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

awbv were Won so late in coming, Tom r
asked his sister .,,,h an che ,vav up. Pepper
Il looked in ut the clno ". 'ie wy up
corn danny dont think You ought 10 have kept US walt
inc LADY Cecilia replied. You knew no"
eAe r CIV Edi' smiled in reply. His smile denoted
rreriority and an intimate knowledge OF women ,
WAYS He was not going to lose ms sun ~ ill., ap
rasring too eager to win IT, just us Vne caii"~'
Was stopping he said TO ms ssIer -. 49,, oLoroo
DonIt think that am going TO lose my cnance.
vou NAV be sure that the late lainenteu eInelai
didn't enin cotton all those years LOT nothlnS
ulun epi ~ go, rich I've no doubt should be
hIo 20 start the best training stable in England
That's the only way TO make anything ooO VI
And brother and sister entered the paternal
dwelling. the town residence of the Ear OF Nean 1
hamstead Tom was the second son Oh oilaV mgd WEI
known nobleman, and his elder brother wa MARTY
aud had children Tom had full snare OF thaC
nopularity which frequently consoles younger
sons Almost every one spoke OF MN nm as Ie IS
good sort of fellow indeed. He danced wen Gnu
rode we'll. and both at Monte Carlo ana Not1lng
Hill was a great slaughterer OF pigeons. ne Was
tail and undeniaby goodoeklns anu ME- Nv
clair as we have seen, thought him remarKaDN
intelligent He had come to know thaI Jouns
lady by means of his sister, Lady Cecla VINO W9S
very fond of Isom and thought he wanted a NIUE
indicions guidance Tom had been spending 100
freely for some years, and his father had empnaJE
calIv refused either to increase his alloWahce OF
TO nav his debts. Hence Tom had come 10 REGARD
thp holy estate of matrimOny with an eye ,oI
favor, or at least Of resignation. And MISS
EIdith' Sinclair daughter and heiress Of wealthy
cotton spinner, not long deceased, was cerlaiIIS
one of the great lots in our Babylonlan mafrlase
market. .,I rai.b
At first his wooing was very successful Edltn
seemed to like him, danced WITH MN ana UanSeu
with him, and became more frenzy tnan eTe a
with LADY Cecilia. Then he had EXPERIENCED
check. Talking very seriously to MIN one uaS'
Edith told him that she didn't admire ldIenesS
and idle people that she thought man ought 10
find something better TO do in the world 9na ina
Shooting pigeons There were plenty of occqPa
tions--Science, art, literature, politics. why
didn't he choose one of these ?
Tom was not little perplexed by this novel
doctrine and consulted his sister. - M
Edith means what she says, Lady CecIIIa Ie
Piled Il know her way of thin king II you
want to please her, you'll have TO DO something
you'll have chance if she once THINKS you "i0
stupid"
Il know she admires intellect, and all that sort
of thing" Tom said ruefully. 81 ..a.o.
"You had better try politics, Tom, ms sIei
had replied: it's easier than anything else. anu
papa can get them 30 find you safe seat "heh
the general election comes on. ,.,...u
Thus IL was that Tom had become LEGISLATOR
and now he was contemplating, WIN sonc IS
pugnance the idea of having to make SPeeoh
But after few days attendance at inc no st+,
his fear sensibly diminished IL seemS9 Plx.sS
easy to speak as well as most members dld Anu
what they said looked all right wheh IL was IL
The Mr.. Tracy who had been mentioned was
an old friend of Ediths if a young lazy OF twenty
three can be said to have any SlI bonse in Park
Lane. talked good deal 10 EDITH, ana leh I'M ncI
books with passages marked in them. lh h?a
Edith dfd not always read, but she Ilkeu
them with Mr.. Tracy. Edlth was very ~ n ,vbat
she called her mental Improvement. me claI .s
and destinations of society were lhVarlaDS 40, tVp
strong for these well meant lntentlons 9C ui
a proof Ito herself that she was not altogether
frivolous.