New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-21


Sarcasins at thirty fail Ia touch one.
lie PROCESSES not 10 bear me. rs far as can
see, my dear, barnet seems to leave you to grace
that shelf
have CARRIED the pnnfore | ain making to
distant window: /. too, profess to be deaf to the
words which will not hear.
Let give yon credit for one virtue, the
smooth voce continues. You are patient. ION ,i
haze SAILED III rnc for thirteen years, ana sun
unwilling to regard thr task as hopeless
hive said that s.rcasins 10 longer have the
spite OF my thirty years ! turn away now WIN
burning cheeks. with childish anger, and with
tears spriEglnG 10 NY eyes
| take my work INTO the garden lhe garden
is quiet for tie chi.drcn are in TN" srhVolro"n AZ
their lessons and LIy own sisters are all married
and gone The lawn is closely shnvcn. SMOOTH
Us silk: the boA-borccrs are trim as ever 'iis
beds ruiltess Of we'''i take the pa't
which. nine wears ago. | took with Allre, ana l
stop now as stopped then AT the !itte ruS'ic
SUMMER lou-' beside the pathway ean M
uu,i;.. pcrsivc mood, against the framework oil
the rmlIiuc. and look ais"ntly ic!ore me ~ tne
dancing brnncEcS wet with r'il. at the moving
patclIrs II light and shadow that the or'hcn's
est upon the path. at the ile-of- tht>valiey Ic-
Meath the WALL II tn bed where by-and-by the
swert-praS val blossom
The yy,e,-p.n, were blos>ominS on that MORN
iur nInc year, "go. when N,'I ana STOOD l'ie
together My Thoughts travel slowly back across
!, 90. nine Years, re-, al their history and slowly
r'tt.rn 10 dwell Vp'n the presrnt-'hc Joys "hd
sorrors Of today.
I star; .,,,i AR! my head RJuni the path br-
hinG lie. .iuir'r h,4r'. \ri Lad come suddenly
npon Ec: lr .raaus cos' beside ne. holds OUT his
r.ht ho.rl ~ .m!,rs III calm friendly uhfHi-
harra>s,i fashion. ,,
Thank y"i' l"n REMEMBER n'S ""'"N1''
thcny;~ ~, rc,ncrv ia very good Won know.
I, Is pan Of nv equipment rs a scientist
W. sr,a..s ~ be- stool nine years AGO. IN me
d""rw' nC r;, h.. th Sfaf hair is tsrninS 1
.,lr giav lI, short bushr beard * sprlnkled with
gray threads hero and there, his frank eyes seem
10 have rc""dri further "en''th 'h. grave.
tnnulLtful hruW.. his Ggure ras grown more
siuar ruorc So the truth must he told. he
, looks NIT II" "."l,
he 'ok ar'trN rrI qu,'tlv At mo His man:
on that hr-nval morning Of nine year, ago Vow
then. il no suggestion at l"fr-making HIS V"i''
take, ~, irrd,- ,ulai"nS his g.ancr does no'
l.; yer bong with ~,ii meaning on nv rsr" ain
thirty: hr il approaching i"rfy-"e are grown
pr'>,ic,
can .r.ak for m,,..lf. Sine years a1o my heart
rover nr,ud 40 htdlv. never beat So quickly. as
II aches ain hrat, t"-,ar. ! stand in met
po>r my hands loosely r,Hspri before mo. ana
W rhaps l",. can as hr but the calrnurSs Is
81; farr deep more.
We STAR, AMI chat quietly about many tlnGs
For the l't frw weeks he ha, been IT home:
and L. .,,k> iIc about tlr small events that lave
happ'rrl ~ las absence" and ask HIM about the
visit ~ has pad.
Il an moi sorry 7" lrt back nEa'n. he saws /;
1
hich admit, Of no h.it'rin- personal ini"rprcta-
Won are rci ~ last Of travelling ."
asa, of travelling hut Of country house Wis
It's he rrrli,,, v;,:h grave yet hnmor MS smilr
Yes. believe you arc right. h" admits. after
mn.nrn'. snin@ Iul'klv but env'ly AGAIN. " !
am tired q! W1"dc"irg
1.-The African explorer IS sc'tlinG down into
sta t-ho:.r country squire. answer
~y"n do not expect the iortror life to suit
80, for lonr" He docs not SCH. and yet
there is a suggestion of sikh IN the voice III
which hr answers. "
whist there are worlds 10 explore Won vii!
! never he CONTENT
His gray eyes rest or me-. They 10 rot eyac'y
the cNprces'"u in thr'r depths. The, resi- on me-
with a long lool; than hc chances SLOWLY away at
the slender rain-l'irn hran'h"' OF ne mhur,nm
which sway ll.htly in tie breeze and shake down
showers Of rr,n-lrops which sparkle in the sun
light rs they fhll
Waist life lasts. Nab. shall never be CON
tent" Is all he snvh; hht ms t>nr Ia, '',. !'
hear: stands still. thea b'H"iS forward ~ pay
| siona;e speed that keeps me silent whether VIII
or no. -,
For nine lo". yre r. the record OF our talk with
ono ,uothcr has been record Of safe common
ninc,s i,nrcr,nnal. unrmotonal. Only al rare
intervals, across that dr>'- Of years have ranTht
n ,,j,ncc n fore that has made me WONDER whrtlcr
the love | refused to take IS dead? Ninc years
ago | nut happiness away from me pr"hdiy' IN
| pc,u,usly For nine years have KNOWN regret
f,pclinc;s bitter hrlrt-aclc. To-day nave, per-
hans too little pride as ninc years ago hah ,on
murI, if / thought hr still cared for me-. his
silence should not stand hetwr"n Ms: would lcI
no ceremonies. no convcntionaht'cs spoil ont nvto
Why mn yoil-not cOntcnt?' l asked; my
tone is steady with an effort
| IJc turns his head and half SMILES at mc again
| I'm another week." lr says, rs one who has an
! s,vareJ nv question and changes his tone. the
| Iohurnuu md liluC will both lP In bloom.
"Ycs."
| And then We are both silent
Ned we have been friends so many years,
| n,c,I irving 10 speak easily, frankly pleasantly,
in friendly fashion -" friends are useless II thty
connot grnmb.c 10 one another! twenty years
| ,gniftrpn years ago--we used 10 ponr ont e. one
nn"t,cr ali our callscs Of disconfrnt."
! JIc looks before him for nearly minute be-
| fore he answers ~
( we have been both more and less than
| ''"' Does that prevent our speaking-of our
| Troubles TO each other >,
II prevents, my speaking Of one trouble to
/ 9oIIi,,r my hands ,rrmbIe. clasp my fingers
! omslv that | scarcely can draw my breath: my
| thourhts leap forward TO bold resolve? resolve
t"o bnI 70 be wonanly-a resolve so bold that
! dare not pause before I speak.
ned ancc You said Won loved me- You have
cot over it-yOur low"
eTbc reserve the silence Of nine years is broken:
| T, !. 7 who have torn down the barrier. And
r.t have only partly destroyed il lie would
! like 70 hastily pile up the brencI
One gets over most things. Nab, in time. he
! .ayS hut I scarcely hear his words his voice
| hoa tremor which makes my pulses beat with