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THE NEW NORTHWEST, THURSDAY, 'JANUARY 13, 1881,
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' A LUMP Or CARBON. , T
r f 11 me, lamp of Carbon, barnlof
- La rid In tb flowing grate ,
Walls thy 0umi rimm IwUUnf, tarnlnf,
Queneh la' mm this eartoo saralng,
' Ages past slocMata.
Tall ms of tb time when, waring,
Illg b aboro tbs primal, world.
. Tboo, giant palm-tree, lining . , , .
Tby prood boad above tb sbtfUng ?
Of tbs Storm-cloud'a lightning $arli, . ,
Wblls tit troplo but laving,
Bound tby' root lis billows curled
.Tell m. did tb Mammothr atraylng
K east bat mighty trunk of youra,
On tb vefdur Hl1ail grate, , -
Which thy am pi toaae display, ., .
Or, his weary limb down laying,. .
. Hleep away the Urd houraf .'
pfrrhurjc torn aioiiiatrou RaurUn, alUling, .
Waddled up the neighboring atraal, --"
Or leapt Into' lu native aea
With something of agility,
.Though all'ongalnly on tbftUnd;'
-WbU-or" yif root. In UlcMfcl-otwIntsl frnyp
little ones; they are
but "few word of
.Maybe two Irhtbye beaut, colliding,
Bit and fought their live away.
Tell ra, Ancient PalRfeorpae, wa there
' In thrft world of your primeval,
Augbt of man In perfect shape '
' M'na Uier goodT and vw ibere-evll?
Win It man? or wa It apet
Tell oie, Uunp of Carbon, burning-, -
Lurid la fhe glowing grate,
Lie there (a oarb human laea- ,1
fiometbing of the monkey' trf?,rT
Tell me, have we loot a link? - 4
Mir tby coaly brain and think ;
While thy red Jlatuea line and tnk,
, - Age past elucidate.
Journal.
THOSE DREADFULJAPS.
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It wm a fearfully Lot season, and let me tell
you that heat I heat In the Htates. I was coming
from Canada to sail the next day for home. I
took the train at Niagara Fall, and had a long,
, alxteen-hour ride before me. The nasty white
dust sifted through the window blinds and sashes;
the sun glared In fiercely, spite of the shades prK
Tided by the company ; the car was crowded, and
every moment the atmosphere grew more and
more oppressive, until, breathing became abso
lately, painful. As things reached this crisis, a
brilliant thought struck me, emanating from
-sheer desperation. Why not get off at Albany
" ndUVe the "nlihf boat "down the rtveFt New
York ?- I should arrive in plenty of time for the
ailing of the Russia, and escape the further mis
ery or . six noun in me train, purely, on the
beautiful Hudson a comparatively cool breeze
could be found. '
We were already near! ng Albany; so, hastily
thrusting my scattered belongings into my port
manteau. I stood ready and waiting as the (rain
' entered the large railway depot Two hours litir,
behold me, tranquil and triumphant, after a very
good dinner, pacing the deck of the finest river
teamer In the world. ,'
' It was a beautiful night, the moon at Us full, the
stars all out in their, lesser glory. As I roamed
BP and down, I passed the door of the ladles'
saloon, and' my attention was caught hy a figure
fitting silent and alone in the moonbeams. When
J passed again, I caught a glimpse of a bended
brown head, and two ungloved hands loosely
Clasped together pretty, quiet figure, with fem
inine grace in its attitude. Hhe did not look up
M J stood between her and the moonlight, but
moved a little Impatiently, as if only half con
ecloos of the obstruction. When I came by a
oirq timet sne naa vanished.
said:
"iou must forgive my
Japanese, and understand
Kngltsh," -
I took this as my dismissal, and left her: but, as
I looked back. from the doorway, I saw her still
bending jVer .thoseT fearful impn, caressing their
liorriu uitie races wltli ner sort h nlle nana. 1 re
sumed niv nromenade.
"(Jood heaens V I thought, ''iler little ones !
Hhe an Kngllshwoman, and they Japanese I
Thenhorrlble, unbearable thought I Iter hus
bandUiatler-he-Thtl(lr' what was lie
bat a Japanese alflo !" " i
Indeed, was there not a curious blending of the
two nationalities in the little faces, the broyru
hair of the girl, the gray eyes of the boy like her,
yet rendered unlike by ifie unmistakable stamp
of their race I Hut4 how could such ati alliance
have eome alxmt ? ' Were such thing ever done ?
