
| reached MIS-. ASnDN IFuuEeu no IuilueI-
| Il don't intend TO weary myself. she
| said. There is no need for me TO go any
| further with you. III keep you in sight
while you go on You must get ss az 'he
| Before she had quite spoken, the chair
| was in motion once more. II went on Tor
| about a hundred yards, and then the
| driver carefully led the donkey round by
Il heather-clad rock that partly conceal
ed the vehicle; Then he stopped, and
/ came beside the girl, saying
| How does my beloved feCl.'
She gave an involuntary cry, and her
face was certainly no longer pale
| Hush, my dearest, said Gerald. only
| tell me how you are2 -
| What Incorporating nonsense is this|'
said she. "Oh. Gerald, you have been a
great fool. All, this is what Charlie was
limiting at when he told me to be sure
and take plenty of driving exercise IN
the chairs. Great heaven! you have TAX
en- off your moustache.'
"Of course l have" said he. Ibid you
not think that my love was equal to
that?"
Love? o. Gerald. how could you be
/ so foolish2 If mamma finds you out
she'll think that I'm in the plot too"
She'll not find me out. What was I
to do. Maud, when she wouldn't Jet me
come to the house any more2 l was
hungering and thirsting to see you, my
dearest, and / made UP my mind I'd come
here in this capacity to have a chance Of
being near you; ] was AFRAID that you
were going to die"
You've been a great fool. and I can't
say that 1 think your present costume a
"Ah. you've changed since you were
II don't think that / am. Haven't 1
often told you that it was nonsense to
think of our being engaged to one an
other. We haven't a penny. between us,
and there are three lives between you ana
nv a thousand year of my own
"A thousand a year. Oh, pleased drive
on that foolish brute of yours. l suppose
we must keep up the deception, Oh, Ger
aid, you do look so funny! i will say this
you are completely disguised"
III not give you up. Perhaps now that
you're weak you may look at matters diff
ferently from the way you did, but"
You're very foolish. Do please drive
He drove on to the head of the cliff. She
admired the view and talked about it, He
turned his back upon it and was silent
She laughed.
wen have that nice chair again to-
morrow; I'm sure it's clean" said Mrs
, Ashby to her daughter that evening.
They had it again the next day; but
Gerald had not the privilege of chat
alone with the girl for whose sake he had
disguised himself and was suffering hour.
p " humiliations, for in order to allay al
suspicion, he took his place daily in the
rank of donkey-chairs, and even earned
half a crown-the first coin he had ever
earned Then came a wet day, and he
found himself standing by the side OF
his friend Sally in the shelter of brick
wall for about four hours. No one seemed
inclined for a drive in donkey-chatr; but
Gerald after the first half-hour did not
| complain He could not but admit that he
was infinitely more entertained by the
side of the handsome girl with whom he
was sheltering than he would have beer
had he been lucky enough TO secure
furtive quarter Of an hour with MAUD
Ashby. The freshness and the unconVen-
tionality of Sally's chat-her reverend
ing cheerfulness-her pleasant humor, anC
above all-for Gerald Greythorpe was only
a MANTLE charm of her face and hel
figure attracted him as he had rarely beer
attracted to any girl. Sally was an un
doubted novelty to him. He had had q
plentiful experience of the maidens OF
Mayfair, but he had never before met 6
thoroughly natural girl to talk to. She
told him all there was to be told Of hel
simple life-how her father had been the
master and owner of small coastine
brig that had foundered with all hands
within sight of shore when Sally was only
10 years old-hoW her mother had beer
i'll for over year, and how, with the few
pounds that remained after the loss OF
her father and his ship, she had bought a
donkey chair, and had contrived to keeI
the whole family out of her earnings and
to save enough to invest in another equip
age, which her mother now controlled.
All this interested Gerald greatly, and
he was quite sorry when a fine hour ar
rived and his companion had to drive off
to keep an appointment with an invalid
lady who had engaged her for a daily trip
out an engagement for the rest of the
evening, but he had passed a pleasanter
day by the side of Sally than he could
somewhat Inundated by this reflection
for had he not been in love with Maud
for close upon six months? and the idea
of having fallen in love with Sally was,
of course, too ridiculous to be considered
for a moment
But all the same he felt himself longing
to be once again by the side of that fresh
girl who had made the day seem so short
to him.
There was no Disgusting the look of
pleasure that appeared upon Sally's face
when they met the next day, and when
the hotel page came up to hire him for
the Ashbys, he actually said: "Confound
themr' but then he remembered that it
was on account of the love that he bore
Maud Ashby he was masquerading, and
he made haste to attend the summons
He had only a few minutes chat with
her this day
mo, no." She said, you must not take
my hand, somebody may be watching us.
oh, do not profess to be romantic and
] cannot see much fun in this sort of
thing. 1t can lead to nothing; it will not
put money into your pocket"
"Only an odd half-crown."
"Oh, you have been a great fool, Gerald.
I told you so long ago. Perhaps / was
wrong not to tell you at once that 1 had
| accented mammals decree hut I req lIv