New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-03

sstently consulted, whom She had married TO
| likely, 'forehanded man, there she WINS standing
there and defyius her. And shc Mrs. North, could
not help herself The massive persistent slug
gisbness which had hitherto served it's posscssor
| so well was powerless now.
Not until this moment did Roxy North take
into her mind the full sense Of the ia It her daugh
ter was now woman And woman against
| whose will it was useless for her To struggle.
That slender shape standing there held some
thing stronger than she. She could not undQn
stand it. The mere effort 70 understand confused
| her
AS her mothers hands fell upon her lap Kath-
arine moved quickly forward TO her mothers side
She stopped over her and drew the shawl into
place. She arranged the chain shawl pins just as
her mother always arranged them. She did IL
defty and gently but without any tenderness In
| her touch or In her heart.
| Nlrs. North looked up at the the girl.
I'm much obliged to ye.' she said.
She sat still moment. She had. as she sat
there. an Undesirable appearance as If she could
not move-as if she must go right on sitting IN
that chair. She did not continue to look at
Katharine Her eyes fixed themselves on the
floor She seemed to have forgotten that she
had just said that they must he going
Mother said Katharine. I'm sorry
| The voice that uttered these words was very
solemn.
| Il guess there amt no need to talk any more,
replied Mrs. North.
| Then she turned toward her husband and re-
peated her former remark about going.
Mr.. North put on his hat with desperate ges
lure. Then. remembering where he was. he
removed it with the same kind Of a gesture. lie
| dropped the hat on chair, walked toward
| Katharine and took her In his arms lie held
her for an instant kissed her, then he turned and
| said in loud voice
Roxy, I'm ready TO 60 right away
His wife rose. She did not glance toward her
daughter or her sister es she walked 10 the door,
and she passed out of the room without glancing
Tie door closed upon them. Katharine re-
NAMED standing where her father had left her.
She was silent; Mrs. Lantaf respected the
silence
The girls face was so pale that the woman
watched her closely.
Suddenly Katharine turned and took her hat
| from u table her
| Aunt Kate she said. 81 think 1 will go
down 70 the beach feel some way as if there
wasn't air enough to breathe in this room
"Yes. 20. said Mrs. LANDAU. Katharine hur-
ried out of the hotel and down the hill. AT this
hour there were very few people visible, ana
those few were those who came 10 the shore 1or
| the day and who. as O matter Of duty. walk about
| continually. or sit and throw pebbles into the
water This kind of human being is always
more or les prevalent here from the Fourth OF
July 10 the first of September.
| But Katharine did not notice any ono.
She went straight among the rocks and sat
down in the shelter Of them She took of her
| hat and leaned her head back. She was glad
she came out The rushing and sucking OF the
hat nfi
she was thankful for that. She did not want
20 think. and she could not seem to do so in
this place.
Her face, unshaded by her hat was sharply
defined against the conglomerate rock which here
was OF dull. MIXED red.
Miss Wyckham had. in contradiction to her
usual custom. walked out at this hour Of tlie
day. The reason of her doing so was because
I,andaff had gone fishing and she expected him
| to return at my time now. He would leave his
| sailbmt in this cove and come up to the beach
| in 4 dory There WIS the dory anchored few
rods out, and there also the little white sail
boat coming in gayly, its canvas stretched taut
| in the wind.
Standing there close TO the waters edge, Miss
Wyckham, not TO seem TO watch too closely for
that boats arrival, turned 0nd glanced over the
rocks
Her wandering eyes paused an instant on Kath-
larine's figure. She could not scc the expression
NJ the face. but something in the attitude appealed
to her sympathy.
And vet, apparently, this was only girl re-
Ginning on the rocks and watching the tide come
Iin
When LANDAU had lcapcd ont Of lis dory
and had drawn it up above high water mark
Miss WycSbam said
"Owen, do you see that girl up there?'
The young man turned TO look.
Yes he said. IN tone which does not invite
further conversation on the subject
Miss Wyckham wns thinking thar il was pleas
ant 70 say Owen" rather than Mr.. LANDAU. y
She thought she would say it again Us soon as
there was opportunity.
WHO is she? p
Some one Mrs. LANDAU knows
lis she Of our %t?'
Llandaf could not help smngly slightly.
IL should say not he answered with noticeable
emphasis.
Miss Wyckham lifted her eyebrows MS She
glanced at him Then she lowered her voice TO
its gentlest cadence she inquired:
do YOU know her, Owen lie did not mp
near 10 notice the cadence or the glance as he
answered:
Mrs. LANDAU introduced me. Tie extent Of
conversation on nv part has been 70 say hoped
she liked the shore Why don't you ask about
my luck fshing?"
Presently the two climbed up the bill.
With every step LANDAU took, The resolution TO
return directly became stronger And yet he ala
NOT even in his own mind, acknowledge what
wrs the cause of this resolution
Afterward in thinking over that time as calmly
as the sudden possession, as he always called
it, would allow him TO do, he never couid tel
In what manner he got away from the ho'ci 10
which lie accompanied Miss Wyckham
| Rn, no did net awav lie went straight TO his
do,v and bent over it, examining it as if he
feared TINT he had left his most precious treasure
there
| u.ao, IN HE eycc darfcd that