New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-05

Of the same 6esh and blood ,u. Anna
Don't Won laugh at me- Mis- Anne Mi@ anne l
would like 70 tell you as I've made up my niind 10
night A. dooi.;or Keziab,
said Anne with some anxiety, feeling SUSPICIOUS Vi
'n "0b b I'm not afraid Of its being right Miss Anne
10 Il wasn't right said the little girl win wan
II ~ va" "a don't think as il would be as hard. I'd
axs setted sooner il 1t hadn't been for thinking
what Jim would say she &ldea' Vn nrs ~ n Won
10 vour duty. Miss Anne. you can't do no more la
Then. Keziah you have been talked over saiu
Anne with some Indignation, rising up nom her desk
.Wnrth has been worrying you, and you have not
been able tn resist her Why did y0u not te her'
as told You to come and have II ont Wi' ho me oro
Miss Anne II was me that had To settle after All;
'Of course it was you that had to settle: Itad ~
been anyone else l should not nav lI Ke1iah do
Won know what you are doingi Young g,r l .Bo
Won lust nv age--(but am not so young ! haN II
had 80 much TO think Of and to go through " Bull
ner Miss y Anne Pm not selling myself' said KeEah,
with little flush OF resent,nen', ringuf wouldn't
have II OF hin-I wouldn't take not silver thihlo
though he's always teazinG-for fear you Sno sn
a. I've sold myself said Keziah proudly
wouldn't take thing from him, not If 1t was TO
save his life With aid
Anne towering over the victim in vlrtuous mdlVia-
ton 'Oh SayInOre IL well OF and poor jim lbs
nothing What DO you faI 'nn - s" Worths dong
WV DOESN'T he marry hert 1t would lie great
deal more suitable than marrying YSG -s Anne said
Ke7iah with a demur half curtsey; certain coinc
sense of the absuriity Of marrying inc aunt WIZ
the niece wasb by crept INTO VI, p Iqiuuu s Id Say
mare wonid marry Worth gave the girl II melancholy
amusement in spite of herself , ,.o;,
She vould be far more suitable. crlcd Anne IN
| her impctuous way. Il think Ill SPEAK 70 mem
both and at it before them. IL Wonid br q ih"u-
sand times more suitable But Gid SaEnUr" ,, T. 100
old even for Worth. tWhat would he be Tor your
KcZiah looked at her young mistress In eye iu
Of very mingled feelings. The I"SNhhty OF sIine
delivered by the simple eNlHnrn, "i nr..I,.s
| match got up between the torinent"re themselves
|! ravc her a half frightened visionary nope bul II
| was mixed with half-ohGnded S1fhtinI'ht% r"
| ,rctorship which She could scarcely hChn'W"rtit'
Lid SayIn6rc belonged TO her She would have hkrd
To get free from the disagreeable Necessity "l mar
rylng him, but she did not Gulie IKE ' "l' VI
ing him married of 70 somebody tlsc under u'I WY
Its more than Just that, Miss Anne she said
| shaking her head. All of Us III the h".s' are
thinking of what is likely to happen. and Slr Say
more Inc saws he will take another place Ait'
| having been ~ long here And he ltH 9ood ,' e"
money laid BY Miss Anne. SAID hrlaii' hp' " ti.
nriJe. And Mir Goodman. II the Black BnH ~
| funston, he's dead That's wheT" Wcrr thilAInR W.
settling. know how 70 keep the BOOKS ana l ~
| kitchen, and snch 1ne opening f'r Ihr ."! -
| don't know what shouldn't deserve II were To ~
| mn myself against all that. And II isn't myself
| neither said Keziah. / should De ashamed u"
make a fuss for me. l have always told y"u that.
Miss Anne. hope I'm not one ~ Wonld 70 asalhn'
| Men folks are more wilhl than women They arr
more used TO get their own way. II he was to 20 Ia
the bad, Miss Anne and me the cause 81 N
| Here Eeziah broke down, and wcpt without any
| further attempt To- restrain her tears.
i don't und eIsiand you. cried Anne mpetu'qNiy.
