New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-02


is hardly gone and catkins swing on every hazel
bough, and down in bosky woods the golden palm
glitters Ii Ike fairy tree above parpie sneet OIL
the fields where the young green wheat slopes
down in emera Il waves, and lambs are leaping and
lnnets pairing, and
Bcehives wake and whirr
And rabbit thins his fur
And golden in the
Rivuct5 rise and run
And lilies bud, for springtime is begun.
Is there ever a gayer, gladder time in all the
wear; or a gayer, gladder morning than this when
! rise and look across the frothing snow OF pear
blossoms and meadows paved with golden butter
cups to the red roof of the village inn. ha hidden
in elm-trees beneath which Dick lodges Perhaps
he NAV be strdng across those meadows now to
pay us an early visit and bring me bunch OF
violets. He has done 20 once or twice; but father
doesn't like visitors at breakfast ana N AFRAID
Dick has found il out; at any rate he does not
come to-day and so | 90 down to breakfast, give
the orders for dinner set the twins to their studies
| and am it,, going to assist Maude through her
aboriCus forts at wading up the scale of ID, when
the maid brings me letter winch she says has Just
come from the inn. ana see it is from Dlck. .
How thankful / have been since then that lelt
Maude and went away TO read IT by myself Tor
even the Irst words to daZe and dazzle me! II
begins, My dear Ceciy,' and then slt ana l Leaa
aud reread the rest over and over again. now iong
never knew, with eyes that see, yet see not ana
heart which beats, yet refuses to comprehend.
How can il 7 The sun IS still sh nlng, lh6 OlruS
singing the daflodis nod their golden chaiced
5na5s f. tbe whispering wind How can /. poor
| little Ceciy Vernon. understand that the sun that
has shone over my lie 50 long has gone out oil IL All
at once and forever, that may never hear again
those tender whispers which have been sweeter
than any music to me since my cnlidinn Gays! for
Dick is gone. and this Is what he tells me-
| When ne went back to the inn he found letter
awaiting him from the contractors for that lana
| dian railroad of which he had told me before ihe
| man who had been appointed IN ms place hau
! turned ont utterly incompetent, the works were
barely commenced. AMI the directors now wrote to
otier him again the post he had refused with larger
salary than before; but with the added provlsC
that ne must sail within the week. 1t was liberal
offer and he still very hot and angry. On the
snnr of the moment he sat down and accepted II :
ana then in the act of sealing the letter roper ted
him of what he had done Perhaps he remembered
how long we had loved another and what bitter
pain parting would be- at any rate ne pun e In'uer
IN his pocket and came up 10 the yicarage 10 zen me
| AGAIN that if / would marry him III June ne w0ud
sill accept the smaller appointment IN zen OF this
or IL that we're really impossible would arrange 10
| come back from Canada in the autumn, make me
| his wife and take me back with nun. e,
| Well YOU guess what he found whole iam,y
| laughing and making game OF him. lnocklng at the
| pain which had driven HIM away thg love wh hG
| had brought him back; my laugh-heaVeh, heiP
| me mine the loudest III the party, NY manu-
| aiding in the Jest which was amusing Il SCI oi
| tbou ghtless bows Aud so, lie wrote, l went
away and | write this now to bld you goou 'oye.
My eyes have been opened at last anu gee Only
TOO nlanlv that the years which have only lntell-
sifed nv love for you have withered yours at tue
root that my visits have been WEAKNESS, my
ali n
thankful flat have learnt this lesson even so ate,
| Int | cannot do yet nor can bring myself 10
| the useless pain of meeting you again go oach
tu nv old lodgings at once, and sail LOT Canaua tnS
| week Would to Heaven you had told me the truth
| which sends me from YOU before. but 90 not
blame you for no, doing SO. You were always US
gentle at heart and believe you could not pear 10
| hnrI me to my face And then he bade zoo pless
| nc. and signed himself Yours ever faithfully
Richard Meredith
What do other people do or say when such blow
| falls on themY How 90 they fcelT seem 10 ieel
| nothing, 20 think nothing. | am crushed that Is
all and like crushed creature slt tneTe Jfodcue
mn with the letter on my knees, deal and puma ana
| dead to ali around me; and tbe hours go by and
| people call me; bat / don't hear ana solneonl
comes in and speaks but dSn tarte thnm Inv
| breaking into a short, harsh laugh. Dinner; anu
| the voung gentlemen making a noise ana Will go
down and cafveT Dinner and carving ana DICK
NV Dick. gone away gone-unless God be mercliul
| and HELM me to keep him-gone forever Are they
mad that thsT who have brought me 10 TINS eXpect
| me 10 90 down to them when my heart is Oreaklne
and my whole soul one wild ache to get Nun ana ouo
nv arms round his neck and beg him, pray hiin' 10
| forgive me Are they mad or stonesI 49,, .or,-o ,ho
| Well | 90 down. / cut the meat anu serve 'hS
| nnddnp; and though cannot say one word. ah .
| there must be something IN my race "nlc ,
fricbtens the boys for they stare at me with won,
| Inr;ng eves and are strangely good anu quiet.
never break down once, or rise uh1h tno Hio'i if
nnite ended; and then ar last l escape. ana as
wr,te to Dick the tears vi n have Deeh frozen 'ln
now break forth IKE ram anu pioU 'i0 " "
| fast "a they are penned. =.
For of course l answer him; | have rea read IN
! novels-of girls who when they have hurt Oh
Onersd their lovers are too proud TO write or say
word pardon but am RI not STo Ke Ia and
tnod and shv as have been of showing my aifec-
ton by outward signs am too conscious Oh tne
depth of his love for inc 10 let any lase sIaine W
misunderstanding rest between us ana so / W.T., VIII
and lust tell him the whole truth about tiat luck
less scene tell him how dear he IS TO me, ana neg
hum humoly and with tears to forgive me anu 'o'
| me still not to give up his journey III ne ma q
copied the post know that cannot be- but at IeiSl
| TO come TO before he goes and say goou,o y anu
IN take my promise that at whatever time he wants
rae | will be ready to be his wife whether ne can
come hack for me. or have to go ont to hui OheI
| S.n,oen have done that much for men who love
them. and why not for Dick. who has waited sd iOi
me longer than many io OYER, already anu sS'''
So nv letter is finished at last. and walk across
the ds myself viii not mot b t5gs' do To not 'd dS
other hand to Put 1t III s tng with that inten
ton m but remembrance of my swollen eyes s5 anG
male tear blotched face deters me OAR nos
| p"io' where every man, NOmaL