. By FLORENCE Warpry -- ae Author at "The House i in * ng Man "A ence of Pariness Aes : Semen & 3 CHAPTER 3 Two miles atleast from anywhere, with the first flakés of a' coming snow- storm gs a biting wind cutting into your ering moreover from a Fecent spell of fever and oe healed gunshot wound: can mortal man in @ much worse predichmént?*; hes *s er; the Sib iesun der also the fact that he was in of a brand-new-m Eroken of a confiding friend,.3v en down in a hopeless xene when ot a sews miles, out; of Oxford, he felt bound fo stand by in seifectans as it. had stood. -by. him-up-te bi miuch ¢ exertion, ahaetore, and ng in avery. chaste Heat p directed his steps, motor eat towards a riverside inn which he,knew, where he pro ry" r forg the time, an to gee feat "and*réfresh ment for himself, before returning into the town. Never had he seen the place so de- Not so much as a tramp did he t, to give him a. hand on way. Bloniy, yg with laborious steps, he ehicle along, ete witb 'deep sbumilia Ubasement of cor Baglishmnad be eomes ous , after ee his true 5 iad the. nm, and takin with the modern substitute, that su ute breaks down and, ¢aunts him with his inconstancy: e t so near the in that a a tg would have brought: someone | eut to him, Astley paused, a moment, end gave a look reund him. 'The snow was beginning to drive down wind was whirling before dropping: them fn little feathery ches wherever se | was a nook or a hole to be filled. Already @ cloudy veil hung between him and the river, which was iar fast and look- ing black a9 it ran re was just one os in sight, and Astley watched it the interest to which its lonely position entitled it. It gras that of a wo.nan, apparontly a slight young girl, who, with her hat down tightly with one hand, and pogrom blown round her like a, sheath, gras running: like a hare svith win 1 HE ee oi _Beasese pags voice a8 he said:. aare yon all ko < a bs Cs a fey. aig It was not that he was itt-na not that he was unsym etic; ) oatared, but the with the ser- er struck him with so much force that, being not un- turally in «state of some excitement | his adventure, he-iwas unable _to. control the impulse which moved him. artled the girl as noth- fng else could have done. She stood ~ fore him--for, they = Be scrambled. seeitiie way--and: st edt obs hima stal- do =ou m exide shorty. "Bio Ht = ook with the know ig sates was yet a uneouvel. tidna: grew. us again. . "Indeed I don't kno said F ee 7 hable about bE ght epoping IP for a got wet hee ah and es I'm d-lam' e, long 0 got: over an 'attagk of ty- He 'Wier s réally nothing abvirt: this' aoe which ought to. make me mec: a "at pas ens } I ety oe 'cold, sudden- WV atet ma me ely "you up the bank," saéd "how her turn to do him a service, for his injured limb was be- spumbed 'with the cold, and she had work in getting him up' 'td 'the top o of the which was now wet and slip- a much obligeti to you," said he, with his teeth chattering. And he tried to ae ea she hurried along ,in the direction of bridge. A curious object she looked, } .with-her lank garments clinging. to her, the water still pouring ali over: fore she had got many sem. away she turned half round to look at 'her rescuer. He was hobb along with evident pain, and she hesi: , her conscience getting the better of her shyness. In another moment she had come back to him. sions. the towing-path and towards the 'bridge which crossed the river, -- below this point, past an old water- Hs was much too far off to see het Gace, but something in = woman's wal ; mevanee 'made Gnd presen war, to hobble a few steps in th fen in --_ she had gone, to ok at r An the more he looked, the more in- Beregted he became. woman fresclied the bridge, stepped on it, stopped short, turned once, « burned twice, hesitated, came off the bridge again, and stood for. few m0- . ments looking down it the water. Then wgain she made a dash for the bridge, -- it, and disappeared in the veil of made ink leave bis motor- tof direc- 0 wm astley had by this time made up-his