You pretend ~ lie sorry for luu. ana TINS l. now
Won treat him But leave jim {" taxi care oi nm,
self, Keziah Let think OF ycn. Tins Is Wha' !
| call going 10 the bad. Poor jim might TAX ~
| drinking perhaps, and run himefIbnt I"h
think that is so much going IT, the bad ~ Ia lev,
| one man and marry another. That u the worst 81
sin said the girl with cheeks and eyes both fam
ing 1T is treachory II Is ials'ho"d II Is u''h"h'r'
| 10 you and to everyone concerned.
Poor little Kezah Qualcd before this outhurst;
She shrank back with look OF pam ~ Il >h' lcir,'
| her mistress's wrath would take some tangible
| form She cried bitterly, ~,bbing aloud. lou We
| rot no call to bo angry Miss Anne ION qldh I
ought to- be- angry. Miss Anne I'm ag'lns y" q" my
duty: it's nothing hut my duty as I'm gong 70 do y
Anne felt, when The interview Was over; That she
| had III all probability done more harm thal goo"
| She had frightened kezah, and made her cling all
tue more To the conf fort which sprang truin -
| tied resolution. and she had even stimulated thh'
resolve by the prick Of opposition when in9 C s
lncekest Of natures She hal made kcziah iccI htI-
self wrongcd her sacrifice unnpIrcciAtrd. hrr dutH
Insc0nccivcd and the girl had fallen back With all
| the more confidence upon the approval of her as
| Anne thouChtl worldly-mindcd aunt. and tie con
ISOLATION of the old bridegroom, who, though ne was
old. was a great man III the servants pan great ~
| the butler and head of the establishment down
stairs and still more great a. the lT"NpccNr Iali-
| lord Of the Black Bull at funston. J" %" inc
FIXTURE mistress of such place Mas q Enlh enough
| to turn girls head. krzlah went away crying,
and feeling that she had not deserved the cruel
scolding administered by Miss Anne. Shr going J."
! the bad when she was DONG her dGt} III Inc
highest and most supCrlatlVc way ami had hanging
over her head almost touching II, the crown 81 That
landlady's cap, with the most becoming r''"i.'.
which ranks like the straw berry leaves Of anothtr
| elevation II the hOusckecpcrs room aud the ser
! wants hall.
1t was the morning after this that CoSroo arrived.
| Anne was going downstairs To morning work
with Mr. Loseby. thou -iul and serious ~ >lt' al
ways was now but hy til, time all the sral genes,
of her position over she had got used 1" IT, ami
even rcconcilcd To it. She had work {" do. AMI -
position iii the world which was al that "l" ""tFi
for happiness Indeed, she was better on. She -l'i
T. herself than if she had been III her nat uial pool
! ton. In that case. in all probability she would
have had someone else Ia do for her what she Vas
now To do for Rose, and her occupation would have
been gone She flt that abe had passed into IN"
! second chapter Of lIfc-as If she had married, she
said to herself with passing hlnsh-tlough 81
| different. She had Ica. work Z" do III the world,
! not make-bccvc but actual-nOt thing she could
| throw aside if she pleased, or Was doing only for
| amusement: Perhaps 1t requires Whole ne 81
| Leisure and ideas shaped 10y that exemption from
! care which so often strikes the generous mind ~
ignobe. which made her appreciate 80 highly tins
| fine burden Of real unmstakabc work, not done 10
| occupy her time merely, but because II had To- b,
done. She prepared herself for Il, not only without
pain but with actual pleasure. But on her way
| down 10 the library where Mr.. LoScby VA waiting
her. Anne CHANGED TO cast her eyes out from the end
of the corridor across the park. 1t was the same
! window 10 which she had rushed to listen to the
| cry thu night her father died. 1t had been night
then. with white haze of misty moonlight and
great shadows of blackncss. But now IT Wa morn
on the grass already pursuing 1t into corners melt
| ing away the CONCEALED dew upon the herbs and
| trees She stood for a moments meditation, still
! gazing out without any object. scarcely knowing
! why To thoughtful and muslng mind there Is q
| great attraction at a window, which Is kind OF
opening in the house and in ones being full of long
vistas Of inspection into the unseen. But Anne had
| not been there many minutes before a little cry
broke from her lips and her whole aspect changed.
| Charley Ashley was coming along the road which
| crossed the park-but not alone. thrill ran
| through her from her head to her feet. In n mo-
4 m q fbo fort.