New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-07

eyes and stretched out his arms: Madonna
mia. he cried, then fell back again in faint
Helen was frightened. and rushed ont followed
Is Tom.
Go in she commanded Howard. :" think he
is dead
An expression Of anguish contracted Towards
face. lie sprang forward, int rcappcnl"d IN 4
moment. and said. :" The old man is all right II
was only faint. ! left him peacefully talking OF
the Madonna who he thinks has Just visited hun,
Helen badc him n hurried AMI cmimrr;is~ru
good-by. Howard looked AT her sadly. but sad
nothing. Helen liked the feeling Of power. hn'
! her heather taking things grand scrcnN.
and was rapidly getting beyond her. The people
: in her world were Of light calibrc: men in whom
society had crushed ont hearts. and who had
adopted the thnnrst Substitutes: men who dubbed
love IN imprcssion-and Helen had found that the
impression rapidly faded. They never ravrd or
Looked dangerous. They philosophical. and on
tie whole. she liked H. better. She felt more AT
| home with them.
The Summer gradually Enlightened. Howard
| seemed rather I" avoid her II" came into town
occasionally met him In the street. but ne merely
passed her with bow. This piqmel her. While
she did NOT relish heather an srricux. she rel
! ishrd less a hcatlrn indifferent.
Tom and he became fast friends: he often took
I the lad with linn on >hinr excursions. and
! fc,sicd his fancy wonderful tales of whalln@
and ocean storms.
He's Joll, fellow" Tom remarked one day
SAYS maybe he'll 90 10 III" North Pole after
| whales ncN year: and | want Won. Helen. I"
, make me snlt ont Of your old >ralskin sou
! don't wear and. maybe. ] can with him. ]
! BAY. ! told Inn where we lived, and he SAID he
w"mld com" mp and see n> neat winter. and ask
! father himself
! Howard cent some fine moss by Tom Ia Aunt
J, Carrie. and an occasional string If fish: hnt, he
yrrd That, hr seemed Ia have forgotten li"lrn>
rNIst"n"r. She did not know how. sometimes. IN
ia" At af'crn,'on. after hard day work. b"
would trui.c the weary three miles through the
heavy sand, and lie onfstrrtrhrd on the top Of the
hiIl by the old fort. eagerly scanning the streets
for glimpse VI her figure, as she came back
frun her afternoon stroll on the beach Jack
1 RIM Anit n 10 lava p1Il lava - "A
great rvccr an'l hr WAS determined lie felt,
as most lovrrs do. that sl" was creature lninir,
, ai"ve hln-a creature Of HIGHER ca>t"-anh his
! spirit cIai"i under ihc sens OF inequality lie
I Thought pr haps II was the books lie went 10
! town and obtained volume after volume from the
old Spanish library. lie liked the books III
/ travel and adventure, but the others tired him.
| and he could hot find out IN books where the
difference Ly
one day. and busted himself with untangIIns
,'inr fishing tackle for an r\rns". and pondrrrd
examination. " Here am. Jack Howard. aged
twenty live. strong Of limb aud strong Of muscle.
utterly free. owing nothing 10 the world and
| 'l,iinlng nothln2 from II. am a man of feeling
md heart. moulded IN the same form =, my fellow
| beings. Vet | am not OF them. WHY i IL
might have come from another world. there Is
such span between man like nc aud a woman
| Ike Helen Acton
His Thoughts ran on cropping after the
l"''"n Of the mystery. when Ir heard fresh
Young voice calling 10 him. and loukn. up he
Ion standing on the ClIIi aboNc. his hands III
! his p,rkr,~. wh,stIinr Yankee Doodle. Then ,i,.
uri" boy pumped ii"n rock !" rock like noun
tam goat. and was soon lc>Ir HIM
Do You know >" Tom said IL tones Of grirf,
I'VE are guim@ away to-norroM.
