New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-12

So you have told me-
Miss Blundell did not know whether TO laugh or to
be angry. i don't understand yOu,' said She
afiame.
your husband, pending an action for dlvoce.
But, never was married in my life; i don't
know nov MI SprygSyyLns : ,, never i even knew OF
i only know what | have been told by people
who know yon,' said Mrs. Iighe.
Whoever knows me said Miss Blundcll, begin
ming 10 feel and show great wrath, knows very
well that am Miss Blundell and not Mrs. Spryg-
gyms.
you have seen tit To drop your husbands name you
viii not be likely to confess at once to having done
Good heavens" exclaimed Miss Blundell with
claspcd hands. Burst into tears she would not
And she knew that she must either laugh or cry;
80 she laughed out suddenly and heartily ana
then she better But Mrs. Tighe thought her
conduct most unsecmly, and sat austere and silent
until she had finished.
i suppose said she then, that you will hardly
deny the quarrel that took place at the station here
when you met Mr.. spryggyns there the other
WHAT cried Miss Bundell. more cnragcd than
ever
j think that in any case interrupted Miss Blun-
dell quickly and decidedly that your remarks are
most impairment and / shall not care 10 expose
myself to any more Of them. Whether ! am the
victim Of some remarkable likeness or whether you
know many Of those ladies whose only aim in life
seems 20 talk scandaous nonsense about people
l
sense viii not annoy ne longer than lew hours
Int | think ! had certainly not better come
here any more ] should bc tempted every time to
repeat what | now say-that yOu are "A silly, mis-
chcyous siWplctOn. and that IL would do you great
deal OF good 10 bc quietly and firmly put IN yonr
place by some Older and User person than |. And
So saying, Miss Blundcll popped on her hat,
snatchcd up her gloves. and was ont OF the room,
downstairs, and ont on the Parade before Mrs. Ign
could have said John Rohinsun, Esquire, when
must have been her version OF the vulgar JACK
Robinson.
She did not. however. repeat this conversation
word for word to her friend No. Letita
no. There are some things too painful To recall.
Her brazcn-iacc lmpudrucc made me feel gult'
faint. Don't let speak Of her any moro. ! am
only 50 thankful that We have all been warned ~
time and that did not recommend her to Mrs
Meanwhile most Of the elite Of Scawccd society
were greatly disturbing themselves about Miss
Blundell. and Miss Blundcn was in no wise dis
turhng herself about the Chtc of Scawccd society.
She noticed that she not made welcome
among them. and that on some trivial pretcNt hcI
name had not been accepted Al the last meeting 81
the Winter Lawn Tennis Club But she had
noticed this with almost complete indifference;
She found 40 new engagements 10 teach music ana
languages, and although tins gricycd her; shc
hoped for better luck ia other places nearer hoInc
where she had so many friends and was not at All
She had been passed in tho street with rude
stare hy persons vino had raycd about her playing
when she had met them at Mrs. Iighcs Afternoon
This sh. did NOT understand and some such thought
through the concise mid~hipmans when he wrote il
his report ancnt certain savage Tribes: Customs
She rrmrml,crrd tno-hut that with y smile Of
much anu-cmcut--that she lad been mistaken Tor
a Mrs. Spryggyus go
TIE air was perfect: the soil Was sandy. Baby WAS
almost well again. Living was cheap. w hat more
could anyone require of ScaWr"di a. =,
Yet Scawccd Was up IL arms about Miss bIuhucH'
II was n charming afternoon, but there were very
few people at that part of the Parade where Miss
Hlundcl and her little sister were taking the ar.
Miss Bundcll waS walking. Her sister was leaning
back in little old-fashioncd go-cart drawn 10y AN
uukcmpt boy. II the ladlcs-thc few that were
thcrc-turncd away their heads with an alrctatlon
of embarrassment. the gentlemen did not attempt
~ do ANYTHING Of the ant. And Mis-, bundcil' "h"
had never ltcu able tn accustom htts'l 10 thlS
dI-aRreeahe form of haticrv, grew rrd ana ludlg-
mani This only malc matters wCr-'.-hcr emotion
added to her brauty and 10 i- always Impossible To-
walk up and down any public th"t"uthlh' anu
look ~uprrmcly indignant al hotHlhs III P''NSu4'i'
one gentleman. among the many who were in
capable of oicn-ivcly staring at anyone man or
DY,n.n followed her when She had pae-s', Ivy, with
a look that was full of love uuutiar1hlr. lie dld
not know II she had noticed num- tHouRh nc vac
broad and tall enough To catch The eye Hur'ly
And hc did not wish her 10 -ic h,in ll' Wa DO,
young-vcry near forty most likely. lie wA- NOT
handsome and be- was not elegant. liA dNkNhiH-
moss was most marked. During the fave minutes
that he had been there. De had 10 opening hi- UNI
hrcla ~ shade him from the -un .'nt one "i th'
time sitting on bench Whirh also rcpo~d ~" or
three strange ladies' he Lad Knocked oh m- own
hat IN calling h7 umbrella - order and lh pcAlhg
up his hat he had let has open newspaper huti'f
into the faces Of pa--er-- 10y. j. he l1d l"l l'-'
ecveral misdcmcan"r- apolngncd 50 frankly ana
humhly that everybody had been instantly us
those ladies' who sat on the bench with him did not
view Miss Bundcl A. she passed with the same
snrt Of yes as his They discussed her freely hc
gentleman, however. not caring for their misc hrF
Gus silly chatter. did not follow the direction oi
10 know which Of the ladies' that happened to be
passing just then was the one to whom they were
There There goes that Mrs Spryggns'
'spryggyns isn't her name
Yes It is. Captain Badger must know. Don't
you know that's the person that went to the fancy
ball dressed ~ the Queen OF Beauty lhry say shc
looked too lovely. But she was turned out.
No. no; that wasn't this ono. hat was a
Miss Tottic . OF Lottic Miss Lotto NaVa-
' 10 49," tell you it Was this Mrs. Sppesyns.
| say II wasn't.
.W@i. We needn't quarrel about that, need wc'
Pm SUR don't care which " was Anyhow. tins is
the one that there was that dreadful scene about III
the railway carriage. She tired to stab him. OF
something like that
.Thcy say she lives quite quietly here
Yes . . and they de- say. You know. mat shc mas
n house in London 80 magnificent that the the
duchess Of tut always do forget names. but
il doesn't mattcr-auyhuv tduohcss was 80 mad 10
1t that shc actually discussed heI9r as a iuii"-
turc pollshcr and went over every bIt oil IT,
What The furniture
No no The house
- didn't take good look at her. Nudge me
when she passes again, will youT
By and by she passed again. The nudge was
given and Miss Buudcl well stared at She went
ON her way. howr,cI neither loong To tLe left nor
To the right but went on alone, for the little 20
cart drawn 10y the unkcmpt boy had stopped JnSl
past the bench and wonder of wonders. the little
invalid with sweet troubled face looked at the
gentleman and hcckoncd to him. lie could not
believe his senses he half and then sank back
again into his place with a tlmd that made the
bench culver. The baby face looked hcplcbs-ahd
the unkempt boy came forv ard.
Little girl wants You. think SIR