Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-07-11

very questionable. But come along,
Peggy. and We will get some things
ready; for no one knows how the time
passes when men begin to smoke
They don't seem to know. anyway;
that II their good fortune" remarked
Miss Peggy: and forthwith these two dis
appeared.
And very gay this little dinner party
proved to be. when we were all assembled
In the small sitting room that Jack Dun.
combe had engaged: the table was bright
and cheerful with flowers and wax can
dies: and the banquet q good deal more
sumptuous than the modest repasts TO
which we were accustomed on board our
boat. Perhaps. too. Queen Tita-if she
were still cherishing certain dark designs
was pleased to observe that the young
mans position as host gave him u certain
importance. and enabled him TO display
all his best points of manners. One
could not help imagining that Miss Peg
gy was eying him a little critically
though surely that brief absence could
not have transformed him into q stran-
ger.
But what puzzled NJ most was this:
How was II that he, who had left US in
a most Defturbed and anxious frame OF
sAAAAsos DAeOuA0 nOw Ou ulS TcluIu bc III tuc
blithest Of mOOds7 He declared that the
invitation we had sent him had reached
him at the most Opportune moment: but
that, II 1t had not reached him qt all. he
would have come uninvited. and begged
to be taken on board as a day passen-
ger, shifting for himself at nights. Sc
there was here no making up Of any quar-
rel. or the removal Of any misunderstood
ing. On the contrary, he conducted him
self just as IL he had come once more
among friends: and he was most anxious
to please.
1t was rather q festive evening. al
though Miss Peggy was without her ban
jo; for Q little later on, when cigars had
been lighted, Jack DuncOmbe, who had
been educated in Germany. proposed to
compound for us a bowl of Maitrank,
as appropriate to the season of the year:
but Col. Cameron offering instead to brew
some Scotch tOddy. as a much whOlesOm-
er mixture. Queen Tita unhesitatingly
declared for the latter: and whisky. hot
water. sugar, lemons and the like. were
forthwith sent for. We did not sit up
till two; NO. nor yet till half past twelve:
but It was merry evening. And at
the end Of it, in her own room, Mrs.
Threepenny-bit made these remarks:
We'll. l am exceedingly glad Mr.. Dun
combe has come back: and I thought he
showed to very great advantage to night,
didn't you? And Peggy has eyes-she
must see. or course. he was much too
profuse with his entertainment. ridicu-
lously SO for a young man; but l am hard
ly sorry. 1t would remind her of his cir
cumstances."
And you think she was impressed BY
borrowed silver .candlesticks, and fruits
ard flowers? 1t seemed TO ME she was Q
good deal more interested in hearing how
we managed to live on blue hares and
brown trout at Corrie-na-linnhe. that
week the horse fell lame"
'.As l said BEFORE" she continued, -
wouldn't for a moment compare Mr.. Dun
combe with Col. Cameron. Certainly
not. But in Mr.. DuncOmbe's case, il her
fancy was turned his way, everything
would be most propitiOus and satisfac.
tory, and We should have nothing to
blame ourselves with. She must see
that. too; she has as much common sense
rs anyone. And really do think that
MI. Duncombe showed to great advan
tage tonight"
Ito be cOntinuedJ