New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-17
Another silence. When Porta had waited aga'n'

In the silence that also followed this repetition
there was distinctly heard an Unsurpassed sisgie
from Nelly. Nelys mother was so absorbed III ,ho
scene that she forgot TO make any sign OF disap-
prevail.
Mr.. Lincoln now went on Portia, was so
good a. to mention one or two cases where girls
had been laid out in their wedding gowns.
gathered that he rather wished that | might DO
laid out in mine. But | don't mind telling you'
Mrs Hill. that under no Imaginable circumstances
shall he laid out IN my wedding gown. Is there
any ting more you Il like to know Nely, turni'5
IN that person, j. there anything more you think
that Mrs. Hill would like to know
As Nelly utterly incapable Of speaking az
this moment, Portia turned lesurey back TO the
~ guess | better be gon',' said Mrs. Hill in
a muilled voice. She found strength 10 ada
left my table a standin'."
POrtia sprang up
let NJ: help YOU she said solictodsly.
| Mrs Hill graspcd a ohalrback and her cane
Don't you teen me!' she said.
| Portia laughed. She said she sorry that
the sciatica WIS so SERIOUS Snc Should t nimIm
| that wallis wOlld be lad COR 1t. Was she really
| .ping? Good morning. She was 80 glad IT hdn
| happened 50 that they two could meet Could not
Mrs. I'LL come again while she, Miss Nunally, was
| AZ Mr. Scuddcrs?
Mrs Hill hobbled painfully, yet hurriedly, to
the door. She went ont without turning toward
her hostess. ,,.;,d .ho
| POrtla gently closed the screen uoor pcnln" 0"'
R.aiiy. she said, 81 hope there are more of
them. Already there are two, man anu a.
,yoman They keep me from yielding; they arc
cXr,iicn. tcnics. BIi 10 soc them often -NrS'
Scuddcr how do you bear lt!'
Mrs. Scuddcr felt it incumbent upon her 10
,ons, and declare, a. size had moro than once san
| - \clV. that Mis- Hill was real good woman
She was frightened at what Miss Nunaiiy hao
done. o, ii porti,
yr. She L. She il constant to nl"etn, n -
Mother" said Nelly, with the relentless CANTOR
of YOUTH SHE amt good womal' hVi lo Sb's
# .Ir went 10 rr-.t'n every hour OF her lilc. onr
- nr,in, 0ossDine old wrctch-that wlE't sii'' -.
How her sciatiky' leg viii ache before s'e sc''
homc.7 remarked Portld ,.. ,o,., ,yoarilv.
| Having said this. Mis-, Nunally SAT uown "o',n{
4 looked Of deadly fatleu" drorPri liMf l,nost
over her face. Her eyes grew unll anu '''"0'
colorl'rs. ., aud Molly fur
,ivcv watched her Size was thinking tlat Indv
irI yas i'm love, too. and she wa going 10 il'iiS
that man ii h. got we'll. Then What "o"'u W.
W,s Gerry had gone 10 a neishborS to procure
.or,,,Lino for the h1u-chold NJ this distance
from store. people wei" often opil9e" W "o'''"
nr sands had gone away for an hour or TWO,
leaving the instruction that thrr" was ho,IlnS -,
do: that hc would u" DacN p'lo'c '"''' wa" '
chance Of anything 10 do , lr;,.
NJ, Sender had long since returned from urN
ine DR. Jennings to th" station ana ne wa, n n,o
down in the meadow tryIng To e.. ''e Hay INV
cn.k. before il was absolutely n2ht ,,
Pm, walked nto the bedroom and sat down
By th" bed ,;, ,.i,bful
MIs. ScudIcr was in and out, keeping iaitn,nI
watch SIN, wa, still tempted to Try musIa. =
mast. ON thu. buch of Mooi"s neck; IL S'|'hli ~
her that mustard paste faithfully u~'d woolu
lrus most anything 10. , . ne sh.
