New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-05

ment he did more harm. As an aPolos! 49,.
these criticisms she lavished praise upon 'Ho9,
parts Of the story that had particularly pcase"
her dwelling on details that showed no" Cd az
fully she had read the chapters Shc ,o,,.
quoted bits here and there. she dll nu' 49, h
that she was giving the greatest pleasure Sno
could give to author by showing al appIr r
citation of those finer shades, which Few ieaurIr
notice. far dearer TO them than 'he S''o'e'
effects patent to every one. 49, ~
When she had finished she read the ctter oN tr
hastily and then put II with me No. n ia ,he
once prepared for the mall she Wo".t h3vid not
story back Immediately, so that ne shVuit i nor
think she had delayed In readlng H. ~. ho
eagerness was really due to fear 'na| az AZ
should repent the writing Of the letter anu ue
strov il: II had been written in fever ana
while the fever lasted she wouId posi- ~ ~,
hands almost trembed as she put on hei I'D.
to go the branch postoflice win me ~ on
Of course il was too precious 10 ne Ielt at oIe
of the boxes Her checks were hot as she went
down the stairs. holding the MS uhae' one az ,''
and rubbing on her long gloves. AZ .ne ,,b
she had the package weighed. ana WITH Il slSi,
az relief she paid for the necessary stamps anu
went out ,. ,,,
She hesitated moment on the doorsteps , uii-
cortain which way to turn. She had lhleNuc1'
after doing her Grand to go home again; pt'
she decided that she had had quite enough ~, ~,
erary occupation for one day ana that IL mhuto
he good for her stay out Of doors ior a"hiIc'
there was shopping that she had 10 90 sohic
time during the week. and she might IS wen
do It now SO she started i9r tne
station and took the train for downtown.
At Twenty-third-st she got OF ana WllHeu III
the sureng crowd toward Broadway suddenly
she felt some one clutch her arm 'he IoVhe'
arAund nervously and saw Mrs. Barton. -,
The old lady in her decent black. with priH
crimps over her smooth forehead. seemed me
personiication of domestic grandm e
she gave EVelyn's arm series of aHectio,d'
ehakes in place OF the kiss she was preVeh'ei y!
the circumstances of their meeting from I'M
printing on her lips. 49,, o. ho-o
In one Of these doorways where | can TAX 10
Won" Then she dragged Evelyn toward 'he
entrance to a big dryGoods shop. a..
''Wouldn't Il be better If we went ihto w
wat,,ng. room" Evelyn asked I'VE can talk
"P'raps It would" Mrs Barton assented' lead
Ing w rnu how are you' anyway? said the old
woman. who had all the mannerisms OF yHutn'
as they made their way past the irquIsI" ~,
hesitating shoppers. absorbed In badgerlng '.e
an,nIoves Then without giving Evelyn time 20
reply. she went on: What luck you We mao
You bagged Saundcrson at last. didn't YOU We
bao I'd oil about YOU through Belle Livingstone
So don't try to tell me anything. An but you
lost him after all. dear" she added sympa'hru-
caly. as they approached the waiting-roorn. Sns
almost breahless in her eagern sS - - teen
turning 70 address Evelyn and looking back TO
avoid collisions. ~, r-.o,-r
Lost him? Wat do you mean? EVeiyd
asked as they entered the waitng-room ana
"Here~let's come over herein the corner
here" cried Mrs Barton. busting over 10 ,ne
f. receive them. sit down-there' Ihere
that's all right. It's SO good to see you aEaI,r.
She sat down herself and went on brea hie ss
''Whv | meant about poor dear harolu; ", ,S
\ blow T. must have been to you. But III slaa
YOU made It up and got engaged again
I'VE didn't" said Evelyn helplessly. .r,-,,.
what Mrs Barton was staggered W" ny
t YES I know but It wasn't true 1t was
dreadful newspaper woman that started H. -.
''Oh dear" cried the older woman ihei !.
than | thought IthA' N'"'
me. I spose you felt heartbroken
Let's not talk Of that now Mrs bar'on si nd
EVELYN with tears IN her eyes III an o'e' anu
must make the best Of IT. ,,.. ,horo
The old woman shook her head Sadly. lhere
were aspects Of the case that she "ahleu VIZ
much 10 discuss but she did not dare 10 VpuV"
,,nor Them further; she knew how queer i've
Ign had always been 49,, u.,o, ono
hand to rest in the old woman ahe'"'i"'e
I'm nowhere" Mrs Barton replied sadly,
why. l thought you were going out VII" ''
$50 | was. We were going to open next week
IN Hartford. | came to town fortnight ago
from NV niece's in Lousville-think Of the jour
ney,-for rehearsis. We rehea.sed io' W."
and then the company cisbanccd
What was the matter? ,,,
THE angel flew away" Mrs Barton laughed
with expression OF mute misery III "'' W.
"a m man named Harlowe lie lost confidence
In the piece-at the last moment II was terri err.
10 They didn't even give VI N'H'
How dreadful Evelyn cried. "oh. I'm So
so sorry FOR you" ..r ,-,,,,
Mrs Barton nfted her vcl TO wipe tear rom
her eye Il don't know E wha aonna f 20 see Mrs
Woriarty and she's promised 10 look out lor
something: but everythings filled by TINS time
.Tn Tbirtv.fourth-st.-M Birds. She knows
rne-Ive been there beforehand she won press
me for money yet awhile. ! spehe az H. " hns-
last season on my nieces chhuren. a., .,ay
F.rtst- at
there all summer without doing something IT
hard for a woman TO be out in the world al my
age ,.A ,.,.,,,,
hrlplessness She couldn't insult her by Offering
money. though she could tell from the way she
spoke that she needed IT, s snSden 1g an IDEA oc
Cured 10 her and. acting on the impllse' she
expressed II at once. ,
"Oh. I'm awfully glad met you You know
Nadge and have gone to housekeeping al me
Iivingstnnc's fat suppose Belle Lvingstf ne toII
YOU Well. we've got lots OF room-three b eI-
rooms You know how people 'aIk wnvn , Em,S
Modge is-we she's KIM of-kind or mighty. She
will have companyS Sunday nights andal thalsolu
of thing. OF course rs all risht pu' y ~ we
had some one like you with us-some older per
son. you know Won't you come? .,
At this proposition Mrs. Bartons race hehte 90,
IN with low "Do you mean to live WIN you
yes. keep house with us-be our house-
keeper" Evelyn cried. made feVerlsn by me
thought that Madge would be sure 10 disapproVe
OF what she was doing. 49, ,, Mt.
"Why, cried the old woman. I shoud IKE
nothing better Only -,
you know. II we had housekeeper. we
have TO pay her" Evelyn went on win klhd
of hysterica laugh" but we can't aflord 10 pay
YOU But you won't have any board to pay; you
know" she added with shuddering Thought OF
what Madge would say to this.
"Oh you darling" cried Mrs barton nenn'hs
Then she checked her enthusiasm and shrank
hack 'Rut II does seem imposing on you
,o,, rnioht as well occupy the room. and guess
Won won't eat much. Then you can order the
meals for us Madge and just hate that
farvid sincerity The novelty Of ordering for the
table had been to her Of the chief pleasures
OF housekeeping: she had not yet had time to
well I'll come" said Mrs. Barton. with the