New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-01


her reason to laugh lat Tai, words ~ mere sound and
fury signifyng nothing No, Whatever nc might
have 10 suffer for IL, no Perhaps, however, tho
great secret Of Mr.. Mountords on9thale a1ileIeto
10 a determination which he could not hut know 70
he unjust and cruel-and Of many more oi the
cruelties and ccccntriCties that people pcIpcttale
by their wlls-lay IN the iact thal' allcF az,
though he took so much trouble 10 make ms VIII ne
had not the slightest intention OF dying II % man
does not die o monstr0us Will Is no more thsh an
angry lcttcr-a thing which WOUNDS anu N1A NJ
naThaps and certainly is intended to wound ana
vcx and which suiiices to blow on great neal OF
the steam of family Quarrcls; hut which does nc
real harm to anybody. Ih INA, IhriI - Pi;'y 80
time or other Another thing which assisted him
in getting over his own doubts and diNlulctudeS
was the strenuous almost violent, opposition Oh NlI
csoi,. who did not indeed refuse at last 10 carry
ont his wishes but did 80 with So many protests
and circumstances that Mr.. Mountfords spn1t was
reused and he forgot the qucSllohllRs ol ms %"
conscience in the determination To deiend hlhi'eH
against those Of this other man who had ne &c
clarcd To himself nothing whatever 10 40 WIN u,
and right to interfere; I9uiu hol i,n uo " VIII.
tbe land his own. and his children too. were ms
own Who else had anything 20 DO with the III =
ranpcfncnt- he chose to make for thcnf II was oil
his grace and favor If he gave thcm ms money at
ali IIe was not bound 10 do So. 1t was All MS nc
was not responsible 10 any mortal; II was pretty
niece of ir,uudcucc that IO~chY should venture 10
taLe "A much upon HIM This opposition Of
Joscbv's did him al the good M the world 10 So
him right with himself. But still those packets oil
papers, always accompanied ny I'LL W tI',',. n
moving To him. ! send you the drait %. the new
coacil but you must allow mo to observe
return draft with the corrections you have in21''
but ! must once more cntrtat lou lo phu"' Aiu r.
What did the old fellow mean Ihd
he think hc had any right 10 spc3NIa country ~
torurv a mere man of hu-lucasI 10 hc sure hc w &c
an old frcnd-nobody said he was not an o9
friend: but the oldest friend I'M the world should
know his own place and should not presume TOO
far II Loschy thought that now, when matter
had gone this length, his rcpr'3 nations .W"Iiu
t.na h. u. 70
Before pen had been pui 10 paper Mt. MouhtlHI't
might perhaps have rcconsidcrcd the matter. hni
now, and IN apparent drIeIcn,o !" iI'''o9 '''''
was "A cOmpai,ancc which Was impossible
The whole house was agliatcd hy these proceed
ings. though publicly not word wa, said, nor ah
alluSionnadc 10 them A9nc even, ',-''1',tl J.
guito unreasonable contempt for iortuuc-ihe con
tempt of one who had 40 understanding OIL ih'
want of i-fct 10 affect her n ~ sue thought tno
mot extraordinary and unworthy Why. enc va
stoni.bcd nt herself Alter all. she rejected. Win
n sense of humiliation, how much power must th3''
external circumstance have ON The ulud' when sh':
Ia thrir influence could hr thus moved ht inc
possible los. of 20 little land OF htuc money ].
WIS pitful: hut She could n" hclp H. An ,lI I'it
herself hiuhlcd 20 the very dust In the iulh''7
of her heart she wrote gu account OF all thdt was
happening 20 Cn>nn, rcproaching herself, y't ny
inc 10 account for her weakness. 10 cannot hc the
mere loss of the wealth that Affects me-, Ann,
wrote cannot believe so badly ol int -rli, hiN
hope hopc-you viii not tlunk 81" h-diA OBJ que
t" ,. ,,lr -. itflo of me- as to Put upot
'n az n',lii mark of hi. dsplcs-urc j say Co
,n,cW dr,r C,'Yo that This must Doe the causr OK
the very unquc-tiouab.c pam irrl ana / H"p' 3"I
" W. .''ii'n - 49,, HnL th,u th,rr is the humiIa-
,, , ,.,, .rr,nd + who have AWAY. brcn
,ir-t ncvrr thought there was 40 much in .cn-
~. Iii ~. itff. -,tn,rioritir- which sup
,"I j." H., rl,c mon without knowing H.
pos W, ga'i, ,L, H., of Irine scrnnd. .uplo..
~, ga, ,r., tb.r" j. tLc uncertainty. The sens. Of
W ii, 10. H. g"ip, ON i'm which one Is 80
I'm i''na ,,, iut 9hirh one dos not know
,,J tG tiinG tl,1t others are better informed aud
fLat nre i. bsinr talked of. and tho question dis
- L,,, am, ,, m hrar H. ASH it mattcrrdi but
/ aclno,,lrdgo with humiliation that % docs
matter that ear, a 'grrat deal more than | ever
thoWoht carcd-that ain % much poonr creature
linn I believed / was. / s,orn myself. but /
1nnc NV Co.uo viii not .rorn me. lou know tho
world better and the heart which :, pcttlcr