The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-06


spations, in the wine cup on the race course, until
weary and dissatisfied they last to home Let
women, then, beware from henceforth the power for
good or evil is in their hands They need legislative
rights II they will but WELD with wisdom the wand of
gentleness and the sceptre OF love-"
The LAwYER-A little involved but the sentiment is
good
Miss SKImSHE-old grandmother Mordant finally re-
Tents and takes the child who as she grows up spends
the most OF her time with the Arnott chdron Ralph
and Sibyl and when her grandmother dies she goes
the parsonage altogether. When the family "A
French country town from Wales Brownie goes with
them. She develops into good looking girl, with
strong passions and fine voice Brownie and Sibyl
60 with their education at the In the village
and strike up friendship with Patty Crawford, Wild
Irish girl, whose brother falls IN love with Brownie.
Well, TO make long story short, 1t transplres that
the Lady Superior of the convent is Brownie mother
though neither know IT, She had married Mordan and
believed the child 10 be dead, and urged by Nine de
Pas her hafsister she entered the convent where she
remained twenty years. IL was TO Nine. de Pas in
terest to keep her there owing 10 mOneyed consd
eratons The Superior told about her child and escapes
from The convent to seek her. Nine de Pas follows to
do some mischief other and they meet on the same
steamer and are drowned together
MISS ALMAvIyA-So Brownie never sees her mother to
know her?
lies the strength Of the story.
Miss Acknowledging of the kind She marries a
rich noble Ralph marres Patty and Patty's brother
marres SlbyL
AUGUSTUS CHARLEs-How charmngl
PAUL MASSIE ~
~ believe that Justin Mccarthy published Paul Mas
sic anonymously at first to what OF reception
the book would receive" said the Parson, seating him
self on chair, near Miss Euphemia
That might have proved dangerous experiment"
replied Miss Euphemia, arranging the flowers IN her
HAIR
Tho PARsoN-It did not in this case however Those
dreadful London weeklies spoke OF with great deal
OF praise Perhaps they did better by il than if it had
Dorne Mt McCarthys namc on tho tltle page. II is
wild sort of book and has few Of its authors charac
terstlcs 1t is sensational without being ridiculous,
and dramatic without being STACEY Paul Massie is
JUST such man ms admire, and yet there is good
deal about him that is admirable. The parson is TO me
utterly deestabe, and am truly glad that he did
succeed in marrying Sarah; she was much good for
| him.
Miss GusmSGroN-I think that Paul was perfectly
splendid should love to know Just such a fellow
Bohemian in the best sense of the word lust the
man to win the hearts of those prm English girls so
different from the pin-taed patent.eathered conyen
tional creatures that they in the habit of meeting
every day-a great deal rougher and great deal
ester don't blame Salome for proposing to him. She
did very nicely too What do you think Of this Doc
tor, from brilliant widow TO poor Bohemian? lie is
ruined and she tells him that she cxults in it. lie
| sprang 10 his feet and looked wildly at her.
u do rejoice in what you call your ruin. eSult in
your being poor, nameless, hopeless. do surely
as Heaven hears us, and you know why!"
Paul sat down again and covered his face with his
hand.
Eyes you understand me now have had to speak
out at last | am glad of your poverty because | am
rich of your doubtful name because since it is doubt
iu, may offer to bear and share it. Paul, Paul love
| you, and you know III See how unfold my whole
heart-ay, and abase myself before you. have never
felt love before" she murmured; never until
saw you. would have died for you o what would
! have given To be young again-to be twenty years
| younger than am Never should you have known of
this-in words at lcas-had that which imagined for
| you come true But 1t did not and cannot; and
that you are poor and outcast may tell you how much
| love you, may not Pauyn
| eAuGusrus CHARLEs--Ah and that's the way the
women do the business is itY or course he accepted
| her.
Miss GUsHrNGroN-Indecd he did. 'whe we both
live, he said ''we will separatc But they did
| In nf hnnrt
had put her maid who was ILL., to sleep in her and
she took the maids room. In the dead OF night she
was stabbed 10 the heart by the jealous lover of her
maid who had secrctcd himself IN the room.
