New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-05
MY COUSIN JAMES.
BY ELNNN LINTON.

,,pdsrstand il now on looking back. though at the
time suffered quite as much as they dlo p IRON tnc
terrible want Of harmony between us. But now
could | help itf There was Ia tan, strong,
healthy girl. full of life and energy longlnY ioa
eo,uethnp TO do yearning for the night 10 tecl inc
mower 10 live: and there were they-inY father
confirmed invalid my mother, nervous woman
whom never remember IN COCO teiIlpeI nu ~
found even quiet life so tuil Oh Paius anu
troubles and anxieties she used 10 sV uoW any Wy
over them when she did not scold; my sister nora,
twelve wears older than myself nearly as ueI .I
nc NV father and quite as nervous as my nother,
besides holding IL as canon or ;Iaith ifhWutsoIc
that TO be lady-hke woman ought never 70 tht
feeling or energy any form OF excltchenu Ilhat;
in tact she ought 10 be as WOODEN as 9oIi anu
about a. lifelcss. 1t is easy 10 understand what
6readful creature must have seemed To them an;
ord how mutually unsuIted we were to each other.
stood five feet six, was strong armed ana
largely built more like a boy than GIL IN nv
tastes delightng in dogs and noises boating anu
crac-clmbing I'VE lived among the dear Old noun
tains) and utterly unable to SIT ~ the mouse IKE
other women embrOderlng strips OF ntslln or rc'u
ING trashy novels which were the chlef pleasures OF
my mother and Nora. They scarcely ever WIN
out. even IN the summer; anu away ri Ia ,s s
10 shuddeI at NE when came into their neat tWl-
lrht drawing-roOm bringing great clumps oil snow
on nv boots, patches OF mud or olIs Vi nay
r straw or bark according to the season ana
when they heard my step stridlhs tur9usu omo
hall they used to sign fiAt Inn Sininred tones
Here comes Ida again; she "aIAs Ius' iiA0
man! -, D.. thai, Ala NOT know
"a wonI1 not see, how often | used TO try ana
walk gently and take little short steps ike Nora.
To be sure, could never keep ~ AZ atnraI 70
me But tried which was something III LILY
favor if they would but have acknoWleogS1 IL. l.
| often thought in those days That CouId hoG pe
napo's or mammals child. l was so utterly ulLh ne
Them: and unlike Nora too. Papa and Nora DOM
were small and dark mamma was latteF ana iai stI
tbon either and fairer even than !; Tor her nan
was Dure naxen and mine Is very nearly rtu--
dash more and it would have been really Teu naI
as il Is believe it is auburn-but was as unilke
mamma as | was unlike the others. ana II papa hau
not had "A brother, to whom he SAID pore INC moso
wonderful Hkeness-a brother Who had gone OUT 10
California when he was quite Young anu had never
come back again. think they too would nave neI
heved that had been charged NJ nurSe auu .nau
wos stranger TO their blood as was 10 theu SYM
nsthies a. il was. the Californian brother saNed
nv dear old Mary credit; but certainly he Ilu Hot
make my parents any the Oe''eI S"'i'N0N WV"
their unlikely daughter. . -, ~.
SO | lived TILL was seventeen, pracutaiIy VIII
out control education, but always III DISGRACE St
always trying to WIN favor buJ never sucCecu!ils
because I never knew when l offended wondering
why Was such black sheep, ana IRVING 10 Icei
that | was naughty and abonllnaDle ana tlaI
,Ssrrad SisnIeasure: but somehow | never could
Quite get to it. | knew that wished 10 peIse
but as nv strength and heaith anu sue WclTI ~
offences il is not difficult to understand why du
not attain my wish. IOu are 80 big. Iua iheN
used to say reproachfully and OH d"ar me. now
40 cen and quarter, have cost me. how many tears
nv annetIre Yet really could not eat less than
did and I was always hungry as it was; 1or tley
"a ~ Give me such httle bits and | was
ashamed to ask often for more. IheY WEIR al
more or less nyallds, and as tney never NcH' Ot'
or tOcK any exercise OF course tAey alc Inc uiS
hnt I was ALWAYS in the open ali DONG something
that gave me an appetite; ana besides Wa
growing fast and had superb health, so tai
dd eat an enormous quantity compared WIN
Them; and that used to veX them. IN lac1' my
whole manner OF being. the person thit Was. useu
