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the large floods in Japan, then how one, when crossing the foaming Kuruske stream in the Canessis, my good horna had let his footing, and was borne down, the waves rushing over the
zel of this saddle; I remembered a other dangers I had gone through, and now, were I and my love to be drowned like rats in + village brook Inch by Look I struggled for our livonat last, after a wudo through kusa-deep mud, torn by the brambles and underwood of a generally pleassut Now nothing was farther from me than to little dell, I gained firm ground and set up a sow dissension among the ranks of the house-load war shout, to attract assistance; Half a Contmotor 10. Dinge, Timbs, Best hold stak. I therefore, one evening, made a dozen worden. Medeinose nga patwort
and Port Buildings, Brick
point of inviting both coachman, groom to head, came Auttering down, Mr. and Granita,
drop of something at the "Crown and Bull, following. Happily enough. Angs had not lost Mechanics engaged, Estimates given
and apparently under CHEMISTS, DRUGGIST'S, &c.ence of somethinder the beart-opening influ consciousness; she had had the common sanse confided to them that to give herself to the waters, and to let herself I had had awful trouble," and could on no drift; a severe cold was her only real danger, account look at any female ander forty. This The French maid pretended to be shooked by comforted and renasured the knights of the my appearance, and I do not think that I did stable. I did not want any ili-will which leads show to special advantage just then. But I to syping and prying, and I enjoyed my incog. had held Anga in my arms, had pressed her to too well, to have it roughly and suddenly my bosom, her heart beating at mine! I felt broken.
neither cold, nor wat, nor dirty, I felt per- factly happy
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My confession had given satisfaction to the mala part of the establishment. The coachman was reported to have publicly announced that he knew gardener Miller 2 respectable, gentlemanly young man, who had had his troubles through no fault of his own, and who out of his! Those females, however, seemed each one to have taken into their hands to se: sa comforter to my alleged troubles, and it took a good deal of stolid indifference to check their attentions. I oven heard a gentle minor note ringing in Anga's zilvery voice. To what extent my troubles had grown, before they reached her Also, I cannot tell. I should have liked to Lave ank down before hor and thanked her for her sweet pity, bestowed so undeserredly.
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Bos oir, Monsieur Millére," called a pert surfil voice over the laurel bushes, where I was potting some fuchsias,
** Good evening 10 yon," I replied rather gruffty.
Slis tripped rond the Japonica shrubs; her black silk dress looped up, her pretty little feet in bronzed slippers, a small lace cap with red bows between her black traseen "Ab, always diligent, you take never any leisure-do you!” Yes, sometimes, when I have nothing to do.' And then?* Well then
"What do you?",
"I generally read or smoke-or go for a walk.
Ob-and Monsieur Milléro de yon dance? I? No, I'm no dancing man." "C'est doramaye! Zete will be
soirée next week." Isball go!"
a grande
I nodded assent,love you ever seen girls like me?"eho usked, tripping up and down liko a vagtial.
I booked at him in bewilderment. Thank me? for what-that I hind saved the wosuen hapa st the risk of this life? A small staka indood. I must have answered not very much to the point because her father said. Go in, poor fellow, have a thorough rest, and some- thlug hot; we must not love you ill after this."
That evening I wrote to Ferguson, “You kevo helped me into this scraps, now help me out of it must now know my fate one way dr again! the other."
The fonds subsided and the weather furried ngain. Visitors caue to The Eaves to look at the “floods," as they called it grandly, although the thing didn't so much when you were ont of it. There were half a dozen girls. Angs's friends. Some I knew very well, having met them repeatedly in society.
"I may, Anga," said one of them in French, E am bound to say, it was very bad French, * your gardener looks quite déntingud.”
The dear girl gisured over to mo, where I stood looking as unconcerned za possible, and whispered something. Another one said: "I am sure be does not know. French, it is not likely."
Ch, I
"He looks like-like-" said a third, "lika Mr. Arran. Do you know Mr. Arran tell you, of all the charming mon--"
I was digging as if my life depended on it.
And very rich." said the first.
"And so interesting," came from my admirer. "He is travelling again, more's the pity. “ Anga hung her head and said nothing. "Gardener," called the little pert, please will you tell me what this flower is called *** I lugged up to the group, pulling my esp over my-ayos, and jabbered a confused Latin name.
"Yes, Now I could have honestly auswered: Mademoiselle Barnane, by the scora! I have soon them on the Boulevards, in the Buis and in the Quartier Latin. Lounging with their friends Lefore the Brasseries and the Cafés, and lower down and more dressed up in the Closeries "I beg Mr. Arran's pardon." said the first. and in Mabille but I demurred and murmured girl afterwards; the idea of this laut remind
thing about females all very much ing me of him!'"
alike."
“Yen sro a vory ungallant wretch," ehe cried, and gare mo a sharp cat with a slip from
Erna, don't speak so loud, you hurt his feel- |ings=” said Angu in a whisper, lead sough for me, who listened with wrapt attention on. and soon afterwards I saw them driving off in the sociable.
