New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-19
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CHAPTER XXVIl.--A NEW BBGISSING.

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who have no prevailing anxleties 10 embtter thelr
lie and who take an interest in what is going on
around them, London is pleasant place enough
even In DECEMBER And still more II PARK Lane
njsnsant place To see the red wlntry sunshino
lighting MP the misty expanse Of the iark' inc DrisA
pedestrians going to and fro under the nsie IocSi
Tins carriages following each other along the brosd
TOAD the conveys Of pretty children ana neat nIre
maids and all the dood of prosperous NE that nowS
along lcisurely IN the morning cIowoins IN tig I
afternoons is very pleasant TO the uninlua,cd. All
the notable people that are 10 be found IN London
III that period. appearing now ana then ana gteeS
many people who get lost 10 sgh' IN 'he thIones y.
fhe season Int are more worth seeing than even
those throngs were pointed out 10 the ladies by the
two cicerunes who took in hand 20 enhghten their
ionor1rrre The house they had was one OF those
small houses with large, ample bow wlndOWs 10 tlo
drawing rooms which give sort OF rustic nreeuiIl
simplicity to this street of the rlch inose people
who arc happy and well OH ana i've III arr Aaloi
,,ust he rs Inns always seemed 10 me- happier ana
more well oil than people anywhere else. iHcy
must be- amused besides. when ~ no sinai auuiLon
10 happiness Even Anne felt that TO slt at that
window all day long wonld be q pleasant way OF
occupyinc day. The misty distance penetrated
by the red rays Of sunshine, was 9 KIND OF poem
relieved by the active novelty OF tno anlih f
foreground the busy passengers, the HOOD ana hlgh
tide of life. How different from the prospect over
the park at Mount, where Charley Ashley on tne
road coming up from the Rcctory. was mtthlng 10
look at and an occasional friend with nun uie
height of excitement. The red rays maze the mist
brighter and brighter; the crowd Increased; the
cprrapcs went faster and then the sun ~aned ana
got low and went out in bank OF cloud ana the
lamps were all lighted IN the misty twlnght' nue
still the crowd went The ladies sat at the WIN,
dow and were amused. ~ by scene IN pay anu
then 10 think that all tho pictures, by which Anne
meant the National Gallery. were w.ti henr iIe
10 snatch hasty glance once year. or not % ite
as once a year. but which was now daily at thelr
hand and even later, but yet important, the SHOPS
behind all In which everything that was interesting
was TO lie found. Rose and her mother USED 70
like. when they had nothing better ana more III,
portant to buy 20 go TO the Japanese shop ana turn
over the quaint articles there. Everything was
new TO them, as if they had come from the South
seas But the newest of all this power OF dong
something whenever they pleased. finding some
thing TO look nj, something to Hear something 10
buy The power of shopping IL III ITSELF an endless
delight To country ladies. Nothing 70 30 Dut 10
walk into beautiful big place, with obsequions
people ready to bring yOu whatever you might
want. graceful young women putting on etJIy
Ing the prcttiest stu1s the most charming dresses
The amnscment thus afforded was intending Even
Anne liked il. though she was so mghi1own; very
diierent from the misty walk through their own
marx TO ask after some sick child. or buy postage
stamps Mt the village postoice This was about al
thai couid be done at Mount. But London was ond-
iets in its variety And then there was sigh-seeng
such as never could he managed when people came
Up to town only for month IN the season hI'
Mountford indeed had been impatient At ihe nero
idea that his family wanted TO ST. Pauls and the
Tower like rustics come To town tor a hoii-
day Now they were free to do all this with nobody
And it was Cosmo who their guide, philoso'
pher aud friend In this new career lie had CHOSEN
their house for them, Win winch lHcN WcIc dlt 10
entirely pleased and il was astonishing how often
he found leisure to 90 with the here and there eX-
planning them that his work was capable OF oeihg
done chiefly in the morning and that thosc aiteI-
noon hours were not good for much. Besides, you
know the time OF y bTeiless harrster Is never Oh
much IMPORTANCE he said with laugh. nose was
very curious on this point She questioned MN
rreat deal more closely than Anne would nave done:
Arc YOU really bficiless sbarrstcr, MI. DOuglas
What is briefess barrister Does that mean that
you have no work at all to do r she said. go
Not very much. Sometimes l AM junior WIN
some great man who gets all the fees and an me
reputation Sometimes an honest, trusttu Indivld-
nal with a wrong tn lie redressed, comes to ask my
advice THIS happens now aud then ust 10 keep
me from giving in altogether. 1t Is enough 10 swear
nv that il about all be said.
