New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-25
Kill.

Nearly year after when Rowland had sedately
established himself in New-York as under book
keeper IN the house of Carew, Bailey < Co., and
while Mrs. FOrdham, who was wont to declare that
the air of Malhae had quite renewed her. rested
for a time az the home of her brother. a memner oil
the firm with which Rowland had associated hun
scf,-so long that in Dayton, the question that had
harasScd Wentworth began 10 assume so diliereat Il
light in his eyes that his name had often been con-
ncctcd recently as the society journals have It, with
that of one quite unrelated to the episode of his first
unfortunate paSS'Ononc soft night IN Jhly' as inc
highly respectable strcct-lamps of Heidelberg began
TO glimmer through the falling dusk, two persons
ratified up in carriage to the fTotcl Scbrieder, and
registered as Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher. Virginia had
expressed q desire to stay for part Of the brief
honeymoon that Fletcher could spend abroad, at
Heidelberg. where during her wandering5 with her
aunt she hal passed a winter,
d. | lore it, she had SAID, and laughing happily
together. in their new found bliss, at her emphatic
phrase they had resolved TO remain for some days
here Flctcher's early European tour had not IN
cluisd Heidelberg, and after supper ne made SUD
mission " tin brtittng homage to her reading.
There "a a moon tonight, Norton. Let rs go up
10 the castle and watch il rise" she SAID lie A.
seutad with such readiness a newly accepted
lover might use and taking carriage they passed
through the streets, along when cleanN iedclocIg
rear, rs stecp-roofed homes Virginia pr0iesscI
that she did not know whether the dwellings, OF
Heidelberg were Ike those of Quebec, or mos Il
Quebec ike the houses of Heidelberg. IDsy
wandered in the balny summer arr from Wnlch Tie
lipht had not vet uuitc faded, through the Strag
,,nr ruin of the Castle of the Paainatc. it- walls
risug IN serricG ranks, a gray mystery INTO tho
night They seated themselves at length IN the en-
brasure of a great crumbling window ana varied
for the moon. convcrSlng happily. presently over
the hills that lay duskily defined on the othcr Side
of the river there pccped arc of tender llght II
burned its way up above the ChOStly Inc OF trees
ON their SUBMITS then burst abruptly forth, full
orbcd aud poured il me low radiance down the
mountain slopes. over the amber NeGkar ana
dwarfcd the feeble lights of the town. II shOt rs
lustre. too. athwart the WINDOW IRON Wuich
Fletcher and Virginia regarded the scene below.
How beautiful II is exclaimed virginia IN an
awcd voice. after long silence glyIn% voice 20 le
thought of both. d" | think never felt quite alb
.olutely content before. Norton
And do YOU now T. he questioned
Absolutely she Smllngy replied
Their happiness suggested for at least the thous-
andth time history nat thee had tod nnwe9ry-
ngy over with sweet iteration 10 each otler' our I
ing The happy months OF their engagement, aud the
fortnight Just passed.
III vas strange" commented Virginia, when the
mnutest details Of the courtshp that seemed 20
them wonderfully unlike every other conrt5up th2t
they had ever heard or read OF. had been rehear9e
II was strange. and little cruel. too, can heiP
thinking that | should not have remembered tilat
had seen you in the st. Rochs horse-'ar ION, Nor
TON non Pr she cried with fond emphasis as s!le
pressed her palms atfectionatey against MS shoul-
= That was indeed a sarcasm of fate, my darling.
Don't mock; it CdS that and more. POSSIBLY
Won might have pecu saved those hOrrid weeks OF
torment If il had been otherwise
hardly think that returned Fletcher; q" ana
since | could suspect you | don't know but de-
served them. BESIDES can almost find the herolsln
now to declare that | am glad i was no different
You might never have cared for me
Virginia. he exclaimed reprOachfully, amt
folded her in his arms. The moon looked gravely
down upon II ALL it. kindly face long since grown
unheeding and callOu. To such exhibitions. " NO,
no sweetest not that hc cried As nc released her,
hat il
might not have happened just as we remember IL :
and we could not afford to lose any feature OF that
Not one she responded with an answering I'M
pulse.
Would Won mind letting me hear you say again
that YOU forgive me - he asked after moment
oh don't forgive yOu There l. nothing % Tor
rive, since through it all | never guessed one OF
your wise theories about me; Besides your error IS
responsible for this-error.' She laughed - he
took her hand and for some moments neither spoke,
while they mcdltatvely observed the beauty OF the
scene.
Fletcher broke the silence.
But this wa, our talsman" lac exclaimed, hold
ing M a tiny bit of paper wrnkled and worn IN rs
numerous longitudinal folds. If Mrs Ford ia II
had not been taken i'll; II you had not found ne
paper for those powders IT, above all you ha,l not
sought thar paper in your portfolio your khoweug'
or Ignorance of my presence III the II, r'ecar from
St Rochs woud not hayC affected the result
might have been labOring alone now AT my pro-
fessiOn dearest. and yOu--in kamsc natka. Ana ne
held the little paper IN tho moonlight ahd 'uue4cu
the night breeze to rulie its folds.
ALI, that" laughed Virginia, was love
philter"
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