New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22

might be trusted I assure you most seriously sly
that do not understand you my dear lady' r,d 10
tho best of my knowledge we have never "eo
PRAY tell lac for whom you take me. A.. 0..,,
For my brother. Fergus YoungIfor the iI,,
OF Dromore, of course she replisu 80 pvsr noce
Mary, dear girl, you will speak 20 hie' D"'
there, you never knew your aunt Alice .r,
The deans face grew suddenly p ptaTing mad
She saws she is my sister. have no sister
You had one and am that one' .
I had one and she died years ago! ne an
swrcd not as speaking to ne p hs o une pcped
with grating laugh. Come, get OH your hlgn
hors,, Fergus. That is all over twenty years ago.
DO not dsown me now
'Dsown you, woman" the dean cried passion
atelv-he was by nature n choleric man. ana he
could stand it no longer-it was too ridiculous
i never owned your . II,
She eyed him a moment with queer smile.
while Mary watched them both. Then with kind
fan Very well.' She said p,acidly king as if
she would pass them without more worus ana 90
out, he il so, brother.
You still say that am your brotheerY
4 do. You know you are she replled calmly;
The dean choked, recovered himself, choKeo
again. and finally sputtcred out, Then you are an
impostor. madam | say you are an lmDostor!
And shall expose you without mercy! IL Is my
belief that you are trying to obtain credit III ths
hotel by the use Of my name.
a maiden aunt reproving an unreasonable schoo
boy. You know that that is not SO; nave
money. and can pay for everything Inc walter
will bear me witness that directed him TO put my
luncheon down to No o. That is my number.
You will know where to find me should you change
your mind. brot'er.'
with whom Law the honors Of the field. IL ever a
cleric longed for layman who might give his
feelings uncanonical expression, il was the dean At
!n io nc chair wen' getting up again as il he
Ind sat IN min, L never heard of such lmpu-
dcncc! Never ! could scarcely have believed 1t
if an angel had told me woman could De SO
BIT papa.' said Mary standing by him., per-
picked and frightened, do you think that she Is
mad
The dean shrugged his shoulders and spread out
'Or-~or--. There can't be two deans Of
Dromorc" ,
lie shook his head vaguely walking to and tro D;
rs if he would be responsible for no statement or
fact after this. There might be two ropes OIL
Rome He would not say. 49,
Aunt Alice Mary said musingly. OF course
Aunt Alice died twenty years ago.
Tho dean stoned in his walk and glared at her
'You-you had a difference with her, papa had
you not? ro. nc
The dean seemed like to choke again. .I Let US
understand one another, he said grimly. 10 you
suspect me of denying my own flesh ana Dloou'
my grl% aoo,orod
swer il. Nv sister made foolish marriage; l
did have quarrel with her. | was recohcleu 10
her later. | was, thank heaven! on good terms TERN
with her when She DIED Now are b you fnneral
know ISrS Sne thing p' We know her be some one
acquainted with Aunt Alice at that time; J..
Then what is her object? cried the dean des.
?aratclv, After what has passed the people az
the hotel will not give her credit-on my account
at ali events What is her objectT
Mary shook her head sagely. Perhaps we sha,
learn presently she said And she rang the bell
and gave her father cup OF tea
They dine somewhat early at Durnsfords, in or
der that they may go in comfort to the opera Ior
Vallrtta boasts an excellent house built oy Barry
and nightly bright with all manner Oa u the
forms. When the dean and Mary entered the
dnng-room that eyening' followed iIoT b% ny tbe
cres Of two or three sought the lower end OF the
long table at which newcomers always TOOK
their seats and it must be confessed maj . NJ,
was not present He took his seat ana Sprea9
his napkin with a sense of large rehei ana iookeu
about him phcdly And then-and then IN tne
twinl<linr of an eve all his comfort 1ed away.
There was that terrible woman almost opposite
70 him No doubt she had used his name 10
procure q seat up higher
in her florid checks, in the ridiculous square OF
hiacl, velvet on her head in her qulverlng ear
rings' above all in the defiant glnces of her eyes
which appalled, him She was ,adngd i ot t6c
thongbt that she had called herself his sister;
iis He plunged his spoon into the soup ana
ate savagely .,
All, could you tell me- his neighbor presently
said low in his car-Macdonald was an excellent
fellow, but he had a trick of cumming ana nav
ing-'who that-er-very singular woman Is seat
I" .So replied the dean steadily; appearing to
take little notice, while Mary bushed to the tips
Of her fingers I have no idea
'Er'-with his eyeglass up-'such a very Strange
No
To be here, you know"
Mary murmued something which the major
could not CATCH for the woman In question was
speaking loudly Yes it is drsh hG was ' sngn 70
L should know it if any one docs
I did not know-cr-that such people had
family, was the majors muttered commentary;
But the lady in black continued what !
never would have believed is the unl<indness l
have received from my family abroad My own
brother
He turned TO the dean, but found him lnattentlYe
Quite character he continued, 'er-Mlss
Young.
ooh. quite, said Mary family.
Then the major, who was not fool his man.
ner Notwithstanding detected something amlss
in Mary's tone. Looking up quickly ne found
her colorng and confused, and saw something
was wrong He wondered amazedX what u was,
but CROPPED in vain, and gradually forgot the
incident and its cause IN murmurlng matters
more interesting to himself If not to her.
behind the dean a moment There were only
ANGLO and ,Beppo n the room when he rose 9Soro
and talked so loudly, Angelo? he asked, moved
only by lazy curiosity.
Angelo shrugged his shoulders and spread out
his hands, while his curly hair sped down to his
eyebrows and back again Well, sare,' be ans
wered she says-but there! Pouf? And again
his scalp made forced march.
We'll, what does she say?'
She says she is the sister of the English gen.
tleman you dine with
What p incredulously, emphatically. What"
'Sbe say So lie say no. with indifference.
'Impossible! Major Macdonald cried
SHE say so. He say no. repeated Angelo with
a superb shruG.
The major paused moment to take 1t INTO
take in even the idea of it, and moved away in
q maze or course the report was preposterous,
absolutely so. He had the deans word for il
that it was not true. And yet-and yet the
deans stiffness and Alary's embarrassment when
their attention had been called TO this woman
had not escaped him. He sent some excuse TO
the dean by one OF the servants, and hurried to
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