New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-23
ID inconsistently, groundlessly.

Mrs Gerry sat upright
| II think more than anything that You are n
human being and must take matters INTO Soui
own hands 1t seems TO me That you sen, MI
Moore away under the same conditions "i'ic" d'e
in force now that you recall nm
| Saome flung out her hands Yes, yes. sue
oxcIaimad "Hut I can bear it no longer. !
have been too scrupulous sald 10 hNse, l
woud he \ Ncw-England girl | would act Ike
your daughter But give all that up '-ano'hPr
gesture of the hands-"ycs, ! am going to do
with my life as / will. as You say. 'hruS, Tue
past behind me-. He knows what | am; what !
have done. He begged me to let him know II
changed my mind But told him ne must eN-
pect nothing nothing
"Salome. listen 10 me- said Mrs Gerry with
q compcling emphasis in her voice: when man
oh.olutelv c>pccts nothing he gives up hoping
he looks elsewhere
What is that you are saying y
| calomc had risen She now turned quickly IL
she spoke. and there shrilncss IN her tones
Oh my child. exclaimed Mrs. Gerry, don't
hope too much A.
| Emit | cannot hope too much. Nheh MI
fNIoore came that last time to see me knew Ills
heart. his very heart Oh. no. cannot nope 100
much
Mrs Gcrrys lips closed in way that Sho"e"
that she would say no more.
colomo continued moving about the room in a
restless manner. her face glowing, her eyes dlatch
and full Of light. st last she ready for bed
Emf sbc did not think of sleeping. She put her
hand under her cheek and lay looking ont into
,ho dusk Of the summer night, listening with
| erawav thoughts to the sounds made by the IN
sects.
She was following her letter to Moore going every
| stem of the way with it until the moment when IL
came into tie young mans hands She saw nm rev"
1.-THE one line which was all she had wftteh-she
imagined the look which would come INTO ms FACE
Che know his face so well. How ignorant her
mother was to think it necessary to warn her
AGAINST disappointment Did she not know
Randolph Moore better than any one else couiu
possibly know him.
She and her mother were very busy o'lii"E '"'
next few days trying to get settled III 'il' H'''o
house they had hired. Salome worked hAe o"c
for whom everything was glorineu' ""c N'P'
count Of the hours with eager accuracy
Whom tlc time came that her letter shonld oe
in Noorc's hands. the subtle excitement upon l'er
was almost unbcarablc But she Kept telllhg
herself that he might he away-he was traVeiiing
so much. ,..,
"S1ome smps to be a good deal more facultled
~ she used 10 be- somehow remarked MIS-.
Scuddor IN Mrs Gerry as the two women were
/
LAYING a straw mating IN the WHY '""i' '
chamber Of the Ledge house.
Eotb Mrs Soudder and her daughter Nelly were
Giving ND day TO helping the Gerrys 10 GET
settled in their new home This was done at
NEWS instigation and the schoolgirl was ao '"iS
moment scrubbing the kitchen iioor ana OCCASION
ally lifting herself upright on her knees 10 loon
., Salomc who was washing window IN the
same room.
Suddenly Nelly gave short laugh. Salome
turned with question in her movement.
"Ain't il funny" exclaimed Nelly, ana she
went on laughing. Then in moment sh" con-
| tnucd: "To think that anybody should ever say
you'd been disappointed, Salome Gerry. II twas
any other girl in the world shouldn 'lihN so
| strange"
ave lust as good right to be disappointed
| as any one" the response. Ana thch SdionlcH
laugh was Joined TO her companion's
| "Jest hear um, said Mrs. Scuddcr. on the moor
| abovo And she added that it really Gid seem
wonderful that Salome could wash windcrs jest
like any other girl " she had as much faculty
about il as she. Mrs. Scuddcr had herself. she
even borrowed my wooden skewcr t saved
from our last roastn' piece of meat, to dlg out
the corners with Now, do think it's n mighty
good sign as to what kind of ii houSekccper you
be- if YOU use them wooden skewers 10 dlS OUT
corners in windcr sashes. There amt hothh
like them skcwors They go into the corners.
m vet they don't scratch. l amt might afraid
10 use um on my parlor winders Yes reflect
lively pausing, with hammer in her hand,
"skewcrs is real good sign
Mrs. Gerry was measuring round pcam ana
irving to fit the mating. She remarked cN-
planatorily that Salome's having been sick so
much when she was growing up had made a
| L., bnW M 1o things.
she had always been willing TO work.
81 don't know what l should have done with
out her"
Mrs Gerrys firm voice was not quite so llrm
| in this sentence She was thinking Of the heart
| aches and the anxieties her daughter had brought
her, and that she could bear them all for the
sake Of the love Saome showed her.
| "Of course you don't, responded Mrs Scuddcrs
gentle, comforting tones. Il do believe TINS
mattin' s goin' TO run short somehow. If there
is bare place, les have it under the bed. jest
hear Nelly 90 on" as Ncly's laugh sounded up the
open stairway She's jest kinder bewitehed
with your S'lome do believe she'd do anything
| in the world for her"
| Hearing those words Mrs. Gerry suddenly
| paused in her work. She turned her face aside,
| lest there should be some visible change upon il.
| She had not thought Of that-of Salome's in
| Hucnce How strange that she had not thought
| of that And the girl was to be assistant att
the High School and be associated with young
people who would look to her more or less. That
personal charm which belonged to her daughter
| would have its effect. But underlying that charm
there should be what Mrs. Gerry had always
called principle" There was nothing else really
| worth while And SalOme had not principle.
| She had tenderness, kindness, love, strong, in
| dividual attraction. This latter her mother could
not feel as others might feel it.
| Mrs Gerry rose to her feet, leaving the mating
unified She did not know why she rose. She
| only knew she possessed with desire 10
hinder in some way something which Salomc might