New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-07

distressed / wish | could do anything"
The best thing is to do nothing, answered IN me
| Princess, " for nothing can do any sood. me
| harm is DONE whether it has been In any way
your fault or not TO think it should all have b,,
gun in that insane superstition about the cVii
II never even knew that was suspected of be-
| ing jcttairicc. People must b" mad TO believe IN
such things. You are right, of course. WHAT
could any Of MS do except make inquiries! foor
| man | hope he will get over it,. .
God Grant ho may live to be better man, =, =
said the Princess. devoutly. She had never had
very high opinion of Ghiseris moral worth, am
! late events had confirmed her in the estimate she
had made "Onc thing | must say, my, dear.
she continued. IF hc RECEIVERS, as pray he may,
yor must 500 less Of him than hitherto Yoon
lot G9pfS er tai" tS. a hr"ad SG hS S
| II will 10 very careful Laura answered. " N2t
that there is any danger. The poor man VIII VIII ~, De
| i'll for weeks at the best, and the summer will be
almost here before he is ont of the house. Then
shall be going away. for do not mean to keep
| Herbert here during the heat.
The Princess was oute used TO hearing Laura
srcak Of the little child in that way. and she had
| never once referred TO her husband ny name sn,,
his death She meant that the one Herbert should
| take the place of tn" o''"r. once ana Tor always
| 70 bn cared for and loved and thought OF mt every
hour Of tho day. She had silently planned our
her life during the weeks of her recovery. and sh"
believed that nothing conld prevent her ron Nv
| ing il ma she intended. Everything shonld be Tor
little Herbert, from first to last. She looked at
tho baby face, in which she saw 50 plainly tli"
fathers likeness whore others could sec only palr
of biz brown eyes. plump cheeks and mouth lis"
n flower and she promised herself that all the nap,
pincss she would have made for the one VINO hal
been taken should ba the lot Of the one given 10
! her almost on the same dav. Her futnfe SCENE
ANYTHING but dark TO her. though It's greater iht
had zone out Thr anguish. the agonizlng anXlety,
The first moments 10Y and at last the full prli"
! of motherhood had come between her ana tne
mast. deadcning the terrible shock at first, AMI
making the memory Of it less keen ana poghaan.
ait"rward. while not in any way ol',' nitnd hor
| 70 hcr husband She could take pleasure now IN
looking forward to her boys coming years TO tlle
time when hn would be at first companion. thrn
a friend and then n protector OF whom she woMi'i
Iva rrouj when he stood among other men. she
could think OF his schooldays, and she couln al
ready feel the pain of parting from nm ana ,ll,
ioy Of meeting him again. taller and stronger ana
braver at every return. And far away III the hazy
distance before her she could see sfahowy D,iI
lovely figure. yet unknown to-olay-HerDcrts VIE
that was 10 be- a perfect woman, and worthy OF
him in all WAYS II might he also that somewhere
there were great deeds for Herbert to do fae ior
him to achieve glory for him TO WIN an I IIar
was possible, but she thought little OF IT,, iieT
ambition was to know him some day to be an Una,
his father had been in heart, and to see MN an
that his father should nave oeen IN neitSnr boped
nor asked for, and perhaps II was enough A ALL
30 she dreamed on. while no one thought she was
dreaming at all for she was away ohd a and
husy with something that concerned the chld, ana
nor attention never wandered when II was neeue,'
Her mother watched her and was glal OF It an;
TO her it sccemed very mercfnl that Arden soud
oovc died when he did. fond as she herself had
,aon of him She had not believed that Laura
ould be permanently happy with such sa t
md she had never desired the marriage, ,hougl
she had done nothing to oppose It when she saw saw
how deeply her daughter loved the man she ma:
chosen she was very much relieved when she
saw how Laura behaved IN her sorrow, anu rea u.
iged that thnre was no morbid tendency in her 10
dwell over long on her grief. One tnlng, whicn
has already been mentioned, alone showed tha'
felt very nsT non spG there se1mi
IN be n tact understanding between her ana DON
aid The faithful old servant seemed to know In,
,tinctivcIy what she wished done When "a an was
over and while Laura was still far too Ill 10 pr
consulted he had taken all Ardens clo.hes aalu
other little effects. even to his brushes ana QUIZ IT,;
DRESSING things and had packed everything III HE
dead masters own boxes as though LOT d, i IN
Journey The boxes themselves he Locked up III -
small spare room, and laid the Key IN 'ne urJ hich
Of Iaura's writng-table with LABEL on r w,,lcn
w,s written the words, His lordship's effects.