mind bs follow her. Something in this umstances st that time minde take a special interest, of a fy bitter rather thar a. benevolent sort, fm the do of any a7 Noe - eccentria the bridge; omen go the right, and saw gong i gure again, this time close to the racing She did not see him. him. snow wes driving -- roaring and whistiin ag FH leafless reqs, oad" she walked along the bank, quickly, without a look behind. Then Sinded by she Missy ny Whether ahe was blind t} e snow, or wheth- er she did it of er own free will she mever told; but the next moment she was down the bank and in the water. Astley was near enoug scramble Gown the bank after her, to snatch at her dress, to seize it, and to hold on, wet through himself, until, somehow or Shey" neither ever knew "exactly how, both found tbhemsely dripping, oe in.a state of piti able sear ment at -their circumstances Sd-the slimy grass and mud at the ae of the She dig pot hear er. Such a at iokea miserable object as the women looked, Astley thongs he had never beheld. What she was like it was impossible to tell; for her hair had t loose and was ha: in strin wn her face; she had lost her hat, and @ wisp of something which had "that morning been a cravat of white chiffon pow hung round her neck like a cord. Her voice was young, and so he con- eluded that the creature was a girl: and to his surprise, there was an accent of refinement in it = hich he had not been prepar oO expec "phank ou, thank you," she said, ier tartly, as she freed herself from eft of her preserver's hands, and muds a nile attempt te draw her jack- ro place: it had Smee itecl? sal her in an indescrib- able way, while one of the sleeves had become stretched to an inordinate Sa . ley . look cdpain,' - wind +s ookin ou let me help you 1" 2 eh ina Ae gain t's very. gbod of Sion, Bat Rd "better ponte haste and get some- where out of the snow, and I can't get Bédig *fast-enough to--to--" "I can't leave you, after what you did, until I've seen you out of jt, too," the in-a woice in the same awkward and shy, manner.. ane oe it occurred to Astley to] think . that.it would.be better for the girl, as well as for him, for her to re- main under his aye for the presapt 80 © hevsaids * "Very well. Then we'll get to the oth- er cides i the inn there, and--* cried she iu sudden 'berror. "But age next moment she checked her- vag and said, in a low voice: "Yea, yes, o the oo Very well." They to go aguinst the dri wind now, and, at the slow rate of ving ein Which was the beat Astle was wth ble of, they were so blue and atiff tlie cold by the time they got across es ge, that it was with difficulty fie Ag ber lips to exchange a few Pe "Now-- rat eae ou: You can -- get et ee oe here," the girl said, as .ahe' withdrew her stiffened arm from his whén they had pate fe) the oppo and wee near the little desolate- He was trying 'to th humor- ous joviality, though his half-frozen com- eereed, aware of the fact. Shisek 1 her h but feebly. Astley* "Come--you'd better," said he. "You'll be half dead--by the time you get back --anywhere--if sell mr in these words struck the ent, for her support, she si- gore in, and accompanied him up tha little path, trembling and wearing a Sater hang-dog expression. Before they. reached the door it was thrown open, and the landlady, with a warmth of kindness, which sent a glow to both the frozen hearts, hurried them: within doors, and busied herself at = in preparations for their restora- "Here, Sam, and tell your master to fird some Sothes for a gentleman that's fallen in the water!" screamed ahe, not waiting to hear particulars of the accident. "And, Susan, light a fire in' "my room, and go and rout out some- for the lady. This way, this way, pte a ead her. a little like and od a restless movemént! following her | lo . Oh, you'll catch"your death of mm: we don't make haste. How did humer was disces Png * was By Broan time eines you do a Come, this way, this way!" the good woman, talking herself eo fast that there was no need for either of the guests to find an answer, hurri ae abivering girl up the stairs, and into an Sto he he Molding' shide her. face, On Bérti- ome "that's nothin *. ifrs. pane to, Fat tbe rastg st a better Idok af. ee a face. | thor it was still @ Si Phe Tabbaiter: day a alvea "to- drew i-towards.dusk, "I only So Sou 'ye not caught cold. Beier eee fatg*t the 'turn it gave me tb see you both, you and the- looking that ye snd. shivering -at-the | -wi dobr. thuppen nowt Were | floor, ow you blinded by: the.