New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-30

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psneIons how her cousin and cousin six years
her senior, could have 80 forgotten herself How
could she-hOw could she? 49,, $500
! The sense of an odious background which was
| IN no obliterated from the picture as 1peeilly as
possible made her now place the hgures 81 req
| wood and his friend prominently before yuma
eyes. and she dwelt upon their appearance anu
agreeability at such length and with such I'M
pressveness that at length she succee led IN
| rousing some faint show OF interest IN her coi-
! panon. ., A,a
| Nina q she hesitated.
You wish you had met him long ago." limited
| Penelope. new and glorious ldea was tanning
| possession Of her breast
| That 1t would be presumptuous 10 suggest.
| He might have liked me them don't kno"; D.t
at any rate he can never be anything 10 me
| now"
| why not I should like to know
! Nina looked at her reprOachfully.
| well. why not? ! say ana say again WY
| not? am not going TO know OF, or listen ID, or
! recall any reason for that look. You are nor 10
| throw away all your chances OF happy ara
I suitable marriage because you have played the
| fool
Dear Penelope don't"
II won't then. only you must promise me a
| don't in return. Don't go and brood over thls
| despicabe episode. and fancy yourself still iniatu-
ated with this trumpery fellow, 10 your own surt.
| Forget IT. dear Forget Il as fast as you can.
And YOU will do this more quickly II some one
! e,se-what do you say to this Merriman -
| Penelope you are absurd.
| Penelope laughed. Then she blushed Then
She looked al her cousin koenly.
| ANY fault 10 PeiWo)d?' she observed, Twill
| ing a rose between ner fingers.
| When Nina had replied, ami for sore .ime
| thereafter she WAS thoughtful and neariy s!e;;'.
In the morning the ,wo learned through me
medium OF Lord t'ltnousue's complaints. ina
! PenelCpe's mission had been cf!cacious, ana that
Macalister realizing ne strength Of the forces
! against him. ha1 surrendered t. rate ana qut'ei
| the Island at early dawn
| To Penelope this a freTh source OF IN
umph. and she WIS now as dangerous ea'eu
and self-satisfed rs she had formerly been car
| down and prostrd.,l. She had explained the
scene in Ailsies be i"o)m t. the Old nurc On Ibis
| wise: Nina nal lispleascl her, mao her very
| angry indcel-So amy that y" could MOI speak
| abou, it: ana she had meant TO get MISC TO
| demonstrate with Nina ~ the subject; bu, eaten
| ing her cousin cavesdroppng. she had determined
| t. have it put with ncr then and there
| On the enorni'y o. ,aVescropping she nai ex-
| patiated IN )rl." % Draw OFF Alsies attention
| from the real Doln. ut 'suc and had fanci-i nor
self successful. Ailse had r. fded her heal. made
! few vague responses, ana 10 all appearance 'eI
| the matter pass.
Penelope felt in spirits for anything.
| What more could she do for Nina? Nina, II
| was clear could do nothing for herself-n0thing,
| az least that were not better left undone.
| She must be taken in hand. Kindly treated,
| she would prove docle timid deer, ana now
| that she had learned 10 look upon her cousin DIS
friend she might be guided for her own nap
! piness We'll. then. Redwood? Whichever way
! penelope turned Redwood's figure rose before her
| eyes In vain she pooh-poohed IT, pushed II
| aside grew quite peevish with herself on The
| subject; the answer to every question regarding
| tho past and future wLs-KeGwood.
Vet why should Nina be married at all! Mar
riage was not necessary to woman far from
r. Penelope had long declared against II on her
own account except when in the mood to JEST
as when she told Nurse Aisle she meant TO nave
| Redwood for herself.
| But no one could have msapprehended, that
| laughing utterance. When serious. penelope al
ways alleged that she was cut out Tor an old
| maid. and that she meant 10 be one and merry
! one OF good fortune she was secure also Oh
good health bright spirits. energy enterprise
and troops Of friends. For the present she was
| content ~ she was: for after years she had a
| thousand projects She would travel all over the
world: settle here and settle there and sip the
sweets of every transition. She would see with
hor own eyes all the glorious sights whereof as
yet she had only read and heard.
Also my heroine had her visions OF benevolence;
though whether thcse We're To lead her into the
| paths trll by such pioneers as the noble
Howard and Elizabeth Fry. or Of uniting the
JOYS u adventure to the conversion OF the heath
en- like Monat and Livingston. or OF sailing to
the Deep sea Fisheries and distributing good
food clothing and literature. "norrard Of the
Doggcr." Of stirring. active missionary work
In some original guise as yet unknown. remained
undecided. She did not mean to be a hospital
nurse: nor did she fancy the Fast End
one thing was clear whatever line her phi
lanthropy was ultimately - take, II did not re-
| quirc the aid 4 a husband: and Penelope. from
having already seen ami taciuy rejected a con-
siderable number 81 problematical husbands was
really not far wrong when she assured herself
| that she was not marrying girl.
She WAS w"il of In her own home and. Ike the
sensible little woman she was. realized that her
sole remaining parent even though he might not
be very much ~ a father. still had some claims
upon his only daughter Mr. East. like a large
number OF his fellow-men. was a self-worshipper;
and as long all went we'll with him. was fully
equal - the task OF ministerng to all the neces-
sites Of his god. lie piled himself with every
good the world could give. and needed no assist
ance in his congenial task
sam. time might come-and. anyhow. Pencil
/ IN pflif hpr
! either for marriage or for anything else.
/ That being the case-Redwood. What was 70
be done with Redwood He was too good 70 be
wasted. He not very bright man-sone-
times he was progressively dull and sOmbre-and
on the two first occasions Of their meeting he had
been rude: but. on the other hand. such rudeness
had been atOned for and she could not remem-
Der that he had ever even been dull when alone
with her.
1t when in the general circle that he was
subject to absent fits. He would on sudden
draw himself In. answer shortly. or not at all.
and be- distrait and uncommunicative for the re-
mainder Of the visit.
Could 1t be that he was a man with story?
II so-if this were the explanation-what more
! fitting than that he should mate with Nina Car
noustie. who also had a story, and To whom such
termination Of II would be "A gOdsend?
Redwood on his first arrival had certainly
seemed 10 admire Nina and Nina. but for her un-
fortunate prediction in favor OF another, would
most likely have been pleased to be distin-
guished. She had all but owned she yearned for
some one-any one-to care for her. and rescue
her from the deadly monotony OF her life.
| ITO be she did not show herself off,
| laughed Penelope internally. "A more anxious,
puzzled. miserable face never saw when Red
wood was doing his best to be civil to her and
uncivil To me. But she improved; and now they
are quite good friends He Is cooler than he
was-shc less cold. Would # be possible to warm
! him up into Then she paused. but resumed
! after minute. IL think it would. and II shall
| ! will do it, | will make the match He may not
admire me. but he likes me: and think | have
some sort Of power over him. He IS not clever
man, but he Is pretty prompt 10 divine what |
mean sometimes. When the others are all sit
! ting looking at me In their cowlike way Mr..
Redwood will rise mp with that dry smile OF his
/ and saunter off 10 do the thing | want / like
! that. II | ever felt inclined to like man. this