Catoctin clarion., 1910-03-17

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Ing Il bruised. inert mass al the foot
of the castle II II had not been for the
young fellow who even as he reg
curl her had looked II, her SO super
ciliousy.
II hate kim" she thought. and she
stamp, Il her little foot viri"uSly. IL
hope will never iay eyes Oh him
again" l;ut when she entered the
steam tram for Cork she found the
only other occupant of the tram was
the Englisilman He looked AT her
with a Sm!ir as she entered. but she
stn.ionSly avoided his glance. and
after hat he lmld no attention 10 her
He was II han,lSomt fellow. with
broad shoulders and ii strong. earnest
face Gertrude could not help hut
ionk at him. ard before they reached
Cork she had wished mere than once
shat he woulh talk to her Apparently.
however ching was further from his
Intentions. ;Ld when thvy reached
Cork he ali.h;ed without ever looking
ut her
A few DAYS after Gertrude started
out to make Il tour IF the Killarney
lakes When AT Ross cHMtle she was
assisted into II boat for fifteen mile
tour Of the lakes. To her aStoni%h
ment ard disgust she found that her
vis-;.yis was IlHrcour. lie nrknowl-
edged her presence with Il n"t! and
then. apparently fOr-rttili" she was
there. applied himself with diligence
to locking III the Mil,l and monn'ain-
ouS scenery along the shores Of the
celebrated inEcS Very soon the
treachrruu> Irish skies began to weep.
and il WAS Il lir.dragelell lul of piSSen-
gers that diSeli'harhvd lrel@i'aiur, to
the hurSpbarl; "Trip through the Gap o
punlue Gerlrudp'S n!uunt WAS Il great
rnWb0ncd animal. ANA she looked at
it with dismay. How on earth would
she ever scale its slippery sides I" the
saddle HarCourt. Watching her out
of the tail of his eye. stepped forward
to assist her. but she turned her back
on him. led her horse over To Il fence
and from that position OF vantage
u.
the Englishnau In fact. ii would
have been dill, for her to keep
anything in sight. for she had all she
could do to remain Oh her horse The
beast stumbled and tloundrrrd In the
mud of the zap. and finally when the
shrill notes of a bugle split the air the
horse ignominiously slipped and fell.
throwing Gertrude prone into the mud.
But that was not the worst of II. for
the horse in struggling to regain its
feet threatened to strike the fright
encd girl with its hooGs. Ouce again
she felt herself set fairly on her feet.
and once again she saw her preserver
was the Engishman.
This time he laughed. II see we are
fated to meet. Miss Clinton" he said,
his eyes twinkling with merriment.
but Gertrude did not see the funny
side. and when her horse was righted
again she mounted it in silence ana
disgust.
II am going to lead this horse OF
yours Miss Clinton" said Halcourt
II have noticed all the way that ii Is
not at all safe" And. suiting the ac-
ton to the word, he took the bride
with that of his own animal and
stalked on toward Kate Kearney'S cot
tage.
Humiliated and ashamed. the girl
watched him. admirng the set OF his
broad shoulders and the poise OF his
well shaped head. but she could not
and would not accept his services
IL cannot allow you to walk in this
mud" she said. "please give me the
bride. | really must insist that you
ride"
MY dear Miss Clinton was the re-
ply, given somewhat with an air or
amusement which grated on Gertrude
sorely. Il shall certainly soc you safe
ly through this gap. am sorry II my
company disturbs you. ! will not talk
to- you, but will lead your horse"
And lead it he did until Kate kear-
ney's cottage was reached.
But during the coach ride back to
Killarney village Gertrude was asham-
ed of her sul;iness. She and llar-
court sat side by side and became very
chummy before the ride was over.
Harcourt was cheerful and chatty, and
Gertrude made up her mind that he
was not 50 odiouS As she had hrst
thought him. He was communicative,
and she discovered that he was man
of leisure. travelling about for pleasure.
He. in his turn. found that Gertrude
was making her first trip abroad and
was Il teacher in New York city
school. He had never cared much for
self supporting women. They had. In
fact, not been common In his expert
ence. He had always felt that they
must be strong minded and obnoxious.
But how pretty this girl was! what
lovely brown eyes and hair and what
graceful figure! Harcourt, who
thought himself connoisseur in Wo-
men. acknowledged that he was pleas
ed with Gertrude. .....
They saw each other often In the
next few weeks. for both were max
ing the same tour of ireland. and
both were to go through the lake
country of Scotland. They were soon
numbered with good sized touring
party and were surrounded by a gay
coterie of friends, who admired the
stalwart young fellow and the lovely
girl who was so often by his side.
Their relations from being friendly
grew to warmth which ought to
have opened their eyes wide to the di-
rection in which they were travelling
but both were blissfully unconscious
taking the good the gods provided
without questioning.
Gertrude. however. was destined to
rude awakening. One day when
they were making tour of MelrOse