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31arch 1, ISBI
RCN:VINO AWNY 'FROM BELL.
I may as well say at Once that my
mother—the best and most indulgent
of] women—bad sent me, Reginald
Innter, to travel an the Continent
befOre I settled down in life. I was
an only son, had just left; college, and
was thinking abouCthe Bar as a suit
able profession ; but a' most discrim=:
inating uncle having left me a good
fortune, I. was not very anxious about
future briefs. Still I was not to en
joy the good man's money till I wits
twenty-live years old, as he hid erro
ncously conSidered, that!. :Ike - more
suitable for his heir than the gener
ally recOgniied and legal - twenty-one.
My knowledge of French not being.
great, I usually 'found it safer to
speak - English at the various hotels.
Thus it happened that at Cologne,pn
a certain July day, I -marsbed bold! •
into the Hotel ,drAlbiOn, and reques
ed . in English` to be shoi•rt aToo
room looking out on the river. Tli,
landlord bowed low and said : , l
,‘ Exactly so, sire.' YO-Lfancied
th.ere was-an anxious look on his face
as I followed him up the stains. We
lassed the first floor, then the second;
but here I made a stand.
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VOLUME XLII.
SUMMER.
,
She Walks between the tasseled corn,
'Whose serried ranks her fair face screen;
She greets me with a careless semi,'
And scornful , laughter slogs between.
Black-haired, red-lipped, her dark, Wight face,
The toy of every womati's whim ;
Her form the mould of PellStlOnd grace,
Supple and , :smooth sad round of
And is it sunirner l l behold -
A breathing splendor, stretched and ;rural!
Within her bosom's plenteous fold • i
She thrusts a'brown and aliapely,ariu.
Phis harvest nymph, whose loosened braid ,
Drop down a check of glowing tan,
Incarnate Slimmer is, and made
To satisfy the heart of road:.
Nay, bait a simple country lass
That dark abundant beauty weary;
Her poppltd slumbers softly pass,
• The ripened harvest :warmth 'she shares
Itesi.'e her couch the heat to :=orn—
Tier silken couch, with green Verialor;
Whose gttsrGniog spear l
n pasOieforo
Anil leave rirthartuctl my haiefoot maid.
—Pdai . de estoittlie
WANTED, A COOK."
I am not going _up higher,' I sat:
with tru.British doggedness.
''Veery sorryodie,. but 'these floor
is engaged... The first floor engaged,,
the second floor engaged.- and the
third floor is full all brit
Thereupon he trey/ open the door.
of what was in reality a Small dressj
•
ing-room.
Beautiful view; sire, spa - ciOus,and
_pot in the sun.'
, 6 Very well,' I said resignedly; 'as
it is only for - one night, I Must put
up with it.'. What on earthdid, the.,
;fellow mean by having alt his rooms
occupied ? t
' What name, sire ?' he -next. said,,
and I gavehim my card and left him
to fill up the customary form: : After
reading 'Hunter' out in various pro=
nunciationsi he remarked blandly,:
' There . is. a, letter for you, sire; I
will send it up,' and presently I was
refreshed_ with_ the sight of honest
English-writing,. rt, was a letter from
my)nother. :
I .drew a dusty-red-velvet tqlla -OW r
to the window, and with - the soft sum..
- bier breeze bloWirig in from the Rhine.
read the home news. r will not ree-
Ord all that was in it, because fond
mothers do write a good: many things
that' cannot be . repeated ; but this
a
pararaph amused me not a little : ,
' l e 'have been in great . trouble, dear
Reggie, with the servants. Yester
day cook gave warning because Sir
Henry Seymour's footman has jilted
her, and she say it will break . her
heart to see daily the holise - where he
" inhabits." Then Jane, you know,
the Pretty housemaid, said
.if cook
went she must go. I thk.pk . this was
her only reason ; but the parlor maid
declares she can - % possibly stay as I
am always ''changing." . It is the
first time this has ever happened, but
really I am so worried that do. see,
my dear boy, if you can't make-in
quiries about a foreign cook-for me,
French or German. At all events,
they could not immediately fall in
. love if they -did not,know a word 'Of
English.' - - :
Fancy asking m to look out for ti
took ! The dear. mother must have
„,
,yil.en leave of tier senses.
I looked -at, my watch ; it was 6
d'elock, and table d'hote was in half
an hour. So I deterinined to put of
going out till after dinner, and pre
pared,. to make InYself as clean as .
foreign ways permitted. ---: •
At this moment I heard welatter
of many - foofswps on the stairs.;
next, the music, of endless voices,
high pitched and sonorous sounds
mingled together: At first, I fancied.
the honk: must be on fire, or, per- -
hapS, the, cathedral ; burauddenly
the truth gashed' upon me.- . There
could be no doubt. about it. I was
in for a' Cook's Personally Conduct
ed Tour.' Abominable'. Why should
they travel where I was traveling ?
They would eat everything up, arid,
worst of all, they would be 'at the
table d'hote.. .' • , v -It' ,
I went down to the diuingrooni
with no pleasant feeling, and awaited
their arrival with undisguised annoy
ance. On they came, clattering.d9wn
the stairs—men,women, young ladies,.
