New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-28

her existence as bcarable as possible. Among ali
her friends she spoken OF with the utmost
compassion. and no one ever Suggested t!at h"l
illness could proceed from any such cahs1 as
GhIsl"iI believed TO be- At the root OF II.
i few days before Laura Arden was 10 90 away
Donald came to Pietrc's room III the morning Win
very crave face. Lady ilcrbe:t he Sald
thod.ht that Ghislcri would understand why she
did not WRITE, but sent Donald IN person with
verbal message She was gons rwHy and WIS
about to give up the apartment IN winch sl"
he'd spent the winter, without any intention OF
taking i again in the following year. here
were certain things that had belonged tn Lord
lcrbcrt-Iady Ii'r'crt had no hone and did not
iik" 10 send them - Lord LulwOith- wo,d CHS
Teri take cLarsc of them in her absence? Pietro.
II course, asscn'cd and two hours later Donald
arrived with large carriage load of boxes CHS
l"ri looked on with very npleI>ant sensation
in his threat aS lis old friends effects were
brought upstairs ard deposited III room whcr"
lie kept such tiings of his own. When they were
all piled together IN corner he took OLD green
curtain and covered them with il, spreading II
carefully over thcn with his hands Then
he locked a." door and went away: some men
ana women when they die -cHm to ley" something
81 If behind them. winch the mere sight Of any
thing that has belonged 10 them HIS power 10 rc
call most wildly to the perceptions Of tLose VINO
hay" known them and loved them Ghisrri
understood Laura Ardcns feeling about her has
lands belongings He lu"'v. or thought he knew
that from the nOincnt Lrr child had been givcE
20 her she mad d'nircl that no material object
should rcviv" the sorrow she had felt so
d''pN The memory che cherished
was wholly spiritual ana upon H. remaining -
her peace of mind hugely dcpendr. The one
Herbert was 10 llv" IN the oth9r-and there
must not he two. Not every ono, perhaps, would
hav" undc stood her 50 readily.
III" day cam" for bidding her :oodby. II
with a somewhat hrAv, heart thar h, went
up tie std.i> of her hou-' foI ia, last timr
Much of thc It'll" happ.nc>. hr hll known dur
irg the las; months Wa a.>ociatcl with tho
pace and with her. AID not Il little Of the
sorrow ~ we'll The diawing room was bare and
had lost th" comfortable, inhibited look which
"yn Il furnished lodging tales from all the
little objects a woman brings to it, ard which
she alone knows how 10 hap - and arrange
rs though they were in constant u~e thereby
~ once producing the impression that the habi-
tation she has chosen has been lived in long.
Once more Ghislcr slt in the familiar chlir
near IN" open window, and o"cr more Laura
=" | have come to say goodby.' lie began. You
are .till decided TO 20 tomorrow. >uppo>n.'
We. have not charged m plans Please
do not com" 10 IN" station 10 SEQ M of. nor
generally done. | wonll rather not see any
on" know after leaving this honse
""Mny wit" 70 You p, asked GhiSlcri.
"Oi course. Why not 49,
II do not know. am sure. thought it
spond.nc". except with their nearest and dear
est. | viii civ" You thu news of Rome during
the wild say"ty of l,ly and August"
Are you not going away ~ all p" asked aura.
in some surprise You oasht to; it viii do you
Il hardly know. I Ike 10 be alorc in summer
II gives one tim" 10 think. ON" has chanc' of
leading sensible life when nobody is here 10
$50" til" days pass plc0-antlX-plcnty Of rcid-
ing. diet of watermelon AMI >hrrbct. and a
little r"pcntanc"-t Is magnificent treatment for
the liver"
Laura looked at him. and then laughed very
softly
Ion seem amused" said Ghi,!,ri gra,ciy.
What | say is quite truc-thc result: of long
experience.
| Il was not laughing at what Won said. hut
at tho idea that You should .till think it worth
while - max" such spccch"s to me-"
If can make you LAUGH At all 1t is worth
while"
"Nt all events it is good of You to say
Which of the three subjects do >ou mean 70
take for your letters 10 Ec-your reading, your
The flod would leo thr simplest and s1f'st
toyic Nou can read FIR yourself what yon
please Repentance. when il is not a habit, II
rarely well done i'ut one can say ~" Iho~t
charming things about stlowb"rf'>, peaches ana
nps without ever olcndlns any ones TASTE.
II thirI you grow worse rs yOu grow Older;
sad Lrura. still smiling But if you would
take Your programm" sFrlouSiy IT wons Iot d"
a had thing. fancy. r"r luNy' however, yo"
ought - get away from lIo NJ.
Il should be tempted To 80 and stay q week
near YOU il went away at all. SAID "hl'cri.
LAURA did not answer at once. 81" glanced
nj him with a vague suspicion in her eyes when
disappeared almost instantly. and then took two
or three stitches in her embroidery before sh"
spoke H.,
said nj last Il may rs we'll tell you what |
| think about it. To me and TO YOU it seems
thoroughly absurd that You should not see m"
reasons why | should look upon You as a friend
| and why you should come moro often than any
other man | know But the world thFks ar
| icrcntlv. Ny mother has spoken TO me- abont II
| more than once. and in one way she is right.
You know what place this il and how every
one talks about everybody. Unfortunately he.
licv" that -yon are one oil IN. men an"n a,
whose private Affairs society Is most
busy cannot help it now nave
| no right to say anytime about your me-. past or
| present, but You have told me enough about your
| self TO make m" understand why there Is alwaNs
| GOSSIP about yOu. and why there AWAY, Will De
! Then too you win never make people beileye
that you did not fight that duel about M Tor you
| cannot tell any one what you told mo. The cons"-
| oucnce is that you ana | look ut 1t all from one
point of view. and the world sees it from quite
| another | think it is better to say all this once"
| and 70 be done with it, A. we shall not meet for
several months. people will forget to talk. Am
| | right 10 speak 10 Won ?'
Perfectly right answered Ghslc.i: An ,c,SS-
preston of pain had settled on his lean face whll.
| once Laura SAM it and was silent for a moment
IL am sorry if have hurt y@."' she said pres
| NO. you quite right Ghisleri replied
"You would have been very wrong indeed not t.
tell me- If you did not, who would Bat had
no suspicion of all this | believed that for one,
they might let ne alone. considering what you
arc-and what | am. The contrast might protect
you in the eyes OF some persons. Lady Herbert
! Arden-and Pie,ro Ghislcri.'
lie pronounced his own name with the utmost
! bitterness
Please do not speak of yourself in that way,
said Laura, with something like entreaty in hel
voice.
1T is true enough, he answered. An intel
ligcnt being might understand that could be use
full to YOU, but not that YOU" lie stopped short
and his tone changed. am talking nonsense.
he said briefly. by way of explaining the truth.
81 think you are, in a way. said Laura, quietly
| Ii Is your old habit of cXaggeration. You make
| me impossible creature, between an archange
! and the good mamma in Childrens story books