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

innate acquaintance with her 1t was almost part
of herself.
On the porch he was detained a moment TO bid
adieu TO Miss MOrtbOy who was going away She
invited him with cfiusOn 10 call upon her IN 10
rOntO. When she had gone be remembered tho slip
of paper in his pocket and he sat hastily on the
edge of of the chairs about to look again al H.
lie was strangely curious regarding IT, ana tnere
was reason why he should not satisfy the feeling
at once. The paper had been severed from larger
piece with considerable exactitude. IL was cyl
IDENTIFY half of rather large page OF note paper be-
scrubbed across the breadth III womanly iashlon.
Many of the words bad been blsected. and scaroely
one ended line whose letters had not lost seVeral
companions The chTOgraphy was OF thc over
grown vertical sort affected by Young IaueS,
tempting measurement of It's p's and is. flctcnor
studied the writing Tor a moment His eye ETadu-
ally accustomed itself To a. and le read WIN 0c-
caSiOnal puzzled hais. II seemed To be the ehd OF
letter. 1t began abruptly: Remember what 1
told you . Unjust. but smarted und-
repent now though, and would be gil really
Wentw- asked him, would receive me IN til
. Can ask it Would 1t do . Advise me- my
dear friend A4yL ~ , ,:,t Ko cS.c. I
then it SIN ggshly returned and mounted 10 his fore
head in burning flood. As hc iniShed' the paper
iluttered from his hand to the floor FOR Few
seconds he sat in hc pcSs stupor. lie could nor III
instant reverse and Oyerturn the ideas, the rrIa
tions. the meaning of the past month thc{ nau
been ngraIned in him. had become part of his beng
Yet. moment later, the whole glad import or II
seemed to flash upon hlin hc rose with haii,gl3ri-
fed face. dazed look III hts eyes. as OF one who has
binding light.
Another phase however Of what he now regarded
a revelation. instantly presented itself III he
was right and no dOubt of this occurred TO HIM, no
epithct could sufficiently characterize hls conduct
since he had met this girl No adjective could com
prehend the cruel error of lis treatment of her
" Fool. fool. fool " he hOar,ely calculated. Any
dOlt might have sreu-any brute would have been
less hasty more considerable And these days that
have been flied with exquisite toriure,-the'e days
in which have lived one long tanta iz:ng death
all futile, worse than futile. And she Great
Heaven. what must she not have thought oil my
folly Fool. fool. he repeated, and seemed TO take
pleasure IN the repet ton.
He had not formulated this di~coyerg,-had not
told himself consciously that II was he story OF
his strange grl,-the author of those meaning,
fraginoutary written scutcuccS-that lac had heard
in the hOr-c-car from -. Roch that his connection
of Virg MIA W tn il was the cruelcst OF mistakes,
above all that this young girl was she whom " emit
worth loved, and would take back. He had not
shaped these facts clearly. but they were as pal
pable and uuqurstiOnable TO his understanding aS
the motions of th' planets.
4 thought that overwhelmed him for moment IN
a ioyOuS transport suddenly nSIuuatei ltsrlt. MISS
Barley still watched tor h. coming with tue shawl
he would bear a message with IT. aud he moved
swiftly out from the porch and Disappear IN the
path through the wood TEina varied l"I MN
on the bank by the br0OkSlde.