New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-04

have reached tho point. somehow l haven't tho
same feeling: It's long tale and haven't the heart
| to 60 through with it Just now You understand,
and though don't in the least deserve Il you VIII
pardon me. Forgive me If You can Tor wlthhoiulng
with your high notions of hOnOr-oh. don't depre-
cate / know-haye refrained from questioning NE
81 may as well add for the satisfaction of the
| curiosity that have stirred up without feeding H.
that this is a love affair. You have d9qot.eSs
| dyned this, but YOU have not diyined. ana trisi
| you may never know the wretched, bitter pam anu
suffering that it has caused me. Since sLo left me-
! il has been one long horror.
al have anticipated little, so II Is perhaps az
| well 10 add the most shameful part OF IT, SHhii l
say il: | love this girl so madly. unreasonInsy.
! that If she would come. fear that would receive
her more into the old trusted place Ny nc -
! q miserable vacuum since she departed. hcgIn 10
feel that. whatever her wrong, IL VIII De vaurltS
without her. do not hesitate to tell you rms anu
shant to give you all the story when can seize my
self in propitou, mood. With You it would not be
an affection. md know that am AT lcast SUR "a
! yoir sympathy. When | can manage the p1rtlCu-
J lars. must have, besides, yOur advice. L.. W.
There came over Fletcher rs he read iee' Iif;
! him. For "A moment. when he had hnifhcd, "
seemed 10 HIM that he had been wrong 10 remain
! here with be-. lie should have left llalbae AZ
| once; he should not have suffered himself I"
! breathe the same air rs she. As he grew cancr,
! however. the arguments that hTi held nun against
! bis Wilt HAD been against his VIII; he r'm'h-
berrd that.-rCCurTcd to him and be perceived 20"
as then the impos.ibty of such course. one
thing at all events was quite clear. lie muat Stay
He had read himself lesson. however and de-
/ spite the accession OF feeling against Miss bailey
reused by this letter he ceased to sin Gg.e oNcrtN;
! except upon rare occasions, against the n"iuidi
summer acquaintance of fortnight. lie succeeded
! NJ all events IN dcmcanlng himself as u he ntehuc,
thIs-ralhcT Clum-DY n IS true since the rNsrhte" i
such relation J., llhd of very complete CONSCIOUS
ncS, of intcnt-but iuwardly his elligerency did
| not slumhcI. 9,
Occasionally still as suggested his feeling would
| suddenly burst a hit!o from his control. ana h'
,yould TccoiIr silent and distracted. wlc Virginia
/ ltsy tlf.rf In
! incident, in unCuWprchcudng ahdzclnth- at rs
! mood lie did not lind that her growing Ini'lh
gencc regarding these SEIZURES made them moro sat
istying 10 look back upon. once indeed, .Ht EI'
resented his manner with positive demonstration.
! Ii when. a they stood chatting very peaSahiy
/ on an emInenCe near the beach. watching lhe
bathcrs after "a drive which. ~ not unOficn hap
| pcued had quite exhausted Mrs. FOrdh1m lrtchcI
! had suddenly - suspicion that h. had been lnuihS
the bright nOtHines which they had talked fOI nan
! an hour unCummouly agreeable. lie hdd hhu uiih
sense of something OF the KIND on several OCCASION
| recently but now be accused himself Steruly ana
positively. His mood had quite changed ~ iigihIa
| again addressed lin. and he returned brief. m
interested replies TO her as she continued 10 SPe"S-
! This manner appeared abruptly 10 impress her n
| charged with broader meaning than she had al
mted IN former interpretations oi ~ II 7cemco 10
have IN II quaht} wh,ch she SlouiH resent. ~,
did not nj all cSc Ter sci-coutrOl She had always
the ar of standing very firmly, II unohtrsivey' On
the rock of her individually, She gave hm an ODD
scarcin- look: then turned abruptly and took LeI
way up the bill. Fletcher returned 4" himself WAN
an electric start Then IA nothing had occurred
Are Ar You going back. Miss Dailey' Wait mo-
ment please" She walked on but he overlook
her Shall I make formal offer OF my escort
May wax with YOU TO the hotel Z .-..,..,.
