New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-13

I}Qnc--DOOketi-l lOSi Noliaini'
IN ths drawing room he leisurely approached,
enc in hand and SAID aloud They declare n ar,
Rudcer that we have met before. nave go
INV. word of honur that we have not saw yCui
sisters once. | believe, but could never nave loi-
gotten yOu. NJ,
All listened with amusement, save MIS- -
Who blu he'd There was pause
am not mistaken asked flckcrlng' III ,rr
.PeInaps You dld NOT see ne. the elll H'ui
murcd painfully, vet not lil-peascd ,.,
will VOW | lid not; and tins IS Sn.Jtcl w
which III permit no mlNaPplellrnslon III lului1
ihcn he slt beside her and helleve sue Ipo ,,s
several times before { q evening nnished J KNOW
she smiled once for Ie marked that her teeth "el'
ts pretty rs AL the rest Ol her. .t.
In the next tim 81 DAYS Pickering was cohStih , ~
about the hon-e. Mrs. - and ner husband llkcd
tie Young fellow greatly. Int lie seemed 10 make 10
progress in his love affair. 80 il appeued 10 US,
hut he WIS perfectly content th1t "hep a'
rpgth | sailed. nm eccentric COMMISSION wa" r' If
tiu,tcd 10 me- Some days alterward. IN the cGol oil
the afternoon lie called. Mrs. - was walking,
bat her husband. received the visitor, ,...,.. ,
L have Just presented myself TO Mis-. hudger,
rc began.
"A curious product Of the country isn't she
4 type, II II were possible that old lady
should undertake voyage TO EuIope, coulu not
many her daughter.
'WhatF 80,
Love might run to IT. bnt decency would forbid
W mere ~ IN, little saNageP
~ hat on earth do You meIn|
'Oh haven't You noticed that ! am over head
and ear, in love with Mary The mother smiles
anon tctI N vet.
Cont doubt that Won are serOus and honor
able, exclaimed . Allow me to say that II YOU
win tbs girl, You will have a, brave and As good ana
as modest % wife 49, ever aiiy luckv fellow gained
Nrs-l luOw-bul she IL de~p rate little say
agc.'
Worthy - proceeded in high excitement to
deliver bis opinion. Pickering IS not distinguI uea
for endurance of raitude and he yawned.
d ihankS You ar very good | must DO Things
ms own wicked WY.
5'rs - arrived with Mary who coored and
1pI % "a
hand. aud addressed Mrs. -: Il hayo asked Mis-:
liudscr to give me- this young lady 10 vile. |
think know her faults OF temper ana training ana
they d. not irg h,en me- But YOU know her better.
! cannot help loving her; but If YOU Mrs -.
tell me that after no time Of probation shall ever
he proud 40 show my wife to my mother and sisters
/ retire.
It may bee imagined with what face Mary heard
this speech. - lar Pickering WIS c0nceIned
size cared not jUt for The verdict. Iu' toi her own
-rii-rcopecl and Woma hood she desired to near.
and waited. pale and SIT. ser UNCONSCIOUS hand
resting IN her lovers. Mrs. -- Lesltated' not IN
ioubt of the sentence but N sheer sun 80 and be
wldermrnt lhcn she cried heartily: Mary is all
gcCd and pure Mr. Pickering, the man who wins
ger heart can make her mIhd what h. Will. You 1t
L. allow NJ 10 >ay ~. whom might doubt
hen a~ wao natural Mary rr'sserted herself
Throwing away tie nlnd that c.asped hers. SUE
looked Pickering ~ the lace with even more Wild
cat IA her cN pre- ,-On than he bad Yet admired.
lou are rude ana Impairment boy! And so
" thdrcV. a, hot and Indignant, a. stately and -
" tchmg. as You please. Pickering laughed softly
Mis-. - urged his claim t. courteous treatment;
lie was only mocking her besides, she hated him
Live with " lte man, among al wMte people
~uc would die or rather, she would Kill bersell ana
ever, body He sp' Ike of "A mother and sisters.
awluliy White doubtless. on please. dear Srs.
