New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-11

ana disseminating them all into something which
was part, and was soon to be the chief part OF
his being. And now, above the narrowed surface
Of that inner ground which such fierce battles
had been fought throughout his years of storm. a
soft shoot raised its delicate head. not timidly
hut quietly and unobtrusively. to meet the warm
sunshine OF the happier days TO come. He saw il
ard knew it. and held his peace dreading it and
yet loving it, for it was love Itself but not know
ing truly what the little blade would come tn,
whether it was to bloom all at once into bright
death Of all possible love forever: whether !.
would grow NJ slowly. calm and fair. from leaf to
shrub. from shrub to- sapins. from sarling at last
70 tree straight. tall. and strong, able to lace
tempest and storm without bonding its lofty head
rich to bear for him in the end the stately blossom
and the heavenly fruit Of passionate true loyn
For before tho day Of MARITIME came PiotrO CHS
lcr knew that he lovei Laura Arden Eyer elnc"
thar moment when She had quietly given him
Adcle's letter, and had told him that she woul' b'-
lievc no evil Of him, h" hal begun to suspoct
that she was no longer what she had been to him
orcc and what che had remained so Tonga friend
Kind. nlnost affrctIonatH, for whom he wou,t
was different now. The thought Of bi1dinc l.nuri
ScGdhy r" "v9 %;. few GIths son" h.S thrill Of
rcctcd TO fecl.thc small, slarn rain which tolls
man the truth about a and hmaolf as
nothing else can. The prospect of the lonely
Ghslcr was surprised and almost startled
During nearly two years and a half b" hal hon
osly believed that he could never low" a?ain
and if sincere wish, formulated in the shaD"
he unconsciously chos" could b" called PRAYER
no earnestly prayed that so long as he liv"1 he
MIGHT not feel what no had felt very STRONGLY
twice. at least since he had been boy. But such
| n man could hardly expect that such wish. or
prayer. comd br granted or heard. 50 long rs h"
was spending many hours Of each succeeding
week in tho company Of Laura Arden. In The
full strength of manhood. passionate. scnsitiN" b.
meath cold exterior, always Attracted by women
and almost always rc,"llrh by mon. Pi"tro
Ghisl"ri could hardly cypoct that in or ,]
moment tho capacty for loving should
he wholly rooted ont and DESTROYED hv
L. x..;t1 fhp
CONSEQUENCE Of his h"inc disappointed md
disonstrd by his own fckl"nHsS. The now rasson
micht turn or to b" create Or less than tn" ty1
| it could hardly b" creator than tho first II wont
necessarily b" different from either in that il
you'd T." hopeless from the beginning. As h"
thought. For whore II" was very SINGER II" w7S
rarely very confident in himself if thN 81 ik' wa
| woman's love. fact moro common with mon va
~" at once sensitive and strong than is S'n'rihy
| known
ru' his first impulsr WAS not 70 90 away and
| escape from tr'nptation - it would ho"" ho"n
aom, time earlier There WINS no rraSon for DOM
that ms 10 had rclcctod lcforc. when he had
considered the o1visabi'itv If hr"aiing of an
intcc"nr,. VITA Fnr1 for thr slk' q, s!,rnI,ng
70 love her. TO tell her so. if h" chose No on"
could blame him COR wishing to marry Ter: NJ
mos. 10 mcht no thoTqh' foolish fo- drsiring
anytime 60 very improbable ~ that she should
accept him. BIT he was nuitc Indifferent ~ what
any one might think Of him excepting linr' hci-
self Ono resolution only h made AMI did his
hest 10 l,cop and il was n cool onr He made
M his mind that he woul NOT mako love 10 hor.
