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

FletChcT's uneasnesS had gone. (ct through tnrlr
light conversation they leaned against 'hc para
pet of the plat FORM the graceful rounding OF the
mountain behind and the dreamy Summer OF the
river below, he had consian painful sense that
he was suffering narrow but disagreeable breach
10 be made IA the defcdCcs with which ne mao
hedgcd himself toward her When they parted he
remembered that neither had spoken OF theH meet
ing in the horse car from st. Rochs.
: Though Mrs Fordham was wont to make Eight OF
her invalidism. ard constantly chaned herself II II
may he 20 phIased upon her weakness. the walls oil
the numerous rooms through which She had 1ittcd
during her Arab life OF the last five years. might have
told pathetic story OF much patient suffering III the
utter failures of hcr bodily mechanism, which were.
in fact the substance Of what she called hcr at
lacks" the tcndcrcst mnstrations awaited nothing
and affection was nnpOtent. Long custom had
taught rgnia that she did her aunt most effective
service at these Zines ia not serving her at all When
she bad made her rs comfortable as possible, and
arranged called on sccia! OccaS n, her absence
WAS her tfucst charity She read TO her indeed, at
certain stages OF her suffering but at its height MIS-
Furdham fought il best alone. SOFT happened that
though the Journey had little Frustrated ier and
after br kiast on the morning following thor ar
rival she had been made prisoner N hcrroom for sew
craI days Virginia had been quite free Until Mrs.
Furdhdm should he strong enough to accompany
them the numerous mountain drives and festival
excurs oas winch Rowland had planned were not
to be suggested. and they bcguilcd the interval N
the shadows of the wood the rear OF the hotel. on
the hrm. gliotennS beach below, on, rarely, upon
the water.
scented Itself to Fletcher result OF the detection
OF Row land. II had scculcd to TINS Young man tua'
a. hc could not yea BE- o. service IN the way thdt ne
had purpO>cd - courier, there was no reason since
FIctchcf. with whose extraordinary dislike Of fish
ug he familiar, remained 70 occupy ms SlHt'l-
why he should not continue his PiScdtorlal torays
in the region about. With some part OF TINS Icthon-
ug he had acquainted Fletcher Wien he had retired
1T an hour of un>eemly earncss on the night before
IN order To rise at daybrcak. and the announcement
bore rich iru,t,lsc with etcher 20 be lelt alone
with her was the last thIng lie had looked forward
to. But his swift critical view "a TINS unexpected
emba rassment Of his position served. hOlWIh-
standing ms decided struggle against such CON
clISun only confirm the force OF the ioRlc Whlc
had led HIM originally TO remain at MaDaie. one
thing nkuOWu 10 hun then caused nm 10 consider
Inc possibility of a retreat from the position that
circumstances had imposed upon MN, even more
.erlou.Iv lie had recently become keenly aware
that Miss Barley had nothing IN common with the
uncertainty outlined. Charactcrrss nature mat ne
found he had .ncOHsequeutiy Attributed 10 heT. lie
could not tread caieiul!} mdThtG EiOoNcS III NE III
tprcoIllsc with her: she herself gave, WIN ncr
uuet. unconscious dignity, her mary oH"us sell,
poise the tone To their acquaintance lie perceived
that If he permitted himself to be thrown with her
IN the way That ROWldnd's desertiOn II TINS juno
ture would compel, II wouId be imposShic 10 assure
himself that he sh0ud always maintain lnSt the AZ
Ih,, which the night before he had for the
second time reluctantly conceded berame more OBJ
vloU, aud pressing when he was confronted III tile
morning with the tact ot lrgnIa presence on the
pIazza alone. This was clearly something upon
viii, IA he cDdid dcCCntlY only act. and nc 1Ouhd
himself presently HCCOetihg her WIN pleasant IL
,oIn-w hat formal. smile oi greeting anu aItcI
time. walkIn. with her over the terrace ms anu
their assUcat during the day III NalonS petty eN-
curSlonS OF Their own IuprOmptu plannlnG, were
not ~ bad. Inat which chiefly angcred hn. when,
IN accordance with very recent haOlt' ht re-
viewed th, DAY m thou hit that night, Was thil ne
found II necessary. ia his RELENTLESS honesty, 10
confess 70 himself that TINS had not seemed al
together unpleasant
Ipon Mrs. FoIdhants recovery they drove often
INTO the lu.s-tllg lovely country about, amt the
disposal oil the party AIRS. tordhan ana Rowland
naturally occupied one caieche, WINE he accom-
panied Uguia ~ another c"htInuoN anu rather
intensified MS close a-SOcatur. Despite hiS tUoTt
10 control The degree OF his cordiallty c sometimes
discovered hum-eif on these occasions lap-lng INTO
manner under the influence of her kindly bearing.