younggentlemen ; all in the highest
of spirits,•and, as I had fOreseen,
ready to; tat up everything. A' waiter
assigned me-a seat, and I found my-•
self between the last of the ' Cooks'
and a very deaf old lady traveling
with a.-companion. . I liad
_intended
to devote myself to the old lady, but
was forced to, give up the attempt,
and seek for some amusement on my
other side.: The tongues were soon
unloosed, anti Would nave-drowned"
the noise of a 'attic, I believe. . At
the head of the table sat the conduc
tor; n elever-looking man - who kept
the two ' young ladies' at his side in
fits of laughter. But the chief of the
conver_satinn was kept up by a little
red-hairea - man, whose every • word
elicited roars of merriment., The
.young-Indies nudged each other and
giggled, exclaiming, "Oh, doetoll'
- and thematrOn.s panted Out, 'Really,
..dontor,l you're too bad; .you have
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such 'h, curious-Way of saying things!',
' It's in, awful shame,' r I said to'
myself, 4 for these sort of , people to
travel in such numbers. One can
have no chance of conversing with
interesting foreigne rs.' But at this
moment Pit'as startled by my neigh
bor, a stout., high-colored Britisher;
turning toward mO with.the - remark :
.„' 1 hope you're thinkiitg of joining
our party, sir ?' -,,,..: -
• ' No, thank you 1 I'm going anoth
er way.' (At least I fervently hoped
so.) -,
' Perhaps • you don't like a good
party.- That's like my Janet here ;-
she's so quiet that there's no getting .
her to. say anything.' i •
-' Janet' ' was, 1 presumed, seated
beyond the portly man,'for Lcould
not catch a glimpse - of her. Not that
I was at All Anxious to do so. -
At last the dinner- was .6vcr. I
rose. hoping I Should enjoy my next
meal better, but ,in my hurry to - get
away 1 trod on a lady's dresit. She
was in front of mq,.and . whilst 'my
foot was on her Skirt. she tried to
move on. In a moment I heard the
noise or a rent. - Now, ' few= accidents
are more terrible fie. • a Man than
when he tears some part of a lady's
attire, for it generally . - brings hire'
into ilreadful disgrace with the fair
one [and ;he is very forOnate if
. he
esealts - with only a frown. 1 began
to stammer an apologyjas. the ' lady
turned rotted, and. at that moment
my,7etont neighbor came. up, and
said in a lqud voice :„-f - -., ..,
' Well, rdeclare, Janet 1
_lt looks,
nrydear, it . s if that dregs was done
for.' Of , course he laughed at this
last joke. and I looked up into' Ja
net's face, dreading what I should
see. My . words of apology died on
my lips from sheerisurprise,for there .
stood- before me a tali, graceful girl,
with a face so soft and beautiful that
I at once thought of some M adonna
,
I -had lately seen -at Antwerp. She
was fair, with bright, though not
crolden - . hair, graye blue eyes, and a
gentle;delicate mouth: So this, then,.
was 'Janet,' and one. of the ' Cooks'.
It seemed impossible;; but as this
was the case, I'et heft stammered
the apology which had'been,delayed.
,'.lt ;does not - matter; thank you,'
she - said, in a refined„educated voice;
,'it is Maly the gathers.' Then I has
tened ;Away, feeling that nature had
' cOmmitted -- some extraordinary mis
take in having made 'Janet one of
the Cook's personally -conducted
tourists ! .
.
-:-,
After -dinner I sauntered abe.uti,lre
-town 9 visited the - cathedral, had a
I • ,
:peep at the saint bones, and caught
myself wondering whether the 'party'
had done it all, and 'What, 'Janet'
had thought of it - But of course she
intist.'be - like the rest of, them, and
most likely stared at the sights with
out taking thent in. - - • - •
Over my - evenina cigar I wrote a
letter to my , :mother and expregsed
my strong disapproVal of her cook's
conduct, but added- my inability .to
' pick up another in these regions. It
Was most aggrayating that just as I
wrote - - these words Cook's : party
should come 'into my head, and
.after
the l art . 3 , , 'Janet.' - What on, earth
did it matter to me what this_ girl's
history might be ? s So I rang my
bell - And said I must, be called in time •
to go on by the boat. .
The nest morning I went early on
'board, chose a good seat and made
myself th - oroughly comfortable; when
._,
what was, nly indignation, and Stir,
prise to see 'a rush7e struggle, and
then,, to hear the sonorous. tones of
the conductor, saying : ,
- ' There is plenty of time, ladies
1 and gentlemen ; no need to hurry.P -
I bed fondly hoped that Iliad. left•
these ' people behind ;' - but no'; ..they,'
'too, Were going up the Rhine„ and
they, too, were trying, to Secure the
bestseats.. I-get, up, half intending
torgo baCk to the hotel and wait for
the next . day, but at that minute J.
saw my stoTtt neighbor looking about
for 'a camp-stool. Next' I saw. Janet
look- up and. down the boat in a shy,
bewildered man er to find" a seat if
possible ; I saher approach my
...i_
end • and then was I mad ?—laose
quickly and actually offered my seat
to one of the enemy. Janet, looked
'up at me, and her simplicity—per
haps, tbo, those blue eyes—melted
'my anger.. • . ,
' Please do not . li:t me deprive you
„of your Seat,' she said ; ' I can finl
another; or if not, I can go down,
stairs.' ' .
-.' Indeed you must not. You will
miss half the. view; and we are going
to hive a perfect day. •
' That's what, I've been telling Ja
net,' said. the stout man. , Halt the
battle on these occasions is to get a ;
good scat and. stick to it. Sit down,
:iity dear ; I always - say'young gentle-
Men ought to be polite to the ladies.
Janet ; blushed scarlet; and- not
wishing to increase her awkwardness,
I moved away and sauntered up and
down -the deck, gazing more at my
enemies than at the view. Indeed,
the noise they made preXented much
sublime •eteditation; At every turn
I took I also caught sight of Janet's
!graceful figure. She . sat aloryp and
silent, for her companion had so
joined the merrier party. At Nat nif.
inclination'; got, the-better of, my pm
(knee. (w ent up to her, pretending
I 'Wished to see some special spot
through my glasses. .
: ' I hope you find.your seareomfor
table ?' I- said. _
' Yes, thank youi Please let me
return -it
.to you.' :-• ! .. .
I 'refused,. of course, and then took
the opportunity Of obierving - her
' more- closely. She - . ;was strangely
: -
beautiful, bttt.not of-a common . order
of beauty.- I was certain that the
other. ' Cooks '• 'thought a-great deal
' more of a , stout, high-colored, large
' eyed-girl, who -was one of their party,
' and appea,red to be very talkative.