SL. went - the door but turned a"'N 'S '
saw Miss Nuually sitting t%i" .,r;
Iortia WIS not ole of th'@' VINO sem "pPloii
at.ly paccl in a sick room. >tlll, II I'll" uh'i'i
| ,nnl. tn do ANYTHING there ii" an II o'ltly' DE-
can,. sh. did everything dcitly. But Nli" had n'
Vocation aa she would hay" said, toward hul9in-
I'm fact H. she was. accustomed I" u'Iar'' si' III
mo- vocation toward anything saN" the sp'lulh- VI
mou.y Her aunt had heretofore ptoNi!"l her VIII
Nj. vocation: bat even Mira Dali4i was w1irA III
Of this She said her niece was really roo ihl''Prl
cnt for Il dependent person Nh"i"Hpoh i"i''a n'.
responded that ~hc w1~ never going 70 'n.'lN tu
, humility not If she starved, aud when the Rlr
hn,k. the engagement with the fl'H anu Hl''s'
ot.I Tu.li-hman Mrs Darran had shld that, lo
her Part She was going ~ li," short time wlthoi
L.r niece. that her ncce might try her HE VIII
7 her parents FOR awhile"
So IL happened that Portia had for some month
J b.,u living with her father and mother az I"
small -,a-coa-t cIty on the North Shore OF NlaN'i
. chu-cii- Lie there had l"'n exceedingly limited
ard .hn had not contributed at all To the happl
u,. of Ter pnrcui. I'm fact, ~ she would hav
" frankly acknow.de.d. she had LED them me.
Size va. too a-tldiou- 10 b" poor ana IA" ~''tr'
T., ,l.-ni-d her father and mother hccau~' poN"rt
, did not make them unhappy. N"t tlat tl"y Nrt
! ,.tk moor. they were. iOrtla SAID, coniortd
hlt on >h" asserted that IT was dreadful
thin. 10 IL, comfortably OIL. Tor t"li th'f' sT'ui'
- =. be-. mo- incentive toward anything more
Ny father j. sure of l- bread aud his clgar,.
.h, nd 20 say scorniui. ana my m"t't
sun. that NY father j, -Hr" OF them 80 they h''
4 NrI, vent 10 the bedroom dooI and glanced -
Sln knew that Ni-- Nuuaily WA- there. ana -N
' wanted 60 look ~ her. She icit mat size wa
,,,,,,n, hr,ifeh.l to watch Mis-. Nunally.
d Iortm at far back IN m" lnlsr chair WIN h'
. ey.- iNri upon Moore She ia not know TIA, N"I
' ,.,. looking ~ her ill., hostile admiration. 81" va
' fhinknr Win inrNpr~-be bitterness that her iii
thus far had been 4 very poor thing indeed w va
!, # she had known some moments oi VIA hapP
. n,.~- such ~ natures liz" hers can experience
Tln-,. moments were zone. Just now IN" ~
f.l, ~ If everything Was IN ia" past Tor ne
h Their. waa rafting IN IT," iutnr" moore dlu h'
Il love her ~ other men had loved Her. N''ct'"'
= The ,iI ,ishcd heavily Her gaze. which ir,
for a time been fixed hlanklv upon the VIM
D. cnv.,ld of inc bed. now ro>c 10 Moor"s lac
Il Sh. leaned forward brrathl'ssy ana silently Il
Moore was lookin@ AT her. ,
x ~ the very lrst she could not tell whrth'
p he knew her or not. limo, Nos, m" INTERFERENCE
,,,dy il had seemed To her that Moore had h"
- uncon-cou, long time, that II was DAYS sih'
ID She felt A sort Of eVutation that it was Il
49, who Wa sitting beside him. that II WAS not Salon
* II MS difficult for her 10 hr quiet but -
at know that she must b. quiet. When would
RI look NJ her aealn >,
The OPERATION must have been successful. b
she was not quite sur" whether lie III" N"""" "
]
r. What if he should recover but should not
D himself Confused stories Of such cases cam"
her mind But she only dmly understood 20
hH ccInng the operation tina, hah p''.h H.
H. Shc did not care ~ understand such things. lh
were too honliN ine. a., J.,
She remained leaning forward over the h'
40 Presently she reached ont her hann ana law '
n,.r Ia. which rested - iurrtly upon the coy,
50 Immediately he opened his eyes again ana .
g.. caught his glance IN hcis , .;
" Iut h" seemed unab" to make ia" "\"rtl"h
Ell quircd to keep his cyclids raised ,, .i;
ed " Randolph" ,hc said softly. Inc eyer
ne ouivcrod in response 10 the word' nut '"'N
not lift. ,,.,uah,, .
Portia rose to her feet in uncontrohaole
~ element ,o AMI ,,h,
IN prrhap. something ought TO lie donc-and VIVA
la She was sclpl"Hs. -, ~
uc ~. ...rurL in.rnrI Tho Lnnr. and ~ thn san