Howard quickly thought d" | viii Sc her hci"r,,
aud tell her all. and c, her decide
We ar" sOIng back tI that lsn>rly hole. Tom
continued. and we'll have dinner parties aud
keitIrlrun> and I'll have 10 ~ TO bed early. hm
| sighed. rrtlcrtiNrly. And | won't h,tr Non-
say. Tom STATED mp ny il II new rl'a had ~
Cured 10 him. why don't yUu come. L."
Brau~. | am different" Howard answered
vaguely.
Sister slys"-a look of interest nlsl"d into
ll"wnrds fa" IT'S only yonr queer rlG makes
yom different from other folks; that yonl gram
| mars all right and tell A"u-" Tom, lmrr ,'\-
pressed a good deal of anNciN-" that's Il load OH
a fellow They keep pokng grammar al a fellow
right. maybe yonu get into the Solon club. Il
yon'd dress mp. you'd look well ~ ;'rad
Downing. Sis says, an, he's president of the Hol"n
Club and never gets his GRAMMAR wr"n. T"ln
wa>cd confidential. "t;rralh Downing WAS here
last week. and | heard SIS telling hin, about lou.
and she said you WAS fine. raw material, What
ever that is and needed working up Then
they talked u 10, OF stnf. ! don't know what. and
| bet they don't know either like Aon better
as You are. / think" Tom stood IN Il liriI. way,
and eyed him with an art r"i'l"isH'nr an.
like yorlr buds and if yOur hat was only bigger
and lom had some pistols and a belt. you'd max"
Il stunning pirate. \onrr million times better
than Gerald Downing and his lot. Ma SAYS SIS
is going to marry him some day! Wy h's 10,
a pilt Of money and stInnln drag. ] say. !
haze To tell yuu goOdhN
sI.ors came into the little fellows eyes. but
after extracting promise from Jack 7" cary"
him n iarpoon from whar-bon". h" left him
conlfortrd. 49,,
III is the clothes. then" Howard mn~'l bit
,.rI, az he watched the small lad disappear mp
The elm path TO think that | should have
searched the books for thing little child could
have ,uId me- Fool that ! am he laughed a
hnrsh unpleasant laugh as he athrrcd his ''r Il"
together" that had forgotten 'h' outside MAKES
the gentleman. ,,, ,,
Ills thoughts were bitter Us he walked slowly
,,,nh ,n ,Lc hut srr ! was the experiment.
,io ,,x u,a,.rial-and the other fellow was the
nnc after all" He Thought srornfmlly. 81 am
MN, uScd 10 city WAYS am nature. :,
When he reached home he nnsfrrrd 10 "hi
J,." wants with the tenderness Of woman
He did not 20 10 500 me Ar'oiS ON Ii"' ny.
norn;ny as he had intended. hut frrrrh I" hS
,',1' thiny mace nj the fort The air was still
h 'u;e, Sunshine everywhere ponrr,l IN noo Is
~or tLc old crumbng adOb's. ana lay IN iheiIow
notcLes underneath the rose trees 49, ra.nlr'i
~os tho only living thing in sight t!r>t ~ diNr'
;ntn the water then roS" AMIN ii 'nr '".I S'''
,nh; W." IT, cleaned white. Then II was joined by
nIn.. All tnoctber they both sped away in the
Inward watched their fiaht with ra@rr l3 ,
RI; hn,rt was sore troubled. II was like
liz liz onIinc Of the old rolnanrrs y" iIa'i rr'i
.Hnd So they were married happily. ana hv'h
,nrcthcr all their lives. nc VOLTS n',r :,
strange humming in his ears tir s I1 J." s
loot Tic would 90 down ana see ilr"n 'n;in n.
,'o train started and perhaps all would hc ritnI
~" I, thcn n pufT OF smoke rose IN me air III"
,,o;n MAYED slowly from fhr s'o'on', r',r
,rhno, seemed to him rs II it were rruSn'he nS
wm,' Ito watched until the smoke faIri away
and The train was % mere spc"k IN inc d's''"'''-
MARY W. Glnsrock. In TIL" "V'r'"'"'