New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30

Then she turned and talked with the
maj Hanna Maria Boccapaduli had peeh hs %i' as
D hnr opportunity, and attacked "hisel -
for her bppPhad ccasod talking with his othef
soon as ne ""u o'o'0'
neighbor , a,,o so:o "vou like Laura Arden
very much, do yOu not VI
the sign at Lauras name ,,;no woman,
Ves She is very charming "' Sha would
She ought to be grateful 10 you ur for her lust
be il she knew no" yo" s'O"''
now g., T., ovcr cane TO know
/ should bc sorry il she e,.' answered Chs
chat she needed 10 be defended ahs"'''" '"''-
lcri. almost indifcrentN =, ;u ba all oyer Rome
,o.nigt T that You and CampodonicG almost S quar-
relied about her She Is s"i Interest ou in her
WHY do you take 50 m''rn ,s n,v friend" Ilct,o
,ia .,b,, YEARLY. Il Just sali 80.
repilWu '" mand not be 50 angry with me because
ask questions" said Donna iaiid WIZ, WI. !. S nn
as ai,vaVs dot is the way TO IND out what one
~sn.a ID 10 what ImH"d do you went to know,
you will be snsry i AK you
:. ~ ssk me something else
n nnen r ,Sant 10 know so much,' objected Donna
u,,; n"' with an expression that made Ghisleri
smile. . .oLo tho r;s, y bo said aft
a nv nt'i then, will" She dropped her voice
7 mean-is she the sort OF woman You can imagine
falling in love with ?"
'' :" do not think should ever fall IN love with
her" answered Ghiser without betrayng emo
zion or surprise
''o WHY not There must DC some reason. So
many men have said the same thing about her"
"She is too good woman for any OF us 10
love. We feel that she is too far above us to be
ante human we are"
What a strange man you are, Ghislcri
should never have dreamt that YOU could say
such like 'H To"r rcnn,aton a YOU know md
not in the least like those DELIGHTFULLY."- dreadful
verses You addressed to the saint las year on
Shrove Tuesday at Gouache's stndio. | should
think that Mephistopheles would delight in making
I'm real life Mephistorheles would grit the worst
of it, and be shown to the door with very little
ceremony
Il doubt that. Every woman likes a spice Of
devry in the man she lovcs--and as for being
shown 10 the door. that is ridiculous. Is there
any reason in the world why You should not fall
in love with woman exactly like the unnention-
able lady and marry her. too. if You love her
enouGh-or little enough, according to Your views
che. and YOU said yourself that in the course OF
time she would naturally come back TO the world.
NO." said Ghisleri, thoughtfuly. Il suppose
Their" is no reason why | should not ask Lady
Herbert Arden 10 marry me- in four or five Years;
except that ] do not love her in the least and
that she would most certainly refuse me. And
those are two very good reasons
The dinner was over and the party returned 70
the drawing room. Ghiseri stood little apart
from the rest examining a painting with which
he had long been familiar, and slowly inhalinq
the smoke Of cigarette. II was smlll copy
of one of Zichy's famous pictures illustrating
Iermontohfs Demon'-the one in which Tamara
yields at last. in the convent, and throws her
arms round the Demons neck. Prime, Durakof
had ordered the copy and hal presented it T. the
Marchesa di San (iiacnto tiliiser had always
liked it. and had IA photograph of the original in
his rooms. He now stood looking at it and re-
calling the strange. half allegorcal romance Of
which the great Russian made such wonderful
poetry.
PRESENTLY he was aware that some ore wa:
was and found himself face TO face with Gianiorte
;alnpodonico. who was looking at him with an
eyes.
TO RE CONTINUED.