The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-02

ana amy We're looking ont of the win
dow az Chiselhurts-the place Interested
Fanny because the poor dear Empress Of
the French used 20 live there Miss Win
chelsea took the opportunity 70 observe
the book the young man held. Il was
not a guide book but "a little thin volume
of poetry-bOund- She glanced az his face,
II seemed refined pleasant face to her
nasty glance lie wofe a Httle gold pince-
uc8.
"Do you think she lives there now?" said
Fanny, and Miss Wiuchelaea's inspection
came TO an end.
For the rest of the journey Miss W,n-
chelsea talked LITTLE. and what she said
was as pleasant and as stamped with re
tnement as she could make It. Her +oice
was always low and clear and pleasant
and she took care that on this occasion
ID was particularly low and clear and
pleasant AS they came under the white
cliffs The young man put his book of poe
try away and when al last the train stop
ped beside the boat, ne displayed a grace
ful aacrity with The impedimenta of Miss
Winehelsea and her friends Miss Win
chelsea hated nonsense" but she was
pleased to see the young man perceived
that they were ladies, and helped them
without any violent gcnia ity, and how
nicely ne showed that has cvihtcs were
TO he excused for further iutrusious None
of her little party had been out of England
before, ana they We're all excited and
lille nervous at the Channel passage.
They stood in "a little group in a good place
near the middle OF the boat-the young
man had taken Miss Winchelsea's carry
all there and had told her Il was a good
place-and they watched the white shores
of Albion recede, and quoted Shakespeare
and made quiet fun Of their fellow tray
elers in the English way.
They We're particularly amused at the
hiuuar-Gfyad nppDla mad
taken against the little waves, cut lemons
and TASKS prevailed, one lady lay full
length in deck chair with a handkerchief
over her face, and a very broad resolute
man in a bright brown "tourisiy' suit
walked all the way from England TO
France along the deck, with his legs as
widely apart as Providence permitted.
These were all excellent precautions and
nobody was IN. The personally conducted
party pursued the conductor about the
deck with Inquiries In a manner that sug-
gested TO Helen's mind the rather vulgar
image of hens with piece of bacon rind,
until at last he went into hiding below.
And the young man with the thin volume
Of poetry stood at the stern watching Eng
land receding, looking rather lonely ana
sad TO Mss Winchelsea's eye.
And then came Calais and tumultuous
novelties. and the young man had not Tor
gotten Miss WnChelsea's hold-all ana the
other niue tntlkE. All AulHt blt ~ Ali'hN'A
tley had passed government examinations
IN French 20 any extent, were stricken
with "A dumb shame Of their accents. and
the young man was very useful Ana ne
did not intrude. lie put them In com
Portable carriage and raised his hat anu
went away.
Miss Winchelsea thanked him in her
! best manner-a pleasing, cultivated man
ner-aud Fanny said he was nice al
! most before he was out of earshot II
! wonder what he can be- sad Helen.
| "fIe's going to Italy. because ! noticed
| green tickets in his book" Miss Win
chelsea almost told them Of the poetry,
/ and decided not 10 do so. And presently
the carriage windows seized hold upon
them. and the young man was forgotten.
| II made them feel that they were doing
an educated sort of thing 70 travel through
a country whose commonest advertise
! ments were IN ldiomatic French, ana MISS
! Winchesea made unpatriouc comparisons
| because there were weedy little sign-board
| advertisements by the rail-side instead OF
| the broad boardings that deface the land
scape in our land. But the north of
| France is really uninteresting country,
| and after a time Fanny reverted TO
| "Hare's Walks" and Helen initiated
| lunch Miss Winchelsea awoke out of a
happy reverle; she had been trying to
realize she said. that she was actually go
| ing 20 Rome, but she perceived at Hell
ems suggestion that she was hungry, and
! they lunched out of their baskets very
cheerfuly.
In the afternoon they were tired and ST.
| lent until Helen made tea. Miss Winchel-
sea might have dozed, only she knew
Fanny slept with her mouth open, and as
their fellow passengers We're Two rather
| nice, crtical-looking ladies of uncertain
age-who knew French well enough to talk
it-she employed herself In keeping Fanny
| awake. They were already dreadfully
| tired Of travelling before their nights stop
came marked and the streaming land
| scape outside became at last quite pain
! full to the eye.
The stoppage for the night was bright
ened by the appearance OF the young man,
| and his manners were all that could be de-
sired and his French quite servicea BILE
! His coupons awaited for the hotel, and by
| chance. as 1t seemed, he sat next Miss
! Winchelsea at the table d'hote In spite
! of her enthusiasm for Rome, she had
! thought out some such possibility very
/ thoroughly and when he ventured 10 make
a remark upon the tediousness of travelling
| he left the soup and fish go by before he
| did this-she did not simply assent to hi.
proposition. but responded to with anoth,
| er. They were soon comparing their Jour
| neys, and Helen and Fanny were cruelty
| overlooked in the conversation. IL was K
| ne the same journey, they found, one dal
| for the galleries at Florence, from wha
| hear" said the young man, sit is bare
| ly enough"-and the rest at Rome. II,
talked Of Rome very pleasantly, he wa
evidently quite well read, and he quote,
Horace about Socrates, Miss Winchelse
had done" that book of Horace for he
matrlculation, and was delighted to ca
| his quotation. 1t gave a sort OF tone 1
things this incident, a touch Of refnemen
| 70 mere chatting Fanny expressed fe,
| emotions, and Helen interpolated a 10,
sensible remarks but the bulk of the tai
on the girls side naturally fell to Mis-
| Winchelsea.
Before they reached Rome this voun
man was tacitly Of their party. They al
not know his name nor what he was bu
IL seemed he taught, and Miss WincbeIsa
had a shrewd Idea he was an Extensiol
lecturer. At any rate, he was sonethinl
of that sort, something gentlemanlv an,
refined without being opulent and inlDos
sible. She tried once or twice TO ascertain
whether he came from Oxford or cam.
bridge, but he missed her Hmid opportu-
mites. She tried to get him 90 make re-
marke about those places 10 see If he
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