New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-17
CHATTER N.NXIV.

Roses letter to Cosmo had been concrivoJ i, -
sudden comhnoion OF feeling in which her instincts
ana sensations had come upprrnost ana l,at nl,nnst
out OF hcrown control That savage sens. Of nrnn
citI Wh n cNiSts IN nnreasonng chiIdhood hal
risen TO l!ame and lire within her, mingled with and
made stll more furious by the terror and manic "f
possible loss. Beneath all her genticntSs and
slh""tlinrSS ana the many glosscs OF clyilizntInn
tiat clothed her being, Rose had AN entirely nrini
tive nature, tenacious of every personal hrloupin
luIi OF natural acqHlsItNcucss ami love of HAVING
Mn,cn chiiHfcn ana saNagcs share with many
highly cultivated persons. She was one of tLnso
VINO, without any conscious evil meaning are rem
uered desperate by the ldfa of personal loss Her
hrst impulse, when she knew that her rioLts :,
We're IN danger was To night for them wildly to- tim
upon all aSsallants with ImpHssioucd fury SIN diI
not want to hurt anyone. but what she Ind cot shn
T Gin' 10 Sh k'GPl me ldGa Of losing the position to
which had made her for the last year 50 much ,nnrc
important person than before, filled her with a
to seize at any instrument hy which its rn,,"i ;N
couIu be conloundcd. THIS fierce passion OF fr,r ~
apt to do more mischief than drib,,atn ' .i ~
Will lauhch any tlundcrbOlt that comes To hand
arrest the very motion of the earth If possible mi
upset me whole course of mortal LIVING IL is more
grther possessed by this tcrocIous terror Win
s i say per property and Importance Threatened
she looked about her wildly to what Inarhurrv
enemies and her own defence. The charurirr of ~
anu Ihe result OF IT To- others, seemed entirely nm,
hporlaIt TO her II only II could stop the danger
forcstal the approaching crisis in the letter ~ c
ale hau Surropttl0nsly read it was stipulated TINT
IN u certain case her Inheritance was to be ah.o.
iutcly secure, and IL had immediately become nil
Important To Rose to bring about The forbi,l,Inn
thing against which her father had made so vnInnt
n stand. she TOOK her measures Instantly, with the
cunning OF Ignorance and simplicity and the cruel
dlrectncss OF a childish MIND That there wne s,,,'
diihculty between her sister and Cosmo her ouirk
observation had early OWNED. Perhaps her yanitv
nad whispered that 1t was because H., liked han
best; but, on the other hand, Rose understood thn
power OF pecunlary obstacles, and could feel thn
want OF money IN much more reasonable way than
her SISTER though so much her superior ever had
zone ana III either case her appeal to Cosmo
would be sovereign, she thought in the first heat ~
her panic If he liked her best, he would perceive
that IL was hopeless. If he had been AFRAID ho
cause of the want of fortune, her letter w"uIi po
assure him. And if she could but bring it aboutD
make Anne ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS her own RIGHTS y
With passion of hostility against everybodv wbo
could inJure her, this was what Rose thought
But when the letter fairly gone and tbo
machinery set in motion. little chill crent
that first energy of passionate self-defence Other
thoughts began to steal in. The strength Of the
savage and of the child lies in their singenrss Of
VISION. AS long as you can perceive only what Won
want and how 1t Is to be had, or tried for everv
thing Is possible, but when cold breath steals unon
you from here and there, suggesting perlrns The