New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-13
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/ urday garlen-party az Kew. Dine with Lady
Crookshanks and take her and her daughters to the
We'll, upon my wordp he calculated. How
| about tonight p
Oh, tonight blushed-a bad habit retained
as they say
Lady friendsp he asked banteringly. l retail
| ated.
Exactly. Two from the opposition shop" the
I Amazons amD"-ladies of intellect aud learning.
| snort hair, Barry, my bOy'-Beatrice's HAIR was
| short Bloomer costume and spcctacles.' My
altered manner piquod his curiosity.
=. Have you been preparing your rooms for recep-
tIon = he asked. Il don't know them again.
WHAT'S the drawing there-where Adelna Patls
| portrait used TO hangP
-, lhaCs crocodilIan jaw from the Coral Rag at
! weymouth; It's no use your looking for the PIC
| lures OF Gladiator ana Mdlle. Nadine. Ihat,
Barry represents the inside of a startsh; that
| fragment OF bath-sponge magnlhed hundred
| times; that, the ideal section of n prawn. Don't
lift that glass, it contains live pet wasp I'm keep
| ing under Observation. If 1t were to Sung you IL
You are lunatic, he said L shall inform your
| relations
| On the contrary. Last season l was n lunatic,
| pinng for the world of fashion. Now I'm philoso-
'pher and have renowned it, as you Sec
| My, gaety, alas, lett him fatally hcuisitivc. /
ha9 Iet my spirits run away win me lOr Beatllce
! had consented to come with Miss Hale and Il few
other friends to my room that evening, to see
valuable collection of leaf and stick insects tTop-
| cal beetles and SPIDERS made by my deceased
| grand-uncle in the West Indies and MalaCcas and
which had found consigned to the luIr ber-roOm at
| my parents home as rubbish. 10 brought Beatrice
/ TO my roof My guests included some eminent
| men. who brought mint Ct information to bear on
/ the treasures exposed. Beatrice enchanted Use and
| un!eIrned alike by her orlgua. comments. her I'M
| aglnativc speculatlOns She and Miss Hale In
! gercd. and the last to leave. Three minutes
atterwarl enter Francis Barry, dressed for ball.
| J say, Anstruthcr, who's your irendF
Miss Priscilla Hale, assistant astronomer to Sir
| John Oglr. +. h. s. ctc.'
| No. no not the elderly lady, the othcrr
thought you knew the Arnes,' said stiliy.
| Her name is Beatrice
~. Trio. Arm. b..r tod Gp
| BratiIcc-thr blue one! She never appears. you
! kuJw-nrvcr goes out. Good Heavens, Anstuhcr!
Her three sisters are all considered beauties but
We'll! said / proyokincIy; why don't you
! make haste 20 your ball Don't you wish to en-
! gage her tor The first dance"
Such q glorious creature rs that to bury herself
! alive IN dusty books and fossils. Hang 1t all!
some one should tell her To fling all that nonsense to
| the devil I've e mind 30 myself.
iullo. Romeo SAID /; what's this Love at
| FIRST sightP
Not exactly he said 4 was in love with all her
sisters IN rotation; bat see now It was Beatrice
! blue eyes were before
! hruc could tell Won, Is SIMPLY 20 tuTtid medium.
Her complexion would Kill all the Ieisnins
heauiic, with jealousy
! of the solar rays hy the cOloriug matter Of the
! check. the residual color only being seen. on,
| Francis Barry, think | see you, with that br
| liant whorl oi aborttNc lea-cs common people c'I
! flowers m your buttonholc listening whilst Pro-
icssor Omnjum explains how conscou-ncSs OF Ioye
! is associated with right handed motion on inc
molecules of the brain, OF hate with icithandcd
| motion
Words that fell on me Ike n douehc. Now first
! perceived had vcuturcd to hope. Nv best ground
was q conviction that Beatrice was not IN love with
anyone else. But one reason for tins might lie that
none of the SWANS around her vcnturei 10 aspire To
! the hand of one so rarely gifted and mere was
Barry, the sort OF fellow to adventure anything
| and carry lis point.
