New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15

| ,unimasing wildly in his pockets he spoke, his
fair face flushed to the roots OF his hair with shame
| and annoyance. All other pockets had. however.
been thoroughly cleaned out, aud lie sank back with
a look of blank disr.ay as tie train began to
Junction. SWclI. here l goW he said, suddenly
| jumping to his feet, "and nncommonly glad you
| must be to see the last Of me. Good bye" -,
" Had you not better put on your HAITI That is II
| Won don't wish TO look suspicious" suggested.
any haiti BY, Jove l haven't one" And
totally overcome by this unexpected calamity, he
dropped back on the seat staring helplessly MT me
and fairly groaning in despair. Was there ever
woman who could resist chance of rising superior
| helpless masculine linay crushed and overcome by
| them can't And then the dear delight OF play
! lug with high trcason-i olOny-what was itY
| Resistance to constituted authority in some form
! 0nyhow. The sight of scrgean's back as we
neared the platform decided me- In my pocket lay
! folded sDft green cloth cap, matching my New
market. On my head was hard felt hat worn to
save tho trouble of packing it. To whisK 1t oil
and the other on, unpu a spotted net vel, snap OF
| the elastic strap ciose to the brim. ami toss 1t
ross 10 nv amazed fellow passenger was literally
! the work of moment. .
"It's too small. but better than nothing" said
to him; and here" for cant stop halfway III
| anything-its my mslortuuel. don't add to your
crimes by delraudlng the ran way company Here's
| He left his hat on 10 seat. and made ~ II no
would seize my fingers, sovereign and all in both
his hands, but stopped. ~
a girl at ALI" lie cried. H'rO think of your doing
this to help lie when I've been snch brute TO
|
| though" in a charfallen tone :" know what I'd
rather have twenty times though" Stupid fellow,
how he was losing time and tho train gong slower
"What is - asked :mpatently.
"Im a private which means companion OF
some of the scum Of the earth. more or less. j N
de>erteT: I'm wearing stolen clothes, he went on
ooh, do lie quick NV guard Will bo here in
moment. What car do for you
"Only sag | may write to you and return that
money. and -yos, one thing more-do you mind
shaking hands with me AS if ] really wcro II gentlc
/ held ont the tips of nv fingers; Goodbye.
Mr.: a-a- Allen hope You may reach home safely
stia!y The train stopped. and ont he sprang lust
escaping my protector. the guard. who hustled "
| tiuuahlo fellow travellers, but who, L secretly
| reOlced, hal not got IN Il station earlier. go
Two mornings later came note III Handwriting
| el. and q" With thanks from .rcrcntant ratiian.
already on the way to deliver himself up to the
authorities aud satisfy outraged Justice
! | laughed and half cried as read. l'o"r fellow
! What would they do to him. | wondered
! DeSeriers in books used to ho shot. hut didn't
think that was the case nowadays. Then those
| dignity should like to have written an answer,
hut dared not put the note away ana forgot al, al
which already seemed separated by long ages from
! tie dark, cruel prescut. 4 forcshadowing OF
calamity seemed to seI2e Inc directly we parted. IL
WIS the outer fringe of the Storm cloud that had
/ already broken over our home. My poor mother
/ No wonder she wrote bIlcHN ana conslialntuIy.
! Sho had no words to tell me IN iii" midst of my
! pleasure of the ruin that had fallen upon US.
! very everyday story; who cares 10 hear ~ Two
! ignorant women a speculative trustee c0ihin'r-
clal crisis that was all. y great guing wave OF
misfortune seemed suddenly 10 rise and sweep over
ms leaving ia stranded and bare. clutching what
scraps we cOnld save from the wreck Kind friends
gathered ronnd us, sym oaiilled. counS He'd
scyaped together more wrcckaSc. put us III the way
of beginning life anew. An easy ttteT Tor me IT
nineteen, yUuug. strong ard cntefprlsng; hut Tor
mu,hcr at nine and -forty-ny gentle SEM Invalid
| delicatcly nuriurcd mother wh"Se path through
life had been velvet, to whom thcIouElnesses and
Cuarsonosses of poor living were ~ WicYouS owls.
