New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-28

and you refer to yourself as to a satanic monster
| whom no honest woman could call her friend
lou are quite right. IL i sheer nonsense IL
YOU stay in Rome TO repent as you suggest IN iuh,
do il in earnest | am not talking OF your sinss
which arc not half as bad az you pretend, but OF
thi, silN view YOU insist upon taking OF your own
life. II you must think perpctualiy o. yourself,
iudlc yourself by some reasonable standard You
live in the world and you have no right TO expect
to find that you are a saint; II tlat Is what YOU
wish. take vows, turn monk, and starve yourself
ND 10 heaven il you can. And II you chance 10
mink of me. do ror set me- on pedestal; ana pnila
a church over me. and pray AT me- 40 iiot IKE
that sort of thing-it j. all unnltural ana apsuro.
| am "a woman and nothing else, better thah some
bv force of circumstances and not so good as
some others. perhaps for the sam" reason All .Ie
rest that you imagine l. s'ntiinr it Trash a' Mi
worth the time il fakes yon 20 think IL. lou WIZ
not ID, wasting your summer II you can get riu VI
il an by the time we meet in the autumn
For once in his life, Ghisleri was taken py sur;
Prise He had not had any idea that Laura Houiu
express herself strongly on any point, sun ess
that she coull talk plainly. about himseii; ne
was far too manly, however NOT 10 ps pe Isr Shs
smiled a. she finished, ana began 10 HIM s"''"
AGAIN. nan, ,,, On r,ucb GOOD advice in
so short time he -aid, with laugh. nUu
have wonderful power of condensng your mean
ing Do yoa often talk in that way -. M
- not often think / never did before. D9
| vou mot think thnrc il some sense in what say
Indeed | begin TO believe that there Is efe1,G
d.a," Ghisleri answered. NJ All events, snnit
/ nDt IL.
reformed when you come back. You must promise
II will take mo some time to find out But IL
f ~. wool hed changed for the better. and he
talked OF l.luris plans during nearly iah an
hour ~ last he roo,;" 10 20. ,.,n,,r
she locked ND quietly ~ She took his hand ana
pressed it without a.IectatIon. .,.or. sum.
"toodly ! wish YOU q very pleasano sui sui
meroand3sirc, we arr par,ing-I thank you with m.
all my heart for the many sh' an" ''''"'''
| Things you hav" done for me-
II have done nothing. to0dpy, again
| Ur turned and she stood looking at his re-
treating figure until he had disappeared through
| the door. :. .h, man ,han
! my ono knows. she said TO herself. Then she
also lett the room and went TO soc whether ll,.Ie
/ Her crt were awasc. ard to hi>y her'ciI Win ~,
the last arrangements for H. comfort uurns '''
Ghislcr know thqt another parting was before
| him in the near future Us usual AHi,'u 'nh,
MARI Of the summer with her father III tuscany
! lIr went = see her toerably often, ana 'leir
! relations had OF late been 70 all appearances
/ friendly and undi>turhed. Rut he dountci,
/ whether the final interview before they separator
/ fer several months could pass or without spn,e
painful incident. He knew Maddairnas chai.
,rt,r well ami if he did not know his own, 10
wa. not for want of study. He almost Wished
that lie might. on that day, choose TO call az
time when some other person was pi'''H'' io'
th.n. II course. there could he no snow OF emo,
Iaod ~ snrh w.s,incss lie went twice 10 the
house durn. the week which interviewed oe. zen T.
| MIRA Ardcns departure and the day hAed 10!
Nsddalrna's, saying each time that he wouId
come again, promise = whch me 'o 'a'...ss
seemed Indifferent enough Shr "o" ls, n," "Is
! he clad 10 700 ~ mu"h Of him as pos,ioe. she
, said The ast da;. came. She was 10 leave ior
| Florence on the tciowin! morning. o"iSe''
raug. was admitted. and found her alone:
Il knew you would come, she said, housh
| il is 80 latc. us,
"of counsc; Did not say so? | suppose
Won are still decided TO 20 Tomorrow ,
lie wa, ccnscious that he was saying the very
| sam. Indifferent words which hc had said few
DAYS earlier to Lara. am! Ma ldaena answered.
| him almost as Laura had done" A..
| Yes. OF cours" You must nor "omc 10 III"
| stari.n That i understood. i II not =?
since yen wish il. | will certainly not como.
~ We. are saving gOOdby until next season, ne
continued. breaking the ice as Il were, since ne
! .ct il mas, he broken. 81 will try ana NOT ne
emotional. and ask yom to helbve,ILtnis ohrr nee,
| that | am in earnest have something to say
10 YOU May |? Will you listen to me-? Ion
an | cannot part with two words and nod OF
| the head. like common a"'luainfances, .,
, Il will hear al you care 10 say, answered
Naddalena, simply. And VIII try to Deieve
lie looked at the pale face and the small. per-
foot features before he spoke. 10 see If they were
rs hard As they often were. But for I rhs
/ moment the oppression was soitencd. The
evening Glow played softly upon The bri:hs
| hair. and threw deep, warm light INTO the
violet EYES, as she turned toward him.
| What is il. she asked. as he seemed 10 hesi-
tate. Has ANYTHING happened? Are you going
10 hr married >" -,
! The question shocked him in way he could
No | am not thinking of marrying We
have been a great deal TO each other. for long
| time But for MY fault-and il is, of course, my
fault might be- as much in one ahothrrs
| lives ma ever We used to meet in the summer,
but that will not happen this year, When you
come back. we may both he changed more thah
| we think II possible to change at present
| In what wax ??
II do not know. Perhaps. when we meet again. we
shall feel that really and truly drvote.,
| friends. Perhaps you may hate me altogether
| And You me.
No. that is not possible am not very sure
of myself rule. But that: at least. know.
az hope you are right: II you ar, not my
You are very wrong am still very FOND o. o.
YOU | told You so the other day. You should
believe me- Remember. when il all ended. it was
YOU who had changed-not J. ] am not reproscm .
ing YOU. | might say that YOU should have KNOWN
yourself better than to think that you couid nc
faithful, but you might tell me-and it would %
a and had h@sn taught o look upon my deeds
| as you never could. But it was you who changea.
If YOU had loved me. | should have loved 70.
still. Little things showed me long ago .hat
your love was on the wane. Ii was never wnaS
it was in those first days. And now la. my NY
changed. too. love what was once PUT II /.
comh lave your love now as II was at IT'S s'ronS ~
and best ] would not ask for it,. why stouiI ~.
could never trust it again. and anything Il o't,
| ter than that doubt. And want no cohsS r
Indeed, should have very little to omer you
worth your accepting sah Ie.ro. ~ nand "ive ma
would he what I ask mot as consolation a' , aa,
but as something still believe worth having iro'n
Won and that is your honest friendship. =, ,,.
Ghslcri was moved in spite OF hlmSeil. us
face grew paer and the shadows showed Deneatn
his eyes where Maddalena had so often seen theln'
You are too kind-too good. he said In an I'M
sttIuy .o.., h had amid almost the same words