'Tut this silt' Janet, WO evidently far
too much above them; to be popular.
What ,could be the,' circumstances
that had made her what she was'?
' I suppose your father often takes
you abroad f ? 1 said. ...
'-Mr. Smith has been here before,
but I have not,' - was the reply. '
- Janet Smith i I was struck ;lamb.
'Smith' seemed such an cinappronii
ate name for this beautiful_ girl. , Af
ter a time I started another subject.
' I am so. sorry I tore your dress
MEE
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TOWANDA, - BRADFORD COUNTY, PAW, ,THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 18814
yesterday; you must , think men very
stupid..
'_lt did not matter,'- she returned.
I 'bonded it early this morning, be
fore I went to the cathedral.'
Did you go with all the CoO-.-all ;
your party, I added hastily. .Janet
bluShed again, and I could have
knocked out my brains at my stupid
ity. yet after all Janet was a
• Cook.' ' . • •
I went alone; there are some
thinmis one likes to see by one's self;
a%itheflral, for instance, or a beauti
ful
,• ' Oertainly, unless accompanied, by
a very suitable companion.'
Janet was not to be drawn on iiy
a light conversation. 'She' ad not
answer this remark, but looked .
straight before her. Of whom . was
she thinking.? I tried again. . •
See, that is the famous:LorClui ;
in. a. bOok 1 was .reading the other
clay it gave. one .4:the curious
tends of these shores.' Janet smiled,
and-by degrees found birt she knew
a good deal more about the '-curious
legends . ' than I did, so we . talked on
this safe subject till Mr. Smith yeapi
peared,sending hisvoice'befOre him.
"Well, Janet, my dear, I• See you
have some good company.' . • •
Janet's face lost all its animation ;
she was in a miutou the quiet, beau
tiful, girl I had seen the evening be
fore. •
I drew away, almost annoyed 'at
having' so much enjoyed oui• talk,
annoyed , at the unusual Intereat I
felt in this stranger. I, who had fre
quented the best society,- and had
seen dozens of pretty girls who .liad
not made half the impression on me
that, .Janet Smith now. making.
I determined to have nothing more
to do with her; so I iCarefully aioid
ed her, and seating myself at sonic
distance, said -1 shoifhlnolv thorough
ly enjoy the view.
At Bingen I heard a rush, and be-'
fore I was aware of the • cause Isaw.
flat the conductor had marshalled
out, his party with tlie speed and pre
cision a General Might haie envied..
had only just time to catch a'
glimpse 'of _ a gradeful figure and
bright hair, before we left Cook's'
-party behind on terra firma, and were
proceeding on to Mayence in blessed
silence, yet on my part with a alight
feeling of disappointment.
When I reached •Mayence it was
1 •
ilte • The red glow -left by the - sun
`was - intensely beautiful, for - against
:the crimson and orange background I
`the black and masts of 'the
Rhine boats were drawn out sharp
and clean. But bat are, beauties
tbat one cannot share with another
human being ? I hurried On - to
. a
hotel and asked for a bed. •
For a single gentleman, sir ?'
asked the master ; looking at my
small portmanteau.
Of. course: And have yeti any
dinner for tire?' •
It is going on now,' was the reply,
if you will be good enough to follow
the', waiter.'
'Phis I was only too happy to, : do,
feeling thankful that mine host spoke
capital English, and that I could
make him -under Stand my wishes.
The waiter threw open the door; I
caught sight of a long table, lit with
grand 'chandeliers,. of a:multitude of
faces ; • I heard a, great, clatter of
knives and -forks and !Inman tongues;
'I
-saw an empty seat and was hurried
into, it;' and then turning round
found that my neighbor was—Mr.
Smith ! I was in. for - the "‘ Cooks
again !
- Good gracious !'. I :exclaimed.
You here again I' .
Why, yes; we did a little land
traveling. 'Our Cor.ductor knows that
enough is as good as a feast, and we
had .a_good-s - pell of that boat. There
is a good deal of sameness on a riVer.
It was uncommonly nice to stretch
our. legs, wasn't it, Janet ?' .
I bent forward and bowed to Janet.
How refreshing it was to see her'faee
in that unsympathetic crowd, but 11,
'noticed that her manner towardie/fH
was changed.. Did she resent 14,1
having shown my dislike of•v_er ; .siir.i=l
soundings_?_ Surely there wa t *sAine - 1
strange - fate in this. Why ; quite by
*chance, had I hit upon this same ho
tel ?. And. above all, why was I so
glad to see her again—glad and an
gry„loo=angry because I was glad ?
The party' appeared to me — more
noisy, more uninteresting than be
fore,l and' she more beautifnl, More
queenly, more refined by contrast.
Instead of retiring to mY own room
I followed the salon.
'Cooks' into thsalon.
The balcony, which ran along out
si(le, the house, was soon crowded
with them, ind this made me'Suggest
to Mr. Smith a moonlight walk:
A capital idea, sir! 1. have no
doubt the whole party would like it
immensely." • •
Plague' take the partyi
1' I nut
tered,- but . alas I too audibly, - Or I
found Janet- at my elbow and with a
look on her face I leid not,seen there
before. She hastened Co turn toward
314 Smith and said in a cold voice :
I am tired now, and shall, go to
bed,' and she moved away from nie.
At that. moment I would have gone.
out en troupe with the Cooks iif
Janet would have looked pleased.! I
managed to intercept her, however,
before she reached the salon door;;
'Are yen going ' out to-morrow,
Miss Smith ? I mean -there cannot
be much to see at Mayence) Janet
turned toward me with a little look
of surprise on her face. Then, with
evident etfort,' - she said in a chilling
tone :.
'1 do not know what our party are.
going to do to•morrow, Good night.'
And with a motion which a queen
might have made when displeased by
some petty subject, Janet swept pasi.
ed me, leaving me piqued and ;indig
nant with her, and angry with
self. .
