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

had been when he made his first visit 70 ne1 far
his long illness Then she had been tonche"' f aav
more than he. She looked at MN in,on rvl "
moments and saw that he felt very s'Io;n5 oentIv
Do not distress Yourself she SAID s gn.Ni
PRAY do not-it hurts me- TOO tt;.iS,,i in love
say. do not believe you can -, Ge Won had to give
now-o any , o'I hnro watched you since we be-
came what we are now, and VIA Nv sJ moro trnc
/ do not know any man VINO car NJ moant what 7
and devoted friend. 70" SUI
saio IL il i truc-if can be friend to any one,
would have. if | could chooT zoos, ..
@Wh hst is impossible. That is what one would
always like Let US sn ae' is .'i Beyond wishing
eoo ml Won for what you hay" said,dear shall
n ,ra' forget il. Few women could pe 50 good as
ION orc 10 me- You would nave 'e rlSh' 10 Ve
yery different if you chose. ..,,
'erH " 7 sbould not. There are rcasons-well. as
NO, NO, LOT ms not talk about it. We have made
yo" say u';nds 70 meet and part as we should
up our ir;ays lovingly friends love, trnthfuly
hlmus nce there is nothing left for us 10 distrnst
She had never spoken !, MN IN tins way III Al Al
.nndnycd if there had been any real change in her
"."re or whether this were not at last I'll" as
srrion of her na'r1 o oT not one o Ss h So s''o"S
% have Seen that you can act in that way, she
con,inncd presently. you have don" more for
the sake of the mere memory OF YOU your friend 'han
Not so much as would do for the memory
~ love. said Ghiscri. turning his face away
Wa. IT so sweet as that ~ SHE asked
And We. you have loved better and longer in
other days ao;a cndrc No
other answer for lie knew it was true
Maddacna sighed Perhaps she had hoped that
this lest time he would say what he had never
said-that he had loved Ter better than bianca
You must have been different then She
spoke little coldly il. spite Of herself moment
later she smiled Il How foolish it IS OF ne TO
think Of making comparisons, now Tat 1t Is an
over she said. so YOU ycu are not coming to
Tuscany this summer, and | shall not see Sc. you
till next autumn. Why do You not come?'
Il want to he alone long time answered
Ghiseri ut is much better an bad com
pany. and. besides. | am lot strong enough 10
wander about the world Sc'' heed io"s
1t seems so strange to think of YOU as not
beng strong"
"Yes-I who used TO he so promo of my strength
believe that was my greatest anxiety when l
was Very vou12.'
How full Of contradictions YOU are; NADIA
lena exclaimed. she had often done before
Ghislcri said nothing. for he knew II better
than she could 1t WAS Irowii!g late. Tor the sun
had gone down and the wi aht deepened In the
room He rose TO go, and took her hand she stood
y" Goodby. he said almost in a whisper. MAY
God fcrgive me, and bless you-aways'
"Goodbv-dcar'
lie went out 1t had been strange meeting,
and the parting was STRANGER still. Very often,
throughout the long summer months WHICH lOl-
lowed, Ghlsleri thought Of it, recalling every word
and gesture of the woman who had loved him
deeply, and for whom: he had nothing left nut
the poor friendship she was so ready TO accept
But that at least he coud give her, kindly, lov,
ingly and truthfuv, she herself had
for asking it of him. though no Kindness of hers
could heal the wound ne had given himself IN
injurinG her. lie thought less harshly of the
world for half a year after that day, and
began To believe that il might not BE- so abomin-
able place he had sometimes been inclined to
think il.
lie wrote TO Maddalcra from time to time, short
letters, which said little, but which size WIS glad
10 receive and which She often answered in the
same strain. with a small chronicle Of snail doings
made TO bear the weight of n sweeping current
row and then. Little enough of interest there
was in any of those epiStcS. but there was
general tone in them which assured each that the
other had not FORGOTTEN that last meeting.
Gnslcri did not write 10 Laura though he
could hardly have told WIZ. especially as he hid
SPOKEN If doing Possibly h" felt that she
would not understand Inn through n letter a she
did when they W 70 iarc 10 face, and he feared t.
make a bad impression.
OF Adele Savelli lac had news often. through
noOple who were IN intimate correspondence witt,
her and with her stepmothcr who spent the greater
part of the summer at Gcrano. From all accounts
she had begun 10 improve with the warm weather,
and though she still looked i'll and greatly changed
from her former self. she was said TO be very
morphine had saved h"r. and it whispered that
she a slave TO il ia consequence. Ghislcri
cared very lnflr lie lad almost given mp the
idea that Sic hal h"el concerned IN bringing on
Arden's Illness, and even if he sonnet ines SIN
thought she had hc"n. ho saw the impossiblitv OF
going any further than he had gone ALREADY III the
attempt to discover the truth
no Be tONIINCED0