The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-08-25
She NRIBuHE.
INsACKCLOTH AND ASHES.
BY MARY REED CRowELM.

Harvey Mortimer stood in Miss Day
toms reception-room-a small, magnlfl
cent apartment. furnished with due re-
gard for Julie Dayton's flashing bru-
nette beauty, in yellow satin and ebonoy.
He had been admitted two minutes be-
fore. and had given his card to the foot
man, and was just a little piQued that
his betrothed kept him waiting so long.
He had toyed with the musical album
on the mosaical inlaid table under the
chandelier. and had examined the deli
cate ferns that grew in their rustic vases,
and even had whistled to the canary in
its gilt cage that hung over the aquari-
um-and yet Julie did not come.
Never before had she been SO derelict.
Before this evening. he had never wait
ed three minutes for her to come rust
Hing down the grand staircase, heralded
by the dainty fragrance of bouquet
she invariably used. and now this delay
was astonishing.
He had just made up bis mind to jerk
the orange-sa:in tassei of the bell pull,
and ascertain if the servant had neglect.
ed to announce him, when that dignit-
ary appeared. with his choicest bow.
7 beg your pardon. Mr. Mortimer,
but did not know Miss Julie was not a.:
,,nt,l tb;e
Harvey's eyebrows lifted a moment in
surprise.
mot at home! Well. she will see
my card when she returns. Thank you.
Ellis.
That is what he said as he received bis
hat and cane from the man s hands; but
what be thought was different decidedly.
He was not pleased, this lover of Julie
1Dayton's, who had given her to under
stand be would come that evening, and
ihen coming, found her from home.
He walked down the avenue with more
sternness in his eye than Julie ever had
seen there, trying to conquer the strange
sensation Of discomfort that possessed
him, and calling himself altogether too
exacting In his great love fer the beauti-
full girl that had captured hih,-heart
and head.
lie sauntered down Broadway, and
then dropped into concert hall. won
.deling the while, why Julie had gone
frcn, hcce that evening. Ard Julie p
beautiful, lustrous-eyed Julie-with her
arch, tender glances, and her perfectly
bewilderiDg ways, was teaching another
-sover to appreciate her sweetness. all I'M
concerned as 30 the treachery of her
-pesition-the retribution that would
have TO come according to the inevitable
law compensation.
She had been at home, under the very
roof that had covered Harvey Mortimer
the impatient minutes he stood there.
She had heard his ring at the door, had
heard his CHEEKY good night to the
servant when he went away. and had
smiled over his card as she deliberately
sent word back she Was not at home.
Then, when she knew he was gone,
she went down stairs into the large
drawiug-room, where the lights were
turned up just enough to make the apart
inent delightfully."- dusk, yet sufficiently
light to reveal the elegance of it's appoint
snents, and the uDexceptIonable toilet
she wore for-not Harvey Mortimer's
eyes, the lover TO whom she plighted
her troth.
She certainly was enchantingly sweet
IN her dull scarlet silk dress, made in
the latest extravaganza of style; with her
heavy, dead-god iewery. and the almost
priceless lace at the clear q ark oeck She
looked every inch what she was extern
aily-a handsome. stylish aristocratic
girl, and to her own heart as she met the
brilliant gaze of her eyes III the pier
glass. she acknowledged the truth that it
WASH much wonder that Ray Graham
was iG love with her just as deeply as
Harvey Mortimer was.
Ray Graham Aud il was his step
she was listening for now with ears that
had gladly heard the distancing foot
steps of the man she had promised to
marry. Ray Graham she was waiting SO
eagerly to welcome with the lips that had
uttered the fashionable lie tina, had sent
her betrothed husband away from her
house with such strange unrest in his
loyal heart.
She didn't have very long to wait-not
SO long rs Harvey Mortimer had been
kept waiting. and when she beard his
tread in the hall she arose, with no pre-
teBce of Indifference, 10 welcome him.
s tall. handsome fellow-much hand