New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-30
"QUITs."

When one is flufly-halrcd cnecry, tehpssIeY ais
t,renfy- three wears Of age-and little Lazy Low
dav was ali three--one does not regard with un,
miyed rapture the prospect OF a whole week wi.n
the British Association for the Advancemepnu u
Science But Sir James had been elected fresi-
dent for the year. and his wife, as in duty pouhu'
was obliged TO accompany him; -, -. -, .u
The town of Manchester, with 1ts forest Oh "'h
cbimneys and its perpetual gloomy pail, may pos
sibly represent the silcws and strength OF Eng-
land. but il is not exactly ideal place IN which
to spend the early das and grouse
on the wing, but Manchester, for some inscrutaDle
reason, preserves the same gray ana dcpiesseo up
pearance year in and year out or James ,icb
attaches to the eminent sclentlst VINO ~
President of the year, was dehShted Win
the whole thing, and especially proud OF SHOWING
off his pretty young wife to his scientific col
leagues whose spouscs, though uniting IN theT
persons the manifold virtues of the British matrqh
could hardly lay claim to either ePthhen 10. on e
had only been married year. They had met on
homeward- bound Cunarler, and though TINS per
ticuar ship had beaten the record, there had pee
time enough for Sir James TO become enamoreu VI
Miss Lena Gardner, who, finding no one younger
To her taste on board, had smiled on the eideriS
scientist until he had offered her his name anu
with nice appreciation of the good things sr o.
This life and in six weeks time from their iahu-
ing at Liverpool, they were quietly married Al
London. ,..;o ord n
notable craning of masculine necks greeted Lazy
Loveday as she made her appearance III the lo NV;
Hall of Manchester on the night 9l tie o The
address II was her first introduction 10 IN, tie
scientific world, and men OF science, mucn hhe
other men. are apt to appreciate good LOOKS. il
her white brocade mantle, boa OF ostrich iea.neis
encirclinC her pretty throat. and some uiam0hu
arrows thrust through her blond hair, she iooKeo
radiant vision Of youth and beauty IN the croWu
of addressed, gawlSy women who mndc up Ci,e
feminine portion OF the audienc rcra,a,n" Of the
the toilette forms part of the programme Oh Ce
ladies who attend meetings OF the Biltish Assocla-
ton, the advancement of science peing mofe air
portant in their eyes tRaa Ie pa WAS able to
make her little sensation. she chtereu Iie no6o
hall alone for Sir James was already In his place
on the platform, and was even Gi'inn or ,nv pad-
"By Jove. said bronzed young man to MN,
self-a Young man who had strolled IN latc' anu
now found himself at the very back of the vast
hoii-"if that isn't Lena Odd that | SHOULD hnlt
see her the first week arrive IN Englaid has
the deuce is she doing here? Wonder IL she hds
forgotten? Well-it's three years ago ....
The opening address was an enormous success
it always is During the week the sdp, popular en
| tbusiasm cooled by many Sclentihc lectures, may
abate but on the opening night no Judge on lne
Rencb is surer of a laugh that the eminent scenust
who opens the meeting. The mildest lokelets are
received with raptuTe f oVed"S vas surrounded
NV admiring chemists biologists. and botanists by
| the time the large audience was filing QUIZ
1adr roL ove yH,e Won't You urged thin young
professor from Scotch University; whose appear
apce suggested the suspicion tnat ne hau ie'en''
come out of an eye-hospita
LADY Loveday smiled, and made up her mind 70
the inevitable. After all, be was only It tbe
worse than the rest. All the young men AT h ine
had apparently been made for somebody else.
Il Shall be delighted she said, IN her mos.
cordial tone. Where are you e gong anu """'
| are Won going TO do to improve me W.,
"Oh, It's an expedition down salt mine WE we
shall have to take ven down in bucKe1 o aod
won't mind. will you?" urged the weaKeyeu
SoaSs Not at ali, il you will insure the rope not
breaking" ,,.u-,o,. o.r;,.od. and
Lena fonnd herself alone az the railway station
| for Sir James had q committee meeting thar morn
ing. and could only join her later on in the gay =
she felt somewhat depTesssa nd snmeybat weird
| lacking crowd on the platform. slight drlzAe
was falling ard the ladies of the party had IMAM
mOusy elected to appear IN t SagKc oW nd
| them hard in the matter Of curious rament.
Most of the travellers had invested in paper-ba a
British Association is generally fraught with peril
in the matter of supplies. The weak-eyeu Young
man was in state Of excitement bordering On
| delirium Lady Loveday sighed rs her eye ran
over the mass OF pushing, perspirlns' pe-macKih-
toshed human beings on the platform.
There isn't a soul here that ! want to speak speak
| cornerplace which the youthful professor had
secured for her and then as her eve caught the
back Of EGot man 1no IN
ike a nice mar His hair is cut beautifully short.
and he's got brown neck and properly ironed
collar. He reminds me OF poor Dick Dick go. -, .ho
station and Lady Loveday's "reminiscences came
to an end She had TO make conversation with
ecerOne for the da E aa W theT bea
at the pits mouth and were waiting their turn
to 40 down. Lena was not sure that she wanted
TO engage in such perous experiment.
Only about quarter of the trainfnl of people
could be accommodated under the shed which
covered the shaft, the rest were waiting outside
Finally however, she was nnn%ino T ber s SEt
tific admircr in the baiZe-covered bucket, and
was empted out after an uncanny descent through
a black void into the brown-walled cavern at the
bottom The mine had been decorated with thou
sands of candles in honor Of the event, and each
visitor was provided with a talow dip stuck into
wooden hande. Down IN me depths OF I'd,
mine the Scotch professor waXed confidential, moi
to say tender
This man is getting bore thought, Lady
Loveday; Il must really evade him somehow
slip away from HIM Candle in hand, she fol
, lowed q group of people in front OF her. Present
ly one of the pariy-the young man whose na pa,
an action which she recognized at once, struck ;
match stopped his head, and lighted cigarette
h 1T is oSG saw sne hep housS
were in-Afghanistan,' she went on hurrledly, a
he stood gazing at her.
So have been, for the last two years Tha
| frontier business took longer than thought. AnC
| you?"
Lady Loveday blushed and looked down Her
was an adventure after her own heart She wa
a curious mixture oil practical worldliness an,
: Theoretical sentimentaty. She had liked him
handsome penniless Captain Bramwell more thu
any man she had ever known, and newell, sh
was quite aware that he had worshipped the yer.
ground she trod on. But all that was three year
|, AGO. and in three years there are many changes.
2 II saw you the other night he continued
presently: "you came in an awfully fetching
. cloak. with n white fluffy thing around your neck
i I'VE been trying to find you out ever since, bu
nobody that asked could tell me anything abou
Miss Gardner
LADY Lovcday smiled. He did not know of he
marriage, then? The caprice took her not TO tel
him lust yet-she wanted, woman-lkc, 10 see /
me had remained faithful all these years.
40, / am such an insignificant person in TN
midst Of all these bigwigs.'
Dick smiled back at her-he had charming