New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19
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st.ai into the full round OF the horizon VITA each
nav sunset and stay until evening had hrst en-
pnrpletl it. then darkened it completely Afterward
tbe stars would come forth golden. globuiar and
rsvless. while the same unchanged southeriy wind
vould get damp sharpness that made at least
light wrap needful if one remained opt OF doors
The great ara would be almost vacant an hour OF
no after nightfal and the whole shore quite lonely
Asregarded all after-dark visitors. tho island had
virtually closed its season. But Claire and Hoster
haunted the piazza a good deal when the early
autumual darkness had emptiod 1t of occupants
After they had dined he would light hts cigar.
and then select certain hundred yards or 30 Of the
firm wooden flooring. over which they passed and
ra-nassed arm-in-arm, more tunes than perhaps
both their healthful young frames realized. The
other quests of the MOTEL doubtless conectured that
thpy were saying all sorts of tender trifes TO each
other. according to the immemorial mode OF those
from whom the honeymoon has not yet Withdrawn
ber witchine SPELLS But in reality there was very
little between them of what We term lover-lke dis
course CLAIRE discouraged it in her husband, who
obeyed the tacit mandate.
She was prosalc and practical on these occasions
II amused an0 charmed HOLSTER to find her So In
any guise that 1t chose TO wear her personality was
an eDchantment. Claire planned just how they
were to live on their return to town. and he thought
We shall have TO find apartments" she told HIM.
1--WE cannot afford to rent house of our own But
apartments are very and respectable. They are
unite different from a boarding house, you know.
should be very sorry IL we were compelled TO
board"
So should l." declared Hoilister. Are you sure
that we have not enough to let US rent small
housefD
Claire's eyes elstened. as though the chauce of
their iucome being made 20 stretch thus far sug
gested charming possibilities. But she soon gave q
sad shake of the lread. "No," she decided ave
should only find ourselves running into debt We
had better take no rash risks Your business full
of them, as it is Herbert Besides, gear or two
may make the change easy for u.s."
She amazed him by the speed with which she
learned Just how his affairs stood. Her quick
mastery of facts that with most women battle both
memory aud understanding, WAS no less rare than
thorough. 1t had always been thus with her.
Whatever she wanted to comprehend became her
mental possession after slight and brief effort 1t
was long before she read the price-st of stocks
In the morning papers with nearly as lucid per-
ception of just what 1t mean as HOLSTER him
self She made her husband explain as well as he
could and this was By no means H. either-both
the theory and practice of Wall Street speculation.
Shs soou began 10 know all his important invest
Her control over HOLSTER daily strengthened.
She would have swayed man of much frmer will,
and Il is certain that he grew steadily more defer
ent to her Judgment. her counsel or even her ca
prices The desire that sne so plainly laid bare to
him he had already estimated as a most right and
natural DEVELOPMENT. In his eyes it was touched
with no shade OF sedshness; Its egotism was TO be
readily enough condoned; one liked self-assertion
sn those whom nature had wrought OF inner stature,
from better clay. The queen pined for throne and
scrptre: they were a debt owed her by the world |;
she could not help being bora royal.
It irritated him that those people in the hotel
whom she had expressed wish to know. should not
lave sought her acquaintance and society," SIZE
must have struck them as creature of great
beauty and grace. Why hal they not been won
into paying her tributef This HOLSTERS fond
way Of putting the matter to his Own thoughts.
few Of these same people still remained. They
formed little clique among themselves; they too,
waiting for the diowsy. aud torpid weather to
wake up and send them downward. They saw
Claire daily. almost hourly and yet they never
showed sign of caring to do more tnan see her.
HOLSTER secretly resented their Indifference. His
prids perhaps conspred with his love in making
him bring Claire fresh supply OF flowers every
evening. that she might wear them brilliantly
knotted Ia the bosom of her dress. She re-
menstrated with him on the extravaganza OF this
little devoted act. but for once he overruled her
protest BY reference to the cheapness of flowers vt
shat especial She always wore the flowers.
Jutsing forth In rich from the delicate sym
netsS of her breast they became her to perfection.
ss their lovely contact becomes oil save the most
MfNored Of women. She allowed HOLSTER to
continue his pleasant hattering gift The mirror
IN her dressing loon was of generous proportions
BY day she liked to stroll the shore, or TO sit with
book VI enc Of the many benches. and watch.
when not reading the pale blue sweep OF ocean.
smooth as oil, and becked with q few white winged
shis Some Of the sails were SO faint and far away
70 the eye that they made her think Of blossoms
psevn by . random breeze clear out into the misty
ping. But now and then boat would move past
Aaggng the shore and wearing on its breadth OF
CANVAS huge black letters that advertised soap,
washing powder or perhaps quack medicine. The
eader poetry in sky gave these relentless
Merchantmen lif the term DO not inspt) most
ksarng oddly. But Claire did not wholly dislike.
sl'sr ell. the busy push of life and traffic which
~ . harshly indicated. II she had been less
Pehe Of understanding Just how vulgar n note
Fsruek. she might have disappIoved OF them
aoutly. As 1t was. she accepted their intrusion
fail recognition Of its pgness. yet with o
st and peculiar sympathy. 1t reminded her OF
s@i mercantile city that lay 90 near--ths city
nher young husband was seeking to augment
Hns. and by process of slight essential differ
xHssriously in contrast with this feeling vas
3 mode of now and then speaking to the
people who frequsnted the shore, and re.
~ giving them aims, where this or that woful
want would meet her ears. Psst expert
@sde hor singularly keen IN detecting all the
~, H'eso OF beggars. She had learned the real
III nown H.. 90.
.sSv ny suspicious flaw in its melancholy syntax.
1SS wan once she would engage little dinsy clad
s.-.s. IN convsfse. and nearly always coin
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