New-York tribune., 1878-02-05

she crept along upon the stairs not a board ereih
ing as she crawled down, and though she heard 10"
voices she crept on. Having seen who was thcic,
she crawled back again alone and then cra"iou
weakly into he'd. Desiring afterward to try the poi
lev of conciaton she crept up TO him, ana wneh lie
had learned her worth, she crept nearer 10 nm, anu
1vbe, he tnrned To her sadly she cTept up and put
her hand upon his hair, and wholly overcome She
turned and erept to him and had her cry out though
at other times indetinabe as the gradaton oy which
te pail of the thckcts melted to the blazonry above
| the forest-tops. was the motion with which she
stirred toward him.
Uapp,ly Philip was not defenceess against this
extraordinary creature. Though the mighty hand
which had gathered them swept them imperiousy on,
there swept and gathered upon his face an exproS
sion to match He felt that If he came suppant 10
her her whole being would have gathered 1tseh
| like n oUeen and reeeded from him and when nc
nut it to the test her whole mood seemed suuueS
to gather and defend iself-to little purpose nov"
ever since he entrapped her into an ADMISSION ,''
| she could he happy with him. After whlch 'herc
| fell a swift and great withdrawal upon her anu
her face gathered itself together like garrison az
another time the whole force of her soul ana DOdy
seemed TO garrison itself. Whereupon his manhood
Gathered itself to be worthy OF the mastery Oh her
| nature.
| Gathering their eyes and noses and o'her per
sonal property into opposing caegories u Is diieui'
| TO say which should carry the day. Inc iisciu
table ewes Of Avis were neither brown nor black.
One sometimes sees in the lining OF waves Oh "i'ch
the full sun shines. and in which the bright weeds
are thick. a color that resembles thom That Is the
nearest we can get to it, and should have 10 slt
long ON the beach listening TO what the
wild waves are saying before they wonid
toll us that because. mark you. 1t Is not
tbe waves themselves. but the lining OF the
waves and the full sunshine, and great many
bright sea-weeds that must give us combinations
color which, after ALL is not the real color but only
resembles the color of Avis D0belFs eyes. Al the
first Introduction of her lover, an expression n'e"
across her eyes like the shadow OF an unseen o'cc'
Gov did not understand it, Ii is not recoroeu 'n"'
any one present did understand II. fleasuIe' u
GOODNESS or embarrassment, ordinary, mortals van
defect at presentation but the shadows Oh uiiScoh
objects are too vague to be canght at first glance
pb;l,ybas got TO gather himself together good
dool to master that but he does it, He looked NJ
Lor bl;rdlv with half-fallen lids there was hazy
roI;,rce in his eyes from the full force of which
Il was rs if he shielded her As tins Gd not-lf
may be hardened the cOll0quialisln-fetch her' nc
went il blind! Miss Phelps says So In lew i"lh-
utcs his eyes had gone quite dull and bind, rs II ire
force of his reprcsscd feeling had been an "9e tNc
presencc like a midday sun. The next d'splav ol
r,.ro.obrics shows us how the blind look broke
suddenly. and scattered into uncertain, darting
CLEAN. like a ball of quicksilver crushed. Nueh
Avis asked him what should she do if he had loved
another woman. he seemed TO have become Tor tue
moment. perfectly blind. Then swiftly II DARED
rs before and hls deep eyes burnt 1t out Ot course
Avis WAS conquered. She was hali-bhndcd. She h"l
ohlindino consciousness. AS between the sea-wecd
in her eyes and the quicksilver IN ms, the Wohuer
;s that anv sight was left her. But neither gave mp
the contest wIthoat struggle. After awhlle' her
evcs became two beating rebels, for whom ms ten
darest tbouoht could find no amnesty. Whether the
two rebels beat each other, what the amnesty
r,s for we are not told, though the ears of n de-
parting hope or n struggling purpose are bent -
hear Philips eyes, as hers transiiXed thcin' SCENE"
suddenly to reel then came on their deau' dense
look Refusing to surprise ms eyes by straiagcin
she would lift her own only in time to see that
darting. scattered gleam-the quicksilver look
In better ,lavs he watched her with eyes beaten
faint by love. lie took blind step toward her,
He sat blessed and blind with love. IL ""teh"i
her with his blind gaze constantly. Avis looked
blindly down upon her child and bllndly up across
bcr picture Ostrander felt himself blndly driven
toward some riot of expression circlng slowly II 1t
a. the bee cTced TO the flower IN her abundant
hair How he cOud be bllndly driven, yet only cir
Gle slowly toward 1t. the angels may vain!y desire
tn look into Avis watched the bird with hiind
svmpathy, and thrust her hand into the empty ar
with blind action. She struggled Tor controlled
speech blindly beating ABOUT with the lnad Instinct
of love; and Philip paced the room with bhhd ana
bitter feet Even the old Professor caught the tricK
of H. and when he came ont Of her studio, diIne''
like faint mist stirred far within his caVernonscycs
while the eyes winch she lifted TO him held thcn-
selves like annunciaion lilies IN breaking hisi'
| Think OF that, Master Brooke!
In point of voice. Avis could not hold candio TO
Pbilin She pclted words at him over her shoulder,
Int when an non necessity hogged him into speech
his reyerberating tones as he spoke in his l0w VI
brant way had tho tense resonance which preccdes
| tremplousucss Or, 10 make things clearer D.
trauder had one Of those voices into which AL The
| tenderness of the nature flows readily, Ike the
meadows which are the first to receive the reshct
| of the river. How can voice be Ike meade"
. voice il movement "A meadow is stagnatI0n.
A voice might be like river, receiving I'll the
rills Of the natures tenderness rs we supposed
Miss Phelps meant when she began; "ut
soft swampy meadow can only represent whai Is
known as the hasty-pudding voice, which Osirand-
er,s surely was not But Miss Phelps's illustrations
are the hardest parts Of her book to understand
She is bent on darkening tolcrably clear
counsel with words without knowledge. She
! explains definite things by indefinite known
by unknown. physical by metaphysical, simple by
intricate. The water had the suporiaiiye and I'M
mated meaning of September sea. why is sep
tember sea more minated than an October sea I
What is the married meaning al November sea- or
the positive degree of December or the comparative
matchmaking Of January sea? Philip may have
been right in wishing that he could bring
TO her that absolutely unmortgagcd mag
| ination which she had brought to him, but
her transparent honesty could not wrest from
| her compassion a distinct mortgage TO his now