New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-17

BY EDGAR FAwCETT.
xa.hor OF An ambitious Womaa," 7" a @e"Iea'"" "
LEISURE" Rutherford etc

Ia \. anil
cho had loved him notwithstanding his wealth. gnu
the great change he could make IN her DAYS rs,
. course she had remembered, """yS' y.I
- ord what he was How could sne po''o
forgot that with all the false, hard and
of matrimouy by which the lie sue ii'o' N''
hourly engrt her .,,;rc altered Her
in uics' 30 ,rhIiclv announced in day or
C,rot,,lations beseged her. There was an
..sioo of rich beatitude on her mothers lace
hat seemed TO dim the hard coal fire IN tner h''io
e,t,inrroom Her aunt gave her totaliy new
1o and seemed in every glance that went with IL
Az sav. = I owe you the humblest OF apologies; YOU
nave covered me with self-reproach"
adelaide enjoyed the intercourse which now
sook place between her aunt and her mother eirS
yanvelsor tingng with triumph. tried to appear
90, tly unmindfu that any important event had
= urred: Mrs Newburgh ITritated by TINS care
4, ness which she knew to be an afleetafIon ana
q, ich she mistook for n sudden assumption OF
I,..vado yacated between smooth tellcltatlon anu
pnekly sarcasm.
You ought to be so grateful, really. you know
TO-" she would say. Then some look on her
a er's face would make her add: But gratitnde
~ rare. | begin to think very few OF us really
T. sess it."
Ican,t helm but feel satisfied with what Adelaide
doneD Mrs. Vanvelsor would perhaps respond
10 consoling to think of how the dear child will
H. "a a homo and every comfort after am gone
She has never lacked a home Kate"
| did not mean that, Linda"
You said it."
D,dIf Oh of course we have both had a home
4 or little small possibly. and. or high-ap
still, q home"
'You seem to grant the fact rather reluctantly.
X e, upon my word"
Really Linda you take person mp so to-day
y are like Adelaide just before she concluded to
&c ant Mr. Champlin. ! glad enough that the
dc girl did at length make up her mind one way
or mother for she was quite distressing to be with
untll the matter had become settled"
And so it would continue. day after day. There
ere No further ouarrels between the sisters. Each
had her reason, now. for wishing TO keep on good
terms with the other. The marriage was to take
Mace Immediately. Innumerable cards were to be
Issued but privacy more or less to mark the
wedding ceremony. Adelaide lived like one IN
blissul dream If she had not had her love and her
bslief in the love of him whom she would soon
marry she would still have felt keenest thrills OF
conquest and achievement. She objected to such
thrills but none the less did they beSet her. She
had always been conscious of dwelling on lower
suoral and intellectual plane than that toward
which impulse and aspiration tended But the
words prig" and bore" had stood guard against
q further ascent. Such words have a terror Tor
most young ears She realized, though perhaps
vaguely that it would be otherwise with her IN the
years to come. Indifference would replace the dread
of ridicule, and while her rebellious opinions
against all this folly of caste and self-exaltation
took definite shape. so also would the supporting
courage of them take harder fibre.
allow strange it u.s." she more than once thought
during the brief term of her engagement. that
nobody thinks of whether i really love him or no.
And vet If he had been worth millions more than
be is already, would have refused to marry him
without love. That is why have caught him. as
they would all phrase it. He saw. understood and
acted accordingly. anEled after all, with more |
ten, pting bait than Enthusiastically"
There were no great preparations for the wedding
She would not accept more than few modest gifts
from her Aunt Linda. They were to be married in
church and she would wear her travelling dress.
She would come to him without pretension or
parade She was poor girl, and as such he should
marry her. If she had had six bridesmaids and a
uoint-lace VEIL people would have known very well
that she was either making a display with her
4 mt Linda's money her future husbands.
After the wedding she and Archie would take a
trip to Washington. Then they would return TO |
occupy the large Madison Avenue mansion in which
Arches parents had dwet many years before their
Jesth The house was then being modernized and |
upholstered in the most lavish way. Her mother |
would receive them there and live with them after
ward. -
"1he days do not seem to pass said Adclside to |
her mother one morning. "They dy."
Happiness always has wings. my dear said |
Ms Yanvelsor.
Yes. am perfectly happy unused Adelaide |
course that sort of thing cannot Last much |
il ger"
Nv dear !" reproved her mother what a wilful |
rowing of trouble"
deaide went up TO her mother aud kissed her. |
] nonstrations of this sort were with the girl
g know Pm morbid" she said, meeting Mrs Van
,lsors surprised eyes "The serpent comes to the
aradise soon enough doesn't it We've no
b tiness to go searching for him among rose |
Is: have we, mammap
Nonsense my DEAR" laughed Mrs. Vanvelsor |
" our Paradise will never have any serpent bat |
o. of your own summoning; be sure of that"
Vhen the day before her wedding arrived, |
slade said playfully to her lover: HPve lost |
: *, Archie. You've sent me a bunch of flowers |
ny day since we were engaged, but I'm sure there |
{ seven punches that are still due me-
That's because make such a devoted sweet |
y Tt,7 said Archie, kissing her.
By the way, Ida Chauncey declared yesterday |
: you can't be very devoted one" said |
a elade. Il CHANGED to tell her that 'you did not |
, Nsnd ecey evening with me, aud she at once |
became shocked"
ida Chauncey is the most tiresome and mcddle |
S0ne gossip know" said Archie, with considerably |
;aore l-nature than he was won't to show.
That same afternoon, while Adelaide and her |
mother were together. talking over the few final
points in their many and careful preparations.
card was handed Mrs. Vanvelsor which bore a
feminine name she quite failed TO remember As
they had received congratulatory visits.
1oweyer. from relations and friends of the Cham
.. family this circumstance did not strike them