as he understood rho meaning Of the torn. P's-
| ~ihlv rs he toll himself with litl" S"orn. this
was no resolution NJ all. but ONLY wav of "y-
pressing his conviction that h" waS nuite nnlbl"
TO do what i" - magnanimo"'v rrtl.'h 7" az,
| for Iaur, had already taken Shar" which dif-
| fnrrd wholly from all former missions ON" M
! familiar 10 him. ono whicn would need new "N-
| rrnssipn if il continued ~ ID sincere. Bot tHlt
! he doult"1 lp quite r"ad' 70 ADMIT thlt
when Laura came hacl; in the autumn thlS "arv
| beginning Of love would have dslpn""'el agan
and that III" old s'ronc friendship would 10 found
| in its place. solid. firmly hased and un'h'ng"l
p permanent happiness and constant >9tiSl''
ton. lie was no longer a boy. In imagine th1t
the first breath Of love was III" forcrunner of IN
al DESTROYING storm in which l." mrst u 'li or
# a clear. fair wind before which ~" sh'o Of hls
IN, WIS ~ run her STRAIGHT cou"s" I ~" haven
Of doa'hs peace. He had sc"n 90 m"n1 hcki'n"E,'
in himself and in otrr7 to b"lieve IN any snrh
thing. but II no had antic'Datod either It WoniI
have boon the tempest On tlr Who'll. ~" ~
the wisr.t thing hc corll He changed nothing
i'm hi, manner toward Iaura. and ~" waii"i ~
calmly a. he was abl" 70 SO What IN" cna ~o,,'
vrrsation turned upon love. nnd "1dIv "noigh II
wa Laura who brouqht nm th" snhcr'
Shn had been talking about li''l" il"r'P''; "a
she often did rlannnr out his ?ntnr' ae"nrd,nf
10 her own wishes AMI mqking l. happy in how
own way. even 70 skctchng the wifi" h" was 70
win sorno fvc and twenty years l"7'" =,
would like her - hn very fair. 81" SAL.
"IIcrrrrt will he dark. ~ am. and th'y r'v
that contrasts attract Zach other mos pr hanrn
sho INNS. have ever 80 many ofhor gooi points
bc.dr4 In tho first place. al" must b. capable o.
loving him with all hor heart and SON J ,npn's"
that ! really the hardest thinS Of all 10 hnd.
"TIc 'orc-cr"af-passion' sort 81 n"r'on W"
moan. fancy" observed Ghi~l.r. with sln"
a rare hirdmI a,rrc wi, with iIyG n cx~,,~ sqil
laura Except by accident. of cour''. or wn'n
tho course 81 trur low" runs 50 very Sh"'',l,,
that il would need sup'rhuman In:rnu''N 10 '"'
VA Vow nr, constant revelation TO me- Ghi'-
lori I,uchcl arl looked at l"r
What * there surprising ahoH' wha' ! sid
Won arr not believer in ~" universal stahIliN ~
the human heart. are yon -
Hardly that. Iut women very oftrn ART
ars, \nd then. when they go That chang" i
ros.ihl, tlicy are apt 20 say that thcr' Is m Srn
Thing as true love at all. whereas W. kno" '"a'
In other words vow think that talk III" SON
sihlr view After all what !. the 40 OF "\p'"flHs
humanity 70 b., 'npcrhnman ,:,,. ,.on NJ. ..
,hinrs 4" sail Ghisler thoughtfnlv That Is "N- I
actly it, Homo sum. am nn',t9"r ahGI' nor
ape. hnt man. and at present. h"'i"v"' no near
And ~ man. chan cable. So am !. IA
woman. have no doubt. Every on" must h%. ana
do NOT think il is fair 20 respect pHopl" VINO -
not change ~ all because they never nav" t''
Ono cannot help it. Human natnr" instlnnt
ivclv pl,rc. the man who has only loved ono |
ohove thc man who has shown that h" can love |
often. II is connected with III" idea Of f''ft ana
loyalty r,.o oo,,. ,ho |
ouosfinn of the limit How often can man love |
sincerely ," , Gillian; |
Whv NOT two or four; How can you lay |
down the law in that way?
1T j. very simple think that no low" ~
worth the NAM. which doc' not influence, man
,rnn'L, for NJ lcast ten years Any really great !
nnsson will do that But human lii" i, short
Let . man fall in love a. twenty ana t are,
\ man who falls in love after hH is fifty - a |
rarity, and generally Object of ri.h"nl" That
seems to me logical demonstration. ana dohp,
see why it Should not apply to woman as wen
NJ - u man" -,
Dos. | think there is truth in that, saih
Laura At all events it looks trnr b'siI"''
that man naturally has three stages, when ~
is twenty years old thirty. and forty. shouii
imagine that the midol STAGE, while II" Is Sui