New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-29

Al, She dared not think OF thdt. lhlS was no
sorrow t. he dwelt upon. hut one IN which the only
hone Of strength law IN avoidance.
Wan, worn, pallil, Miliiccnt was nevertheless q
Yet the birds beneath her window. VIM p svcct
greeting to the new day, seemed singing the -oro-
mach o. life IS buried joy.
II.
Fivc-auI twenty years is long gap in mans
lifetime The path ne is destined to travel along
has ulcnty of time. I'm such lapse. 10 run through
valleys Of humiliation. and mp hills Of difficulty /;
the sun has plenty Of time - shine upon him and
thr singing biting rain, driven against him by he
bitter wind Of adversely TO blind him, ard make
hm sta@E oco a. ' s Ty bre9dtb Of years. The
character thoughts ard feelings are so changed so
carved by the ohiscl Of time that the man OF five
and forty would scarcely recognize himself IN the
lad of twenty who used TO Look at him from his
mirror every morning and whistle for very light
Lrartednass rs ne brushed the thick curly locks
which are now 81 sparse and streakcd WIN SILVER
Ali rhosa varieties of experience, all these changes
r11 COME uprn Hufhyen Dyott since that sunl-
rar', uieht Eyc-and twenty long wears ago, when
we saw him stand bare-headed in the mellow lignt
10 watch woman moving swiftly through tie
uc9 lnv-grass which rlstlrd under The t'ucI oil
her trailing robe "a she passed.
0nt OF his Icn-out Of Aia lfc-Jhougl he knew 1t
not.
For two oavs later nc received Nill'cent's prom
i-ed c,tcr-thc letter fo which his, very sonI
within him had seemed 20 wait-and when fhe
.
ca m sistcfly inter 81 ualt middened him.
quite maddcucd him. he came to think in time
10 come. rs ne looked back upon the haetr impuI-
sive actions Tat followed. No answer was sent 10
| Nuly and Iuthvcn Dyott hurried up north 10
spend month or six weeks with his own relatives,
without attempting to visit the red house hv the
river-detcrmncd. in fact 10 try and hauiSh from
Ills memory the very existence Of It's inmates.
send NE one line to say that Won forgive mo FOR
any pain may have caused you: and believe mo,
dear Rntlivcn the time viii come when Won viii
look back upon all this passing fancy that It
was well indeed should pass, ard leave your young
Thus had run that fateful letter. Bat the one
line was never sent.
Il have loved a statue not q woman ! have
been a fool. but now am wise. have been blind,
" Thus ms" rcn Ruthvcns thoughts during that long
Journey north. But with time, and the near APP
proach of his departure from England, came softer
feelings.
Yes. he would 30 and say farewell TO the woman
who lad been 10 HIM good and true q friend; he
would once more watch the river stealing along
beneath the alder-tTees: once more wander in the
garden where all old-fashioned flowers grew and
Hutnmn's hand had changed the aspect Of the
garden and river since last ne had seen them The
russrt-brown, were strewn upon the grass, carpet
dantily tinted the roses were all dead the alder
trees had she'd their best leaves.
Strangest change of all. not n window wa I'M
curtaincd. and when Ruthyen rang mt the porch
door the first sound that greeted him was the graf
Are Sir C;cofIrry and Miss Warner from home
he asked of q withercd old croue who bi.uhed no
him from under shaggy white tnftcd br'ws, and
evidently bore him bitter grIdge for having dis
turbcd her from her lair. wherever that might be"
Sir Ge'1rey'S dead and bGrei. ! don know
where the ady's gone
That was all.
Then came the grating If keys and ho'ts once
more and Euthy.n was left ont there ~ abe dark
autumn day, With the fallen leaves under hi' itci,
and dead and dying blossoms all around mn. 80
that kinuly GENIAL Oil man was gone! Death must
have come suddenly. too: and NIlIy-hoW she must
have suffered, TO hurry home, 10 write not the
one line she had asked for hnt many ines mr.
gent SYMPATHETIC. tender, was Ruthycn' nest pro-
cerding. He knew of 40 addrcs, whittier lie might
send, except the old home now 50 desolaie. lie
could hut trust 20 the faint hope that 10 bee or-
warled' strongly underlined. might appeal TO any
conscience the crona with the buShy brows pos
sesSel ne could but wait and watch lor some WORD
Of greeting during the few days that remained 10
him before he must start on his long journey.
lie watched and waited IN vain. Inc silence re-
manned uubroken: and he bore that silence with
him 10 the new land aud new life IN which his lot
now lay-a burden heavy 70 be horne; ,, -
Yet time did its inevitable work OF healing. NeW
thought into new channels. Rnthyeh never forgot
Millicent Warner, nor yet the red house by the
river and tle hours paS,eG III ong ioJ
grass and flowers TO where the alder Drancues bent
to kiss the rpples they passed tie did not Tor
geti but the picture grrw DINNER ana IN ' M
what changes may not he wrought by that silent
Tesstless influence men cal time !-Ruthyen DyOtt
recalling the words of Mlllys letter, ms Is but
fancy mat VIII pass, IOOkeu Wis., anu '"H, ~
hls own heart that those words were true. they
had seemed cruel in dav that was past 6ut then
he saw as in "A glass darkly; now he STOOD lace to
face with the certainty that Mlllicent had been
cruel only to be kind. ,
10 was no rare thing he thought to himself,
smiling at the folly of a day that was dead for
the object of lads first love 10 be- a woman some
years his elder The romance died away and no
harm was done. good and pure influence this
woman whose experience OF life nad chastened ana
refined her character had kept his life free from all
evil there was much reverence mingled with the