, 1891-07-12

ext unity rather nan the small one
Kl.ss and queens and other people o
august station are sometimes in pressing
need of money, and nave little excep
their jewels to offer in exchange for it
Their jewels may or may not be theil
personal property; at all events, past,
reproductions are cheap and easily com
by. Who knows, or can expect to know
whether the Regent de France, the PashG
of Egypt, the Sancy, or even the Great
Mogul, are genuine or bogus? If bogus.
where are the originals Whispers havt
ever been heard regarding the Kohl,
moor; but it IS to be hoped that, in this
case at least, there is no basis for them.
Meanwhile Harry Trent continued dill
gently at work on his lev house. We
have seen many fine houses erected since
then; but it is safe to say that Treuts
house is still rs good as anything in the
way Of a dwelling in New York city.
Its excellence. however, lay not so much
in external adOrnment AS in the fittings
and furniture inside.
1t stood on "A corner lOt-Or rather on
a corner lot and two adjoining ones
and there was space IN both sides of it,,
while mt the back was aroOmy Enclosure
and stables. 1t was built of n reddish
g%raystone, with broad projecting win
dows admitting plenty of light. The plan
of the rooms and staircases was most
agreeable; at whatever point you stood
you saw around you only charming Wis
tas, harmonious lines, soothing colors and
spacious perspectives. Every room was
a picture in itself, combining with the
others to form a more elaborate picture.
Yet the eye was never wearicd by petty
details; the minor features constituted
and contributed to the whole effect in
stead of detracting from it. There was
nothing in the house that did not belong
to Harry Treut-not only in the ordinary
sense OF proprietOrship. but as being the
material incarnation of his thoughts,
tastes and accomplishments. His house
was he-and it is paying him no small
compliment to say 81. a mans interior
is not always so comely nm object Of con-
temptation. You might discover, indeed,
here and there, u picture, n statue, u
sweep Of drnpery or Il passage Of color
that indicated regions in the designers
nature of n somewhat sumptuous, seusu-
Gus or v%oluptuUus tendency; but they
were never ]obtrusive, never ont Of due
subordination to the rest, and were after
all only what would be expected from n
man of his artistic and generous teiupera-
ment.
But what was Harry Trent going to
do with his new home? He was going
to live in 1t, doubtless; but did he mean
to live alone? This question had latterly
thrown a good many charming women
into "A meditative frame of mind. 1t was
known. of course, that Harry Trent Ind
been married; but that was in his youth;
his wife had died within "A year and had
left him childless. There was nothing,
then, in the way of his marrying again,
and upon other grounds such an event
was probable. For, az has already been
Unlimited, he was still to all iutents and
purposes a young man. That quality in
him that led TO his being called Harry
Trent, instead of Mr.. Trent, on Henry.
may scryetocouyey meaning He was
still in the swim; he was not ON the re-
tired or retiring list; he was modern and
active, not fussiliZed and antiquatcd. Men
younger in years than he had not half
his elasticity and vitality. He kept pace
with the times and looked ahead rather
than backward. Moreover. lie was fond
Oh society ana constantly IN II, anu a
found, 1t was not that he dazzlcd them
with his own briIlianrv. but he made
them brillinnt: he drew from hem the
best that was in them and rhnntrd
them with themselves.
Mirabcau had the don terrible de la
familiarite;' Harry Trent had the no
less terrible gift of synpnthy-magnetie
sympathy TO employ once again tbat
abnsed adiectiyel. There WASH yiporons
masculine fiber in him that never fails
to attract the other sex They felt thot
he understood them and conld monag.
them-coull do fine fhinr they wished
To have done whatever il MIGHT he
This of coursn ia not ouite fine same as
saving that ..the American C~nst.u,ui"
ns he was sometimes STYLED, was a mn,
whom women conld afford To trnst
There wen. stories about bim-uev.r
fairly authenticated however th,t
nnint.d IN n 1iffernnt conclusion If 49,,
1;yn oo-to tbo ,nss,r. ~ ~ ,,nra u-h,
v,ould csroneg Harry front wa a mnr
of tbe world mud ha vns , biyb1y mi
turad , fast;Iious man Low intrig,os
,vorId no+ mo in hi. v,5,. ~, tLo ntbcr
Lnn1 10 ,,.da ~, nr,r.ssi, - ,aint,It,.
~ 80 - nhrrnh "a ,,ns -"
char1table; for II rest, You must take
him for what he appeared, and he was
taken for an uncommonly fine fellow.
But TO return to the marriage ques-
ton. The opinion gained ground that
Harry Trent contemplated matrimony,
though no seer was found bold enough
to point out the particular woman who
was to ENJOY the good fortune of being
be the handsome New Orleans widow,