Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-07-25

the trouble I had to explain and apollo
gize and give assurances by the yard-I
assure you 1t required great deal of tact
to appear very penitential, and yet main
tain that there was nothing for you to be
penitential about"
so you are engaged to be married, are
you! one says to him.
We've been engaged these two years."
he makes answer, but 1t has been kept
very quiet, owing to that absurd opposi-
ton. However. that will soon be over.
Miss Wrexham-I may as well tell you
her name-will be Of age in about six
months. And then" he adds, in a hesi-
tating kind Of way, II should like your
wife to see her. And-and-we shall bs
going by Devices. you know"
"Yes?'
well. the fact Is, Miss Wrezham has
plenty OF pluck, you understand; and If
your wife were SO awfully good-natured
as to send her q little bit of a note she'd
| dive over to some appointed place-she
and her sister drive all about the country
In little pony chaise Of their own; and
then Murdoch could hold the pony, and
the two girls pop into the saloon, and
you'd give them q snack Of lunch. / think
it would be very jolly; they're rafting
nice girls; plenty OF fun in them"
And this is what you call obeying the
vice-chancellOr's orders, il it?' one de-
mands Of him.
oh, l should have nothing to do with
1t. II your wife asks two young ladies'
to come and look at a house boat, how
can help it? I'll sit dumb all the time
If you like
What kind Of treatment do they give
you in Holloway"
Not at all bad, if you're a trst-class
misdemeanant."
DO they crop your hairr"
Certainly not!'
"Books?"
"Oh, yes"
when We ct along into Wiltshire"
Just as we arrived at the entrance Of
the hotel We could see the other men,
bers of our party coming across the Col
iege Green, through the dappled sun and
shade beneath the trees. Notwithstand
ing her partly veiled face, il was clear
that Miss Peggy was laughing merrily;
and Col. Cameron, who was apparently
responsible for this breach of Sabbath
decorum, had his eyes fixed on the
ground; Queen Tita was looking else
where.
=
Jack Duncombe, involuntarily, as he, too.
/, caught sight Of the tall young lady.
Has that never struck you before"
"Oh, yes, Of course; but somehow, IN
the open sunlight, when you see her at
q distance, her figure tells so we'll"
Now that one thinks of it, my young
friend, for q person engaged to be mar
yied, you seemed to pay q good deal of
attention to Miss ROsslyn at one time,
and that not so long ago. One might
have been excused for thinking that you
had serious views"
About Miss Rosslyn?" said he, with
evident surprise. mo, surely not! have
cheek for most things, but not for that!
Well, this was q modest speech, at any
rate.
"Of course, being SO much with her on
| the boat" he said, there were plenty of
chances Of becoming very friendly; and,
dare say. being shut of from the rest Of
| the world like that. = kind of mutual con-
6dence sprang up; besides, when a girl
IL exceedingly pretty and very goOd-nat-
ured, and full of high spirits and enjoy
ment, you want to make yourself as
agreeable as you can"
| "Oh, you do. do yOu!"
"Why, naturally"
"But without prejudice to the young
lady under the guardianship of the vice
CHANCELLOR
Il am quite sure Of this, that Miss
Rosslyn has perfectly understood our re-
lations all the way through" he answer
ed. 81 am quite certain Of that. Why,
II had been quite free from any en-
gagement, ! could not have presumed.
{ would not have presumed, to regard her
With any ambitious hopes of that kind"
REALLY" In truth the young mans
humility was quite touching.
Besides" he said, In a lower voice
"it is as clear as MONDAY who absorb
all her interest now. A precious luck.
fellow he is: that is my opinion"