Navy Contractors. Ship Chandlers,
Provision and Coal Merchants, Sailing along with Fred, casting withering and mikers. &c. Fresh Water supplied to defying glances at me. But 1 also observed
questioning, almost pained look on Anga's face, which I dared not translate into words.
a bay tree. This same evening I saw her stratt to everyone of her words; and then they moved
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Fine weather had lasted for a long while, but now it broke up and we had a series of storm the lika of which I can scarcely recall in our cline. There was a lot of damage done to the garden, and I felt quite a pang of regret when I saw young fruit treas and roses, on which we had bestowed no end of care and trouble, up- rooted and washed away by loamy torrents.
A village brook, which generally was no harmless a little rill that a baby would have ored to tumble into it, was foaming and roaring, carrying along brooms, chairs, pailt. yea a whole barn-door with a couple of fowls on it distractedly flapping their wings.
Fields and meadowland were under water, the
An hour later Mademoiselle Susanus called me from the drawing-room, which opened on the terrace. She was sitting before the grand piane, and played and sang à French ditty not at all badly.
Come in," she said, “I have to talk to you. Foil, sit down, zore.
She went on fingering the keys. "Can you play, Monsieur Millère " I shook my head,
"Fiens come here, I teach you,"
hands on the keyboard. Foyons un, deux, I submitted to the folly and she put my trois, do, re, mi, fa, do, re, mi, Non. Look at me" and she went through the C major scale,
Then she took my fingers, slapped them well
Naval, Military and Court, 15, Queen's Road, aspect of the whole landscape was changed. and guided them along, telling me how to try
The garden belonging to The Eaves was by myself. Opposite Kahn's Cario Store.
bordered on one side by the brook before I bangled on pa pose, and she called me lite, mentioned, and a pretty painted bridge, which stupide, and proved not a
very patient panned it, looked as a rule somewhat proton-instructress. tious and out of place. Now, however, it tattered Somehow the keyboard got its old charm under the rush of the waters. The curved over me. I have always been considered a good railings had been partly torn away, and it was musician, and am said to sport a vary decent difficult to get a foothold on the sodden, slippery baritone. I once or twice went over the keys, planke. I had experienced that, when at Look's playing a few impromptu bars, then Schubert's request I had revened a donkey which used to "Er King" suggested itself, and org I knew room the common at large, but which had been what I did, I broke into the splendid melody, driven on to a more and more narrowing islet Not looking at Susanne's gaping astonisment, and had filled the soaked air with its pitiful I went through the song from beginning to braying. It is a hard task to show a frightened end. my voice swelled and ruse, and I think I donkey the best way out of a scrape, and Ned never sang better in my life.
I had come to blows right in the misst of When I had finished, when the last sound the bridge, where he refused to budge. This had died away, lond applause came from the may have loosened one or two rafters. To my next room. There they stood, the girls, Mr. strong little boots, making for the unsafe path. Miss Walworth, what are you about?" I cried, forgetting my assumed position.
Please do not prevent me, Mr. Miller," she replied. I must go."
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But surely, Ma'm, you do not want to run into obvious danger. Send one of the men, send me?"
She shook her dear face under the hood of ber mackintosh. It would not de, nose of you could prevail on old Moll; I am the only one to whom she listens."
'I don't think I made a very imposing figure, but nevertheless my muster took me by the band.
Oh, you raseni," oried ha,'" is it proper behaviour, to steal into a gentleman's house?
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That evening I had a walk with Anga through the strobbery. I was no longer the respectable working man," but had reassumed the garb of society. What we talked-well, it was of a nature strictly private,” exclusively interesting to us, and perhaps sadly common- place to ontalders.
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I knew to whom she referred. There was an old dame on the other side of the common, I think a poacher's widow, whose husband had been shot by gamekeepers and whoso son had
CHIKUGO, I presented Mam'salle Sosaune with a fire bean reared by her at the cost of her little all pound note, "Fae for a music lesson," I told only to commit murder in a drunken fit ad to her, and Ah, que vous éter méchant, Monsieur," be banged when nineteen. A woman upon was her answer.
whom all the wretchedness and misery of life I may as well mention that oli Maf bad been poured unstintingly, and who, when installed in a neat little cottage of her owa, she perhaps rotorted somewhat acrimonianely and that Mr. Walworth, although he declares to not very flattering insinuations from the himself contented with his son-in-law, goss villagegossips, had been promptly termed a witch.
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[THS END.] doing old Moll any particular harm during hot
time, when dead to bury hor with a stake through her heart. Of. Courso the damo 。 lived a retired life, I think quite as much frightened na feared. Only Anga had found a way to har heart, and now she wanted to get her out of her wretched hovel which was sure to be swept away Before daybreak.
Suffer me to go with you," I entreated, and after a little demur, she consented. I begged she would let me test the bridge first, but abe laughed and tripped merrily ahead. Suddenly aorsah, a splash, a shrick-the rotten boards had given way-there she was, driven along in the yellow foning waters, Whirled round
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