New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-11
AN FSTHETIC FLIRT.

sns becanse he had five sisters "u int different
froE one OF these II since the fact remains Tue
o Mr. Paul Clarkson was W nv ,yas nerhaps
.hotic dirt How much OF il'lt n so naturally
esthetlo i ~ horllv realized; it all came 80 Ia, PM
ne mn s'i ~ WIS handsome fellow, !UunLr ,t verv
D. had a tall well-made hguIe' Pwarm brown
aTnressive face, and gooa ueai copId have kept
No woman with such ewes coHlu 5 10 non Ais
na, airtng: so let us not be 100 1aIu mo any
o esneciav as for some time nc uif fiC friends
harm lie wrote poems .Sds What sad poems they
glSa'iS In Them Mr.. Clarkson hITted VIII h feet
W. a. he lirted with women ne sa a.. a. ~ ress
S allied her pretty names III ms sto ; - her
an1 eIIvd round sharply, and made nm taHS ncd
" atter r worse hardly imagine nc No ~ -,
I'm a very willing bridegroom oue a. Iim-as
i"Sr inst then seemed To want Hoino "a This
tauS s Tiver ana heart were all they shouIu oo'N
yerSefirtug with death was ali very III +-osad a+
Mr Paul was apparently very md Ginners not
- 10 live He wanted no goou u'i -r',tod
So. he wanted no bOOks-oi course no., at -,.th
~ In he wanted no pretty women 10 ~ ~ ntod
VIII in the world Did be want tneu ne ;rod IN
I' bsoTbed in the spirit Of things ne uesiler ~
go mart of the infinite be yearLe- 10 oI - or
Swith fine heavens blue. or 10 DC - - .anrt6ing
clond or q sunbeam, or weeu III S"u, os WT Pan7
SIO'O- - ha was A very sad man was NJ ! a.
SISrl'soH Being so sad was II not Ha.uII 10" o.
shonId turn for sympathy 10 tuc $50 $50 ot,,ra. his
S,end coud not have satisned MS SreAt 10 tbey
romforters were many. Let US soe Ho" "-0
were. o., ~. ms Miss RlandOn. very
- on the ouestiOn of women tlEuts d 49,
s'Io1S U II somewhat maSculIne-l00klhe Woman.
nj whom men mostly stood ID awe IN I'll ILL INTO
% u. tander nlace in her heart ana "aihou ~
n I think she thought lot qulIe '""7 ~
be u-as gong TO ask her 10 be ms wIe: ID ;4b
Ten fhere was the beautiful Miss oahdl9Iu' Ml.n
,ba male face and the large, lovely, sAu-.oOhiIis
.no 70" 1ras she not beauty itself, ana, as sucA'
shoud she not be WOfshlppc" -. o.,~- ,,d
Then there was Mrs. Clifford qulle Aoun5' oa ame
- nice TO lcOk at too; and she wrote poems
faost ~ sad as Nj Clarksons own Her marriage
baJ been a great mistake. she was thrown Wildly
away on the commonplace CII9rd 50 sue aDo17'V ~
inc Ot
her1s bard. what would you be wlthOuJ your
Tiefsl Even as children are who have no pretty
uTiTsItsons grief was that he had once been
.n"aced 10 a Girl of whom he was really getting
ether tired when in the most unexpected nduIeI
she got tired of him, and threw MN over anu gil
Sowed him with a wrong. Mr.. Clarkson felt very
bodlv or said he did 1t is quite Impossible TO say
what be did not get out OF that GRIEF OF MS ~
course lis prime use was as seasoning 10 ms
nOs,ns Then il was q great help III those NICE
mutations have spoken of. man WIN plignteu
afectons may 90 much further IN ulrtihg 'n'.h o d
man WHO is heart-WhOle lne ue"A UA0"'~i' N''0'
naturally iVT consolation. . -. . ..4r,.-a
Think he did He wrote don't know how many
noems TO his tathless lady these poems he reci.ed
Ia other fair ladies he plunged into all SORTS OF us
sipations not because he was natnraily auulccu "
snrn things but because he was so eAtreneI5 uI.
bappy lie WAS very desperate man. anu y ma
wnv he believed in nothing, always excepting
friendship. between men aud women. =.
have mentioned three of his friends let me not
and besides composed such wonderful music ~,
The amount of friendship with women, and the
amount of good wines Mr. Clarksons grieI lequIIt1
To- console H. were most surprising but we all
know how bad is an affair OF the heart. -. -.