Was there no law to prevent such marriages?
An hour later, as I approached the door of the
saloon, I' came face' to face with' the myoterlous
subject of my thoughts. IS he was coming out for
a breath of Ihe evening air, she saio, before con
signing her&ejf to her comfortable quarters for the
nlirht. I fancied she met rov srlance lens calmlv
as she broke intoa tapld flow of words fearifig,
perhaM, i shoukl ask some leaning question. r
Ieanlng over the 'railing, klanclng now at the
gliding water, now at my companion's face, about
whose finely cut features the moon's rays lingered
tenderly, we grew more friendly. But all m yet-
forts, put with my greatest fineMe and delicacy,
failed todraw from her any confidence regarding
her name-, her station, her past, present, or future.
hhe was dressed In mourning, 1 noticed, and she
wore on the third finger of her left hand a heavy
gypsy ring with a single stone a diamond of
freat beauty ; otherwise her a Wire was plain lu
he extremerAs it srrew later, she turned from
gazing at the quiet river below us, and, fixing her
fearless eyes on mine, held out her band and said :
XJood-nye,- nd - tha nk-you for- a pleasant
evening.'',, - ,.. - ' -. ,( . -
"Ooodrbye V I echoed. "But I shall see you In
the morning; I have promised myself the pleas
ure of waiting unonryou in New York, peeing
you to a hotel,' or or your home." - -
"You are most., ainu," sne reiurnei, quicaiy;
"but I am quite provided for. and I shall require
uo assistance -r; 1 1 1 "" "... . "
Then, bowing, she withdrew, and I was left
lamenting.
Shortly after.'as twas still wandering lazily to
and fro, I heard the., sound of the piano In the
saloon. For a moment I felt annoyed ; the night
was too perfect In Itself to be marred by any of
.the popular war-songs of the time, and what else
could be expected from a performer on board a
river steamer ? ,R My displeasure, "however, soon
Rve way to astonishment and delight as I
tened to. the strains of the "Moonlight Bonata,"
My love for muslo amounted to a mania.' and
When this delicious melody, rendered with all the
. passion of its composer's mind, floated away over
the moon-washed waters. I -stopped In amaze
ment. Instinctively, my thought, framed byde-
aire, was that the player must be the girl who
bad sat half hidden In the shadows.
; I stepped within the gilded apartment from
-whence the sweet sounds Isroed.--Tne7raoTirwaa:
iparatlvely emptyr-fo most of - the tmsseneers
were on deck. As I had suspected, at the further
nd, seated at the grand piano, her back toward
me, I saw my Incognita. Her head was a little
drooped, and the fine curves of her figure well de
fined against the crimson gorgeousness of wall
and furniture.' Hhe was absorbed In the music I
approached quietly and stood by her side, looking
down upon her. Her face thus seen was very
charming, softly tinted and delicately cut; a
drooping mouth, half melancholy, half deter
mined, and braids of nut-brown hair rolled high
upon a shapely head. - -
. aw
, a smrnnisncu, i mine some appreciative re
mark, to which she responded gravely, but with
a certain dignified pleaaantnew that. iiiarked her
as one used to the world. ;
-With two true lovers of music, conversation
soon springs. Into life; so In a few minutes we
were In full swing over our favorites, she arguing,
differing, and' illustrating with sudden touches on
the keys rn a-man oer-dangerously charming,
r while ner eyes-met mine fearlessly. Handsome
eyes they were, gray, with black lashes, and
finely penciled brows.
- In the midst of a lengthy argument over Chopin:
In which she was displaying considerable fire ana
spirit, a shrill, 'piping voice cried out, "Mamma,
mamma," followed by a long and voluble explo-
. slonof Hindostanee, oranytmeof the languages
of the ten loot tribes, as far as intelligibility was
concerned. My companion replied in the same
Incomprehensible form of speech ; the result being
- the appearance, from one of the adlacent state-
- rooms, of-two of the most astonishing figures I
ever behold. They were the most ultra:ugly chil
dren Imaginable, sallow-faced, wlthdarky al-
jnond-shaped-eyev-whose- heavy lids unclosed
t with difficulty, black brows and lashes, and hair
l growing loose npojLihelri4reheads, brushed back
nd braided into long tails upon their shoulders.
On one these heavy locks were ebon black, on the
other of a -common . light brown, that added
greater plainness to the yellow skin and thin,
anarp features. ...
