New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-04

,or ,b fret time in her mothers recoiecion OF her
| .You do NOT know what you are saying mother.
Tho prirccss sighed and turned her face away.
Che ,,,rirutcd the extraordinary change in her
daucb,or IN Ghisleri's bad influence, and her pref
ud;co AGAINST him increased accordingly. she
cou,d not scc tina: the girl had developed IL the
course Of wears into a fully grown woman whose
chor.ctcr had not turned out to be what she hal
expected. A.. ..o..;o,,
,b,t sbe could possibly love Glisl"ri-Quite I'M
| ;,s,i6ablv So her mother considered. But herc'
AGAIN tho elder woman did the younger an inJus-
tic. Love was very far from l.auras Thoughts
inst thcn. though her friendship Tor Pletro was
| assuming an importance it had not mad before
She did not speak again for some minutes. ana
when she did, she spok" quietly and without any
aho,v ~ anger. Her tone was not harl. nor was
.pvtbinc she said either cutting or defiant but
Mo- Princess felt that there was to be no appeal
| from the verdict.
| .De,rcst MOTHER she said, d" never did any
thing and never will do anything with the intcl-
tim of 1isplrasing or hurting Won. Bnf ] have
nv own life 70 Lead and my own responsibilities 10
hc.r in nv own way Their" are some things IN
which I must Judge for myself, and ono Of them
il in the matter OF choosing my friends
| "If you had chosen any one but the wild CHS
lcri," sighed the Princess.
a man who knew him better than either you or
can loved him dearly. and when h" was dEin9
babe him take care Of mo- Tho pronis' then MADE
ms been faithfully kept. ! will not shut my
door 70 nv husbands old friend, who has become
mine merely because the world is what II is-a
liar. an evil speaker, and a sandcrcr'
Laura was a little pale. and 'hc lids dropped
over her eye, a. though to hide something she
would not show II was the first time she hau
| evcr spokcn of Herbert Arden since her chld ia l
| been born.
II the world had been aware that tine matter W
hcr intimacy with Ghislrri had been under discus
sion i, vould have been much delighted by her
decision 1t would really hav" been too "hkih'
If Laura 70 deprive it % subject Of conversation
full Of ncvrrtagging interest. For not "'E
,,ssAd without n rcfcrcnce to Pictro's devotion TO
| her and the rcfrrcnc" was rarely mad" WITHOUT Il
dash OF spite and little navorns of social venom
Laura was not 70 be- forgiven for having NAL"
! Gbiscr prcfrr her company 20 that OF scor" oil
other women, all. in their estimation, a' goo"-
| ,ool,ing no she and infinitely more agreeable"
thislcri himself accepted the situation, ~ i'aur'
had wished him to do SO. though he was constantly
Uneasy about his own position. 1t s'en'd 10 nun
that if there were the slightcs. danger OF GlN'h-
color T. any serious SANDER on her namr y h'"''
H.. his duty 70 d-obov her and altogether "ico.
tinnc his visit, And he knew also that II" W"n'"
! naturally be- the last person t. hear "''' "''
| common gossip The season. however. p'sS''i Oh
ruictly enough until Lent began, bringing '"''
| rcriod Of modification and fasting during w"'h
society uses its legs less and it. tongues more
Tis +, may bc her, again sal for the SAGE oi ci'ir
nos. WAS tlc Ientcn season Of Ill" second year
after Ardcn'- death. and after the maj pr''" y
tween Ghslcri AMI Malflalrna dell Arml
AZ that time several events occurred winch " j
necessary 10 chronicle in greater d"tali LOT 'n'
better understanding Of this history, ana LOT III"
more complete rcfutation Of Ill" story Whi'n p'>'
commonly l-.ircnt for some time ai'"rwari' ana
which very nearly brought about th" most lrr'p-
! arabic consequences.
