New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-15
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I daresay it Will turn out al wrong, s S;m
Dolly ungraciously, "aDd that l snail l"Hc A"n
All right replies Mrs Dalton losing patience cr
and rising from her seat 10 as you ike, hotber
Won are happy or miserable? Go your own way
Dolly sprngs I'D and catches her by the arm
q No. no, Marian, don't go; don't be angry Will
Then hearken and obey. Dick WyndhamIs is is
coming tonight. You know he is rather
fond of you. Talk TO him, and 10 MN Wr
Lascelles' direction; I will keep my T, eye
on him, and report to you how he taxes IT, IL nv
approaches you in the evening look onfeo ana
distraite, and reply to him by monosyllabics
I shall never be able to do it," groans Dolly
Not with such big stake to VIM Ia little
sarcastically)
aAhl you don't know what it is to lOvei'
Not as you do, certainly ret1rts Marian.
with an infection of voice which Dolly Is not
acute enough to catch.
lie is rather fond Of Doly-he is exceedingly hard
up, and wants her money even more than her sweet
self He Is bright and amusing, has CONSIDER,
able fund Of small talk, is devoted to sport ana
has not Mr.. Lascelles' aesthetic taste or lofty
manner Of showing superiority. He has genuine
contempt for man who tall art and plays Gas
steal music as Mr. LasccllcS has for Que who THINKS
of nothing but hunting. lawntennis and polo.
though he rides fairly straight and IS an average
shot himself
Not little disguised is Lascclles. therefore.
when Dolly whose sorrOwfuness and its cause
have greatly soothed his complacency for the last
Or m dOo hn no1l This soldier at dinner
She is looking charming in dress OF delicious
apricot tint. which he has not seen before Che is
a great connoisseur Of dress: If he could only
catch her eye he would beam on her one OF those
chances which would have intoxicated her maiden
soul But whereas it has been his wont to meet
her tender pleading glances every two minutes
heretofore, tonight he might be Banquos ghost
and she one of Macbeths guests for all she seems
TO see him. His memory serves him up various
sneering and savage quotations on the theme OF
Solvent femme varie. He is so little congenial
TO his neighbor at dinner that She expresses the
most unfavorable sentiments regarding him in the
drawing room later on, causing Dolly to halt
between the desire to defend him holly, and
sense of pleasure that some one besides herself has
suffered from his cGldn Ines Mrs Dalton makes
Excellent my. lover. she cries, in high good;
humor pressing the. girls arm. He is enraged
beyond measure. He scarcely took his eyes ok
you. Go on and prosper!'
Thus stimulated, Dolly does go on, and prospers
exceedingly When Mr. Lascelles and Dick ap-
proach simultaneously she devotes her whole at
tention to the latter and has scarcely word for
and leans against the wall looking like Hamlet
Lord Byron, or any other bhghted being in the
sulks
In reality. Dick is the person most TO be pitied,
although his face is alight with smiles, and his
heart aglow with authorizations of possessing
lovely woman. and satisfying the debtors who,
metaphoricaly speaking, take him by the throat.
crying "pay me what thou owest" Innocent
creature that he is. he suspects no treachery, nor
rg nfea ana" yomns prig 0 oSer the way Dolly
will play billiards and lawn-tennls with HIM on
the morrow; in the afternoon they are to ride TO-
gether; and as he sits smoking after the ladies
have retired he reflects on the most approved
method Of asking certain question.
Up to this moment Clement Lascelles has not
seen any necessity for putting his fate to the
touch, because ne had been absolutely certain of
winning: but that for the first time he has
rival, a rival who is progressing by leaps and
bounds in his Iadys favor, he sees that something
must be done. He cannot have been befooled.
She loves him or-or he the adept at reading the
secrets of souls, must for once have been deluded
Perish the thought
With gloomy brow and stately step he retires
from the smoking-roOm and seeks the solitude OF
his chamber but not his couch. The dawn has
long broken ere he courts rcpOSc.
Marian cries Dolly few hours later, burst
ing into her friends room whilst that lady-no
early riser at the best Of timcs-Still neses among
her pillows read this!' and she seats herself on
the bed in q state of great excitement, whilst
Mrs. Dalton languidly peruses the letter thrust
into her hands.
Il call it great impertnence she remarks,
returning it to Dolly.
Impertinence!' with wide-open eyes.
Certainly" and Mrs. Dalton, taking it back,
quotes from it:
Though l cannot pretend to offer you tie
one great passion of hfe-Sad passages beyond
the ken of other mortals have furnished the pure
lustre which once surrounded my soul with q
halo-yet if you will take heart weary with the
sorrows Of the ages dimmed by the darlSlinG
doubts with which an intimate knowledge Of hui
manity clouds the spirit take me to your tender
breast and let me find shelter there from hfe's
griefs and disappontments. What recompense
heart blighted as mine has been bestow l
will strive to make to your angelic sympathy and
goodness
Is it not beautiful? 7 cries Dolly in an ecstasy.
" wonder what he means? !suppose some horrid
woman threw him over once?'
:" think it is exceedingly impertinent, and
hope you will resent it,
Resent i'll" almost shrieks Dolly. Why, it
is declaration"
Get me my blotting- book off that table,
commands Mrs. Dalton resOlutely. Now" she
says, beginning TO write, you will answer it in
this way or | wash my hands OF YOU and to.
morrow he Will have reduced you to AFFECT misery
again"
She writes hurriedly for few minutes and
then, with heightened color reads the draft aloud
Dear Mr. Lascelles-I have received your
seem to have suffered But, For my part. l look
upon the world as very pleasant place, and have
possible; So as l could not console you, and you,
with the ideas you express, would make me
miserable, think you had much better look for
somebody whose temperament is more like your
own. l suppose you mean me to understand that
you have been much more in love with some one
else than you are with me, which to say the least,
divided heart, or none at alL-Your sincere friend.
d. s."
There Is desperate fight between Mrs. Dalton
and Dolly before the latter can he persuaded to
COPY and forward what she considers heartless
and fippant miSsive. In the end Marian triumphs.
Mr. Lascellcs does not appear at breakfast, and
Dolly though her soul Quakes within her, laughs
and talks to Dick.
Later in the morning, when they are playing
lawn-tennis, Clement Lascelles, feeling much
smaller than he has done in his life, seeks
aIQp m
she alternately pricks him with daggers and makes
him gulp down bowls of poison; but she does him
an excellent turn by taking good deal Of the
nonsense out Of him. He confesSes that he adores
Dolly. How o how, is he to win her? Has he
the ghost of chance?
Mrs. Dalton, looking solemn, declares her in
ability TO reply to this. She hints at Dolly's youth
and love of amusement. She hints, too, at Dicks
unfagging good spirits and temper. And the up
shot of it is that when Dick returns crestfallen,
from his afternoon ride with Dolly, having spoken
and received his answer Clement Lascelles Carries