One thing I determined that night:
I would stay here at Mayence till the
Cooks' were • well out of the way:
Those sort of people always raced
over the. Continent. Afterward I
Could
.easily inqiiire what route they
took ; and then I could avoid it. So
I might regain the quiet and 'content
ed frame of mind I had before I met
the party. Good - heavens, was
Reginald Hunter, in love with Janet
Smith,' one -of Cook's. Personally
Conducted Tourists ? The ides was
,
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TUE NEW OBSERVATORY BUILDING, ROCIIF,STEk N. Y.
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Ati a time when all are noting the remarkable development of this bountry, it is
cause for congratulation that the literary and seientitic.institutions• of the laud • are
keeping'pace - with its material growth. ,This, truth is being confirmCd every day,
4 . nd the erection of the new Astrimomicalt dyservatory at IlftheSter, N. Y., is a most
important step in this direction. Prof. SWIFT, Who has become known throughout
the world as the fortunate discoverer of so many come's, has labored tinder. great
disadvantagesin his work, owing to a hick of - prober facilities. The; new observatory
till entirely.overcome these troubles, 'as the telescope which is to be mounted in its
.dome is the third largest in size of any in Ammica. hut however valuable all future
disCoveries may be, the astronomers of this country have accomplished many won
derful things in the past. Prof. IlAta., ofl the . Washington ( tbser atory, disCOVeictl
the two moons which accompany Mars, one of the grandest achievements of the
present century : Prof. lloNn discovered the eighth satellite. of. SM an in IFA,`-.Y and
the transparent ring of Saturn in ISgi. _The separation of IliEr.t.A's comet into two
parts was first seen by American astronomers. and during the eclipse of ISTS, Profs.
WATSON and Swirr 'discovered three intro-mcicnrial planets.. 1n
-,addition to . these
great discoveries tho . Cuitt:d States claims-the honor ofiincling man=e than a thousand
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are so . prevalent, the industry and persevera . nce of our American astronomers can be
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partially understood. ,
preposterous. I laughed aloud,.fan
_eying what. my mother would 4a'y
1 wrote her this piece of news.
And yet—confound it—l dreamv,
of Janet that night. tiettinir up 4
early the nekt morning, after a dis
turbed slumber; I started-out fOr a
long excursion, and telling a small
French garcon I inet on the doorstep
that I should not be home Lil eve ,
hastened away fOr my walk.
Vhen L came back late at _night
the Frenchman was still on .the door
steli', IR bowed and. seized my stick
and coat, - giving inc this, gratuitous
iieec of information :.
" La maistin est tres tranquille ee
sok monsieur; les Coques son partis."
Strange - pervasity—of—htunan
tare sooner was I quite sure
of being: - freed from my enemies than ,
I telt 11, `it,iong desire to run after
theM, just fOr the purpose of asking
Janet to forgive me.-- This was so
intensely foolish that I tried to for
-tett-the whole episode ; tried hv a
great deal of --sight-.seeing to drive Ja
net's image out , of my - head. Yet
why wzi. it that, I could, so welt reeol
leet.every feature of her -face, and
call-to mind even the turn of her
(bad and the SWeet expression of her
c eeio blue eyeS? I still kcpt, wen- I
,erkg at the incongrPity of 4,liat, girl
itlilter surroundings..-:-
-:J Neqr did a week appear so long
to me as that week aL MaS - ence. I.
.
was guile sick of it and of the Ithine ; j
lieartiry glad .when I once More mop'-(
ed on,-perfactly sure I should "fibl, 1
again iment the party—unless, per
hap s .dn their return journey.
- About a foraight after this I found",
myself' at Lucerne; ' at the Rotel
SvOn... , As I was idling abOut the
salon I chanced upon a printed pa
per, and, in large, itliposing'. letters,
read, " Cook's. Personally Conducted.
Tour." Then there followed an ace
count of the palaces they would pass
through. I examined the dates.
Tes r this was the tour 'of :my identi
cal enemies.l . further noted thatA
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a certain day in. August they would,
•I have seen all the beauties of tiwitz
i erland, and would pause one .day at
Geneva before:--returning home via
Paris. i . . . , .
• Geneva . is very —pleasant place
just about. this time; I said to myselt.; .l
I may as well go there as anywhere
else: But I had only just time to;
reach it by - that .special August day.
Not that it mattered in the leaSt my
arriving bythat date, but if 1 did,' it
would be a curious coincidence. And
let me own to you„ reader, that that I .
curious coincidence did take place ;
for I, entered bright, sunny Geneva
on the same day that thifflotel d'An
gleterre was }expecting a large. in
road of visitors. I sent.on.
gage by. the hotel; otanihns, and • de-.,
termined to walk about till nearer
theldinner hour..
As I vias.!Sauntering 'along, look
ing into tlf.Shop,windowS and try
kng to choose-;s6inething Worthy of
the dear *Alter at.horne, I .happeii
ed to pas iia pastrycook's shop. how
deliciouSthe cakes looked, I thought.
And so 'thought, evidently, • a little,
curiously-attiref:: lady, who was-traz
ing fondly„.* the eatables. A i ; I
paused she turned round, and I at
once recognized one of the CooksP.
So they , were come, and bad arrived
before me !.; Pray, reader, do not
Smile if own that , I ;at once felt
One friendly. ,thward this old w43*-
man. I took off my hat, made a po
lite bow, and said believed
. 1 had ,
met her at Cologne, and other places:
Ah! 40 be ante; she said,
ans
ionsllly6 Could ~y oit jell - me, sir,
whatl o'clpelt it is P
1.
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RU!..ZNINI4 AFTER
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Just fcitir,' I sitid,...taking out my
watch.,' .
