New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-15
CUAVTrP XX.-Tyfr WILL

II is needless e. dwell upon the gloom Of The DAYS
that followed this event Mr.. L"fny came "N,I
occasions and with a sclf-rcprach that WIS ll1t
pathetic half ludcrous . said every word OF mat
new will OF his would he nail iu his coinn, God
forgive me- he said. How was &" know \ man
should never take upon hnus'. to prophecy H"d
knows what numbering 'N4in hr '''i', ~
chances 10 come true. lut nothing N"N -i.b c"l'l
have made his horse put h~ foot ln that rabbit lYi.
Hoathcotc said. That is true, that Is trHt sad
the little lawyer and then De- began ihc 'tHr pant
again But he was very active lrl looked after
everything managing tine melancholy hu-iH.-r ni
the moment, the inquest and the funeral. lh'fr
was great dea. 70 do. Irlrsrtms h'" A"Ii 'a'
country on all sides, warihc lr guests lii'Ii'u 4"
the ball Of what had happ,rcd-tct ~ least one
carriage full of ladlr, 200 iil bali dr'~ iHl l' hc
turned back from the lodge nu the NIGHT when -1
,,,ch ,aicf,- MAD been r,rrcfrd 10 Mouut Charley
Ashley had come up from the rrct"Iy at ono" aid
49, thc roeition of couGdentill agent 90 the iadc~
i'm a way that lic9ihtnt" NuunflofI could not do.
lie Thought It wrong 90 forsakc tA,W and DIS lr b.
cuce was needed uuurucr 80 if~ COUSIN Iuit flii
otherwise he woui have been glad 90 escape from
the chill misery, and soludc. Iilt seemed u" -i'l
down upon the house which hal been s." cHffiu
He saw nothing of The ladies. save that uc" ana
then hc would cross the pain OF Anne Wi' old i"t
shut lcrscf up like her strpmotl'r and sister. 80"
was v.ry grave. hut still Size carried ou Tho ruNcr-
uent oi the house. When llcItncotc asked h'r now
She WAS she answered with serious smile; thoueh
with Gulck coming moNiuir m FER eyes 'ul n',
IN al all / am very we'll Nir lleathc"tc. is ID not
strange ones grief makes no difference o. one M
that way One thinks u must, one even HolE- ~
must. but il docs not only my heart feels ike
lurnn Of lead She was able for all her work, inst
AZ usiaI and SAW Nj. LOschy and gave Charley
Ashley the list of all the people g. Dee tcicgraph'd
TO- or 10 whom letters must hc written bni Ms
Mountford and Rose kept to their rooms where an
the blinds were carefully cloTd ana every t'hic
Uttered with Grape Getting the mourning rhdy
was always an occupation. and II did them good
They all went IN close carrngo 70 the, Niiiage
church on the dav OF the funeral, but only Anne
folloVed her fathers coffin ~ the grave. II was
when Hcathcote stood by her there that he rcmcru-
Lered again suddenly the odousness oi the idca That
- f.Ila ham 81 fOtt
had managed 10 get between Anne Mounttord ana
an the rest Of the world. II was not place Tor
such a thought. yet II came 10 MN IN hpl OIL MN
self when he her faltcT Tor q moment ana m
stinctivcly put ont his arm 10 sustain her she
locked round upon him with look IN which gran,
tude and something like y proud refusal 81 is aid
Svcre m,ngjod That look suggested ~ him tho
question which suddenly arose IA ms mind though
as he felt. nothing could be more inappropriate a.
Why was he not heref The had permitted Ammo
10 he dilnhcrited for his sake why had be not llr
RED 10 her side 20 support her IN her uouhic J
Heathcote not the only person VINO had asked
himself this question The curate had not looked
through Annes list of names before hc sent intcli
CONGO of Mr. Mountfords death 10 his friend. The
first person of whom he had thought was Cosino
sOf course yOu will come 20 tho rcctory, he tcie-
graphcd sending him tho news on the evening of
the occurrence lie had never u9uplcu LllA. cosllo
would arrive next morning by the earliest tram
All next day while he had been working for thcm
he had expected every hour the sound Of the arrival
su,inp 20 himself when the time passed Tor the
morning and for the evening trains that COsmo must
have bcen from home, that he could not have re-
coiycd the message that Of course he would come
to-morrow But when even the day Of the funeral
arrived without COsuo, Charley Asheys good
heart was wrlng with mingled wrath and impa-
tience What could II mean! lie was glad, 40 far
a. he himself was concerned, for II was kind Of
honuincss 90 him 20 be doing everything for Anne
and her mother and sister. lie Wa prOud and glad
tn think that il WAS natural he should do IT. he who
go a. old "A friend. almost like "a brother 10 the
giTls But the other who had closer claim than
thaf Of any brother, who had supplanted Charley
aud Dusbed him aside, where was he On this sub
ies.t Ammo did not say word. she had wi1tten and
received various letters, but she dld not take any
one into her confidence. And yet theirs was some
thing in her eyes fOrOrn look, resistance oftany
support as IL she had said 10 herself; since have
not his ann 20 support me, VAL have no ones sup
port Heathcote withdrew from her nde WIN
moneutary sense Of rebuff. Ie followed her
down the little ohurehyard path and put her mo
the carriage where the others werr waiting TOT ner
without n word Then she turned round and looked
at him again. Was II an appeal for forgiveness Tor
sympathy-and yet for not TOO much sympathy.
which Anne was makngf These looks Of mingled
feeling which have much in them Of the poetry Of
life how difficult they TO interpret how easily
Ii may be that their meaning exists only In the eys
that see them like letters which may De written
careessly hastily, but which we weigh, every word
Of them in balances of the sanctuary too fine and
delicate for earthly words finding out mnch more
than the writer ever thought 20 say, Perhaps tt
was only Heathcotss indignant sanse that tho lower,
for whom she had already suffered, should have
been by Anne's side In her trouble that made hmm
sea 80 her eze& CHARLEY Ashlay bad been