Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-13

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CHAPTER V1I.-tContinued.)
Towards evening the weather improv-
ed considerably: the wind abating, the
clouds banking themselves up into heavy
masses overhead; while along the west
ern skies there were silver riffs that
seemed slowly and steadily widening. In
deed, the heavy darkness overhead made
that white glory in the west all the more
vivid and alluring; and when at length,
through some sudden parting of the
clouds, a food of sunlight swept across
the cornfelds and the hedges and the
daisied meadows the effect was quite be-
wiidering.
The evening drew on apace, but mo-
mentarily 1t became more beautiful 1t
really seemed as il we had come out
from under those lurid storm clouds into
Q region Of mellow radiance and perpet-
ual calm. The still surface of the canal
was a golden pathway before us: over
head such spaces of the sky as were now
clear were Of pale blue, just touched
here and there with a flake of saffron
cloud. OF course, this brilliancy could
not last. Slowly the wild fires in the
west paled down. As we drew near to
Radford Simele there was q wan twi-
light on the water, and as we stole
through the outskirts of bennington Pri-
ors the windows and lamps cleaned Or
ange through the gathering gray dusk
Late that night Mrs. Threepenny-bit
happened to bethink her of putting post.
90 aSfs fh< l<,txa L.
pied her in the afternoon; and while do
ing so she pushed one of the envelopes
across the little table to Miss Peggy.
There. Peggy, do you see to whom I
have been writing?'
The young lady took up the letter and
read the address: ITO Colonel Sir Even
cameron. V. c., X. c. B., Aldershot
Camp. Hampshire" But with regard to
the contents of the letter the astute small
person chose to hold her peace.
CHAPTER VIII.
Your servant, colonel!' says q tall and
slim young lady, as she appears at the
door of the saloon and makes a very fair
Imitation of a military salute.
But il Mrs. Threcpenny-b -bit-or Colonel
Anne, as she is supposed to be-has any
wish to check the young persons imper.
tinence, it SO happens that she has just
had the means placed at her disposal.
Look here. Peggy she says, "Mr.
DuncOmbe has been over to the town,
and was kind enough to ask for letters
This one Is for you; and the postmark
b Oxford"
''Oh, thank you," Miss Peggy says to
the young man; I'm sure never should
have thought of asking for letters at
Warwick"
But, Peggy" szys Mrs. Threepenny.
bit, ''the pOstmark is Oxford; what
friends have you in OxfordY'
''It may be a bill," she says, carelessly,
rs she takes the envelope in her hand
and proceeds to open it. "Oh, no, it's
from Mr.. A'Becket"
She ran her eye over the two or three
pages in a negligent fashion.
"Oh, he can't get away at present. Did
i tell you he spoke Of coming over to
Warwick to see how we were getting
along? And-and there are some in
scriptions in a church in Bath that w,
are to look at. Then there are kind re
CARDS and remembrances to everybody
That's ALL"
Now, Miss Peggy was in the highest o..
spirits, and as we walked along the pleas.
ant country road toward the town, she
appeared to have taken leave Of her
senses altogether. Perhaps the unaccus-
toned sunlight had got into her brain
perhaps she was enjoying a fierce delight
In her release from the strict surveillance
that hemmed her in on board the "Name-
Tess Barge" at all events, dafter lassie
could not that morning have been found
within the shores of these three islands
81 say" she asks, just as IL this sud
Ao-I,, oouEdapf;ol annual vvarQ tho rnoSf
natural thing in the world, what Is the
matter with Mr.. Duncombe?
"You, most likely"
"What do you meanW
'Well, he may have been forming ex
alted ideas of the feminine character
Young men are soft-headed enough to dc
that sometimes, you know. And then
ne may have seen a young lady unblush
ingly open a letter--yes, and read the
contents aloud, too-a letter from mid
dle-aged Oxford don whom she has BAN
boozled out OF his senses. He may have
been shocked by such a display Of cal
lOusness."
"Oh. nothing of the sort. Don't you
make any mistake" says Miss Peggy
with decision. There is something trou
bling him-something serious. What dc
you think now about that letter last
night? ?" she continues. 'Do you thinl
Queen Tita has asked Col. Cameron tt
ccme and sail with us for bit!
"More likely she has written to Tel
him we shall be returning through tht
southern counties. and asking MN II ut
would care to ride over from Aidershot
when we are at some near point ahe
lunch with US" -,
"What is Col. Cameron like"
when you see him, you will probaDi,
call him q long. red-headed Scotcnhians; i,
wRafber blunt and overbearins, is he
"Overbearing! He comes OF the SAM
stock as the gentle LOchiel.
.And vet the Camerons are a hghhnf
race, aren't they?"
"Ob ves they have done little in tha
wav now and again. during the past cen
tury or two" rs
II should fike to see him" she says
simply: and then her attention Is c,aiin
ed by the buildings of the town vi ""A
wick. which lies before u.s. 81.
When we got back to the notei 'n
euuanim;ty of our small party ~ s'
an unexpected shock. We had ois,o'.a
ad thar the Avon is not navigaDie pe
tw..n &. ,atford and Tewkesbury' anu >
We had resolved TO get aroInI
S.v.ru AK ;L,. Warwick ana birihins
hmm Canal. Meanwhile VIC couio ee.
tainly get by canal as far as s"as S.r tSer
but as we should have to turn Da.s , In IL.
it was proposed, in order to aSo't - s s.n,
over this part of the route twiee 80 .
on the "Nameless Barge unoel Ell G ~,
Captain Columbus. while we sH What wa
throueb to Stratford by rail. Wnat NO
onr sstonishment to hear JACK 'A
combe calmly say to his nostess' .h.,
81 am afraid, il it comes ~ sr
must ask you to leave me ou h.ve IN 2
very sorry, but I fear l snaN :. lent lik
back to town. VI course