New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-26

| ''' ""H tithhlHS HOW. ucncc1OrW1ru, he would
Jake care OF those two lie was feeling
grateful that Salomc had such mother He rev.
eicnced that unbcnding integrity, that rigid adj
hcrcncc under all circumstances to the bald truth
| lie had felt that from Mrs Gerry from the first
Indeed tho person must be very dull who had no
| sense of this part of the woman's character
From her Moorc's thoughts turned to Salome
| Tho girl was infinitely more charming to him
because she puzzled him somewhat. Her two
! Kinds of faces" as Miss Nunally had once said.
would hold his interest vivid for years 10 come
he believed Two kinds? Sic had IL dozen.
! How conld custom ever make dull her infinite
varicty?7
TO Moore it seemed special gift Of Providence
| that he should love girl whose nature was 50
complex. lie told himself that Salomc inherited
perfect integrity from her mother. and from some
body disc richness Of life which made her moie
enchanting than anything he could have dreamed
Yes. he was certainly very fortunate young
man
lie resolved fcrvently to be worthy OF this
good fortune; to live more and more I'D TO that
| higher life which always reckoning him.
! OF late it had seemed quite easy to keep the
| higher life well in view Love was great
elevator and purifier
| lie had forgotten at this moment what Saome
had said about not caring for truth and for the
| higher life Her words had not made much
| impression upon him. lie had considered them
| piquant and unlike what other girls would have
| said Other girls would have made a great pre-
tence of love for all exalted states Of being.
SO Moore unused happily while he waited for
| the arrival Of the doctor from Augustine, or for
| some sign from tho cabin
| As he sat there the black and white hound
Jack, who had been thrown h,to despair by the
! absence Of Mrs. Gerry and her daughter. came
| dcspondcntly Looping from distance among The
pines.
The dog was returning from three DAYS trip
| into the barrens lie looked weary and depressed
| lie had not seen Moore when he sat down on
his launches and gave himself up for a few
moments 20 a battle with f1eas Then he stretched
| up his neck and howlcd long and dolciully. lie
| evidently believed his new friends had gone for
| ever and he in despair.
At the second howl Moore sprang TO his feet
| There is hardly more dcsoate and depressing
| sound than dogs howl.
is that Jacl, ," asked quick voice from the
| lint. II was Saome. Her face was whittier than
| usual and her voice almost sharp. She had al
| WAYS been inclined to superstition, but OF la'e
| the weakness had grown upon her. as the pidc-
tical pood-sense vein had seemed to retreat In her
| Moore whistled The dog eagerly for
ward: but he did not notice Moore in the least.
| He sprang upon Salome and began that process
| of devouring which is so pathetic IN It's lnteh-
si,y of emotion. He had fully concluded that
| he should never see this friend again ana mere
she was mraculously returned
| Salomc withdrew with him from the hut
lest his demonstrations might waken her mother
who was still sleeping heavily.
Moore instantly joined her. She looked az nm
rcproachfully.
WHY did YOU let him howl ?" she asked.
Her voice trcmbled as she put the question.
But couldn't help it. Besides it is nothing
for dog to howl was the reply
IF you had only cared You might have pre-
vented it," insisted Salomc who's" face was
| deeply cl0udcd and who was not Ill 'c "'''
inclined TO be reasonable.
| Noo,o smiled with "A gentle but still n
masculine superiority His spirits were too hleh
| for him TO be affected by any such trlhe as the
bowling of a dog. ,
You needn't laugh said the girl. ana
| turned from him, with her hand on the uog
head.
Moore protested that he had never felt less
like laughing in his life; but that Saloine was
really foolish if she thought second uulc %
Jacks bowling 1t was the iieas'
Tho aoas,', exclaimed Salomc. and then sh'
asked her companion if he thought men co"iu
know any more if they tried. Before he co"i"
nns,,,or she injured if he remembered tlos,
crows
,,ooro lacked bcwdered Those Crows he
repeated. , ,u...n,,. Gin.
want 70 Moore and put her hand through his arm
She looked up at him .,,.,., ,,,,
; Oh she breathed, II am so thankful tha'
men are not as silly as women ian,
| Ua,.iro said this she would not linscr moment
She hurried back to the hut to lind her h'o'"ei
! still sleeping. , Ma
| When at last the doctor came he 'o'','
Cory awake and sitting pr0ppcd up III "c"' ",
said chat she could Just as we'll get mp. but sun
| she did not get mp. 40. .ho
The decision tile physician gave was 'na' INV
,.o,,a, ,yas nearly worn out. That she must lie
| ,hor. ,vbcr, she was and be taken care oil. ''o
hrusouclv ordered her to stop thinking anu WIZ"
sb. demonstrated he said she could make 'hi ,''' mn"
g, blank if she chose. and her NINA MUS, "
| blank before she gained much strehg'"' -"
,r,rLed that one woman could not carry '"' UNI
verse. even with the best intentions o.
Moore went back TO the city with MN ~ XIV
| his prescription nIlcu' 49,, , o., ,bo,-
AID ca bcpan those days, which. sad as 'hey
were. were yet frightened Tor oaio'nc "S
tender and untriEg devotion.
Tho GIRL seemed TO be nothing now but hcf n'o' y,
or,o nurse She watched and waited ana "o"''
not sleep :, ,
I, wos as if she could not give herself eho"s"
that her mother might recover. IL was III vain
chat Mrs. Gerry would say again ana again
~Salomc, you must spare yourself ~" WV"
hold out" ro,h;rc. or
|, Saome would only smile and say ho'",ns y,
she would eHclaim passonatey '"'' '''S''
would give her strength now. 49,, 49, o.
Her mother was too weak To con''"' A.,
.,,r,ond She lay there and submitted ior t"e
n.n, Elmo since her childhood to being cared ior.
The days passed with strange quick"e's 'n ,,
or tho DAYS seemed alike to the siri' WHO Sa' ''
al '"c ""'" ,iocod ber chDir out