New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-31
.Tbat IL very evident / smiled.

On tho following day Foulke Dorian did come
His visit was raid in the afternoon az uie very
rido together. | shall never forget tiiat II G. as
we returned homewald through the breezy
twilight between the lovely bordering bou us
of the Bois dc Bouoanc. VIC let our horses slacltcn
their srccd 10 "A walk delicious turfy smell
cyhacd from the woodland all abort us. ba my
residue of shower which Lad iancn IN trGn,s
that o,ning and then left the Sky richly blue
Seated there at my side on her glossy thoroughbred
clad in her dark trim habit. with her pure.
chiscIcl face rosily tined by recent exercise en
the ahundant auburn hair rccpinr in one thick
knot below her hat rim, she made 6surc
iITcsistiblv ratrician.
81 should like to rifle on like this forever
I said And then because the words stuck r'c
as COMMONPLACE an "rrciscly Ike what every
lover in c-cry novel 7 hal reai is 10 So
IN er similar circumstances | gayG , most r's 81,
to do more Miss Gramcrccy-somcthng equally
impossible, too.
what mo,c?- she asked. stooninr down f.
nat thc neck NJ her beautiful horse in whose thin
skin moist from his gaol in:, the laIre swollen
veins visible.
"Oh I should like to sweep Austria from the
face Of tho Globe
"IIow unlsinl 10 poor rara -
81 should dislike b"nr rn',inl r. vour father
Of All rco"'c All pcoplc hut onc-yo,rscfT .
Wow hazel ewes were full Of n Smi in 20 Nc-v
she TUNED them IN mine "lhen Won shoull
not object Ia my seeing those delightful noun
tains " shc said SOFTLY
leaned much closer 10 hcr: our hors s. nrclJs
almost ~ra7cl enc an rthcr: cou'd have trrchrd
Ter hand so casily whcrr ii lay in its drab gaunt
let dlv holding to rcinS,
81 object II losinr vOu-that Is all. 7 wont
ALWAYS to hGvc YOU mar mo. love Won. Yo"
arc cvcrvthnr on earth 10 me- | wish with al
my soul that YOU would LET me one day call you
my wife
She avc'tcd Dor face brt 7 could SOC tho co'o~
fade from it, In the peace of thc swcot farp
woods where rode | hoard the hoofs Of trc
silent while nv heart beat with hoe AM with
desrair equally. II seemed an a'c until s. said ::
IL have not thou0ht Of marriage vet. I
have often told myself that ! would never marry
while papa lies
"tnl ven viii not alter this resolve n1wp-
Sic SLOWLY shook her head "llc nee Is my
cOmpanonsh0 more than YOU know"
"If YOU my wife he could still possess it "
She quCkcn"d her horses race alittc. 1T is
'rnwinT lafc. size said The WORKS som o !
almost like iccr TO me- My thoughts had flown
"Will vou girc INC no answer hut that - I
| appealed, in tonn more demanding and ungcntlc
than | perhaps aware of.
Her own pride Of manner came back TO her in
| an instant. "NOu arr eNartng." SIZE sad lcttn
me her full face once more lftcl rather
hauchtily above her sender white throat
And YOU are wifulN cruel | returned. with
unrcpIcsscd heat Either you wish to play with
| and torment me- YOU for some one c Sc
| better. Which is it? | have the right t. know %
IL DO not Perceive your r.ht sic said clil-
| lngly. 1t exists only in your ina ,inatiOn. Mr..
| Claud.'
