New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-23

his early death almost in their begln NY ob @
Door Mrs Isle was left with an lhcole Vi ~
| roOO q YEAR and eight children Only ohT
whom, Frances, could be sad 10 nave oU nan
her education Frances felt that She mus c a,' f.
| age TO earn money somehow or Othei "O Eou,
| oS.i., nor her and sisters. But how re"
questions alas. more difficult Ai'eI @ seemed
! had in tarn been duly considered 'uelO III not
! nothing She was really fitted for. she uiu my
| even know enough to continue the euuI"'to'i III
her younger sisters; she had no spccIdl ,tit',
! if earn she must had yet to learn nov NV itseIf
| In this dilemma solution Olly o"ciCu ;.h tLo
! Mr.. FitZhardy generously came forward WIN ,nd
proposal which her changed manner hld pr o bc
him from making before Frances could loU Nc ,,r
| ing deeply touched by the way IN Which we ~
was made. The mother Of ms WIG sno I,oilc 70
| pinch or starvc, he said, he would undertake 10
| double the small means already at her ulsPoo,
and. besides this, Edith should have thaJ L"o "o"i'
| abroad which her father had promised neI' 80
It. was a sore temptation Frances had no nope
that She might ever be so fortunate as 10 reE"l.
the affection of the man She loved she KIN"
She had slain all that by one vain, OOllSh SpecoIi
He had gone away and would not come PACK uhIl i
he hcart-whole again. Bnt stiuH, nd iI Tobr
| him, She knew, now, that 1t was lndeet john
! smith ir the drapcr's SON. whom she-fastldlouS
and refined she prided herself upon 9elhg-loNvu
with her whole soul and strength LoSlm5 g., ni ~
M passionatcly she dare not become the wlte OF
! another man. should dcsplsc myself, she
/ thought: " | should grow to hate him. ana 80
Mr. Fizhardy had to take his refusal Sol rte,It
! bv many expressions of regard ana heaI'l'IO
Tanks When he pressed to know the reason
| if there were any one clse-she stopped him WIN
pale lips, confcssing faltTrnsly, Dom "SE iyc
! shall never marry: or, at any rae, hol lol 4"
very long time And with this he had TO DE
Then came kind Mrs. Smith; Frances WAS
obliocd TO see her Mrs. Li>lc being still quite
until TO face visitors The good woman had come
on a mission of frlcndIlneSS. Shouiq iIMr -
| ect TO the bottom of that business about JOHNNY,
/ She said to herself. She rolled along the roau
| 10 town i'm her luxurious carriage. mere :"
hitch somewhere, m sure ana W.au w make
friends with the girl Pretty dear! IKE her
| little naughty. 'stand-Oh' ways; my tommy "
serves q wife who can hold her head hlGh-Hc ~
| Tcrtlcfnon blrss him. and ought to marry IplN;
wander if It's the shop that sticks IN her throaI
or perhaps. eycn-oh, nonsense ,,, G'n i ' L ~,
/ her like MS if try I'll be bound. III ASK ii't t
/ r. comc and stay nj The Grange for blt ,''SD
tlI they've had time to look about them. r, roG 90
dear Dr. Isle what mercy u was th'' / ~" o,I
dcucr spared him until Johns le@ was nv any ~
souud arain. Here she wiped away tear I'll
In this mood, it was no wonder that FRANCES IRA .ss
found her a most NympatufrIic nfm'r iot bcr in a
sad details Of their loss. The @lH mti Irt ~. ,b =.
suencd state of feeling. tOo--compunctl"h ioI INC
/ contrmptuous manner in when she hau sPo tr
| of the poor soul 70 her son; some halIr'i ,ii
I d,rpr.s toward the mother of the man she To-
rs we'll rs that stripping of convcn'lohalIVS Hm,
i, tine common effect of the near apProacn VI ",s,
/ ar .,,,. ,rrcot SORROW These made the innate cl"'
ir,, i'm her for love and sympathy leap Uuu ,G";L
that intense sympathy in poor, vulgar MIS-. NI''t'
which brought the tears 10 Itr ~ ,n.,ri1rd
/ uliiypr into her voice. ana FRANCES -, rt
| t,ll, that II was possible 10 reap mucl c2ilI .
and consolation from words among ."n VIM w."
cttcr II wac chiefly conspicuous DN lio i,ot
| Indeed She hardly noticed now thc u'n' La, ~,
,Licb had so often made her shuddcr' IL was Tl
,nino ont 10 heart. the weak ana sorrow" n
appealing 10 the strong ana ~ word Of her
and his roublrs but simply drew the GlI,
our 10 speak Of her own 2rieis' an. so' " rbe
;,L Lnr The question Of Nlsh L" nv
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