New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-24

pause at everything. am open to a thousand
thoughts, yet | shall never give the world one
that is new
What melancholy you breathe into your con,
fcssion exclaimed Mrs. Dorian. "You make II
quite majestic. Standing by that window. with
the late sunlight slaning across your face, you
are like Byron in the act of lamentation for no
special cause on the face of the earth: Your hed.
by the way and the cast Of your features oltcn
bear resemblance 10 his L thlnK nave HILL
toned this before
"You have mentioned many such agreeable mat mat
tiers before madame said and iancied thcir
existence .
"Bah,7 she cried, smelling her vinaigrettc,
vi acioIlsly "And YOU term all this me'locrlty
1t is certainly sometime 1cat deal higher'
smiled. 1t is not Byron. No. and 1t is not
"Whom yon believe possessed of genius p
"I'ndoubtedly.
"But of yourself . have YOU decided on
no profession occupation 2?
"Cn ne rs vet
Nv guardian strai~htencd herself in her easy
chair. "T1cn | must find ono for YOU | re-
cnivcd a letter TODAY from my LAWYERS in Amcri
"a. IT, WIS about the property there. Some ne
must 20 and look after II. You Shat 90 NlN
not? II is rOu's as wei as mine already: s'rnc
day. when am no moro. it will he wholly yon's
7 stood ircsrl"te. for moment there by tho
window Then | slowly wa'blol toward my quar-
dim pausing near her char Not Wholly
mine | said.
mise NV WIN is made"
You must alter il madame.
""tho what is this? -
"You must alter It," said ticking her hand.
ain favor of Casmir a''adc. Divide the prop
crtv equally between him 9ni me. If you please
but al least make rs cnhciIS. IBIS nav not DC
vour duty since in silt" of his klnshp. YOU arc
pli Isl icocd b. leave your wealth where you ncaSe
Rut il is my dutv TO insist upon the aivis'on
She t'ic1 10 Withdraw her hand. yet / toItapE
rctaincl it. "I"on my word You 9o sG Iowa., an
extraordinary chan~c Of mood.' she declared
stinlv a litc while a"O-
"p'caSc do not refer to litt'c while ago,
intrru"tcl THAT is lust what would like to
Ina g YOU forget
II sec You wish to impose upon yourself
penance ,..x 49,,
"lrrIn's And vet this is fm from be,nT my my
only motive Casmr is your sister, s but
for me YOU would Doubtless haze mate him your
sole hcir shalt never feel mentally at rest un
III ven have gcccrtcd my view OF his deserts
throw ys"lf now un'n tiat n,'uarn n, E witb ,
sccl;in- il NH if it. fails me az tn'S tlmc OF
REQUEST Of rcc1. Of "nrcaty | shat oe soreN
Iisa,nnntod Nv tpat'n' yCur nerc CIV fn' my
self ms if we wore hr"tlc's. YOU will make the
bond closer Let.-ccn YOURSELF AMI me-. lfelieVe'
also. that 7 speak with the most rIofotnd SIN
cerilv when | add mo more clause I" nv pew.
tion n is this: | would rather Won lett every
franc Of yonr fortune TO cha'it2he obIec's IMAM
that Won made It's onr p7Ssossor.
II win t''na it over she san SoitohnG'
"1ho'6 would of course he more man enou IN
for two. Tie money has been png itself up,
trcle across Tie water: / can not have s1ent
quarter of n.y income for Yeas Yes VIII
think it o cr -,
do n"thins of TIE sort, ] answered. with n little
str, kc Of calculated bodn"ss; for YOU have al
ready consented
irwin o"I net to smi ""' and Casin,ir? If he
should refuse TO profit by this di, ision?'
