New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-19

tovnent had boon left in his ife had been satisfied
and waa over He had wandered over o great part
of tho earth, and nOticed many things In l1ngnn
wav and then he had cone home and gone % his
chambers and unpackng the treasures " hich, IKE
everyb body else, he had taken some trouble 10 pck
mp here and there. suffered them 10 ll' ABOUT among
All sorts OF trifng things. He had Edward 10 care
for his Younger brothcr, who made rush upon him
now and then from school first andthen from sand
hurst. always wanting money ana mueh ihduigence
for his peccadilloes and stupidities; but no
one else who took any interest IN himself
or his possosaiOns; and Edward liked cigar
far better than a bronze, and among Al MS
h-,ther5s nossessiops except banlInOtes and stray
sovereiQns or an occasional cheque when he
had been more extrayagant than usual cared LOT
nothing but the French novels which HeathoOte
ny ed n TOO not because he liked them much, but
because everybody did so-and EDWARD hked them
because they were supposed 70 DC 80 wrong. Lq-
ward WAS not on the whole an ATTRACTIVE 10Y: nc
hal a great many tastes and great many friends
which were far from agreeable 70 ms prother Dut no
was the only real object IN NE 70 heathGote' VINO
retted him much and lectured him a. little "A pos
sihIc There seemed 70 be scarcely any other point
Al which his own cOntemplative, inactive existence
touched the practical necessities OF ne ~,
He came back 70 London Win the ldea thal ~
would be very glad 10 return again 10 the quiet OF
his chambers where nothing ever happened. re
said 20 himself that excursions iIo te QUIZ IT..
where something was always happening were mis-
take. He had but stepped out OF his hermitage
without thinking, once In way 10 pay Vlslt,
which after all WA duty visit, when whole
trao2,, cane sroiahtway about his cans. Accident,
death sorrOw, injustice. heroine, ana cruei
father and all the materials Of iull-DioWn TO
nance How glad no would bC' hc Thought 10 sCv
info his hermitage again Within its quict centre
there was everything man wanted, books an occ!-
sOnal cigar. an easy chair When II WH ci'Ar n1l'
uanerg and general litcraturo for friend to st m
Eut when he did get back, nc was not 70 certain OF
its advantages no doubt II WAS everything thmi
could be dcsrpd-hut yet. u was h'rnitag'' enl
the outlook from the windows WAS not cheerful
If Park Lane was brighter than tho view
across the mark at Mount the Albany, with its half
mouastic shade like a bit of male Bfeuinagc, was
l.. -.lf IL fDf fla
ont-a thing lie had never had the slightest molina.
ton to do bcforeand felt an indcscrbahlc sense OF
the emptiness Of his existence. Nor was TINS only
b,capse be had got used % the new charms oi hOu-
hold life and liked q house with women IN IT, as ne
had suggested to himseli-not even that-li wac an
Influence more subtle. He took EDWARD Win mn
Ia Park Lane and presented that hero, who dld moi
understand his new relations. lie thohghi hos
was very jolly but Anne alarmed hllh' ANA tno
ladies' were not very favorahly moved towards
Edward Hcathcotc had hoped that hs younger
brother might I've captivatcd by them, ana that ts
might very possibly u lc Hahilg -, a,,l a,
friends Of unsatisfactory Young man htc aIW99'
so ready To hope but the result did not miisy me-
cNpecfatun. If the iitilc uu were 10y hrIfh'
without those two old togeys, shc might, pcrhai-'
I've funl Edward Thought and then hc gave hi,
brother description of the favnnto Bet }"uncrr 81
his predictions This attempt having iailrd'
Heathcotc for his part did not IAN INTO hcf' ann
less futcring about the housr III iark Lane A. LOT
time he had been tempted To do. ~ Was NOT tIir
mere charm Of female society winch hhd m"t'd
him. Life had LAID hold upon HIM on various sldc,'
and he could not escape INTO his shell. a. " old
just rs Cosino Douglas had felt, underneath al the
external Qualifications of hls lie the CONSCIOUSNESS
that every body was asking What Iougia7e7 docs
he belong 10 4 ~ Irathcote IN thc stiffness oi ms
chambers WIS conscious that his neighbors were
saving lie is Mountford Of Mount A. matter
of fact very few people knew anything about Mount
