New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12

Gracious goodness, Margery Fermor, you dom
mean to say that you are going 10 geI marreu
on the slyl' The widow was not a iva soo 40
choice in her phraseoogy she might have been;
! That is Just what am going to 90, Responded
Margery with n dcmurc little laugh ,, &,
And you expect me TO aid and abet you IN
II il not an insane act by any means, and
am ouitc sure you will aid ana aDen me IN IL.
You are, are You? But wha' x nd What viii
saw when nc comes to hear OF IL anu VIII w ~
no think of me for acting rs your acconlp,Icc
NV father is sensible nan no a K1ogyt
his head against the inew aI,e The best Of it."
'N snnnose YOU are quite satisfied in your own
mind as to the wisdom of TINS 10 me- i'o'' ia
! nomnrchcnsibIe proceeding? ~ - 4,
thinIr Won NAV safely trust me that score
The widow sat gazing at her visitor iS S yes
moments without speaking. Then she sa'u -,
Margcry Fermor. | think may Iru S y !linov,
nn,cr mot n rirl anywhere who seemed 70 KNOW
her way about as the saying is, better IMAM
you do - ,oa;o- found them
,ol.ns ncyt morning on the way to Derby.
For. after all. Mr. Gascoignc had not o1 his
called nnon TO seek the rector's consent TO MS
After good deal Of persuasion he had won
! Marccrv over to agree TO seci ~
marriaS s and had thereby; greatly Frnm tho 1S
his delight snycd lie ann nl'ilS, rs he would have
felt bound to do had the Roy. DYKE oplccVeu IL
| Mr. Gascognc' rs a son-n law 40" nu o
and thr longer he should he able to put u OH
fhc better he would be pleased ,u... ,,r
Our two ladies were met ut me terminus ~ III; ~
Mr. Gascoimc and his friend Cap,ain Irem VIII
,yho of course was in the secret The two men
had been stepping in Derby for the p,sC tnacr
weeks Gascoigne running over by tra1h eor r
three or four days to sec his hancec. FOR any
th;n, tho rector was supposed to know. the Young
man was still 'hqngng ont at the Anger vi" -
hired brougham was in waItlng in Mr'c ,b ore
! ouartotto d-ovo at Cncc 70 the church, W,,,,lc
everything had been arranged IN reanlhskLS bridc
cnrcll stared little when she hGara unc Int
erooms string Of namcS rccltea Dy 'lc conswcrable
as she said to herself man can't he ahsWer ,o
for chat his codfathcrs and eodmotn'rs MAJ
choose to coll him After the knot had Deeh t,cu
came breakfast at the station h co., ortb wales
which the happy pair started Tor NORTH VIZ NJ
whore they. were 10 spend the honeymoon. nirs
Jenrck opcned her eyes for the second tinlc Mn1,
the bridegroom at rating Pc s5nnbjrs er rng as
slight souvenir Of the happicst day OF my nc
Then was the widow more conv"ceu ,nao
that in marrying that queer Mr. rasco!snts o
Worcorv Fcrmor had known quite well what she
As Captain Frcwin Ichtcd cigarette after see
inc the bride and bridegroom OH ne salu - nn i
self: 1T strikes that that young woman ~, -
about rs ar;fu IS they make ON " S III NY ~
about her not knowing that Jimmy tle Eari u
Lord ard Lady Chestnut did not stay lone. in
Wales Tie weather broke up m the end OF q
week and they were glad 70 H. southwark. , he
river not far from Ma;dcnhcad. and thlther ne
now took his bride He still kept mp the comeny
Of " Mr., and Mrs Gascoignc:' and neither by
word nor lcoll did his wife allow HIM TO Suspeco
that She know aught beyond that which lay on
The surface Margcry YVES blessed with large
fund of PATIENCE. and feeling snr' OF her position'
was quite content to bide her time FOR neI, Ioo'
thc affair was not ~, bout It's clements OF alnis,
mort She nrnvcly discussed with her HUSBAND
snndrv small matters Of domestic economy. Oouu
