New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-13

Ills ldtneI, size siOOG uNucf inc tries dl -hPP4S
WOOD, waiting the coming Of her lover. Very sh!
she was and sweet, d picture vi maiden happiness
| and love. both new aud tender that they wcIS
as yet AFRAID 10 show themselves. and were ali
! tie sWeetcr and lOyelcr fUr the fear
James keTslake looked at her, and all the sym
pathy ne had felt for bis father, all the moTGSe
| haif-pity for himself, that his father had called
up. iell from him. My darling!" he said and
Bat yet she knew. when they sat down to-
getAcr under the poisoning appIc-trees, ina, q
shadow had come between item. Her lover had
| seemed 10 her 10 be always grave man OF tne
world, but She had liked him better for ms
gravity, and for those Stern ambitions that were
50 novel to her experience. And he had IKEA nsi
better because she was without ambition, MOTH
ing but sweet refuge Of lovely looks ana happ!
hopes. lie gazed at her more critically now,
with tender and yearnlns admiration oa' BE- 20
with sense Of all he must give up for her SAKE
and perhaps with doubt whether the END "Oulu
justify the effort for either of them; IN.
." Is your father satisfied ?" she asked soltiy.
He held her hand and caressed II, looIHhS uo"h
at her long white fingers.
My father is an ambitious man . ,.u
Yes" she said wonderingly, waiting 70 near
more.
And / am not rich"
oh and l am quite poor. I have nothing;
suppose, nothing. But | thought you seemed
to have money always
My father supplied it. ,,,orr,.
"YOu mean that you cannot afford 70 marry
me Is il all a mistake then ,d .roub,o
There wonder in her voice, anu uo"-''
No, dear, not that-never that. But life VIII
not be az easy TO as | had hoped; MY ia.ht ta
will not help us to marry, and snail ha>c ~
do the best can without him.
And then he told her all his difficulty. ana
all his disappointment He spoke OF MS iather
trouble and Of the Destruction or DIS own caleci'
He had not meant to do this. but her SWEEP y IN
pathy encouraged him, and he said to himself 'iiae
She had a right TO know everything, that sne
could not face the situation properly without E5
understanding it, His life with ms lalher haa
developed q certain seltishness that was not,
however, of very deep growth in his nature, ana
he had never before been in intimate restlohsnlp
with loving and sensitive woman. therefore,
he dx not calculate the effect upon her Of Of what
he said She listened sympathetcally she
understood so fully, that il was mental resi-
to talk with her When he had finished she SAID
Il will never part you from your father
And this was her final resolve. Nothing he
could say would shake her;
CHAPTER IL
In the grounds Of Appew0od (which were eX-
tensive enohgh to be called a park, without hav,
ing ever received that ambitious name there s'ood
pretty erection, .qnaintly, Gothic, and covered
with creepcrs It looked like a row OF cottages,
but the cottage at one end was larger then the
rest. All Of them had gardens in front, ana the
pretty latticed windows looked across Strips OF
iowcr-brightened greenery 70 low hedge ana tHe
highway beyond. The highway was supposed To
he cheerful outlook for the nhabitants. OF these
pretty dwellings, At the back shrupDery, anu anu
behind that little wood cut them of from lnc
rest of Mrs. Ringers peasure-groundS, ana Nlu
these private 5000
The cottages had been built fifty years before,
when Mrs Ringer young bride whose nus
band del GIFTED 10 humor her phllanthropic Iancles,
and before her masterful children came INTO the
world TO absorb her riches and control her Iahces
One end of il cottage hospital, to when were
sent convalescents from London, that great city
not so far away, though the noise OF 1t ana the
smoke of it never penetrated The recesseS Oh
ApplewOOd In the smaller dwellings, nNed women
of various ages, who were too old or too aillng
to earn their own living any more. 1t had always
been one Of Maud's principal duties 70 Visit the
- -. In fnfu foe In
various ways, and cheering them always with her
bright yOuthfuneSs
In the cottage hospital was now an elderly
woman who had recently been sent there from
Stllport. Mrs Ringer had always kept up her
connection with that seaside place; she visited 1t
yearly with her adopted daughter, ana loNed 10
point out the exact spot where the ch4d was
found among the sandhills. IL would soon bc
impossible TO point it out any longer for Still
port was absorbing into itself the sand wastes on
eT ge on from sor Itself the haunt Of
convaescents, but Mrs Ringer had been appealed
to by the vicar Of the place on behalf OF one OF
his parishoners. 1t this woman who was
now an inhabitant of the cottage hospital. She
was one Of those sad and solitary creatures who
earn q hard living alone and are helpless when
they fall into sickness. She wac .,, a WIDOW VINO
had kept lodgings for years IN StiLport. Az one
time she had had house on the front" and had
let it to L" the first people from the surrounding
country. As her furniture grew shabbcr and
she herself grew feeble, she had drifted into side
streets and then into back-streets, and was dis
covered at last by the vicar suffering from a
nervous illness brought on by hard work and
anxiety, all her savings gone, and her prospect
Of work III the future gone too
She had been received at the cottage hospital,
and it was intended, when she was sufficiently
recovered TO need no more care, 70 move her into
one of the almshouses, and let her end her life
there. She had been in the hands OF the resident
nurse when she first came Maud had begun
TO visit her and it on a sunny afternoon
that she paused in the ivied porch before enter
ing H.. $500 - .,,
bright, and the color on her checks delicate and
sweet IL takes much sorrow 10 destroy the
health of young creature like her. but young
heart may be very miserable IN spite of outward
signs Of we'll being and prosperity.
She had sent her lover away, but Ire had not
given her up. lie had declared that he would
overcome ali obstacles and make her his in the
end. His first idea was to unravel the mystery
of her origin. He was sure that more might have
been done in this direction than had been done
in the beginning. He spoke TO Mrs Ringer on
The subject lie looked at the little garments
the child had worn, and felt certain that they
had belonged TO the child of wealthy people Bat
these convictions had cOmfortcd Maud very little.
If had belonged TO any persons OF importance,
they would have found mo out she said; So il
must have been easy to trace me"
Besides, her own dim memories were Of little
rooms and one woman whom she called Nanny"
She was sure that Nanny had washed and
dressed her herself and had taken her out walk.
ing alone She had a confused recollection Of ~
crowd Of people, and being left in it for a
moment, and Of a man who frightened her, so
that she ran away; then Of lonely shore, and
sand-hs, and then of Mrs Ringers face and
voice.
Nothing much could he made OF this certainly
nothing that was hopeful James Kersake had
gone away 20 institute inquiries, but Maud felt
that he never would return.
Il cannot spoil his life she said to herself,
as she Looked into the horse hestnuts. thickencd
now into massive green. and gay with flower
spikes: and / cannot take him from his father
lie has known me such q short time. ! have
pleased his fancy. But could not satisfy his
heart forever if let him give up much for my
sake; and I am not clever enough to help him
much"
Her lips quvered. and her eyes filed with tears
Then she remembered her resolve not TO fret fool
ishly. but 10 live on with courage and hope, max
ing the best Of what she had to do. Her nearest
duty was her visit to the cOnvalesccnt. She
opened the door and went in.
The nurse seeing her, TO go out Maud
set her free for q little walk nearly every day
at this time.
She's doing very nicely Miss Maudn said