New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-18
CHAPTER N.

CHAPTER IN
She woke early in the morning ou' ''e
| lowed herself TO fall asleep again IN oFuer ~ D
! late for breakfast and to escape the other ooa'
/ ers Only one Of these she wanted 10 ST. '
] McCionigle whose kindness she renempe'e" "'
gratitude She had forgotten to ask Aunt Jam
If he was still in the house; his season d. ''i'
Museum, rorst no over and ne was probably down
In Scituate not Ear from Cohasse'' "''
usually snent his summers When she went 10
the table no one that she knew was 'he'e' anu
the strange servant said that Mr.. DcGonigle
had gone down to the "sayshore she coui'i
remember the place: It had quare name vi
course il WAS Scituatc. Evelyn woulu nave
liked to leave for Cohasset as soon as preaN.
fac, r.,s ovor but she decided 10 be civil ana
10 wait till her aunt returned from marketing
Thor farewell was as frigid as their gree'i'S
had been: i'm their bearing toward each "thei
there was A fine absence Of pretence. thoush III
her appeals to Evelyns pocketoook Aunt Jane
would romance She took the money that Eve
yn offered as if it were small portion oi '"e
payment of long-cXistng loan. grudsihs!' al"
without the formality of thanks
Though the day was fogGy ana thre"'e
rain. Evelyn resolved 10 make the journey oS o"e
of the Nantasket Beach steamers ana 10 ''N'
the stage from Nantasket to AppIepy le'i"'V'
She found very few people on the poat III NV
stern of the upper deck where she TOOK he' S''''
ONLY two persons were sitting; woman H"i'e"
I'm a heavy gray shawl-she could just ca'c" "
glimpse Of a yellow face and TWO re"''eSS o''."
evcs-and a tall handsome man. me man S"o
recognized at once as Oswald Wepo' one III NV
editors Of THE Boston Argus; ne wrote re-
,.iev.s ard dramatic criticisms, and he was, be-
vols
ono Of the novels: a strange. pathetic story with
lust a tinge OF the morbid in it that hau sur
prised her: for he seemed to be a man " V'eor-
ous mental as well as physical health. she hau
or,on seen him at Cohassct-his cottage was
ON the top If the hill that sloped 20 Mrs' ffpP',
bv'G boarding house: and she hdd me- I'M,
Mrs Petersons in Boston; hHt u" ni'u f, some
hnr His wife "A chronic lnNailu ii"'i. H.
nervous trouble Evelyn had heard re anu 49,, -,
house were objects Of interest III CohaSsr'' Wv,
house used To- bc pointed out To strangers anu
n sketch II his history always went win u. ,i ,h
had been born in the West. and In early youth
h. had come 10 Boston to do literary WON, T ~
talen, had quickly made paGf Tor . n' famiIv.
had married girl az . good b"Sto', ia'''';
m",,,n had been much shocked. and had s'ld
She had thrown herself away; theY spDkr DIVA nnr
vie now. Tw" years altrl w I'VE" ,.' n7voIs
rlnc,, had manifested itself. HIS TWO noN .,d
th,. second he had written carly IN MS ua,I'eu
life-perhaps he had felt obliged To 90 I ~
=, irstifv his possession of such Wiic-hdu ~,
q f,w years been very popular NIl''cS "'H IT,
now. and then why h. didn't write moI'' M
friends said he lacked incentive ',,,,rai
loo much money. Al any rate ne hdu ,, oL"i ie'
nothing If note since his wife lines "au -,
.,.rn serious ten years before. H. heid an ~.
,arost In The Argus" purchased al c"u'a VIZ
h.r money. So his position ON the stan M"9 III
d.rand.nt and he worked only int"rH,' 'n"t
many noop'. bought tn paper SIMPLY /" '''t
his articles Some II his friends us'i a. N"f
that he dcspiscd newspapers ana ''. ..sf,,l n.
simplv f,r IN, sake Of having an oSi"hs'pIo
,.,,,,ation q .scapuC the criticisms "l Ms ~
b1rs. others. who were kinder de.iaI'n '' i',o
had abandoned his literary ainol''nS :" ,,,..,..
himself tomaking the ast years "i net ne n"pi,
sir.. Tho nrs. arut, attack her deaih h"d u'rn ~
u.c,cd At any tin" or '"ul-, we ~ ,,,id
people had their gossip An,u' n'''.' ,ras,ir,,
no, blame them, h. Was tH' mos ii' =,
,,,,, IN the Il.ce the r"Ar"s' appr"''" ~
Celebrity Evelyn. however was TOO 'N,' ,ho
. I.l,.,c ,hcir idle tales. and 81" had no. ''
,.,ir,r epirit of those who eagerly, III "P'Lr
,hclr Intelligence accept the most H"l9S,
scandal She put 10 faith IN 'hr i,i' 10, The
oswald Wcb5's NE was MAJ" ,llS'' r ,' kirdIi
insane jealousy of his VIE. Ih,,' "T-,,h had
,,css i'm me face ~ the nvaltd-Mis. W'pp , n
pushed th, folds OK the shaWl away H"", .,r,l /
h,J and mad been looking a. h"r Tor s'F'l'.
