New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
OUT OF STEP.
XVIII.
1.-THE END IS VISION"
copyright, 1898 BN the Tribuns Ssoeiasion.

South this fall?'" Moore asked the next da.
as he found Mrs. Gerry alone.
Hasn't she told you?" was the return
question.
'She says she is afraid to CO." he answered.
Moore's voice involuntarily softened as he salt
this To him there was always an underton'
Of pathos in everything connected with hi
wife.
The two did not discuss the reason for Sa
lome's fear.
"Are you going to urge her to go?" inquired
Mrs Gerry
mo; she shall do as she pleases. Only. for the
sake of her health, wish she did not feel this
way"
Mrs. Gerry appeared to be deeply considering
the cranberries she was picking over. Finally
she said: Sometimes 1 feel like advising you
to insist upon her going"
But she has such strong feeling; she says
she can't trust herself. Mother do you think
that is all mere fancy? Just womanish no.
tion which I ought to combat?'
Mrs Gerry took another handful of berries.
She looked at them intently but bndly. Her
lips were pressed closely together.
Don't combat it," she at last replied "The
older grow the more / the uselessness Of
meddling with the individuality of another But
brought Salome up right, but now l don't
know. She was just like other good, consci-
entious girls-only nicer-until she went South
and got we'll Then she seemed to shed her
bringing-up as snakes shed their skins. 1t
wasn't any part of her, after ALL and had
thought that it was"
Mrs Gerry dropped the berries, which she
had not picked over, into the wrong dish. She
pushed the chair which held the two dishes
away from her, and sat upright. But she was
deliberate in her movements; there was no APP
pearance of disturbance about her.
Randolph" she said.
She placed her berry-stained hand on his
arm.
I'm afraid she'll try you a good deal as the
years go on. DO you think you can be patient
with herr"
Il do think So" was the answer with solemn
earnestness And he added, you know 1 love
her"
Moore took the hand from his arm and held
It an instant. He had one serious talk with his
wife the subject Of going South; he felt that
he must do that; but the matter was decided as
Salome wished. Moore could not demonstrate
with her when her sole reason for remaining in
the North that she felt that she could
thus the better school herself to be what he ap-
proved.
Unknown to his wife Moore consulted cele-
brated physician as to the probability Of her
being able to stay at home without harm to
herself. 1t was that same Dr. Bowdoin who
had been summoned by Mr.. Gerry to prescribe
for his daughter
Moore tried to believe that 1t solely on
account of her weak chest that he did thus, but
secretly he longed to have skilled and I'M
BIASED opinion concerning a few Of Salome's
characteristics. Without giving details which
would have been compromising. he yet made
a rather clear statement Of some Of Salome's
tendencies.
The physician took his words with that easy
eomfortabene which is cheering.
"Ah see." ne said. Her real self and her
nurture at variance; that's confusing. We
are bound to live our real selves more less.
and We often confound what we were born to
be with what we are educated to be- A matter
Of heredity frequently does not display itself
until certain surroundings call 1t into life. This
Is evidently very marked in this case. And she
Is abnormal to degree. Of course. You needn't
start; we are all more or less abnormal; we
must own up to that. It's only the rank and
file who are not in the least so. A person with
no marked mental physical idiosyncrasy is
strictly normal. Now about her going South"
two or three questions
II would advise her 20 CO." he said.
Moore was more perturbed by the advice than
he had expected to be- for he had anticipated this
counsel.
He kept 1t to himself for some days; then he |
informed Mrs. Gerry. who tried to conceal her |
distress.
But there was the fact that Salome suffered |
LITTLE from the nreyiors winter and that she
seemed well now. Still the two decided that |
she must know what the doctor had said.
She only smiled at the information. 1t plainly
had not the slightest effect upon her.
And the subject was definitely dropped.
The project Of almost forcing woman to go
South was not to be thought of.
The fall days continued so beautiful that 1t
seemed as IL they would never cease.
But at last a warm rain began, and when /
after two days 1t stopped a sharp wind from
The northwest sprang up and raved over the
fields and woods stripping off the late linger-
ing leaves. making the sky steel blue At
sunset 1t subsidized but there was not one cricket
brave enough to make a sound over all the
and round about.
The squashes and pumpkins were brought and
put under piazza roofs. The farmers wives
carefully took up the house plants which they
had set in the garden for the summer and they
spread old comforters over some late blooms
hat they might enjoy them few days more.
For" they said, I'VE shall have little more
warm weather after this cold SPELL"
The next morning the white frost was on
Everything; 1t even covered the grass on the
'outh side Of the Gerry cottage
And there was no warm spell" after It,
Winter came on hurriedly Flurries of snow
fastened through the air. The chick-a-dees
lifted cheerily among the trees. But the blue
'irds were all gone
Don't you change your mind the least little
dt?" asked Moore, as he and his wife breasted
he sharp wind In a walk from the postofflce &
ne day.
The laughed gayly.
I'm always changing my mind" she an
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