New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-25
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At Madame LarOchc's we lunched AZ o'clock
II wanted quarter 10 that hour when | came
down to the salon after removing my walking
dress. was not little surprised 10 find Madame
there with two strangers.
was about TO withdraw when Madame's shrill
voice cried
e. Pray do not go, Mees Dcaney-thiS is Mrs.
Niyian's daughter, and Madame, her grand
mamma.
Then she introduced me much as she had done
Yesterday 10 Lord Meriyac.
! now observed the ladies in bcwildcrcd fash
ion. The prm old lady in the sim black silk
was only what one might have expected Mrs.
young woman he Pussy She looked about
eighteen, and WAS certainly even better looking
than her pretty mother.
That pretty mother entered. before / had got
over my establishment, and appeared 10 be- struck
dumb for moment. But speedily recovering
herself she embraced her daughter rapturously,
cXclaiming:
=" And is my naughty. ncglcctful darling come
al last 10 her mother
Then turning to the old lady, she extended
both her hands--only one Of which the grand
mother tOOs-and cried in her joyous treble :
" And yOu dear PuSsy's guantanamo, You afc not
come 10 sc0ld poor silly little me- are You?
You know what am come about answered
The old lady severely, and ] truS Noa VIII be
sensible about II.
The widow turned again toward her daughter.
and with one Of her winning smiles sad And
does my little Pussy think her little mother could
REFUGE her anything, with her chidS pretty eyes
looking ~ her
den resolve 10 yield 10 the grandmothcrs plan. in
order that She might he left IN peace 10 pursue
her own
There was no answer 10 this appeal for Lord
Mcrivalc came in Just then. followed by Miss
Jones, and almost n once by old Mrs Ward.
Miss Jones was the first to speak. and She. as
| aficrward learned. had heard from IrpAlLc Oi
the arrival OF Mrs Nyan's daughter.
so. Ms. Vivian, said Miss Jones with mali
cous aiiabliiy, We are at last 10 have the hap
pincSS of seeing your adorable ittlc girl. Where
is she? They told me che was here and Miss
Jones looked around the salon rs If in search Of
the child
This is my daughter replied Mrs. Vivian
biting her lip with ycNaion.
That yoing lady your little girl" cried old
Mrs Ward. She must be well grown Tor her
age,
All this time Lord Ncrivalc had stood apart
turning the leaves Of Journal which lay on y
table near the door. He was very pac. noticed :;
had been deceived by Mrs. Vivian about this
daughter aud his whole faith in his future bride
was shaken. | felt sorry for him though how
man of the world could have hcc~> 30 taken IN
WAS mystery 10 me.
# was the elder Mrs. Vivian vino spoke next,
and there seemed TO be i'll her face and voice the
pent7'P amer Of YEAR, b S she n,eLel
w. all what she had intended for her daughtcr-in-
laws ear alone And 80 She did.
50, adelaide, YOU are unchanged, perceive
she cried with whitening scorn. " You still cling
to your vanity and hold on 10 a vanished youth
at the cost of all "A woman should hold dear.
DO not think your words to your
child-ycs your child. whose first appealing
cries stirred 10 mothers response from yOu-do
not think those words deceive he my more than
the false bloom on your chces-tilc false light
in your eyes.
Here Lord Nerivalc stepped forward, saying
dcpreca'lntIy: n.e
lie was not allowed 10 90 on. The iratc old
dame meant 10 have her say. and went on, with
n diQnfed wave Of her hand toward Lord Mcriyalc
ana Madame LarOchc who was also about 10 in
terrupt.
So Adelaide, you will refuse your child moth.
ing now YOU say-well, them we Will 60. Olive
Your mother consents 70 your marriage with LORD
Merivae."
Mrs Vivian uttered a scream and fell back
into tie arms Of little DR.. liauscr, who had Just
come in 20 look for Mr. Frost. To say that thlt
respectable old gentleman was staggered Is lit
orally true Tor IL addition 10 the mental shock
Of such an event a lady falling Unexpectedly
into his embrace the feeble old man felt his
physical strength very unequal 10 the task of
holding up plump Mrs. Vivian. and Lord Merivalc
came 10 his assistance only just in time 10 prevent
an snOminiOus collapse.
" Let MS 70, Olive" cried her grandmother.
First let me kiss my mother" Olive said
in a trembling voice
No. / won't let you," her mother fairly
screamed from the shoulder of Mr.. liauscr, where
her blonde head now repOscl. and yOu. Lord
Mcrivalc, never let me Scc your dccrijiul face
again-gO, all of XOn-eNcept good DR.. Iauscr'
and thea she burst into historical peals of laugh
Ter.
81 think. Lord Mcrivalc that You have be-
havcd very BADLY indeed 10 Mrs Vivian" OLD
Mrs. Ward observed with aserity we all
thought you were paving your addresses 10 her"
=. Lord Merivole looked from one TO another in n
bewildcred way. Then he asked me II I had