New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-01

..d =. q, aha conId think Of no moro to say.
Shs was silent but the blush on her cneek e'g1w
deeper :he looked at nm opf fsc ~ a. II sbs To- tot
that h, could not SEQ the pretty tIouo'o ~ ioat a
and eyes had never seen my '' msoouiss Of fool
ish c6dhoodi What says the satirst: ~. asa a.
YOU CONS TO forty year, lying there ID tne 800
remembered how had trlea 70 xss and row,
IN her pretty wilfulnes-. she had boxed my e1 az
with that little sunbrown hand How pIcI.y;
looked as she sat on that old. gray, moss
seat! There was suppressed excitement 10 ner aou,
and look in her eyes as II she was hot 20. hs
tears She mus nass s ts tran"ls IN her face
was due 10 the sad thought that this pIe'I'noS' '
wasted on the eligible uitor at her side inv IN.
There WAS pause; l seemed to hear 10 uny n
acct, in the ar-almOst TO hear the beating OF 10y
heart At last Della moved. rs II she could Dear .ne
silence longer He put oat ms on aD SsT. and vet
ne did not speak At last. with great sign, nov
love yous he said. 1t vas splendldIy eJ1e ~.
t,sobiins of her hand for bs took his own great
hand aw ay and laid IL for minute across nI7 n
less eyes i ought not to ave saId ". sspd
not to have drea:sed Of laying tins Dnrasn ~.
hero he stopped short. as II something hinueiooe
speech IL is an Old bat an excellent eneGIi III ~
said nothing; but her little hand came Ts,e
his which had fallen limp upon his knee. III H.
was light of pity in her face which .naoe J. n h
an angels II he had been rosy Cupdon. anI or
pycne newly s-eety as Sy me dotted ea
IL was suprrmely feminIns NO man . o"ii AZ
thrown himself utterly INTO tbe e,tua' snr and
ber touch Lord Richard turned TO LOOK AZ n'' Al
In an instant a cry care from him sharply; AZ.
God cannot SET herr he cried Ana nov = 49, har
that her eyes were fnll OF H. hand and her
fears fell on it, Then his face ilnsbed WIN ~ ~,
umph be had gained his end. lie p atJ on. u: and
oWard her, where she was half vlthdr.wn. GU ~
when no touched her soft brown hair. lie Gre" hoi
head against his stalwart shoulder. Vas too Ia,
and knew it they had played the ht'ie co"'"'
II was an unlncky day for me. What are you
doing there heard the fierce whisper close auns1 ,
my head. and a nervous hand was OH ~, oo, on
dragging me backw ard IL was Iom IL was 81
awkward situation. | bad neither time nor 'rea.n
for explanation. returned to London iui VI n'''-
anchoy thoughts o,sfr
hat il the use of resentment Lord kicnaIa o,u
not withdraw from me hIs political patronaee. ~
his influence aud that OF his family o"eu ~ oS
for Mndtro. AS public man / was wortn pro-
pitiating in the eyes of NY friend. may ada tbas
have done no discredit to bis choice Dung NY
sell with all my energy, If may use tbe expression;
INTO the strife of parties by my own eHorts anu
by dextrous use of machinery. of wllch confess
myself proud. have gained Tor nyseI place ia
which am Independent OF all aTistocratic patrou-
age / have made myself "a fres man, and more
over. rising one.
gard nv friend and my friends wife with gentle
regret, though without luminosity. WIN neitber
Lord Richard nor Della could preserve pleasant
intercourse. Ii was no fanlt OF mine, ] was eager
to he on the footing OF cousin IN me honse Dus
all my efforts to he cousinly were vain: Inc nus.
band indeed received me with langhter-alnosis
with rOars Of laughter; but the wife was So cola
that at last cOnd not ignore her show oil disiav0r
This little lady, whom we had all Thought so soft.
was cold and hard ms steel. | did nor grudge her
the victory which she had won She had played
her cards we'll She was quite right To secure
husband whose blindness was more than compen-
stated for by bis high position anu comparative
wealth If she could have been made to think that
she owed her prize To me. things would have been
different bet ween us As 10 was If were VAIN
man, could not but attribute the attitude Of nos
Ility which she preserved toward me tn some luIk-
ing resentment at the ease with which had stIted
my bvyIsh fancy for her. The strange pIejudices OF
women are often to he explained by plque.
Of my cousin IOm--heayen help bim!-l have
seen ittlu. 1 met him not long after the mar.
riage ana as he spoke to me of the happiness OF
his little girl saw real tears in lis eyes. AS | be-
lsve that he originally by no mt ans eager Tor
the match so, too do believe that he now regards
il with the warmest sympathy love match on
both sides. I could almost envy NV cousins
unique simplicity. Poor Tom!