New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-13

tbs% 100 OF such Of her sex as did not possess
vn.n, Ou' III the full sunshine herself she wi,s
not sitlshed unless she had increased the cliscom
i tI oi THOSE VINO sat in the gloomy chilly shade
l, rno, own sex IN general dreaded her With her
sIeae beauty OF face and FORM her ceaverness her
capacity Tor saying the crueest anil most cutting
.Hlngs, her overweening and aggressive vanity she
,h aS one coo "eore whom most Young struck
~ silently for hatred of a beauty is Bad form and
aWays gets set down to jealousy
wa' contrast was Beatrice Brunton to her
sn,cI IAN. stately. dark-haired Beatrice, with
her handsome pale face and deep.bluc eyes. Even
IN the irst flush of her youth admired and courted
s 81 nad been so Kind and gentle-had nevW cared
TO triumph meanly over her pla,ner friends Not
SO clever as Edith" had long been the verdict on
nner, ana she had accepted it quietly and mceSy
Not that Beatrice Brunton wanting in spirit
icuIs ago her father and mother had had but too
strong proofs TO tic contrary Those were the days
mhen beatrlce was surrounded by admirers. Gay
Zines those; Beatrice. blooming beauty IN her
Ieehs-Edith little child in England with her
aun's-times in which fair Beattie never dreamed
OF later days in which an upstart sister, grown TO
womansood herself should gibc and goad at her as
And out of all her crowd of admirers Archie
Mlroy, young Lieutenant in the Lancers. had
won her heart Archie, who. though wcllCon-
necteu, had nothing in the world but his good
looks, his manly, faithful heart, and his slender
pay. had dared to fall IN love with General Brun-
TONS beautiful daughter. He sent to the
maI-ln such fashion that he not li,cly to
renew the attack. Only two more of those count
Mammon.
But though they could drive poor Bcatrice's
chosen lover away, they could not force her to
take one to their liking In spite of their anger
and their reproaches she persisted in refusing the
most advantageous offers When General Brunton's
health failed, and the family came to England
Beatrice felt that her last hope of seeing Archie
again was gone. The General had six months
leave-hut he took much longer one, for he died
in England And the family's palmiest days died
with him-a fact much frctted over afterward by
Miss Edith most unfair to herself Mrs
Brunton had fairly good property of her own.
and the General had some small private means
BruntOn, always a delicate woman. had been
quite an invalid for the last few years. She re;
quired much nursing ami asSidJons attention. and
this all fell to Beatrice.
Beatrice Is fitted for that sort of thing" said
Edith; or if she did not say it in so many words
thought it and acted it. She doesn't
ten ten years younger. As she hasn't married,
she must expect to have all that sort Of Thing. to
do l have my career to make-lts not likely I'm
going to lose my complexion and spoil my nerves
waiting on an invalid--of course mamma wouldn't
wish il. No-Beatte had her turn years ago Id
India-its my turn now, poor one enough com
pared with hers-but such as II Is must make the
And so she went out and about accepted this
invitation and that, stayed with friends as often
they would have her-and left tall, stately,
gentle Beatrice to do all the home duties and 10
attend upon the mother whose thoughts were al
ways with her darling Edith.
beatrice was good and uncomplalnlng and bore
the burden of life that must have been unhappy
very bravcly. But there were times wnen her
heart failed a lIttle-and the night before the
Grand Bazaar and Fancy Far was one OF these.
Edith had been particularly trying to her all day
particularly rude and insulting; and tie vain. bold
speeches about the expected conquest OF tins much
talkcd.Of Lord Peterscourt at t0-morrows bazaar
had been almost intolerable TO bear In silence.
If she were married and away-if only she Were
married and away" thought Beatrice. as she SAT
at her window that night and looked out INTO the
summer darkness. l am afraid 1t Is wrong 10
feel so to a sister: but / seem sometimes as If
could not stand il much longer"
She sat musing at the window for some tune
then rose and went to small writIng-case on n
table. unlocked it, and from private drawer drew
slip of paper which she gaZed on long and sadly.
How we'll She remembered the finding in a bouquet
of that little slip of paper-the only memehto she
possessed of hei time of love and happlness-ahd
the fluttering of heart it caused her. There had
been little GOODNESS between the asyet-uncon-
fessed lovers-a dance too mary given to rival
or some such trife. its fonndatlOn-and wnen the
flowers came She searched among them for a mes
sage and her heart leaped as she discovered uie
Twill you bring these flowers to the ball to-
night? | shall know then that am forgiven
Surely that time is not gone She Is stlll az the
baIl-the crash and wall OF the brass music IN her
ears. the measured tread of the walters ana tle
rustic and sweep of the dresses and she IS Tying
round with the crowd. her nineteen-year-old heart
throbbng with life and Joy. her hama on sone
ones shoulder and some ones dear V6Ge my
flowers and ending my misery by forgivlng me
No, no; that night is gone. indeed buried ne
meath many hard lonely road Inc l9ylql TT
heart has long been q sorrowful one the bright
ness of the girlbeauty is dmme1 ana II is pee,
sad Beatrice that bends over that iiN n sup
Of paper and cries as she presses her lips 10 IL
Archie Archie they were. cruel TO part US
We might have been so happy!
The bazaar was in full swing. The grounds of
Upstead Rectory were large and pretty Inc prln,
III, nm
i'm a long row others were dotted about separately
Here were the three Miss Simpsons at me reIres-
ment stall. driving better trade than MISS EHIth
Brunton predicted they would do. Here was Miss
Flossie Middleton from the Grange, dispensing win
the aid of three coadjutors, cut flowers. button
holes. bouquets plants IN pots anE , orial he
Church-worl<cr," indeiatigable and undannted.
with Topping hat and spectacles, presiding over
stall of needlework and somewhaI lsI Rardn 10y
the doctors WIFE at her stall of toys. assisted by
her two little girls Here were many other stalls
full of articles that no one eyer cOuiu poSsn ttc
cipar-divan whose chief presiding goddess was
Edith Brunton and here was Edith IN the MIDST
Of her enjoyment and her triumph. Ali DAY uhe
divan had been thronged with customers and she
had chartered and laughed with them 10 her own
and their hearts content. But now-now ehe na a
ears and eyes for none save one: now might lnT
CIV vouths who stood round her counter draw OIL
In despair good-ooking young man, dressed
quietly but stylishly, had just purchased from heI
the daintest of cigarette eases, embroldcred WIN
fnrcct me nots by her own hand and !lled with the
choicest Khedives He had given her q I'VE.
pound note in payment and declined any change;
and she in futter of joy and triumph over heT
Lost and Jonged for CONQUEST, saying in soft
tones. with the dark EXCLUSIVES showing of to 14il
advantage: Z" If you pay 50 handsomely Tor IL,
ord PeterscOurt yJp must let me WORK YOU
monogram or initials or somethig on it, would
try to do it very nicely"
The day wore on and the goods went on. in
tho slack intervals of business fair stockholders
gad over IN each other and compared their TAX
ings Dear Floesie ran over to dear Edith to ASK
what the latters receipts amounted TO; ana and. y
~ a GOOD many pounds more than dearest tios-
EOS dearest Flosse was profuse in her loving