New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-03

had rot 20 ~. serious trsth may be Admitted. q
ceusave conveyed IN t5e soft sentence winch falls
from wcman's lps with an air OF having notuins
particular In il. when the ono. two. three OF the
Berlin pattern the exact shade vt the wool 70 ev,-
deutiy the primary subject in her mind Mrs.
Mountford felt and employed to the utmost the
shield OF her work. 1t made everything more easy:
soS away al os Mr. Noon ss was
alwsys q CLEAN Of expectation IN his reddish hazel
ewes. Whether it was about servant or nus
parish be seemed to be always on the verge of find.
ing something out. What docs she intend TO 90 y
he repeated 'She has never mentioned the subject
again. but suppose she has talked II over with
Something has been said. answered his wife: to
bay thar she had talked it over with me would not
10 true st. john Anne Is nor one 10 ,a,k hnr
was said I confess I thought 1t was nv duty,
standing the place Of mother to her TO open ihe
subject
You must know very little about girls. ST. John,
though you have two OF your own laud one OF ,neni
as difficult to deal with as ever encountered, II
what they arc going to do is 10 talk 1t over win
them-it is not so easy as thai
i suppose you heard something about H. now
ever he said, with little mpatlence Docs she
mean to give the fellow upi that Is tie chlei 'hihS
want to know
You call it, because her father told her, SAID Slrs
Mountford: and then she paused. hesitatlng DE,
tween two shades; that blue Is too biqe, II wiz
never 20 With what IL worked. mnsf dIive INTO
HunstOn to-day or tomorrow. AMI see 1T cannot
get better match. As for giving up, that was not
oten S 81 Icnn tnn you w, Re anrFy but that
Of course If they stand out you Will come rouhu s'
the last
Does Anne think thati She mast koow very lit
tie Of If she thinks THAI viii come roand al the
last
They all think it, said Mrs. Mountford. calmly
cou,tjnv the lines of the canvas with her needle;
I an, NOT nrokiDn only of Anne. taFrs.N she
counts on it less than most do for II must he a.
lowed that she is very like YOU ST. joan, anG as oo-
stinate as mule You have u be very decided m
deed before a gIrl will think You mean it, Why:
there il Rose. What say is not blaming Anne. Tor
am n great deal more sure what my own Guild would
think than what Anne would think; Rose would 10
more believe that you would cross her seriously III
ANYTHING she wanted than she would believe Won
could fy II you tried. she would cry ontwardlS,
don't doubt but she would smile III her heart She
would say to her self: Papa against me! nm
posSblew and the little puss would look very pill
ful aud submissive, and seal her arms round Your
neck and coax you, and impose upon you. lou
would be more than Mortal. 81, IOhu Ii you dIu not
cone round at the end go
description was male-an almost iinperccp'i9,e
softening crcpt about the corners 81 bis mouth lie
seemed 70 feel the arms OF the little puss c'G TnsC
bud face close to his own. But nc shook
of tho fascination abruptly. and frowncd 10
make his wife think him insensihle to 1t. nope
am not such weak fool ne sand And there Is not
much chance that Ammo would try that way, ne
added With some bitterness. Hose was supposed 70
be his favorite child, but vet he rcsentcj the tact
that no such confession at his absolute authority
and homage to his power was 10 be looked for from
Anne. MIS-. MOnntford mad no deliberate Intention
of presenting his eldest daughter to HIM under an
unfavcrable light. but II she wished him IN perceive
the superior durfuluess and sweetness OF her own
child could anyone ~odeT hose h hco oeeI how AID
the heir of entail or, II not So. she ought 10 nave
mad brother to take that position and proiNc; her
interests and neither Of these things had happened
That her father shOald love her best and do all III
his will that it possible to DO for her was clearly
Roses night as compensation Tor the other lnusllees
No. said Mrs. Mounttorl after a longer piece of
mental arithmetic than usual. that II not Annes
way but still you must do Anc justice ~ Jt ,bd,
YOU will go against hor ] don't say this from any
thing she said to me. Indeed. cannot say that sic
spoke to me at all on tue SUBJECT. Ii was that IN
troduced it; / thought 1t my duty. .
And she gave You to understand that she would
60 on with IL, whatever might say aud that Ike
an old fool If she stuck to H. would give IN at the
st. Johni St. John how ycn do run away with
an ideal l never said that nor anything like IT;
told you what, judging from shat know of girls.
felt sure Anne must feel Ibeynever dream of any
serious opposition we have gwen into them from
their childhood, they think will continue to give
in TO them to the end; and am IT quite rea
sonabe TO think 50; only reooiicct how often We
have yielded. and done whatever they pleased
This time she will find that wall not weld. said
Mr.. Mountford, getting IN angriy, and planting
himself front OF the polished fireplace, which Vas
innocent of any warmth lie set himse II very rlny
upCn his feet, which were wide apart ana put ms
hand. under his coat tai in tue prOvorbia attitude
OF All Epgllshinan. TO see him standing there You
would have thought him man who never would
Weld; and yet he had, US HIS VIE SAID. yielded 10
great many vagares OF the Z rlS She gave various
curious little glances OF Investigation at him from
over her woods.
so much to Mr. D5ugla,i he seems a very grntie-
manly youug nan. d. you Know something mole
of hiln than We know
NJ, la Nr M1urffrrl with ep.CfuuifV
knows any mole OF tbc yOua. man ttan We know
Then why should You b. 50 Gctcrmned against
Inn persisted ms wife.
Nr. Mnuntto hArl his oyoS severely np1q Acl.
Le;ltia' he said. ;here is one thing. above al
Others. that obi ct u IN mln; II is when no'.dy
knows auNthms aboni him. 1Ou viii not deuy HAT
have had some experience IN life; some experience
Nou must grant H. whatever luY q, cicnc!cS NAY
be; aud the result Of al have observed Is that
man whom nobody knows IS uOt IeT-pn to connect
yourself with. If he IS a member OF n "el-known
ianily-lIke OuG own. for lnot.Wre-'hcre ar hI'
people to answer iOr him. l.. on the other hand he
Las made himself Of consequence IN the wor d. thai
inay answer the same pUIposc. But When m1n Is
nobody you have LOthing 10 trust to; be may bc
very good sort Of person; there NAV be no harm IN
him; bat the CLEANERS ale aGaiust him. AL all times
tue chances are heavily against man whom nobody
knows
NJ Mounttord was no. dsiucned TO lay down
the law but he seldom Gld 1t on an abstract qucs-
ton; ami his vile looked at hun, murmuring one.
two three with her LIPS, while her eyes expressed
certain mild surprise. The feeling. however. was
sarcelv 30 strong surprise: ~ was rather with
sensation of unexDeCtedness thai she stoned. surely.
nobody had better right to his opinion ;,but she did
not look for a general dogma when she had asked "A
particular question But,' she said. papa! he was
known very WELL suppose, or they wonld not have
had him thereto the Ashleys, al least.
What WAS knownf Nothing about hm-nOth-
ing whatever about hImf IA Anne was 80 absurd as
to say they know him. their own opinion Of him:
but they know nothing about him-uobody knows
anything about him. Whatever you may think,
Letitia, that IS quite enough for me-
oh, my dear. don't pretend TO understand; but
we meet great many people whom We don't know
anything OF. ln society. We are meeting them Tor
ever.
Pardon me-. said Mr.. Monntford. lifting an en-
MIN IL 6r cef w know nothing ahOuf them.