-s snow, th walked right into the you saw where you Were go there now; don't: mind met" 1h woman with alittle taugh, patting 'a arm 'kindly;-as dlie scinind: = into herself at these wordse 2"T |: foiks are; I've ey Fiver belore iit g girl moved. reat] oe - this speech, not know- be hat eopiess that a stranger to her, or allow Pies ane's yorlosity. to evaporate in" bs 8) wasn't that, it was pr at aH thot oh she said, with @ a little frown 'Oh well, never mind, 5 'wort bother doen bg? neither of Hel want to, talk about it, I see." From these words 'the thered that her:unknown at coy. "a en as reticent as herself. ;,"I only. hope.the poor, gentleman will get oyer, it as well as you secm'to Hive done;' but he's tone nothing but shiver 'ever: the inf + ' "Really?" eaid the' girl, in a strarigied voice, rising instinctively a as she a ttered- the wo : - "Really and truly; ong "y over an attack of Fyphaid, 3 and he's been wounded beside, so he's mi than ordinarily susceptible just now. Do 7u want to see him?" she went on, mov- ws Sowards the door, as if to lead the downstairs. 0," * said the girl sharply, as she resumed her seat by the fire, Mrs. Benne seemed rather surprised, if inot displeased. "He's sitting all by himself in the par- 'lor downstairs," said she, while she be- gan to wonder whether a serious quar- rel was at the bottom of this accident. '"He's sent into Oxford for a fly, to take ren 'ou both, and in the meantime I advised | was of gear ous co! "vot fo for r both of us," she said quickly. She "Topped. The landlady was con- firmed in her suspicion, and the expres- sion of her face changed also. Intense curiosity began to get the better of ev- ery other feeling in her breast,-an nd the grateful as she felt for the kindness she had received, was Worried and tfeesed by her position, and a, little in- clined to resent. Mrs. Benne's evident}. wish to know-more than anybody chose to 'tell her. "Oh well, of course, it's no business of mine," said the landlady, after a pause to allow her guest to unbosom herself -if she chose h to It seems he's not. ession | "Of course I've no wis intrude, though I've been trusted with a many secrets in my time." ere's no secret in the case," said the with unconscious" irritation, turn- out at the still fast falling snow. re and fell into the water, and--and. this } entleman got me out, and umfortunate- iy A bt , through himself in doing so. me suite one . T 'won't as ble you in till the fly comes," i ng as she snatched up her nite" tray and retreated to the And before her guest could detain her to ress afresh her thanks for the kind atment she had received, Mrs. Benne had shut herself out of the room, oe ae on her way downstairs. e rang. up-again, & more ofired out : the gathering gloom. faster than ever: girl, ing to the window, and lookin left, and the black tine of the river was owing dim." "I = Be et away;-I must.get back!". |. caine girl, neering om at the Lf country along the river with a ant sense of the.difficdlties that lay before her. Then She turned quickly, and having by this time exchanged her borrowed garments for her,.own, .pro-., ceeded to put on her jacket and mis- ' shapen headgear which, much damaged by the onten had to do ta . With one horrified glance in the little looking: -glass at the strange eb be en appeared, she hurried across Lrnenl opened the door softly, and he downstairs. The day was by this time fading fast the hea Y louis and the falling snow: 4 contributed to the darkness and the™ loom. At the bottom of the narrow