New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-06
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE

Earthly life comes but once live it, therefore. and
deny il not. for in al eternity you shall not find the
like of me again ~
That's what call temptation (" said Ambrose
TO himself because all tho temptress says is true
To DENY the flesh out and out is crude and simple
enough but the difficulty is you mnst dare TO have
her sweet compromising. and yet never let her get
the upper hand Of you. Strength is in temperance
only; abstinence is weakness and potrooneIy.
You must believe what is real 50 faithfully that
what Is merely visible and paipable shall seem the
less credible of the two.D
Having Thus disposed of the temptress. the next
to be considered was the tempted. He should not
be- an old. WORKOUT scholar The diviner aspects of
the mind should rather be represented as the per-
lection OF human form. and therefore with an in
born instinct TO be clothed in the earthly body.
BE saint Anthony endowed. then, with the youth,
and fire, and imagination. and with the lnexperi-
ence of evil, necessary 10 render the temptation
vital Let it be vital temptation that the Saint
shall at FIRST deny that it is a temptation at all
The case was beginning to look rather dubious for
It. Anthony; but Ambrose was content TO have
the moral Argument incomplete for the present ;
and turned his attention TO the question Of pictorial
materials and composition.
II struck him that medieval period would best
suit his design especially since he now in con
tact with 50 mach medieval sentiment aud sub
stance. He had Mss Fitzgeralds permission to
make what use he pleased of anything IN the aban-
dOncd wing of the house and he ava;led himself of
tho liberty.
The result of his researches particularly in the
upper room surpassed his expectations. Besides
quantity OF carved and naid furniture there was
enamelled ware. Venetian glass fine porcelain.
bronze ornament, Of various kinds; grotesque
kulcknacks the init Of the Gothic fancy in It's
playful mood flbrics and stuifs of great richness
and beauty. brt in their present condition. more
useful to illuminate pictures than t. be worn by
real people; thore some old pictures, of
the Italian school, blsckened by time ard neglect,
but betrayng rigns Of value. IL would be useless
to enumeraJe the multitude Of objects which Am
brose turned over, during the long summer after
Moons gazing 40 them bordering over the DAYS when
they were fresh, and in the current Of the moving
and breathing woild. and sometimes half fancyIng
that those stately times had come back 10 earth
Was il not yesterday that he listened to Petrarch
writing a sonnet to his mistresss eyebrow Was it
asst week. that he spent that splendid hour IN
Titian's studioH Did not y0nder window command
a OF the lagune of Veuce-where, even now,
the gorgeous pagsIntry of the citys bridal passed
by, with the gl.drd Bucent3ur IN the mldstf How
many ears Ids the war with Milan been over Ana
has the barren victory OF Lepantu yet been won J
AlluSOn has already been made to certain iulad
cabinet that stood not TAR from the window, but
sJmev nat +. sA.r, 0w. IL was the most important
piece Of furniture in the rD0m and. 10 Ambrose the
O5t lnte estug. Yet, after having pm sued his n
vestIgAtiOns during three or fOur weeks and over
Laucd nearly everything IN the place. he hal not
touched the caDlutt here was SOMETHING aO"ht
10 that seemed 81 fOI bid idle medug. Some secret
was II some privacy upon which he had no right
To intruder Did TINS superb old cabiuet CONTAIN
bhr skeleton Of the CadOgnas. or rs evil genius,
rrady-if the hidden spr ug WAS tGuchcd-tO emerge
and work calamity 10 was a hftrent h-century
f,ir, nf ork IN aid " th al and
IsheJ N silver; solid and vet graceful IN desgn. In
ats day it had evidently been much used Tho panel
IN II mt Wis arranged TO upen downward aud serve
a a desk and the space behind wls doubtless ull
of 4mlL drawers or p,Eenu- holes. touch would
have 10 lsrn"d tile ancient lock- which was insecure
ln us taStenngS; Dut Ambrose wOuId not apply tue
touch himself Let Beatrce do IL, II sue saw ut
when she emerged from the auy vi aOseuce that
had ensulfcd Lcr. Come back Beatrice. come
back!
one afternoon Ambrose sat near tine muoned
wiuucw, med t,1tlng perhaps over hE pcturr' anu
gazing ab,tilrtei.y, with his head upon his hand.
q the lrld chbn't His silver ciglrett case lay
upon the window sill, and he occasionally took "A
cigarette nom IT, M IT. ana smoked II slowly. Inc
sun va, N tho west a ray slipped through tho WIN
dow. and ht up the delicate layers of smoke that
Goated on tLs ar Vf the uOom.-w hereupOn they
swan m ascending circles and vanished
Looking dthwart these smIke-WralhS INTO the
dusk beyond. Ambrose could almost fancy that the
face wh.th still dWelt SO clearly l his memory was
gazing nc him thence. Vaguely at first the VISION
defined Itself. yet seen ed each moment 10 gro"
clearer Ambrose feared Co STIR. lest a movement
sh0nil anuhIto the imDr 18ion. AS one strives TO
rc'l dream bY Wing still and Drrath iug low. II
WIS he face 4oca twice before, and never for
gotten: but t.r preston uoV was different.
There touch of snrpra', almost Of hlnghti-
ness. about h"r eyes nod bps a.. ~ tlr ghosily lady
were indignant at uudlng hcr bower invaded. The
Illus on was very Wild. All ~ ouru hlS heart
fee, with % '"u .ilon. MOI lear not pleasure. bus
something very po,cAt The figure 40 trout Ot hlm
did not vanish ~ moved lc.aul,ly toward hun. The
-uoh H-wgralh4 4wl}cd Haid, before % thy sun-rny
fpurl.I NIfN 20 f.IF throat. here en-