New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-19

murmnred' rs he dashed his hand across his face
Then he got mp and took possession OF her hands
.Thsre are moments, he said, looking WIN n
kind of iicrceness into her eyes when we cannot
ask ourselves what we like; we only know what
with Heavens help We must try 10 DO
The next moment the door was shut and he was
gone
On Elliott Beesly's arrival in London he was
greeted by thick yellow fog. DRIVING 70 MS roobs
In Gray's Inn he remembered that lie hau no sld
to send word of his coming. that no was prepared
to find Gretton out Turning the key OF his door ne
fonnd the carpets up, the blinds down. ana gen
eTa nnared dampness tSon n9l BeesIy
When shall get this intoierabie pusiiess OH lily
mindf ,ro,o t,ere
any iettersY Yes number on the mantelpiece for
'J Roesy picked the bundle hurriedly mp; psrhaps
there wonld be line from Gretton, saying when he
was coming back. Nothing but long blue en-
yeopes- unmistakable. bills, and small square
epistlss from Gretton's tram OF adiilirerS' An
Gretton hailed from Scotland, and wrote q long
letter. describing his various visits ana the inSar
able success of his voice and acting connscted tneie
with lie ended up by asking after the WOODS say
ing that as he should not be III town ioI another
fortnight Beesy was to say an sorts OF nag
made him vince moro than once. What was inc
fellow doing comfortably in Scotland, when Miss
Wood was coming to London WGud me me nc in
the Hebrides while there was Violet "oou Ill 'le
south II. 80 ,oooorrt
able feeling of restessncss wandered from room 10
room. He lounged almost unconsclously INTO
Gretton bedroom, when suddenly something on
It WIS tho photograph of slim young girl in a
white dress. Stuck into the cord that heid the
frame was bunch of faded roses. HOW wen he re-
membered the night that Andrew had begged io or
that nosegay. He wondered that IL had seemed Oh
30 little Importance then. lie unhooEe1 tne POT or-
trait gently and az ne did SO the roses iel a.
*. f, I'm
of Violet Wood. How true to life 1t was! lhcre
was her trick of h0nd-clasp, there her frank open
brow her clear direct gaze IN which you seeG 10
ace her very soul. The hair was thrown httie
back and the lips inst parted Tor o sinle
MY darling. this is all may ever De 10 you nc
said, and he stopped and kissed the portrait OH 'he
Then he hing it up on its hook and came ont and
locked the door. 1t was as if he had. Just buried
The next dav. in the moro hopeful morning light,
he resolved to give himself another chance why
should ne not appeal TO Gretton lie wrote 70
Andrew and told him all that mad passed. he did
not conceal for one moment the fact that ne was IN
love with Miss Wood he considered that he owed
it to his friend to be perectly open ana oliec Ino
duct mi ,ht be viewed but he assured hiln that nc
had made no sort of proposal to violet. Beesly
comm ed him finally, by all that he held most
sacred to tell him if ne serious IN his attach
ment so that they might come TO an understanding
at once. ;.;.d %
tack from GrettOn. He considered that he, Bersly
had betrayed trust that all intercourse rom
that moment had better cease between thenl, anu
further that he should not dream OF entering INTO
the question of his attachment with man mo ma
proved himself to be deficient in the commoneSt
In the meantime Mrs Wood had been mnch per;
picked by Vioet's behavior in Paris FIRST OF al
the girl evinced strange desire TO go DhcK 10 Lon
don at once. and when the mother demurred on ac
count of unfinished fnery, aud the thing was put
of for q day or two Violet eXpresseh wlsh 70
winter abroad. This last idea gained ground AZ me
L t.,fN rotI m
Beesly What is there in me that he SHOULD care
about 2 she often asked herself diearly no
must suppose have seen that cared aDou, nun
and thought it best to go away. Or course he conid
NOT do ANYTHING elsc' She made up her mind 10
carry her mother there and then of 70 ITALY, so that
Mrs Wood tOnnd herself that winter somewhat 10
II was in Rome that they first heard, through
mutual friends OF Beesly's departure Tor Australia
scriously i'll She was ordered change Of scene and
air, so that Mr.. Cadbury-who had olncd them IN
Italy-managed to get Them charming VIVA on
the heights above Florence, where they passed tho
spring and early summer months. ,,,,.-.. ,-,-,.
1t will be wondered in the face OF Elliott Beesy
departure for Australia why Andrew Gretton ala
not again come forward on tho scene. But that
which is without let or hindranco 49, 10 men OF
Grctton's stamp, often enough devoid OF charm,
His grievance once removed he slipped comfortably
into his old mode of life. He had honestly telt
himself an aggrieved man in reading Beesy ietter
He was much in love with Miss oop as s II WA "a
given him to be in love with anyone; but atter an
Mr. Gretton's emotions were not OF the KIM thaI
outbalarco prudential considerations. in Vioets
absence he reflected that she vas ths most CHARM
ing of women TO whom he should lntailibly propose
one day but he could not shut out the vision OF an
inseparablc mother-in-law who was not immaculate
in the matter of aspiration, and who was liable to
wear too much jewelry. .,,
profound establishment that Lretton read one MORN
ing in The Times the following ANNOUNCEMENT
AT the British Embassy, in Parls. Nloiet, only
daughter of the late Tobias Wood. Esq, to Richard
Cadbury OF Cromwell Road, =. W.
CVaft an'c "a !,
but he was not one who signs long after the unat-
tainablc Violet then, had married the Respectable
midde-aged gentleman and before many months
had claTsed Andrew managed to shrug his
shoulders over the affair H..
As for Beesy. who did not get the news for
months ri terward his friends say he has become o
changed mn, They wonder what could have hap
pened to HIN on that voyage round the world, or
Why he sud ienIy gave up studying law HIS health
seemed about this time to have completely pfSken
down, and now, though nearly seven years nave
passed he rarely, il ever. comes 10 London. lie
wwandefs about the Continent seldom staying long
in one plac telling himself that III 10 MS DuSihss W
forget one incident III his lie. $50 ,
Perhaps the perseverance with which ne pursueS
this end is suggestive that he Is not one no easily
tOrgets-fAl The Year Round.