New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-09

" You mean :. tomorrow, Comedian
"Yes. BY the way. have you seen the morning

eyes BY the way. have you seen the morning
II glanced over one of them-the Herald l
think 1t said. IN the society column. that l
wore magenta at the Charity Ball last night. As II
These monsters of the ne wspapers ought 10 be sup
pressed In some way ,
You didn't think so when they described
your flame;coored plush gown so accurately last
| for going to those vulgar public balls"
But this was for charity. and"
Yes, know. Don't let us talk Of It. II
you had read the paper more closely
you would have seen the statement. given with a
great air of truth, that Herbert HOLSTERS millions
that to night may see hun almost ruined"
How dreadful~ said Mrs. Lee, IN her slow way,
put noticeably changing color.
Mrs. Van Horn gave a high, hard laugh. "Of
course you sorry"
"Sorryp softly echoed Mrs. Lee, uncoiling her
self from one peculiar pose on the yello black
lounge where she was seated and gently writing
INTO another. "Of course / am sorry, C0rnella
Although you must grant that she merits it, 10 de-
sert her poor. ignorant. miserable mother! To run
away and leave her own fesh.and-hlood in starva-
TOM Here Mrs. Lee heaved an immense sigh.
All. Providence finds us all out, sooner or later!
II that wicked womans sin IS punished by her hns-
Dands ruin. who shall say that she has not richly
deserved itf But in spite of this, Cornelia DEAR
orr stroke OF punishment will not be too severe
With regard to my own share in our coming work.
feel that | am to be merely the instrument.
the humble iustrument-of Heavenly justice tseinD
mo doubt" replied Mrs. Van Horn, with frlgid
dryness. But you must do it all alone to-mo row.
Sylvia / have come to tell you so. / can have no
part whatever in the proceeding. However 1t Is
carried out whether you bring Mrs. Hollister
face to face with her plebeiaa parent mol shall be
absent. 10 Is true, accepted for the lunch. But
shall DO i'll at the last moment. Withdraw from
lhe Whole d Ingenious plot shan,t see the little
know have never forgiven the refusal Of Beverley
any more than you have forgiven well something
else, my dear Sylvia. But must remain aloof it
IL Qpff ed M hal m mr.
Mrs. Lee opened her big black eyes very wide in
deed. " Have you lost your senses, Corneliap she
9uerled,, with her srotesque. unfsiing drawL
What! After my wonderful meeting with Mrs.
Twining at the hospital After your exultant con-
cusion that we had far better fix the stigma of in
gratitude and deserton upon her shameless daugh-
ter with as much publicity as possible! After our
talks. our arrangements, our antcipatiOns! After
all this you are not going TOMORROW! don't under
stand. am sure that mast be dreamingP
Let ME explain. them" said Mrs. Van Horn, with
qqver in her usually serene tones that resi-
due of last evenings dramatic defeat and surrender
For once in my life. Sylvia, IL have have found
my match, have failed TO hold my own, have
been ANONYMOUSLY beaten. And the victor Is my
own brother Beverley"
she went speaking for some time longer, with
actual interruption the part of her companion
though with very decided signs OF CONSERVATION
and disapproval.
"Oh, Comeia it is too badp exclaimed Mrs. Lee
when the recital was finished " He couldn't have
meant that he would cut his own sister! What is
to be donei Well, suppose 1t must all be given
she deserves 1t so-running away from her own
mother whom she had always hated and dsobeyed!
We have that poor, hOrrld, common, but pitlable
Mrs. winnings own word for 1t, you know. And
sue would have been such magnificent spectre at
the banquet! she would have risen up like Banquo
addressed, haggard, rheumatic pathetic. Every
body would have denounced this unnatural daugh-
ter when they saw the meeting. can'treaz tnat
you, you could let it all be npped in the bud p =,
1t isn't all nipped in the bud, Sylvia" said Mrs
Van Horn. sharply.
:" Bur it isl Why isn't iti You certainly don't
expect me TO carry 1t out alOneV
Mrs. Van Horn decisively nodded. "Yes, Sylvia"
she answered. that is just the point. do expect
you to carry it out alone You are clever enough.
quite clever enough. and :" Here the
speaker paused Tor q moment, and then cl1sply,
emphatcally added: "And after all is said. re-
mem Der one thing IL is this: You have a much
larger debt to pay her than have"
malIgn look stole into Mrs. Lees black eyes.
She was thinking of Stuart Goldwn She was
thinking OF the man whom she had passlonately
loved-whom she passonately loved still.
IL believe you right, Cornella," she at length
replied IN her usual protracted and lingering
STYLE She had got herself, she spoke, into one OF
her most involved and tortuous attitudes; she had
never looked more serpeutine than now.
10 be Continued