New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-18

found no other face fair but ycnrsi Do you th'nN'
dear. you can ever care for mcf ,o-
wonder If people are ofteu ms happy No w i .u
one short moment "Its odd. isn't i, one always
forgets what one ought to remember mmhtn',
wisely. "Pm not angry, you know o"' ous"'"'
All. so I ought, aud so ought you" he answered
without a trace of the enbarrassmeh' Ito '"s"'
to have felt. ..v,;a
ii do, thank you, have never forgotten" said
with freezing dignity .yho
aThen what do You think of Ryvcnbourn !" be
said with undue eagernsss. .,, .rouh,e.
either know or feel" l began slowly. to be inter-
But YOU can't know anything about him; you
aNo. and don't YOU see it's only fair to him not to
think about him y tried to explain. my aaen'"
somehow vanishing to find my seli-composurci m
a. Miss Verayne. refuse to carry ONT sucn az
absurd, nay, positively wicked contract. Az on
he demands all your fortune as ransom mSht think
to me. Jim Revere. you are all that tue WORTH
of life or happiness" .... T folt
The temptation was great, so great that ! ie ley
q And surprising could be dshcncrabe. 40 y 70
think would ask or even let you be so LOT ihe
said looking down to avoid seeing MS eyes,
" But supposing told you Ryvenbourn was NOT
worthyi And for you, you must see there car oe
little dishonor in breaking Of such an engagement,
or else why do men, men-honorabie men as tne
world goes-propose to you, knowing OF It's exist
al don't know, have nothing to do with their
sense of honor: only don't you ask me-, please
don't" I repeated. and foolish as the words WERE
he saw meant them, and Obeyed.
At the end OF that dance. as he took me back to
Aunt Alpha he said gently, Miss Verayne, forgive
me for speaking What | said was al the more more
would count all else well lost to gain you"
1t was odd, ought to have been miserable, but
wasn't bit. / felt that evening as fanatics may
who sacrifice happiness. life and all to scruple
knew the only man whose opinion cared about
thought well of me- and What the future pn, might a
decide my fate dawned However unfinchingly
might yield to my destiny. there was no need to 60
Happily already s' have the anest wish to release
me, nothing on my part should tempt him to alter
his mind. | made my faithful Raj Hahal spend
ever before to beautfy, me. 1t was Q positive
pleasure to choose my plainest dress. Frpissarts
Alice OF Salisbury could not have taken moro pains
to make herself plain in the owes OF Edward ("
drdemment cndinie at the famous tourney than did
thought l succeeded. As slowly went down.
stairs Marcus met me.
laDon't FORGET. Meaina If you're free the first
offer Shall come with you Poor little beauty
What have you been doing to yourself you don't
aBe quiet, Marcus told you hate to be called
that" exclaimed, nearly crying; then stopped
short. If had only thought of that and cried this
could have stood that. But 1t was too late now;
had kept him waiting as 1t was; / conld hardly
keep him waiting while l cried outside the Goor.
was no help for it, and in l went understand
why orators before making a speech, sometimes say
they feel like a man going TO be hung with
unusual methodical care closed the door and
waited until 49,
jim Revere az he drew me to the light My
darling. did not mean to deceive you !; went out
to meet on. and you were so lovely Twas vain
enough to want to win your love-"
"You would have done that anyhow answered
absurdly.
a How lovely you are. dear Do you remember
Mrs Barrow saying"
al am not lovely at ALL" eA claimed irreverently
al did my. best to make myself hIdeons-yes,
hideous, in hopes that he-that you'll mean that
Lord Ryvenbourn would dislike me-"
Jim's answer was low laugh as he led me to the
great glass and somehow it did not seem the same
pale. heavy-eyed, miserable face that had looked
back at Inc upstairs. Perhaps Marcus was right
after ALL though Jim says he would have loved me
myself and though like him to say so, perhaps If
my face had been brown like the right kind of
Indian girl, he might not have At any rate it has
won for me what prize more than any wealth, and
if Marcus calls me professional beauty again, L
will refrain from cOntradctOn.-l1 inslcy's Maya
zine