New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-22

cause 0i I ds "he Gathered the letters and paper
togctber and laid them again In the secreC ora"cr
and returned il 10 its pace .,,,, oi,iousIv and
Nj Frances, who was at heart tender creature;
suddenly felt n quick revuslon OF lce,lIs IoMnru
IT, II was unjust to maKG pn her knees and
oaXed the cat 10 come 10 her. 1t crepu up In u
holGtimid Embarrassing fashion. ana sllf VoK II
nm in her arms and stroked IL geh'N. ~, ~ Voc a
cdneolotion to have the love and sympathy even
Of a cat. ,u
"Mrs Graham pease-Niss Frances WIN
which Introductory lormua pea in the Wears
wife. beamng with smiles and laden Will parish
magazines. -. bor with eaocr
r1easnre. and kissed her warmly. Inc shoSK oil
The morning had left nerves vibrating, anu He ~,
manner showed that she was stllI uhdcr Tue III
nuence of some strong emotion; ;.h;,i.
Mrs Graham noticed this tonch Oh o T.
che was a person who prided hersen upon her
powers of obServatOn-and her curiosity was
aroused. r..r,s doatb deonlv
nc was TO be expected of one OF her sui anu
faithful nature but she had not peen p 1,einpn-
stratve or oveIstrung in her sorrow. ~ S .i %
ten months mourning might be SuPposeu 10 '"no
- CLIO off Grief for ones great-aunt, ana she
sucb an Old lady, too Mrs. Graham woulu give
worlds 70 find out why Frances showed such I'M
usual agitation il took her PACK III memory
oiSbt rears. 10 the night before Jack Fanshawc
loft the vicaragc in radiant splrlts' SUGGESTING
many interesting possibilities, nut conleSslhs W
nothing. His subsequent sllentiG o irritatod Mrs.
Graham who had all her sex ; curlUsiy anu
interest in love matters; hut one I0reets many
things in eight years ana MIS- u[ai' an ! ~
nrocficaTv forgotten the whole ailalr ull thIS
nonont The Vicar and his wife had made several
ATTEMPTS to induce Fanshawe to renew ms WISH.
ON those occasions which found nm on shore, ouI
Grdino him obdurate they had gwen up asking
him IA Tatimcr and of late years he had very
seldom beer In Z gland. Mrs. Graham had suS-
pccted Frances as the reason Tor her cousin ;
discrimination 10 revisit the Nicamee' ana Sne
now determined to SOUND her-"I'h t"oV anu "iS'
cretion be it understood.
GLOW nice 70 see fire. she began, throwing
aside her circular cloak and letting Miss Lttlmer
relieve her of her bundle OF papers. We arr
bnrip frpS pXccpt at night: but these september
DAYS have a touch Of winter in them, and really
think I shall begin fire in the dlnlns'room next
II yas one OF Mrs. Graham's little idiosyn-
crasies to begin everything on Monday. r.
Eyes. il does look comfortable relolned iran
ccS. moving reStlcsSly about the room am
rather chilly mortal. you know, she auuru.
>" Bv-thcbve7 remarked Mrs Graham, with APP
parent irrelevance, but in reality pursuing an
undercurrent of thought, you remember JACK
Fanshswe, my husbands cousin?
Perfectly well" replied Frances as simply as
if Jack Fanshawc had been topic OF dailY con:
versation for the last eight years. Her mind mao
hepn so occupied with the Thought OF MN, tldt
Mrs Grabam's abrupt question fell quite naturally
upon her ears. That good lady eNpeflchced u
nang of keen disappontment-her little shaft had
failed Of the mark; but she had another III her
We are hoping for a visit from him in few
DAYS" she continued carelesslv, but eyeng Frances
as a cat might a mouse. This time she was salts
fled.
Miss Iatimer turned quickly to the fire under
the pretence of pOking it, but not so quickly that
Mrs Graham could not see the blush that dyed
her face and the trembling of her hands.
Nn haV eight
since he was last here, in fact. He was charm
ing fellow, didn't you think "a confused muir.
muir from Frances encouraged the wear wlie
to further eiorts.-"I wonder if he -, is
much changed? II seems strange, doesn't IT. that
he should never have married, he is Just
the sort of man to make perfect husband. and
he has met many delightful girls, and with his
position, nc might so easily have married. His
mother and sisters adore him. she continued
little discomposed by Miss Latimcrs persistent
silence and attention TO the fire.
His mOther-Lucy Fanshawe! I" came involun.
tarily 10 frances lips; do you know her? l
fancied she dead she said, rising and seat
ing herself near Mrs. Graham with her back 70
the tcl-tale afternoon light.
Oh. Lucy Fanshawc wasn't Jacks mother;
he is the only son Of the second Mrs Fanshawe,
very different person TO poor Lucy. L knew
them both. Lucy was a poor creature; pretty,
yOu know in the sort of style men admire, but
silly, empty-headed llttle thing. How a superior
man like Mr. Fanshawe ever came 10 marry sqcn
wCmal | never could understand cried Mrs.
a waste of good things.
thought it was just the kind of thing supe-
rior men always did" suggested Frances with
fine smile. Her heart leapt up at the thought
that she need no longer connect her old lover
with the woman who had wronged her greataunt
Sarah.
Well, he made up for it by marrying Mary
Maicndc" continued Mrs Graham; Jack gets
his sweet lOvabie nature from her and most OF
his clcvcrness She's a delightful woman. Palmer
than Lucy, but the sort Of woman who iasclndtcS
YOU. SO that ven don't think how she looks. She
must have spcilt her son for marrying; he Won
easily find another woman like his mother
40. of course he WON'T stammcred Frances,
hurrodly conscious Of saying something peculiarly
futile in her desire to take a natural tone III the
conversation. .
used TO think you had something to do with
il. nv dear" Mrs Graham hazarded this sug-
gesti0n with a sort Of tmld archness ana was not
encouraged by the way Miss Lntmcr recclNei IT,
The flush on her delicate face deepcned; she drew
herself up, rose, and ringing the bell, said cody
and with an evident desire OF conveying Fepuho
to her too ofliciOus friend
Arc Won ready for tea. Mrs. Graham ~
Whenever YOU like, my dear replied the poor
lady i'm accents of cOnciating mcckncsS, ana the
conversation promptly flowed into shallower and
safer channels
You've got a new cat, see,7 remarked Mrs
Graham 20 Aney, as the latter opened the front
door 20 her half an hour later.
" Yes mum, a stray cat II is; but us me
animal handsome proud-lilc creature, and
walks about for all the world as if the whole place
belonged to H. | says 10 the cook this morning
continued the privileged old servant. lowering
her voice with "a cautious glance at the mrlor
door says to Martha, If that there cat isn't
tbe living image of old Madam, | should like to
know what it ISL And she says to me-. 'Lor,
Ainey so IT is, though ] can't say as | ever
noticed il afore you mentioned IT. Look at IT
now mum. a-crossing the all7 Mrs Graham
danced LIAM al the cat, gravey and soemnly pacing
the passage, and gave little confidential laugh
Don't say that to Miss frances she sad, as
she gathered up her skirts and took her departure
" Dear no, num-" CALCULATED Ainley, with a
toss of her head.
Mrs Graham don't think nobody has any sense
but herself" she muttcred, as she turned away to
the kitchen.
Captain Fanshawe came down to Latmer the
week after Mrs. Grahams somewhat unsuccessful
attempts 10 sound Frances on his behalf. lie
was browner and broader, and, his cousins thought,
handsomer than in the old days he talked less
and the expression OF his face was sterner but
The frank smile and kind eyes were unchanged