New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-20


Nobody can do anything for me in this world he
sa as anS Lord above knows what Is nest ana no
She, was crying silently.- .oh. James, ! fear
nave been often Impatient with You, she sald nut
meant well, did indeed. Can't do anything
LOT You before we partP
think not be answered, his speech getting
rest about that dark secret for i has troubled my
mlnd much; Sir Austin WAS always dear Ia me.
But II does not signify now: the uneaslness mas
She bent close to his ear. and whispered, IL
aroused the feeting spTitj be sat up IN MS chai'
what he cried.
me Lord be merciful u her he aSpiIated Clasp
ing MS hands in application
Betsy bent forward az his head fell back again
she Kissed his withsre1 lips
PERHAPS it might have been happier for you had
we married, James We have been happy as 1t Is,
the other but-perhaps-your life might have been
2 more contented one had we married Dear
| Once moro che kissed him. Il was all she could
| do now: and it satisfied him. smile passed over
the pale old face, Identifying it strangely ana,
stii holding BeJsys hand, James STORMS eyes
quletly closed he entered into that better place
where there is Mother marrying nor giving 10 mar
rage Where 1t will be face to face anu heart 70
neart without the dimmtng, mystifylng veil De-
| tween
The next evening saw the return of Sir Austin;
and he held private conference with his mother
before he slept. 1t as stormy one as she could
| make It. His voice was heard, low, firm. uncom,
promising hers tur Of raging tempest that melisd
OF last into sobs.
You have learnt to love herr shrieked my lady.
| How dared youP
L don't think there was much learning lin it,
| mother he answered. l have loved Der from the
| first hour Isaw her shall love her always
| '10u shall never marry her.
| Il beg your pardon / have obeyed yOn IN all
essential things, mother wish to obey you still
but must choose my wife myself
| 'Ance shall be your wife. and no other
| Il told you but that you were too angry 10 near
| me, that Alice is to marry Cornish man. as her
| father was lou may put her ont OF your thoughIs
so tar as am concerned. Her mother is angry; put
she is resolved. should never have married Alice
| under any circumstances, and am sorry you have
| been so unwilling to believe it,
| Sire has three hundred thousand pounds ,
| Yes, those Cornish miners know how to bag the
| gold. Carotta has nothing. perceive you are go
ing to say, mother; and il is true but have quite
| enough Tor her and for me-. - ,
Not until the next morning did he find ont that
| Miss Donat was missing. How no would nave
| acted, OF what be would have done, was nOC
| known, for the house was in too much conlnOtlon
| with other matters. He first learnt then tnat
| james Storm the true and faithful steward OF ms
| father and himself, the meek and gentle man, was
| gone. He learnt also that the house contained
| sccTet-that which Betsy had called tatal one ;
| which she had whispered into the ear Ot James
| when he was diving.
| The angry uaSs,ols Of my lady acting upon her
| previous bodily weakness, had brought ON illness
Betsy called It an attack she lay Se ms 1oc U
was discovered. and had to be declared. Truly !"
| was fat al IN its nature -,
1 Ny lady Offering from drenulul Hdldh5
| which she had been cOhcealing. Its rayagcs were
| eating away her heartstrings. She had maze no
sgu preferring TO suffer IN silence. Betsy hau as
| covered il accidentally Pheby had kndwn OF IL lot
mont rs and had angered her lady in Paris by beg
eIng her to q doctor. very, very niue span
Of life. at most but a week or two cpuld ieHhln 10
| her now. so there fine household ZOE niI
| Austin to wake up Ia this morning. his valued Ola
| servant dead. his mother dying.
| With the discovery acting on her MIMI. ana bhIs
| new attack upOn her body, and the certainty OF
the speedy death that was staring her IN thG Isrc'
| my lady changed. Tho naughty, self-wllled pas
! sionatc woman became silent and subdued.
| It's mostly the case with them wicked ones
| affirmed Rebecca But for their conscience Sue p
ping IN to prick EN- toward the end, thoyd do IN
their evil. The Lord sends His Christening 10 these
| black sheep 10 save en- 80 80
| and let him telegraph 10 PhebY 10 erhE her psJH
| le was evening when they arrived ne poor pac,
pretty child crspt in shrinking and trembling. ner
band so:sng her eheek S S9nGTsy Iau1 1nw
| ing baud and saw the bruise. II,
| ION. my darlingp he cned ont how can make
il 90 your Ill ,oi,y sho
| .YcsJ he fondly whispered. kissing the tears
away. Won will stay here forever-so long Us tline'
| Wal she was chnnged-that imperous lady OF
| ours Far from opposing their In0iIiagc now, sn. y.
urged il on went INTO . fever OF inpatience lest
| sbonld not take place soon enough. That Is. lest
she should not live 90 see Il. sPeclal license was
| nTocnr4 and the clergy man of the parish came to
iih Hal and married them by my laay's bedside.
NJ could not leave her hero unprotected after my
! death she said to the priest, az # IN apology
| Her mother was my friend and relative
| Hot weather is abroad still. through partridge
| sloot,uo begins Tomorrow. Ny lady has been IN
| rho churchyart two months now under white
marble tombstone that sets forth hcrVlrtues anu e
| maids wear black bows in their caps. Betsy mas
| another to mourn for besides my iauJ anu s1uh0oo
! sits in her faded eyes. -
CommutOn IL setting in again, supeIVening upon
! the uuict OF the last few weeks Brooms ana niOps
! and busters and womcns tongues. are nearly rs
husy a. they wcr" in my laws time LOT SUM 'Si
tors como 20 the house tonight for week or I"o
| INV Young Lady Martyrs relatives, Lord and Lady
| EtrGerlcy distanty related also - Sir Austlh.
| A TO mVsclf-well. they have not moved me iritO
| tbc hail. as my young lady once suggested. nc
| servants said | had been with them 80 l0hg thaI
they should be lost without me- vas ~ an o ni
friend TO them and my yOnng lazy listens 10 hll
their wishes and IL soicitous to give hapnlhnss
"a nv lady was 10 give torment, am 10 stay IN tue
old place, the hallkitchen. Sir Austin- H..
There have gwen warning to s'IihG: IiI e., iUf
only few more words remains 70 me. To say thal.
nuts mo somewhat in mind OF death: Whoh nc
gives warning time il all but over.
| And here come Sir Austin and my yOnDg IadJ INV
the private garden before my open window. HOW
ejrIish sho looks in her thin black summer 9ress
and the happy bloom upon heL OIlgnt S iSSo s;y
are going 10 run race down the broad WALK Gil
hustln gives her half Ihe distance ana wine DV
length in a burst Of merry iaughter ms legs are
'Yon have lost, Carina,' he says, and you mus
nay forfeit and. with That, he turns heI hHso u
ward She pretends to hide 1t from bim 70 pe
Gov; but the master Ia the stronger ana ne oInss
IL cose TO his own and takes the KISS from her fuoS
am going to strikci Alas, alas -,
Onerrr twO-rrr three-rn, four-rrr, hVe'-IIh'
ArGosy.