And dinner is not till she sigh
ed. •These foreign ways are most
uncomfortSble, I . think. • • There's
nothing‘flike one's comfortable cup
of tca at o'clock. as. all good Chris
tians have hi Englanfi.' • -
Why noL niakc uh col; -it hytliese
'clupting inorsels ? -though, . as, .you
iay, they are not worth a cup of
,English tea ?' - . ! -
' 1)o you thihk one may ?' she ask
ed eagerly, looking up at me-gravoly:
l'cu see, our conductor does• for us
altogether, and I d'onst. know, I am
sure, whether it's in the agreement.'
I nearly laughed aloud; but fear
- ng' Janet mig-llt suddenly appear
rmind the corner. I refrained. 1"
'1 ani 'sure every Englisiniian is
free t`o spend his money as he likes,
and with it.you may eertainlyi buy
what you like.'
You really think .sci?".l.lien her .
face brilditelied.' whilst rushered her
into the shop and aske.d for what she
required ; and she quite - cheered up
lourt - es . de eerises' and' gateaux
aux..celairs ' disappeared. -
Are, the other coo-the -.rest "of
Maur party at the hotel 1 inquired,
ca rclessl v.
Oh yes, sir, they are resting. We
don't, gq: round 1.4 town to-nibr
rew patting, mull . we'Ve . only - Paris
to do alter 'She added, -with a
igh of relief. .' greatly don't believe
would have etmi r e if I'd known the
tramping aboutiWe hail to - do—an 4
then mine of tiul. meals regular.
very well for young people •,• it- was
my cousin .Joe that- persuaded me.
-Ile came home flush from India, 4 'und
said he'd - treat -me. , IBut there--'
I dare say - Mr, and- Mrs. SMith.-
e4joye:l said I, interrupting her.
certainly Mr.. SMith, he al
why seemed to- enjoy 'everything.
But Miss—dear me,.Smith isn't the
halve. :Well; anyhow • I :dare say
they're both , repenting it, now, , for
poor. Miss Sinipi :quite broke 'down
two-days ago. Two- dayt., was:it?.
Well; really, sir, 1 quite luse count
of days with this going -about.'
•' Is Mr. Smith ill, then r •
' I don't really know what- he As
now, sir. I shouldn't, be surprised_
tj hear he was in his :coffin, : fOr
Left him in a dirty bit of a
wasn't lit fur anyone to be ill in.'
'And his ,daughter—i!L - she with
him . P
She'sr ltis .niee Oh. yes, She's.
with hiin, - 4 but she's quite another
sort- 7 -not lit to rough it in,that dirty
place.' ~
• Rut what was the miine of the
place ?Jasked, trYing not to: show
my eagerness. ' AO - why were they
left alone ?'.
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" They called it Eagle,.- or . some
such fume. And as to stopping=
why, sir,Cook's partie . 4 never stop
If somebody
drops out, why they do..
You set" it's, all contract Sock:'" -
She had finished tier cakes, and I.
left her in hate. One idea possess : -
C(1 me.: Janet was
she
with that
man-4hat uncle ; she miaht be in
difficulty, knowing no 'one, perhaps
I not able to sp,..ak French.. After all,
I was not altogetherwrong—Janet
was not his daughter; I rushed back
to the hotel, paid what they asked of
me, and took the next train to Aigle.7
- I should fret there that evening,. andl
.mihht, perhaps, be of some use. Allt.,
this time I.kept saying to myself,.or
course, anyone hearing of a young
lady left in a foreign• land; -WitVa.
sfek relative, would do what I 'was
. doing; My . inLther, I felt - sliti2,
would be the first - to suggest going ,
• tersee.after theM, etc:, etc. It is cu,
rious hoW difficult it is to he lionestil
with one's self. I did 176 - 1 - allrif- - *
omA:il have done the' same had . Ja.:.4
net tie Cu other than- she was. ' : j
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• It was guitc dark whenl reael ed
Aigle. Moreover • the fine day had
clouded. over, atri it was now -pour
ing with rain I did not know what
hotel Mr. Smith Might be in,. so that
entered the nearest one, asked If a
' Mr. Smith '-v;iis staying there; .and
was answered in the negative.
I bastened,out again into the rain,
Ind tried another Votel-in the town.
there was no Mr. Smith there; most
likely he was at tli big hotel, a . mite
out of the town. Courageously I
sallied forth, ttiough before I reach
ed my journey's clic] .1 heartily wish.
ed I.had waited fot the morning.
arrived at lasi . ; wet to the -skin, and
as I was forced to put ,up there.
changed . by dripping things before . ]
asked the queStion once more, Was
thete•.a Mr. Smith in the hotel ?,
Certainly a stout gentleman who
had been ill and a young lady with
him. This-suroly was my Mr. Smith;
so 1 found a card and told the waiter'
to ask if I might See.. the•.lady. 1
watched in feverkh :impatience until
the waiter came Imek,and ; begged Inc
to follow him. . I
•,1 was shown 'into a small sitting
room lit up with . teas ; it was empty,
but there was a ‘itork•basket on . the
table and several boohs. took.one
tilt ; it • was ," Hyperion," and this
sent my thotights hat k'io-the day on
the Rhine when Janet- had been_ so
animated aboq the Grad- legends. In
-
two minutes a side' door opened and
Janet .tool before - me. She' looked
so composed, so', se) f-possessed, that
for :an instant I fancied our former
meeting had been a. dream, and that
we were.really old English acquain
tances and friends.
'! Pray, • forgive - me, :Miss Smith,
but I fancied-4 mean I heard your
uncle waSlll, and I thought as--I was
in this neighborhood that I might be
of some service to you. It is so in
convenient, in -these out 7 of-th-way
places to get what one wants:"
She did not hold Oa her hand ;
and, looking at her; I feared she hail
not forgiven me.
4 thank you, Mr. -- Ilunter,'she said,
stifity ; my Uncle has been ill, - but
he is &little better now.'
