New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-21

bic mixture of devotion and fckltness lie at
taches himself to the new without detachlhS niih-
| self from the old lie wOrshlps both the ear,hy
| and the Olymplan Venus. ii" l. good leiio"'
little I'ompierrc and like him, hut II Is impos ~
| -.ile for any man (, adore women at fhe rate on
| six at time. ! begin to think that nc uiusV "c
a very deep character s,. =,
That j. the last thing I should say of him, u.
observed Savelli, who was deficient in the sens OIL
humOr.
How literal you are, Francesca laughed his
wife. "And yourself, Chesterfield rs about your
self. Are you quite well again? You SIN look
! drcadfully thin but You look better thah WIEN
saw you last What does your doctor say -,
:" lie says that if | do not happen to eaten coii
or have u choking tit, or "ongh or any VI
| fifty things he names. and if ] do not chance Z
get shot in the same place again, in the course OF
| "A year or two ! may be as good man as ever 1.
appears that have "A good constitution. always
| supposed so, because / never had anything 'ie
matter with mo, "a far aS know .,.,
" No one will over forgive Glaniortr cNcialn'd
| Adele If YOU had died, he would have had 70
90 away forever. Everybody says he was utterly
The matter is settled said Ghsleri. and
do not think either of H. need have anythihg 10
| cay about the Others conduct IN the allair'
suppose you hay" heard that the Ministry mas
! falcn," hc continued turning to N2Nc!Il les
tcrlay atorn0on-thc old story Of cours" finance:
" For Heavens sake do not begin 10 talk poll
ties AZ this hour protested Adele. "Tonight,
when Am asleep. You can smoke all The cigars IN
the house, and rcconstitutc dozen Ministries If
| !
Iou have not toll me half enough yet.
Where shall / bclino All. by the bye, there
il an cnsag"mrnt, ! boar ! have not lsft n car,is
| hccaus, il l. not official. PicraStnta and Donna
| Gwendalna Frangipani-rathcr an odd match, IL
"Pcrrasanta." exclaimed Adele. - Who wouIi
| have thought that And Gwrndaina. OF all peo-
pie, But they will starvr my dear Ghslcri they
will positively not have twenty thousand francs a
| year between them.
| No said Savclli, "you are quite right, my
| seven t,pn pphtcpu thousand 1--WE
hundred almost exactly.
Saveili was Intimately acquainted with tho
| affairs OF his friends, and both parties were rA-
lated TO him in the present case. lie pride1 him
sf upon his extreme eNactncss about all questions
| Of money
the meal Gh,lori knew just what sort OF
news most amused his hostess and ~ usual he
-ucccG,cd in telling her the truth about thing.
| and people without saying anything spltefnl or
any ore. He had resolved, TOO that he would
make himself especially agreeable to the couple IN
their voluntary exile He had come With a , set
| purpose. and he meant To execute II II possible
| As he was evidently not yet strong. Savcli pro-
posed that they should drive instead OF walking.
| Ghislcri acccded readily. though he would nave
preferred 10 stay Mt home after having travelled
nearly thirty miles in olting carriage during tle
morning The sensation of physical fatigue which
lc constantly experienced since hr hal D,rn wound
ed was new TO him and not At all pleasant
Nothing OF any Importance occurred during the
afternoon. The conversation continued II, nuch
the same way NJ il had begun N breakfast, inter
spcrsed with remarks about agriculture and the
nrrohobilitrs Of crops Savci understood the
financial side of farming better than Ghisler but
the latter had much lnorr practical az iu,lhtahce
with the capabilities of different sort. OF land.
After they lad returned t. the castle. Francesca
left Ghlslcri with his wifi" IN the drawin!.roonii.
| and went of to his OWL quarters TO talk with the
| steward of the estate. Tea served. but Pietro
| noticed that Adele did not take any.
Il suppose YOU are afraid That It Wonli keep
| YOU awak" AZ niglt, h" remark"l How Is your
/ insomnia? Do YOU sleep at all ,?
Il am getting quite well again,' Adele an;
| swcrrd You know | always told you that
| needed something really stlong 10 make m sleep
The doctor has given me chloral. and never wake
ND bcfcr, eight or nine o'clock. IL i 4 wonder
ful medicine" A. ... on,ah,o
| thincsn said Ghi~cr in n mc'litttNe tcnr.
| knew - man in Constantnoplr who told N" TINT
At ono time he never slept NJ AL or thrr, months MI,
| mont | believe h. suffered horribly. But fh'N
he bal something on his mind NJ the time whlch
accounted for ii 10 certain extent
| =" suppose he had lost money or something OF
that kind. conjccturcd Adele stirring two Jumps
of sugar in IA glass of water. Ala. r., In, 40
| citlcntalv killed his most intimate friend on
| shooting expedition in the l}ccrlGc forest.
| Ghslcri heard the spoon rattle sharply against
| the glass, Ndclc's hand shook, and he saw that
How torriblc," she exclaimed. in a low voice
ic- anN,rG9 "h,GrI' in tn" SAM i hsh ,ne
courage to refuse choral, or any sort of sleeping
draught. though he often sat up reading all night
He had been told, You see. that the habit of such
| ihings was much more dangerous than insomnia
itself and he was ultimately cured by takin.. a
| Great deal of exercise lie had an extraordinary
| force of will. | believe ~ has never felt any
bad elect from what he endured. You know one
can got used e. anything. Look N the pcopl"
who ,;arve in public for forty days AMI 10 not
We shall SEQ Pictrasan,a and his wife doing
that for the next forty years" said Adele, with
toicahly natural laugh They ought to 20 into
Ia.
happy They say nothing spoils III" temper like
Hunger We're You ever near being starved to
death on any of your travels, Ghislcr
No: | never got further than being obliged u
live on nothing but beans and bad water for nine
DAYS That wins quite far enough though. | got
thin. and have never eaten beans since.
Il do not wonder. Fancy eating beans Tor
nearly a fortnight. | should have died. And
where was il? Wcr You imprisoned for spy in
South America? One never knows what may or
may not have happened to you you are such an
unaccountablr man.
That never happened to me-. II was at SET
took il into my head to 90 to sardinia in a small
of beans TO bring back Sandman wine We were
bccalmcd, and got short of provisions, so that we
fell back on thu beans. They kept us alive, but
would rather not try 1t again"
What endless adventures you have had How
tame this society life Of ours must seem TO YOU
after what you have been accustomed to How
can y0u endure 1t ~
1T is never very hard to put mp with what one
likes" answered Ghslcri, nor even TO endure
what one diskes for the sake of somebody to
whom one is attached
If any one else said that it would sound like
platitudc. But with You it is quite different
One feels that yon mean all yol say
Adele evidently determined to be cOmpli-
mentary and even more than complimentary to-
day She was never cold or ut all unfricndly with
Ghislcri, whom she liked and admired, AMI whom
she always hoped to ultimately established as
IA permanent member of her own immediate circle,
but he did not remember that she had ever talked
exactly as she was talking now, and h. attribntei
her manner to her nervousness. lie laughed care
l,ssly at her last remark
II am not used to such good treatment he
said though | never can understand why people
take the trouble to doubt ones word IL is 80
much easier to believe cverythng-so much less
trouble.
= l should not have thought that You were a
very creduous person, answered Adele You
have had too much experience for that.
Experience docs not always mean dsillusion-
mcnt. One may find out that there are honest
people as we'll as dishonest in the world"