New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-13

| sYou. may be sure he mas done To l1ra II
| Cecilia said, when her probnet liz"
| know Toms ways" . -, .L ,rornins
II suppose l must wait till the III noi III t8o
Edith said I've told them 10 senu .S up I cine
n"ners IN nv bedroom as soon as ever they CONT.
Toms speech duly appeared IN the IeAo H SaI
irg,s napers and for the next two or tnree oaSS
neither of our young iadles cVu quiz ereot snc-
onlne moro than a success, veritable triumph
Tbere had never been maiden speech inc ~ ~
IL had come like thqnder Pue Ol S the House
n was impossible TO say how many WOES d ~
loot 70 Mr. Vavasour. The leader OF the OPp,ostr
il in the warmest terms of eulogy, and MI bic5
sour n. himself in the great Grafton , Whica
posterity will remember as one Of ms rJas one
efforts had with that generosity wnlcn wss onv
Of his most striking traits gone OUT 81 hS osoS
20 give il the most emphatic praise iue spe 80
was not very long one-it occupied yus Sec SI
and Edith read it over till they knew IL ny
heart IL was amusing to see them on Une mIim
ing after it's delivery going over ctip IL out fine
PASSAGES and declaiming them TO each other. WIN
what they judged appropriate parliamentary
lust listen to thisl" Edith cried enthusiast
caIly. "You know your brother always preUenus
that he hates poetry, and never reads ~ op py,U Inv
beautifully be brings in the quotation from Dlo"n-
-. Members opposite may exult in the per-
version of the Right Hon. gentleman, we can
only grieve over 1t. For years Jney have
prop % Sled evil of him, and now that their pre-
SScf e. have been in some measure justified, they
triumph: while we hang our heads In shame. we
cannot follow our great leader In his treason 70
fine State we can only lament that IL is our
bitter lot to oppose him.
We that had loved him &C. followed him, trusted him.
Lived in his mild and magnificent eye,
Caughs his great language learned his clear accents
8" Isn't that splendid now-'his mild and magnlh-
cent eyc'-isn't that appropriate
Lady Cecilia echoed her friends entnusmsm'
and more passages were picked out ana uey ~
ard admired, till, as 1 have said, they ooth Kne"
Then there was the reading Of the papers, ana
picking out their contents on the gIeae en, oI
Of oratory. All mentioned il some wenS , anS
far in their praise. new orator had arisen, anu
behind the orator might be dscerned the prpHIlse
of a new statesman When, after the DIVISION
Mr. Vavasour found TO be in minority V V
of the morning papers boldly attributed the
result to the successful efforts Oh he" "'AA
Der. 49,, A.. ,,.u.o =, commons
for the first time can seldom do more tnan ciain
an indulgent pity for his oratorical Efforts, Ine
maiden speech to which we are now relerring IS
in the proud position Of having controleu d
division, rejected Bill, and overthrown Mn
istry.' - match
read the whole of it with the deepest hiele'O
To do him Justice Tom bore all his honors
mee1ly. He never alluded to his speech himself,
and When Others talked about it, and paid him
fresh compliments, he said as little as c9ula DE
said under the circumstances. Ed1th nag 10
before
tions; he didn't call in Park Lara till two clear
days had passed. When they met, he began TO
talk on Indifferent subjects, but she soon ln'ro-
duced the great topic. ., =,
Il hope 1 have pleased yOu," Tom said. in
reply to her remarks. ,-p
Indeed you have pleased me very, very much,"
"Ihen, Tom replied, may hope that now
and he looked her full in the face
Her eyes dFRRPped she replied s1 'lOTf little she
added. 81 liked you from the first, and now |
think | love you, Tom, And love you, because
| admire you so, and because was the hrst 10
| find out how clever you are
| The two sat together for some minutes longer,
and Tom at last went home happy in the thoughu
that he had won the great prize; Edith TOO was
very happy during those next days ana wee weeks,
suitable ore," and said all sorts of sweet things
about the man she had chosen The only draw
was that Tom refused TO follow up his great sue
| cess as he might have done. The country had TO
be reused from its confidence in Mr.. Vavasour,
meetings were to be held in all the large towns,
every one who could speak at all was ex-
pected TO declaim against the new departure,
TO denounce the New, Programme IN
pected Of Mr. Barraclife. No less a. parsonage
than Lord Yelyerton had told him that he counted
ON his help. But Tom preferred for the present present
| Edith would have preferred it otherwise, but
she let herself be easily persuaded that Tom was
aif go on the stump" Tom said, 81 shall see
very little Of you. There will be time for speech
! making by-and-by."
How could Edith resist such an argumentp
Lovers in their happiness are apt to be blind
| TO the feelings Of Others and Edith certainly on
| one occasion was rather cruel to Mr.. Tracy.
! After his farewell to her, he no more to
| Park Lane but she met him by accident at the
| Academy He was in that room where arohi-
! tectural designs waste their sweetness on the
| desert air After the first greetings, she at
tackled him with the qdestion,
@Of course you've read Mr.. Barraclife's speech
| what do you think Of II?
| There was q cruel triumph in her tone.
Tracy spoke calmly in reply.
| 81 have read it, Miss Sinclair, and l must say
| that do not think very highly of IL. 1t seems
| TO me merely commonplace rhetoric.
| "Mr Tracy" Edith said. Indignantly, how
you must hate poor Mr.. Barracife!"
| A look of pain passed across his face. Then
| he glanced at her and said in a low voice:
81 hear that you are to be married In the
autumn, Miss Sinclair"
Edith bowed her head in silence She was
a little sorry now that she had met her old
friend.
Il hope you will be very, very happy" he
said.
Goodbye" she replied, holding out her hand
"Good-bye" he said sadly; and then turning
awav he proceeded to examine one of the archi-
| tactIral designs which interest the general pub
| lie so little Edith rejoined her mamma. and as
| she had a quarter Of an hour later passed the
entrance of the room she had left. she saw that
| Mr. Tracy was still standing in the same position
| examining the same drawing.