New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-15

Annes looks and PIT his own Interpretation ul"i.
them When al was over. Dc cainc ont oi the
vcsfrv where he had taken of ms surphoe hnn
Joined Heathcotc. lie was going up u" Mount w
general centre Of everything ~ thl7 n1"lDnY s.
inourners were going there to luncheon; ana hlHI-
ward the will was 20 be read Already. MI Mount
ford being safely IN his grave covered WIN Witats
of flowers which every body naH 5'i', III" ni ~,
shifted and il was Of thus VIII ana us pI"pAo'' ~
Violations that everybody thought 81,
Have Won anv idea what ~ - " INC rnrnte san
Won wrrc i'm the house YOU must have heard some,
+Gino II il inconceivable that just man should
he turned into an unjust ono 10y that p@~tt W
making viii. He was q good man. Chh lIeSS
added. with little gulp Of feeling. have known
him since was that high. He never talked very
much about H. but he never was hard upon any one,
don't think ever knew him 10 bG hari on any
one. lie said little, but l am sure ne WaS BoVu
III Hco At Mountford did not make any answer;
he replied 10y another question; Mr' Douglas l. d
on ycS br il friend Of mine it WAS I've arc
snch fools-that brought him. Just thnk-li ~
that should have 10 rtlect that brought nun
I Who would chi of hand. ! see you are thinking
how strange IL Is that he Is not nero
1t il strange Heathcote sad. -
Strange strange Is not the word way, even
Willie f. here and he that coud have been oi suth
use. But Nc must remember that Anne h4S htI oWn
wavs of thinking the curate added. lie wrote
half q dozen lines IN me n say that he was al Der
orders. that De could not act OF himself. Now,
whether that meant that abe had fQroiddeh MN l"
c0me-if So there ls q reason at once .. A.
don't think ! should have bech ihcilhco "
take such reason. HcathCOtr Sala
Tho curate sighed. How could hc consider what
NE would have done IN snch ~, io
knew that hc would not have stopped To cohti9ci.
You don't know Anne, hc sala one Cu.luI
go against hcr-no, certainty one ''l.3" X"
against her. II sh, said don't come, you 81 oucy'
whether Won liked IL or not.
i don't think should. I should do what 1
thought Iighi without waiting Tor anyone 7 "I.'I.
What "A woman that has suffered Tor you, nor -
be there. not 90 be BY when She was I'D tr"l"ie' ]"
is incoucciyalle. Ashley, your llcuI luLat "c
lac must De-. let us SAY the least ~
Hush / cannot hear any iii of him ne ha5 NJ
v-avs be,n my friend and Anuc-do you THINK
ANYTHING higher could Dee said 81 iuan IMAM tIii'
Anuc-y0u know what m"anI
Hcathcote was very sympathetic. ie gave
friendly pr, ssurc 90 Che arm that had come To- De
linked in his as they went along. Inc curat haI
not been able TO dishuraen hiS SOU J." amy nlG ,'
those days past. when 10 bad bo'h :! s"i'y IN
nr. s-cd upon him that though he could work Tor
Anne 10 va. NOT his 20 stand los hcr ANA give Irt
M, trl,st support. lIrathCotc vas syWpthrih'
self AZ this good faithful '0ul, Who, 30 as ci,ar i
,cntur,d 90 love Anne too. and ihnufh 80 l"lLlIui
still had an inward wonder that 10 had been lie
other and not himself that had been chosen. Inc
lookcr-on could have laughed, though he was $"
sorry. Anuo after al, hc reflected, Win "h3' ''
f.lf 10 be complete IWrartlaut}, Though Only u
country girl. was not The sort of young woman {"
bc opurupriatcd hy o. curate mat thl1 Eu'"
heavy. numbering fellow should sl@h over
her choice of another. without seeing
in a moment that hc and such ~ he Wa imI"s7l9ir.
However. hc pressed Charley arm iii IS lhpt'H9'
even though he could not refrain from this Dali u"-
lie might have stayed AT the Rcctory,' Charley
continued; that Is what ] pror"-ed oil c"ir%' n'
could not have Comet Mount without hh Il'It't'o..
had got hi, room Oh rady sent onr ON inau up
10 meet two trains. ] never LOT D Hl"H'"' 99IIl'
Willie of cours'. never Thought twice Tic came
OIL from Cambridge ~ matter Of c"dI.e.
