New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-30


quite true. have. The charity burial 81 Tv Is tne
purest nonsense the most preposteIsus ihVe ntion,
on your dear friends part. lpat Is my
confident belief; l assure you it Is. 10
Won want me any more, katef o. are
you gong TO keep me here with your Wild L 'es an
hour or two longerr -, -, oo,
deficiencies, looked so simply and calmly Cicnied
as when she responded: - -,
=. / shall Keep you only very little while lolit er
Sylvia. You may OF may moi have wanted Slaies
mother to enter that dmng-room. But you fd
your hour for her coming neatly tlmeu. anu "
modification. any distress that you cout' .No
inflicted would have been pleasure TO on.
But / think that in all dis Willy
and clever performance you qu' ~ Il ,isu
very loyal TO Claire. And / give you my wore that
your share in the event Of to-day shall MT SO I'M
Mrs. Lee stopped tanning herself "Unpu Iishedf"
she repeated, haughnly enough ,.a a.
" OH yes Are you , surprised ~
merely mean mean that in as short time as posi-
bly, command Stuart Goodwin shall know every
detail of your recent behavior And pray don't I1t
knows how devoted am to Claire Hollister. You
know. just how devoted to s,.,,d ne
he he will S %daS you after have narrated little
story, not missing a single particular not
one Sylvia--rest certain of thati"
same time moved away. Mrs. Diggs's eyes ollowed
the SLIM retreatng figure. She had already sren
that her cousins face wore an expression O. pnga
farewells. Mrs Lee did not join them in IT, civil
ty. She slipped from the drawing. room INSTEAD:
a by perhaps aay cha herself
She willtry to meet Goodwin before do ihoughlt,
Mrs. Diggs. Bat she will not succeed L. 49, , wit
not approve my scheme OF cbasusement II sue
learned 1t. But 1t IS no affair of hers l am dolng
1t entirely on my own account. propose W ias9
Sylvia Lee remember this day as long as sne uVes.
of Mrs. Lee . was tie first one to roll away The
carriage Of Mrs pigs soon oT certain time in the
same direction. But ultimately the courses Oh 'he
two vehicles diverged. ,..,.,o4,or
less than ten minutes afterward. A. sael l after
so doing, employed the same forIm'A OF renecuoh'
He will come as soon as he receives IT.. 4o,t
But Mrs. Dggss SUMMONS WIS INC 'no'o III
1t contained the name of Claire.
Goodwin was tie recipient of the two teleArams
He went first (be ing driven rapidly In cab rom
his Wall Street place of business to The bo lse Oh
Mrs. Diggs.
He remained with her for at least two hours 1t
was now somewhat late in the afternoon. He dined
at his club, and by eight o'clock IN the evening
was ringing the bell of Mrs Lees residence
Sac was alone, and received him with freezing
manner AT last you are here" she said
AT last" he replied, with careless ambis dity,
throwing himself into an armchair and looking
straight at a very comfortable wood-dre that
blazed not far off.
Ibid you receive my telegram "
al did,"
"In time to come to Inc when it entreated you to
comet"
Il received it this afternoon. / have been pre-
vented from making my appearance until now"
His voice was quite as cold and distant a. her
own She went up to his chair and laid her hand
upon its arm.
Your manner is very abrupt and strange" she
said. in greatly softened tones. Has anything
occurred ~
He turned and met her look. He nodded signif-
cantly once or twice before answering. "Yes,
something has occurred most decidedly. Can't
Won guess what it lsi If so, you will save n the
distress of explaining"
For several moments she was silent. q suppose
Won mean that you have seen Kate Dggs" she then
hazarded.
He nodded again. al have" be replied.
"Ahp said Mrs. Lee with an airy satire. Then
she must have made very strong case against me,
as the lawyers phrase it,"
Undoubtedly she has" he answered, rising. Il
have heard the prosecution; do you want me to
hear the defenceT
"Of course demand that you shall do so" sheex-
claimed although don't at all like the word you
ing myself"
Goodwin gave one Of his rich, mellow laughs. The
twinkle had come back to his eye; all his wonted
peuiaIity seemed to re-clothe him. And yet his
companion rather felt than saw that it was WON
as an roncal disguise.
upon NV word. think you have been verv
hardly treated" he declared The sting of tn re-
sarcasm pierced her. then, and she sensl-
bly, recoiled. You ought to have been al
lowed the privilege of witnessing your
little scandaous comedy after you had
planned it so clevely. How you must have suffered
when it all went off IN SO tame and quiet way!"
Mrs Lee pale ana with kindling eyes, slightly
stamped one small foot The sound wrought by
this action was faint, though quite audible.
you believe all that Kate Diggs has told you'll"
she exclaimed. You think / wanted public scene.
IL is not true. / wanted her to be humiliatAd 10y
her own conscience at time when she fought
herself most enviable, most lofty. 1 had no Other
motive. 1t was not revenge. 1t never was anything
like revenge"
Gold.:in's face had sobered, but he made little
shrug of the shoulders, which was like him at BIS
brisk mercurial best He had plainly seen her
falsehood "Why on earth do you use the word2"
he asked.
She recoied once more. use the word1 she
half stammered, as If thrown off her guard b. this
unexpected thrust. Amoment afterward she went
on, with renewed vehemence. all her native drawl
furriedy quckened by excitement Il used it because
Kate Diggs used itbecause she pr sumed to say nat
/ brought that poor. suffering, serted, outraged
mother face to face with her do er for tlls
reason. don't doubt that Kate as invented the
same nonsense for you that she tried to foist upon
me- She is very loyal to her frie She uas most
probably told YOU that Mrs. TwIning was alw tys a
monster to her daughter and that she insisted on
having her dead husband buried by charity. in
spite of prayers suppcation adjurations from the
bereayed offspring. For my part. l choose
utterly to discredit this trumped-up tale l never
heard anything that resembled it from the feeble
lips of the wretched woman who had lam ior weeks
M the hospital. only heard -"
Goodwin here broke in with a voice moro hard
and stern than any which NJ s. Loo had known TO