New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-11

! representing some bnldlhNtl VHi''~ III ii''N"'''i
Mosa.cl In fact. what can be expected of the sons
Of men who have been known 60 out in the sarish
light Of day I'm Congress callers
The 81 FL zacth's all shirmsh lasts longer than i's
rights ~ a battle piece warrant In default Of past
continues to asita'e long aetcr It's useful
As agitaor IS over. No new sensations olcF-
Ing themselves pastor hopes to rcunitc bis parted
flock, and heal the schism IN his church. But the
wound, grown callous, refuses 10 knit. The com
batants are In love with the PRIDE pomp and clrcum-
stance of glorious war. They have tho media val
spirit from which great warriors were made. But
they feel that unless new ground OF dispute Is soon
discovered there will be nothing for 1t but truce OF
hostilnics, and theirs viii be another sad Instance
Of village Ilampdcns, and mite. insoroIs Millions
Desperate Ills rcquic desperate remedies Tho
remedy adopted by the Low Church party Is sui
fcicntly desperate They turn their eyes upon a
lady lately settled in the nolshborhood and fro~ ned
down alike by High and Low. There IS nothing e.
pee ally out Of the common about the lady, except
that her anicccdenfs murhy, her husband has
large, black mustachc aud carries cane with the
tasacl dangling from the top: her waist is small aud
her complexion high. She came suddenly from no.
where and chilled tho suburban heart by tho easy
gaycty of her manners her good looks and her pretty
clothes According 10 the code suburban Il IS bad
enough goodness knows, to have vague anicccdcnis,
but to have pretty clothes, gay manners, golden
bang, pink checks and small vast IS simply I'M
parlonablc. The small waist particularly quite en-
RACES tho Aradiau-pcrhaps his love Of crude, ar
chaic beauty sill exists. So the suburbs drew the
line II tho lady lad not had the pink checks. the
small waist and the golden hang It Is doubtful
whether the suburbs would hayo drawn tho lnc'
Bu, when II appeared that the richest and most srls-
tocrac OF all the Pensioners had actually had tho
tcmer.ty, despite h5 wfc's iron rule to mako the
ACQUAINTANCE Of the lady and talk 20 her the horso
IL.
II turned away Tho gentleman In question was quito
frustrated By what he hal done. His epcrac daring
weighed his spirits, aud fears - discovery hnd re-
port lay heavily upon him, one Of the Disadvantages
Of greatness, an Inconvenience OF standing IN the
fierce, white Hight which beats upon a 'ir"no." Tho
LADY vas palntvc, aud recounicd her loneliness IN
musical whnc. with her arms round The shoulders oil
her blonde haired loy.
Indeed her loneliness dreadful, ani She had
never seen such an mhospiiahle place. Non" ~ the
women had called her. She wanted To leave IN
deed she had told her husband 50. II was so Do
pressing Who could resist tho lam'ent blue c'e'
under the golden lanrl Their c2Ir,s -ion was cX-
otl.ltely pathetic and quito melted the local AL to-
cIat, who IN burst Of confidence AMI sympathy ODD
served earnestly:
ayes. know you mus, 10 terribly lonely. Il'
Won can't DO ANYTHING with the women 10 these small
places. I've tried just as hard as could TO mako
MY wife call on you. AMI she VIII not DO #
THIS consolation CHu-rl the lazy 7" lif'f' hi't'F
and the pathetic eyes to harden. AIrhnng from the
car. her goodbye was not expansive a. her greet
Ing and slc dragged her golden haired oasirns
along by the hand % walked backward gazing rirt
upon the captivating vision of tho CONSIDERS tall,
gray beaver.
II was Low Church light who causcd tho I'm" 70
be drawn ono II the diguif aries II m" Low church
party had garden which commanded the fird'n of tho
Interesting stranger who, by tho WAY, 50 Inter
re watched ly her
ncebors and between Tho cracks Of their shutters the
Low Church members gazcd sgape upon her as sho
swung In hammock on her bach balcony, her pointed
toe touching the Hoor. her lcwolcd ivory hand Ian
gudly holding yellow covered novel The 10"
Church party had never such feet, and certainly
had never read such novels aud when the Strangers
cothes.llncs confessed the weekly wash ono Of tho
curious neighbors frosty Hcbe, innocent OF bang
and waist the rcrniciOus stranger guilty 81
SUCH called her mother to look AT the most frivolous
d. piav Of frs and lace had shocked the sub
urban eye, Haunting In the Hight Of Heavens own sun.
That was the "coup do lrace7 to tho strangers de-
baicd social recognition. The fills aud lace turned
tho scale Their dls~overcr, "modrst as morning
when she coldy eyes the youthful PhTiu,.7 was tho
model Of department, tho pink OF rropnciy. Some
one says that the peculiarly Of pruicry Us to station
moro scnircs the les The lrolrcss is mcnarcd' Now
here was fortress free from menace as The hidden
castle Of the sleeping BeaIty, and with sentncs
The Interesting s'rans p, hearing that her noghhor7
dsapprovcd her, waAci ~rthful, and. rs the most
Interesting stranger will do, rcvcngcd herself ono
dac in converse with The OF the Iiuc shirt. she
lad SAID:
"W hen Is that girl next door going to the farml'
"The iarmI what iarni'
"Why, the farm. You a local ahorrlnc and never
heard Of the farm! There are two older daughters
there now and this one goc, soon.7
" " hat does she go fOrl'
"Whon they Ct too old, have grown past the non
ular taste. they turn them ou to grls on The farm
They don't even have to tie them mp because all tho
cxrueiancc of youth is The sir door II To
go next May they say" etc, etc.
Aud get uch Is the loyalty and clannlshness Of the
rustic narc that when the IIcbcs faction appear. and
asks for her aid in 1helr great concerted struggle She
chccriully grants II, and 10! the Low Church uary
suddenly tales the blonde offender TO It's bosom and
bears her Ia triumph past the High Church party
This Is tho Lows great triumph, for the High had en-
tetained IDEAS Of espousng the ladys cause them
selves, making duty and pleasure mingle In a delight
full and unnatural manner. aud now that hope IS
blasted forever The young with
the pque shirt, knowing perfectly that
his evening appearance would be Lecnly
appreciated by the stranger, cannot go back the
principles which now deep rooted In his being
he cannot desert his party In It's hour Of need IIe
only at the various meetings and dances walk
back aud forth before her, and pose himself with the
agis ia full view, against door posts and pillars so
that she may see what she missed by taking up with
the Low Church party lie feels particularly be-
she is much In his style than In the style of
the youths with the mosaic studs whose fathers wear
Congress CATERS. And he that she would ap-
prcciate charms which not thrown away on tho
rustic heart
So the struggle comes to a temporary conclusion
with the triumph Of tho Low Church party. Peace
is restored to last I'LL and entlcng battlefield
is discovered