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

mind, she did not notice-but, after that, time
passed very slowly indeed: Strange as it may
very aull-ahd lonely. Yes, she had been hasty-
too hesty-but there was no turning back now.
She had burned her bridges and, besides, had ever
Lovedale retraced step once taken? No! And
she held her pretty nose a little higher and tried
TO look hauehtily don t-caresh. all the time feel
ing very miserable indeed.
Everything seemed TO conspire to add to her
load of sorrow. She was pointed out on the street
as a colonist"; men about the hotel where she
boarded tried TO thrust their attentions upon her.
and, although she met, through the pastor of the
church she attended and at the home of her at
torney, many of the incest people in the city, she
was almost entirely ignored in social way, and
it CALLED her immeasurably. She, Lovedale-yes,
and a Hicks-Brown for even if the man who had
bestowed the last name her did work for
living, II was name to be proud of-to be ostra-
cised by these insignificant country people half the
men among whom attended balls in Prince Albert
or cutaway coats The idea As if she cared
And yet she did cares a great deal.
And Mr.. Hicks Brown? lie was working away
q moment II he could help it, for thought. Not
word had passed between him and a member of
the Lovedale family since the day his wife had
flung herself ont Of the house and returned TO her
parents. lie heard she had gone West for II di
vorce, and 1t made him vince, but he shut his
mopth more tightly and went at his work still
and they were not pleasant times There was one
IN particular A few months before, he had be-
gun to build, unknown 10 his wife, a handsome
came for him TO occupy it, and she WINS not there
70 enjoy H. His younger sister, orphan, who
had just finished school and had come TO live with
him, was delighted with everything. She ran all
over the house, fairly gushing with pleasure, and
did not know that her brother. sitting amid the
confusion Of furniture in the front hail. was think
ing of how much some one else would have been
pleased. And there were two big tears on his
cheeks when he remembered himself and arose to
superntcnd the work Of arranging furniture.
Everybody who reads the papers remembers the
Ilicks-Brown divorce trial-how .he defendant paid
no attention 10 the suit how the Judge, in grant
ing a decree without olimony, scored the fair
plaintiff for seeking divorce on such trivial
grounds, and assured her that he allowed decree
only because it plain to be seen that il was
after receiving her decree the plaintiff left sud
denly, and everybody said, 81 told YOU sol knew
she'd go as soon as she got it,"
But everybody does rot know that the reason
she left SO suddenly wa, that She received n tec-
gram announcing her fathers death. or that when
she reached home she found that he had died
bankrupt.
Hicks Brown knew it, and his heart achcl with
the longing to 70 her aid-and then the Hicks
Brown pride came to the surface. and his heart
hardened with n cold snap and he bent himself
10 his work harder than ever.
One morning, as he rode into town, Henry
IIicks-Brown was thinking how lonely his sister
must be sometimes ont there in that slow littc
| suburb and idca struck him. BY Jove!"
he thought, - its the very thing. There lots
Of nice girls who would jump at the chance 70
he companion 20 so Jolly girl "a LOt'ic.' Md
he stopped at The Sol" Office and left a Want"
advertisement. which Stated that n young lady
desired companion who was able 10 speak French
and possessed slrdry other accomplishments: muft
furnish best references: would receive liberal
salary. etc Apply in pcnon at residence No
- Grovc-ef."
Mabel Hicks-Brown discussing ways and means
with her mother al their slimlv furnished break
fast-tahe next morning. this advert scmcnt.
Its the very thing, mamma. and I'm going -
see about 1T to-day; Something must he DONE
and I'm the one TO do il. So"
But, Mabel, it seems so-so--why, the idea
of"
"Therc, there's no use saying a word. mamma.
We can't be chocscrs any more. And 50 1T was
settled.
Al o'clock thatartenoon, Mabel Hicks Brown
rang the door-hc Of the house in Grovcst. in
dicated In the Advertisement, and was admitted nv
a trim maid who seemed ~ know her errand, aud
ushcred her into the pretty drawing-room on the
right
Somehow the room had familiar look. At
least, there were things in il that seemed FAM liar
That picture in the dark corncr-shc must have
seen il before She 10 look AT il, and, a. she
did so, some one came hurricdly into the room.
Turning, She stood facc-tofacc with Henry Hicks
BrOwu.
For a full half minute they stood staring AT each
ether, stunned Then Mabel weak from the strain
of the weeks and month, Just passed gave shud-
dcring sob aid sank 10 the floor.
Ten minutes later she found herself upon the
divan in the corner. with pair OF strong arms
about her and n very dear face 81 50 - her own.
while deep, tremulous voice whispered, Mabel,
can't we-can't We make il all up? Tell me, lit
| tie girl
hour after that they stood in the study of the par
sonage close by-lIioks-Brow would have II so
for all the world like pair Of elorer-. and what
had taken nearly five months to unite was rctl'd
in five minutes
And tina, was the real end of the celebrated
IIicks-BrOwn divorce casc-thc part that only
small minority Of the newspaper reading public
knows abOut.-lR l.. Kctchum III The San Fran
cisco Argonaut