they really on six hundred year, alI9ru 10 keep
a boy in buttons. as James proposed, IN additi1n
to the cook and parlor-mad VINO com Wn sic
whole of their small establishment? Were they
not outrunning the constable lt'ie III Inio
Of tho hired brouGham In winch th.y WEE or M en
out forr or five times a week? And then Mrs
Gascoigne was shocked to ma that pu,cncr
mcat was ouitc twOpencc n pound dc1rer th@n az
WIi+oonn1c She had been told that New-Zealand
mutton was nearly equal to Enelish, and much
cheaper Would it not be advisable etc, E ~
in these ard such like sivl2l discussions ,e rIor
took an almost chlidllke pica>ure' anu -A"ie0ii
CAUGHT the infection from HIM ,... IN
After ell the ccairciss mant came about IN
quite Commonplace fashion, ana minus nus any dI
ore sunny afternoon on the edge of the lawn,
which slopod down to the river waiting LOT ms
wife who was getting ready % 20 ouc 49, ths
when small outrigger came spinning round 'ne
bend in which wc.e two men in tannelS, III one oil
whom the Earl recognized well-known member
of the Badminton Club. Ii was too late TO GSc Ti
and he decided to stand his ground; HIllo |!
Chestnut is that you? Where the deuce have
Won been hiding Yourself all this time Every.
body at the Bad IS wondering Wat f srep ofco Wgior
YOU. Allow M to introduce my irlenu, M,J II
Topp. of the Blues whom I've just had put up nc
the Bad. Tcp?. Lord Chcshunt, whom nope
Won viii know bcttcr by-and-by.'
The two men bowed then something In the
faces Of the others caused Lord Chestnut to turn;
His wife was standing two or three PAGES Dehin'i
him. drawing on her gloves, and must nave hcarl
every word. lie rose to the occaSion laElhS
Nargcry by the hand h I'D her forward. Gen
tlcmcn, my wife-Iady Chestnut; he Said IN IN
clear, resonant tones. On any ordinary occasion
he would rs a matter Of course, have omitted the
, titc. but this was net an ordinary occasion
You pqed throusn SpSnaay wb ne Sa nerve TS
you must have, You changed color foc mo-
mcnt, but that was all. If you had been Countess
) of Chestnut for twenty wears you couldh nave
done the thing in better style
Her ladyship put her arms round her husbands
neck and kissed him tendcry. cannot love
you more as I.o:d Chestnut than did when you
spoke the truth, for her husband had won his
way to her heart by this time, and few people
could have been more surprised at the fact than
she
Little more remains to be told.
The rector after writing dignified rebul<c 70
the young people in reply to his daughters note IN
forming him Of her marriage, allowed himSell 70
be notified and brought round by degrees. After
all as he remarked. forgiveness is one OF the chel
: Of the Christian virtues. About a year later hrs
FcrmOr number two faded quietly ana gracefully
out Of existence, with as little trouble t. any one
rs is compatible with such an event Later stll
! Mrs JenriclI consented to become Mrs. fe!mol
number three. Lady Chestnut quite favored tho
n scheme She had always liked the widow, and
rs She said to herself Papa is one of those men
who are never happy unless they have woman tC
lock after them
= Her ladyshp has taken upon herself the entire
, charge of her three StcpsiscrS. Tho rector fcc'
that. in such hands. he look forward to thcil
future with equaniml'y.
johnny Transom is frequent visitor in Ire
7 vanion Souar, Lady Chestnut has SET her heart
: ON finding him a wife with dot; but Johnny
: feels sadly that no woman can ever be hall a'
dear TO him as was the vanished Margery Fermo
6 Of those old happy days at Whiteappc Rcctory.-
! L. W. Spcght in Bclglavia.
/. TUr DYEE'S DOG.