"A tragic ending - said the arson, rccctivey, ''but
for although Paul carried away by her pleading and
would have married her, he really moro in love
| with his cousin Sarah. whom he married later Tho
mystery and plotting in the book keep the reader IN
constant whrl of excitement; the Bohemian sketches
| good as they should be from the pen of such a
thoroughgong member of the fraternity Justin
| Mccarthy"
tJEANn
'Thcre is good deal 10 laugh at in Mrs. Newman
jean Harper Brothers. said Amaviva, arranging
! the folds Of her muslin dress, ''but | like her very
much, Notwithstanding To be sure, she was the most
gushing anu nPosslolo !oung lauH III snc WVrlu pue
! one cannot help loving her. In the first place her
lonely, down-trodden lite at Mrs Bowes' seminary was
enough to excite ones sympathy To be lifted from
that into pleasant home and plenty of money turned
| her head and opened the door Of her heart
Miss EUrHEMIA-Stll don't think that that was any
excuse for her kissing the hosemaIds and calling them
! ''dear." She might have found other way OF re-
lieving herself should have liked her better if she
| had had more spunk. Fancy for moment any one
being generous as to prefer working for her living
and starving almost rather than take her just rights
cannot imagine any conserving to be outcast
with her fathers will in her pocket leaving her SIS 900
year. and doing she did, because she felt that her
aunt and cousins had expected the money as their
right
ALMAvRA-0f course such thing could not have
happened outside of book, but here 1t all comes in
quite natural and in Keeping with the character She
had plenty of 'spunkn too when occasion required
| think she smoke uuitO Hrrcelv n no
reason she felt kindly toward Maud that she had
won her lover, though in perfect innocence. She
put herself an Maud's place and imagined how she
would feel under the circumstances. One cannot blame
Nugent Ormc for loving Jean, for the knew
her the more there was to love- IL just the other
way with Maud-the more you knew her the less you
liked her
Miss EUrnEMrA-Maud did develop into a bad wo
man. but for all that believe she would have made
Nugent good wife. She loved HIM as well his
money and If they had been married, as every one
thought they would, there would in all probability
never have been anything to have brought her bad
points to light
Would you have man pass his life hanging over
the mouth of volcano ~ said Augustus Charles,
ing himself on the piazza steps by the side OF Miss
Euphcmia-
Miss EurmEMIA-As long as there was nothing to dis
turb her there would be no outbreak Nugcnt would
very likely have known but that she the
amiablc of women and they would have gone read
ing pamphlets and discussing theology and politics to
the end of their days. don't wonder that she hated
JEAN for didn't that gushing creature break in upon her
edtetes with Nugent every time he was on the verge
patient disposition And poor Jean was utterly
unconscious OF having done anything That made IL
the cxaspcratng and 10 think that this bungng
creature should at last win her lover from her
ALMAvivA-lt Is n wonder TO me that Jean did not
accept her cousin Louis from feeling of duty. Mscr
able fellow Pretty Jessie the for him, and
am glad that he got her She led him dance to Dor
row from the vulgar.
AUGUSTUS CHARLEs-A regular cdncdn it was, too.
Do you know think that Nugcnt Orme acted too
mealy- mouthed about his love affair He had never
gagged himself to Maud; they had been more like
like when the Girl
did love came along should think that Maud's clam
lighter than thread. Imagine any girl insisting
upon marrying fellow after he had told her that he
in love with some else but that he would
so through the ceremony with her If she considered
him in honor bound.
ALMAvIvA-Matd was knavc, and Is the heavy villain
OF the story See how she tortured Jean how she brow
beat her mother and made trouble generally think
that Mrs. Newman has shown good in her fndic
1t great deal moro natural TO leave Maud
pentant am sorry, however, that Jean never knew
her mother 1t would have been great consolation to
the poor child. Nugents love was the only good thing
that did come to her, and suppose that that filled
every breach. He fine fellow, though somewhat
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