staircase 'she came to a, window -- =o with snow, and to a door w. the back door of the bonds Almas leaping to the oat in her haste te get away, = girl had her fin- on the handle when ae cae darted out of an opposite Gaor and, turning a det 'of snow, he' loo een ont of which .he had just 'come. bse direction he indica sear >the th A curious situation it. was, and, for the each hesitated 'ilpret es Nes of it. Then, with a laugh, As entsia,: 4g it? And-- ict Sage to de printed in a, New York news- ri hesitated, made a movement as oi she would have burst her otit' pact ap spate a < sight. of him, , n; hang-dog look, Her fg. 'tarned | in ec he would: not follow her, bok a He i> be yoom, 3 noleum-covered then, and pent or hair o} ra t an one of these Astley Se ae S ete tapulas Soe: rainaes -~ poop the innobefore. his dllorees ioe sho For there was no eer Weir situ 'situ- ation with respect h other was an awkwafd oné. Astley ad few. romantic ---- and althengh the. young wo- man had certainly not appeared inclined (To. be Continued.) * 4 Humor of the Hour. The Self-madé Man--1 got my educa- tton from a correspondence school. The Othti--Ah, 'a "post-graduate, I perceive.--Harvard Lanipoon. --_--_@-------- A pseudo big chief*of the Sioux ni Sued hard for the hand-of sweet Sue; He carried the day, And the marriage, they say, Of Sue and the Sioux will: ensue. --Smart Set. ----@-- Miss De Swell--I'm afraid, doctor, that I have been having too' good a time. What shall I do? 'sila padacioen Wigg--i would kill any one who gave my boy a drum. There is nothing so noisy. Wagg--Oh, I don't know. 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To heme uest' -- of ee 9 the late Thom: 'as rej "The overpowe unimportance 4 "thls makes jme mec Jess." Ihave nothing to say." One of the most Heautiful stories in an . 1 bn are literature es that told . of "Wend 'was passiona tel, wife, and one ate aiter 3 era = ing through | th , "int at the etd of. > The.other, day a well-known actor was' showing -a-visitor to New York throtigh' 'the Players' Club, where there is a, collec- ° mugs used by distin-_ {&"Here," said-the 'Thes- "but it will still stand rovement here and there. I -- I' dined, 'not lo omg B80 Gonieetient farmer, a boy Pte of 'For dimner there was turkey. It ay an excellent bird, and I ate of it George, -it will" the farmer answered, rate that you leave off now." One of the difficulties of royalties--one of the things that account for the ten- dency; to selfishness which has been con- sidered a weakness of the royal = or 80 -- hear the truth, For per nee Louis XIY. was. once der ayi Sak ckgammon, a favorite 'hia, a'dispute-arose as to a doubt- vit turoe of the monar ié courtiers, appealed to -by the King, 'guid nothing-- ainst is awkward 'eked. him to decide ne 'ontten. courtier. ied without a mo- meats "Your Bars kari os 'ei "How," said unis , before you know the Pe "Because," replied the count, '"had there begn any doubt, all these gen- tlemen rieaty have given it in favor of © your Majest Ase junior 'gouniel, Mr. Justice Hipies kins was once pie ctising before Lord Campbell. In addressing the jury, he re- ge to a brougham, and pronounced the word with two syllables--bro'am. cuse me," said " lordship, blandly, ut I think that instead of sa: 'brough-am' you were to sa a would be 'ore intelligi one mor.,;ver, you would save @ "Tm much obliged to your raietly replied Mr. Hawkins, ed to bring his address to was g deplorable were moral coriditions on' East Si " essor," -paid f everything w. should that ny 20 ' Frinch ian e," declared Mr. O'Tunder, "is s0 like th' Irish thot I hev! no trouble at all, at all, t'undyshtand it." "Nonsense," comment r. H gum. "No nonsinse about it," asserted Mr. "I vinture t' sa-ay there's nol ixprission in Frinch thét may not (i be ixprissed in Irish, by any wan whe famil-yer wid th' two tongues." "More nonsense!" was the reply ati 4 Mr. eggum. "For instance, how} would you put 'pardonnez moi' in eres "Wud ye shpell it fer me?" ix pennietel conics