New-York tribune., 1890-03-30

S5e did love him. in spite of any passing as
loyalty of thought She ieit MS Sad sometbing
and goodness even his weaknesses had sone. .i,ins
lovable in them for her. And ne had Deeii Pi,' an
ning spending working all this time 10 giSe hner ne
pleasure. and this his reward. n Ine crmal in
| within of letting him see IN. tne cIuei ,Gh a
! gratitude that was in her heart! IA. sei,' Sine
wretch have been " she thought Du. ,ntod HIm
be-no, won't George shall not pe n,,nt,s sliuU,s
| hurt estranged from his family on my accGttn.,
No, she would suffer, she alone-ahu III eIci ~,
Never by word would she betray 10 MN t .nt
pain his well-intentioned action c9st ne,wm nermit
| even to her mother and Flossie would she permit
herself to utter the least complaint, lesV 'n'S
should insist upon opening Georges eyes. !,
SO, having arrived at this heroic res9ve' tha al. i.
most consoed her, the tears dried on her cheehs'
and Ella fell asleep at last.
Some readers, no doubt-though possibly few OF
our heroine's seX-wi smile scornfully at this
| crumped rose-lcaf agony. this tempest in Dres-
den teacup. and the writer is not concerned 10
| deny that the situation has its ludlcr0us sidc.
But for a girl brought up Ella Hylton had
been, in an artistic milieu her eyes lnsensiply
trained to love all that beautiful in color and
| FORM to be sensitive to uglincss and vulgarlty III
| was a very real and bitter struggle, a hard-won
| victory, 10 such decision as she formed
Life, Heaven knows, contains worse trials and
deeper tragedies than this, but at least Ella 5
| happy life had as yet known no harder
And so far she must be given the credit OF hav-
| ing conquered Resolution is, no Doubt hall the
battle. Unfortunately, Elias resolution, thoueh
she hardly perceived this at present. could not DC
| effected by one isolated and final act, but Dy
| long chain of daily and hourly forbcarances, me
first break IN which would undo all that had
gone before.
How She bore the test we are going to see.
She woke the next morning to u sense that ncr
life had somehow lost its SAVIOR; the eNalta'ion
Of her resolve over night had evaporated ana leit
her spirits fiat and dead but she came down
nevertheless determined TO be stanch ana true 10
George under all provocatons
Have you and George decided when you would
like your wedding to he ," asked her mother after
|
tons printed very soon
Not yet" faltered Ella, and the words might
have passed either answer or an appeal
Il think it should be some time before the end
Of next month, or people VIII be going ouc vi
town."
given that Mrs Hylton glanced keenly at her
dangnter gHta, 10 foo, .hout i voursoif Ella ?,
"I?-oh -I-Ive feeling Perhaps IL we
waited No. il doesn't matter; let 1t be
when you and George wish, mother. please.
Mrs Hylton gave sharp, annoyed httle laueh.
Really. my dear if you can't get up any more
interest in it than that, think it would certainly
be wiser to wait.
II was more than Indifference that Ella felt-a
wild aversion TO beginning the new life that put
lately had seemed so mysteriously sweet and
strange; she frightened by II, ashamed OF IL,
but she could not help herself She made no an
swer nor did Mrs Iiyon again refer TO the sub
jcct.
But Elias worst tribuations had yet TO come
That afternoon, she and her mother and tlossie
Misses Chapman" were announced. Evidently
they had deemed it incumbent on them to pay
state visit as soon possible after Ella return
Ella returned their effusivc greet ngs as duilfuy
as she could she had never succeeded III cuitl-
waiting n very lively affection for thcU-to-day
she found them barely endurable
Mrs. Chapman was stout. dewApped old lady,
with dull eyes and pachydcrmatous folds in her
face She had n husky voice and funereai
manner Jessie her eldest daughter, was not alto
ccthcr uncomcly in n commonplace way; she was
dark haired. high-colOrcd. lOud-VOIced. generally
sprghtly and Nolublc, and overpowerIng Shc
was in such hurry to speak that her words tripped
one another up ana she had a in'aningirSS ana, 10
Ella highly irritating little laugh. Carrie was
plain and colorlcss. content to admire ana echo
After some conversation on Elias Continental
experiences. Jessie suddenly. Elias uneasy in
stinci forcsaw turned 10 Mrs. Ilylton
"Of course Ella told you what surprise She
had AT Campdcn Hill yesterday? Weren't you
80 doubt should lave been said Mrs.
Hylton. who dctcsted Jessie, "only Ella did not
think iit to mention II.
oh | wonder at that, ! hope WASH going
to bctray the secrets of the prison-house? Jessie
fond of using stock phrases TO give hghtness
and sparkle 10 her conversation Ella the ldea
OF your keeping it all 10 yourself; You sly puss
I,u tell mc-would you ever have believed lnmps
his sisters called George Jumps could he
capable of such Independent BEHAVIOR
NO. said Ella indeed never should
"IIa ha. nor should we You would have
screamed TO see him tnssins about Wasn't he
oh he was. Jessie .
MY son. explained Mrs. Chapman to Mrs
IIylton. is so wonderfully energetic ana prac'Icai
| have never known him fan to carry throush any
thing he has once undcrtakcn-he lnherltS that
from his poor dear father.
81 don't quite gather what your brother George
! has been doing even now ?' said Mrs. llylton 10
r "Oh but my lips are sealed Wild horses shan t
drag any more from me. Don DC a'ral"' ril''
won't spoil sport
There is no sport to spoil, said Ella Mother,
it is only thal-that George has furnished the
house while have been away ,. .
Really" said Mrs. Ilylton. politely, that Is
I, energetic of HIN. indeed.
Poor dear Tumps came home proud of your
= approval: said Jessie to Fila ana We were were
made the house quite too dreadful-werent We
Carrie
"Of course observed the latter young lady.
ITS always SO hard to hit upon another person ;
= taste exactly, especially IN furnishing ,
impossible, should have thought from Mrs.
, Il hope Ella is Of different opinion What do
you say. dearest ~
ity III liked il very much. and-and 1t was
. So much too kind of You and Carrie We never
thanked You for-for all the things You gave me
! Oh those they aren't worth thanking for
inst a few little artistic odds and ends: they set
of a room. you inow-elve finish
lonns people m"%'dnS Mrs 'I,If y"uS 81" ro9rs s
onsv inclined ear. think 50 much of luxury and
ornament I'm sure when | married my dear
husband We
Now. mater. dear. YOU really mustn't inter
ruD,cd the irrcprc>slblc Jessie Mrs. llNlton Is
on our side You know. She likes pretty things
about her don't yen Mrs. llNlton' And talking
Of that, Ella. hope you thought our rlyco-Nitrlne
decoration a success We perfectly sur
prised ourselves To see how we'll il came out, just
TRANSPARENT colored paper. Mrs. IIylton. and YOU
cut IL into Sheets and gum IT on the window
pancs and, really. unless YOU were told or came
uuic close YOU would declare il real stained
: class You ought 10 try some of il your win
, | ,lows. Mrs. IIylon. I'll tell YOU where YOU can
get it You 20 down.
I'm afraid I'm old-fashioncd, my dear. said
Mrs IINlton stnly: d" If cannot have the reality
| Drcfcr to do without even the best limitations
"Why, you dcscriing MS. | declare Ella
, You must take her 10 see the window. and then