The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-10

come further talk with ner. ! shah set on
houeward. look up Forbes aud begin opera
,i,us. .shr will be i'm town about three weeks
from nov -as son know she g. going 20 stay
first with soar sister in faris-aud then we
shall haee hard work tn rbout the middle
q November, when s1pp1-e tine play viii
D.. rroduc.d This 0Iil Dc more than a fort
risht lafer than she infeudci II open. and
ST. Worrlu viii probably b. furious over
fhcdelay. but she has developed a viii Of her
own lately.
'.ursyoir. then You must bave had d
peaceful summer With your book and your
hcather. wish had anything uko the
same digestion for wcr: ti.at you have; |
never saw mnn yet as much pleasure ogt of
A.s uoo.s ~ yoJ co. To me, confess that
wog. is always worE, and ialeuess Joyl
However, DO more iiicnesi for mo for
good whlloto come. How grand shs w.ll be- 80
that as. Get, Nhe.o rcro my eyes las,
spr.ngi INl-h thcgo were 81 caance ~ her
seeing much tl4- rs iuicso.tHs ia Paris
However Ga SIS September generally IL, auc
viii got some Nonefe at the Francois, All
r0ur Sister wiu take caro- that SIZE sees the
tight people Pcraalt ! hear. is 70 gise ner
L, 1as-uudcr The rose. Happy man|
E.-dl read this letter cn.a glowing An
gus. morning as he waiEod bomcwari nlons
flssilt IF the pond. where The shade Of tie
Or trees was q welcome protection against
therisine hoat and tle air was fragrant with
the cent of the ling. which was just cut 10
All IFS FIRST faint flush OF beauty. H. threw
himself down afaoug u after he had dushcd
tho sheets and stared for long at the sunlt,
moton,css water. h.s hat drawn forward
over his hr0ws So this was the outcome Of
iron. Isabel Bretherton was about 20 be-
come great actress Undue had found her
soul
ID seemed t0 him. rs be lay there buried in
the ling. hat during the past three weeks h.
had lived through w.,se drama Of feeling
"a drama which had its beginning, Its com
plcatIous. its climax. WLlq IL had been
going on be- had been only half conscious Of
its bearings. hait conscious of himself wal
lace's letter had made him sensible Of tho sit
NATION. as 10 concerned himself. with deci-
-lve sharpness and completeness. There was
no possibility of any further self deiu'iol,
The last defenscs were overcome, the last veil
between himself and the pursuing force
which had ovortakcn him had fallen, and
Kendall with % SILVER of pain, found HIM
self looking straight into the wide, hungry
eyes of Lorci Oh, was this lOve-sore de
sire. this dumb craving, this restlos5ness OF
tic whole beugl
The bees lummel among the heather
every now and then little brown streaket
lizarl rustlal family Beside him, q pair Of
kia-.l,hers flashed across the pond. But he
saw and heard nothing, responsive as cycry
l. .f.-r Ir.. ID o.. l. of
The wild life about him. Ills own miserable
rover.e absorbed mm What was it thar
had made tue charm Of those early weeks iu
July Immediately after bis uarlng with herr
what was So which had added zest 60 LIS
wora. and eueIan'mout % tlo summer beauty
Of tho country. and. like q hidden harmony
dimly resonant Within him. had kept life
mncful and delightful He could put words
t0icn0w !, bad been nothing less than a
settled fore .gAt. deep conviction Of Isabel
8rofhertOna failure What q trcachtryl
Lut. y.--tLe vision perperuaily before ms
cgcs had been the vision az dying fame, "a
waning celebrity. q tor,9 GEN aud dscroWnoi
beauty And from that Abandonment ana
thst failure he bad d.mly togesean the
ris3 aud upepru-ng of new aud ihdesoilJ-
able ilc. lie had seen her, conscious of de-
feat all " the iuoX0rab.e Limits OF her own
personality, turning Co tho man Who bad
read hor truly ami set bad Lowell her. surely,
from tbe very beginning and fading in his
loves fresh glory aud au al sufficient conso-
laton. TOSS had been tae iam5s, truth, she
center, tle kernel oi a.l bis Thought, Of ali bis
he. Ile saw 30 uow wltA sharp dis.inctness
ROW that every perception was Intensified
hy pain aad longing.
Then. U.s. Dr. scat over tie part, De saw
les, tAls c.us.lou. uess had been gradually
invaded and broken up by bis sisters letters.
remembered tAe inefeduious impatcnce
wash which bee bad read the earlier ones 50
M.re thought hlm misIakeul Isabel Broth
onol would Doe an actress yet -''sne nad
genius after a."-"sle was learning, grow
ing. developing every day Absurd! lie
had been able To keep bis critical estimate of
the actress and bis personal admiration Of
the woman separate from one another But
evidently Mar.es head bad been confused
mi,ed bg her heart And then little by lit
tie bis incroduiity had yied-d and bis point
If view bad changed Instead Of impotence
OF Maric's laxity of judgment, what he had
been Geqcely conscious OF for days was jeal-
ousv OF Paul dc Cha,eauvieux- Jealousy OF
h.s opportunities. bis influence, BIS relation
toward that Eoen. sweet nature That, TOO,
had been one az BIS dreams Of the future
thedream oi tutoring and training her young
Uniformed intelligence BE had done some
thing towards De-; he had, as it were, touched
tho spring which bad set FREQ all tins new and
UNEXPECTED store oi power But. II be bad
D. L. Isr q ..fI.
reap I'm this great cn is OF ler fortunes lie
Lad been nothing 20 her. Other voices ard
other hands had guided and directed her
Her kindly, grateful messages only s-ung and
tortured him. They seemed 10 him tho NOR
est friendly commonplace. IN reality her
lie had passed our IT his ken; her nature
had lowered into % ncw perfection, and be
had not been thero % Sec or 10 help. She
would never connect him with the Incidents
or the Influences which had transformed OK
isteuce q her, and would probably irregoca-
Lly change The whole outline Of her future
Once be- BAD wOun led and startled her and
had de,paired Tor awhile OF undoing the i'm
yge. sioa inade upon her. But now be felt no
quick anxiety, no fear how things might
turn only a settled Eat consciousness Of de
vision, Of life that had once been near - his
swept away from h.m io:cver, of diyerSins
roads which no kindly fate would ever join
again.
For by the end OK this time OF solitary
waiting, his changed Qtttudewas complete
Ii was evident TO him that bis anticipation
OF her failure. potent as iJ had been over bis
life. bad never been half 50 real, hall So
vivid, a. this new aud strange toreboding Of
her true cuccess Marie must be right Tie
bad been "a mere blind haiy splitting peiant,
judc.ns Isabel Bretlerton by principles and
standards which loi. out ST count tAe inoora
energy, tie natural power OF growth, Of such
= personality as hers. And the more he had
Once doubted. the move be now believed
Yes, she would be gruat-she would make
+ her way into that city OF the mind IN which
( he himself had made his dwelling place; Sue,
too would enter upon The world vast inheri-
lance OF knowledge She would become, u
/ only her physical frame proved equal % the
demands upon it, orc OF that lt,le band Of
Interpreters, Of ministers II the idea, by
+ whom too intellectual lie Of q society is fed
aud qu.ckenel Was be- SO lost in bis own