These two strange little folk -ran toward my
pretty Incognita and laid hold of her with their
skinny little paws, gabbling all the time In their
unreasonable -Jargon. She answered them -in
soothing tones, and taking the little girl upon her
lap, urew tne coy to ner aiue as sne continued ner
consolatory remarks. feeling decidedly an out
sider In this domestic scene, I made a movement to
leave them, bne raised her eyes, over which
shadow had come and dimmed their charms, and-fminute description. Any one wll easily under
I did not see her again, though I lingered about
the "next morning, walked through -the saloon
many times, touched the notes of the piano Invlt
inirlv. All to no nuroose r she would not aonear.
To be sure, the elder of the Japanese horrors, the
Jlrl, came out and played upon the floor with a
apanese doll so fearfullyjlke Its. ownef that I
fairly sffuddered. uvercoming my repugnance, I
approached this small specimen and asked Insin
uatingly ror "Mamma." ,1.. , .
The child squinted her sharp black eyes at me.
hand began In her high, shrill Voice a voluble har
angue iu her native tongue, gesticulating with her
einn hands as she concluded ; but.- though she
grinned and chattered, and winked her eyes, so
like those or the don sne held, l could make noth
ing of what slie said. Finally, I left the brat with
no more accurate knowledge of my mystery than
I possessed when V first saw her sitting amid the
moon's shadows. ' ; N
My voyage home was a null one. The shin had
few on board, and among the few no sensible man
to make a pleasant-hand at cards, no pretty glri
to keen one np in-wjlcntrflefltrtlngr Otmsequently
my thoughts often dwelt tenderly upon La
Mystcre. as I called her In my heart, and her
strange, weird, ugly children. -
A season spent In London however, threw her
somewhat Into the shades of memory, and when
I did recall her. it was with but a momentary in
terest, coupled with a slight feeling of disgust for
the small Japs. The deeper sentiment she had
excited in me I, fancied dead, and though I often
caught myself comparing other, gray eyeswith
hers, l was in no way hard nit, and did not waste
a thought on the possibility of our meeting againr
Life, however, is stranger than fiction ; and so I
found lu' r -
I wss again fn the States, and again on my
homeward Journey l the Ilussia this time was lull
to nverflowingrbut arlTladarioIiy'compahloh
with me- In tlie person ofmy-rw college chumf
Arthur liaitord, l felt above any chance acquaint
ance. We sailed late in the day, and after dinner
Harford and I sat smoking, comfortably at our
ease In our deck chairs. . As the sun went down
As
into the sea on one side andthe-moon-rose-f rom Over our latedinner I told Arthur of -our good
it on the other, I was reminded of that evening In
the past, when, under Just such a sky with Just
such a modn above. I had listened to Beethoven
as never before had It been my good fortune to
hear him rendered, l reu communicative, so I loid
the story to Harford, adding, as I finished:
"I would give a goodisn uu to see ia iywre
again. Hhe was pretty and she could play ah 1
how she rould nlav Beethoven."- : "
Bah T'sald 1 larford, sententlously.' "You have
dined to your liking, iou are always sentimen
tally Inclined, l'b II, alter a good dinner; 1 have
remarked it often, do and talk to that slim srirl
over by the wheel-house ; she, may like you rhap
sodles better thanj doJ! :
Youare a heathen, Arthur," I politely re
marked.
Nevertheless; I did get un. and stole In the di
rection of the lone figure bending over the railing.
Hhe was enveloped In a loose Wrap of some' kind,
pulled well up anout her throat and cars, and, as
she bent upon her crossed arms, a view of her
countenance was rather difficult to obtain. With
Invention born of necessity, Ir threw myself for
ward and tossed my lighted cigar Into the gliding
waves. It gleamed for an Instant In the shadows
of the keel ere It went out, but my object was ac
complished : the sudden flash as it passed before
. . " aa .a mm a.. a . a I
ner eyes caused ner to start iromner meuitauve-i
. & a ' a a m ' a a t"
po t u re. - a ml "I n ro w oaca ner neao. ine aara
drapery dropped from about her, aniL as - she
turned fulL urnm-mei-weid once more, unaer
the moonlight, the finely cut face and honest, ear
nest eye of La Mysore 1 "'' ' .
A sudden thrill at my heart toid me tne meet
ing was anything but unpleasant to me. Was
she equally pleased ? A, slight flush spread over
her brow and lost Itself In the waves of her
brown har;then she held ut her hand in the
same old fearless manner, lifting ber-handsome
eyes to mine. v , . -
"History and life Are forever repeating them
selves, she sait ': ' .-
I took her outstretched hand, I looked into her
happy eyes, and in that moment fell hopelessly,
helplessly, unwillingly but eternally in love with
the mother of the two Japanese infants.
