The New York herald., 1874-11-09

eyes dilated she climbed upon the table, leaned
over and carefully drew the OBJECT TO her without
touching the thieving dead hand. IN q moment
the white arms OF this beautiful. wicked womfu
were plunged up to their elbows IN yellow gola
gems. When Charles Vyner awoSe MS young vile
stood oy his bed with silver threads III hsr wlna'
Stern, Just Mrs. wald wen. down 10 ST. Mar.
tin's Island to see her wayward daughter. bnt
turned nome alone afS TINS sI Trd puri tan has one
lriena In Greenvlle. Mrs. Thomas THORNLEY, Wnen
sue @ came back from ST. Martins Island tnls rem
MAS uylng, Killed by the news OF ner husoanus
ceatn; Her one cnild. ner boy Thomas, sue Rave
INTO tne care OF Mrs. Wald. In che meantime tue
leaving ms orphaned daughter TO his mothers pro-
lection The little boy and the little girl get along
Thomas almost man and the little Kate Just bud
aing INTO her teens Young Tom thl ks that his
enough for him. SO ne asks and finally obtains her
consent u go TO New York and seek his fortune.
He sets out for the great metropolis and by good
iMck nnus ms way into the banking house ol
Wnteaw, Randolph Il Co. One or the partners,
attracted by the boys honest face, takes MIN into
MS employ aud into his affections well This kind
gentleman who proves to be no one less than
Charles vyner, lives IN elegant style up town. His
France, aud ne takes the boy home 10 stay with
him. one day Tom comes unexuectedly into the
beautiful young girl standing in the conservatory.
Before he has time TO make any apology the giri'1
Il am Thomas Tnorniey the boy promntIy s nas rs.
plies. He had hardly pronounced the last word
anS amen 3 sra5gs M 70 3Se po the ds face
When Mr.. Vyner came nome rom the office his
wife told him that Thornley, must be sent away
immediately AS usual, the husband Obeys and
the boy Is sent West With railroad contractor.
In the course Of six years he returns to Green
VILE, a bronzed and bearded man. or course the
little Kate has grown into womanhcod, and the
most natural thing In the world Is Tor young Tom
70 a 3 the I'M; tSo ps
Then Tom stops in New York on his return to the
West ana meets Rose vyner, and they become the
best oi friends.
By strange coincidence Mrs. Wald discovers
that Thornley'5 iather made q million dollars In
the time he was wrecked She MAKES up her mind
to tell young Tom this DIT OF news herself, SO she
and Kate pack their bags ana . come me down m to % the
OF their arrival and tnat this ball y given at the
residence oil Mr.. Charles Vyner. "My daughter's
orders the cOachman to drive to the house. Mother
and daughter meet after the many years that have
passed and a partia! reconciliation is effected.
Tom learns that he Is heir to somewhat mythical
estate. but his head IL not turned BY the news
ans @ be of 70
an old milhonnarc who loads her with the costllest
presents Her parents smile upon the match, bus
ope pe0 the one appointed for ptS the wedding she
gathers together her little pile OF bank notes and
disappears. Confusion regns in the palatal home
OF Charles vyner. In the anguish Of her heart
Letitia confesses everything to her mother; Mrs.
%as s ny save sse
race from scorn. How are you better than COM
mon felCn."
Tom Thornley, was standing Idly in the railway
station or the httle Western town tnat bore MS
name, awaiting the arrival OF the first train at the
place. The locomotive came shrieking along the
tram stopped, and out OF one OF the cars stepped
Rose Vyner, who fell fainting into his arms After
Tom had carried his burden to the nearest hote!
he exclaimed, "Tell me first, what brings yon
here?' 'Because you are the only friend nave"
was the reply, and Rose told him her pisl.
not slow In making scandal of Rose's advent, and
the friends OF Tom TOOK It for granted tnat ne was
gGus Ta, :" ~as marIS ;as sl for %
she had found protector, and she had no Idea
that Tom was engaged toNbe married to Kate:
one cold winter evening, while the snow lay piled
up against the windows ana the winds nowleo
ferceiy through the lea1ess trees, Rose vyner and
parlor Of the Western hotel. Poor Tom! poor
Rose poor Kate Mrs. Wald Is sterner than ever,
turn TO the old house at Greenv1lle, ana Toma
name is never mentioned. When Rose and her
husband return to the Vyner mansion the con-
Tom does not pretend TO forgive ner, but 0ners
her the house to live In as usual but the oner v
the mother at Greenvile to end their days. Charles
never having understood the extent of.nls wile,s
crime. Rose Is but delicate nower at Dess, ana ana
laments her death, but his heart has always peen.
welded to Kate. reconciliation Is brought
about without great difficulty, and the two are
united at last. And thus ends tale Of ill-gotten
gain, pride and overreaching ambition. as told by
Virginia W. Johnson and published ~ harper o
Brothers.
WINTER IN RUSSIA.
Tneophile Gautier, whose winter ID Kussiau
longed to the school Of Protestants In literature
Of which Victor Hugo was . chief; his opinions on
such TACT as to the hair OF the old school
lattirdteurS to stand on end. There was once no
tan was one OF the epithets applied by the sti1
adhereDts OF MOiere and the other superanuated
classics Of "a belle France: Bqt Hugo ana Gautisr
won their way 1t Is a proof that there Is the
right stun In the man when one finds him writing
these Russian essays without, dragging In hls
hobbies. without too violently showing that,
being a Frencnman, ne therefore has g right 70
be ignorant OF other countries. Now and
OF the swiness Of the rail way tram This sur.
prises no one but myself IN our marvellous nine.
teenth century," Now and then he tells us com.
PLEASANTLY what we all know very well. But
Gautler Is plainly reader OF English ana Germans
he alludes well to the poems OF his riend Heine;
bald quotation, ior this thing and that, drawn
from the Spanish. Italian or English SO. too, his
national pride shows out IN the pardonaoie VANITY
cooks OF France are to be met with IN every land
pretending TO civilization. TO the squeamlsn dlg.
nifty OF Americans MS light description o. the man
in which he attended court pail at st. Peters,
burg viii sound odd. An American might be
found to humble himself so far as 70 enter BY BACK.
stairs and ascend to the cornice oil the ballroom
ior the sake Of seeing the giitterlng mag
Of o G ali 4 as pa i is
whether that American would put himself IN
print even II he were master OF the airy, unser.
a Frencnman, au act of such q KIND can cause no
lowering In his own esteem, being the consistent
result OF q division OF ranks. lt Is q little sur.
prising. however. that brilliant writer OF demo.
cratic Francc-of leveliing, lmpudent. Comma.
nlstc France, the admirers OF rank VIII say It -
surprising that he should not have telt an impair.
ment OF dignity.
But when this is said, all is said. The descrip.
tions, which have all the artless effect OF super.
iclal Travellers gradually cut themselves into
your memory and, behold, you nave been
reading an artist! An artist Theophila
Gauter Is in every sense, from that Of
the man who KNOWS now to- reproduce
nature with brush and pencil as well
az TO compare his work with all the schools OF
painting, Old and modern, to the metapnorlcal
artist who works in words ana Is compelled to
slit his sentences patiently over the papes, hold
his readers attention, and at the end leave land.
scape perfect III his readers mind. Win vines
careful skill. with what apparent laziness OF work
the themes treated ~ Is not necessary to say.
Being an artist poet II IL hardly right to expect
deep thoughts, political or social. Gautler has MS
hands full with other themes; there are plenty OF
writer's OF the sombre school. He taxes you By
the hand through stiff Berlin, through Hamburg,