New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-25
CHAPTERi y.

nh, ,.sar had dtspa tchedssever. of the deck
hands to search for the bag. and soon nterfthe
Messengers had left the boat one Of them Cslme
hack with il in his hand he said that he had
fonnd II behind pile OF camp chars III the
saloon When she saw It Evelyn flushed with
hone She opened 1t quickly. and discovered
| that everything she had put into 1t was there
! except the pocIetbook The puiser hlmseil
| who stood by promised 10 put the CASE IN the
/ hands Of a detective: but he gave her little en-
/ courarement 1T is pretty hard to'catch those
| fellows" he said. sympMheiically
She turned away with miserabe"e OF
! disappontment. without even thanking him.
| But when she reached the ganGpIank she
/ thought Of her ruderess ana turned Dack; the
nnrser however had gone into hisS office and
/ closed the door and window
As she stepped on the wharf she.saiw that two
/ of the barges that carried people up the
Jerusalem Road were still waiting.e but neither
/ Of the drivers had been there the year before
those that she knew had evidently whipped OF
/ with passengers. She approacheduhe more re-
specta BILE looking and tOnscientiously Informed
him that she had lost her pocketls')k; but If he
would take her up to Appleby Terrace she could
borrow money there and pay him. lie grinned
good-naturedly said "All right" and opened the
door for her with as much ceremony as If there
! was no doubt in his mind about the certainty
/ of her credit. Her agitation prevented her
from enjoying the ride up the road. though it
/ gave her n fine view of the beach and the
/ The sun had succeeded in breaking through the
/ clouds. and was burning up the.mist. and she
could hear the surGing Of the ocean on the
sand a sound that she loved
Applcby Terrace was on the edge OF the hill
/ that ran down to the beach Ii commanded
J ~ bo in ha =
Light rose from its hidden ledge OF rock: EVELYN
/ had often seen the pillows dash, over II in the
/ fierce summer hurricanes Jus; why the, house
was called by the name II bore puzzled those
/ who did not know Mrs. Fortescue Applehy; but
/ those who did know her understood that ii was
/ simply one of her vagaries. In the first years
/ of her married life she had spent few months
| in England and there she had learned TO love
/ the word Terrace for its arstocratic quality.
/ So when she took this cottage she had resolved
to apply this epithet to 1t. though there
nothing in the environment TO make Il APP
propriate. "Appleby Terrace" printed in
large letters on a hideous sign over the front
piazza: it quite marred the beauty Of theitaste-
full Queen Anne cottage. Whenever the board
ers protested against the monstrosi;y. Mrs. APP
pleby would eXclam: 1T isn't sign:,irs the
| name OF the house" The subtlety Of this
the aristocratic that inspired her to maintain
I that her house was in COhasset. though it was
| really situated within the borders Of Nantaskct;
| she considered Cohasset more imposing address
/ than Nantasket. which she pronounced "cOm-
I mon such common people come downtto the
: beach on the steamers" she used 10 say. Her
boarders all adopted this pleasing fiction. with
the result Of much confusion in their mail
Mrs Appleby herself was one Of the characters
I Of Cohasset; her home was 50 near the line that
/ most Of her associations and interests We're
centred in the more patrician quarter. Every
one there knew her; every one laughed at her:
/ every one respected her. She had ancestry
that afforded her constant consolation and sup
port; one of her remote progenitors had been
"A full-booded Indian. and this fact. as she liked
10 remind people. made her a member Of the
first American families. 1t was on her ancestry
that her "unassailabe position" was founded: she
always Boosting Of her "unassailabe posi-
ton; nothing could shake that. not even board
g-hOuse keeping. In her heart she never ceased
to chafe at the vulgar trick fate had played upon
her by making her keep boarders but she
thought she concealed this sensiblty by main
tanning before the world show Of dignity ana
4" de She was never known to acknowledge that
her mother had kept a boarding house before her.
that she herself had fallen into the business by
ncTcu!tN, on the contrary, she was always hint
ing darky at rcverses in the remote past that
had prevented her from playing her proper role
in society. Her mother mad accumulated small
property by sharing her hearthstone with stu
dents in Cambridge they had demanded a great
deal, but they had paid in proportion It was in
this refined abode that her only daughter. Bertha
/ Benedict. had met FOrtescue Appeby For
years Bertha had been a perennial Cambridge
belle. until. indeed. she many years older
than the simple minded freshmen whose atten-
lions she used to cultivate. ,ippleby had been
sent to college by rich uncle. and he had per
sistenly loafed his way through the four years Of
his course. At the end of this period as he re-
ceived no degree he returned for a ffth year Of
elegant leisure. 1t was during this time that he
secretly married Miss Bertha After he secured
his degree-it was reported that the college had
granted 1t to get rid Of him-he calmly announced
his marriage, and took his place by the Benedict
hearthstone a member Of the family He had
become nocuated with the dolce far nente Of
Cambridge life. and for the rest Of his DAYS he
maintained those habits Of gentlemanly repose
that he had acquired at college. Mrs Benedict
had accepted the situation with despairing resig-
nation.
/ 1t took several months for the daughter to see
through the glamour Of romance In which she
had enveoped her husband Some Of her friends
maintained that 1t was the name that fascinated
/ her; ii was fine thing to combine with an "un-
assailable position, for even then she had de-
veloped her social mania. Others. however de-
clared that the Old World elegance of the Young
man had caught her fancy Indeed Applebv did
| have a fine broken-down cir; he was like a
faded flower Of an effete civilization: he affected
perpetual languOr, faint-delicousy faint
English accent. like the odor OF delicate per-
fume. and perfect form in dressing. When Mrs.
Benedict died she left the prestige Of the board
/ ing-house and a small patrmony TO her daugh-
/ ter. Mrs. Appeby assumed the prestige and her
| husband spent the patrimony wine-he had
nice taste in wines; he despised vulgar drinks
on his wardrobe and on Spanish cigarettes lie