New-York tribune., 1885-07-05

tired up.'"
wrote Tony sober letter OF warning. and this
was followed by long silence, and then came the
following:
"Eureka 10 trumphe! and all the foreign words
In the back Of the dictionary. The man came. L
saw, and Antouette conquered. He was rich
Englishman, and he brought letters to papa. ne
something of an invalid too. and from the first
l saw that he liked Antoinette immensely, Eer
good looks her cleanlinc cleanness perhaps,
should call it-Ind her supernal indifference 70
him pierced his British heart. He was constantly
ot the house, but Anioinette made herself hard to
see. shall remember her course OF conduct when
any one cones courting mo; 1t seems TO work i,
on the contrary, made myself easy to see. pratt
tied TO tho Eng ishman of many things and ne
cared not; OF Antoinette. and his eyes brlGhtenef
i told how she meant never 10 marry, how she han
money, how | admired her: He asked why she
meant never TO marry said that she was TOO IN
a 100 hos bad II love affair
with some one eseP said he. With some one
else besides whom y asked. demnrely.
THAT night lay on the sora IN Antolnette's
room.. Sac holds regular coqchers de Ia refine, for
me. / told her how the Engiishman admired her,
how he loved her. had decided that so cold and
worldly woman would oniy talk Of love IN her
affairs with sue would think of marrying.
his income. and really be thinking Of that ail the
Mamms began ant to look Very Very coIdiy Of me for the
court | was paying TO Antoiaette, but | was firm
ana kept my own counsel. and mamTnas disap-
prevail was another bond between me and my
cousin. One nj ght when was talking about the
Englshman-his name is Mr. Csliyor-I saw the
fair test prettest rosy cloud pass over Antonettes
seasoned child Mr. Collyer came to call the next
morning. sntoinette was sill III bed. rushed 10
the aarS b das y his m Ssd S0f Il
II o'clock, so / told HIM that Antoinette was Ill,
bat that she had promised to come downstairs to
meet some friends Of mine that evening. and II he
came back and if-here ] took the door Lnob in
both hands and coyly examined it--and If he said
something as nice to Antoinette as he was always
saving about her, didn't think shed be very very
red-it looked ~ funny with his bushy bearl-and
aa'd; ..Ny God, child, do you know what you're
doingf
cept OH the stage said /. Ito botcd out Of the
house on keen trot-ncn don't caro- bit how they
look when they're excited. | was In a scrape:
Those friends had told him OF were fgment OF
my mlg,nation, but they had TO DO got together.
So went through the k ind OF socne comic papers
describe with mamma. about having soma men IN
tho evening She yielded. and fiew to rally them;
some army gen, best OF boys, who always come up
10 time. They came. had told Agtolneite that
she had b,c9 III that mornieg ur Coyer arrlvea ,;ht
merrily. tho two ma turo lovers aispssing them
selves in windows and on sofas aud generally max,
ing Themselves interesting to each other and TO oil
beholdors That night hntonette told me every
thing was settled She looked lovely. Mr.. Collyer
was impcratiyely called back to England. on the
next steamer and was determined TO take her with
him rs bis wife. She had advised him 70 wait and
return for her tiny heart sank, but he SAID he
would not listen to such delay for moment.
"Your wardrobe is always lovely enough for
BRIDE sald |. for knew that Is what she was
thinking about
"'What Is the first love forf' shs quoted Dcn-
slvcly Only 10 prepare for tho scosd. What
does the second love bringf Only regret for the
first
AFTER th, wsa determined she shonld have no
more sentimental partings and rcrospections with
papa | haunted her 70 tstcps; was ssinguarly
blunt when she tried 10 get rid Of me- loved her
ca hal N
heavenly society until faio irreyocably parted
us.
That IS the whole story. sho was married from
our honsc day before Yesterday aud an wrong to
take much credit for what have done fairly
trembcd while the minister was marrying them.
for fear something would happen and Antoinette
would come tulnbling back on our hands Mr.
Colyer gave me good old-,ashoD d hug. and said:
You sweet gIrl you have been our little Provi-.
You from England q A setter puppy said |,
promptly, with three frowns between hi. eyes, big
paws, and feathcry TAIL, lie promised Oh, he
Is very much IN love. Bnt what he SAID that
pleased me most, like tho Bohemian girl. was that
hc would probably never come back to America
again. You mustn't tell my wife, said he, for
she might not like it
"The sweetest thing Of all wa my explanation
with mamma. l told her everything and we exe-
cuted Jubilee dance in honor OF the final exit OF
AntOinete. Tho thorn Is taken from the wound
in mamna's heart F; she has grown ten years young
er. Papa sees the Inference, and vagneiy connects
IL with my cOminy home. We must have people
in the house from ftne 10 tlm9, SAID N q 10 me-
: the gay times at tho wedding seem - have done
your mother 80 much good Dear, blind, strange
old papa!'
A letter received NJ the sarno time from Agnes
confirmed all this rapturous prattlc OF Tony's. with
sketch OF matters from sObcror standpoint but
| read between the lines that my friends sad dis
trust and diiconragcnent were growing less and
less now thai the cause of them was definitely re-
moved. aDd lighter and healthier spirit was being
dnscd throu .h her household. lt il not all at once
that the nerves rebound 10 their full vigor when
weight Is removed from them. but health comes
surely. II so WY. My mind dwet hopefully upon
ths li;tlc home | fancied Ton waking up TO recog-
nize that sometimes daughter may DO rs great
blessing as a son. | fancied his coming nearer TO
Agnes in sylnpst y and friendship as the remom-
brance Of hntDincttc grew FAINT and at last faded,
quite biOttcd ont By the eycT-pressut daily graces
and affection Of his home fanced Agnes yentur-
ing once the slight yet pOtont kndn esses.
oagesses and torbcarances OF love- no longer timid
with dread of influence exerted against Il, or
defiant of an unnamed preference which male It's
advances almost wrong TO the higher ethics
of love that give the higher Jealousy its sharpcst
sting.
| lanced Tony happy and CO nfdent in tho
thought that She had made good h er claim to
place IN her mot hers heart beyond he mere right
of nature / saw tho life OF the Oh I'D Iightcd up
with love-
fancied the ocean aud the boundlcss Amerio an
continent magnificent bulwark between Agness
family and Antoinctte forcycr.-tI he Argonaut