Laura found it the first time she cailf S !"
drawing-room, and was grateiui TO 't o oan,J not
man for what he had done. But she couiu no,
hiring herself to speak of IT, even to Donar thonGn
hn tnnw that she was pleased by the look she
gave him. ,, s
or course her manner was greatly cia',aem ." nd
ub,t II had been. She never laughe. now a.iI
Will ovnr smiled except when she held the ch
in her arms But there was nothing nolp n4 h ho
broodng IN her graviiy % make ns t%e best Of it ae
coriing 10 her light. In time she woni1 grow
nonra cbenrfnl and by and by she would De her
old self agan-more womaniy peIna,pN' i n, i;
tainly more mature but not materlaiiy al'ir ~; ~
o5nroc,er or disposition The short months whicn
Ind suflccd for what had hitherto been t,p cue, or
acts of her life had not been ru WIN ndo.' MON
conflicting emotions, and it is emotion more ,lan ,
ANYTHING else which changes the natures Vi ,i,,
and women for better for worse he io.r .''at
had been born of mingled pity ana sy.nP' ,aota
thought had risen quickly in the peaceful, rmC1e
nIaces of her heart, and had flowed smoothly
through the sweet garden of her maldenlN i so,,
disappeared into the abyss Of eternity. !, mao mai
no wreck and ruin behind no d"Vasta,ioh az"
no poisonous, stagnant pools. as some I,Ncs W
The soil over which it had passed hau TIL how
frnsbed and made fertile by it, and would pear
flowers and fruit hereafter IA fragrant anu a.
sweet as il could ever have borne; ana a. aIe
last in that one great momen; OF pam whc,i s''I
had stood at the brink and seen all she ioVr'
nlmnre ont Of sight forever in the darkness sue
lad heard in her car the tender cry OF new VoumI
life calling 20 her t. turn back ana tena w. am
love it, and show it the paths that lead 10 such
happiness as the world holds for the pure III ncr..
She calm: Therefore, and not IN Tue ord'" ,r
sense broken by her sorrow-a iact winch ~,
world, in It's omnlscience very soo, M ", h.r
II did not fail to say that she was wen rlu OF ,r
husband, and that She knew IT, ana was gr,a 10
hr free. though she managed win cohs"ncraoir
effort 70 keep up a sufficient outwafh semolihcc
Of mourning to satisfy the customs ana fashions OF
polite socc,y-iust that much, ana MOI lot NOR;
But Adele Savelli said repeatedly th,t an tn,
was not trae and that Only posiiv'iy "ns "rni
nature like I.auras could bear such an a i
bereavement SO calmly. 1t was stransr inlns,
Adele added. that very COOL people should always
seem ~ much better able 10 resign them'elveS 10
thc dccrcrs of Providence than their lcs' perfect
ncichbors. Of course it could not he that they
were colder and felt less than others and cons
auently could not suffer 50 much BESIDES, ia"r.
mist have loved Arden sincerely 10 marry INN az
all. since il appeared to he certain that the rlcl
uncle who was TO have left him 50 much money
only existed in the imagination OF fie goS>pS anu
had evidently been invented hy them merely III
or,l:r 10 make out that Laura had secret reason
for marrying that uncle's Gavoritr nephew. nv,
then people would talk, Of course, ana al We
relations of the family could do was TO DENY such
cuumnious reports consistently aud at every turn.
Adele was looking very i'll when ia" season cum
% nm cnd She lad grown thin and her ey,%
had restless. hunted look in them wnicii ma
never been thcre before. Her husband hp'iceI
that she very much overcome when s,le near
th" first rrport Ia Tho effect that Ghisl,rl was
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