Leave his ref sal or consent to me. will
break the news gradually. Trust me-
You speak as if you an he were TO live
henccfoIwarl in the closest intimacy
Il should ike to make him member of our
She gave her wonted laugh. here, at its aer
ricst. My remission ? OF cowse You have it
An YOU will ACCOMPLISH your plan All
begin TO think that is what you always will do
ACCOMPLISH your pan whatever it is. Perhaps
thai is "a be your rroynce-always TO make every
DO " do as you desire.
detected the I'M 'ercuITcnt Of surrender in
these final words AMI was not nnrrepaTed to have
her acouioscc, that very c, ening. few hours
later in my proposition Of nicotine with her
notary o. the morrow. 'asmr aprade came 70
visit a dav or two afterward. but before he
came Nv will lad been drawn. just as | had
visited
The intercourse between my guardians nephew
and mvsch now rapidly = cncd into warm
Il was not Till ] had Induced him
10 dwell perm ncntly beneath the same roof with
rs Mat Ncnlurrd upon TIE subject of his altered
pros poets. | waited until | SIRE Of the nhu- |
,ncc J had raincd over him. AMI then | snOSe. |
Already ne had harmed almost to hang upon my |
words The love had inspired in him was even
more than lra'c nal My keen appreciation of
,is listic worth had first reused this ard NJ feel
no. but no esotsm ultimately held sway there.
IN my nature he recognized something com e-
nenary To his own Where lac was retiring. |
mil IN 'ccidcd. even imp)litic through lack |
II scif-rciiancc was assc five intrepid, equabc.
NJ his stiNn"th of character seemed to lie in |
MS lo' ely Genius which admired still more as
grew familiar with lis depths and hci"hts. IFS
low and shadow l}ut il olasIcd his nature and
with n weak ming hold i ma e him |
mft 10 deal with men AMI hoyishy pablc under
he stress Of all coarse and rrccd contact So
lccn AMI durable was the enthusiasm which it
woke in him that ! saw with ama/cmcni his in
inccnre to womanlv charms His ideal was
lis mistress. AM he scrvel her in devoted trans
or The nearest that he even approached 10
eminent Of the heart was his affection for me;
bat was in iced IN its way ASSIGN. for ii set
re upon pcIesta and paid me tender Ohcisance.
sometimes fanccd that he WAS 4 beins who
ould love Cn'y in this fashion with the gvsScr
onscs quite at rest an the heart the brain the
lit at hieh pulsalion can not call him
rnin'nc exec in the extreme scn,ltVencSS or
is mental mould for he pc ssesse1 cora-e he
AL once fought a dan crous duel with swords
n IeCei inc an insult from fellow student in the
it school an had severely wounded ms adj
clsaIy and again, in physical tAlnlng. nerve,
oolncss, on rpy. he by n means missed the full
lanly share But for All this he was Of feeble
brc 10 meet cAi"cncrs la deal with dihcuiucs,
. eau e an seize opportunities 10 touch and
ic,ce hilman fallacrs He WAS not made for
hc world thou"h the world WAS made for him.
NEE ne transferred and 20 created hun rods of
: ha'shst traits by the sme maize OF his AT
When | told him what my guardian had done
N his future the tiGin"S we'd him to tears,
nsIcd though seen | dreaded his ref sal Of the
onn however and while | witnessed his wonder
this ntcs' nee. l fastened to add before IL
mould really TasS
"Thc afai, was Of my own earnest PROMPT
~ Casimir AMI nOthino hat I have ever done
rs civcn me kecncr satisfaction. II binds us
lore closely together. mon ami. and instead # a
wv thousands which | shall not need II brin2s
&c the welcome AMI cheering comeradly or
r0ther.'
1lat last word caused him to start one of
70 teas that brmme1 his eyes now s'lpned
lem, the dark cure Of its lower lash and fell
non his check His chin temblcd and he
navel his ndcrlin as though 10 force scfcon-
rl But suddenly ne threw back that beaull-
II heal Of his AMI almost srlang toward me.
4 another second he had seized either OF my
p0uldc,s and was looking into my face with
,archin0 intrnncss.
"Brothcr~ he exclaimed "You do not de-
live yourself? You are certain that you already
arc for me enough to wish our lives joined so
OSclv p
"Ycs. I answered prepared for the extremely
rcnch embrace to which past experience IN