New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-22


You do not know him. cried Anne Win htI rye
yehcrnence; YOU do not know the delcacy, the
feeling he has. How was he TO come lhtIuuihg
himself the moment that my tatheT was eoifT..
thrnstinC himsclf even into his presence, after
being forbidden man of no feeling might have
done it, but he. Rosie. please 60 away can
oh was that how it wasp Rose, was silencGd
for the moment. She went away 10 the sea' ~ 'no
ha1 not noticed that she had still the letter IN er
hands. And then she was quiet for some timc Whle
her sister resumed her writing. COSMOS conuucI1
soon went out of Roses head, while she occupied
herself with the other more important matter when
concerned herself What might he in this letter OF
papa'si Probably some new change some new
will. something quite different. If | am not TO be
the hcreSs after all. only have the name on IL lot
three years what will bc the use Rose said 10 hcr
self She was very sensible III her limited way
would rather not have any deception OF nav Nv Tue ,
name of it, if is going to he taken away from nv
just when should want to have u Shc io 4f a.
the seals of the packet with longing eyes; lhe9
would only melt|f they would hut break Of them.
selves wonder why we shouldn rtad II pow
she said. 1T is not as If we were O'er h" his
two ONLY childrcn-hc could not have meant 10 ie
ANYTHING from us If you Will open ana roau IT.
and tell me what IT Is, we need not Ten aH9ono
we need not even tell mamma ,
What are you talking OF, Hose WI,
Il am talking OF papas letter, Hl c3urS' WIZ WI?
bc going TO do-Anne! you hurt me-you hurt
Inc : Rose cried. ,....
Anne sprang TO her feet with the natural mpctu-
oSty which She tired hard to keep under ana
seized the letter out Of her sister hands.
'You must never speak nor think OF anNthh,hg q.
the kind. she cried; my iathcr ; idSI Nioi' A'' '
charge to us . ..,
Il am sure, said Rose, beginning to cry, yEu need
not spcak-lt is YOU that refused to do what III i1
yOu not ]. This is quite innocent whal co,u ~
mattcrf 1t can't him now, whatever we 90
for he will never know. i would not nave as
obcyed him when he was living-that Is MOI, u!
ANYTHING serious, not for the world-but now what
cai il matter. when he will never, never know ,.
The utter sccpticisn and cyhlclsm on lns ~, IIio
i l ft,rl ts Inc
Anne Ii WAS only naughtlncSS, ioollShhc0S
upon the child's part. not hing more NH' Igs'ui,h
the packet to the private draWei am H. & tno II
was herself she blamed for having SHOWN VI.
packet not Rose. who knew no better. But no" II
was clear that she must do. what indeed she gen
orally had TO do when Rose claimed her attention
give up her own occupation. ana dcN"t" H'iN'I
to her sister She came and sat down by h'r , IraN
ing the letter in which her heart was Anu huS'
her with questions. When AT last she c"hscnlcd ~
retire her ROOM Anne could do nothing pu, SIe
by the fire. making VAIN attempt I" slil' " 'n
serious nues tions which were arising, whether she
would or no. in hcr own heart. Rose = PROSE She
had tried to say to herself as so often nrlnc pn'
her Inns 0uivefcd So that smile was impossible
She sat there for long time after trying 10 r.
cover herself She had arrived AT a crlSI "l M,tm
She felt the pain without understanding the GRAVITY
of it And indeed the sudden chaos ~ cohiuN
and wonder INTO which she had wahucf'ui sl'
could not tell how had no doubt SO Gca cI br 1
ism which was half stupidity, rs 80 many h,I"irl'S
are She too, had expected, Ike all the worm, w,
Cosmo would have come to her at once-ii NOT 10
Mount vet 10 the Rcctnrv, where his friends would
have received him. She had taken II Tor granted
thonph She had not said word on the subject TO
ony.one nor oven 10 herself feeling that To see him
and feel him near her would he all the Crra'I COZ!
