New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-05
I couldn't think any more Only I keep

| you ought not 10 I've 80 HnuSh ka'~~'
Mrs. Bradford And then she continued rather
hurr,ed,v "you are worried because your
| daughter inherits something you don't IKE
| from some ancestor Of whom you do not APP
| nrovc Yes I understand. And you think IL
| Won had brought her up right you might nave
| eradicated some tendencies. Now I'm sure you
| brought her up right, so far as faith anu hohor
| ond Integrity are concerned. I'm sure OF II.
| Ru, she has some strain of-of, what snail
call 1.-THE tropics, the laxness wnich goes
with that strain sometimes You couidh e'au-
! ,cate that, and you don't understand that any
more than you understand Greek. But 'here
1t u.s. And it's mixed up with the New-Ens,a"u
, mart of her nature And. you see, In IrahK-i
,h,nr tho Southern warmth and glow and may
say constituencies part Of her. are last se'''"s
the supremacy.
..Dont think she has talked to me, but nave
watched her face with an interest 80 Keen tha'
7 cannot describe 1t to you. II you sometimes
painted portraits. Mrs. Gerry you wou'u KNOW
how much may be learned from the s'uoy Vi
q face And let me tell you that cannot III
! acne low any one can be with your uaue"'e'
without loving her She has, IN p"eno.'e
nal degree that utterly mysterious soh'e'"i"s
| h,ch wins love, 1t is something that Is not
dependent upon character, and wh'c" "ooous
tas vet been able to analyze. People put names
to the quality. but the names amount ~
nothing. c,.,
Am giving you quite lecture MIS- gerry
Pardon me- then. l don't think ca" qu''e
make YOU know what a hold Mrs. Moore nae
| oh,aired over nv heart and my imagination.
don't know what 1t Isl she seizes you sne APP
MEALS to YOU. She makes you think OF her
| continually" ,
As Mrs. Bradford spoke thus with an IN
creasine warmth. Mrs Gerry leaned toward her
as If drawn by the intensity of her feeling.
put when the speaker ceased the elder woman
instead of Welding to that feeling drew herset
I'M and away. She brought her pale face into
| greater control She was always fearing that
she would not have herself entirely In hand
| .r know I think of her continually" she said'
.but then" with SMILE I'm her mother' l
sunpose ought not to feel so hurt that you We
| tourd ont that Salome isn't one who hasn't
much conscience. But it does hurt me.
keeps hurting me-
She was not appealing in the least Tor SYM
| nathy She was stating fact, ana s'atihs ~
in a way so that it should be plain. she hao
never before talked quite like this to any human
being. She had said a few words 70 her MN
ter on TINT night when Salome was married
Now she was already beginning 10 1ear 'ha'
sbe had Welded to a weakness. 1t was surely
a
Some people were always talking about their
| troubles One became very weary OF such
neon,c Perhaps Mrs. Bradford who seemed SO
| kind was weary of her now
"SaIome has told you of no events IN her
life?" she asked suddenly.
| mo"
Mrs Gerry rose. She was thinking that she
had been weak and foolish to come 10 Boston
because of dreams. 1t must be that she was
really losing something OF her self-controi
"I.m afraid Salome is detained somewhere
she remarked. land I'm keeping you. You nave
been very good ,v
you are not keeping me against my WILL
was the reply I'm so interested. MIS-. Terry
You are not going? Please stay until your
daughter comes
as ought" she responded. I'm glad I've seen
| Won Mrs bradford It's done me good I'm
! trying not to worry
The speaker gazed about the room. she
avoided looking at the easel. But at last she
said deprecatingly that she must DE get'ihs
childish If she couldn't look calmly at some
colors put on canvas
Having spoken thus she advanced TO place
in front of the portrait and stood ABSORBED De-
fore 1t.
"Jt hasn't got my grandfather's features. and
il hasn't got his color" she said, "out IL mas
his very look-his very look. There's no ware
| and no Gerry in It,"
"Was your grandfather bad man.?
Mrs Bradford ventured to put this question.
"He hadn't any principle" replied Mrs. Gerry
"t5e never did anything just because 1t was
right. He didn't care for right. He only
cared to love and to be loved. and to have the
weather warm and sunny
.Peope loved him.
"Ob. ves You had to love him. You couldn't
reason at all about it; you had to love MIN.
Mrs Bradford smiled.
eve don't reason much to love- she said
"No: but 1t is a good thing when reason APP
proves of a love"
Mrs Gerry spoke with more emphasis IMAM
usual. Soon she turned to her companion.
"salome tells me that you know Mrs Darrah
and Miss Nunay"
This seemed to the woman addressed 10 De
an irrelevant remark. and she wondered at IT,
"I have met Them she answered. she
thought that her companion looked at her with
some usefulness. but she could not help her
any.
Have you talked with them much?"
"Oh. no." in great surprise. Il have had no
opportunity
"Rut Won will have you certainly will have"
Here Mrs Gerry's. perpexity was so PLAINLY
evident that Mrs. Bradford suddenly took her
hand and held it closely.
Does it annoy you that / may see those
people?" she asked.
II can't help things. l can't heip thlngs'
said Mrs Gerry land what l can't help l
ought to leave; must just leave it ALL" She
fixed her eyes on her companions face. But
do wish that when you come to hear Mrs.
Darrah-I don't know what she will say-but
when you come to hear her-wont you judge as
kindly as you can? It's so strange, but care
q great deal that you should judge kindly And
since you have been able to find out some OF
my child's tendencies and to put them In her
portrait perhaps you will consider all these
things -"
Mrs Gerry stopped abruptly.
There was q sound at the door, and Salome