-, let her 30 back home. II this must continue
She wicked gifl naturally. and something
would happen II they leased her something VIII
happen You is negro threat of mischief. not 10
be dI~Icga'ded. But Mrs. - Wa not afraid.
lme went on but IlckernR> affairs dId not
progrcs> Mary wond not sec him n the house.
nor Gould str abroad. Exercise l. not essential to
ere "a comfort. But IN a month or SO arrived
uumhrr Of boxes t. the adoIc,, OF Lieutenant
Pickering, which he foTW lrdrd 10 Ms. - keeping
pack only one. She. m the secret. begged Mary 10
uupuck them. Al manner of pretty things we're
there. which ] had beeu commissioned t. buy at
Fuuchal dainty dresses, hats and shoe, ana men
simply ana grace .uilN fashioned. lie French
D,. Isle la whom conrdrd had entered with on-
thu.i,-in into our romance Mary elowed with
adm ration as box after box d>played It's giriish
treasures. 'Oh. now pretty, pretty she cried.
'Irl this one. dear" sad Mrs. and THIS and
TIN " Inr utl tired them. ana b.nohed. and nearly
cried. What hcdutIiul thing, white ladies' Wcar
she sighed. looAinE at her own Ir-gi imlte: ,.,
you are dressed Ike that " asked Mrs. - softly.
Tue Thought wa, MT resented Mary only said. 1t
l. r dress Ny heart Is n"t changed
Then let lis bee ,ch It' cried Mrs. -- gaNlY
TIE blac, 90 does not 90 vory deep" Mary
glcd. and began to take oh the dress, with sad
I .luce- at her mirror Mrs. -- saw the truth
lught be r~l,rd. 'Ihc things not sent for NE.
dear. You n,el not disguise yourself again.
Mary color came ANA went. sic looked m IN
Iury IroWncd, sluycred little. and began t. cry.
II J. silly Oi him.. she Sobbed. and wicked. when
he knows What am But there WAS no trouble IN
prr,uldug her 10 keep and wear the dresses The
concession. which would have been most dIiiicuiC
To obtain from a modest English gIl, was granted
by the httle savage without one thought saving
triumph and pleasure. She did not understand thai
the giver might eNrect gratitude. She felt no
sense OF obligation. \ present descended rs 1t
RE. from heaven, aud she caught a. mat Pick
rrnE should hr concerned IN tie transaction was
matter.
Possessing a wardrobe such as never yet had
been aired ia that settlement Mary c0uld not re-
fran from displaying H.. Here tn" artiu youth
bad placed his ambush II need not Ice told how lie
gradually used the glrl to meeting him. uutll at
length ne earned customary Tlgtt to escort her.
HIS colonel strongly dlsapprOved; his brother
officers rdiculed while they envIed hiul-tOr theirs
was "a dreary life. But little serlous advance had
been made yet. II Mary lost something of
her sbyness weeks passed by she lost nothing of
her di>trpst his shrcwd lover perceived that It
WAS time 10 strike again.
Onr day he carees.ly complained of headache and
sickness. Mary had heard with a cruel indiier- |
'uce of other mi~hdps, but these symptoms alarmed
her II i painfully drull to observe "A mingllng !
Of pride with the horror which African creo es |
entertain toward their native disease. 1t Is tie
icad est OF uun-cpIdemic maladIcs. aud It ALWAYS
strikes the white man-oeldom themselves. 10 !
European science II Is mlstrIlous IN beginning, /
rou.Sc and tcImluatOn. while their rude arts con
Iurr II, or they think they do These facts COM !
ot the negro and the creole under their conscious
'IvIuc but the fcyer is his master; the cOOrcd man
may he dog. but lie masters the fever. | am not |
'ule that Mary would have suffered agones |
worth description if Pickering had taken cholera: |
)ut this VAS u different case. She displayed such |
pretty interest and concern that the youth Vas |
almost tempted to rel on his own merits Luck |
is he resisted this impulse and next day il was |
that Lieutenant Pickering had got the +
ever
The natural course of this horrld maady lends it.
self 10 de CeplOn nj the opening stages. Mary not
nrprIsed tosec her lover waiting tuI he usual prom
made pale ANA heavy eyed, but able 10 take part
conversation W hen he suddenly. lauguldly, put /
IIs arm round her. and took IL pitcou, Kiss, size /
Jlushed very much. and gently Tepulsrd hun but /
cit no a-tOnshmeut IL was "A lad sgn only. and ,
Icr eyes filled. After melancholy dinner with my /
ate hosts. Pickering grew worse. HIS CLASSY ey - |
lcgan Ia shine. ana he talked very fast. Mrs --
Oud not hear of his returning 10 the castle. She ]
mi Mary would nurse him. When that Young /
ady added fearful cntleatIrS PIch erIng consented.
{ have rightly explained her feeling. it will be /
understood that no extreme regard for the patient
moved her. 10 WAS tht fever she would combat /