The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-07-23


"By al means" said. And we wont
/ below.
1t was very dark in Carr's cabin. and
after he had let mo in he locked the door
carefully before he struck u light. lie
looked quito pale in the light of the lamp
after the rcd dusk Of tho warm evening
on deck.
Il don't want to have other fellows,
coming i'll" he said, in Il whisper. nod
ding ut the door.
He stood looking Mt me for n moment,
rs If irrcso,utc, and Then he suddenly
seemed to arrive at some decision, for he
pulled small parcel out Of his pocket
md began to open it.
| They really wcrN not much to look ut,
though [ would not have told him 50 for
| worlds. There w"ro IL few sapphircS~-
ono of Il considerable size, but uncut
and som" handsome turquoisrs. but not
of perfect color. lIc turned them over
with evident admiration.
"Thry will look lovely. set in gold, as
bracelet on her arln." he said, softly.
Ilc was very much in love, poor fellow!
And then he added humbly: "But |
| dare say they are nothing to yours"
| chucklcd to myself at the Thought Of
| his establishment when he should actually
behold them; but only said:
"N"nl1 You like to SEQ them. and
| judge for yullr&rlt:'
"Oh. if i is not .siviug You too much
| trNuhlr.' he exclaimed. gratefully. with
! shining eyes, Its very kind III you.
| did not like 10 ask Have YOU cot them
with you:"
nodded. and proceeded to unbutton
my coat.
At that moment Il voice was heard
shouting down the companion ladder:
Carr | say, Carr. YOU are waNtcdw
and in another moncnt some one was
| hammcring on the door.
Carr spranS to his feet, looking posi-
| lively savage.
"Carr.' shouted the voice again.
"Colnc out. say; YOU are wantcd!"
"Bltton up Your coat" he whispered,
scowling suddenly, and with an oath he
opened the door.
Poor Carr! lie was quite put out, I
could SEQ, though he recovered himself
in moment and went off laughing with
the man, who had been sent for him to
take his part in rehearsal which had
| calls had been brewing for some time
ami hc had promised - act in them. |
had not been asked to Join, SO saw no
more Of him that night The following
morning, rs | was taking an early turn
on deck, he Joined me and said, with a
smile, as he linked his arm in mine: "I
was put out last, wasn't T."
"But You got over it in Il moment"
| replied. Il quite admired you: and,
after all, YOU know-somc other time"
"No," he said. smilin. sill, "not some
other time! don't think will see them
thanks i'll the same. They might PIT
| me out Of conccit with what I have
picked up for my little girl, which arc
| the best | can Afford"
He seemed to have lost alt interest in
the subject, for he began to talk of
England, and Of London, about which
he appeared to have that llintl-Of vague.
half and half knowledge which SO often
proTcH misleading to youN; men newly
| launched into town life. When he
found ont, as he soon did, that WIS TO
| Il certain extent f;r>iliar with the me-
trOpol3, he began 10 question mo mi
nutcly and ended by making me prom
| lac to dine with him at the Criterion, of
| which ho had actually mover heard, and
| go with him afterward to tho best Of
tho theatres the day after wo arrived in
London.
uc wanted mo to so with him thevesy
evening wo arrived, but Oh that point l
was firm. My sister Jane, who vas liv-
| ing with hen canary Called Bob, after
| mo, before its Sex was ln,cr:iD in small
hNl1cn in -, H.. l
hurt If did not spend my first evening
| in England with her, after an absence Of
| SO many years.
Carr was much Interested to hear that
l had sister, and asked innumerablo
| questions about her. Was sho young
and lovely, or was she getting on? Did
sho live all by herself, and was J. going
to stay with her for long? Was not Ken
sington-was that the name of the street?
--rathor out Of tho world, etc?
| was pleased with the interest he took
III any particulars about myself and my
| relations. People so seldom caro- to hear
| about the concerns Of others. Indeed,
have l.oticed, as l advance in life, s.lcl,
q general want of interest on the part of
my acquaintance in the minutD of my
! personal affairs that of lato I have al
most ceased to speak Of them at any
| length. Carr, however, who was of
what should call a truly domestic turn
of character, showed such genuine pleas
uro in hearing about myself and my re-
lations that asked him to call in Lon
don in order to make James acquaintance,
and accordingly gavo him her address,
which ho took down 1T once in his note
book with evident satisfaction.
Our passage was long, but it proved
most unoventfnl. and except for an oc.
casional dance and tho theatricals be-
foro mentioned it would have bcen dull
in tho extreme. Tho thcatricals cer-
taiDly were great success, mainly ow-
ing to tho splendid acting Of young Carr,
who became afterward a moro special
object of favor even than he was before.
1t was bitterly cold whom wo landed
early i'll January at Southampton, and
my native land seemed to havo retired
from view behind thick veil Of fog.
Wo had u wrctchcd Journey up to
London, packed as tight as sardines in Il