Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-11

wharf, following Ends signals with
their eyes, devoted themselves to a
covert staring ut the young people
hurrying along the quay.
Constance Brand, being a young and
pretty woman. secured their instant
SURFACES Indeed. she would have
won the favorable verdict of more
severe audience. Taller than Enid, she
had the brown hair and hazel eyes of
her father. To him, too, she owed the
frank, self reliant poise Of head and
clearly cut, refined features which con-
veyed to others that all important first
good impression. Blended with Ste
phen Brands firm inclsiveness. and
softening the quiet strength of her
marked resemblance TO him, was an
| essential femininity which lifted her
| wholly apart from the ruck Of hand
some English girls who find delight in
| copying the manners and even the
| dress Of their male friends.
Her costume was an exact replica Ut
that Of Enid. She walked well ana
| rapidly, yet her alert carriage had a
| grace, n subtle elegance. more fire.
| quently seen in America than in Eng
land. Her lively face, flushed with
exercise, and, it may be, with some
little excitement conveyed the same
transatlantic characteristic. One said
at seeing her: Here is a girl who has
lived much abroad" 1t came as a sur
prise to learn that she had never
crossed the channel.
The man with her, Lieutenant John
Percival Stanhope, II. n, was too ia
milnr figure in Penzance to evoke
muttered comment from the gallery.
A masterful young gentleman he
| looked, and one accustomed to having
his own way In the world, whether in
love or war. True type of the British
sailor. he had the physique Of strong
man and the adventurously cheerful
| expression of a boy.
The skin OF his face and hands, olive
| tinted with exposure his dark hair and
the curved eyeashes, which dropped
| over his blue eyes. no less than the ar
tistic proclivities suggested by his well
chisled features and long. tapering fin
gers, proclaimed that StanhOpe not
withstanding his Saxon surname and
bluff bearing. was Celt. His mother,
In fact, was Tregarthen Of Cornwall,
daughter Of peer and a leading figure
| in local society.
One may ask, why should a youth
Of good birth and social position be
on such terms Of easy familiarity with
two girls, one Of whom was the daugh-
ter Of lighthouse keeper and the other
her sister by adoption
Indeed great many people did ask
| this pertinent question. Among others,
Lady Margaret Stanhope put it often
and pointedly to her son without any
cogent answer being forthcoming.
If she We're denied enlightenment, al
though her maternal anxiety was justi-
fable, the smokers on the pier, as rep
resenting the wider gossip OF the town,
may also be left unsatisfied
This is a nice thing he cried when
he came within speaking distance of
the girl in the boat. Il manage to BAN
boocle the admiral out Of three days
leave and rush to PenZance TO be told
that Constance and you are off to the
Gulf Rock for the day. Ii is too bad of
you, Enid"
Eyebrows were raised and silent
winks exchanged among the human
sparrows lining the rails.
80 Master Jack came TO see Miss
Trevillon, eh? What would her lady
ship say If she heard that
why not come with u.s." The au-
dacity of her.
by Jove," he agreed, that would be
jolly. Look here. Wait two minutes
until l scribblc line to the mater
Nothing of the sort, Jack" inter
posed the other girl quietly, taking
from his arm the waterproof cloaks he
was carrying for her. you know Lady
Margaret would he very angry. and
with very good reason. Moreover, dad
would be annoyed too