!Tben il is not enough 10 live on. said Rose, push
sng her inquiries to the verge OF rudeness' put
Cosno was not offended. He was indulgent 10 her
curiosity OF every kind ,..,
No not near enough to live ] get other little
things to do, You knOw-sonetilncs write httle
for the uewspapers-tome l nave report 10
write or an inquiry ~ conduct. Ana sometimes q
kind lady, friend % the poor. viii ask me sut To
dinner he said with augh. They were sitting at
dinner while this conversation was gong on
But then how could your Rose began, then
stopped short and looked ut her sister viii ask
you that afterward, she said.
Now or afterward. yOur interest does me honor
and shall do my best 10 satisfy YOU, Said Cosiho'
with "A bow OF mock submission lie was more
light hearted Anne Thought than she had Yer seen
hiIu before aud she wils little surprised by The
amount Of leisure he seemed TO have. $40 had
formed no idea of the easy life of the class OF 50
called Door men 20 which CusinO belonged. Accord
ing 90 her ideas they were all tOiling lying IN wait
Tor Fortune working early and late, and letting 10
opportunity clip. She could have understood the
patience the WEAKNESS. the obstinate struggle oi
such lives; but she could not understand now be-
ing poor they could get on 30 comfortably ana WIN
30 little strain, with leisure for everything that
came la the way. and 30 mauy little luXures Anne
was surprised bv the fact that Cosmo could hcstow
his afternoons upon their little exped IONS. aud 20
70 the club when he left them. and be present at
all the theatres when anything OF importance was
going on. aud altogether show so htte trace 9l the
pressure which she supposed his work could not
fail 10 make upon him. lie seemed indeed 10 nave
fewer claims upon his time than she herself had
Sometimes she unable TO 90 out with the Others.
having letters from Mr. Loseby 20 answer or affairs
of the estate to look after; but Cosmos engage,
ments less pressing How was II she asked
herself surely It was not IN th way la ah men got
posts which had been in Annes mind since first shs
knew that her lover belonged to the profession OF
the law That he must be aspiring 10 these heights
seeinad 10 her inevitablo-and especially now.
when she had lost all her money and there was no
possible means Of union for them. save IN ms sue
cess But could success be won 80 essllyt Was IL
by such simple that got to the top Of the
tree or even reached as far as offices which were
not the higbestf These questions began TO meet
and bewilder her very soon after their arrival after
the first pleasure of falling into constant inter
course with the man who loved her and whom she
loved. At first it had been but too pleasant 10 see
him continually. to get acquainted with the new
world in which they were living, through MS
means and "a admire his knowledge of everything
Ali the people ana ali their HistOfieS Dut Nv hnu
by Anne's MUD besnn to get bewildered. Size was
only a woman and did not undeTstand-nay. only a
girl, and had no experience. Perhaps, il pos
sible men got through their work by such tire
psendous effort of power that the strain could "
ts kept up for a short period of time; perhaps
Cosmo was Of those wonaerful people who ac-
complish much without ever seeming Ia be en-
ployed at all; perhsps-and this she felt the
most Likely guess MAS her Ignorance that did not
understand anything about the working of an ac-
eosnplshed mind but expected everything to go on
IN the jogsrot round of labor which was all she
derstoed. Happy are the women who are content TO
think that ali IS we'll which they told is we'll
anu who can believe in their own ignorance and be
eonhaent in the better knowledge of the higher
beings with whom they connected, Anne
could not do this-she abode as in city OF refuge
IN her own ignorance. and trrrSted in that 10 the