New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-12

q All this time Heathcote stayed on 1t WAS very
bad taste some people thought ana very sluy, sag
other some Yet still he renamed. VI course III
must be Rose that Was the inducement, Anne Deing
known to I've engaged and Fanny Wo0dhead qua
not hesitate to that she really tholghV Tue man
had no sense whatever Of what was httng. 70 stay
ON and STAY on until the very last moment. But the
household themselves did not object hey had got
ueed to HeathcOte. Even Anne liked MN at thoee
times when ne did not look a. If be were sitting IN
Judgment upon Cosmo Sometimes this was his IS
meet and then she could not bear him. But generally
be was very supporta9e on forget lily te dea Ion If
YOU there. You may well let me stay ana take
care Of YOU the Journey And MIS- M0uhtior9
liked the proposal For purposes OF uaVeiIhg anu
she believed in men, and thought
these among their principal uses. she even Went 80
far as 60 saw We shall he very well on ln LONDON
with Mr. Douglas and your cousin HcathcOte, 30
strangely had everything changed from the time
when 1t. John MOuntford dlsiuherted ms daughter
bee use CnsnO was nobody. Anne did not know
what 10 think Of this change OF sentiment Some
times il seemed To make everything easier sometimes
70 make all further changes impossible Her heart
beat with the idea OF seeing HIM almost uaiiy,
looking for his constant visits. feeling the
charm of his cOmpamonsmp round hfr !;
and then mist would seem to gather
between them and she would foresee by instinct
how Cosme might. though very near become very
far After this she would stop short and upbrald
horrelf with folly. How could constant meeting ana
family cOnlaniOnShip make them less near 10 each
otherf Nothing could be more absurd and yet the
tbought-hut il moi thought scarcely a reel
Ing only an iusinct-would come over her anu give
a
Mamma saws she thinks will be very well OF
In London said Rose, and We can 90 tn concerts
and all those sort of things. There Is n"thlhg III "A
concert contrary to mourulng. Dances Hl course
and CAV parties ont of the question: @h' addcd,
with III ,ht sigh of gret bat II IS just when we
ar, going to public places that gentlemen are 50 use
full You viii have Your Douglas and shall have
cousin lIea'hcotc. We shall be- very well OIL
To this Anne made no reply. She was taxing hcr
PAPERS ont of the drawers Of her writing table ar
ranging them in a large old dispatch box, IN which
they wer- hcnceiorward 10 he carried about the
world. Rose came and stood over her clrIOnsiy,
looking nj every little bundle rs II was taken out.
can see Mr. DOUGLASS writing she said. Have
you ROT q great many letters from MI Donglas,
Anne She put ont her hand 10 tonch one lial ilal
strayed ont of ITS place Oh, may look AT II just
one little peep. want 30 much to know what a real
love-letter II like
Anne took her letter up hastily and put It away
with a blush and tiemOr. These sacred al frances
In Roses hands would be proclamation indeed.
Wait Rosie she said. wait. dear: you will soon
have letters OF all kinds--of your very own. -,
You mean said Rose that now that am the
rich one people will like me the best Anne, why
didn't you give up Mr. Douglas when papa told you
/ should haze. in a moment, II IL mad been me hut
suppose Won never thought 1t would come Ia any
thing. Imust say tmn< you have been very fool
ish you ought 10 have gwen hun up and then now
you would have been free to 30 - you pleased.
did not make any calculations, Rose. Don let
Us talk about II, dear, any more
But want TO talk of 1t. You see now you never
can marry Mr.. Douglas Mt all even for that 1t
was silly Of you. And you affrouted pala-yOu that
always were the clever one. The sensible one. ana
i
have made such mistake, Anne
Anne did MOI make any answer. The words were
childish, hut she felt them like shower OF stones
thrown at her. Now you never can marry Sir:
Douglas at ALL. Was this how it going 10 be '
Mr.. LoScby says Rose continued, that
when / AIN of oge l ought 10 make q
blames papa instead of You but think you arc
certainly to blame too. You always stand 10 a
thing 40 If you have once SAID IT. fresh settle
you hack large piece OF what papa has lett 10 me-
l do not wish you 10 do So Rose. III MT Loseuy
had told me inst should not have let HIM speak on
It. do not wish any fresh settlement made Tor me
IL Mr.. Loseby says It, and mamma says IL, OF
course | must do II. whether you consent OF not.
saad Rose. And besides how can you ever marry
hr. Douglas unless there Is fresh settlement
Oh cried Ross there Is that sealed letter-that
becet that you would not Let Opcn-that Is 10 be
Kept TIL am twenty one Perhaps that Will change
everything Look here; there only you and me
here. and would never tell. l do want 10 know
what II Ii II might show one what Ia do If one
knew what was IN 1t. Let me- let me open it, Anne
Rose, that is sacred. Rose YOU must moi touch
It. VIII never forgive you If you 50 much ~ break
one seal cried Anne
Well, then do it yourself What can it matter
you break II to-day or in two years and half Z
Papa never could mean that you were 10 keep il
there and look at it, and open it for two years
and a hall. All this time Rose turned over and
over the little packet with its three red seals play
Ing with II ~ a cat plays with mouse. Perhaps
1t changes everything, she said perhaps there is
Q new will here without me having to make IT,
Why should we all be kept n such suspense, not
knowing anything. and poor Dir. Douglas made SO
unhappy
Did Mr. Douglas tell you that he was unhappy p
said Anne, hunoring her tornentnr, while She kept
her eyes upon the letter. Dear Rose put IL back
again here Is me place ior ". have great deal
TO do, and TO think of. Don't worry me- dear, any
more
Then Rose put it back. bnt with reluctance. III
1t were addressed TO me should open it az once
she said Ii N far more important now than il will
lie after. Mr.. Douglas did not tell me he was I'M
happy. but he let mamma guess II which was much
The same Anne IL / were you. | would break the
engagement | would set him free. Ii must lie
dreadful ~ bold anyone like that bound up for life.
And when you think-if nothing turns up If this is
to be the end. if you never have money enough TO
marry, why shouldn't you do 1t now, and give your
selves both Of you. another CHANGER
Anne rose up from her papers thrusting them into
the dispatch-bOx peli-ineu in the confusion of her
thoughts. The little calm matter-of.f fact voice
which sounded so steadily, trilling on like large
er.r kaf- IN the frulh xaa fhis