New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09

vcnicnces and positive suhcrnes winch peset 'ie
path of young married couples VINO nave not
yachts at their disposal. What both most de-
sired was 20 be alone together, TO have enough
Of each other at last free from the tiresone daily
little crowd Of social spectators. and this they
could nowhere ACCOMPLISH so pleasantly and com
petcly as in the luxuriousy fitted vessel lent them
by Ardcns brother The latter had not seen fit to
come 70 the Wedding. bat Arden had In no way
taken it amlss though the world lad found plenty
10 say on tho subject, and not ny any means 10
Arden's credit Tho said brother was decidedly
eccentric person Of enormous wealth. who hated
ANYTHING AZ all resembling publicity or pubic core
mony and was moreover, a very bad corIcspohu-
cnt
al am very clad 10 hear Of your engagement nv
1oor OLD b,o,hor ~ he wrote "Thry say Miss
Carlvop 10 rood and beautiful. ! have no doubt
shc ia tbourh do not at this moment rec0cct
knowing any woman who was both. nave scn'
the yach. to Naples for you. II You care ior
cruise Keep her as long as You like. ana teie
graph II you want her sent anywhere elsc-Nice'
for instance or Venice. Ask your wife 70 wear
the pearls bv way Of making acquaintance d.
second hand. They are what conid ma s."O
, man with them. as they might got lost. Now
roodby dear hoy. enjoy yourself ana COM "
us az soon az you can. Yours ever HAIRY
AS
in tbose funny Italian towns. nclose few CIR
o,,ar notes which may be useful Bcss ana thc
children are all we'll and send love and lois OF
CONGRATULATIONS I suppose you have written 10
Uncle Herbert"
The few circular notes thus casually alluded 10
amounted to two thousand pounds. and 10 wou,o
ho unsafe TO speculate on the value OF the pearls
which the messenger brought on his person an"
delivered safely into Ardens hands. Harry WIS
| not ovcrlavish. except where his brother was con
ccrncd. and always inwardly regretted that Ilcr-
hort needed SO little and insisted upon living
within his modest income 10 gir innings I"
Icrbcrt- was one Of the few real pleasures he en-
tractpd from his great fortune. Tn IN" pr"s'."'
occasion Arden was glad to accept the money lor
he had the most vague notions OF vi" IN.
pense Of married ife and had anticipate" r'''
ccononv during his honeymoon. which. OF course
could not he quite as pleasant to Laura as h",inS
plcntv Of money 70 spend That last little din
Gully bcinc removed he felt that he could rive
himself ND ghthrrrtei 20 the idyl Of perfect 'oVc
which Laura had brought into his existence
And forthwith the idyl began delicate. rcn'i',
,ovelv "a loves life can bo where soul ana
heart are in harmony. heart to soul, while purify
teaches Innocence what it is to be man ana VIC
Tho harmony was real Laura and her hnsoan"
had much in common. intellectually ana morahN'
Not indeed that she made any pret"h'c u -"
| rorior intelligence or extended culture TN'" nav
she possessed very rcmarkabl" rapaniil'eS' wv
surroundings in which she had been hronoh' w
had not been Of a natr" To develop 'h"th IVY WV,
the average But she was not rspcriaiN ei'.'''
except perhaps in having good memory anu
somewhat unusually sound judgment IN most n'h'-
TORS Yet she was not without thsr. ana s"c'. VI
aho bod was nor only both healthy and refined but
|
own 10Th liked the same authors, the same srn-
o,aI LIND n art the same things in nature ana
very generally the same people Both w"r' pr
tans - chat timo somewhat morbidly inclined 10
sort 81 scmi.transccndrntaism Arden by nature
and circumstances. and Laura by attraction. II
mnst not he supposed that they went 10 any
,orG7bs in that direction. They did not speculate
~, snritnal MARRIAGE nor did they agree WIN 'Ii''
| for,ous nhiosophcr who at the last was sure 'ha'
tho Garth was turning into a bun ana IN" sci i"'.
lemonade in order that man might ear, dri'N ""'
hp happy without effort They did ho' P's"
imnrobablo theories nor offer subtle perfumes W.
fore the altar OF impossibility. Bnt thry l"i'
certain almost unnatural Indifference to IN" con-
| o,o., world and lived in world OF IDEAS
,hon0b.s and affections which were quito thcir
own. II was impossible TO predict whc'her SUI"
an existence would last or whether 1t woulu "'''-
matcly change into one more evldcn'iy s'ao'e'
also less removed from earth. FOR mo present. az
least both we're indescribably happy.
The question how far il is possible Tor one oil
two ,ovnr beings 10 forget and grow unconscious
~ very great physical defect in the other IL III
,,sclf interesting as showing how far, IN we'll
oroanizod nature the immaterial can get lie pct
tor NJ rross4r things To explain what Laura l"n
woun be TO explain the deepest impulses OF hn-
manitv and those may attempt II who feel them
| ao,vcs coual 10 the task and are attracted by H.
| The fact. as such. is undcniabe. ON III" "ho"'
foo it may be said that there is no great reason
why very refined intelligence should not over
lool, material considerations "a completely as IN
the majority Of cases the more coar-ely plahnel
consciousness for1cts the existence OF in'clectua
| and moral leformiy.
Such extreme refinement may not DC dnrdo"
There is refinement Of nature, INFORM d'nca.r
and sensitive, ana there is refinement which "e-
no ts for its existence upon youth and innocence
Laura possessed ali the latter. and something OF
tho former AS we'll She would have been shocked
| .pd dcenly wounded had she beer told that she
had married Herbert Arden out OF pity. ana YET
nitv had undeniably given the iirs impulse 10 hcr
! love. 3,
TIN, circumstances. too, were favora'ic LOT us
| oro,yIh Neither had felt much regret IN leaving
Rome Apart from her affection Tor her ho'hfr
Iaura mad never found much thai was cohg"hia'
in the city in which she had been brought up a.
tbouph il had been her birthplace. as Tor Afu"h
himself. he was TOO much accustomed 70 u&V"lilhg
from place 20 place TO prefer one city " ''ho'"'i
in any great degree. 80 'he Two were a'oh' 10
rethcr and desired nothing beyond what they iii"'
| which, perhaps j. the ideal c"ndl'loh Ior lowers
To most people however. the honeymoon Is a Ter
ribe trial probably because most young couples
are not very desperately in love with each other
They wander aimlessly about in all dircctlphs, Il
sort OF Joint sacrifice perpetnallT tortured ana
daily offered mp on the altar OF the diapohca!
courier crushed beneath the ubiquitous Jnggernant
hotcl-l,ccper bound continually in new and ara
nlaces 70 be torn by the vultnr" guide, ana ulti-
matclv sent home more or less penniieSS' qui'c
temperless. and perhaps permanently disS"s'ea VIVID
ono another anu with married life. Aad Yet the
absurd farce is kept up, in ninety and nine cases
go. ~ a hundred because custom sanctions it-as