New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-30

sisters had ever seen. BeatriX was the taller and
more striking looking OF the two, with her bright
color and rich hair, but thought JuIia, WIN ner
slighter, smaller hgure and pale complexion. was
quite az pretty. And then carriage alter ca, rlage
logan TO arrive. The voice of the pompous Ouuer
became hoarse from announcing each new Arrival .
The band scraped. groaned, and finally struck up a
spirited valse. In "a moment l was Claiming inc
first dance which Julia had promised me before
dinner and we were dancing rs only youtn' olo''
Win q llght heart, can. 80
Oh! what a bali it was! No ball will ever come
near thai one IN my estimation. Inc oIll f
lighting, the thrOng of people, all OF whose faces
were familiar to me- the floor, the band-hofn-
blows band-Lady Merivales exutlng. Deamlng
face as she received her guests and gazed coinpla-
Gently at the perfection of all her arrangements,
and last not least. pair OF soft star ke eyes tuV
met mine and danced to the time of the niue
nImble feet. Dear mel | see it all as clearly as II
i were before Ine at this instant. And Gresham
] see HIM as / saw HIM a few dances later with ms
bright eager face. claiming his dance with Beatrix;
and | see her, shy, radiant playing with her IAN
What ball it was to be sure A few dances
later, when all the guests hal arrived, the some
what exhausted Lady Meriyale came into the tea
rOOm, and allowed Inc to bring her a cup OF coffee.
As she slipped It, she SAID suddenly:
You must think 1t very odd, Mr.: Mostyn, that
you should not meet any of our relations here TO-
night -
II did not strike me as at all odd but said it did.
1t seems so unnatural. does it not she con-
tinued. 'Of course asked them all-the Chef,
wynds. the BrOOkcs-but no. they could none Ut
then come. They all going TO bail at Mrs
Bcresford Green's the same night. IL seems so
Odd they should be giving ball on the same hlBhI
as ourselves. Anyhow it has not thlnned our
rooms, and she took another sip with coLhplacehV
air.
| thought as I led Lady Merivale back to the
ballroom that she was the most wonderful woman
bad ever met. II Gresham had done his pest. slie
had done better He had counted ON her 20 40
much and she had done more. And so the evening
wore on. and took Julia IN To supper, ana secuIcu
little table LAID for two. and ieit very hapPy' anu
took her back just the band struck mp afre71
No. 10. "A polka examined my shlIt Cun ,,, m,o
profound attention. What on earth was the name !
Why could ! not have written 1t ie9lby. BeatriA
Of course loOxed round the room glanced
into the supper-rOOm. BeatriX was nowhere 10 ne
seen I went out through the hal to the co0serva-
tory | looked into the bllliard-Iopm WIN Us sol
lights and quiet shadows, from when you coulu
hardly distinguish the sounds OF music ana uahc-
inp [ saw the simmer of "A white dress III u laI
corner and dimiy DISTINGUISHED the outline OF two
figures sitting IN the shadow the taller orhuiHE
forward and speaking IN l.W. tecveut tones l
stole away as quietly AZ | lau come, ana ielutlet
10 the blaze and whlrl and BABEL oil tongues OF INC
ballroom. - ,.1
The last valse was beginning when Gresham and
Deltrix returned 10 the ballroom. Ihey began
dancing. and mctuOugut pcased smile sJ"le oN' I,
Lady AeuVales face ~ she watched them. anu
She 1n,l,eI slightly to her husband who was stand
mo bv her sir Thomas stared, irOW ned, anu
smiled, bandly. Lady Nerivaie was th'hhlue 81
her daughters partner, for whom she ha'i an cN =
dent liking: Sir Thomas vas thinking ol thil pau
nrr's income " hicn he liked stu more. ANA so the
ball Cteshams ball. care to an end AT last an" we
haoe each other gO0d-motning, ana SLOWLY Hi9-
ucr,rd 10 our rooms. followed Gresham mo ms,
and stood gazing at hun, as ne so"P -. ~
candles on the dressing table. lie turntd lo"alG
me at last his face grave, but with look III u
snail never forget 800. -,
.Weur | returned, and somehow we neluHeI ol
rs said ANYTHING more. only | took hs mana ana
wrung 1t, and tnen bolted away into my own roou'