The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-03

please stop eating long enough. to leti
try laughing in our sleeves at Miss
Blocker. l reckon she'll tell US If iti
the real thing"
There are places, then, where they
do say L reckon" pursued Miss Bleeck-
err, impassively You mentioned, Lord
Clandonald, how much you We're dis
appointed not to hear more provincial.
isms of speech in America, should
think this Miss Winstanley could give
you all you care to collect
Did you ever hear Miss Winstanley,"
put in Mariol quickly, "the pretty
speech made by King William Nv. about
charming countrywoman OF yours,
whom some one asked Pray. do you
come from that part of America where
they guess and where they calculator
Lady Wellesley comes from where they
fascinate.' said the gallant monarch
Bobby vane clapped his hands app
provingly.
That's rippin'. amt it. Mr.. Marolt
My goodness me, wish | weren't suc5
duffer at writ things down an
spellin' or I'd make note Of II
What?'
Come to school at Alisons Cross
Roads, Alabama, and we'll teach yok
how" said Posey.
"Helen, you will find me on tho
Blocker, majestically arising. II have
had quite enough of this. And cons
slider it my mission to spend as muc4
time as l can give to poor Mrs. Verc-
ker, Frustrated by care and anxiety
as she has been, and her husband never
allowed to come near her on the Voy-
age.
A light sparkled in the wide-opeS
blue ewes of the ships charmer, and
smile lowered around her pretty mouth
She was we'll aware that about the
second day out, the critical and tinica{
Mr.. Vereker had Joined in the unis
yersal procession toward her shrine.
She had avoided an introduction az
long as possible, compelling her ans
cient admirer to perform wonders OF
intrigue and diplomacy, before he waf
admitted to the privilege of her acf
uuaintance. Since then. he had per<
secuted her for waias on deck. se-
cured for her white Wiolets. AT Vast
expense, from some one who was takt
ing them out in the ships ice-box fos
sale in London; had sentt her tablt
daily tokens of regard, from pats Oh
choice butter, lunches of black Ham,
burg grapes and broiled birds, 10
Southern "pin-money" pickles. Not cons
tent with these tangible evidences, Mn
yereker had promised her lHdos, ana
invited her to motor with them through
Touraine. The poor man., who had, IN
Miss Bleecker's parlance, mo stomach
to speak OF, was expecting the re-
turn of one of his periodical attacks
when he would be forced to go upon
milk and Educator biscuits. too en-.
feebled to walk to deck and flirt, ana
wished to make the most of his we'll
moments; but, so far. Miss Winstanley
had been constantly engaged with oth-
ers, and could not yield him the tete-
a-tete desired.
Miss Blocker, enlisted under thu
standard Of complaining wife. waa
gratified to leave the party, having
hurled the final shaft. Mariol liked tho
self-control with which Posey turned
Immediately to other topics no lesa
than, he appreciated the effort Helen
Carstairs made to atone for her COM
panion's venom by remaining awhile
in conversation that included the girl
attacked, The Frenchmnn, who noted
most things passing near him, had
been making up his mind that soma
strong personal reason existed to keep
Miss Carstairs in a state of mental