You do care for him exclaimed with bitter
| ness. II mean Foullze Dorian And YOU VII
not tell me sol think because YOU ar ASHAMED
Ashamed P she repeated with sconful sur
| prise
Yes. lie is such an empty. arrogant self
sufficient creature totally unworthy of YOU in
| every way 1t is monslrors that YOU should lo.c
| him. Ah he las gone more adrutlv 10 work
than l. however lie has dclueed you with al
| Grafton for months FIattcry is what Won prize,
and he las given YOU plenty Of it. VII n
next meet him, have your permission TO consrat-
ulac him p
She looked at ne with flashing ewes and q
c'lrled lip Then She smotc her holsc once sharply
and made him break into a cancr | dill In
same with mine. few minutes later hal re
,cnled of my TRADE, She kept her face away
| from mine throughout the rest of the ride which
| she mama ed with the increasing srccl of her
horse TO make almost brief as p sSh'c She
reached the inner court Of her own dwelling nj a
swift gallOp a groom came forward and assisted
| her 10 alight. But | wheeled my horse 81 that he
barred her progress indoors and stOopinr downward
| SAD, looking her STRAIGHT in the eyes:
"Foreive ,ne-do say that you forgive re My
! kind :"
! She stood there in the early summer twilight
with her skirts gathered about her plant figure
| picture Of enchanting maidcnhood
| lon wore 'cry rudc-unwar aniably So" shC
said And then She male gesture as if 10 PAS
ward "I'ut You win pardon me-" e." i"V wbs u crcT
She dld not tal'' ny ny hand I smile Of non,
she aa RG ~W S y y" sG, %9 9cc of n% e,
tie mlzc it," She at once swcr. ID aside from mt
| and iaesc1 hulTiclly into tie house
| rode away full of misery AMI INDIGNATION Or
| reaching home ] went up into CagimirS new
| studio, larsc airy room. hung with G me fin,
| old tapestries which had purchased MT man,
dals arc ioecthcr ! found Casml scaicl at ii
easel no longer ra,niinG but rcrar1in, his canvas
| by the dreamy h.ht which stlcared i'm from
| 'noad 9aaccnt window He cave ne TIC smiio
Of welcome that so few othcs could or wiz
| ride. which lc knew I was t. take with Ada
Grmcrcv that afternoon
"Oh. if has made m" vTrtchC1.' ! ton him
sin'5inr int cair at his side Instantly ~
| hanl. soft anl white rs n woman. Stp'c int
mine "Othoi - hc exclaimed. "you love her
| Guessed if a week ago. BIT Sic cannot Lave
| refused YOU -
His admiration Of me was So profound and Iowa
that such an event appeared to hin incrc lihle
v @c @ s. y i is c "C woiSea N 1 loD Dn
tod him irsf what la occurred, arin. m sci
in no detail Of the n1rati n NO doubt
fnshc1. "you will declare THAT ! am dcaGfully t,
blame"
"No" he declared. tie affection that he fcl
for me bin ling lin with slccd 10 my fault
"You spoke little hastily toward the hst bu
YOU had asNcd her b. b. your wife You bad par
hcr that honor Sic Should have remembered i
and valued it, l. She really cacd for some ON
Use more than YOU IAN my fri m rlon1Vncc,
these words though Ec touching up
some remote chance then she wOul have ma r
her position plain at once. To tell you that yo,
were cxactinS bcra SO Won wanted a simpc answc
TO so grave Il question pcStc ii was afro ous
|
"Ah C;rsmir,' | said II am afraid vou sid
too warmly with your friend. You treat t.
case as if had been a royal prince pro osins L
| some lady Of inferior quality"
| "She is n queen in her way-be assured q
that" said Casimir with his voice fun of sym
alhy and disapprohation combined. az queol
If cOquctry and vanity who delights in la in
such men as you alc sue TO her that she may al
| 'crvarI boast and eNult"
NO no. | replied "1 / thought & at
would not Nc hard to forget her But ! mus
believe otherwise. I must believe That she Ia
treated me thus because OF FoulIc Dorian fnly
lie is man Of no charm. no intellect. wit. amia
| hiliy Even his a1heients and lie Las fcw il
| Paris whom lis gIcat rcputed wealth atta t.
have more than cncc admitted This But mont
logged rcrse, GRANGE ever since II is that Dr.
tcrminc1, unrmitting cOurtShip which is nearl
| always sure OF conquest in the end"
And if she plcic's such man TO you" o,
| claimed Casmr rising and throwing an al
about my neck "then Sic is not worthy Of was
| inr another thought upon"