New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01


| ing in each second between the heights and depths
of rapture and despair. He went 10 his celorette
and swallowed some rather strong mixture whi Wilt,
appeaTed to give him, momentarlY at least. lltte
Dutch courage for ~ he set down the glass he elc-
ulated aloud: III 80 down this very AFTERNOON
| and find out what she does mean! lie caught inc
| express and took his place in the carriage. Ddrng
the hour of swift travelling across the garden-kc
country through the sweet Engllsh scenery, ne
only wondering what he was gong TO. arrived ~
the country station, he got out and set on TO walk
the three or four miles 10 the river tie nld no Jug
gage save the before mentioned umbrella ana tno
walk would ordinarily have been q delIght 10 MIN
He did not quite understand why Il was not now.
BY the time he arrived at tho gate OF the mouse ne
was in a pltiably abject frame OF mind: lie looked
acros. the shut gate in a state OF lndeclSoh'
Couldn't he get in without ringing ana Delig an
nOunced-catch Lii in some quiet corner perhaps
instead of being shown IN upon her ana hcr
father, both of Them possibly, laughing IN thelr
sleeves 1t was not yet ioF snaef t
garden 1t was Brough taking his beore-dinner arr
ing narrow piece OF rivnlet divided the BANK
on which he stood from the island garden the gaze
admitting the visitor to a bridge across IL. ne
looked at the riyer-he was good leaper lie
walked a little in the direction where he could see
Brough and his dogs then taking run boldly
Brough caught sight of the running figure and
approached the bank TO his amazement the figure
jumped; and his daughters lover landed at his
feet Charlie stood still for moment to draw
breath Then he held out his haTri and said, win
ntterance three-quarters husky and quarter
humorous: O King, is ii peace BrOugh war
nngton though a great author and master OF the
English language. not always elegant In his
calculations when the events of life succeeded in
astonishing ahim. Charlie has always declared that
ON thus occasion the King OF Bohemia, staring at
him exclaimed We'll Pm blowedv But he took
| Charles hand, and shook it vigorously. .,,
You're an extraordinary fellow, he added, still
shaking Charles hand, Il like your prompt sly e
of action; but why on earth Gldn you come III az
the gate Christian visitors generally rlng.
Because. said Charlie, rather lugubriopsly, |
WASH; sure, | didn't quite undsrStand-l dMh
know whether Miss Warrington would receive ne.
Brough was a stormy sort OF man. behaving
rather like vigorous west vino Wnen nc mas
that he laughed till the tears stood III MS eyes ana
he had to blow his nose noisiy and sneeze ana gasp
| a little. Meanwhile Charlie stood with his names
in his pockets. looking on. lie was not at an
amused Suddenly Br0ugh became aware OF TINS
fact and pulled himself up abruptly beg your
pardon for laughing he said, 'bnt really you
fellows are as good as a play. What are you
afraid of nowi Didn't the baby say ask papa ~
well, you may dispense with that ceremony Con-
Bnt.' said Charlie doubtfully, don't you know
what she addedF - .
Did she add anythingf sail BrOugh with sudden
| gravity 'Oh. that's another matter!
