New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-13
altogether 1 have applied for the Chiltern Hun

nnrino the January of the following year Mr.
Tracy for the first time in his life was az Monacoi
One sfternOon he had been to concert OF casslcai
~nsic and was about 10 take quiet, contem-
Native stroll through the beautiful gardens OF the
CasinO when he was accosted by gentleman WIZ WIZ
was sitting at Of the tables In front oil tne cLe
opposite Turning round. he saw Tom Barra-
Tracy was not very glad to meet his old ac-
He Is on his wedding tour he thought and
perhaps getting little tired of it,, lie VIII lnVi'e
me TO dinner and ! shall have TO meet her,.
Still he couldn't help himself; he shook HANDS
with Tom and on his invitation seated himself az
the table, and had expressed a preference ios
vermouth. Then he remarked on the beauty Oh
Do you know Tom said. you are about the
last person in the world / should have expected
TO see here2 Is 1t roulette or trenteet-quaran'e
Are you playing system 2
Tracy smiled family
II am working he said; Consulting some some
documents in the library up there and he pointed
in the direction Of VieuX Monaco.
Welln Tom replied. "you are the first person
I ever heard Of who came here to read; Ine re
sure / came here about week ago TO pot at the
pigeons and I've done very well. so far
Z How is Lady Cecilia ?" asked Tracy.
quite WELL I believe said Tom indiherently'
She is going to be married before long"
And how IS" Tracy hesitated a little your
wife,"
Tom burst out laughing
81 hope she's quite wel,' he said i've no
doubt she is Perhaps she is doing German exer-
cises or playng scales, or something of that sort
You see, he added in an explanatory tone, : she is
certain to be in the schOo-room, for though i am
sure to marry at last. don't mean to do so Tor
GOOD time vet There's no reason why should.
Tracy listened bewildered.
~ thought you were married TO Miss Sinclair,
he said at last with as much indifference as ne
SBess You, no." said the other good-humoredly;
"Where have you been living all thls tiue
That was broken off ages ago.
Broken Off ?" said Tracy. and felt as he spoke
that he was betraying his eagerness for informa-
Yes" replied Tom, with irritating slowness
I" the fact is we didn't suit each other at ALL she
thought lot Of me- know but not in the way
wanted And found being member it Of IN pa caT
mittees and they were always wanting me TO take
part in the debates-it was all owing to that con
founded speech you wrote out for me, ana that IL
took me three days TO learn.
Come" said Tracy. :" 1t wasn't all mine"
"All but few sentences" reioined Tom which
I put in. Just to feel that had some interest," IN
it. And I've no doubt they would have been bet
ter away. l don't say anything against th ,,
speech. dare say 1t was very eloquent ana an
that but didn't fancy being made to i've up TO
1t, as they say. And then, you know. It's not SO
very jolly getting credit that doesn't belong 10
you"
Pm awfuly obliged to you. all the same" re-
sumed Tom, abecause you see, If it hadn't been
for the famous speech old Whiting wouldn't have
left me all his shekes. II you were one of those
commercial fellows yOuu Wanb cOululsSloh' vi
something of that sort"
Tracy laughed. and shook his head.
II heard of your, good fortune" he said u
congratulate you a.. don't think U4ioI III make any
well" the other replied. " I'll give you piece
of news instead Mrs. Sinclair and her daughter
are both on the Riviera
"Do you know where p cried Tracy excitedly;
"Ah,S said Tom, L thought the news would
interest you. Their address is Villa Rousseau,
Mentone Their villa is on the East Bay, not
far from the italian frontier. L would recon-
mend you to call on them"
Tracy promised to follow this advice, and then
inwardly revolving many things, he walked slowly
Tom Barracliffe watched him disappear round
the corner of the Casino and smiled
Its curious" no reflected, " to see how eager
some men are for matrimony, and how glad
others are to keep out of it. Poor Tracy |
wonder If there is any woman alive that would
ever make me like that. At any rate, hope 1t
won't be for some time yet
Mr. Trady was at Mentone early the next day.
He didn't Intend to call $50 he assured HIMSELF
nj the villa Rousseau till about half-p four,
but he WIS anxious to see the town-there were
one or two interesting graves in the cemetery.
But it so happened that he had not been half
an hour in the place before he met Mrs Sinclair
driving o small pony chaise She stopped to
speak to hirn-he explained that he proposed to
You had better como W, tS dejeuner at
twelve" she said I'm sure. Edith will be glad
to see you after all tfis-time." $500,
Tracy. of course, didn't fail to be at the Villa
Rousseau at the appointed time, and at five
minutes past twelve he was sitting down at the
table with the two ladies' The TepaSt was de-
lightful In the midst Of his pleasure at seeing
Edith again, he couldn't help contrasting the
dainty, prettly served dejeuner with the two
and-a-haff-francs table d'hote he generally par
took of at one of the cheaper hotels Of Monte
Carlo. After it was over, Edith proposed walk
in the garden, and they strolled about for some
time, chatting lightly on all sorts of topics.
At last Edith pointed to little arbor whose
roof was formed by trelliSed vines
"Iet us sit down here little" she said;
walking in the sun has made me little tired,
Then. as soon as they were both seated, she
turned on him with the direct question
why did you write that speech for Mr.. Barra-
" Did he tell you that wrote t?" Tracy asked,
evadng her question
ale did at last; but 1 had begun to suspect 1t.
Mr.. Barraclitfe got TO be very disguised when
any one alluded tO'his one speech. Nothing could
make him venture another. Why did you do it p
"Wen," replied Tracy slowly, not caring, to
encounter her glance, partly because he asked
me, and / couldn't refuse him. l used to write
his verses for him when we were at school to-
gether. And then, you know, you were engaged
8" Wv wasn't" interrupted Edith quickly.
"You were not?" he replied. thought So
was sure of it, And you loved him-at least,
so | thOught-and you wanted SO much to believe
| in him. or course, | never thought the speech
| would make much stir as it did, but did
believe, it would do pretty well and | thought
| how that would please you. And then, you
know. You had told me that l was unjust to him.
| and"
Don't say anything more" she said, 1 under
| stand But you were very wrong all the same
! Think how / was deceived, and how everybody
was deceived, and what might have happened
Tracy did not reply, and the silence lasted for
some time and was felt to be very oppressive
| by both.
Then Edith rose and said she must go back
! TO the house and see what her mother was going
! TO do that afternoon.
| All, Miss Sinclair" Tracy cried at last, - wait
| one moment longer. Listen to me for few
! seconds only"
! Not a few seconds however, but fully quarter
of an hour elapsed before they quilted the arbor
! and went in search Of Mrs. Sinclair That lady
| was sitting out in the yerandah, looking up and
down the garden for the missing two.
"NIamma," cried Edith, here we are. VIE
| Verlobte SIGH empfehlen, as they say in the Ger
| man papers Give US your blessing. mamma"
And her hand slipped into Tracys, which hung