Uf tbe-ten'ddys that followed, l will give no
stand how dangerous ten days at sea tassed in
the presence of a pretty, fascinating; cultivated,
incomprehensible woman may prove. The even
ing worked the most mischief ; never were such
moonlights, never such Hummer' weather I We
three-rfor Arthttr-uecumted to the glamour sat
hour after hour In the' full beauty of an almost
tropica I moon, while she wouIdvsing to us; for
1m rMystcfe isesed a voice oflsuch twwer and
wet'.tnerts that even her Incomparable playing
f.-ided into iuHigniflcance before It. Ho she would
charralJia botu'ontll even piwy: stea'dyTold Ar-
hthur lont hii hend. and declare) that, but for me.
he would have' placed his heart and fortune at the
Incognita s feet.
T You -will si-arcely believe oieyet, during all
this time, neither Harford nor I had learned if she
were maid, wife or widow. There was the black
drew, and the horrible little Japs, (whom In my
.presence sue had careswed ami ionuiy -aiirescu
a her "little ones," for prows or net wwowuood,
while, on the other hand, Tier Innocent fearleMM
ne, her aliolute ttelief in the good of this evil
wortdrher almost-childish-trust, implietl a maid
en's heart and nature not yet tried .or molded.
Her name was Hand well; we always addressed
her as one entitled to the prefix of Madame, and
as she never corrected us, we had, cnseiuently,
to believe her a widow anything less, dignified
was injpoHnlhle. - : - --
As we neared our Journey's end,.! began to"
undt-itand that I was deeply Interested iiixher
so deeply and so truly that my future seemed a
wilderne of unret without her figure in the
foreground. But how present her to .my stately
lady mother, with all the proud hlood of the
(Jrantlys distilled Into a double essence In her
veins? How say, "Thl"Is my. chosen wlffel I
know nothing about her family or her past. I
met heron a river steamer in America. Hhe has
two' Japanese children but I love her!" A
pretty state of facts, and one synonymous with a
cut-down or my present allowance, jtnaineioHs
of Thorney Grange, In my mother's gift, intros
pective. : -
ro iiib uajs giiuvti uji a iuyto tier uiure nil
more desperately, and, as I told myself, more and
a a ...""
more nopeiessiy. v .. -
Once only we spoke of the future, l had made
some senseless remark as to the blankness of life
aftfcour-partlng, and Ihe-rrobable-Uo-notldngi
state 1 should sink into.' Hhe lined her arched
brows a trifle scornfully, and her lip curled a little,
though she did not make me any answer. '
'"And you," I asked, "what will you do?" .
Hhe Hashed her handsome eyes upon me as sne
replied: -
"Hlmnlv mv dutvr iou fonret I am eolmr
home to my little ones," - ,
Oh, those horrid Japs 1 They had not been
mentioned between us, and I had piously hoped
that a merciful Irovldence had remove! them
from this sphere, and that nevermore should JJ
encounter their ugly faces. -
The day we landed was a roriorn enung-s our
Bummer sailing; it rainel copiously ; rained as ItTa way 1 Now there was no possible chance of seeing
only ( can in Liverpool. Through some mistake
there was no one to meet ner, so sne allowed me
to take her to the train, see . Tier comfortably
placed In a flrst-class-carrlage, booked for London,
and did not refuse the miscellaneous collection of
literature l thruatnpon ner. I was very misera
ble at seeing her go from me, yet I had not the
courage to try and win her, Japs and all. could
love her distractedly, but not her accessories.
The guard Tang the bell ; J put out, my hand.
-Uood-bye, I saidrandsome of "the mournfiil-
-nesscrf my neart echoed in my-voiee Kiood-byev
shall not easily forget you I" . ' "
Hhe gave me her hand, the brave eyes meeting
mine unflinchingly.
"Uood-byer' she returned, quite calmly.
"Thank you very, very muchJforalLyour klnd-
ness.
