, 1874-07-04
BRET AARTE'S LAST STORY.
ga Passngo In tho Life Of Mr.
..". John On1xllurst.'

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-" SWAY" .io"Rn' ~ "ue' nA'o uoon 1s'o'
Ioi'a'p's no.n1ns eou1a na'o oeon mols 'uoon-
n,eso't wv u'n 1"o'a 'n"n ~ nave poo" III 'uo
'm,aze =, AZ oo'ock u 1nat midsummer morning.
ihe a'ea' u hla coofieb7 !aoe III onetauao"'o
Wa' ta'o a. enas aoason' e"a 1nao7a a. hny e.a'
sun a'ly"ne.e' puplcly' po'o1e ooi1oh III 'no
'u"1on. ".. .'o1lR pscn "non , =, ~ "s.er sra'
10 the n6nt or otlaneotul NE. be aetofmlnoo,
With tho characteristic philosophy OF bis profess
sion, that 1t
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"u't 'lA'H MEN l"11'
LUZ As ID NY uutyf 10 o. ".ilet ciaonlo'"1 VI
facts. to atato thai mr. Oakhnrsts pleaence
'tLero that morning was duo to very simple
causo, At oractly },a,f-uast @, the hank being
than +i,ror ~ -. s,na,,,,t -, aoo oof, ho bad
flsoh from tho faro-iaele. fohnanehoa LIS Roat
to an accomplished assistant, and Withdrawn
quietly. without attracting a glnncs from the
silent aux1oue faces bowed over tho table, But
u.,,nn 10 an.a.ns ~. f',xrrio,s .,oar,nn"-oan,
"notl ~ en1etoo mo 1a,u'sous o'uep4ns.tooul,
acrosB tho nnasagc.w nay, no "as littso shocked
1T finding tho sun streaming through an inad-
ycrtoptIy.orouod window. SonethtuR IN tho
rora boanty o1 tho roor,,]nu. nnrhnns sonotb1nv
l.. ~. ..,.s,. :, 49, a.. ...,.,. t,.> 49, H.
~ lNo no'o.'' " NV ,aao, o'Aooh aanA 40 w "Ho
ABOUT TO c'oao tue plinos. hna 10 hebltatoa.
Then. taking hts hat from tue table, he stepped
down a p,iyato staircase Into the street.
rf1F n$ k110fa an%1x7 han
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we're u t4asb Yu'so unAno"n 70 Af' ohahutht.
Iheie Tefo nltIknen and hucksters delivering
their wures, email trados-peoplo opening thelr
occasio,aily , c,,ta T1,a.o H. oalhvrs. 70.
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s"iuoa VIII vee'uiu eo'o ou'4oH4sy' Po'naps
quite 1roe from tue cynical dlsfhvof "1th when
ha generally looked upon tho mora pretent.ous
Of l1a race whom he was in the habit Of mcet,ng.
lnueod. I think ho was not altogether dihpleaasd
with the admirinE glances which these humble
women threw after .... .......,...
MS HANDSOME FACE AND FIGURE,
coneptcu0uh eveu tn q country OF tine-looktng
nen.. While It is very probable that this wickca
yagabond. in lie rrlde Of bis social isolation,
would have heen coid!y Indifferent to the ad-
yat,ces Of q flne lady. little girl ~ho Ran admir-
insly by hls side, 10 a.rageed dtess had tho pow
eF TO call tflpt nuAh into h1s colorless check.
Ha disnleseu her ut Inst, but not until she had
found out--what sooner ot later her large .hoart-
ed mud discriminating sex inevitably did-tbat ho
money, and a!ao-uhat perhaps mona other Of
her Sex over did-tl'at the bold, black eyes Of
this line gentleman Hero LII reality Of hrow wnlbh
ana even tender gray.
4htfe "as t1nah garden before . white cot
taee IN eide atrcet that Attracted MIR, Oak
bursts attention. 1t waa filled with loeea halio
troEe, and Vertcna--foMe ers iemiliar enough to
hlm In tho expensive and mo,s portable form Of
bouquets, but, ps it eeened to him then, neyor
o"sSaS Nv aSthha3 a0FCffs 4EaAdpA ~ nun n9A
cauee the dew waH yet fresh upon then perhaps
tt wns because they were uDniucAett; hut Mr.
Onkhurst adtnfred TIT m, not aa possible tutnre
tribute to tho faEcnatsnE and accomplished bliss
EtAclnda, thcn Eal FOL ming at the Varieties, for
Mr. oahhurst'a ebrccial benefit as she had often.
aeenIed hin-nor yet az douceur TO The en-
THRILLING Mics Montmorrissy, With whom hlr.
Oahhurst expected to sup that evening, but sim
ply for h'nIsef, and maylap for the hoserB'
tako. HoSsbeit, lie paated on and so out into
the open plaxa Nberc. f1uding q Lench under
cottonwood tree. Lie fist dusted the scat with
hfs handkerchief aud then eas down.
IT WAS 4 FINE s'onN1So.
the sycamorcs seemed like tho doepdi = i breath
OF tho just akening tree, mud lie faint ruatla
Of it's bougha as tho outbtretcbipg Of crampcd
and reViytng limbs. Far awny tho 6ierras stood
out aEainst Hky so remote I'd to 10 of 20 cosl-'
tive color; so remote that even the ann des113sir-
ed Of eyer reachipg il. and 60 expended its
stEsngtA reeklcesly on tho whole landscape, until
!. fyl, isl'y gtteled in Nh's and yiy,d sont1att:
bis nat, and llaH 1ecllncd on the bench, With his
lace to tue sky. Coita birds Who lad taken
critical attitude on spraY above him. apparent
" Leean an animated discussion tegardtng hla
possible malevolent Intentions. Que, or tNo,
eintoldcncd BY lie fi]enca, hopped Gu the oul,1
III lis tcet, until the eound al whee1a On the
gravel walk friGhten ed them away.s
L9oklng up, he sa :" man coming slowly to-
ward him, Wheeling nonedkeript vehicle in
"AA'e oahhls hs<n Ea4st o4tI!AS+ purify 4tEuH-
inng. Without knowing why, Nj. Oakhurst n-
ttantly conceived that the carriage was tic in
yentlon and workmanship OF tho man, Enrtly
from ltB odtl'ty, partly from the strong, mechan-
icai lnnd that giasrcd It, und pnrl]y from a cer-
tain pride and yisiLlo CONSEQUENCES III tho man.
ner IL which tho man handled it. Then Mr.,
Oalln'rat saw something moro; tho mans faco
nas familiar Ni.h that regal faculty of not for
getting ihce that lad ever given him profess
tue following meutai formula: "At frisco, Polka
6aloon. Lost his weeks wages, lreckon-S70-
Oh red. Never came again." There waH, how
cyor, no trace OF this III tho calm eyes and un-
moved face that he turned uIon the stranger,
who, on the contrary, blushed,' locked emGar-
tatHeo, lesjtated. and then stor::rcd with an in.
voluntary motion Tint brought fhe carriase and
ITS FA1n OCCUPANT
face tc face with blr. Oalthurst.
should hardly do jl.htice to The position s1je
viii occupy in this ycrac1ous chronicle by etcrb-
Ing the laty now,--if, Indeed, nn aLlo to do it
at all. Certninly, thc popular estimate was con-
f'lolinE. Ihe lntc Col. Etarloltle-to whose large
experience Ut charming se1 bayo before been
iUuEbG ed f3r py va1unl,la pst;ops-lar1