New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-19

and are well of should imagine by your looks
"a" "and hers: Poor child, what good time she is
psopIe looking atp What is Syb crimsoning
atp Some folly of my senseless prig of a brother
in-aw I'll answer for it. on but ina Is rea ,hs
lively lady gave way to mirth she could not
restrain Oh, dcari OIL dearI' for Lady Diana Hn.
Sybil, poor Sybl! Ia Ina! ha! And, oh, dear
Sir Roberts face, la! Ina hal And, oh m!
goodness What is S6 going to and do 0n 1 1nar
Sybil before all with great, horrld lnvalldish
tumbler of milk"
do ~ Poor Sybil One moment before; and
| She had never been so happy in her life. In her
fancied security she had been prattlng and jest,
| ing. and drinking in the exquisite dranght OF
arlor unconcealed, with which Sir Roberts
| eyes and tongue at presented her. bending
her fair neck the better to give ear to the voice
| of her cnchantcr. expanding like n flower In the
| warmth responding to the sunshine. And now!
1t was only tumbler of milk, but with it the
That the blow should have fallen tbusl That
She should have been struck down Just when
She was treading the celestial heights, when she
was inhaling the intoxicating incense, being lufea
| TO raDture by the bewitchlng music when, ana
OH reader degn to think this pltiful, and delgn
to pity-when she was at last lree' uniettcreu'
| untortured, and at peace!
No word did Sybll speak Words would have
awaited nothing: protests, entrcatlcs rebellion
itself even would now have been an TOO i Gaen
the disgrace was inefacca6le. Full in the view
of all, and uncomely even in the eyes OF him VINO
bore it, there was the large white tumbler on Its
shining tray, and in the accompanying sentence,
| BY masters orders. miss the hapless victim
read her doom airs 1T & nnon dSe CONN.,
| pany, that her own pale constcrnatl9ni oir
Roberts mqte ronnd-eIsd amaI ZEN ana lazy
| and indeed directed to the one point the looks
and intelligence of such as might Otherwise haV0
been engaged. ~ Gill, I'll. Ain, ooho
| came her fathers voice from the bottom Of the
table Sybil almost shuddered.
aThere is your milk" repeated he; and then,
! horror of horrors, she heard, she was sure she
heard, the Sybil suffers much from etc, etc"
| which was the inevitable prelude TO revelations
and condolences. OF all things colonel iatn 1I,
| ful parent: the present opportunity for proving
| himself to be one had been too much for hlm,
| and his Miss Latimers milk had been delivered
| in a tone that admitted of no remonstrance. lie
| was now explaining his theory on the subject TO
the matrons on either side. But Sybil, what
| befcl herp How did she comport herself? How
did she endure the luclSless mcmentP
MIX nifi d Ss ssf it for YOU syPl5 is Sb%t
| upon nv word it is splendid idea' pursued
| Sir Robert, talking comfortably away; looks
Jolly, and tastes rst-ratc, RI answer Tor ALL; IL.
| ner before I am sure / don't know why they
shouldn't though. If they like it; daresay IL, IL
good-humored young voice suddenly, died away,
The blue eyes dropped, and over the speakers
| frank open face queer look stole. 10y JoVet,
he might have been heard to whisper TO himse el
| beneath his breath For all down Syblls scarlet
cheeks the tears were streaming
OF course she should have helped it; Of course
| Won and would have helped it, we would have
| sunk into the earth, given up the ghosJ upon tne
| spot. rather than committed such ID terrible, If.
remediable offence against les ,, I'D our
| perhaps the other hand, we have not had our ~
! spirit subdued and our strength broken py yearS
| OF tuteage amounting to martyrdOin anu we ma d
not been as it were caught, and Gagged anu
| thrust hack into prison again, Just when we had
| spread our wings in one rapurous hight Dey onu.
This what had happened TO my poo, nI hap
| heroine, ana Dehea'h 'he e'io>' ~
| head and wept. ,.,,
"Oh. my goodness my goodness! my goodness !
Lady Dan laugh from ar Ssy band at ,f propey
herself, but this went altogether beyond her;
Oh, my goodness that child has done lo[ nea rs
now at al events" muttered she as grave E, d AID
| iudge, Who would have believed Sybil di1
not know better? Well, my good sister ana
this | hope you like it, All l can say Is am
| thankful il is no child of mine who is maK!ng
such an exhibition of herself 1t wlll 9e s .ne
| talk of the neighborhood. and everyone VIII say
they have weakened the girls intellect WIN theIr
folly. Oh, Syb, for goodness sake stop rc,d SGI
oi nd Cir S Pobert~" But she raised her eyes at
t ttblle moment and forgot TO finish the sentence
Sir Robert had taken possession OF the mix ,,
| Svbil ?, No answer. Sybllt sald ne again
A low sob Then faint lesY'
aYou 90 not want this, and do pursued the
speaker softly let me keep IT. iof fre ee g n%u
PuS s Uuo uonr leave TO drink il for you; butt
| Ievery one else was now talking very iast, anu
| Lady Dianas voice rose above tpe I.ao IA ,I
| gayest liveliest accentsl-" but, continued the
| ToEng man. dropping his own tones lower anu
| lower till even the one ear Tor which they WI
designed could scarcely eaten them put =, aS1 IL
| I have no claim to put myself forward rs your
knight unless" title talking around was SUI,
| loud fast and furiOus)-" unless nurmureu
| Suh;i,s companion very low, YOU will yourself
9iye me the right. Sybil, dear Sybl may 90
This and everything else Tor you T had 'I he gIns
ofy milk in his hand gazing into her face. DO
YOU understand ~ he said. Understand! Ier
| very heart was bursting - a..
| take all your troubles on my shoulders 10 care
for you, and have you for my own iurnp la,
| good Sir Robert, not knowing very Wen III WhaI
words to put the feeling with which his great
chest was heaying, but no whit reluctant nor nor
embarrassed neither. Only say one wore, won
| YOU? Because, you see, | must have one woru,
Or clse-~ Oh, then. never mind about IT, for
the chances of obtaining what he sought were
obviously small and 1t became Pru% he ,sen 1' on
. / ought not to have spoken now only Iony
that | can't help it. And if you Will just say
down the table; neither your father nor your
mother has anything TO DO with TINS no one mas mas
anything TO do win TINS e@GePs S you y sou me- INV
answer. Sybil | won't take it from any one else
I only ask for a sign, or look. l snail KNOW
II ;s between ourselves Bat if am allowed TO
drink this-am TO be allowed? Sybll!
Again he paused, and there was no evad-
ing nor mistaking that pause.
Sybn?" Her head bent lower. " Is II TO DC
Yes" he whispered.
Yes" a., 80
Sir Robert raised his face, and fronted the as
sembled guests triumphanlly.
Something has happened cried Lady Diana
TO herself Something has surely happeh99dq.
lies in earnest | swear he is IN eanest. lie
has rot that wretched milk in his hand and
| GOOD beavens he looks though he were gong
70 drini, itln He drank it to the last drop.
/" And now he cried eXultinely; " and now
She had no words, but neither did he need them
One moment his hand sought hers beneath the
table and he knew that henceforth she would
refuse him nothing.
ol,nrA inf nin md nfinrNrnrd and