Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06
"All right" said she to Patrick


you've got to take passenger"
''What do you mean?"
ooh, wirral-your brother'ha been
stealing a horse"
Stealing a horse!' exclaimed the
widow.
eyes, that gintleman s." meaning
the bachelor. "And he said you were
to take the gintleman to the villa, to
get the horse back again"
''Very singularw said the widow
"but William was always very eccen-
tric. "
At this crisis, Mr.. Campion ap-
peared.
my horse ready?"
Jump in, sir. :"
81 didn't come in a carriage"
''In wild yez!" shouted the hostler.
''Take a seat beside me, if you
please, sir" said the widow, with q
fascinating smile.
Mr.. Campion approached the step
to inquire the meaning, when the
hostler seized him with q vigorous
hand, thrust him into the phaeton,
while the pony, startled at the move
ment. dashed off on q run.
Poor Captain Campionl Here was
a situation. A confirmed old bache-
lor, bodily abducted by fascinating
young widow. The captain had to
lend assistance to the lady in man
aging the pony, who was shortly re-
duced to his usual slow and quiet
pace; and then after thanking her
companion for his assistance, Mrs.
Leslie told him that in few minutes
he should be put in possession of his
horse, which had been borrowed by q
gentleman. This was all the expla-
nation she vouchsafed. She required,
in turn, to be made acquainted with
the name of her companion, after Civ
ing her own.
In few minutes, the captain be-
gan to feel somewhat more at ease
in fact, he began to like his position.
He had never sat 50 near to pretty
woman in his life, and he began to
! ask himself whether, if the proximity
waG so pleasant for few moments, a
con slant companionship &might not
pro-e as agreeable. While her atten-
tion was engaged upon her pony, he
had an opportunity TO survey her
features. Her large, dark and lumin-
GUS eyes seemed to be swimming in
liquid lustre; her cheeks were as soft
and blooming as the sunny side of
peach. Her profile was strictly Gre
clan, and her parted lips showed a
row of tiny pearls as white as snow.
The most delicate taper fingers, en-
cased in French kids, closed upon the
reins, and the vanished tip of
dainty boot indicated foot that Gin
derella might have envied.
''Do you live very far from here,
madam" asked the captain.
Not very far. The pony can mend
his pace if you are in a hurry"
''Not for the world. The pace
seems q very fast one."
The widow turned those witching
black eyes of hers upon the old bach
elor, and smiled. 1t was all over
with him. When he sprang out
at the gate of the villa and
touched the fairy fingers of the widow
as he assisted her to alight, his heart
was lrretrlevably lost.
A redfaced old gentleman, in n
dressing gown, received them at the
door.
my friend, Captain Campion,
UNCLE" said the widow. Excuse
me, for a moment, sir"
Very happy to see you, SIR" said
the old gentleman. "Walk in. Warm
day"
Very" said the captain.
His looks seemed to corroborate his
statement, for he was as red as
peony.
The captain and the old gentleman
were soon chatting together familiar
ly, and the former felt himself COM
pletely at home. After an hour spent
in this manner, his host excused
himself, and the bachelor was left
alone.
A dreamy reverie was Interrupted
by the sound of voices in the hall.
The captain easily recognized the
widows, and a glance through the
halt-open door showed him that her
companion was very handsome young
gentleman.
There, dear Belle" said the young
man, don't scold me any more. /
won't do so again, 1 promise you.
Give me one kiss"
A hearty smack followed. It was a
veritable, genuine kiss. The captain
saw and heard it. A pang shot
through his heart.
'The only woman / could ever
love" he said to himself, "aad she's
engaged"
The widow tripped into the room.
If she was pleasing in her carriage
dress, she was perfectly bewitching
in her drawing-room attire. Campion
could now see the whole of that de-
licate fairy foot.
MY dear sir, said she, your horse
is at your service now."
Campion rose.
But" she added, ''if you will stay