New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-20

nor ,nnI oDa fbinTV[hat are YOU going to doT
Noting said Anne, softly.. She stood with hsr
bands casDed before her, I. 8 Ss dsan air. Is Il into
the future shaking her head little, acknowieagpg
to herself that she could not sec into IT. NothinR-
NOthins are You going to be il loys and en-;
ragged, and all that and yet do nothing i know
papa will not conssnt-mamma totS me- S SoS Ssu
ned him; and that 1t would be good 'nins
Danish the foolish words with which she had almost
betrayed the confidence Of her mothers communities
ton. and Redeemed in spite Of herself;
of herself, attls coldly. though she scarcely knew
Then what said Rose, maj'stically' do y0u
The elder sister laughed little. II was at the Sc
rious pertnacity of her questionsT, who could poS
take an answer. i never knew yOu so curious pc
FORE she said One does not need to do anything
But what are You going to do ? said Rose. L
tns to gss
Has he just gone away for good and IS there an eno
of 1T Or is he coming back again. or going 70 WIFE
60 you OF what Is going to happen know 1t CAM
be going TO end like That's or what was the use OF 1t
all = the girl said, with some Indignation AZ was
Roses Office to turn into prose all Annes TomaAS-
inRs. She stopped short as they were waking, III
the heat Of indignant reason and faced her sister,
with natural elOquence az all oratorical takers 90
1t is not going TO end Saa Ann IA ,ot a1se
svan for momsnt but went on softly with her alb
straoted look. Many time before in the same ao-
stacton had she escaped from her sisters Quesuons'
but Rose had never been so persistent as now,
IF YOU are not going to do anything, and II e not
to end wonder what gong 70 napPS ass SS ~ do
- They were walking up aud down the green ter
race Where many games had been EMP played ~ S
Og to almost lad sU0 G 6sRan The day had faded
90 So' far that the red of the gera;;
NUNS had almost gone out; ana I nGns a nS5
appeared here and there over the house. Inc season
had changed all IN dsy-s touch OF autumn was IN
the air. and mist hung IN Oil tine holoWa Lno
Rlooy of the year was over; 80 OF least Ammo
and another thing said Rose are you going to
tell ANYBODY Mamma says 1 am not to tell Dut
do you think it is night to 60 to the MeadowandS
party. and 60 on talking and LAUGHING Win eyery-
body Just the same, and yOu an engaged gFl sSms
think Il Is right thing TO do
People have not been in such hurry to fall In
love with me- said Anne; but Rose, don't think
this 10 q subject that mamma would think at all
'Ob, mamma talked to me about 1t herself; che
said she wished you would give 1t up, Anne. She
said it never could come & anything, for papa Will
Papa may never consent; but yet it will come to
something said Anne, with q CLEAN IN her eyes,
That is enough, Rose that is enough. l am going
In. whatever you may do
not consent, what can you dot Mamma SAYS he
could never afford to marry II you bad nothing and
you would have nothing i papa refused 1t Is only
fS WIS., sSa when o' %snmo speaks Of my aa5iEs
S6S T0aS 2fek She was s angry and d
nant; and the words made, in spite Of herself.
painful eommotion within her Money what mad
wrong of her fathers threat; but It had not Oc-
Cured to her that this could really have any efect
upon her loves and though she had 5ss6 annoyed e
seriousness or believe In the gravity OF DIR. Mount
fords menace, still she had been entirely satisfied
that this apparent carelessness was the right way
for him 70 consider It. He thought 1t Of no impor-
lance, of course, He made jokes about itj laughed
at itj beEu'led her out OF her gravity on the SUB
was rich or poor; what did Cosmo careI SO long as
she loved him, was not that all he was thinking OIL
What would she have minded had she beer told that
he had nothipgi Not one straw-not one farthing
Bat when this little prose parsonage, with her more
practical views Of tho question, rubbed against
Anne, there did come TO her, quite suddenly little
enlightenment 1t was like one chill, but by no
means depressing, ray Of daylight bursting into
cTeYIos into the land Of dreams, II no had no
money, and she had no money what theni Then.
notwithstanding all generosity AUD nobleness OF
affection, money certainly would have something 70
do with it. ItWould count among the things TO be
taken into consideration; count dolefully, IN
so for as 1t would keep them apart yet count with
stimulatinR force Is difficulty to be surrounded,
an obstacIs 70 be rot the better of. When Mrs.
Mountford put her head out OF q window and called
them TO como in OUT Of the falling dews, Anne went
upstairs very seriously and shut the door OF her
ROOM and sat down in her faVOrite chair TO think 1t
ont. Fathers snd mothers arc supposed TO have On
objection 70 60hS f SsP cancer do not eSteFan
the same objection. Anne was still in that dreamy
condition Of youthful rapture, transported out OF
herself by the new light that bad come into tho
world 80 that the indispensable sequence Of mar
rage did not present itself TO her as 1t does to the
practiCal-minded II was 2 barrier Of tact Win tn
was not disappointed depressed, because that was
not the matter in question. II would come In time,
no doubt as the afternoon follows the morning and
" WOuld change
lights of the morning for tho warmer, steady glory
OF oclockf though that also Is very good In It's
way She was quite resigned to the necessity OF
waiting and not being married all ct once. Tho
contingency neither alarmed nor distressed ner It's
immediate result was SnS T S her Sd AZ tSs
present moment II had but thought OF that, she
said 70 herself, before he went away She would
have liked to talk over the money ,ques-
ton with COsmo; to discuss 1t Ia all its
bearings; to hear him say now nttle ~
mattered, and TO plan how they could DO without ~
ectiye mind eaped ct once OF the thought OF those
systems Of domestic economy, which would be some;
her but which would now have an interest such as
no study ever had And, on his SIDE there could DC
doubt that the effort would DO slL a i 10 81
returning with enthusiasm TO his work, saying 70
himself Il have Anne 10 work for; have my happ-
ness to VIM He could never afford TO marry II yos
had nothing. 1t is only your money that You could
marry on ; and If you had no money, what conidyou
| dor Anne smiled to herself at Roses wlsdomi nay
laughed In tho silence, in the dark all By herself,
with an bathurst of private mirth. ROseprOse, abe
said to herself as she had said often before. How
little that little thing kDewl but how could she
know any better, being 80 young, and with no
| experienced The thrill OF high exbilaraton WnIcn
had como to her own breast at the thought OF this
nppSTceiYed dificuty-the still higher impulse that
no doubt had been given to CosmO, putting spurs 70
his intellect making impOssibilties poSsible-a child
like Rose could not understand those mysteries BY
and by Anne reminded herself that as the love OF
| money was the root Of all evil, 80 the want
| Of it had been, not only no HARM put the
greatest good. Painters, poets, people of genius
! of every kind had been stimulated By this whole
her head aloft with smile of conscious energy, and
| capacity and powor. No money That would be
che best way to make life worth living. She faced
| all heroisms all sacrifices, with smile, and In
| moment had gone through all the labors and phi
walton of years. He working so many hours at
stretch, bursting upon the world with the eloquence
which was inspired by love and necessity she,
| making shabby room INTO paradise o. oontenh
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