New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-31
I stung to anger, and yet

"Outve her. lie tCN MS CHAR lrpni h'
mouth and leaned back his head a lite laugh,
Ing at some uncyrectcd joke "Kcally. that
is very good It's what they call happy way
OF hitting off thing"
al had every intention of being serious" l
answered with tones dry and hard. am so
attached to MIS- Dorian that the thought OF her
death brincs me pain
"Of course yes naturally" -
could have struck him for the latent sncer
in this interruption: but L continued, without
And in REGARD to her provision for my future
welfare | had IMAGINED. Mr.. Dorian. that YOU
were already informed on that poln' arV IS wen
as myself since YOU must haze known that from
childhood / have been the poe'c OF yohr aunt
Tie straigltcned himself a little at tins lie
silently Shrugged his shoulders while doing so
"You will aidon me-" lie replied, but | pos
scss very little information on tie sublct"
bit my lip. "Your father was made fully
aware of the facts in the case y | sad; :, .,o
He smiled now and there was something in the
smile that sent thrill through my nerves. 1t
was like the light cast on steel. An YES g.:,
the facts i'll the case, lie nuinulcd. IheS
were given l fccollcct'
Just then two of our recent comranions came
out upon Tie balcony. Foulkc Dorian at once
addressed them in a pIayfuy genial manner on
some subject with which | had no con 'crn
| retired. soon aftcryaM Joining the Ia lies. Ada
was unusually gfa4's sg ,h on he
| following afternoon She rode admirably. bui
Us a rule with no enc cXcept eithcr her father or
| a groom us escort II was held an HonOr for any
| male friend TO be permitted the chance Of com
ranvng her. But my pleasure at tic pI0s'cc'
| of tomorrow diminished by hcarnE her Oh
aftc.wald say ave shall start for Austria nNt
Wednesday II was decided only few lons
| ago Papa's health is not of the best Just now
| and he needs the chance l'csi 'cs | have never
| seen the Tyrol" ! felt my heart snll. believe
that realized my love for her in that one NONE nj
| more fo,cibly than ever before. And shall you
be gone till the end of summer P inquired.
| "lcs."
| "And then p still asked
| She laughed calling to a little ret dog, arie
| and bcribboncd. that had lust scamflcd INTO
the room "Oh. then we shall 90 stalSh' oacN
| home TO America
could not rcprcss tic words that now go 70
my liIs. And Mr.. Dorian will probably go back
| in the same steamer" nee
| She looked at me with naughty surrrs'. lie
is at liberty to select that one if he Chooses
But was not rcbufcd. "lIe VIII select W. t.n,, l
| "perha's ne will follow YOU TO the l\iol as well
| She turned to me face that was more clement
than had eXpectcd it seemed to pardon w nd,
it dsapprOvcd of my boldncsS. lie VIII not
| follow me- she answered
| Then may l?'
"You do not put it very fosbiddn.ly," I
But it is mo- all the same. slall have
papa to look after And then people are always
| saving stupid thn!s."
We'll let them say what they please They
| already say that Foulke Dorian is dcvocdN iona
| of YOU | should not at al object To their making
| The same disclosures with regard to myself The
truth is not always unpleasant to hear.
She gave sliqht dcmure nod. and touched the
| petas Of some roses which she wore at her breast
| III ,,hic,, 7 bod sent her that afternoon "Iou
arc very kind. she said, using the convcntionahty
| IF phrase because il suited her coy random
within. "But "a, a and I have made up our minds
| 20 take the Austrian trim alone
| 81 wish Won would answer me one plain. fair,
question said. while my heart beat little at
what is itPT she asked amiablv low-voced
"Do YOU care for FoullSc Dorian?'