Hhe loosed her hand from .mine, the last bell
rang, the train moved, she smiled, and I turned
away. Looking back for a farewell glance. I saw
the bright, brown head sink oik her clasped hands,
and I felt the gray eyes were filling fast with will
ful tears.tr Hhertoo,then,-feirthta; parting I : It
was some slight compensation for my own wretch
edness, and I gloated over It as I walked toward
Lnie that 1 had let her gowlthoutbtainlr(gahyl
inrormation concerning ner ultimate destination.,
Questions Innumerable had often suggested them
selves during our ocean life, but a certain dignified
reserve on her part completely repelled any ad
vances on personal subjects. Ho to the last she
had preserved her incognita.
bye. He growled at the tears In her eyes and
added savagely:--
"No sign that she cares a button for you no
doubt she was laughing at you next moment.
Tears indeed thought yotr couldn't see her very
pretty little trick that lfah I l tell you it's non
sense ; all women do that sort or thing."
After this rat herdepresslng statement, Iikent
my own confidence, and ere long La Mystcre died
out ot our conversations, .though hot out of my
heart, indeed, i round my noughts constantly
roving ott' to those brave eves and the proud
tnouth, as I had last seen her look from the win
dow of the railway carrlssre. All the confusion.
hurry and bustle of a gay season could, not clear
rrom my memory mat one race, grown so inex
pressibly dear during the Hummer day when we
salleti together over the blue Atlantic.
I never attended a dinner, bailor drum that the
thought was not "present with me, will she be
there? As the weeks flew by and I never once
met her, I waxed furious at my own stupidity in
letting her go without a clue by which to discover
her. various schemes formed in my busy brain :
I would Insert a discreet advertisement in all the
dailies I would look up all the Hand wells, In all
tne dtiierent counties, make raids : upon, their
homes and unearth iu some-way my beautiful,
tantalizing mystery ; but all to no purpose. -What
1 strove lor so eageny, t ate alone could obtain for
me. , '
TTwas at the opera' one nlo-ht When -PattL
Margarita, was charming every one, though to
me even her delicious voice broueht no solace:
the entrancing music fell flat upon my ears and
heart for the lack of one woman's face. Yet even
as I argued with myself . against this useless pas-i
sjon, I felt her presence near we. - I -rained or
eyes ; the occupants of one of the large boxes on
the grand tier were moving about In a subdued
but excited manner; I beard a low cry; and then,
as the group parted, my glance met the beautiful '
gray eyes of La MysttreT , t (
.. At that moment the curtain went down at the '
end of the fourth act, and a crowd of men singing
out from the stalls prevented my reaching the box
before the occupants had left it, I caught a?
glimpse of a white gown in one of the passages
and rushed blindly after It, though It seemed that
nil the men Lhad ever known In all my life con
spired at that particular moment to keep me from
flying to the assistance of my unknown. When I .
did reach the corridor, she was standing half sup.
porting a lady, so beautiful, and yet so ethereal"
looking, it seemed as if even the breath of the.
Hummer night would blow her away.
' The moment Mysore's eyes caught sight of
me,'' they -lost their anxious look, and the little '
trouble frown disappeared. from J ner brow. Hhe
iut out anj'agerJiaiidIronx which he had with-r
Irawnthe glove, saying impetuously, as thpugh"'
we had parted but yestenlay : . "
"O Mr. lOaniKford, we are in such trouble; 'the'
carriage has not come, and ste, she mmt be taken
home immediately.".
To. oiler my brougham, which was luckily In
waiting, to, put myself, horses, servant, every
thing, at ln?r little feet, was the work of a moment."
Hhe-ttccepted the first calmly enough ; but Just as
I was depleting to myself the bliss of escorting her
home, a tall, distinguished and rather cross-looking
man Joined them, apparently very mueh
heated and disgusted.
"Not a cab to-be found anywhere," said he.
Irritably ; but she interrupteI h"im.T :
VNever mind, (Jeorgef- Mr. ICarnsford has. of
ferel us his brougham, so wo can get Cora home
comfortably without delay."
' George looked at me with thealr of "And w1m
the deuce Is Mr. Karnford?," but before he could
put his look Into more loIite wonls I.a :Iysttr
seizecl him by the .ami, whispered something In
his ear, and iointed to the other lady, who was
growing rapidly more and more pale. George
turned to me.
