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

asked if were going TO the music in the Giardini
Pnbblici; and SAID No, mat Miss Mayhcw was
not gong into society i'll Venice, but was merely
here for her hcalh. That's all there is of 1t. Now,
DO You blame me, Owen"
apo You Jlame hcrS"
Well don't see how he was 70 blame"
The transaction was little irregular but it was
highly crcditablc to AL parties concerned"
Mrs Emore grew still! mccker under thus IRONY.
lndlgnatioh AND ccnslle she would have known
nov TO meet but his Guiet pcrplcxcd her. she did
not not know What m n not he coming LILY
very cold spoke to him i'll Gcrmau."
german In, particularly rer'snt tongue =? no
hod upon us. He was Very polite and very respect
ial, rs ! said, but l didn't Give him an atom of
enGCoGiiasemfnt saw that he, was dying to- be
ASKED I" call. but parted from him very stiifiy'
,"Owen. what is there so wrong about it all? He's
clearly fascinated with her; and as the matter
9'oCd, he had no hope of seeing her or speaking
Mth Ter except on the street. Perhaps he tidnt
know 1t was wtong,-or didn't realize H."
rt What " else c0uid the poor fellow have done
himSrlf open to arrest, on the bare chauce-onc in
a. handrcdLot seeing Lily; and when he aid see her
"05yiousy. to Join her and walk home with her"
"Non are too bad. Owen suppose it had been
one of our own poor boys! He looAd Ike an Aincy-
lie didn't behave like one. One of our own
poor boys as YOU call thcm. would have been as
Tar as possible frcm thrus,ing himself upon YOU.
lie would have had too much reverence for you,
TOO much self-reSpcct. too much prdc.'
" hat has pride 10 do with such things, my dear I?
thlnk ne acted very naturally. He acted upon
lnn'pulSe IN sure you re always crying ont against
the restraints aud convcntionnlitics between young
people. over here; and now. when Il European does
q" simple. unaffected thing
Elhoie made Il gesture of impotence. This
lriIOW has presumed upon your being Americans
on your ignorance of the customs here take Il
hOerty that he would not have dreamed of taking
with Italian or German ladies. lie has shown him
self no gentleman"
nv, -" Now there YOU are very much mistaken. Owen.
That's what thought when Lily first told me about
MS speaking to her i'll the ears and was very much
preudlccd against him; but when saw him to-day
| must say that I felt that had been wrong He
" a gentleman but-hc is desperate"
"Ch. indeed"
"lcs.' said Mrs. Elmore. shrinking a little under
hGr husbands sarcastic tone Why. Owcn' she
ple1ue', can YOU see anything romantic IN it I"
see nothing but Il vulgar llnpertinencc in il.
see 1t from his standpoint rs an adventure, to he
Dragged OF and laughed over ut the meSsabe and
the Gaze. I'm going TO put stop to it,"
MIS- Gilmore looked dauntcd and little how'll
dered; "Weil, Owen" she said. " | put the affair
entirely in your hands,"
Gilmore never could decide upon inst what theory
already known to him, of her perfect truth and
scientiouSneSs, and his percept that even in a
good woman the passion for manTuvring and in
trlgne may approach the point at which men COM
init forgery.
AT the sign of the Savage and "Toncis Mar
rlage are two shorter stories included in the same
volume. The first is capital example of the lit
erary art applied to pure fun and the second is a
pretty sketch of Venetian llc full of subtle insight
and elegant description.