New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-08

to years end in lonely huts. mere bosndary-riders
and whim-drvers" .,.;u,od Mice ryo.
| Ign, with virtuous vigor Il nave "o - "'p"V"'
| with them, not an atom L., r .ho
bushman who had seen better days had vanished
| quite out of her head when Gohtditcu' d We
| know, q strong MIND ard was perhaps rather swoi-
| len by conscious strength.
Come, come, Evelyn! do not like to hear my
dear girl settle questions in that way-quesuons o.
Fvelyn. nv darlingl However, the young man
speak Of has done nothing to meris any ones con-
tcmpt-nothine, nothing aVeriEu .nc o nI,oa
WIN VIM Elm Who came out to the Colonies and
| and has not yet done well as he hoped to 90
And found had been at school WIN his dyp6g
| Where is he now? asHe0 h'eHh' oHihi"s
Here in the house" confessed the Bishop. He
goes on in the c0'cn' d 1snv'S ri ah %"' 20"
didn't see him before he went. lie is going down
10 sydney to get himself some decent clothes ana
have also asked HIM TO nave ms oea fc, ia Io
! will be back here in a fortnight, and you VIII see
him then; for lie is coming back as my lay
They covered some yards in silence. Then Eve,
| lyn casually inquired the young mans name, ana
her father told her that i was Toilet Chrlsnan
| AS they approached the house the Bishop per-
suaded his daughter 10 eiiace herself until the
| coach had gone il was not fair. he said. to meet
|
| would come back different being. 1t would have
been inevitable, such meeting, had Evelyn been
in when they, arrived put now Una! IL Man t
of mind to avoid it? He knew she must feel very
inousitive SO she did but she loved, above most
things an appeal TO mSf strength Oh mot n to meet
| And stronC-mindcd Evelyn contrived to see
through window Of the room in which the future
reader was waitng-herself unseen in the ea'her-
She could not see much: slim young
m iImin riT by the the flames with ckc,ns patches
| of orange: thick black hair: thin black heard
moeskins. lcggines, Crimcan Shirt and Il , lrit
wideawake on the floor between his isc,' :. ,r as
| was absolutely all that Evelyn saw. Bat II was
enough The contempt she felt or ancc.ea lor
weak humanity did not trouble her lust thcn,
Miss Mcthuen forgot It, Miss MethueI, ior I Inr
the burned and bearded bushman who had known WI
| better DAYS And the sight was good Ill her
eyes.
Within the fortnight Toilet duly reappcarrd-
a ouietIy dressed, clean-shaven. earnest young
man And within the week after fIiat ne iounn
so honest and ighsoucd. so frank ana nc. s s
minded as Miss Methucn. lie told her his story
| and the worst part of it, which the bishoP nan
| NOT told hcr-in a sudden burst of mlnglcd Shane
| and thankfulncss. and in chance five minutes IN
tho starlit vcranda. His cnrsc had been nriliR
Yct Miss Mcthuen heard this revoting con,s rn,
| without being visibly rcvoltcd-cN"h Wi,n""'
| that contemptuous curl which came too cas'N u
Forgive me- he murmured, forgive m me mo, ,"r
telling You. couldn't help it | can't go on pre-
| tending TO have been what ] have not been-horI
to yon who are so honest, and frank, ana strong
How do you know ] am stronS? a asf tnae ,nS
| girl coorng with pleasure: lor he ha" ""s''''
| the handspring Of her VANITY
| Il it
"Oh, but am not
Won are. Won are he exclaimed, contra
| dicting her almost as vchcmcntly as she desired.
| And now YOU can never think the same oil me
acain-though you will not show, it
softest tone. Il will think all the NOR, Of you
for having climbed out of that pit! You are
going climbing now only th'n 1s now th "' h't
tom Of the horrible pit than had You started
from the level land. and never fallen!
from mn nobility As She uttered 1T she gave him
her hand, frankly and cordially Then She leit
linn alone in the starlight, inspired t. do ana 20
s ts heights Of divine en!erpriscn,a,ways
supported by the strong soul OF Evelyn Mc'nnch n
The obvious sequel Of that starry nlght took
| creditable 20 both parties that II did rot take
| place much sooner. AT length. however on
s%aa eeh Mss Isl ' Mesn found ND bec in
angle of Toilets arm-hcard him whisper ~ the
sweet end what Others mere bows han On,
found her head living back npon ms
shoulder-and brcathed scarce knowing II. an
answer which deserved finer dfoGT rat ,t t sh
| had been properly and definitely asked IN mar
ringe the Incompatible Mis- Mcthucn.
| Then Bishop Me'huen made the force OF his
| character unpleasantly apparent.
| For so gentle and godly man, he showed a
truly amazing capacity for anccr-and anger OF a
| vc,y downright, usual and Britannia description
Angry however. as he was with the G'dpfits
he was still more angry with himself; and-wha'
was not usual but the very rcLeisf ,s nanr
Putting the pair on parole, lie promised 10 give
the matter fair consideration, and he did 50 IN
Sortentons privacy. Then emerging, ike III"
oft mo
Z what was really, the whole most mcrclin
verdict. Evelyn was 10 go down 10 sydney, and
STAY with her fine friends there as many months
us they would have hcr-six, il possible. TIER
were 10 be no letters, no direct communication Of
any kind But If they were both OF me sane .,,
posing Follet was a. jealous and earnest worker
then as now-thcn the Bishop would consider the
whole matter afresh They need not look for
an unconditional consent even then. The very
promise of reconsideration was essentially con-
r ditonal.
: SO Miss Methucn went lown to Sydney a
{ month before Christmas; and the Bishop, in his
view with Toilet on the eve of her departure.
Nor did DR.. Methuens goodness end 1nen ro OF
that time forth. The very next DAY he made
the young man fetch his trunks from the chap,
2 iain's house where hitherto he had lodged, ana
keep bed and board hcnccforward at the Lodge
Both were free and it was the Bishop. OF course.
$ who had paid for those trunks ana their contents
rot as q present $50 he said, but as an advance
Of salary He would have had MS remember
that the young fellow was his old schoolfcilow,'s
! son. The Young fellow, however, had a'nihblc
characteristics of his More than this, he was
of real use to the Bishop, being, in spite OF ms
sins, more to the manner born than the honest
e tbnt indigenous chaplain. strong mutual af.
/; lection came into bcin, between the old man AMI
| the young ONE and daily lncreased-an attachment
c apart from gratitude. Folcts gratitude was q
thing by itself something never expressed in words
J., nor by any conscious look or act. Cncon'cionsy
he expressed il every day, And these bonds were
c supplemented by one still sronger-that is, on
I Follets side; the impalpab" bond Of Evelyn
. They seldom spoke Of her; never IN any but the
2 most casual connection. But Toilet loved to think
e Of the good old man as Evclyn's father. The
Bishop. on the contrary, hated Ia think of Toilet
. as her lover. lie knew Evelyn better than Eve
lyn knew herself.