New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-16
CHAPTER VII.

ron,r,oht 1892. BY Mdcm'"d" ~
CHAPTER VII.
., ho.,tb improvcd at first very raP"iN
-, a., moro slowly as he seemed 10 "PPi
,,b.t for him. was a normal "onol'ion VI .
Tho month of December was INV 'i' -. -
ohio N drive out constantly, 10 TIE up :.,,o,,
tho dav. and to talk with acquaintahccs "n
orr creat fatigue As natural con'' -,
,oo Jaura rccained in a very sh"'' ',' va
that she had lost, and her eyes no io'S'i io
supLen and haggard nor her lace uii'''
pale o. ,orra1ess and
10 I.vs won't on and Arden had no felapS
- W 90 wonder how she could ever nave
81. .rvtl,;,c approachng to dislike Tor the una"
- ,bom she almost owed her husbands ne,
potro m his rart came often to the mouse a''''
emu, tho change that had taken place III n''
manner toward him. lie was pleased Iho"S' "'
has not thought of producing any lhpic :.
mon her by what he had done solely LOT Ai"r"
satc fer he had long admired her. ana iel' ''''.
sbo was very like a certain ideal of woman oil
which he never talked But his pleasure was
not very genuine, after all. lie hardy pe"'''"
that Laura's mood would last, because lit Ia
hitherto had little experience OF lasting noo'' ~
women. For the present, AT ieaS'' '"o
in him and was grateful
.ho,t this time Donna Adele. her husband,
and his father and mother, all came back from
tbc country and at or near the same perlod 'he
oreot majority of the old society stascrs appeared
AGAIN as forerunners of the coming season Inc
CAV set was not vet all assembled, and u was
even rarorted that some OF them would not COMIC
at all for there financial trouble III inc ar
and many people had lost money. or fonhd 'heir
incomes diminished by the general depression
Nevertheless, when Christmas came few OF 'he
familiar faces of the previous year We're nilssihs'
and those few have not been seen in this history
This is the beginning" said Gouachc to This
leri You may remember that Charming descrip-
tion of chaos in the sacred writings III the DE-
ginning darkness was over all the carth'-vcry
like Rome before the season begins. The re-
semblance erNls there my dear friend The SEN
tence which follows would hardly be applicable.
Are we 10 have another Shrove Tuesday feast this
year for the sake Of giving sin last chance
Have YOU another diaholical production ready ??
Il am afraid not answered Gbislcri. BE
Sides Ole should never repeat a good thing.
THAT is what my wife says" observed Anas-
tasc thoughtfuly. That dear woman. But
for her. / should do nothing but repeat my sue
cessful pcturcs-if possible by chemical process
1t would he so easy. That is the way the modern
galleries of Old masters are formed. There Is a
little man in the Vie da Faleenanio who turns
out the article AT Il NNeU price, lHcluullIS tIc
cost of the green wood for smoking the Rem
brand,s and the genuine old panels for doing the
Botticellis. / often 90 to see him. lie knows
more about grinding colors and about vehicles
and varnishc. and the price Of lamp-black, than
any artist ever knew. He painted that portrait
of Raphael by hImsclf-by Raphael ] mean, fol-
Prince Durakof last year. and found the docu-
ments to prove its existence among his papers
1t took him six months but it was well done
especially the parchmcnts. There was even the
receipt for the money paid TO Raphael for the
picture by the Most Excellent House of Fragi-
pan signed by the painter himsef-I mean by
Raphael. Cheap at ten thousand francs. Dura
koff paid the dealer eighty thousand without
bargaining. lie did not reflect that if it had
been genuine it would have been worth five
hundred thousand, and, ii not that il not
worth fifty ccntimes."
Rather like friend" observed Ghiscr.
Friendship is matter of fortune said
Gouachc, las love is question of climate
"You not usually cynical What has
happened ?"
my wife has been amusing me, this morning
with an account Of society's opinions on various
subjects One-half Of her friends her
that black is white, and the other half tell hci
it is a vivid yellow. That is called converse
ton. They give it you with tea. milk. and
sugar. between five and seven in the afternoon.
G0uachc seemed to be in a somewhat commu
NEGATIVE frame of mind. As matter of fact h;
often was with Ghislcri, whom he trusted more
than most men.
What was it all about ?" inquired the latter
People people. and then people again. What
does everybody talk about? Silly stories about
Lady Herbert Arden and Savelli, and about Lore
Herbert himself. and his dissipated life. The
Ar1p 1n NOT IN np ilSeI la n
friend OF yours, is he not ?'
'Yes, we have known each other almost ter
years" Ghisleri began 10 smoke, rather gloomily
for he perceived that there was trouble in stOr,
for Laura.
1t is Donna Adele who does all the mischief
continued GOuache, putting dash of bright blu,
into the face Of the portrait lie was painting
proceeding which. as Ghsleri noticed with som'
surprise, improved the likeness. 1T is Dom;
Adele. You know the old story Savclli loveC
Miss Carlyon but could not marry her. Dom;
Adele never foreavc her, and she will end b,
doing her a great deal of harm She prctcnd
that Savelli has tod her that Lady Herber
is already talking to him aud TO everybody of he
own wretched married lifc-rather limiting tina
il Saveli would care To depart this life of re-
spectability she would 90 with him, "A proposition
which, OF course Savelli in the mos
virtuous and approved fashion, rolling his fin
paternal language rs in the fourth act OF
tragedy at the Comcdic Franchise. l suppos
you cannot stop this sort of thing, can you?'
II will try" said Ghisleri. in tone that mad
Gouachc look round from his painting. lie hac
rot often wiNessed such slight mani
festation Of - anger Petro's part wa
apparent in the ennnciation OF the three words
You might, perhaps, better than any on
else observed Gouache. From other thing