but II Is hard even for the wi~rst To understand
how matters which ~ deeply concern themselves
should bc utterly uulmportant 10 the rest OF tho
world. And by and by many voices seemed To wake
up round him. and Discus him on all sides lie
has a very nice old parc in the country and bt oi
entailcd estate nothing very great, hut land'
that have been IN the family for gcnerauon1 Why
doesn't he 70 and look after II J lie did not kn""
If those words were really ,ad 10y any ono ytl hr
seemed 10 hear them crcing about li0 head coming
like labels IN An old PRINT out 81 The mouths 81 ihc
men nj his club. why doesn't hr look after DDS
estate L. there nothing 10 Dee don" on hs property
that he STAYS on. leading this idle life herr u
was even AN object uf surprise " ht, friends that Doc
had not taken the COOL Of the shooting or invited
anyone to share IT, lie seemed to hu-ci q" hr hunted
out of his snug Gomez. The Albany wac u.ti' un-
brarnbc to him. lie held ont hs long a- tD la if7
IN Park ane, but when they wcfr Fni '.r
could not stand % ans lon-tf-not, hc r'pfr hi' %"
London But there Ita.n dutj 10 ID" matter
which restrained hun from DONG a. DE pleased ,hio
thry were al hand and m GIT require his aid. Ih'y
ncN a. dI Il the least r"qulrc h5 ad-ihrN were i"i
frctly well off, with plenty ~ means AND -'rNant-
and carriage, and uulouudcd lachiut- Ton '"Ms 'I
they wanted. But Nhcu the w'ut away, a0 lAr5
did in February. Do found out, what Doc Dad Poo. %
-.f,rrtilE for s1mo tame. that London Was "ur Nir
and how ing wilderness. that tin Albany WIS a
hidcous tratc.ty OF moua-ticl>iu. H "nIt ior u'ru
without souls. aud lives without dniir, and wien
a inau has auytl LS thlt eau Dee called Dis natural
business lu ufr b. is tho right tliug tl1t Doc should
do 10. Therefor, 10 the astouishmcnt and disgust
81 Edward hO liked g. have hi- hfothrrs 90 shlet7
tO come TO- when he ran up ~ town IA thing less
difficult then than lu these days al siriCtrr disc
Mouutfom turned h- back upun
h- club and hi. hermitage and startled ID" parish
out Of it, wits Dos arriving suddenly ~ RAINY DAY
IN February at the drcary hnhltatiou which cN'r
cisod a -ioll upon hum the house of hi ancestors
the local habtatou to viii, go tutIre las iic must
belong. whether De- liked 70 ~ not
And certainly IT, first aspect was far from % cheer
fu one The cook now hoI-ckctlcf, had made
ready for him hastily, preparing inr hIu thc b'rt
bedroom. the ntuu where MI Muuutfold. now di--
tngnlsh'd as the old Ngrin hal lam D" state nhi
the library where NE bad lived through :, life. 10
was all very chilly when hc arrived, e dampnc>s
chngng 10 tho unoccupicd house, and Wilt" mt
ia all the hollOwH Of the park He coulG not help
wondering n IL WIS quite safe or n the humid chill
which met him vi en- he entered wi- not tho very
thing to make solitary iuhamttnt ~, ana 'ni h!s
unilincly visit IN fever They did tLoIr very best
for hul in the house. Large fires WrTr lighted. and
tho littc dinner which served Boa corner ~ DE
dining was aA dainty ~ The means ~ tlG
place would allow, lut n Woud hc dihcult io Inn
hunc anything more dTctr, than the FIRST evening.
i!c sat among ghosts. thinking he heard Mr.
MOunfords scp. scaroiy caphhir OF restraining Jas
imagination SEEING that spare figure Hrated BOO his
usual chalT 'r coming IN, lui chAr trtc mil
suspicious inspecting look De bad. 40 the door Tho
Gent 20 light the place. The pnseagcs wrto All
black ~ night. the windows when Dee glanced ont
of them behind the curtains showing nothing but
universal blhCknrsS not even the sky or the trUes.
But II iho trees were not visible they were audible.
the wind signing through Them the rain patterng-
"A Wild concert going In the gloom. And when
the rain ceased II was almost worse. Then there
camc silence, suspicious and ghosiy. broken by "A
sudden dropping and then from sOmr over
charged evergreen, tho beating of a bOugh against "A
window. the hoOt Of the owl IN the woods After
he had swallowed his dinner. loathcote got book
and set himself down solcmnly 10 read IT, But when
he had read page be stopped 10 listen n the quiet
urI .l.afl. 4
steps the stone pavemcnts the distant clang Of
a hanson driving mp, the occasional voices that