The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-02-21

iaSe IN us Iat little neck; you fraud!
Whyl you're nothing to hold, after all.
ana tnought you was sort of game a
person had to learn. You bold tlrt, you;
that what you are-you little masher."
ne words We're not any which little
Doo-oo had ever heard before, but the tone
struck his sensitive ear as correct; and so
ne s9ulrmed himself upright in his new
friends arms, cried out "Doo-oo," and
pointed toward the bow of the ship to indi.
cate his desire for movement.
fart OF the influence which the baby
directed upon his beautiful new friend was
exerted through his mother, a young widow
with hair and eyes like Jet, and skin as dark
as an lndian's-an intense little woman.
VINO was as quick and vigorous in action as
she was sparing with words. Noting her
oaoy's admiration for Miss Buchanan, and
seeing that She more and more frequently
took MN from his nurse, the little widow
oent herself TO be agreeable to her. It hap
Peheo 10 follow that, from treating her with
formal politeneSS, she came TO prefer her
company to that of any other woman on the
ship. S''',>'' - W
= On one day, Doo-oo's mother, Mrs.
Knight by name, had been sitting in silence
beside MISS Buchanan for an hour. Sud-
Denly She turned and said, "My dear,
would you mind coming down to nv cabin
WIN mef want to say something that
can't very well be said up here"
When they were both together and the
tabin door was closed, Mrs. Knight Startled
the younger woman BY remarking that She
mad taken an extreme fancy to her, and that
she wondered whether ii was not possible
tor them TO live together.
nave few relatives In England, and
WIN those have never got along very well.
nave no friends there for whom | care
mueh. manage the two plantations in
Ceylon which my husband left, and spend
elght months OF every year there with my
managers M. and servants. live well in Cey-
Ion and there is a tolerably large COLONY of
very nice English people close to where
i've: II was more lively and talkative,
could entertain a great deal. That is thing
you could do very well while looked on.
for-though like to have dinners and
Dances don't know how to carry them
OIL. You say your father has met with
IeverseS IN his business in Hong-Kong and
is loo broken up TO mend his fortunes. You
are gong to study painting in London"
nam interposed.
Or drudge along-for that's the truth.
my dear; one means starving, and the other
drudgng. Well, why not cast YOUR LOT
with met Go back with me in the cold
weather, accept nice allowance, and share
Whatever I've got as well. Will your Kiss
me, and let that be yes >"
Miss Bucknam's thoughts ran madly to
ana ffo across her brain. She saw the
WHOM cheek held down and towards her
for kiss, and in the furry Of her thoughts
she reached up, mechanically, and kissed
her.
"No, mol | did not mean to kiss you,"
she cried out. 81 take that back Mrs.
Knight. It's TOO sudden, this awtulv kind
idea Of yours. Let me think it over till
till Gibraltar"
quite right said Mrs. Knight. "You
are girl OF sense. could not expectvout 10
have been thinking of it-oh, long time
as have. do things suddenly. I'm sudden.
myself. Till Glib, then. And now let's 90
day." 90
At Port Said, a few of the winter dawdlers
In Egypt came aboard. Among them were
some commonplace, elderly passengers. and
TWO very interesting young persons. They
were young man and a young lady, who
were alike in the possession Of misplaced
wealth. The young man had his in the shane
OF money The girls took the form OF si-
their treasure and killing themselves at the
game: hehad been finging his money away
win both hands at Cairo, where he had met
tne young miss and made violent, but
Wnoliy lnSlncere, assault upon her heart.
ne wore stays, blacked his eyelashes and
tne edges of his eveIidS hogan ea-b Ia,