The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-03

] ~ AN-4Ht nc ftihu go . ffff ~ tAf lri tl Al
gust. and ,ir Wallace tells NEE be bears from you
lat your sister. Madame dc Chsteauylsux. VIII
be- there nhOut The .awr time forgot 10 Isk yUu
yesterday. but u lOl thin. she would not object
toit would you rive me q little note Introducing
mo 10 herr An that I have heard Of her makes
nc very anxious TO know her, and she would not
7 find re a truubison pet sOni We shall hardly
suppose. meet again before start II not. please
remember that my friends can always ind mo on
sunday Afternoon Yours very Truly
IsAsrL BRErHERrcs
Kcnd Is hand closed tightly over the note
Then he put It carefully back into its en9e
lone. and walked away with bis bands behind
him aud tie uoto in them. to stare out %
window 1t the red roofs opposite.
That is like her" he murmured 20 himself
IL wound and hurt her; she guesses shall
suffer for 10, ond, by way Of setting up tue
friendly tond again. next day. without
a word, she asks me 90 DO Der a Kindness
could anything b. more delicate, more era
c.ous,
+ Kendall never had greater difficulty In Tx
luz Lis thoughts % his work than that nofu
ing. and al last. indospair, be pushed his BOOK
inside. and wrote ON answer 20 Miss Breth-
erton. and. when that was accomplished
long letter 10 his sister The first took am
+ longer than rs brevity seemed to JUSTIFY 10
contained no reference 10 anything bit hef
rsouest. lie fcta c0mpuls!ou upon Inn %
trent tie situation exactly rs sho bad done,
bgt. given this Limitation. how much cordl'
aftv md reynect could two sides Of letter
rqper be- tnade ID carry with duo regard 70
F decorim and GRAMMAR
When be- next met Wallace, that hopeful
bright tempered person had entirely recoY-
e.ed his cheerfulness Mss Bretherton, he
/ reported. bad attacked the subject Of Elyira
with him, but SO lightly that ho had no OPP
portun.y for saving any OF the sSiAiul
things be had prepared
"sa8 evidently dill not want tho question
seriously openci,n ho said. $50 followed
your advice aad let 10 alone, and since then
Size has been charming both 90 Agnes and
ne I feel myself rs much OF brute as
ever. tlt sco That the only thing can do IS
% hold ny tongue about II" To which
Rendll heartily agreed
A few DAYS Afterwards the newspapers
gave % prominent place % reports Of Miss
BYetbertons farewell performance. IL had
be-n a r1cat social event. Half the distin-
auislcl People in London wc~o present led
bg royalty London, IN fact, could hardly
bear % part with It's favorire, and compile
meats. COVERS aad fsrene.ls sBowcrei upcn
ler Kendall WHO bad not meant 70 60 at
Inc time when tickets were % be had, tried
about the middle of the week after the OK
ford sunday o. get a seat, but found it NJ
tariv impossible Tie might have managed
/ i, by applying To- her through Edward Wal
ace. bu- that he was unwilling 20 do for
+ yariols reasons. He rold himself that, after
NIB. Do was better to let her little note and his
answer close bis relations with Der for the
present. Everywhere else but in the theatre
/ She mtgbt s..ll regard him as Ter friend, INT
there they could not but be antagonistic IN
some dc-Tco ono 20 another, aud not even IN
tellcc,IalIy dll Kendll wish just now 70 meet
+ heroIa tossing of antagoaisnl
So. when Saturday night came, he passed
tholog-s ot Miss Bre,harton5 triumph at a
ministerial evening party. where 1t seemed
Old him tla.tle mir was full of her name, aud
that helt tho guests Wcre there as pis-aiicr,
because t4e Cli.ope could not receive them
T And So. DE thought De noticed in tho COM
mon sails abou. her that criticism OF her as
900 actress was q good deal more general than
10 BAD been az The beginning OF the season.
The Lizzie knot ~ persons with an opinion
! aal reasons for 10 had gradually Influenced
tho larger public Nevertheless there was no
ahltameu. whatever Of the popular desire 20
SIS her. wEshcr oa tine stage or IA society.
f. Tho cne0ucmeut for Der personally, Tor her
beauty. aal her fresh, puro womanliness.
shovel 40 signs % yielding, and would hold
Yut. Euial thought, for some time. against
~ I'D %
tae into ..ec,4ai s.lo than had rs yet SGT il.
% lail down the Monday paper With a
smile % SELF cc0rn and mut1eroI. Il should
! aEeto llowhow much sho remembers by
the time Of tl9 pris WHO lectured 70 Der In
/ Nuuaham woods week agom In the even
, Hg b.s Pail Mall Gazette told him that Miss
/ Drethert0n bad crossed the channel that
/ morning, en- route for Paris and Venice. He
/ re.l % calculating the weeks which must
] elanse before bis sister would be in Venice,
and before be could hear Of any meeting be-
tween Ter and the Bretherton party, aad
/ wound up hls calculations by deciding that
London was already hJt and would soon BE-
R emD.v aul that, as soon a. be could gather
/ -oreth.r certain books he was IN want Of, be
Houl carry them and his proofs down into
| Surrey. refuse all invitations 70 country
| houses. and devote himself 70 his work
Be.0re no LOFT he paid a farewell call 20
Mrs. Stuart, who gave him full and enthusi-
! .stc accounts OF Isabel Bretherton's last
-ght, and informed him that her brother
talked of following the BreEhertons 20 Venice
( -one time IA August.
Albert sne said, speaking Of her hus-
| 1and. declares that be- cannot get away for
! moro than three weeks, and that he must
: lava sJms walking, 50 that what We propose
a- present is u PICK up Edward at Venice at
tho end Of August, and move up altogether
| .ato tho mountains afterward. Oh, Mr. Ken
| lal.7 she went ON, a Attlo nervousy, as IL not
quite knowing whether to attack tie subject
or hot, ".J was devoted OF you 70 throw
.onrself into tho breach tor Edward as YOU
Id al Oxford / am afraid it must have
ueen cry dis4greeable, both b you and 10
| ser. When Edward told me of it next morn
Ing it made nae cold 70 think Of IL. l made
az my mind that our friendship and
ours with her was over. Bu, do you know
! she came TO call Oh me that very afternoon
| l0w She made time don't know, but she did
Naturally, I was very uncomfortable, but She
| BEGAN 10 talk Of &c Ia the calnest way while
We NIat l.t All AfA JAZZ ANat4'AsA- wa ~ wv
ably quito night, slo SAID, in thinking the
nart unsl.ted % me. Anyhow, asked him
for his op nion aud should be a poor croa-
turo q uind his giy.ug it, And then she
laughed and said that must ask Edward 10
keep his ewes open for anything that would
do better log Der in tho autumn. And since
,hon she has behaved as III she had forgotten
all about IT, never knew any one with less
smallress about her.
80. sle h. a Gae creature saih Kendall,
almost mechanically. How little Mrs Stuart
gnow-or, rather, now entirely remote she
was from feeling bad happened Il
seemed - him that the emotion 0t that scene
was still thrilling through all his pulses, yet
70 what ordinary little proportions Lad u
been reduced 30 Mrs. Stuarts miudi Heaiono
had seen the Veil lifted. hal come close 20 the
energetic reality II tho girls nature That
Isabella Brethcrton coull1eel 50, could took
so, was known ouly TO Llm-the thought had
pain ia {, but the .eenest pleasure also.
DO you know" sad Mrs Stuart pres
entity, With q tone OF reproach iii her voice,
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