/ went to my dinner at Richmond in the lowest
spirlts Beatrice WAS not there. IL was all could
do To sustain my rising reputation %, an agreeable
member OF society Miss Hale, struck by the Ian
guid interest displayed IN her discovery OF new
comet dcta ned me-, after her guests were gone, 10
| ask what the matter. confessed
4 friend oi mine has seen Beatrice on the stairs
| and fallen in love with her. and am IN despair
| For he j, a dangerously Eood-loOkluS lelloW, anu
| his name IL Francis Barry.
Harry she repeated doesn't lie sing, or some
'Oh. he sings. and plays, and wins and acts and
dances and urts Ilc D. accounted irresistible ana
means 20 compete with me Tor hrairce auctions;
! Can you wonder Mss Hale, that am bali Wild
II am thinking she said. how last year you de-
! scribcd yourself rs uo-account mau-out OF the
race altogethcr-ano now We md YOU on the liNtS
a, q rival one of The most brilliant figures IN Lon
! don society. Really, Mr Auotrutler that ought
almost to satisfy yJu even should he carry OF the
| prilr IA the end"
ii ought. / acknowledge. Last year no wandGrcr
| in the desert more out of sight or NINA oil
| society," more shciyed. than was ]. Now am
| rrpdndu bciriendrd. invited. aud my prospects
| brighten every week But have fallen IN love by
the way. and / iccl that If Beatrice Afne accepts
! Francis Barry shall lie miserable for iir.
Mss Hale made mc promise not 10 dc pair
wruug her hand and departed. On nv return nome
] met Barry whstIIne eApesSNcy on lug slalts
with "a look sol compaccucy that rendered super
luous his statement that he had contrNcd to see
Beatrice and get introduced.
Three weeks now cusucd that had looked for
ward 20 as 10 spell ot cnChautmrut, seeing tat
they held out seven distinct opportunities oi meeting
Frll Nauralists at the Ioo aud ending win a
grand dinner at Lord Cioohshauk-> ia honor Oh
tru uus foreign hotani-t on visit 10 our shores
Those twruty-ouc days proved period OF unrcmlt-
ting exercise FOR the most spartan qualities oil my
nature. -,
When we Field Naturaliats met at the gates of the
loo Beatrice Joined with three gally dressed
girls she introduced her sisters ana eScortcu oy
Barry. Never once did he leave her she or redN
ms marked attentions. And must bear 10 all, hear
him pretend be Interested in the ca-SoWhry, ana
provoke her to laughter by his nonscusical cats IL
was small consolation To reflect that last year
should have shrunk into tho background ana cor
lapscd whilst today ! halcd out rs a star among
the rest OF the ladies of the party and created qu'e
a sensation IN the aquarium, by DELIVERING ou-h'lV
"A monograph on the Manifestations ol rear anu
Anger IN Fishes. Barry would not allow braHlce
10 listen hc kept whispering Jcss 10 her ana lor
sisters Ia upset their gravity. Finally when the
time came To adjourn 10 the lectuIcIIoon' Wuete
discontinue, announced that he aud the Misses
Arnr meant To cut the Lecture.
/ don't for tie subject SAID BratrCe Slmpy'
! uOU even KNOW Nudt u ~ ~ -. '',''''l
whcrcupon Barry read out with malicious en-
phass ,,
'On the Geographical Distribution OF Gulls.
! passed bad night Next day was the garden
party ut Kew. ~
Beatrice came with Miss ale. blessed chance
brought MS on the lawn ut the same moment. enc
was chaTmng os ever and eager to hear about an
article had been writing OH the shapes OF leaves
and which was shortly TO appear III print; 10 &C
count 1Or my indifference about II, cohpHiheu VI
feeling tired and oycrwofked. ,.,.,
'WIll YOU come to tea at home on saturday alleT-
noon she asked, instead of working! My S!s'ctS
ard expect some friends
Il accepted with enusion. Even as spoke inc
figure of Barry. lurking Mcphstopheles like among
the trees checked my spirits ana da5Ieu my
felicity. Up he came and drew Beatrice lht9
conversation. | struck critical attitude, listened
to his brilliant superficial talk and longing 70 cry