70 vey them and there 10 remedy TOT IL any
how. .bo 6rs+ ,reat change
came TO our quiet household Nora married l
'n +tnndarstrnck when she told me. which she
nid only the week before. was great goose l
fear for though | was dimly conscious OF sonle-
tbiuC cong ON in the household, had not an ldea
Irhaf II was: and as ! bad been accustomed 10 De
sbut ont from all family condolences ana taught nov
10 ask queStIOns l had not troubled myself nuch
veitb vhar aid not concern me. | thought Nora
was ioking when she told me. She had always
declared she never would marry ana had pc
heved her. And then she was so prim ana S'aiu'
and 10 INV ipsOlence of youth she seemed so III
fnitelv old-nine and twenty and she io9Aeu
forty 1t was all incredInle 10 me- Con d" o NJ
I would However. l soon found IL true enough
She rnarricd-and CT all the eli III the world lne
on, | most hated. the Reverend Alexander laeart
pale, thin-lipped, austere man ol doVuV I-AtS
,-bose a hole cOQp of righteousness Lay III IHe ueHld
OF everything natural and healthy lie ana / li'iu
,vor cot an well together. the antagonlsIn between
ms hay fDp been pronounced from the beglnhinei 50
vyas naturally not over pleased al MS entrance
into our family. Things had been BAD enough lof
me before | knew they would be worse HOW AAu
the SEQUEL proved was right- .l len,
Nora'- marriage killed poor raPa, ne H'a ,ee n
in bad health TO begin win anu ,iy "a 49, f '
quietly as the wedding was lAlI'-.i' vi r. w.,
rnurh for him. And then ne tIctleu LOT H'I' ne,
I,.rc 40 exactly alike in everything Uiat nc et a. u
mart OF himself had gone-aJ leash NJ ''' ~ '''
20. and ne fretIcd 30 much that 40 ABOUT tHic,
mon has after she lett hc uIeo ana ""' ~ ny
cruel !-thcy would not lrt M see MN mon Nv
-. ,l They said was SO loud and NOISY, am" so
H., : .hould sturb him. Ihs was dr. ia+tI. :
doing | am sure and when ! cIleI aD"'. lt TO
mamma and complained OF me cIIsit9 s-'' Vii,S
.YiI pccyi-hiv: d IL is your own iau', ia, s""
should be gentlcr and more dI"c'I"AiO' ~" u
are and obey as when we tell yon any II'-45 '''i'
then perhaps You might have seen papa s.. :..
aff
s,tdr.Iy o. heart Liseasetat about the heart. Inc
So .',id. Inf Mr. Tagart always insisted ID 10
tf,t i,iled her. We were 40 dinner. she ana ;
e-5 mad been FOR a long Tlmlc by my sell over lhe
lids and certainly had come IN aW iully hungry.
1t was brisk, clear frosty ut{' anu ii,, 81
ont for five hours and had WaIh'u anu IN -.
mn fifteen miles. Mamma was not wei 5u"j utH
and would not eat; and remember we h',l d az
niece of roast beef; and ! RENE III oI' w" AyI &
SG.6 look at me when / asked Tor "a second pate
fnl ] shall never FORGET H. ia - y r,,,ro. oh r,,l
,,,,e - If had done SOMETHING wrong.
.Ie. uleasc. mamma, dear nave Ha' huoH u
lope yyalk. aud am so hungiy, sald. r..
She cut the meat, remember QulV0 pass'oiidV 49,
- r,. o6 a huge bit a chunk III Tor plough,
nov, and quite hung II on my VlAte. cue oohg' !,
very angry. Then she gave oo,V I5 H "iI ~
hack i'm her chair. / was 700 HiucA 3snllli0u ~
- ~ her 80 I ate my meat IN silence anu
Nm / rad finished ! asked II snOuIu rug Ol I
beui She did not answer anu cue nI M IoGI
Or ilnct ana Jane sent for the doctor AZ one
i,it ,cben he came he said she was dead ana 5l,-
hon dead for more than nan an houI' Jul
- / ioo't like to think Of that moment
N'at, - voIr unruly appetite. your seIhshness
o,6 illness have done /" cried Slr. Iasart Zen
he heard now 1t all happened; you n~'e Aiiioo
was left by nv fathers will under the S ,,o
shp Of Nora and her husband until came % - IT ~
when should have about I'VE nuHdreu "a f6e eldest
own through my grandfather Nora 40 tno ~
Iad donbe that for papa had left all his fortune 10
her. and Size had through mamnas Iaane d,e rHI
vent ~ win the Tagarts to Cracrott ElcaI1ge,
which was henceforth 10 my home az ie'.st aoi
the next three years and half. NOT q gay 49,
said 10 myself by way of promise anu coliS 81
tion will bear il for three years. because III
not help myself and will bear IL as
and good temperediy as ! can; but aiter 'n'n 'o'
I'll hour ,,,o nth arv