New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02

1T was not very hard TO guess. lou io'cu eacIi
other you went constantly to the house and spent
your evenings with her in other peoples houses,
there was no reason why you should not marry
accordingly took it for granted that you would
be married. You see that was right. am de-
lighted. Ask me to tho wedding
Arden laughed.
Il thought you would never enter one OF our
churches" lie exclaimed.
al did not know that I had such reputation
for devout obedience TO general rules answered
Ghiseri
AS for your reputation, my dear fellow, it is
NOT that Of q saint. But l once saw you saying
your prayers"
Il dare say" replied Pietro. indllerenty Il
sometimes do. but not generally in the Corso, nor
an the Pincio How long was that DO you hap
pen to remember"
six or seven years, l fancy-oh, yes. 1t was
in that little church in Deppe, just before you
went Of on that long cruise-you remember H.
too, fancy"
II suppose thought was going to be drowned
and was seized with passing asuc oil prema'u"
repentance" said Ghslcri. lighting cigarette
What a queer fellow you arel" observed Ar
den. striking light in his turn . was taking
with Miss Carlyon about you some timo ago. anu
told her you were a sinner. but riehtcous ohe'
"A shade worse than others. perhaps, because
,,now a little better what | am doing, answered
Ghisleri. with sneer evidently intended Tor him.
self
He was looking at the tomb of Cecilia Metella
az il rose in sight above the horses heads az ''e
turn of the road, and he thought of what llad nap
pened TO him there years ago. and OF the cohSe-
ouences Arden knew nothing of the ASSOCIATIONS
the ruin had for his friend, and laughed again.
He was in very happy humos on thatdaE' as ''c
was for many days afterward .,
IL can never quite make you out nc saiu.
Are you good bad, or a humbug? You cannot
be both good and bad at once. you know.
"No. But one may he often Dad' anu so'ne-
times do decently good deeds, observed uhiser''
with a dry laugh Let talk of your mar
ragc instead OF specializing on my saNa''on' vi
more probably perdtion. if there really Is sue" d
thing When is the wedding day.
Arden was full of plans for the future. and they
drove far out talking Of all that was before 'he
young couple
On the following day the news was announced
% tho city and the world The world held mp It's
hands in wonder, and its tongue wagged Tor
whole week and few days more. Laura Caryon
was to marry a penniless cripple of the most dis
sinsted habits How shocking! OF course every
one knew that Lord Herbert had not tainted a.
all that night at the Palazzo BracciO. but had
succumbed. in the natural course OF events 10
the effects of the champagne lie had taken az
dinner. That was now quite certain Ana 'he
whole world Mas well aware that his iather hao
cnt him oil with a pittance on account Oh HIS
ev; WAYS. and that his brother had twice pal"
his gambling debts to save the family name Iro'''
disorace Englishmen as race, ana EnSiish GRIP
ples in particular. were given 10 drink al" nis"
n,av. The man had actually been the worse lor
wine when talking to Laura Caryon IN her mo'n'
crs honsc. and Ghisleri had been obliged 10 carry
him ont for decency's sake before anything wors'
hanpened. Scandalous 1t was wonder that
Gbisleri who. after all, was gentleman coulo
associate with such fellow After all, NOBODY
aver liked Laura Carlyon since she had hrst ap
ncarcd in society, soon after dear Donna Adeies
marriage. 1t was as we'll that she should go 10
England and live with her tipsy cripple. one was
rood-looking as some people admitted ohe "s"'
win the heart of her brothcr-in-law ana iho"cc
him to pay her husbands debts third time
They were said 10 be enormous
The men were, on the whole moro chari'aoie
Conscious of their own shortcomings, they ana ho'
r,ame Lord Herbert very severely for taking
little TOO much extra dry" They did, however,
abu.e him somewhat roundly at the clun, f'r nav
Ing gone 10 tIle NtIuuo Pui'S ~ 90
have known that he was not steady. OF the fac's
themselves they had not the slightest doubt IN
fortunately for one of them who happened to b"
declaimine on tile subject but who was really by
no means a bad fellow he did not notice that
Ghisleri had entered the room before he had nm
;sbed his speech. When he had quite Done CHS
leri came forward. "
Arden is my old friend" he said quietly
lie never drinks. He has disease OF the heart
and he tainted from the heat. The doctor ana
took him home together l hope that none OF
Won will take ND this disgusting story which was
started bv the women And hope Petrasanta
there will do me the honor to believe what say,
and tell Won that he was mistaken.
Ghislcri was not pleasant person TO quarre
with, and moreover had the reputation OF oeih9
truthful. Ills story, too, was quite as propaoie
AZ the other, to say the least OF It, DOB "iah-
battista Pietrasanta glanced quickly from one 10
the other Of the men who were seated around him
az though to ask their advice in the matter
Several of them nodded almost imperceptibly, az
though counseing him to do as Ghisleri requested
There was nothing at oil aggressive in the latters
manner, either. as he quietly lit cigarette while
waiting for the others answer. Suddenly deep
voice was heard from smother corner of the room.
The Marchesc de San Giacinto, giant in body AMI
fortune, had been reading the paper with the ut
most Indifference during all the previous CONVEX
sation. All at once he spoke, deliberately and u
the point.
1T is no business of NINE" he said, AS l 40
not know Lord Herbert Arden except by sight
Bnt was at the dance the other night. and half
an hour Ike fore the occurrence you are discussing
Lord Herbert was standing beside me- talking Of
the Egyptian difficulty with the French am
bassador. / have often seen men drunk. Lord
Herbert Arden was. In my opinion, perfectly sober
Having delivered himself of this statement, San
Gacinto put his very black cigar between his
teeth again and took up the evening paper he had
been reading.
In the face Of such men as Ghisleri and the
Marches, it would have been the merest folly to
continue any opposition Moreover, retrasanta
was neither stupid nor bad, and he was not
coward.
Il do not know Lord Herbert Arden myself
he said without afiectation. What said got
on hearsay, and the whole story is evidently
fahricati which we ought TO deny For the