! Charlie pulled out the telegram from his pocket
and handed it to him. 1t was not a very sacred
sort of love letter that he need keep to himself
Brough read 1t over ard comlcal look came lnto
his face But he restrained himself, for Charlie )
| face was still sad. :, ,
THAT baby is too wise for her years was all he
said Come in, my dear fellow. ana we VIII ASK
grandmamma 20 saying ne snenty 1.a,Neu on
frame of mnd-ready to spring INTO the widest eN-
utatIOn if the next turn of affairs should show mat
he had really succeeded. or equally ready 10 give
way to morose detection if his reception were
doubtful. Brough caught something OF tins dan
gerOus lock in the young mans eyes ana ne pro-
posed to himself to hand him over to LII Ihey
were fraternizing 10y the dlnln0room fire, when,
attracted by the voices two other persons appeared
on the scene Through curtaned archway when
led into the drawing room came LII, lending her
arm to Gran who was also prompted by curiosity to
look and see who Brough was talking to-. The
river side life war quiet. and unexpected visitors
so few, that little things interested them m tEls
way Gran, with her dim eyeslght. did not recog-
nze Charlie and, thinking hiln a stranger at
| tempted to step back unnohced but LII was pet-
rifed for the moment, and stood mot0nleSs charlie
stood silent also. For one thing, he did not know
what 10 say or do and then Lii looked so charm
ing standing there in the drapery OF the doorway,
that he was quite occupied with looking at her, She
was dressed in long white dIess of some heavy
material with butterfly bits of cherry color upon It,
He never forgot that dress and IN after years con-
| rlnually asked her TO wear similar one. put try
however Lii might to reproduce 10 exactly he was
is the inevitable result Of trying to repeat sensa-
ton 49,, II. 4,
task of breaking the silence. Lii, ! think you
know this gentleman,' said he, indicating Charlie
and to you, my dear mother, ao" NE 10 Introduce
Chaiie advanced toward the two ladies. At
that moment the servant entered with the soup. VI
rourss under these circumstances, an ordinary and
decOrous handshaking terminated the scene. They
all sat down to dinner, with few rather aw kward
commonplace remarks. and still more awkward
silences. Yes, the silences were awkward. AT least
SO Thought Charlie who after dinner had pro-
crossed a little. began to feel trihe more like him
| self But as he looked up from his plate In the
midst of a pause, he met Grams scrutinizing gaze.
HIS appetite appeared suddenly quenched. lie
| made an effort and, with bit of town gossip on
his tongue turned to speak to BroHgh, and met q
| pair of twinkling eyes, full OF amusement. That
look it is true, had been qsickly withdrawn when
| Charles gaze perceived it; but 1t ehectually
| checked the gossip. This was awful, he began to
. allze. He sat opposite lady whom he had pro-
posed TO. and whom he did not know how to al;
dress because he was not sure whether she had
| seriously accepted him. On his right hand sat an
ancient lady who scrutinized him continually with
| that terrible will he do y sort of look. And on
| his left hand sat Brough, eudeavoring 30 play the
unconscious host but so full OF pathetic sort OF
amusement that he signaly failed in his endeavor
! Charlie felt himself the unfortunate outsider among
this family OF three generations
| lii had a dainty little Roman nose, With baby
| sion but upon which Charlie placed much reliance.
A girl with such that was neither coquette
nor panther-she was to be trusted; Glanclng
| round him to see whether anybody else appeared
likely to say anything, he noticed for the first time
that the handsonest ornament OF BrOughs coun-
tenance was a splendid Roman nose. the bridge OF
| which was an enlarged counterpart OF LIS Turn
inp his glance in the other direction, It fell upon
| Grams nasal organ one which in its time had been
inst like IiPs, only perhaps even stronger and hand
somer Now some of her teeth having given up
the struggle for existence, this aquiiine nose had
advanced little toward her cum, producing
slightly nutCracker result, ana addln4 CREAMY TO
| her solemn witch-llke appearance. VIII LII be
like that when she is rs old Z thought Charlie in
| some CONSERVATION for though Gran was still un-
| deniaby handsome. she was not very Drepossessng.
| The servant who was waiting brought him wine nc
this moment and Charlie looked up in his face
with a feeling OF relief at meeting with tlherent
| type of countenance. 80 ,
Dinner was over at last to the qualification of all
concerned even the ser 'ant who was PerpleXtd py
| a meal SO unlike the Jolly banquets at which he
was accustomed to attend Gran and Lii retired
| t. the drawng-roOm and were almost immediately
| followed by the others. Gran look ing from one To
tine other of the young people who sat on each
side of her. SAW her opportunity and seized it. She
| turned 80 Charlie. and enghgingly opened an
prevailed upon him 10 speak to her and seeing that
LII showed no dangerous signs of interference. she
dropped her knitting III her lap, and adjusting her
spectaclss Leaned a Little toward him. She spoke
solemnly of what Brough had jOcularlv announced
ii La Cold c,a mot