,,,.,r,.nts-that bclicd the story 'h' C'"l' tt
h.,.a boon more. than thirty nu' ~, u,''i
hair-cven hey hair seemed To- p' ui@' ,ha
her yellow skin mat c'u'is III l,',b r,aJe her
'hsel. bones. ard her purplish NOUN "nm. %,-
.,.,..,, Ink, an 81! woman. i.N'N. say ~"
Nil, =, something her husband nae s"l "r,r
,h. s,rii. WAS very pathetic. IN" "'S ., ,,
.Il' ,' s.c,,cl full of animation; ms was
,roh,h ly one II her good days ENrNh ,'. t u, 49,
mat the invalid was subject 10 hn honbfaI
,,rrssi,ns and uprisings, As well a. s"' No.,
p'''''..' ~ anger excited by the most
,r,,i,l causos IN viii n she W"u'u d''''l, 49,,
i.r.n an tn. servants and slilaFH VIZ, -.
'',,l1 law hands on. That was one 'i '', .'
,t,t.s - b-iug conspicuous. Evelyn '"'"E'''
,,,o,,,i. took such an Interest III YOU nm ,,.
i.nf with misintcrprrting your "'"''' 60, ,b.i,. .
,..,.t,.s th.y invented unworthy on" '"' ~
To- IA ~ others dcl"ctati"u Nht @"'i''
wondered If shc was growing p'Ss,'r'sH %"I
rerari t. humanity g." IT," P'l' ,-I =, COW
,.,,.y,n could rise above IN" Personal Az M
No. nh discuss the Personal without ''
,,,'ing their own pet'in'ss. hnl II W'1 ~ 49,
60 ,n,. member 81 the human ldH'IIf ~" ,+t,.,
,,,, ,,,,.r th. others. n exalted MS own i''"i
,'sition something IN his npNrl '"' voih frli
! 81 made her think that Oswald Nrn" ~ ~ /
mis- bitterly: 81 course. ne hAd Su.,, ,,hri,v
,.,.r sh. herself in her incon'"lu,"' III 49,.
h,T frit il more kccnly than she wo"'u nave
hK.u H., To-, q, heard Mrs webb cxclaim with dehsh,
r' ,h steamer began To- plough the Na''r
WV. ,,,,n and To- turn its PROV In me 'i'
mo tu'' lnwcr harbor: "Oh. oswald lsh !" .
i'y w.. I,oled in:o her face and laughed II
~ t ,,, won't he sorry Tor this tomorrow ne
san ~, r,,cr sorry for any happiness. dear 80
r,,,,rr how much have 90 pay to' IT, TIL
r,, hilosnphv struck Evelyn rs foollSh.
e, f,l, ~ lines as If she herself had paid tnr
her happiness almost with her me- nlnoa' E'',
argue as she would sh' c'uiN "'' ''H''' '''
tho happiness had ever h''h- -. NJ, |
"ii"W beautiful the atmosphere Is MrS S
Webb cried An silver mist win pltS 60, i.',
romr out. buj nope it won't rs lovehrr
withou, the sun. I'm glad II w'sn '' Thc
dear. II wouldn't have been hAlf $" nee, ne
hoa, would have been crowded. should nave
had to stay inside. ,,, ,l |
Evelyn could not hear what the husband Sai ',
=, ro,ir Presently Mrs. Webb burst out |
again: IT'S ten years. dear. since rye come come
down on the boat. The harbor seems har'ilX |
changed. on. how good 1t Is To- see II all
again Its only people like me who can see
things that appreciate them when they do see
Them Don't YOU remember the last time we
,a,,o how bappv we were? We'd just been in
To- see DR.. Bond. and h. said was going to get
we'll"
Yes 7 remember
But II wasn't true"
''No matter. 1t cheered us mp. Don you
remember how it chccrcd us up?
Yes for months and months we used 10 talk
about it, And we thought he was such nice
man Well. he nice man.
"Ob I think So don't believe he was much
~ doctor but he meant well. Perhaps We