CHAPTER XAIT.
purino nearly year large number of por-on+
had boon acquainted with til" story OF Al"l'
written confession but, as has been shown 'h'
| matter yas considered serious A. 10 ""rN'
secr.cv--th. higlcst social honor which can - con-
| f.rrcd on truth II had never reached III" cars
~ ,rv member Of the SWELL or Of IN" G"rano
/ families and but for Mndlal"na deIl Arh'' "'''
lori him eli would never hay" heard H.
Although Adele was SUFFERING the dir" results
n her evil deed. in the shape Of almost incnr'bl'
norphinis,n. the principal caus' of her first Pir'
and con.oarrnt Hines. no longer trouhl"i her a
!, had onc. done She now believed that ia" con-
fcs.ion had after all caught upon som" PROJECTION
mr. in .o,n. ere, Joe of the masonry IN The shalt ~
,hc onbinttc ~ Gcrano. AMI that II wonld never
hc heard Of again. II was incredible. I'll" 'h"ush'
that If any person had found II ana r'id H. '' VI
So. .horlI not attempt 20 "Nt"rf a lare" sum :"
money for IT, BIT no one appeared 7" h"mah' any
thing That wa- -uilici"ni PROOF tha' II" ""' ppN
..ss.d the document. and II must thr'i'r' NV
remained safely where II had iallrn Her ore ~
nnlv f.,r wu lest something should happen 7" WA
par, Of III. castle which mi sht max repairs n''r@
sarv. and possibly lead 10 thu discovery ol .n '
lcti.r imi that was improbable" III III" '\,r"n''
Tn. massive walls had stood ~ they were uhtin'
nearly four centuries. an did not show any sle'
Of wealness ~ for l.ncia. II si" ever n'i IT,
the secret or limited ~ her pr-"n mlsT.N' 'l'
thcre was a secret 10 hc'ray, and If any story 20
aOoa, hy her agency. Adele could deny H. an
her position was ,iron- enough in the world u
force. most people 10 accept her denial >'' ~
mos, laughed AZ IN" idea. The principal s,'a'
m.nt contained in the confession woull seen u,
most grot"s1uc III H. lnlprnpapll'N. 'l' NH
. very we'll that If -h" eyer heard sich an a,lo'
| ;mnu,,d ~ her worst er"my she would nor pllN
il She would not even tax" th" trouble 10 r'P'a
! IT, bccaIis. nothing was NOR" iopll'l IMAM I" e
,hc reputation If telling incredible tale, Nh' WI;
mite sur. Of this for when sh" mentally trl"l ,h
nosi,ion she found that she could not hav" eyer
cr.aence 10 such a legend even II any o, nv
accus,d Laura Arden of having done IN" d'''u. WI
as shc hntnj Laura with a wholcherr'" hntrc'
,Lot lid NOT hrsitntc at triilr~, she considered TN
argument 20 he conclusive. a., ~
Ucr hatred prc,v ~ th" fatal effects OF the NOR
nbino 10 ,an To nnsettlr her brain AMI disturb '
Strong mower Of srlfcontrol when ha'i pNr,' ne
through many dangers Inc n'r'.si,N ,u i,h H IT.
inc I'M an outward show of good relations WIN u ;
stem sister on pain Of the scv"rcst financial puhlS
mcnt if she angcr"d her father. irrthtr her ~
, | tr.ucIv She was we'll aware that. IN Splt '' +,
reconciliation and of her own be- Iavior, the w9ti
IN cho.e 10 believe most OF the thing' she I'M
f,rmcrIy said Of Laura AMI that the latter posi-
!orI"'.n ' "nv,Iir@ hnt nnviabr Nevertheless
+ omr, s,,.m.l 10 survive very WELL and III Ni'h
cpinion had obtained far NOR" than llrr .,'r'
',poJ things That she had really suffer- t'rr
\ INV in her own way. by the death OF her husband
none knew better than Adele. and that. al least
s;mguI,rly fortunate Her litt" hoy was a. stird
and strong and sound any mother could nay
wished for drformltv which IL the result OF nc
don't is not Inherited Moreover. there seemed
ho jittle dount hut that the uncle from w'lom M
5 den had expected u large fortune would now i'av
his money 10 ittl" Herbert. IAnra was. OF r'lI
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