A. any one would -- said lirathc"'t. 81.
'Iulr.s they had been specially forbidden IN do u
there ls always that to Doe taken mt account;
Thus talking thcy rc'HA inc nuH-1' Nii'lDt
a.. bad f....r
,ros st ID heavy. The servants w'r' very -HIfl ~
thry served no table moving n- li 800 % proc. H-I"i
asking questions about "m' ah" hI,H in l'Il'in l
whispers. old SayWorr- eyes Wrrr r'd ana hi-
hand. unsteady Thirty year. butler. and before
that ten years iu The pantry. hr -nd Q" 'N'I!"nf
mo ,.n,,)d listen fo him II drH miss hln, ho
should and he was always thr .'.t oi masters To
me- Butthc mra! was 1893 abundant n'1i' ami iiitIr
were not many people there WHO'S, HIIFu"5 VI.
likely 10 Doc affected boy what i"d happened Mr
Lo~hy. perhaps, wa the one most ,''pH '.l ulN H.
Tor no. could not help feeling that hc had soin' thing
To DO with d. and tuat 70. John h0uuu"fd
might still havo lscu living had Doc not
s,id that alsout the words 81 The unjust
Will being nails n thr coffin 81 thr man VINO ilinr
n. This recollection ir 'cil'i hlH' II'ul '"J lnL
his meal but most of thc others enjoyed u. Many
OF the luxurious dfnli'' ii'pI" rI wv u.,' ,ui
per appeared 40 thi, l,s- cheerful table. Inc COOK
had Thought 10 % great i.aii'i since tn,I' WIS ITO
ball thai there Was thr funeral lunrhr"h "I'h
div could Dec eaten for thr could rot bear waste
After the luncheon most oi th" pr.lir went away :
s,t d Wa. hut small party which ADJOURNED INTO
H., room, ,,brre Mr. N'rutlorl had spent most 81
bis Iifr - hear Nh. VIII read, To- which
everybody looked forward with tN.4icu.i.i
Except hcathcot" "d 'h" rotor ana 81. Mt'
Lo~cby. there Wa nobody pres li save tc fanny /;
When Anne came following hcr s'pmoih'r ana
sister, Who went hf-t. c.ntirr t"A'liri -ii' Aa"
Charley Ashley BOO tho iaii aud called q" hlm 49, -h'
passed. Come she -.ud softly, holding out Der
hand to him. / know Eou WlI tr an' 'ni-. r"iir
and hear how IT IT, iic l'"s'd ~i-tiul'y. in her
ho was Cosmos friend and perinp. Anne under
stood what the lopk meant Dee could NOT tell. She
ausv "r'd hlm quietly, rat",F' ron Ai. "'I i'ill-
ful fricul-you h1y. he'u ilk" our brother Come
and hear how % u.s. The curatr followed h'r DO Nry
suhruia-IvclN, glod. yet almost ln' trahir "i Tie
effort should Do latc to go still and bear her put
down ont of hcr natural placrf W hru they "c-o
all seated Mr.. Lo,'hv began. clearing hi- throat
'Our late dear FRIEND Mr. Monil"rI, iIatc +eF-
oral wills. Thor" D. thD one "i l0'0 siiI ln rfi+i-
encc-it h. not need scarcely ~y lhr wan am
about fo pfnuolud. u was made Immediately aiftr
h- second marriage. and was chriy Do lhf Interests
of his eldest daughter. thew child. TIE VIII ava
ah,t,t o.. rad is of a ycr, different kind 10 s one
ann bound to say. against Which Thought % my
duty % protest warmly. lords passed between uS
then which wcr, calculated 10 impair the friendship
which had existed between Mr.. M"uniion and my
sell AL our lives. lie was however mAfnAniinous
he allowed me 20 say my say, ana he did not
resent H. This makes 10 much less painful 70
mo ,l.,n N rrigbt haxe been. 10 auuelr
here in a room so associated with HIM, and
make his will known 20 YOU. dare,ay tins is al
need saw except that after tins Will was executed
on the day indeed of his death. Mt Mouniiorl pavo
b. me I'm my office ar funston two scaled packets,
one addressed % Miss Mountiord and the other 10
nyscI with clause inserted on the envelope 10 the
effect That neither 10 De- opened until Miss Rose
should have attained her twenty-frst birthday.
calculated accordingly that they must have some
thing 10 do with the Will Having said this / may
proceed ~ read the viii itself
The nrst part ofthc document contained nothing
very remarkable. Many of the ordinary little be-
quests lcgacos To scrrante one OF two tO public in
sttutiOus and all that as 90 belong 10 his widow,
were very fully and clearly enumerated. The at
teution Of the little company WA lucd ~
All this was read There Was nothing wonder
ful i'm il after all The commonplace is always COM
fortng II relieves the strained attention far better
Than An vthing more serious or elevated. An uncon-
scious relief came to the minds Of all. But Mr.
Losel,ys voice grow husky and excited when he
camr Ia what Nns thc last paTagaph