She set her lips together somewhat primly. hut
N way that was infinitely bccominr In those
laws Of brilliant success. with not cloud on the
| sky of her complete happiness. WIN admirers ny
scores. with worShinint father who induced her
east whm. with wealth beauty. homa"c. health
patery rs the very air that she hrcathed. was IT
strange that even she. nosscSsnF an intellect far
above that which finds in the AVERAGE
fcmininc,cciricnt of ordinary com'''iment. should
employ her arIs, her touches of coquetrv, her
delicate mnGu i1icsF
al Gaze for all nv fellow cIcaturs-or try 10
10 So she said "Mr Dorian is one of them
Il congratulate you on your elastic pmlan
thropy. l returned. with bitterness Mine docs
| not extend SO far
Our conversation was now interrupted by one or
two departing guests. | took my leave soon 'eoi
Foulke Dorian was not only my possible enemy
but my evident rival as well Like az men III
love I argued from Miss GTamclceNs recent
cvasvc answer that she set his devotion a'"' " my
own ami that his ultimate conquest was imminent
But apart from this trouble was asNNilrl ~
another nOians nlhid impcit'ncncc Tnk'"d IN
nv breast " hat had he meant by those il1wed
questions those ambgnous rcfr'r'nccs' Nhl'e !
was being driven homcwald sroutct as a'sur'
| tho idea that hp could have maze any real search
,ftcr the truth That had been BON cars ago
in brussels Of parents whose name was Claud
! could not by anv rOssibility Of search have re
suited in his power of denial 1t SURPASSED IN
ional crcdcncc that he should have the shallow
If fact whcIewith 70 cqlip himself a'3.nS' me ne
No | convinced myself his hatred NJ haired II
| could be called Nas due solely 10 his fear lest |
MIGHT win the woman of his choice. 1870,
Before retiring than ni'm | knocked as us Hi,l
at tie door of MIS-. po'ian's situngloon MY
ouarlian WIS there alone Casimir. who kcpI
fairly early hours. lad already gone to rest |
seated myself at Mrs Dorian's SIDE an naia'e
,nvSolf she slowly nodded while she listened.
and nj lcnrth when had finished. she said:
"IIis father has set him up 10 il lcFend upon
what ten vou Otho. He has inherited the Oh
drudge Bah as if would swell their mi lions
by leaving tlcm more money nc VIII piopa'V
| come TO me. now if he stayed away IT would
ooi lil1c ocn warfare, and that is what hc wishes
him what rcs,cct is due us both
81 hcg that You viii say nothinc OF any shrhf
to me broke in "You must in c"d promise
me that YOU viii keen wholly silent there have
no wish that Foulllc Dorian should evnlt IN h3vln
inflicted unon mo the least uncaSincSs. If ne j.
over really insulting | assure you that Shall
resent it." e.,
shall doubtless have my bands fun f"htinq nv
own hattie If hc attempts the coUc monte STYLE
with me. ] shall very soon give him taste % '.'
icmrer II is too rrcpostcrous' These lNrl9n
wore plain wcaveIs q few wears 40 Ncw-l Or'
lccsn't often draw social line anywhere. but i
, drew one NJ them. with their lack OF grammar
, their nr1mcNal manners ana tHrT NHiE.i W.
i'm Fast Rroadwav. How well / remember thai
house with shades at every WINDOW whore
swan was floating lake at the foot of Inatbll
| staircase How thc Great BalZac would have loved
fhcsc shades nc would have told Won just how
MANY feathers there were in ca"h swan And BY
! | tho wav there wcrr not any they were mcl'
| white dauhs I sent them hyinr. thoso swans
. when I married Monsieur stevens BROTHER al
! The old French reOnlc welcomed me rs soon as
| went over There some very charmln
| French residents in New-YOrS AT fiat tmc-n
.roubt thew are there stin They knew very wei
| who the De Lilies were my marriage simply mad
- | The whole Dorian family: from that time eve
= | since they have assumed airs
{ How then | asked, do you account fo
{ Foull<e HAY nv shown yOu the dlsIepect OF neVe
! having visited you while here p
: ,ns. iuiIan iOsseu upon Tie lalnpIt tabe %
, | her side the French novel which she had bccI
| reading when | entered "All the hard tlnn7
| L, Ia