The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10
contact with her acqualnances at tablo.s
Whilo the rest of thcin, tnbly Bobby.

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Whilo the rest of them otnbly Bobby
yane, deplored this circumstance, at
tributing 1t to caprice or an indls- n
POSITION: while Miss Blocker secretly 81
5tliuckled with delight that the; enemy
Ind SO soon struck her colors, and
Helen wondered in silence why there
was no following up on Posey's4 part
Of tho promising beginning of q friend
ship between tle1n;awhile even the IL
:,stuto, N1ariol was nonplussed Mt the
young girls sudden drop in spirit and &
voluntary nbdication of her past as
reigning sovereign, Clandonald felt
himself prey to moro acute and
genuine feeling concerning hers than
9 TIC had oversdreamed Of experiencing. Is
So far from going ashore at Queens
town, 1t was now his ardent wish to 4
stay on the ship till he saw tho last
%CftMiss Wlnstanley at Liverpool; since y
MIR. Winstanley had announced that In
stead OF running up to town on the
special steamer train with their friends,
his daughter had taken fancy to see
4 Wales. and they would accordingly stop
over Lt Chester j
& Up to the moment, perhaps when
Clandonald had interposed himself be- I,
tween Poscy and her nnnoyer, 1t had
not occurred to him that he could
feel for hor any thing more than mans !
honest delight in youth and extraordf-
nary beauty, as well as the Utilization y,
that came to his menta part from her
amusing Indifference to HIS rank, her s
straightforward appeal to his comrade-4
/ ship. Even tho feeting revelation In (
\ l,cr gaze that had occastoned his re-
solve to fly, had excited until then
In him little more than regret at the
misadventure
When he had brusquely stood him
self in Workers. way. Helen carstalrs
had not observed what caused a cur. q
rent Of pleasure to run through his
4 veins. and a quick rush of protective
tenderness toward Posey to(anll and
overflow his heart. Ihyoluntarly the
IS girl had pressed nearer to him. slipping
her arm through his. and, for the 8 few
# seconds that this attitude endured. he
# had wanted never to part with her
again!
Then she had started away from Iii m,
almost guilty, and Miss Carstairs had
carried her of in toars! From thonce-
forward a blank, as far as a return
OF their old relations went! Clnndon-
aid, puzzling himself wofully to know
what no had done to alicnte her, had
spent hours5an meditation upon the
theme Now that he had lost her
The possession Of her guileless friend
ship, still more of her possible love,
4 had become or supreme value and i'm
portance; Ito win it he was ready to
thing, oven to throwing over
his excellent and devoted Mariol, whose
keen chances worried him, and whose
wit and wisdom had temporarily lost
= their flavor. Isl
And SO the last hour Of tho last
evening had come ground, and his last
Cnanco to speak with her had gone! lie
knew how 1t would be on the NOR
low. Nothing less conductive to an
exposition of the tender passion in any
OF it's phases can DO found than tho
landing on a foggy day at Liverpool,
with It's crowds and coal smoke, Is
lowering skies, and dngy surround
ings, its hustling porters and water
men, the rush and rumbleaof a great
Industrial city beginning at the wa
tcrs edge after the inspiring soltudes
OF three thousand miles Of salt wa
ter.
He would see her only amid con-
PIP fusion Of sights and sounds that would
effectually prevent any but the most
bannl phrases of adieu. She would pass
away from him and become as had all
the other women he had met, like tina
tiissolving foam wreaths in their track
across the Atlantic. lie was annoyed
with himself for feeling 1t SO much.
The thing was out of all reason. Per-
llaps, after he had speech with her
cnce more, he might better realize what
n ass he had been to imagine she
cared for him. Things, In short would
adjust themselves on o common sense
footing. 5 & sts.E
But he could not get speech with her
An overture to that effect, somewhat
clumsily conveyed before dinncr-time
had been rejected by Miss Winstanley
II such terms that Clandonald felt vex.
cd and mortified, wondering what OF
who could, have set her so against
him.
And here, at last, when he stepped
cut on deck, into the glare OF the cleo
trio lights, intending to return to hi
own room and prosaically go to bed. tn,
s. hates would have 1t that no ran upo,
Mr.. Winstanloy shivering like a tru
81 Southron In tho raw atmosphere aroun
the ships anchorage. his daughto
clinging to his arm looking most Lowell.
in her furs. her checks OF a vivid car