wh.,E be could neither prevent nor explain. His
refug. when. often hdpp'ncl, ne Hud'ehIN t.
neuherrd with KIND Of ioathlng. with whom lle
carr Ell ou lbs pheasant tax. OF dragged hillsrh
back 90 a ucnoTy of his agreement with himself re-
carIng BIZ treatment of her, was IN silence when
Pee only .thc upon c"hVHl~oh ~ answer T." 'H'
determined u1rrsition efforts of his c0hpanion.
returning then only apathctlc monosylialc les =" the
.urotrut frtatlIucs- OF her chat. lie fci TINS 10
lr from any view -point exaggerated. aud u was
certainly as bad possible, Vet hS recon- from the
-,u-- oil intimacy with her was strong enough 20 EN-
ward he invariably rXcorated himself ~ brutal
90. frlfurr %. these incidents whlch most krcnlF
afflicted Flrt,Hrr go tie retrospect however was
}IIgiuIa's uiauI.I Ol taxing II. ~ Nlr 81" no
meaning m ti.u How could she see 80 coarse "a
thIru4 be ~omttunc~ asked hlu,"lt. hut thrn /"
remembered A,t d. seemed at length ~ STUPID
ugtotur1 tIts oold face 10 h,r rank warmth
IIf he t,u n., .ior 10 an rm 10 lmWlt that what
over Ls uom.u.rf -"n>r OF rpniso on u sh"'iu no,
Il.,I o. ti-cli Known 80 his manner " immediately
occurred o. hm hat THIS was 'crN ne nc lI'"li',
v.I..h Offer OBJ. privilege accorded :" iho most
favored 10 IoI-.' 1hc phase had always seemed
fl BAN Go CARY 1u implication OF c'hl'S, U''H.
anil il.,t was uut among tuo tuug, ot which he
uI.l,.. 10 Do. gIuly. without tcuhriu,nt upon mo-
lives DO, matte. Logan % look t"rnl!ab.r' II went
ta SHAY Had II hen come go making 20 ConN 'utiou
vIth himself tUat hr Wodld Ice gentleman lie
bat Suppressed gruii.mtuh""d ~ W-ducii not the
product of ID cod. W hru 80" b'aan to C"t~ul we
rI.. I, Ili II.1Iy lost h.s patent ut nobility. lie
pDll,.l hm,. up snort. Il Vas time that u" turned
back upon road over winch NJ va, h dang y OF
forgetting fhr way. his was the KIND ~ adtuo-
Do tIou boz Iyr hinisrl. bukhc always ended by r'-
,alluR ihc oIru ul that which mad" u necessary.
.I.I'd o. uumtu'fu of that; nor WAS respect q
thing thu, ono could command even Tor charming
Young l.G.. Ion lee had carly admitted her charm
20 hftu. h'W"Nr, hh, we ',r l'"SN, lll,ll ~.
accused more tlau he admired. To thus i4cf h- hear
ue bad bcca trhntr; u was an ac'u- ~ NI.3h
90 owed to hm.rlf and tIr more 10 Wentworth.
Remembering tins hc found nothing Co upbrald MN
,ci with. iut % was ehy 10 forget this and To Ic-
member hey, aud then he discovered no easy words
f.r himself A letter received from entworth ~
they returned from one oi their drives renewed aud
intensified his former tccliuC however
As they drove ON toward tie hotel: PARTON mo,
s,id V.rriu.n " couldn't help seeing the post
marx Have ION friends u Daytonf
one" responded Fletcher lacoucally, with an
odd look a. beer.
81 asked because know Dayton p little She
WAS quite shameless. hr thought then hr tcncm-
b,rrI with computation that she could not know
of hi, familiarity with her story.
aHuu have lived there = Lo managed To say
have visited there
lie atr1ve 10 he calm a. ne said with an alr OF
vcsrinc., II n q pleasant place. ] imagine
ooh SCs' as-cutcd NTgluia anlmatedj and She
lee, Ia ,teak az length OF is attractions Fletcher
sn'd nothing either ~ the way OF comment or qucs-
ron and Al lcnuh she stopped abruptly m the
midst OF Der rehearsal. and gave inriNe question