almost MINOR SINS Tho had never seen the INSIDE OF
an omnibus brushed her own hLIT, or looked nlicr
her own luggage in her life -Oar new beginning was
as pu.sb Die rs for exotic taken from ITS hot house
and gwen fresh start in liie in hedgeTow. small
marvel thlt It shriYcls and d'cs. Omcns htarts
don't break for awnt OF balance at their
bankers" Aunt Hcsba answered mo somewhat
! haiShlv when limited NY misgIyings She was my
nothers sepsster. wealthy, chlldloss. and married
20 a soap-hoier. She was very kind to us allowed
Us Il week out OF her own PTly pnrsC. and looked
! ont decent lodgings for Us III Camden Town.
don't care 10 look back on those days iLuch.
HeIoincs in novel, manage, when ruin ovcrtake'
them. to turn out clever cooks OF dainty dishes to
make their smpc dresses tit ms no Partisan inodlste
had ever douc and with artistic hEgrrs ana no OK
nrndturc to convert tawdry lodging n irlufS
into graceful boudoIrs, keeping all tLe time thor
in thH nro pss could L After weary apprentice
ship did turn out fair co0k u good substitute Tor
nv mothers maid aud clever 1dmlnStIltor ol
our small finances. but had to give body and mini
\
! finger needle-rOu ghOned. | kept our homo fresh
and pretty and had satisfactory balances hoct 10
; present 20 Aunt He>ha every SATURDAY: when she
( used to drive over with hamper Oi iruit a al
/ flowers and lecture on domestic economy hut |
/ grew anxious and care worn IN the learning other
! visitors besides Aunt liesba found Their way 10
! Camden Town, and many Kind invitations were
/ pressed on Us but my mothor ncryou-ly shrank
! trnIu a return to the old life and felt relieved
| when one by one acquantarc fell away. The
/ cult bets cen us was SO great and so nnpass2ble
! One dsy. after enduring meeting and rcc9gnl-
/ lion by two pretty girls on horseback, my fellow
bridesmaids ut Comics wedding, caught 81 8ht Of
my faded duwdy sell IN u shop window, dnd re-
! Incmberod with start that Z was my twentieth
! birthday ana that only year lay between me aud
| the days when life was gay, when | dar ced and
/ rode and pretty dresses. and accepted the
attentions of devoted admirers. only year. ana
/ it all 50 far away
! "Minnir. have plan FOR you-a b rthday treat
/ Aunt Hesha said ultra 9raclousy when arrived
/ home "What should you say 10 "a fortnight al inc
/ seaside !
A year ago shonld have danced and ola p my
/ hands Now | looked doubtiuly ut noth,.. Nhlc
/ aunt went on: "Wo havo taken n house ON the
Lens at foIkestono for two months Your t'ucc
refer cannot get away till Saturday fortnight; 80
/ if you like To have IL mean @he, you may Mother
looked pleased, thought, 50 let myself he Glad.
/ Then followed a busy Jour DAYS Gowns relics of
/ last year too gTo,esquey incongrnous with our
present surroundings 20 wear now. might htly be
! produced there. The sight OF pretty things seemed
70 brighten mothers eyos again. KIND incl" Peter
squeezed bank note into my han" one day,
/ saving d" There, mird you enjoy yourselves. ana
rrckcssly rcsoy Cd that for one bright fortnight al
least. household economies should 50 to tho winds.
| TolkcstOnci Fresh breezy. braclng, snnshiLy,
| frivolous Down below. ripping water, brown
! sailed fishing boats. white hooded bathing
machines sandy legged children scasick arrivals.
In aloit nath chars. pretty girls in fresh toilets.
| a,njable old gentlemen putterng about with toc-
scopes, officers from Shorncno IN light suits Of
hewiiderlng similarity. ana band, crashing morrlly
/ in tho sunshine. How We enjoyed IT all! My
! mother never tired of watching tho pretty ever
shifting groups on the Lcas and actually found an
| old friend or two among them.
~ la are Minnie asked eagerly
afternoon as walked beside her Bath char; " thoy
seem TO know us
! Hardly That is the Dean Of Cheltcuham and
| Mrs Arden ana tho handsome old mdn n General
| Laurence Noel. / saw their names at the Library
| I answered.
| ia MOI her pcrsistod. I" thought heard tho lady