Il don't know she sad with strange look
Fletcher would have liked 10 confess himself
brute to beg her pardon for beng an ass. but be
would be Obliged 10 tell her the cause OF ms acton
If he did this. and manlcStly DC must not. Lych ~
ne thought Of this II with IN effort that lie re-
fused 20 harden himself again. lie answered now
as if contrtion tic iarthcst thing from hi>
II TO- These steps are to be overcome. and you
know the force of numbers. Take my arm, please.
She q - subui~sIyely. almost with a feeling thaJ
II was she who had been at fault. As be spoke they
began to ascend the tortuous stairway that climbed
the hill to tie hotel lie mantaned Il nervous
IlGno!oguc; he talked Of everything about them;
# the suirs the hotel. the people Ounring on the
piazza above he praised the graceful rounding OF
the mountain. and admired the mighty sweep oil the
hftcr lunch. a. Virginia sat with Rowland on the
porch, don't understand your friend she SAID
Don't you7 Well, | don't know that that's
worthy Of record. returned her brother don't
nvself-I never did. lou may be very familiar
with the root yet IN the BLACKLIST kind of darkness
IL 90 the variety of the next bud II Will put forth
It's like AruOld,s GRIM OF rice that shoots green
feather gcmmcd with fifty pearls; you know nj!
about the seed, but every now gram ~ q pcrpctual
wonder .,
to:ted Virginia little mOckngy, and she went ON
TO tell HIM with visible annoyance of the incident
of The morning He was not at lunch one would
thlnk 1t was was derelicJ IA pOItoness' she con-
. il ,ras queer" conceded Rowland tbonghtfuly
mot like Fletcher. But isn't your feeling about Ii
a little str;lncdf He looked curlously AT her lage
Il say Virginia" he questioned with one OF ms
sudden boysn impulses to utter on tho instant
G.,, ;,,st tba In,st bit OH Il can't be- no
protested "lou have always seemed so uncon-
quoiable in that direction. you know. that-Weiii'
yuu'fo not cold, yOu know, but trighttuS well
se,Econtiinod ANA rcpresSiye that-thIt wheh-
be stumbled av,,.
Virginia gave a low meiodious laugh hat -
Plthagoias's opinion concerning Wild 1OWlI cue
The boy stared a moment at her. " That the soul
OF our gTandam might haply nhabIt BIRD he sa Il
at length, Welding readily. Oh. am not to be
trlpprd on my Shakespeare Rowland was gifted
VIII a large capacity for bunder-m making. but he
was not dull ia pcTceivIng himself IN error
notwithstanding her annoyance. however she set
ont at Elctcher's invitation next morning 10 NINlt
the village church half mile distant He had pre-
posed this 10 atone for his behavior OF the DAY De
fore and 10 seal the COrdiaIlty OF ms intention.
IA kod unusually agTeeaby, rs they walked down
the hill and through the village 70 where on Klhd
of peninsula bOrdcrod on one hand by NOISY
mountain stream stood the church; through their
wandering too, IN the .churchyard near; STOPPING
to translate the inscriptions on the headstOnes, II
No. church whore they sat long. Watching the
,osfuriur doyOtecS and afterward they took
tlrlr way back through the village TO the hotel he
talked cngagjngy Virginia was inclined 20 par
dun him before trey began the return, though ms
atablty was rather OstentatiOus. and certainly II
WAS overdone. II 10 tho manly way. A w9mans
amends. when she makes them, are adjusted WIN
an exquisite nicely.
In tbcrr convcr-atlo n they had hitherto chung 10
comment ut,on things passing before them: but
tnrv eit the church their talk became discuTslye
and drlitcd into gcncri-.cs. II was an indication
OF advancing intimacy. Their talk ran very
.innotblv moro smoothly. perhaps than Fletcher
would have wished. ha, he remembered.
d. Do Won like this kind of thing. Miss Bailey : he
suddenly asked once as they walked back through
the village ,
What ?" she quercd with an iutcrrOgativc smile
turning toward ham.
We'll. Malblie to narrow it
II Won mean it, material aspect, it's certainly
very charming think like II tor itself, too; not
because rs like Europe, though It's surely that
lr, III. very well for summer plcnCkers upon
the lll,l,,lpe like ourselves. If merely passes