New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26

with the greatest advantage W ''o
was not very vain and did not eAIro' s',"
admiration on the one hand. nor any pa''''"'a'
d,slike on the o1hc. ITer character. too. was one
I'm, mis-. hav.l,, SLOWLY il II were ever 10
.,,a;,, il. mature growth She doubtless hao
,rorer.s q, a-.ovancc AID even @! depression )
for ,ev vourr cir,s. and certainly no women. sre
wholly ;rconsciou. OF neglect ii society p1'
a,,tongb sn, was naturally Inclined 20 m"iaa'h'S'
"a bar eyes clearly showed. 20 was nof oy ni'''-
morbid and assurcdly rot more than us1aiF
imaginative ..
Tna rcspl, OF all Ms was that SIC pore 'e'
self with considerable G:e.:.y II IL" woriu' was
ce,erally believed 10 be older t5an enc was a""
was 10 be seen more o!rn dancing or 'aiNihs
with the foreigners a; parties than WIN 'he
Romans
"Who il that. Ghisleri asked Lord li"rncr'
Arden of his old fricnd. ca" evening carly I'D ''o
season. as he caught sight Of Laura Tor the "'S'
time. ,,
AN English Roman grip answered the lta'iat'
"Thc daughter Of the Princess OF Oeraho ny "''
first marracc-Miss Cailyon.
lord IJcrlcrt had not been in Rome Tor 'hre'
or four years. and was. moreover, oy no "'a'''
acquainted with all Roman society.
"Will YOU introduce me- he asR"l' ioohi's
np at Ghisleri.
Cbislcri lcd him across the room, Introduce" h''"
and left tho two together. he being NJ ''''' ''''
worry particularly engaged in another quarter
Tho contrast between tho two men was very
strong. Lord Herbert Afd"r was almost &" wv
ouitc. n cripple. the victim IN HIS ih''"'' VI
scryino w 1man's carclcssness. Inc nurse Va" w
him fall. had concealed In" accident as 'oh' ~
.h,. could. and the boy had crown uV "'s'"'P''
and feeble In despite OF this. however, Nv "''
cmincntly man at whom every one 'o"N'" Nv.
Va ,ro who had seen him could ever forget inc
extreme nobility AMI dclicacy oi HIS Pa' '",
r.c,, feature completed and gave dignity TO the
nnxt- ,ho broad highly modelled forehead. tn"
nromiront brow the hollows AT the temples '"'
,or s,o,d,. broyn eyes. the aquine nos" ana
sentative nos,rils the colin. straight mouth an"
~, G,n clearly emf chin-all wcf" In harmony
,rd 20. in all the crowd that throngr1 IN" gre''
,,r.u.;pc ro,m. there was hardly n man WIN
whom the vounc EneliShman woul not hiN'
oych,pool focc and figure if only he mi:ht sfanh
-, tho hcipht of other men, straight AMI SQUARE
and bc free f,rever from tho hating gaif VIII"
,nodo life in the world 50 hard for him. lie was
very human and made no great pr"'enc' VI
RESIGNATION. nor indeed Of any other virtue
piotro Ghslri was a very diilcr"rt persona"
eyccpt. perhaps IN point Of humanity ne "'
.rcn and enjoyed much, if il" had suffered 'i'''"
also ana his face bore the traces OF pas' p'''s'"
and of pas; pain. thoneh Ii" was n't hi"'' VIZ"
two-and-thirtv years of asr IL was ''''"-
too to, and NOT without signs Of superior IT.
tcllicrncr AMI resolution. TIL" keen p'n" '|'N
had ,b,. trick of GNing Themselves III cpnN"fSl-
tiou which belong. 10 coplGtiV" frhp'f'i"'"F
A. other times they were sad III rNpr's>i'h' '"'
rftcn wore a weary look 'hi>I'riS ""np'>,'"
mioht also have bc"n called w"afh"r-p'a'rh' WI
treatment and long cAro,rrc 10 am ana "'a'"''
had permanently charged lis ori!lnai 'o'o''', Sc
which had ben decidedly fiir. !" a'"P' ''
,mplr styl, Of his passport. II" hhIh' W W. ''
~ six feet high. eyes blue, hair III" ''''- "''''
brown. ncse large. mouth normal. clii piohi'''''
in fact somewhat honv-pa;tl"nlir sl.h' s'' ~
,ho ,.tt ,cmnlo Like Iii. old friend I.or Herbert
he was ore Of the dozen men WHO ai"NN '''
,,,co,io, in , crcwdrI room. Eut Of all tn :"
who looked nj him. having known Inn Ioh'' N''N
few understood his character in IN" Least M
al would bovc been very much surprised II they
could hoyr messed his thoughts. especially IN INN
,.a,,;cr,o, cvo,inc when hc introduced Arden 10
Mis-. Carlvon As for the rcst liz wa alone IL
Tho world his OWE u.asf"r. the last or "A In'r IN
family. that had refused 10 bear MI" wien
,i+Ics meant somctlirr and hiu not aeon any
reason for changing its mind in IN" course ~
,hrco or fonr ccnturic1. He hlA n small fortune
surcinnt for MS wants. AMI a castle somewhere
considerably the wore for war AMI wear
II c,rnot dance. von sec." said Arden. s"Iflnr
himself beside Lara. "an1 AN a'ra'' '''a'
am NOT very brilliant in conversation Mc you
q very good nGtured person
T,ur, turned her M1 eyes upon her h""
acnuoint,rco aud Immediately felt 'srni "'
svmpa,hy for him. and Of interest in lis irnarK
able face 49,,
NO one ever told me-" she answered 10
Won think Won could find ont wohlu INK" u
know"
What form Of sin do yon most affect ASKER
Arden with a smile. DO you NOR" o''"h "' wv
things you ought not to do. or do you leave IN
done the things which yon ought - 40
"Oh. leave the good things undone. of course
answered. Laura . snpporc everybody uocs' a'
rule.
"you are decidedly good-natnrcd. particularly
80 in making that last remark. am less airaii
Of yon than was when ! sat down.
Tho Young giI looked al him again. His con
vcr.,,io, was - far not like that Of the English
men she had known hitherto.
"W,rc Won afraid Of me- she asked smiling
LITTLE
"a little I confess.
WHY. and if you were. why d;l YOU make Sig
nor Ghis.ri introduce YOU 70 me
"Dacausc nobody likes to own 70 being afraid
H..idns Ghislcri j.. IA very old friend Of mine" ana
I can trust him not to lead me into danger.
Have you known him LONG" ~ asked Laura
have often wondered what lie Is really lik"
I mean ms character, you know, and what IN"
thinks about
ale thinks a great deal. lie Is one OF the most
compljcat,d characters | ever knew AMI an not
M all sure that | understand him yet though w"
have known each other ten years lie Is
good friend and rather Indifferent enemy. ]
should say His chief apparent popularity Is that
he hates gossip iou will not find it easy to get
from HIM disaQrccablc remark about any one
Yet he j. not e0O1.naturcd.'
perhaps he is afraid TO say what he thinks
su1ocs;cd the yOIng girl.