New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-25

stand what these things mean
81 Not much
aDoyou ike tlasmp
Not at ali.D
ssDid you ever find out cneT
The others. busy with their pencils and diction-
aries did not sec the smile which chased away the
One day he said to her, referring 70 the ycolored
| group collected round his brOther-Oiiycr was
SRSang sfs% e. G nS% HS t e Is whoo but
to my mind, any woman who can, should always
wear black
OF course she was pIeased--it was impossible TO
disassociate the words from the look with which
| they were accOmpanied-aDd Elean0ur was Dut
human. She heard the rest of the reading ON the
same day-there being nothing to prevent her doing
So The young ones were presently shouting oyer
their game, and made such a noise that it was the
minded to retreat out Of hearing and then It was
| too hot to 90 anywhere but under the oaks where
there was Always the salt smell Of the sea, even II
At. five, o'clock only, they were hunted ont, me
precious document being then well out Of sight;
had be- BEEN spent Anthony said Il was time to 50
home, but lIid not go and finally they stayed I'LL
| It was dusk; and could hardly then be got away;
But nothing has come of it," sighed Cecil, giving
up at length the ghost Of hope, She had watched
and limited, and kept away when not wanted, and
stepped forward when the breach leedsd ninng up,
pOn could do to bring about an understanding
| with no result. Nothing she was fain to confess
The SO provoking part was, that the persons chiefly
concerned seemed one and all most excelently sat
isfied; but Eleanour had pledged her participation
| in IL by that smile, and now look OF sympathy
would not have been aIniss. For 1t. however. zne
| watched In vain.
in al his glory was bustling from one 70 another
| directing, advising, rehearsing and draptng
coTl3 not he brought to see any beauty in the show
| or any merits in the speeches. Mar and HoDor1a
Stuart who preferred tablsnus and who suggested
that since Mr. Delamere disiked acting he might per-
haps be induced to make one of picture group, met
with cold rebuff. mule could not have been
as a favor and then he obeyed, but was so evil
IDENTIFY out Of temper that they wished ne had been
! let alone.
took its place. Neither would he dance, but that
| had been understood before 1t surprised no one
when he was missed from the room, TO ma MN 9qs
upon the terrace with dark slender figure by his
But why did Eleanour stand so long at her little
the dark tide beiowF Why did she sob and sigh,
and wiring her hands, as though her heart would
| break and throw from her. and anon catch to her
| BOSOM spray of starry iessamine, such as might
have hung from the boughs on the terrace beneath
II cannot be that Anthony had anything to 40 with
Il 1t s true that he sought her there and that his
first words stabbed her to the heart and his second
drove the breath from her lips. 1t is true that she
| turned from him, answering she knew not what,
conscious only of one wild desire to fly and never
see his face again.
do talk, talk, by the hour, whilst the others are
frolickng surely it Is only because sheer inability
to join in all that goes on excludes them from the
The others loft them behind-he because he had
never learned she because she had renOunced their
| i'm them. And SO he found his way to her. He does
| not now allow her to pursue her studies unlnter-
rupted but pirates and proses all the time and mas mas
| would stare If he could see. Oliver even II ne 90
desired is In far too great request for him to obtain
leave TO retire into the shade. He trims the flower
| 10 nnfhinO plan for him TO do. his
| accomplishments are so varied and So numerous,
that nothing comes amiss 10 him =. -.
rs visit taken merely pour gG9ser 20 temps tne
brothers stay has gone of well enough tor All con.
cerned although from the fortnight which had first
been named for its DURATION it has heightened out
| to double the time Alexander does not complaint
he Is philosopher enough to feel that he does not
even care much about it; that no Is indifferent as
to whether they go or stay by this time; When at
last day is definitely. fixed, ne Is able to say
heartily: Are Sou really o4!nlged 20 go A., a.
Ant Anthony had to combat a few pensiye complaints
men on this their last evening; that considering
neither one nor otherhad any reascnany fair excel
lent orthodox reasonfor so doing they should pre-;
fer to spend it In the company of the sisters who had
promised to be of the party rather than with her.
She could not CO. could not leave her little boys
since the nurse was away having holidays ana
Why should not the girls have come over there,
| and thew could have had tea out Of DOORS and
game, and stroll along the SHORE shore after 1oI
their company, and yet have been at her post; COM
bned duty and pleasure, .,..,.....
| OF course she wanted them to please themselves
wOnld not for worlds have ethered them TO her side
| against their will; but considering that they NAG
been at the Castle every day and all daX long OF
| late il was really hardly necessary that they
shond be there to the last. SO very late, too; They
| wonld not be home till after midnight; and Alex
Hiexapder however, protested against his cold
being taken into account. 1t was the merest MOTH
ing no had promised his sisters; It was lovely
evening, and Cecil must remember that 1t was not
often her brothers had the chance OF seeing nets
drawn on Highland loch.
He was quite CHEEKY and genial on the snnoJect;
| he was in excellent humOr and spirits rejecting
that the next day he would have his house 10 MIN,
self: flat the dreaded episode would have receded
into the past and that he had not failed in any
mart Of his duty either as o relation host
The br others had indeed, drained his cup OF h0spi
taity to the full, and it was not probable t9SS ne
| wouid he soon called upon TO I'LL anOtner. UnVef
| but seldom obtained leave, and Anthony was not
likely to come without him. For another year. ~
W He hustled about, making arrangements for the
expedifion ordered dinner to be full hour earlier
than usual provided coats and mul1ers for every
Coz Sis sisters' feet He was into the dogcart with
school-boy's whoo-oop" before Cecil could catch
hold of him for whispered caution. .bo4 r,oononr
| Alexander, just one WOrdj see tnat EleahQ,uI
goes, She ought to be in one boat, and you the
other" TN 4uu
| Bnt either he forgot or no did not find seeing %
It SO easy as he expected. Three boats instead of
two had been provided, by whom it did not appear
and in the confusion the party got wrong somehow,
three Of the girls going off with OyeI VINO mo was S
tho dangerous man, leaving only Jnll& i3r ,d ner
and was hurried by her cavalier into the last boat,
alone with him and the. fishermen. 80 Co.,,
| r,onld have said; and she might just as well have
| been left at home, as she had begged to be-
She had tried to excuse herself, had shown seveia
| GOOD reasons why she was not neededj put Alex
sDder had remembered at least part OF his pro;
aramme and had backed his sisters in their demand
AZ Anthony had said neutrality-suspicious. warily IN
| the background; but when, overrnied az last tne
iady came down equipped, she found Mr. Deiamero
/ II innf for hnH