But is there nothingl can do ?' I
said eagerly. She was; site must
have been a little touched; although
she only. replied :
am sure my uncle will he. very
much obliged when I tell hi-in you
called, lint we . .can have no . claim
upon your . 7 conrtesy."chis .last
word was brought out with a little,
effort, yet she looked more laseinat-.
ii than ever. • •
Po praybelieve . me' when I say
• tliitt. L shalLtbe delighted to do any
thina I can for you. I really mean
what I say.' My• word's and the tone
6f my voice must- have expressed
4orne of my feeling, for suddenly' Jn
net became'cold and stern. •
'1 canraSsure 'that I require !
nothing. 'Perhaps you can, fm get'
that we are part of the obnoxious
- crowd you found—so troubleSorne.'
She smiled' now, whilst' I felt quite
abashed. Still 1 could not help fully
,recognizing that had Janet • b6en
found among
,it: .troop of_itinerant .
players she would still have been, a
queen among women: . Before rfotu.l.
anything to reply she held out :her hand' as if to snake up for her wortl4 o
saying : •
' Good night, Mr. Minter.; I 9 tear
My'Unele must be waitimz for me.
Will you excuse me?' Then .she was
gone, and ail I - could do was to re;
`turn to my room and meditate how
I could best prove, to Janet that I
woUld do anything. for her. Alas !
there was no hiding the fact now
was desperately in l'(`-c with this
mysterious Janet. I despised my-
self and my only consolation
was that she despised me too.
I woke up the next morning deter
mined to ingratiate myself with.' Mr.
Smith, but fo,r fear of appearing trou
'blesome waited till In O'clock be
fore inquiring of the waiter:how
Mr. Smith was reported to be i this
; -
morning
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Better motOpur. The Mr. Sudth
an'l the Miss wot, away this murri
infr early,—the - doctor said•thi,air
of
thel'' city was not good .fiir hint ; 'se
they have gone'up the' ihOuntains to
•a place' called Callaz.' ;
11hat ! Janet gone a'gain! Had
~~.t
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she done it on purpose ? But no. I
not, thus far flatter In . yself..
She had only not thought it !worth
while to - me their phins.
' 4 I am going-,to . Callaz to-day, gar-
COD. When does the diligenee'Staft?'
At_ four hours of the afternoon,
.
'Then, take.my.plaee , :on the out
Side,' I said; feeling deeidedlydown
lie:rrted and not a little cross tliat 1,
shou}d still be. intent on :followin! , a
girl who manage , ' sq well to run
-- way frOm me.
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At all- events, Ja ; net shall sec
mean what 1 say,' I iinittered. And
in this frame of mind whiled away
I the hours till it wv time to htna, Tor
Callaz
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'': HOW I ST6PrED RUN'NINO:
The diligence arrived at lash at
Callaz, and 1 de - cended .in fronts or
an 'craarged chalet, which. I was told
Was the only hotel of the place. It
stood half way up a slope, and behind
it :fowerea a mountain. 1
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On walking up to thedoor the first
persOn I siIW Was - Mr: Smith - sealed
on the verandah ; but CloOked round
in vain for any appearance of Janet.
There was no coldness at least on
Mr. Sthith's part toward inc, for he
received me quite warmly.
" Yell, sir, I call this a euriong co
incidence. It's wonderful, as said
to ' Janet yesterday, when she told one
you-,liad arrived, how friends do meet
is these outlandish places_ Ana - then
to think of 'your turning up here !
Yoft find me , quite 4 Sufferer, Mr.
Hunter. It's the gout:'-, but there's
something ylse that Idon't tell Janet
about. It's heart too—that's what
the real nris,ehief .. is.'
11 am slit* Miss. Smith is anxious,,'
I said. -
• Bless me„ she isn't it Smith ; she
doesn't take at all -'after: our race.
She wa4. a Morton. Iler father Mar
ried mj sister "when she wan 'quite
young;.. - Young- people : sire foolish,
Mr. Hunter. ; but my sister Jane was
$l.OO per Annum In Advance.
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Old- prettiest girl at Payneton. Mr.
Mortori_waii a clergyman ; a very ec-
Centrie man '
• as fall of learning, as an
egg's full of meat, but no common
sense, not a grain. Poor. Jane (iced
when, Janet was .born. She wasn't
inarded above a year, and lost
sight - of Mr. Morton and Oe_ little
one: He was not of our sort, but
related to the grand -folks, 'and so
brought up his daughter after his
own fashion. HoWever, he died in a
most inconvenient time, sir. ' Janet
was seventeen, and. he didn't leave
her a penny, but debts in plenty. Ile.
\vasn't a. had man either .but, there,
it'synot our way.of providing: or chil
dren. Well, the-grand people didn't
- 'ant Janet when they sa„W how she
wn's left, and when I_ heard of it I
canoe forwatif: I ',settled up the fa
ther's alfairs,.anil then offered .Janet
a Aiome.. I wasn't at all the thing,
and wantedine one to look -after
me. So Janet. came, and a hatte?"
the / re /
can't be, though she never',
gets t4ed to onr ways quite. As the
doctor orderd.ine l here.- I fancied we
should lie merrier coming with Mr.
Cook's party ; 'brit it's not her way.
She ...seems _a deal, happier with me
alone,--np in these•quiet parts.'
I was deeply Interested
.in hearing
all this. After .all, I was' not mis
taken ; Janet was a lady, and hid
been brought up as one. - .
Where is Miss Morton now ?' - I
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asked. • ._
' Welk, .she ought to be in, for she
went, up the mountain some time ago,
to see-the sun set, or something.. Site
needed some fresh air, I told her, fur
really last night-,she seemed quite,
moped.'
rose, sayingthat as Mr.7i-Sinitli
was. anxion4', would go in quest of
his Mike.— Before he could refuse, I
hastened away.
