New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-27
breaches; there was absolutely nothing else TO

.nere 10 OILY one THING 10 be done, you know!
we must counterbalance her. Poor Miss Brack
entnorpe must have make-weignt, @ companion
you know-a man, of course-we muse be four yor
know. But Young man won't do. because yor
meyer will talk to poor Miss Brackenthorpe your
y to talk to her. We must find q middle-ased. re-
spectacle steady man.
I'VE had better advertise for a butler, my DEAR OF
else Tor one OF the keepers of a lunatic asylum
Nonsense John; 1 have thought Of the very
thing-you know the rector down in the country at
And 50 it came TO pass that the Reverend Timothy
Browne, much delighted by his young friends invi-
fation was called upon to counterbalance poor Miss
Brackenthorpe in Switzerland He fulfilled bis
mission very well. He gave his arm unmurmur.
naly to the spinster whenever Mr.. Grey requested
him to do so. He sat beside her at table dhote
| whenever 1t was so ordered nv Mrs Groy and he
had q fund OF historical biblical knowledge that
came In OPPORTUNITY, and made him. as Miss brack-
enthorpe herself averred, most interesting CON-
panion:,
Yet the young mat1on was not satisfied. Miss
Brackenthorpe was her bette nOire, which is I sup
pose, poetical French equivalent for the black
beetles 80 universally detested by Englishwomen.
in measure the guest Of Mrs. Grey, who was too
much OF lady to he openly or aggressively rnde.
She merely ignored and, so to speak, sat upon Miss
| Brackenthorpe with negative though crushing
displeasuIe. Bnt this poor lady was used tobe sat
upon, and merely bowed her head little lower
| under the treatment Nature, or perhaps the fos-
silizing result of long. lonely years Of hardship
| had given her kind of outside crust an appear
ance of indifference that was good as a reality
| them as much as possible from blackbirds and
other DESTROYING fowls OF the air. Miss BIacken-
thorpe seldom attempted to conclate her young
relative partly be"ause she doubtless knew that it
was Impossible, and partly because she did not
saTes a0T of 70 G %eSa psGs
| pokes. You may hit a snail pretty hard on his
shell; he curls himself up very tight but he does
thorpe was simple-minded woman; she never
took hint, and never appreciated an innuendoj
AZ aha kp1 fha
light were too much for your eyes; if You made |
faces she inquired If yon suffered from toothache.
John Grey was her cousin. The spiDstor looked on |
the young couple with mild cousinly affection,
that might easily have been stirred into foelng |
more intense. Yet she had the effect OF q moral |
blister on the SOFT fair skin of young Mrs. Grey
Miss Brackenthorpe was always losing her things:
her only pair OF gloves in the last hotcl the
walters and chambermaids were continually
runuing after her with the stray waits Of
as to Mrs. Greys vexation. Poor Miss Bracken-
had lost her things, equally astonished that any n
body else had found them; and she was foolishly
eager to bestow on the finder q reward that was
three times tho value OF the miserable object she
Dear Miss Brackcnthorpe. one would think you
were a millionaire you know Mrs. Grey would |
pleasantly murmur at such times aud Miss Brack-
enthorpe always answered with vering SIM !
plioity:
'Oh, no. Clara; assure you am not at all well :
In general conversation Miss Brackenthorpe did
not shine, and on the present Occasion. whilst i
everybody was discussing the great subject of q
guides, she had but little to say. John Grey in !
had been so lightly used by Miss Brackenthorpe's
young demigod. had discoursed for upward of ten v
On the subject most exhaustvely as he
In fact, considering all things added Mr.. Grey 81
winding mp his peroraton, L think wo may con- q
slider that the Swiss guides excellent good TEL
Ows.' g,
There was moments silence: he seemed to have Il
the argument all to himself. The deuigod as far nj
IS could be seen in the darkenng twilight, WINS IN
sinking into placid slumber; the Reverend limo "
n.y. who seldom volunteered an opinion, nodded his
Mrs Grey, of course. had no opinion OF her own.
md felt no need OF Gaping her husbands remarks
Then in the silence and the twilight, arose a %
I do think some of the guides very handsome,
The Iemark. despite the last two words was ap- do
areney addressed to the entire company; no one m,
'pled, but suppressed laugh went round the I
Really, dear Miss Brackenthorpe, we couldn't h hn
ness. you know began Mrs. Grey FAR
Fortunately there not sufficient flight left MOI
betray the bushes that the cheeks of poor ba,
ss rackenthorpe; for once in her life she know n
10 had said the wrong thing, and feebly tried toL
trieve her position. Tho
. mean she stammcred- that Is to say-of noe noe
,nrse one can't help thinking aIe
But the demigod had awakened fro mhis slumber her
ten you what it u.s. he said in his cheerest wv,
ard the adage: For the first seven years COOL Of
rvant, the next seven kind master, the next | wri
ven cruei tyrant" But as regards Swiss guides Il
u must substitute days tor years My guide has II
en- with me more than fortnight, 80 you may | Il
less at my subsection hoa
The young hero laughed rs no said this with an nre
OF good humored power and knowledge of his rwol
N strength and capabilities that amused every tbe
e. and positively enthraled Miss Brackenthorpe.
% felt impelled to talk to him the increasing HE,
rkness gave her courage; besides John Grey had owe
tered on fresh argument with the Scotchman, ishl
under cover OF the sound of their voices she mai
Is able to carry out her intention Fortune fur v
ermorc favored her: she was sitting closest to self
AZ ~ anu nIs. prey whose satire size oth'
'adou without understanding twas tuTtest from sw
r in the group I"L
Do you she murmured softly do you like the rsye
Do replied the demiGod with aability. In o,t
3d. hardly hS know am afraid am not at all QUIZ
But you pick them oh, think they arc NO ex mot II
site! love them better than all our English man
,nann,";no .,at 20 soIt vi atmosphere OF behl
ler new friend looked puzzled. c capl
" hat brutes we men must bel he answered snrn
l. but have sometimes felt real pleasure in VIII VIII,
.Gof t Gs bs St and HF OH the
ReallyP Miss Brackenthorpe gave little sigh scan
i always thought that tho strongest natures nam
rmnred ycrv aoft1. "u .no hosC pitiiul sne were
erwiso It is once Of the most beautiful i do Th
a Z, an updar,ono ""uo" 'uls ronahtlc crea- mucl
or interocator was astonshed he strokcd his ouHsi
RI thongbtfuy He felt inclination To laugh denc
re- was somctbing IN 3ha oo, vi Ine contrary the
tome w hIci, tonc6ad liz Iuiious timulty OF tho
lrdify from fha worIa sh icuioNeu All atgT
believe you are quite right he answered with sno
est conviction. Well, ] won't tread on tho '' Th
afrod thot III ~ I.n hoI lof nne future, but 81
. M Roono ~ .tE ,un. .I,g Ieilows- dear
r;ta aowers % Ip " W you anout Der does
tion and taL, %oh GU nla urey, shtlng her Smit
young man. She has quite passion for these jepic
" aiwavs o. LAY" - LOT Inat nattcr. yon AnC
, % "'' ""' ionu VI MOWERS wasn't 1, cndeC
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