New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-31

Tor lack OF one Spce.I from IeT DClV''
open rs lips.
you know you need me. You know l am III
valuable 10 you. promise not 10 stay unless you
feel as II you couldn't live without me- buO you
must give me permission 10 go with you
Two O. three times since her knowledge OF owen
Mrs LANDAU had seen him look like this ana al
those times she had had an inruitivc senSc tha'
SIC must Weld 20 him.
Sic had that sense now. They started lor
little hamlet on the coast OF Maine, ana long
before the journeys end she told herself thai that
feetng fear she had suddenly felt was utterly
without foundation. Size wondered that she mac
telt Il. And yet she was woman Of intui'lohs :
a woman who could read the slightest lifting OF
an eyebrow in a face she knew.
II is a curious fact that sometimes, in moments
tie most full Of significance, the keenestsiehtcd
become blind.
The last OF the journey was stage ride OF t"o
hours and the settlement where that stage stopped
was made up Of half dozen houses on OH
overlooking tie place more remote more
desolate look at could hardly imagine.
Il spent month here once said Mrs LANDAU
And | rested all the time. | had to resi- LOT
there was nothing else | could do. Now nave
come that | might have n chance to get ac-
quainted with my niece. And | don't think any
one here knows that | am great public speaker
That in itself is recommendation. Capn Marble
wife boarded me that summer She boarded Cap'n
Marble at the same time. She said she dldht
make 10 money outer him and she should be
obliged to make all the more out Of me. She
charged 81. - per weGN and had to pay extra Tor
laundry. work BESIDES paying much in money
! answered her questions. ! wish | had made a
note of all the questions answered that summer
She asked how old | was. Think Of asking mat
of a woman Of my age, Owen
Owen looked qui2zically at his step mother.
Il have always lonecd TO know" he said,
What did you tell her.
Il quoted that convenient phrase that a woman
is old as she looks and a old as he feels
lou should have seen her face. But | made
point of replying literally to everything else, even
to the size of shoes wore and how long ago it
was that my hair began to grow noticeably gray.
and how much this diamond rng cost, and why
| used a file my nails generally rather than a
pcnknifc and If ever had the same dream three
nights running and many other things which
might not interest this audience 10 hear
Cries Of 'goodr Go on" exclaimed LANDAU
whose spirits were now in an enervescent state.
But Mrs LANDAU did not 10 on, though she
caught Katharine's laughing eager eyes upon her
learned, that there was this peculiarly about
Katharine that even when she did not speak she
often had the effect Of having done so. and that
there was something subtly stimulating in the
mere fact that she was present and was listening
If she were IN a room the air held u property
that was sensibly felt
Mrs LANDAU who liked 10 study unusual
effects soon began TO study this subject.
just now, however the three were walking
along the one street Of the hamlet And every
inhabitant along the street was looking at them.
They were on their way 10 Capn Marbles, and
Cap'n Marbles was the last house, the one perchcd
nearest TO the edge Of the cliff and from which
fight of steps went down almost from the door
step 70 the beach below.
There WAS another entrance 10 the house how
ever, famiarly known the end door," and
from this opening there now emerged a thin old
man clothed in much faded pantaloons and an
equally faded blue woollcn shirt. He put up hs
hand 10 shade his eyes, although in his position
he could only have been dazzlcd by the efYulgcnce
OF his visitors, as the sun hal gone down below
the horizon.
But If he were dazzlcd he was in no WAY
abashed. Capn Marble was not afflicted with
shyncss. lie used 10 ask il he want = goods
anybody? And he would always answer his own
question by the immediate assertion that he was
as good II he behaved as well, N he Centrally
calklated to behave
This now waited for the newcomers 70
approach When they had reached him he put
out Il hand and said hu,kly:
Il guess It's Ms' Llan1af. You Amt changed
a grain Walk right In. NY wifc's ben havin'
one OF her turns but she's comm 10 now Want
10 git boord? We've had to rise on our price.
Mol, On
couldn't scrub her fingers to the bone for no less
We amt had anybody yet. Come In. say.
She's a most out Of her turn"
He spoke In a level, husky voice not much above
whisper, and he OF those who do not
seem to expect any reply.
He led the way in through the end door TO
The other side OF the house where he had left
Mn Marble engaged in coming out Of her turn
Apparently she had fully emerged, for she came
forward with the utmost alacrity, stared intently
twas Mis- LANDAU and that she hadn't changed
grain, adding that her husband had r1scn on
the price of board, because he wouldn't 90
fishing for no strangers at 81 - any more
Here Cap'n Marble chucklcd hoarsclv
The three were invited to sit down. which
they did with great solcmnty, and Mrs. Liam
daft proceeded 70 arrange for the two upstairs
room for herself and niece.
Meanwhile through open window the east
wind was rushing in IL the house were u ship
under full sail, and as if one might be liable 10
be sea-sck
There was no sound in The universe but the
sound Of wind and water. and no odor but that
deep strong fragrance from the ocean which
iii led ones lungs and went thrilling through ones
blood
Katharine as II impelled by q sudden vgor
and Joy born Of that salt wind and that diapason
Of sound, rose from her chair and walked out of
the house She sat on those steps which led TO
tile beach IL nearly higk tide There was
an almost painful fullness Of life in the girls
pulses