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• More than hall way up the moun
tain was covered with shert turf, at
first intermixed with flowers' and
brushwood. Then these ceased, and
one carne upon , overgrown boulders
and loose 'stones, enlivened 'by the
Alpine . ruse: " Further up again vc! , -
elation . ceased entirely, ' and the
Mountain crest rose in bare rMiged
ness in the skY..• .lanet would cer
tainly not have. reached to that re-.
gion. - ' She must. be seeing the sun
set. 'from some grassy slope, )for, the
sky was cloudless. 'I
hasteiled ' op.
But I folind the climbing mueli,more
difficult than I expected, not having
waited to provide myself - with an
alpenstock; I plain-ttryHnailed
boots firmly into the turf, and pro-
hgressed Steadily...
At 'last I_ reached a kind of ledge,
or hollow, and turning round for. a j
moin. , :nt..rielield the great snow range
of the NiOnt‘Blane, anti further back
the St. l'ernard !rrotip iloode&in the !
wonderful eriinson glow well kno-dn ;
to Swiss travelle r s, ii perfect earthly t
Paradise. . Was .1 . net seeing it too ? '
I felt sur'e 'she w add appreciattb it.
4But where - wit'-; she: ' liad I mi,5...,1
'her' ~ Above . ine rove a fiery steep'
(bit: of climbing and over that another i
ledge. . ' , ..L; 1; • ;
Sudden! " . 'q --S aiv::• - high • abriVe me, 1
.... -
the flutter of a drtess. I could not
quit'e,• diStingulst',whot was, yet I
le't siire-it Must be, Janet. I waved I
my arm, and then; Whether she was
startled or whether \ she slipped over 1
something, .1 know not, but at that 'l
minute . l saw her fall. She . made a
violent effort to save hers - elf bat let I
(=O'er alpenstock: which - rolled rap-.I
idly away from her. Then, loSing glI-i
control over her movernents,she halfi
slipped, half rolled down.' the !fearful I
declivity. - : . '• • j .._ - 1
- I was some-way off., Also, Slie was I
not just above me, but somewhat to
- the right, where no. se'cond'', ledge]
would stop her. In an instant I male
up my mind. 'I rushed on.aS fast as 1
possible in a downward direction to
the right. In this.way I Might per-4
imps reach some point where I could - (
stop her descent.. If not she'might
be killed or. seriously !injured ,by . ;
striking against some thoulder. , 1 ,
flew on, keeping My eyes' on her. I
'Now — and then she was partially i
stopped by some.small Impediment,
but-again precipitated downward by i
the struggles she made to regain her
-footing. - . ; 1
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It takes long to describe,' but t.:t
ditruot take many moments to reach I
a spot below, only just in time to I
catch ..t her dress.. But alas''.., thad i
....
' not had time to secure my 'own foot- - I i
ing ; I was dragged by h& .weight i
land fell, still retaininf , my - grasp, !
I however. A violent , AFort, in which
i cvery musele.of my body seemed.to 1
be exerted,and then I managed to 1
I cling to the 'ground, and throwing 1
out my left arm clutched at !a bout-. ;
tier.We were raved.; no fear now
of sniping, for, curiously ,enougir,;
against this Very-boulder Janct!s al
_penstock had been caught, -j secur
ed it, and planting it tirmlf-in the
ground, managed to raise Janet. She
was. for a few moments quite '._stun- -
lied, but,,happily — Marl — not . fain'ed.
'Very soon she looked up and recog
niz'ed me. . ; . .
- 'Thank you,' she said simply ; ' it.
was*so. very horrid aoing. down like
that..anti not being able t to :stop one
' self.' .She shuddered a little; then
; with a great effort She rost, but was
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trembling too much to walk alone.
'She was thus forced to take hold of
my arm and-we . proceeded Very slow
ly with the aid of the alpenstock. - I
do not think I objected. at all to this
T - .41 - af. - * things ; I felt so. proud of
hay big been at - use-441 , her; so .prowl
of having her handinYarin.
Before we•had 44'Z:heti the end of
the slope she Was forced to sit down
- .and rest, and then I has; able to sly
a few words. -
"I cannot iinagine hoWl• - :you ven
tured so high—and alone too." _
' " I:was led-on further'than I meant
to go ;it seemed easy to Ainib. lie.
Sides, everything was SO beautiful.'
' You might have told me you were
leaving A igle last night.' ' I said
suddenly in an injured tone.. Janet
looked up with n smile.
' I did not see the use,' she'replied.
' But if I said that I saw the use
!Then you should :not ;• you must
not say that. Oh, \lr.- Hunter,
_in t ,
deed you should not !give come on,
'oecauSe you are diligent from us. It
is vs, forthotigh 1 Lave been brought
up-elsewhere, yet my uncle. has been
very good: to irie— r so very good that
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in future his home 4211 be my home _
and big people my
• I was deeply touched by Janet's • -
noble nature; it only made ,me feel
flow infinitely superior she was 'to
•myself, and that ifer heart agreed
with her outward appearance..
We were obliged to proceed, Janet
fearing her uncle would be - anxious, .
We found him in along corridor the
end of which had been given up to
him, it being quieter than. the
mon sitting-room. Janet *rent up
to him in=a gentle, affectionate man
lier, as he anxiously asked what had
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delayed her.
Dear uncle, I missed my' footing -
and—l think Mr. Bunter; sated -my
life.' 7
- Mr. Smith' poured , forth profuse
thanks and "inqiiiries, so that I was
forced •to spend tl n evening with
them, whereupon I found ofit what a .
kin-J; sensible man Ja et'a uncle was.
How -was - f -it I could have
thought: him a troublesonmneighboir
When be retired tnirest. Itwas left a
few minutes with Janet.
hope you will believe future
that I am willing to be of
'not
Mr.
Morton—and that I shall hot find
you gone when I wake up to-morrow,
'morning!' .
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'This time .lan.et was not repelling
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in her voice. • - i •
l',l't - thaps it would; he better if- we ,
found /iii/. gone.' - -
' Will you let .rne be the judgi;r
and.as she _slid not : answer I need
hardly say that I -did not_ pack up
My portmaicteati that night. All iny .
