New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-13
AN DOOR OF VIOLETS.


A.. ,,o,nent that lie FIST saw heltd Loisn' az"
-, on the night when going nome WIN hc'
Seom friends house he drew her mana "l'hih MS
'i "nd IN electric Thrill shiycTed through him
go, bea TO foot Then he felt assured that DaVd
,,rrav WAS not the formidable factor III ms a'l"iis
90 he had feared; and he walked as though he
IL an mir. and all about him was the odor OF
80 He didn't deserve her, the radiant
',oa,ure but he was going to win her! Ana IN the
idt of his Joyous sclf-assertion he felt pdhg Oh
it. Cor David Muuay,-and again That wait' Us
srom wind blowing over whole beds OF Voiets q
sorrous sensation he said attcrward, when thlhh-
if: he did not exactly like beng the suoJo'o
81 snch nervous sensations, or OF anything th"'
,.emed abnormal, yet everything was loSt III HIS
crescent bliss aud as it was not an aiiar Oh MS own
yolition there was nothing to DO ABOUT It, ~
would have had no weight at all with pretty ho'."
Ioigh that her atianced husband did or diu not III
moments of nervous excitement perceive tho o'o'
Of violcts. , No.. ,-oro
Roth Mr.. Shanstone and David Murray were
.,otLo in the Rank of Merchandise at that time
ambitious and faithful having risen 10 koo"
nosition, and with further advancement before
them TO both of them marriage with het'a Lolsn
meant ecstasy; and neither of them Thought
ANYTHING Of the comfortable sum of money when
belonged TO her. and which would OF course prove
a very material aid in life.
81 am sure don't know what you love me ioI'
said Hetta one day as they wandered uo"h p"
rarden-path together turning on MIN hcI EI'"'
brown ewes that always seemed to be swimming III
rgbt. q know it isn't for money; for other gllS
have more; and 1 have heard you say you oluh
care anything about beauty; and"
81 love YOU for yourself, your lovely soul, your
lovely mind. your lovely heart, your lovely lace
vour Whole sweet identity" exclaimed poor
ShanstOne passionatey.
After they were married and went to live IN the
charming house that Hetta's father had
baoueathed her, David Murray, who Could not,
perhaps. endure comfortably the daily companion
shin of his successful rival, left the bank. lie
prospered. however, in his one or two early
ventures worked his way into shipping, ana
gradually becoming known in tho mercantile world
was chosen Director and finally the Presjent.oi
the old institution where he had begun his business
life, and of which by that time Nj. Shanstone
had become the cashier OF course he married, and
living in increasing state aad style lie filed, more
than once, the compass Of Ms HettIs glance an"
she would then occasionally season her moro spicy
remarks to her husband with hints of what her
possibilities might have been in that direction IL
always made Mr.. Shaustoue vince little
Twenty years after her marriage, Mrs Fcit} was
etill as beautiful as on her We ldiHc day, with
little more Of that delicate rcndare which kindly
time sometimes lends 10 the lovely, and Nr
Sbaustono was lust as mach in lOye,-not, possibly,
with her lovely SOU, her lovely mind, her Lowell.
heart for he ought TO have found ont by tn 81 time
that she had neither OF the tlrcc,-bdt, as h' pa"
said before, with Lcr whole sweet identity. lie
WAS in reality, in love with his ideal and hurt or
yexcd only when Mrs Ict.a fa'el To fill ITS
stature. She had but to express wish ard n bent
himself TO satisfy her; AMI TO think That she could
be unhappy in any trilc filed him with grave
concern. He would not suffer her TO be outdoue ln
comfort or pleasure or pride b. David murray
stately wife; his heart swe!.yd and i4.t r.I wiki
her smile or her frown; and the day that he 81"
her first ana only gray hair, lac again recognized
about him the perccpube odor OF yiocts.
That one thing was ALWAYS a pain TO him,-thg
possession of these abnormal nerves. lie tIouGlt
he would overcome it By the presence IN the house
of English and Parma aud Russian vIolets. in and
out of season, 10y dreucLiu- lis handkerchief i'm
violet water, by the nlbAing OF orIs-root Butt
was all Of 10 use; when the next crisis came thor.
came. too an odor that oUtdil all these things IL
Eta positiveness az if not from the earthly 'owcr
itself but from supernal fowcr-growlug sugcrna'-
urally and carried to its highest power.
Mr. Shanstone was not man Of many pleasures
now on the contrary, his life w7s one OF co, ta"t
self.denial 1t was his wife that vas driven in tie
landaulctLe
went clothed in purple and fine linen, and sparkling
with Jewels that hal her occasional box at the
opera. her season at springs and seaside, her visit
to othe- cities. attended by her maid, Der
triumphal return 10 a house with liel ( md lower
and an awaiting slave Of an adOTiug husband
And vet all fit was not enough. Mrs. Murray
was not OBLIGED TO drive in a landoulette with one
horse Mrs. Murray had landau and pair. She
had Just passed Mrs. Murray in the street, she
said throwing herself down in the first chair, after
letting her husband kiss her check; Mrs. Murray
perhaps needed the pair though, to climb the hill
where her splendid house was, surrounded by
gardens and with rooms on either de the half.
For her part she tired to death Of little houses
in out-of-the-way streets like theirs, with only q
parlor on one side of the hall and wall upon the
other. Nothing, however colld make Mr.. Murray
look handsomely, not even that now scalskn
dolman,-hers was only a sacque, but Mrs. Murray's
callingdress was trimmed with s.lyer-ioX; il wd-
shame! hers was only sable. well" she added
as a tnality. rising and dragging herself upstairs
on hsr husbands arm. suppose I've no r2ht 90
eypect it, If had married As Mrs. David Murray
did might be having conservatory built my
self However. there other things than money
In This world "she added, looking Up vita lcawii i.
smile at her husband for there was an exquisite
lace pin with a diamond head on her toilet cushion
How considerate of you, dear" size exclaimed,
taking il up. "Tm afraid Won can't afford it, How
did you know it exactly what wanted ~
How did be not kn W, after her iteration But
never expected it, / know your expenses are so
heavy and there is SO little to meet them with
Oh, why weren't born rich But. there. its
better to be born lucky, suppose. am so tired"
And she threw herself down again. hat and wrap,
still on. THAT horse" she said, makes me feel as
fl were dragging his load every step Of the way.
do wish you could make ten-strkc IN some OF
your enterprises, 80 that could keep pair
Some of his enterprises The words made Mr..
Shan,toue shivcr. "Perhaps / shall, perhaps |
shall Hetta." he muImurcd quickly.
"Dcar mel How excitedly you speak, Is there
ANYTHING on hand, have you sold tic shares ia the
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