Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-06-20

scamp q nrst with Q coolnso which
only served 10 heiehtsn his regard foe
hse. and msds him 30 mote wssily 10
rork. HIS manner when hs came IN
contact with her was respectful and
propriety itself. Altogether his be-
havior and general bearing seemed a.
tered for the better. AZ last she began
TO tolerate his worthless presence. and,
IL was plainly evident 10 - in him
what no others could see-attributea
which he did not possess, even betray.
ing . certain amount of Qualification
when In his company.
"That's . cold blooded villain, tske
my word for Il, aid Jack 10 me one
lay. ''snd some harm viii come Of his
Deing here YET. He's . schemef. and
bow any girl can like that crocodile's
smile of his gets over me. Iwondsr how
poor ssvile takes II. ! thought he would
cut up rough seeing we all supposed
him to be rather sweet upon Elsie. But
either he doesn't care or he's q much
deeper man than we take him for, de-
spite his faith in Samson and weakness
for paper snakes.
''I never did think 6avile was fool. !"
] replied. However, ! believe with
you that Savile's worth . dozen such
chaps as DAILY. It's q pity Elsie doesn't :
seem TO see it. though. At 6rst IL ap-
peared to me she humored Savile and
his foibles. but now she laughs at him
openly. I suppose time viii show which
IL TO prove the better man Of the two. !"
Perhaps the few weeks that followed
were among some Of the happiest ones
we spent, for we were busy from morn
ing till sundown. We put up q large
stockyard with ''v," . branding, .
killing yard, and also some outhouses-
Jack staid with the cattle; Chilcot
and / assisted the squatter and some Of
the others TO put up q rough but COM
Portable house, somewhat apart from
the other buildings and overlooking the
lagoon. Chilcot was q native born Aus
trslian and, as ! have said before, .
quiet. gentlemanly. smart fellow and.
like all Australians, born horseman.
When evening came and the cattle had
been yarded-for we still kept them
well In hand-we generally found our
way over to the squstter's house, for
Mackenzie was fond Of quiet rubber
at whist, and. a. he had known Chill
cots people down south, he was glad
TO have IL in his power TO show him
some attention. As for Jack and my
self. he insisted. with that genuine
whole heartedness Of his, that tive should
always Join the party; privilege Of
which In our unevezetul existence I
was only too glad to avail myself.
And IL had come TO this after all.
that I. who had been in my old coun-
try palmy days man about town and
versed in the ways Of the world. had
gone carelessly on with false sense Of
security and allowed my interest TO be
awakened for this beautiful and uncom-'
non type Of womanhood, until II had
:Sepened into admiration. then that
which made me her veriest slave. That
I. q penniless rolling stone. with only
my birth and education to recommend
me, should think Of aspiring TO the
hand Of Mackenzie Of Tarragong's
who would yet be . great
heiress, was too presumptuous . con-
tingency 10 be entertained.
And now, beginning TO get my eyes
opened to the true state Of affairs, I
was not little alarmed at the probable
ending Of my day dreams. foreseeiag
trouble for myself in the
future unless could reason myself in
10 q more sensible state Of mind. I
would endeavor to see her in another
light. would note her cruditiss Of man
ner and. IL possible, detect In her want
Of conventionalism and impetuosity
only the fickleness Of shallow mind.
To run away would be 10 confess my
weakness; surely Il were possible TO
sure myself Of this folly. But Ike many
more reckoned without my host As
for the author Of all this mischief, her
manner toward me had never changed.
Perhaps she was now little less i'm
pulsive and little more womanly, but
she was still the strange and unconven'
tional creature / had seen kill snake
with stock whip, and flick poor Vary
with il when he had interfered with
Ter chances Of 70 doing.
Still many were the pleasant even
ings we spent together. As for DAILY.
with his handsome, cold blooded and
supercilious face. all this probably suit
ed his purpose, for he became positive
ly civil to Jack and me, seeing 1t was
the maid and not the mistress that had
his fancy. BE seemed con-
tent to overlook the fact that We were
welcome guests where he knew he
might not enter. but still / knew that
with his naturally ambitious views and
aspirations II gave him some little
now and again. knew that
though he had taken q violent fancy to
the fair. blue eyed. comely Elsie Cor.
don the position she occupied as q de-
pendent was not quite to his liking. Il
was perhaps this that always took him
ovsr toward the squatter's house when
there were but few present TO zee him
He seldom by any chance went boldly
up In the light Of day - any honest
uuitor would have done. II was strange
10 zee the struggle between false pride
and natural sentiment In this scamp
A for Elsie. could zee that her eyes
were blind to Days real self. But it
was Savile who came in for the natural
overflow Of Daly's mean nature. for he
no sooner found out the cooks weak
ness for the person he had honored with
bis addresses than he seized every op-
portunity Of turning his harmless fads
into open ridicula ! never met with .
man who could keep his temper under
such peculiarly trying circumstances q
well - Savile. only at times be would
dush slightly under some particularly
pointed remark Of Daly's and look st
him steadily with those wondering. pa
tient eyes Of hiA I knew that Savila
who. liks most men Of great bodily
possessed one Of the best tenn
psrs. was trying 70 bear with this man
feared that some day DAILY would go
TOO far. and there would b trouble In
the camp.
About this time We began 70 see the
dgnAl 6res Of the blacks among the
ranesA Mackenzie bad given strict or
ders nok Ia fntarfere With them 70 long