Il CHANGED one night that MI; LARSON l n ir
reception Miss llilda tord. ohe was no' d Sil n+
Sbe was about thirty she very pretty, ana h0t
at ali aesthetic. She had good intellect, though
aud loved poetry genuinely. Her voice was uhuau u
IL low and sweet: it had strange thrilling music
al il. She lived with her mOtler I'D the country
but they made frequent VISITS to LONDON -. ers+
-I,.,,,l orb. say ~ =
sght he loved everything about her-her luIi
beautiful figure, her sensitive face WIN Jhe ueeP
dark-blue eyes, the red passionate tlouo 'II iU-
slender hands. the way she carried ner,eI. ne mS
mite bowled down. His love-grief that mad seen
SO much service had been paraded ~ III now many
pOems had been talked over, signed over iduSuou
over with what awful laughter-was put away
Nj. Carkson no longer wished to de be wished 10
marry Miss Ford. - H.. III hoo,
tlll now no one that he had quite wanted 10
marry Truth to say he was rather hoping tnat
someone in whom be could take oery uerdeu ,or
fhe sceuel | think a man should respect really
useful grief more than Clarkson DID. lie thrust IL
away without q tear-what DO l say without
even a farewell sonnet, Heart and soul he went IN
Tor his new love. o bards, bards' are ye not an
Pa1i Cisrkson. then. loved Hilda Ford and what
Is very mnch 70 the point is that the kind feeling he
entertained for her she entertained Tor him; So
WHY no. say at once that he proposed, anu was
HIida.i he cried looking into her eyes passion
atelv tell me how much yOu love me 7
She pressed his hands and said
i love you with my whole heart. YOur love IS
the crown and glory OF my life; 1t IS my supreme
rapture and my supreme rest. f.. ALL, 49,.
And tnen, perhaps because her face hushed so
she leaned it on his shoulder, while he kissed her
thick gold hair. $3.50
All this was very nice, and Just rs il should he :;
but troubles came As 1t happened most unfortu-
natev Miss Fond had a jealous temperament, and
she got find out abOut Pauis trtatlons, TO which
she very much objected. OF course, nothing would
have been easier than for Paul TO have gwen mp
such alrtatiOns; to which think Miss Ford was
quite right in excepting. Only that was Just what
BE- did not do. Easy, said no, far more difficult
than we dream of.
To be in love and TO play at being in love, are
two very different things: and, in their own way,
they are both pleasant enough. Playing at being
IL love is a very fascinating game; and like most
games il taks at least two players This game Miss
Ford liked not a tact which he could not tell to
these dear co players.
when our engagement is made public be said
to himself. | viii knock all these affairs on the
head
30 he very wrongly-wshing at the same to have
and eat his pe-tOlt his beloved that he would for
swear the close friendships that so much
troubled her; and all the while ne privately III
du ged in them. She found him ont once. He
rushed down TO her house IN the country where as
can be easily imagined, a scene took pace. r,,,
Il was the beautiful Miss Sandford that iilda
specially oil lected 10. He promised faithfully that
he would her no more but the old hablt was
so strong that as soon a. he Returned 10 hoho4I
he went back TO his Platonlc worship OF hef ne
kept, however, his proceedings very dark indeed,
can tell you; but, a. we all know, murder Will out
As Ill or good luck would have II, an intimate
friend OF Miss Sandtord went 10 visit some trlend
VINO were neighbors of the Fords. To the pleasure
Oh an parties concerned, II turned out that Mr.
CIaIH>oh wa a mutual friend. Then came Tho
question from our friends friend
Was Mr.. Clarkson going t0 marry Miss Sand
ford
Everyone knew what firt he was: still his at
tentions in that quarter were extremely marked.
Perhaps So said Hilda quietly
She wrote a few words TO Paul that night. asking
him 10 come down and see her
Jam was nice when we were young; hut was i
nice 10 I've detected IN the act of priggnV IL wher
we thought everyone was far away, To hear a door
handle turn sharply, and be faced by a father
mother old servant sure 10 tellf IL was witt
feelings similar 10 those then experienced tina
Panl read Hldas letter. IL contained only a fey