"You are very kind," he said; "I accept your
offer without hesitation ; here i niy card." "s "
He held out the bit of pasteboard, which I
thrust into my waistcoat stket; then, almost
liftincihe elder lalv in his arms, he nasstl down
to "the carriage, followed by Ia MysU re, w hose
t f " a i t .f t a a . .
oniy sign 01 uisiiks wasa quick Iook. toward-m
from herJianlsome eyes, and a slight flush on her
fair face. Another moment, and they were goheV
Wlth a feeling of triumph I went back to my stall
and listened in calm serenity to the final act of
theoftera. , -' - - ' "
Had I not' secured the right and the means of
seeing her again? The man's card was in my
Jiofcaeyna-waa-evjaeniiy some reiativtvand-fr
him I could-flndr her addressviro Jo her and tell
her-what? That I loved her, but not the-iittle-Jajm;
that she must love me and forget the little
Japs ; In fact, that with me she could not need the
little Japs.
I sauntered home to my chambers, happy In the
thought of what the day would bring me, put my
hand in my pocket for my talisman, ; out the cara
uvu gone. -' ' -""-.'- - - -. . ' , '
I searchedery -available portion of my cloth--i
Ing, puHPdmy pocKeis Jnside.out, but with no
goodxsult; it was not to be found. Then I sat
dowoTand sulked over Itwhat a fool I was not to
najre read the name and address before puttlnir It
her; In short, I was In despair until it suddenly
occurred to me that at least I could ask the coach-' '
man where he landed-the party. If. he had not
caught their name, he would remember their ad- ,
dress; ' r .. - - .
The next morning I summoned , Peters earlier
than usual. ' Did he remember the two ladles and
the gentleman he took from the opera last even--"
ingf.:.Oh, yes, he remembered perfectly. -"AVhere-
did he put them down ?Coulditte.telOne-thatr -Undoubtedly
the gentleman had given him half .
a..aoyejn;-of-xurseemembcred.,, IL.waa
No; rial on square. ; ;';
Peters retired, and I, once more triumphant,,
prepared my mind for the .happiness in store for
me. Mv Inclinations advised me to seek the lady
uf mv Iwart immedlatelv. but mv obstinacv.
though I -dubbed 1t' -propriety r urged me to wal t
until the approved, hour ror visits ; over a cup ot
tea one grows so much more Intimate and confi
dential.
At a little after four, I strolled Into Eaton square
and rang the bell of No, The door new open.
rrNot at hom err said the irrcproacnaoietuuei
"I called to Inquire" I began, when he re
sumed In a most respectful tone, "Was I Mr.
Kamsford?" VYes," "Then my lady had left
directions that, shoubLMrEarnsford callt hewasv:
lb be told thev had all eone to the country ; that
rnjr ladywas bcttcrrand -veryinuch -obi fged for-
Mr. harnsrord's kindness."
"To what part of .the country?", I asked, Insin
uatingly, r ' .
"To her ladyship's father's," replied the man
servant, implying by h'" tnannerr'Of course yo7
know where that is, or, If you do not. you know
nothing, and are not worthy of enlightenment."
As I stood hesitating what more to say, a door
at the end of the hall was pushed back, and within
the room thus revealed I beheld the elder of the
two Japs the girl with the wild yellow hair and
black eyes. Hhe caught my unwilling pze, and
pointing her finger at me, commenced jabbering
something In'her'inother tongue.-7 1 lingered no -
longer; another instant the door closed, and 1
stood outside the wide portico, In silent rage. ........
Ho near and yet so far. , ' -
': A week went bv. At the end of that time, I
found one Saturday morning, with my other cor
respondence, a letter to this eticct :
i -t. Mast Cbat. ;Kent, June, PK -.
Mr Vr.AH Rist-Thr ladle my fntnlly have reported -to
tne your klndnesn and nolltenewi to them the other nlsni
at the oMra. Their hurried manner ot . leavlwr town pre-
VpnfiM. tholr (li.nb Ins- rnd In iMnMl when VOU CAlleu
Will yu ! tne the honor to pHua a few day at my hMi T
in inia ou-fnnliloned viilnseT It win ive ne stp V'rr
ure to receive you, and to ahow my appreciation uf tns ,
kind aervlcra you renderel one of my daushtera
month arot which you have now akled another W tns
llU lrnrloe the trains: Jake whicn brat auU you. ourt
alncerely, I. . . Hbsst kkpalu
Needless to say, I accepted the Invitation ty re
turn of post, Two days later, the four o'clock
every assurance of meeting La -Mystcre face to
fm-n tnH learning ltnmwfit4Yer4i4s4tyr
past and present, and maybe form for bom 01 u
eomeposflble future,..
At bt. Alary Cray J alighted. A groom caui
forward ; a moment more, and we were bowling ,
along over a fine country road, past the old gray..
church, with its graveyard, nestled In the very
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