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


nOS I'VE shall have lively times in the aG0se b bS
soid aVelyerton's resignation Will De 1oiloweo ~
said re o.bers There will be Want Of Con-
Gdenne notion and high old deoate. .,,.o tor
Oh" cried Edith eagerly, VIII VIII ,s.en eli the
vop Won must speak They VIII listen e ~ a ro
more because they won ANo'' '"N'-
Tom laughed little ,l, o. Ia enid
aWanId YOU really like me to SPEAK! nc s vni
~ ,-ou must YOU must y she replied. lou
npet show them that you are not GONG 10 NC !"
mere dummy. who only votes a. ne olyo an ass Of
,,,s dtI9 . y asked he. u dare say shall"
nysIi In sure YOU won't make yourself ridiculous,
she said "rve no doubt youM succeed sI very wei
OF course or, ~, then he said Its to please you,
you know
See axo ,o h ,r0 very nervous, doyou thinkP'
aGG " bon. not he replied And now, | sup
pose ought to go down TO the House again p rvov
or course you ought she sad ~. =. aT hSyo
And she gave him glance WHICH oughV " 1"''
made him proud and happy; .., .o.aod 60
his club where he tcS bounds at tor ecare
Mr. Tracy did not stay very ia'e at ME- "il-
clairs. A. ., Edith exolsimed
80 ~" ssi6 cood-bv. "Shall we see you again
bsfore long :? We are always in at five o'clock
an TUESDAYS and Fridays, as you Know ~.
II can hardly forget that, Miss Sincair' Tracy
reP Pyou s have rather avoided us lately, am
afraid. > Edith replied with an attempt at light
nes' Yes i Miss Sinclair, he said slowly have
ksn+ away a little. When ! came could hardly
sneak 10 YOU had to sit by and watch Iltahla
caressing the long ears OF BOTTOM. -. .,,l,.r
Edith felt very angry at these words; but WIEN eI
she looked at the speaker, and saw how unhappy
and detected he looked her anger gave way anu
she said quietly: 49, NJ 1roor
Won arc very IN lust TOTO Mr.. BaTaclife. -
After a pause she said, still more gently, :
shall be very unhappy if you continue 10 thlnk
'O Mr. Tracy uttered something between q sigh
and a groan pressed her hand for one moment, ana
then left the house. He walked home 10 ~, ms
io1oinas and then sat down and meditated sadly
He thought of Edith, of how he bad first meS
her and Of all their confidential conversations; Oh
how proud he of her intelligence ana neI
beauty, and Of how pleasant their friendship hSu
"Hnd now it is all over" he said t., himself
She is going to marry that tall, gooo-looKlng,
bim-I saw her eyes fol lowing him round lne
room. She liked me very much once, but never
like that She likes me still in. way, but our
old friendship is dead, and only wants decenb
Christian burial or if it still lives, it won't sur
vive her marriage TO that animal: between q
man and woman friendship that doesn't lead
TO a wedding will be ended by wedding. Aiter
all she is only going the way of all hcresses.
Thus did Tracy, sad at heart, sonloqulze, ana
then he fell again TO thinking OF Edlth, her nhe
penclled eyebrows and her lovely eyes, ana now
She had looked when she had said this we'll
remembered word and that. After much musing
he gave a deep sigh and took from shelf tlny
volume which he knew well 1t was thc
" Encbiridion of Epictetus" and he read in 1t the
familiar doctrine of ia 'epR hemin and tn me'eph
hemiR. 49, - AL oho,,4
Edith He too, had noticed the eyebrows ana
the eyes, and knew well as poor Tracy thai
Miss Sinclair was remarkably pretty.
This was an additional stroke of good fortune
heiresses so often think it superqous to be good
hooking; and he Thought with the greatest
pleasure of the suitors Miss Sinclair had he'd, over
All of whom he was going to triumph. MI;
DorraclifTes reading had not been extensive, and
| do not know if he had ever heard OF Congreye.
But he would have echoed the sentiment Of the
famous couplet,
II there is bliss in love, IT'S when see
The heart that others bleed for bleed for me-"
And then this thought wandered on to other
felds-to the purchase Of yearlings and the Blue
Ribbon of the Turf, and the still heavier stakes
of Sandown and Kenpton Even gentlemen VINO
don't care for poetry are capable OF imaginative
few VIC days later Mr. Tracy called at Mrs Sin
clair's and had few minutes talk with Edith
II want to tell you" he said, - that am sorry
7 smoke as | did the other night. You said L
was unjust to Mr. Barracliffe, and you are very
He paused, and looked at her for some time,
| smiling sadly. We have been very great friends,
Edith bowed her head, and her voice shook a
| little as she replied - -
And we shall continue 50, hope. Why should
everything be changed? Because, if
1--WE might be still the best of friends, If it
were not for one thing. | love you-love you so
passonately that the thought you will soon belong
to another is more than can bear. Ana so
am .prejudiced and unjust, as you say i am
| really saying good-by, Edith, now. l shall not
! see you again for some time, perhaps not tlll
after you are married. And If in the midst of
ali your happiness you can find time to think
| of one as desolate and unhappy as shall be,
think of me as kindly as you can
| Mr.. Tracy" Edith cried, u am so sorry
for all this; I never thought you cared for me
| in that sort OF way
"Good-by, he said again. Their hands clasRed,
and he gone.
| had told him that she not absolutely en-
gagged to Mr.. Barraclife, as he supposed, and
| then she was glad she had not undeceived him
For, after all, was he wrong? Had she not
virtually surrendered? She tried to imagine how
she would feel if everything was broken OF be
| tween her and Mr. Barraclife' But she took
refuge from this dismal prospect by reassuring her
self of her belief in him. To the superficial oh
| server nc might appear dull and commonplace she
had seen from the first that beneath his external
| indifference and occasional heaviness there lay
hid talent and character and deep feeling she was
sure Of this and the world at large would be sure
| of il, too, before very long.
In the midst Of these reflections poor Tracy
| was forgotten, and Edith was pleased to have hel
usual daily visit from Lady Cecilia who came In
| full of talk about Tom and the speech which he
| was going TO think seriously about in few days
| And while the young ladies were employed ir
this interesting and agreeable manner, Tom haC
hunted up Mr.. Tracy in his suburban lodging:
and was explaining 10 his old schoolfellow the
| very private and particular business which haC
| brought him to that Questionable neiGhborhoOd
Tom felt that his errand was n very disagreeablC
| one and he was very awkward at first; but thu
! interview was soon over, and he left the hous'
with the comfortable feeling of man who has
got what he wanted and now sees his patti
straight before him.
CHAPTER Ill
The great debate on the Want Of Confidence
Notion did not come Off till nearly month later
! There had been all the usual preliminary
sl1irmishes Of letters, public speeches. meetings
| demonstrations. The opponents of the New Pro
! gramme and its advocates were alike active anC
| Mr. Vavasour, shaking off the weight of wears
| lad risen to the occasion and produced one Of hi
. | Al t+,o