The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-12-15


standing have passed before me.
To fix the point from which a tale has been
gradually drawn out is not easy, but in my
own mind 60 back for the earliest dawn of
poor Agatha Brooue's tragedy to one autumn
evening at Brighton, years ago.
/ had been enjoying a superb sunset on the
cliff when she came suddenly up to me. My
husband met me afterwards, and remember
saving, THE Eroomes are here Agatha saw
me and jumped out Of the carriage | never
knew her so bright but you know always
TANK her an odd, volcanic girl"
OF course Tom smiled incredulously and
said be had never found anything in the least
Unusual about the girl, who was some sort of
cousin of his 'She was not original, not in
the least ciever-only a sweet tempered, help
less Young female, who would be a great drag
upon a poor man if she happened to make q
bad match"
'srhe sweet temper" ! observed. ais fact,
yet it is delusive, it is the vintage upon the
quiescent crater, Look at her coloring."
"Well, it is bit of the red chestnut" Tom
replied, assentingly.
''We shnn see; think she is in love-"
remarked.
lie was interested. and wished TO know the
name OF the favored man, but could not tell
him that, neither could give distinct reasons
for my sudden conviction.
The following day was very wet and
stormy l had not thought of going out,
neither did | expect any visitors; neverthe-
less just as it was growing dusk in came
Agatha Broome, her very tall, slight figure
wrapped in furs, her cheeks aglow, her bright
hair ruffied by the wind.
She was very thin, 1.-the creature, but had
she grown stout as years went on she would
have been big, imposing woman, for her
bones were not small. She had round
face, full lips, red brown eyes, and an anti
classical nose She was not in the least beau
tiful; even her rich, abundant wavy hair was
too wildly red to be the right thing. | bad
always found her pleasant, believed in there
being much good in her, and would have
trusted her. No small praise, think.
Whether she meant to confess or not do
not know, but in the freight, with the rain
and the wind beating outside, she became
sentimental In her talk, and then in slipped
name knew well-Capt Haringfeld.
So far as had heard of this young man he
was good choice for her to have made, and
from what she said he seemed to be as wildly
In love with her, as ! easily discovered her
to be with him. Their acquaintance had
been short one, but in my experience it
does not take so long to run up love drama
in real life as it took Coleridge to write
"Christabel."
Tom thought was wonderfully clever to
have found out that Agatha was in love in
the space of twenty minutes, before she had
told me word about it; he was also glad to
hear that Capt. Haringheld was the man.
She had not bound me over not TO tell and
appeal to any married woman whether the
temptation to do so was not too great to be
resisted
Agatha was wild to get back to town, and
l had no difficulty in guessing her reason;
but one Sunday Capt Haringhsld turned up
at Brighton with some friends, and she had
an hours walk with him on the cliff-an hour
of rapture, though | made third in the
party. could not leave her to walk alone
with him. She was silent girl, and spoke
less than usual on this occasion, but he was
O good tslker, although self conscious, for
which forgave him, hoping that it was the
result of his feelings with regard to Agatha,
who positively looked handsome, with lu-
minous sort Of brilliancy that | had never
seen before.
Tom has to listen to all my views upon men
and women, and enlarged upon Capt. Har'
ingfield when we were alone. He was what
many people call very handsome man.
did not, but for obvious reasons forbear to
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