New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-09

cover of her large fan she gave little disGusteu
shudder. For her. society was divlGSu ,,,'I tnow
classes-people whom it was desirable 10 XIV XIV
and be known by, and people whoih IL ""o -
to keep at arms length. Protested followers u
the occult were in the latter category $500,
But the conversation dropped around 'heni ''
the diva sang the wonderful birdke ara VI
Media in Il Pagliacci.'' ,,io, who,
You applaud" said Lady Boyd HopJayi, Wy" WI"
. II was ended. You appreciate LeoncaNaIio:
'As a trout appreciates real MES aiter ui LILLE,
on an anglers limitations OF lur am ,hat ;s his
The man is essentially modern; that Is i,ls
charm He and Mascagni are the pioneers W , we
New Lyric School, dramatic: picturesque Suo'''
-impressiOnisic. in a word
But will their works live? vi, ..
I "Dear iady the writer who writes. the painter
who paints the composer who composeS Tor pos
teritv. forge letters for future generations.
/ LADY Boyd began to think she had got hold OF
a musical critic. ,,,,a .
Rut the programme of the evening included a
recitation The stars Secret: the Honorable Glen
alva Auchterlony,'" she read from page oi
white and gold . 49,
| Duchess of Clanbosie SO Miss Auchterlony re
cites Does she do it well? | have never yet
| heard her"
Then | can promise you a new sensation
am never tired of hearing her
! The phrase had something Of familiarity IN the
| ears Of the lady who listened
"She has dramatic talent!
None whatever.
Then the sensation you promise is the reverse
Of pleasurable. $500
any appreciation Of plastik. any critical capaDh-
ity for the enjoyment OF evolutionary soiluIl,'S
| and cadences. you will suffer acuiely. as DO.
but you said that YOU were never urea oil
no more am because the torture she causes
me To undergo is in itself perfect thing-hy
reason If its completeness" The loosely clad
man threw back his head folded his HANDS ana
narrowed his lids to the chink OF intent obSrrNa-
zion as the young lady commenced The reciia-
ton ended amid applause.
Lady Boyd began to realize that she was
wrong in not knowing exactly who this person
age was But the young lady snatched her
eyes .... .h. ,,rr,,,,.d
| underneath her lifted pince-nez
Perfect as a pink pearl
! But an, what accent
| Recently imported from north or the Tweed
To me that Caiedonian burr is invaluable. II Is
the feather In the diamond. ..,.A,.,
| Most people prefer their diamonds without
Not so l. Contrast heghtens charm. re-
greet lends exquisiteness to the subte'y OF ar
tistic JOY" ,...,,.., o,,,,,
| with a squint?
An thank you, To be 50 cemprehended gives
| one hope. one has not lived H. vain or written
Il think"-it was more a thought thinking
Itself than the utterance Of conJeciure-that
you must be Mr.. Egg?
| He bowed gratihedly.
AT your service
The crowd parted The tall rcd-haired young
| lady who had enlisted the fastidious sufrages
Of Egg was borne toward them upon sea o.
masculine compliments He raised his hh'y
marked eyebrows he heard.
| "Appreciative criticisms are crystaiz"d vio-
lets. These coarsely indiscrminaung express
| sions Of approval are
! "Candied peel and French plums
Dear Lady Boyd Hopjay, we must know one
| another better.
| 1t did not strike her impertinence. com
| ing from the source 1t owned But just then
vscount Pontaret presented a young lady
Miss Auchterlony Lady Boyd Iiopjay
I'm just glad" said the red-haired young
| lady who had recited ito have the opportunity
of meeting. I have an uncle will be talking abou'
Lady Boyd Hopjay all day long. Colonel Auch-
terlony. Of the Imperial Hussars And ne knew
! your ladyship In India
! Lady Boyd Hopjay warmed under her pear
| powder The red mustache that had muihel
| whispered vows Of eternal devotion al moonlight
| picnics and morning rides rose again hanboyant
! in her minds eye. The niece's beauty had pre-
| possessed her the association with the past rem
! dered her attractive. She took the glOved hand
rather a large one-and looked at her with
! mellow interest
| denly pink. Her brave. straightforward blue
eyes fell She had encountered the Intent. dark
+ gaze % Egg. who leaned against porphyry Pillar
supporting a basket Of trailing orchids. with
| arms folded and his loosely clothed legs crossed
II he impairment. there was a certain cachct
in his way OF doing things and he was dstin-
| guished successful. certainly person whom II
was desirable to know
As Lady Boyd Hopjay's glance travelled from
! one 10 the other. her familiar spirit made
| suggestion in her Her mater passion leaped
into a blaze-her pet hobby troued up and knelt
for its mistress 10 mount H. she all but uttered
! the words aloud
"I must marry these two people"
II.
SO she asked them down to stokchole for sep
TENDER
1t was a select houseparty. including the Arch
bishop and several married couples Of Lady Boyd
! Hopjay's own making. There were the Ancrleys
and the DE GrewsOmes-there would have been
| Lady All Bhye and her connubial chains Of
! pearls but that she on her way to Bombay
! because the Chief Justice was on his 10 London
! There was pretty little ingenue with an elderly
aunt. who wrote society novels; there was
vapid young peer. Lord Dudley Haymarsh. upon
whom In the interest Of the ingenue, the hostess
! had benevolent designs; and there we're two or
/ three stray Guardsmen to fiji up chnks and keep
/ things going There also. as | have int-
mated. Glenava Auchterlony and Egg
Lady Boyd Hoptay. in furtherancc OF her aim,
encouraged her visitors 10 take fresh air ard Nor
folk scenery in couples, az the animals came out
Of Noah's Ark. To that end she kept many dog
| carts and pony carriages. No chapercn Of any
| dignity would stoop. she shrewdly guessed to
| occupy the back seat Of the former kind Of con-
veyance. or the front seat Of the other. groom
! was the most effective guardian OF the propric-
/ tieS-out driving.
Egg did not shoot. II was his pride to do none
OF the things that ordinary men did Upon the
second noon, after lunch, Lady Boyd suggested
that he should drive Miss Auchierlony over to
Sieveklng.
/ one change in the programme to make ii per-
feet Let Miss Auchterony drive me. To be
swiftly carried through an exquisite landscape
at the guiding will OF a beautiful woman-what
could be enjOyable?' He conveyed again
that impression Of saying something quite in
! extensively that would have sounded impairment
from another man
/ He had taken 1t for granted that she could
drive-and he was not mistaken. She had a
firm hand and mastery mode Of handling
The whip The cob in harness owned a prejudice
! against thrashing machines. and. passing by
rckyard while of those red and blue spiders
was in motion, SHE'D. gybed and refused TO go on.
I The owner OF the machine. seeing the difficulty.
offered 10 have the engine stopped, but Miss Auch-
I terlony positively refused.
mo. | thank YOU" said she, tightening her
lips 1T is ridiculous, the giving In to a beast
Like that He shall pass II. II keep hin here all