The National tribune., 1891-03-19

4 brother AiUuZO the father OF Philip aud eight
other SONS aud daughters.
" A good wife Is exactly what you need"
4 continued the elderly gentleman grarely, and
+. he regarded with blended admiration aud anX-
4 icty the goud-IoOl ug young man who WAS
4 lazily stretched out before the fire ia the min
4 listers study.
May need her, Uncle Henry, but certainly
! do not want her" remarked Nh Philip Gar
/ linlton good Anmurrdly.
You amaze me- Philip; but do you never
expect 10 marryZ'
Not, l fear.' somewhat cynically until
my pcrCeIuive faculties become Obscurcd, or
1 lose my powers Of observation; but seriously,
. Uncle, what does Wiic do for a man except
\ divide his income, curdl his freedom, and
manifold his responsibilities"
fou forget your mother and your Aunt
\ Rachel DO you not, 'iiIip2' asked his uncle,
4 a little saTcasIigl'y. There are two women
who have stood in the beat ol battle and never
4 hiucbcd, one for 30 and The other for 35 years
4 WHAT would your fathers life or mine have
been without these good womrn2"
"Ou!' said Phiiip rather sheepishly,
"mother and Amt Rachel arc different, they I"
" low about your sisters, Carrie and Ray, and
your cousins, .Jo and Fanuy?"
=" Hold on Uncle, bold on; acknowledge the
corn" cried the young man, laughingly. Our
ihr WlN HlH lENNt fhi dll AilI Nallt liA tA itil-
encc with other wamgn-wth society wOmen-
has NOT inclined me TO matrimony."
Ahi been Tilted by some sauey young
thing though tthe Reverend gentleman; but
DE merely said:
No, Philip, there are plenty more Just such
noAlc women. The good Lord did not exhaust
adj the feminine virtues in the Darlington
family. j think, however" aud the minister
smiled iHdulgmily, " That III have to take
y0u around and introduce you TO one Of the
crring lambs Of my own Aock. You would
probably find a sympathetic friend in Miss
George Brandt, aTtist, and a most remarkable
young woman, who repudia iates love and matri-
mouy, and really think regards men wholly
inferior beings. She utterly disdaIus the at
tentiou OF gentlemen"
"Ah - replied Philip. carelcssly, homelv
as hodge fence III warrant. aud past 30 most
likely. j generally notice that man haters are
the most unattractive OF women"
" On the contrary, my dear boy, Miss George
YES, size even declines being called Gu0r-
giana OF Georgie-is pretty a, a peach, aud not
over p or %. More than that. she is very
bright aud has most charming disposition.
Her father Judge Brandt aud his N4lc, are
people Of advanced iGcas, aud have encouraged
their dau-htrr'g independent notions. They
sent her 90 Europe 10 sludy art, and have now
established her lu a studio down town. often
drop iuto her studio, and always fud her
busy aud happy and delightful. Her parents
are rich. SO you sec her course Is entirely from
choice
An interesting young woman. ] rather
like such independence" remarked Philip.
This o. least has the CHARM Of novelty"
The cunning old minister did not even smile,
but hp said carrlessiy:
The Braaat's are pillars Of the church. and
among my best friends and by the way we
are invited there tomorrow night TO dine, en-
tirely informally, so you will nave an opPor-
tuuiIy Of meeting a girl who objects 10 men
even more violently than you do 10 women"
Philip Darlington. whose life iH Chicago had
been entirely absorbed between tho ia7CInati0us
Of the stock eErhms Pc and The CEactlous Of SO
ciety, had tor The lrst time in years made the
opportunity 10 visit Uncle Henry after the
iarter became pastor Of fashionable New York
/ church.
When young Mr.. Darlington was presented
I TO Miss Brandt he mentally rc-echucd his uH-
Clc's verdict. lle saw tall, graceful and real
Y beautiful girl fresh, brown-eyed, brown
haircd young woman woman soft hammered
and elegantly goNned, who Acknowledged the
introduction with politcuess but entirely with
out interest or Coyuess.
ln less then 10 minutes the young lady had
4 apparently forgotten his existence. She had
taken NJ some previous discussion with hIs
uncIe concerning church history, and Philip
was left to the Judge and bis wife lie man-
/ aged TO watch the young lady carefully, and
noted that she talked evidently without effort
I on amy lnaca 81 lmprcs,inR others, aud without
4 the lrast show OF self consciousness.
When dinner was announced tie young man
/ found himself assigned 10 the mother instead
4 ui the daughter, bot was c0nsoIcd that she WAS
I ~ be bis V6-a-Ys during the cosy family
dinner.
4 The dinner was excellent, aud everybody was
I ID good spirits. tucie Henry, however, noted
4 his ncphcw's unusual dIsiuciiualiOu for c1uycr-
\ ,atiOn. lie observed that the young man was
studying the, to him, novelty Of pretty woman
/ iu the role Of mau-hater,
Miss Brandt, well a. her mother, took part
4 iu The conversations led % by the mon. and
4 displayed an amazing familiarity with political
aud social questions of the day. The young
lady expires ed herself, not a6 the average smart
4 young woman, watching from the tail 0f her
eye Tor applause, bot with the same ease aud
i Gisceumcut that ordinary women display on
topics OF dress and society.
Ii was not until the natural trend of c0nger-
4 satiOn touched upon art that the brown ewes
darkcnod aud flashed aud a soft lush Of en-
thusiagm touched the pale check. Then she
merely chatled and without the gpinionated
/ manner Dt the average professional or any
/ tendency toward boredom
When Philip Gaflng,on left the Brandt
draw.ng room that night he was distinctly
conscious Of having born ignored. He could
4 not recall a remark addressed 10 himself nor
one look Of interest from the lovely artist.
4 Two days later, however upon a general sort
I Ol nvi alton given Ht hCr fathers house that
gentleman paid a visit 10 the downtown
studio. The artist was alone aud busy and he
iet that she received hln entirely for his
uncos sake. She was very polite. aud gave
h.m permission 60 look about
Philip pridcd himself nu being something Of
an Ut critic. He was dclig GIFTED with her work
ama Uuuied out her strong points in a manner
lallcrIUg 20 amy artist, Then the two chattcd
for sometime ON matters Of art in general
They bad a number ol ideas in common. They
were both idcalIsts in that they mutually
agreed that the ideal was the real Ia All art
When he felt that he had opcrslaid his time
the young man prepared 10 leave
F" shall be pleased TO sec you again." with
sweet indifference.
Thank you" warmly 81 shall certainly
come again"
The neat day and the next and every day
f1r a week, Philip Darlington saw Miss Brandt
1 either at Der studio or al her fathers house
None Of the elder people seemed 30 be consciou,
Of the budding friendship
And yet" said Mr. Darlington 20 Mis-,
Brandt enc morning, when she had finished
paying tribute TO Edwin Arnold, a. thought
ar understood, that you held men in very light
c..am."
Ael" renectively, aud without smiling
u .n generally speaking; but I pay tribute
4 t8 l.arua la a mBn, and when be combine,
lIln ta4t .Ie higher intuitiVe faculties o
woman aa docs Arnold, ! am willing 10 become
a ..Es Hul. per-"
".heH taoe.eyday, half-and. half combina