New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-12
A TRAGEDY OF LOVE.
by ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF RoUMANIA'

We s@id I'm, bow. .eraudmother knows well
enough. She says my mother vas ~ Sat" s5o nav
ami must prey all my lie long 80 that sue IaS
NOT 90 70 hell hut pass through the nres Oh pur-
eatory 10 heaven ,,, a ., .lo,ll la
III woulJ lie beautiful Ralph, II you snou'o nc
n urest! Then would holu the Iacl TOT gu 'lIH
rptIor oI,ll make me hitc irO'k, anu the chou
tHonI sing I'm the church. II would be splendid
sRut then can't marry You, L"ith
.Obl that doesn't matter can De q nun.
should not warrN any one else
house ror Won cried somewhat bigger girl whose
voice was heard over lie hedge
You periAal Grandmother says YOU must be a
nun ana must lie priest.
sNhgt3 everlasting snging and rraying-noi !.
] have hardly any voice ana my Knees H"h oEnu
easily am as M to be nun as l.ls 4,@5um ~
want 10 lu~tlp about ami have lots OF pleasure;
'Ruta rricsts sister must.be grave and steady
SAID Edith. loldng her head 80 that her lar cuIiS
RIyn looked nj her quietly and said Edith, you
ore quito pretty! BerGhas lp cnried she
sn9tcred a piece of hawthorne blossom to smell.
iFaugh, il Is a hoyIid smell. cried she turning ui
her nos and throwing it away hastily.
Poor lowers said Edith picking mem mp ana
pdttmc them in her b0dne. Ed'tna voice WAS LON
and clear like q silver he'll, Bertha was Heep auH
eypr.,si,e, and Ralph spoke IN the Same hiuSIC"I
tones that enchanted the ladies' every sunday ia
the chur. a choir. Bertha sat pGlling up me biSol
SI9ss and biting Them aud at last took TO Killing
insects ia order to suck out thcir honey.
.Fe Bertha said Ralph, how can you he so
dlseustIug You know how angry grandmother
WOW P'' what then? shall do as / like Does
I woulI not stand that. She Is 80 fond OF me ue-
cause She SAYS am Ike what she was when she
was young. | look like tfehcA shL NHeie
does gran dmOther come romi
i rom Provence, sa4d Kalph. $500. -. 4,
All yes She taught me the songs my fathei
usod to sing. She cannot bear you, Ralph, because
Won arc Ike our mother ., 7
what harm has your mplher done asheu
Edith oppi'ing her eyes very wide $3.50
Palpb coIured. 4 have never inquired said lie.
Il know' said Bertha but shan tell,
'And YOU Will be nun, bertha asn,u EG G
NRt4f ftln
know what is the use % q purgatorN II people nave
10 spend their whole lives IN eXpathg the IauIIs OF
my .Yon are wicked. Bertha. Come Edith, let MS
20 nome! They walked hand IL hand along the
fouyh pavement OF the little town, 50 pet uresque
with It's pointed gables and oid,laNH"n<d Nood-
vo~I Tl.y wore beautifully pie ltel rus rcunQ
THEN turoats, and long rocks ana hHpI 9I"ch
can was OF a most becoming shape. he had Ju7l
nov such III awestVuck NpTc-s on chat m1nV OF the
passers-hy turned to look az LlI. IAeN an three
walked as quietly and sedateiy as II they were
grown up. FOR they were full of great thoughts
Ralph already imagined himself It. priest. Eolth
felt quite like Little nun auL i5eIt. ~. was SO
busHy employed in picturnG herself STING Ih
sedan chair carried by her Own Servants dressed IN
gold hrocaae, with rings on her fingers ana grand
CHAINS round her neck that S.e TOO was qute
silent They met tLof ~ uI t,io 9' -
of their own house just returning rom chnch IN
her heavy cloth gown anu lt4io" HI13-uI ,9,
carving Ter PRAY cr-b0pk "Hlch sp'hIcu WIN
cold aud nl0il stone" Ike Ter ha-ds'ne necklace
She hat the same piercing BLACK eJes i'> b9ILnI,
and hooked nose: her hguIe was rem anu 'IlII',
.ol h,r ,:lr.idgp erect and stately Every one was
,,frasd oil her except Bertha, whom she always /
treated kindly, while for haipn she had seldom
Come on. SAID she to Edith: you must say
poodby 10 Ralph. He must now GO TO the monastery
10 school. and VIII not often come nome.
When Dee did come nome Tor the AoliuaYS ne anu
Edith were stid and strange 10 each other, bat
thev soon cot over that feeling. ami Wanaeiei
about the woods aud fields together as thoE did
when Children. Then the !oohii 9 loIWalH 10
these HOLIDAYS came to have wonderful cnarm'
aud they counted the days Tor M"AiHN DC ioIehah5.
