Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-12-28

absorbed her."
owen, ''he asks, abruptly lifting his own
eyes and speaking with tones that startle
her for their sharpness so intensely DIFF
ferent from his usual soft speech.
think ehc should be some woman who,
like myself, has only met men with tastes
for spending money and talents for wear
ing iine clothes who never dreamed, until
she knew him, that the world held anybody
much wiser or better thansthese valuable
specimens. Then the surprise would be
80 delicious TO herr She would almost be
born again somehowp
Here Gristll stops. He Ia staring very
hard at her face. Something about the
look first puzzles, then irritatcs her. "You
don't believe me-" she exclalms offend
edly'
lie answers with much slowness
"Arihur James would not. lie is q deep
dlsbeliever in oil woman such as yourself
Women who have led your life, had your
sort Of friends, been brought up amid pre-
tension, vanity and all that"
She fushes a little.
81 should not think that he disbelieved
In any kinds Of women, to Judge from his
book"
"He did not, when the book was written.
But something has happened since them"
"Ah some chilling experience %
"Rqther chilling"
"pray tell me about IT,"
Mr.. Gorme drops his eyes bo0kward
| again. Quite a little time lapses before he
begins 10 speak. Grisell is intently watch
ing him.
"My friend, like myself, secured after
leaving college, = position as tutor In
private family. The success Of his poem
might have filled some men with desire
to throw themselves headlong into litera-
ture as a means of daily bread-getting.
But his whele nature turned from such a
course us this. Hebeieved, with Matthew
Arnold, In 'art unsevered from tranquil
lity', and in the sort of poetic labor that is
TOO great for haste, too high for rivalry
Accordingly, he conquered a longing de-
sire for worldly enjOymenis, follies, and
frivolities, concluded that the city was no
place for the plan of life he had devised
and presently found himself, through the
influence of some friends, not very hard at
work, in tutelar sense, divesting, for a
certain Young student, the fortunes of the
piUus Kneas from their many grammatic
mysteries y.
Mr. Gorme pauses and steals fleet look
at his listener Never was listener more
attentive. Both hands are crossed in her
lap; her exquisite head is thrown slightly
forward; delicate wind, blowing from
blue reaches Of water that are Just glimps-
cd between distant tree tops, makes trem-
bic the small, warm-colorod rings of hair
about her brow and vague-veined tenn
pies. A thrush that is warbling deliciously
from a near bank of shrubbery seems tn
his ears, after he has gained that rapid
view of her lovelinese, iterating again and
again the molodious question, Is she not
beautiful -
He does not pause for a very long time,
but presently gOl S on, while lingering the
leaves Of "Alleu Erroll," where it lies on
bis knee
"My friend naturally found much les.
ure for the reading and the close thought
which he desired. Nearly two months
pssscd in The beautiful country seaeWherC
5 he was now living. Upt the end Of that
time the family with whom ne dwelt had
3 consisted Of only two persons, Il father
aud son. suddenly young lady arrived
u sstcr Of his pupil, " hO had been spend
ing her time among fiiends since carly
! May. Her coming brought with it no liz
7 Tie dscOmlort to her brother's tutor. liz
, felt that much of his precious freedom
/ ralmost TO wander where and to 10 what HI
might please would now suffer seriou.
drawback. The young lady's father pre-
sCnlcd him 10 her with q great dcnl Of III
hammered majesty The young lady her
} self appeared ilrst 10. regard him with a
, sort OF iudOlchl tnconucrn, ana aitcrwarC
/ with ruda curi,atS : should here men
ton what ought to have been mcntiouc,
some time before; the name Of Aftha
, jiulc, Was one which my freud had HF
sumcd, though only for literary purpose
D. "a nom de plume.
= "On the evening Of the young lady
- arrival, while he was taking a solilnr
S walk among some huge cvcrgrCpns rathc
near the huusc he became aware that in
D. parallel path which the thick trees mad
quite Invisible, twO other people were ais
e walking. One was his employers daugl
q ter, and one--'
/ stop, Mr.. Gormc, Ilca-r.' Giisc
his risen, and her voice rings trcnohan
k interruption, whi4c vivid spot OF cpll
I flames on either check. Il don't care &
hear any more Of your iiicnG'a history.
r begin TO think | have heard it hcflre-tl
2 l1st part, at least. Anyhow, know wha
a happened. He heard his pupils sister sa
n something that was sadly silly, and, he
G cause she had the bad taste TO say IL, h
at once drew the conclusion that she wa
- an ipsullerab'e, holow-mlnded cOquctt,
. ] W ltANMA u ElNlA W Aluk MOuiAANlN hhul .
r. her compost iOu."
/ lie rises also.
t ''You asked for a certain explanation
e ! have given it YOU"
b She goes ON in hot haste;
"With all his genius, this'-this frlen
of yours cannot be said to read wOme
u with anything but feeble cye."
v lie draws a step nearer to where she
Y standing. Ills look holds deep, mcanin
sOlemniiy.
r. "Are YOU sure that he has read h,
@ wronglyl'
n 81 am certain Of IT,"
lle smiles a grave, slow smile.
"August is nearly over. She has keI
8 her word. She has had her 'rosrcetah
! pastime.' lie has read her, and explaino
to her book that is worth hearing, wort
a having explained"
She tos-es her head with most haueht
N potulanco; she cannot help IL ii is r r,
N suit of her old "spnlcd" days.
If your friend told me that he had NJ
enjoyed those readings / simply shouldn
II believe HIM"
p. Hc has drawn very near to her vcl
r suddenly.
IS lie could not utter such a lalschood
that. His enjoyment has been great-tC
n great-too dangerously great"
Is "HOw dangerously =" these two wori
Ie being low aud slow.
lie almost whispers his answer, haylr
drawn so near to her now that il scet'
le MS though he can draw no nearer.
in Because-my friend is her brother
tutor"
d, She laughs n full, rich laugh.
~ Your friend wrote Allan Erroll ? "
H. lie feels his heart give quick throb