ISOLATION il she had never said rhc looked Tor H.
even in her own heart She had not gwen his na l'
to Charley Ashley one of those To- be INFORMED ny
telegraph nor had she mentioned his name III an
though she seemed TO herself to read II III = COT
tinual question in the Curatc.S eyes. Gnu hAM
stolen over her when she heard nothlng1f nm an
the first long day She had not permitted h'r'eu !"
ask or 10 think but she had started al every open,
inc door aud listened TO every step outside, ana
even with n pang which She would not ackn"WI,
edge had looked out throngn crrvirc OF inc cl@'Gu
shutters, with ache of wondering anguish III
her heart to see the Citrate coming mp the avenue
alone on the second morning; But when cosmos
letter came Ia her by the ordinary return ~ posi-
Anne tried 10 say To herself that oil course ne WIS
night and she wrong-nay. more Than that hat she
had known exactly all through which Was the more
delicate and noble way. and that II was TINS HOW
couid he come to Mount. he who had been turned
away from il Though this was not quite tr'el' VINO
had been the cause of her disinhcrltancc' no"
coud he present himself the moment her lalIcT VINO
had objected to him So strenuOusy. was dead C"-in9
laid the whole case before her; with What seemed
the nOblcst frankncSs in that letter. am III your
hands he said. The falntcst expression oi Wish
from you will change everything. say To me,
NIL COME h h"w saGy utT n|E ip
the midst Of a grief which, lehcNe me- my d'aIe'
shall share. for il will be yours hnt which ny an
the rest of the world will seem nothing but DENY
GRANGE and relief TO me Anne. who had not al
lowed herself To say word even To her own soul oi
the sickcning Of disappointment ana wonder III h'r'
who had stood hravcly dumb ana refused 10 hc con
sciOus that she had expected him. felt her heart leap
up with visionary triumph of approval. when ms
letter came. Oh, how completely and nobly Tigh
he was how superior III his instructive sens" OF
what II was most dclicately honorable" and M I" DO,
in such emergency. to any 1thcr' or TO herself
even who ought 10 have known better
She wrote Instantly to SAY. You are right dear
Cosno. You are more than night how could any
one be blind not To see hat TINS II la' You
ought to- what you must have done, ana that noun,
inc else was possiblcf And since then she had sad
these words over to herself again and again ana
had gone about all her occupations more Irou"Iy'
moro erect ami scf-suStaining. because ot TINS cN-
dent mpOssibility that lie should have bcrH ih'rc
TO sustain her, which tho heavier people about
without his fine perceptions ana undcrsi andng dd
not see. As a matter of fact. she sad To herself.
she wanted no hcl p She was not drHcd'c OF very
young like Rose. Int fuil-erown woman, ahI, iof
ANYTHING, worthy of the confidence that had been
placed i'm her Nevertheless, there had been mo
mcnt when Hcathcoc had put out arm to support
her al the side of the grave, when the sense oi
Cosmos absence had been almost more IMAM sil'
could bear and his excuse had not seemed 50 Slii-
Gent az before She had rejected the pfoilcrcd sup,
port. She had walked firmly a"a{, ploNhg 10 an ~
do and to bear all that she had 10 bear but never,
theless the pang and chill Of this moment had
shaken Anncs moral being. She had read IN
Heathcotcs eyes some reflection Of the indignant
question where is that fellow = She had Ills
ccrncd it in Charley Ashleys every look ana gcS,
ture--and there had been "A dull anticipation ana
echo of their sentiments in her heart. She had ~
il were struck against II, and her strength ana rr
nerves were shaken by the encounter. The after
thrill Of this, still going through and through her.
had made her almost indifferent to ilr shock gwen
by the reading of the will. She had ot caird me
least about That She had been ducd 10 It. and
was past feeling it-thouch it was not in The Least
what she had expected, and had omucl h"NcIil an"
;nd;viiuolitv az vengeance in il rs Go have gwen
sprcial blow had she been able 10 receive it. Even
now when her intelligence had fully taken u H. her
heart was still untouched by TIN di0do cdcGd IN
| afro But she had slowly got the better 81 tb
former shock She had rc-rcad Cosin"7 Irticr- oi
| come 10 see that his conduct was aCtuaed hy the
| very noblcst motives. Then had come Roses WIT
OF ali those 0ucstiOnng- and once more Anne had