Eut at lest came a longer SEPARATION Wten halpd
Wasto ~ pare Tor his first orUlIHuon' Iedu"hIie
TcI,ha oIi not develop go pleasantly h'i 3i4hl-
mother bad given way to her oFerhetrng temper
So long that at last she ceased Go ATTEMPT 10 hrde
II II wa, no great matter 20 Der u her grand
darlbtr'- tor que we're rather snurp-peopie richly
deserved all she said. Bertha was much mere
,Iaver ,.,, other ne1ple OF course they would De
envIou. and 1t was better that they should be
souev llt afraid Ot her. Her gT3ndWother fejpl,cd
also over Bertha's extraordinary btauly' ~" an
thr more that II of = warm southern chaiacI'f'
when INV Clauduau ghter loves. 10 VIII nc passion
atelv,' sand she smiling. Edlih had much 10 put
~ win from her friend but SIN was g nue. 3n4 pa
ticnt: what would she no; nave borne from halphs
si>,,rg she was sent INTO The town by her mother
Ottcncr than she liked. especially sIce me atfl'a'
there OF ne young lcI0W nah'o 4dN'lio' INC son
of 4 merchant who came Osten~,nlF 90 visit another
merchant bat in reohty. go IL wa S4I'' 10 mo
himself 3, t;ci wife Bertha was pointed out to hlm
as the one ne was TO talI in love WITH ana When Le
first cauart sight OF her huEht black eyes ne
thought it would he no dimcu.t matter to 10 So
bertha made fun OF his i4lr hair his line mous-
tache his blue eyes and she laughed at ms smooth,
neat SILK Stockings and MS many iHe sHlts al
clothes. Uut size ull lti sea- Nt.S N-' &C W." $40
hin a BE rode by and bius-el Wen sue uey nm;
NV daughter TOO is not Ugly though! LdthS
mother and she dressed her carefully I'D gown or
gray WOO with a back velvet pocaet suspended ny
fine chains through which The gown vas Drawn
mn showing the blue pettlCoat beneath Inc pod
ice fitted clo ,ely 10 her delicate figure. and tle
points of the tight sleeves partly covered her
Gauds Above the bodice the crrmlse was pleated
n'oeaI. ro,I her fair tjr throat and wa, fastened
under he chin with little ir.l Her waving iocHs
were ii1coudued in spite OF TIE remarks Of the
npiphburS Who thought they ought TO nave becn
twisted ZIP ia a knot. Edl;h bad 10 Suspicion OF
her mother secret wishes, anu IAN Oh IH'-iII!
enough 10 meet Bertha, bnt she was somewhat
embarrassed when shc fOuhd hetsol Closely Vo-
served by toe much 10! handsome idSslio,
WHO was said by all the town to he going TO mary
Satan imp as they called bertha In the course
o. thB afternoon las 10 p1i0 sopd Nt1 Oh "'trh-
tion 10 Edith. and Bertha then began to use her
sharp tongue to make fun OF him. but III ihls c0h-
test Sic often came on the worst Tor ho parrod her
.tacks shiliuiy and turned The whole mo- sklI-
Inish OF plcasautres III which even she cOuld only
give and take little now ana Len Alter a tlme
Edith heard laS-l.O ask Bertha a-iCe, no is
your Young iriend - and Bertha 2ns"cted, She IS
"A moor glrl. Her mother IS 4 widow ana hardly
knows Low to bring her mp, 20 We often have the
little thing here to dinner She IS gong 10 DO
nun.
sympathiz NJ glance Edith felt the look he gave
hen although she had almost turned her back TO
nm, for she stood in font OF BcuhFs grandmother
to hold the yaIn for her to wind, which However
became euiaDgled. and the old lady was so much
engaged IN tuegug at II angriy that she neither
Ir9Td what was SAID nor observed Edith's
bei@Ltcred color nor the tears that stood in her
ewes AZ soon she possibly could Edith took
leave aud FASTENED to tell her mother Ct Ire cruel
word, that mad been said. Iou won't let me 20
there anv more. mother. suIeiyf'' Her mother,
however did no; take that view OF matters but
said il Nas goou for people 10 be patient and hear
sucb things said without taking auy notice OF Them
Meanwhile Bertha stood before tie glass ana
looked al her face. SO am biark WIch, am
Nv toueue is sharp and cutting like n sword, is II
ana Edith is beautiful aud soft AMI tar like
lamb and =, stupid That sic s pleased with every
thing, poor childi Poor cluld indeed! there she
who Is Going 20 be a nuu is beautifully dressed ID
color can never wear and ! must always wear
red and my tircsCme halr here she tore at It 50
- a Sire ID her