The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-12

Again EbbtngtOn salo his chance.
day l shall have assisted you to the yer,
best of my ability in the matter of thi
wretched fellow. What am l to do then
Am to say farewell to you here Of
what?"
Her voice had almost falter in it al
she replied
"Oh, no, we will not say 'Goodby
here. Cannot you return with me?
have been counting so much on that. -
Here she paused for moment. "But,
no. Perhaps ought not to ask you-you
have your work in life, and seeing what
you have already done for us l should
be the last to keep you from the path OF
duty"
'If You wish me to come back with
you, Allie, ," l answered quickly, II will
come with glad heart. have no duty
to consider, and as have given up my
practice have no patients to give me
any concern. But how shall get back
to England later onY''
Il will arrange that you shall be sent
down to Torres strait, and you can 60
home via Australia, if that will suit
yoa Never fear. will attend TO that
part Of It when it becomes necessary.
"Thon / will 60 with you
81 thank you. Good night"
Next morning after breakfast 1 dis
| covered that Miss Sanderson and her
companion were setting off for days
pleasure, and that Mr.. Ebbington was
70 be their sole conductor and escort. 1t
was noticeable that he had donned
new suit Of clothes in honor of the occa.
sion, and l saw that he wore sprig of
Japonica in his buttonhole. From his
expression / concluded that he was very
we'll satisfied with himself, but wheth-
er he would have been quite SO con-
fident bad he known who his fair
friends really were was quite another
matter and one upon which could only
conjecture.
We spent the afternoon with the
ladies in the garden and at their request
remained to take tea with them. Dur
ing this al frescp meal, which was pre-
sided over by Miss Sanderson herself,
my companion stated that it was his de-
sire to arrange something little out of
the common for the ladies' amusement
What shall it be?'' be asked with
the magnificence of an oriental poten-
tate to whom all things are possible.
" A picnic? But that is not much fun
here A dance? But it's too hot for that.
What would you like?'
Allie seemed to reflect for few mo.
ments, and then she said, with an an.
pearance of animation:
do You really want to give us q |!
treat, Mr.. Ebbington? Then I reckon |
the incest thing you IAN possibly do ON |
these hot nights would be to take us for
. trip on the water. l know Mrs.
Beecher thinks so too. Now you just
get us launch and trot us round.
guess that'll be real delightful.
She clapped her hands and appeared
to be SO pleased with the idea that.
whatever he may himself have thought
OF 1T, there was nothing for Ebbington
to do but to assent.
We'll take some supper, she con.
tinued as if new idea had struck her
and you gentlemen shall bring your
cigars, and We'll spend delightful
evening. I'm fonder of the sea than Won
can think. But do just wish you could
see New York harbor. You should see
Newport, too. where my papa's got a
cottage It's real fine."
After dinner that evening Ebbinpton
reported that he had engaged a steam
launch and also that he had ordered tbo
supper. Thereupon to encourage him
Miss Sanderson professed herself to be
looking forward to the trip more than
she mad ever done to anything else in
her life.
Accordingly next evening immediate.
~ AFTER dinner we saw that our charges
were carefully wrapped up, chartered
rlckshaws and set off for the harbor II
was lovely night, with young moon
Just showing like a silver sickle above
me roofs. We were all in the highest
spirits, although must confess my own
were not unmixed with slight dash of
nervousness as to what the upshot of
,ur excursion would be.
had noticed all through the even.
ng, and, for the matter of that, through.
nut the day, that Ebbington's manner
oward Allie was every moment growing
more unpleasantly familiar. BY the
line ne had completed his first bottle of ]
nampagne at supper it was about as
nuch as l could stand. Indeed, twice
10 called her by her assumed Christian 9
ame' and once he tried to take her
and. Remembering, however, what
would follow later, ! kept tight rein
'pon myself and did not allow any ex.
ression OF my feelings to escape me. 9
AFTER all give me American girls" .
ur nero was saying, with an insolent 8
reedom for which could have kicked p
I'M as ne lit his cigar. There's mona O
tnaf stand offishness about them that q