'doubts and misgivings . hail flown
away. I loved Janet, and . 1 failciell. .
that this eVenirrg she was nut.quite
Bo indifferent , to me. • '
I - had just- fallen into a Found slum
ber that night when -1 was roused by' 7
a loud knocking at my door. -
-•' Would I get up awl' c;Ane to Mr.
Sthith at once." _I-hurried. On my
clothes and-was soon at Mr... Smith's •
door, , where , ilanet - met_ me, O
lookin ,,
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pale. and - frightened. ....--, •
' Oh, Mr. "Hunter, - forgive me for
sending f- you, but yOu said—l
o
went in to iCe my uncle sonic w e 'll_
eine at 1 o' . , °eh, and I called hitn,
but he-did not move. I-fear he has
fainted:* —.-
' I Went in with her to her uncle's
rbom ; the InistreQs and the-master '
cif thehotel were there, boat being
most kind and att(ntive.
. Janet and I went up to -his bed
side ;* I touched his hand ; it was cull
as death. I lookeilin the laces of
thoSe about me and then I saw that -
honest, kind-hearted Mr. Smith .
would never - wake again in this
world. .Janet burst into - tears when
she saw the look on my face.. .
• Ile was so good, so kind to me,'
'she repeated. • Dear, dear "uncle'.'
The - funeral was ;Very quipt, lor
Mr. Smith
.had a few-relations. • Ills ii
liiiirried sister's -husband arrived the
day of the funeral much - perplexed . '
at tinning LiiinSulg in a foreign land
and having a young lady ; to see /al-
ter. I - wont tercel how he -
,e - ver - man
'aged to reach Callaz. Janet let inc
arranii - e - everything for her - and the• - •
• English ladies at the chalet were
ve r y kind •to her. •It..Woulti have -
heen \ ikillicult to be of erwise to - the
i - entlik beautiful girl IN h-) flipeaFell
solonely.
We learnt - to know each oVfler Lint . -
ill!r.that week as we could has e , tone
' under no other circumstance;. And _
w hen all -....as over and Mr. Matthew
tell nit' lie rou=t go back atronce,atet
~ ...;;tll'l :dye Janet a home tili'soine.
thing ••turneil up." I determined to
see it that -something" might not lie
—I itaitVY darial to. ,fty the word .
even to znyseir. . - ..
Wili you eonic and see the sunel..
once,more:on this last evening:". L
said to .liliti.A '1 promise to see that
von do nut again fall.' Janet was sit
tini; ill the Vi .n.liglab,lo}iitsg -:oil
and 11r . jcete!1. Six had tried to as 'iii
me all (la t. - hut • now 41C NV:1", forced
torahe-weri.;e ~ . : i
•N • tiS .. --L'if
'When we leached the scene of the
.aceiiient we at down awl b o th o f us
turnol our eyes toward the 4th.li.s is
snow rap - -s - which would boon III!
lloc•Itti 'xi:th . i üby light.
•Miss MOrt.cn, , why have yoit iivoitl
ed me all day? -: I 9saul .it list. but she
. _......,
'only - turned licr head atvaF.- :. •
.'Janet' I saiti c yagelly'inaking a
ilt.sperate plunge: anti taking her hand
almost forcibly, Janet,' won't vi,::
say that you are a little sorr . y ttricave
—tliiii place. .
.• •I air, sorry—very sorry.'
'Will you not -:come bavh; next
Year 'and Sct: . this game -ireautirut
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!Next year?'
'Yes, with me. Janet, have I not
that I
_love pin , in everything
1 irr words ? Thohe dared not
• - •.zily for-fear of-your Iookin: , at me a:.;
yutt once did. - But now I must
speak—Janet, Janet..if you will give .
me leave, I promke you that you
shall never regret haling come here.'
Janet turned toward me with a
gloWing
. face, she knew what I meant?
now,.atl yet she hesitated..
'But, Mr. limiter. some day you
'may ro , ret if:tying-faller - I . in with one
of Ccui)k's.toUrits. i.
• i•Nol indeed, -Janet, never, if only
- .you will let me he in future the-per
sonal conductor!' "
I have not much to - add, except •
that I traveled back with Mr. Mat- ,
thew and Janet, and that she anti I
found,so much to sa j y, to each other .
that I ant sure. the poor man thought. .
us very dull company:. We patted
in London—she to accept Mr. Mat: -
thew's liospitaiit• till - I could arrateot
'something' for - her, alid I home to
my dear mother, who was almost too
Much,sorprise3 -to speak to me !when
I appeared unannounced. Why had I
conic so suddenly? -Why bad I not .
answered her two last letters - '
ITo these queitiono- I replied
by making a clean breast of the
whole .story, and though my mother
Was terribly alarmed at first as to
what Janet wat like, and in heart
blamed the dear girl very much, et -
she could say nothing hastily.
'Mother, you "must see her before
von blaMe me. You will find her a
lady in every sense of the. word.:,nd
the only pet.son I ever met in all •the
world worthy to be . your daughter.
tte•sitles; 414 you. not tell me to look
•out roi• a 'Cook' in MS' travels?' -
My Mother being -quite the best •
woman in existence, at once wrote
to invite Janet 'to come and stay
witli-her: and thenbut that is hard
ly--tiessary -to write down. Yet she
did say 'one day:
'indeed Itt„ie,'l ant quite satis,-
lied wtHli your choice. Yon citidd
not have obeyed me more suitably.'
. Su Janet and I were married even
before -I was twenty-five years old,
for Mr. Smith had left his .bete a
nice little income. • Anil if a beauti
ful, loving and pe:ife r et wife make
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a man an exemplaty creature, then I
feel sure that I must Inns uatli.-r
.that title. At all events, lint .w that
I have never regretted having fallen.
in with one of ‘CtoOk',s Personally
Coil - ducted Tours.'— The Arg,wty.
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