New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-12

Clare did not understand bis jealousy, at irsts
then il flashed upon her. through sudden reahzar
"Oh. should mere.y like to know them for one
rcasonn she said, laughing They would intro
duce me in furn, perhaps, to shoso charming
their world-that Ia, the little have seen Of it.
want TO more want to have them hnd out thae
a,u quite suited to BIO one Of them"
moment II was only her pretty little feibe, after
al-hsf delightfully."- <iyell longing to DO ranked
among the lofty srIstocfat&
"Iwish did know some Of the men You msxns
ne said with apologetie concern. as though she no0
asked him tor some eiff which he could not manseo
to secure. 1 think that have seen two or thrso
OF them m Wall Street; bus we have never met on
speaking-terms."
More than once he pointed out to her geutIemrn
in the throng whom hs did know, or told her TIE
name OF such an acquaintance, after tansieDtly
decfsively critical, never expressed desirs 70
meet fhe inc ivdusis TINS designated. Something
IL their men OF ATTIRE always dispssssed her, SO
speed born of total indifference
And now most unforeseen thing happened ME.
q 10" q the
change in her life, had failed to observe what
TO Mrs. Bergemanu had become giarfnRly evident
the ' Istsef ;s0 ' room " and found scpSis
weeping and her mother briskly loquacrous.
!" l dent know what she's crying about, Clara
an aggrrved look toward her fearful daughtef.
She don't want TO 90 with me home TO Germany
spcss that's L., And there's my own fesb sn4
and begged in it to come and pay her visit boz
fore she dies. And because want 70 go across n
sep,ember-after you're married, Claire, OF courss--
Katrina Hoamaanp now exclaimed Sophie.
with pIaintive contsmpt "she's Mas sec1na-
%ny sns was ANA q sn ws saIs hs sI
don't want TO go. and | won't Co. ana therss an
But sopaia, for the first time in. her hfe. had
Yielded 80 Der least wbim. The letter from Ger
many. as Claire soon discovered was =
mere prese1t for fsishs And Trask. Of The
impulse in Mrs. BerRersann. She had learned abone
Trask; he was clerk in an insurance company on
seysn hnnd.ed year Sophia was Ine ne' Rxv ..
mann's rch fund of good nature shrank into ard
disapproy al of ono-sided match. She developed
instinct: she vas protecting her yoans. They went
to Germany in spite Of all Sophf9s lamentations
They went in the middle OF September. and poof
Trask was left mourn his lost opportunities. Ger
tan threats entreaties. detained in private to
Sophia by her affrighted parent may have i2id
veto upon the maidens possible sspeT,ent. VI IA
not fly with him. For she was very FOND or ffSsxf
aud might have lent thrilled ear TO any ardent
proposition from betoved a sourec. But Task
had NOT romantic soul; he accepted his fate with
prosaic alton. Moreover. his tendency to Dc
obhging, 10 grant favors, TO nsake hinseH OF ni9n
value I'D an emergency, may udte oohsss ~. -
heroic briiiIancy at the private request OF Mss1
Bergemanu herself.
Wherever he real truth Of the matter may have
lam Mrs. Bergsuaan and Sophia, as q plan facSs
went to Europe In September, leaving the bereaved
Trask behind them But both. before their de part
ure present at the marriage OF Claire ana her-
bert H1iilsteI.
Il was very quiet weddins- 1t occurred on an
exceedingly hot day. Sophia and her mother were
to sail che day after They both gave efasye good
byes to Claire. az she left the Fifth Avenue man
sTen in her travelliugdress, &C HOLSTERS side.
- feel as VI I should never, never see you
again SOPHIA said IN . sort of pathetic Ntrgies
with both arms round CiaIres neck.
1t was indeed true that they never met again.
Sophia afterward forgot Trasx. and married m I'D.
rope Her husband. rs q few itlspeied letters wou.d
from time to time inform Claire, was Baron. UQ
to the period when these letters ceased, Sophia lad
repeatedly declared herselt to be very Happy.
Clare occasionally wondered whether MIS-.
Bergemann bad approved of the Baron.
But Mrs. Bergemann did not como
back to tell. which, after all. seemed IKE gooa
omen.
that sutry September day Of their marriage,
Clare and HOLSTER started for Niagara, where
they remained bat q bret while. They then re-
turned to Manhattan Beach by mutual consent.
The weather still remained very hot. II was wnat
we call Late season.
they found at the hotel a moderate number Of
guests who waiting for the first sharp gust OK
autumn to make them scurry IA dfoVes IRON toe
seaside.
Holiisfer resumed his business. He went and
came every day in she train or boat.
Claire did nos feel at All ike q b1del But she ana
her husband had talked together about their fnturo
and she had the seass Of great, vital prosperous
change. She felt like q wife.
ITO BE- Cosfinssd