New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
PIETRO GHISLERl.
CHAPTER V.
~ r. MARION CRAWFORD

Author o. "Sancinesca." "The Three fatc>' cue
Copyright 1902. by Macmillan q Co.
IN Pho Saturday succeeding Faster Lord
Herbert Arden and Laura Carlyon wcr" .''
ried The ceremony was conducted, az 'heS "o'"
desired very quietly and unostentationsiS' as was
becoming for young couple who must i've eco-
nomicallv Few persons wore asked 10 Nc prpsc"'
AT the wedding service. and among them was .oi
Gbislcri IIc had seen English weddings before,
hut he looked on with some curiosity anu VIII"
rather MIXED feelings of satisfaction and regret.
u. thougbt 20 bs own life az he stood there, and
eor one moment he sincerely wished that ne were
.n,v awaiting his turn to be dealt with as Arden
was 70 be taken by the hand Joined to The woman
be loved and turned out upon the world we'll
behaved. prorcr married man. The next moment
ha smiled family and rather bitterly. Marriage
had not been instituted for mon like hiin. thoueh'
Ghislcri II it had been IL would hardly nav"
been so successful an institution as II mas proven
itself Az for the young couple. he wished them
we'll Arden was almost the only man ior whoil
he felt any attachment and he had the most SIN
cere admiration for Laura.
Without feeling anything in the least reSenl-
hing affection for the lovely English girl, nc was
conscious that he thought Of her very Often ii'r
eyes which he called holy, AMI sanity. ana sweet
and dark in his rough.rhymed impressions OF 'he
day, haunted him by night like the eyes OF Eau
orce, following him in his unbest wanderings
through life OF love for her. he felt not 'he
slightest thrill. His pulse never quickened when
she came, nor was hc At all depressed ny her ue-
n.r,urc II he had cared for her in The very least
i. must have caused him some little pain to sec
her married TO another before his eyes. instead,
tho onlv possnp regret he felt was that he couio
MT himself stand in some such position as Arden
hut nv another nyoman's side. To that other lie
save all as he honestly believed, which he had
IN give II was long, too. since the very posi-
hiI;tv ~ loving Young girl had crossed his NINA
and since his early youth there had not peeh any
thing approaching 10 the reality OF such love III
his life And yet he knew that he wa: IN some
derree under Iaura's influence. and in way IN
which he was assnrcdly not under that OF the
Contessa DELI Armi The consciousness OF TINS
fact annoyed him There was good deal OF
certain sort of loyalty in his nature. bad as ne De
lieved himself TO be. and bad as MANY honest ana
GOOD people who read this history will unioup'eoiy
say that he was II such badness couid DC 1us''
fed or even excused, il would not oe nara 10 i'nu
some reasonable excuses for him. ana aiter all lie
was probably not worse than hundred others t'
he found in the society of every great city. lie
Thought he was worse, sometimes. as he had toio
Arden. because he himself also thought that he
was doing And of the consequences OF his deeds
Il ia most likely. considering his character that
an that time Laura Carlyon represented TO INN
.roc,es NJ ideal snch rs he could admire with al
bia heart ~ a distance and nearly concldlne
With his own as to he very often in his Thoughts
in the place Of the one he had so long ago con-
s+ructed for himself All this sounds very compli
Gated. while the facts in the case were oroao'S
plan He appreciated Laura IN the higheSt az"
GREE and did not love her al all lie was SIN
cerelv glad that his best If not his only intimate
friend should marry her. and when he bid them
aoodby he did not feel the smallest twinge 81
REGRET except as at temporary parting from wv
persons whom he liked
"You must come and stop with us TINS summer
said Arden, looking up at him with flushed an'
bayy face "lou know how glad my orothc'
.l,vays IL TO see YOU Besides. YOU are an ole
friend of nv wife's. if any further reasons are
necessary She wants You TO come too
"Of course do, said Laura. promptly az she
held out her hand.
STRANGE 70 say. she had felt far less Of tina
UNPLEASANT. half ,imid. half panied dislike fo
l;hisleri since she had grown used 70 the idea
being Herbert Ardcn's wife
And now that her name was really changed
and she was forever bound to her husband, sh'
felt Il not at all 1t strange. considering thf
circumstances that she should have the certainty
TINT Arden could and would protect her. come
what might The poor little shrunken frame Ger
tanly did not suggest the manly strength to shci'
A woman in danger which every woman loves
feel The thin white hand would have been bn
a bundle Of threads In Ghislerl's strong grip Ah'
yct Laura Arden, as che now was 70 be called
knew that she would trust her husband 70 tak'
her part and win against stronger ana wofs'
- Ill e1.a lao. moo
and. what IL more. Ghisleri saw that shr did, an'
his admiration rose still higher There must o
.omethine magnificent in woman who could 81
wholly forget such outward frailncss and deforml
" in the man she loved az to forget also tina
souneti,nes in life mans hand may need tina
sama common brute strength, Just to match !
AGAINST another's, for a woman's dear sake. Sncl
1--we as that. thought Pictro. must be snprcmel'
noble. uns,lfsh and lasting. Being founded upol
no outward illusion, there was no reason why any
thing should undermine it. nor why the founda
ton itself should ever crumble away
That was his view and, on the whole, IL wa
mt an unjust ono For the facts were true. II
when they drove away TO thc station llerbcr
Arden had suddenly. by megic. been clothed II
the colossal frame and iron strength OF San Ola
cinto himself. Laura would have felt no safer no
miro perfectly shielded and guarded from eirthi
harm than she really did while she was Pulling Il
en-. window lest her husband should catch col
even in the mild April air. and lovingly ar'ansin
the heavy silk scarf about his neck
They went southwark by common consent a
,nd..d they did everything. They would 20 I
Ensland later in tho year, in June perhaps vine
a. ~ warmer. In the mean while Ardens brothe
MA offered them his yacht. and they could cruis
: H. \ month in the Mediterranean, almost choos