New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-13
AGAINST HUMAN NATURE.
BY MARIA LOUISE POOL.
f,o,,r1oh,, 1895: By The Tribune A"oeta.,on.'

looked eagerly at Mrs Ammidown. Out oeioio
she could speak that lady said:
Hes all right"
And needn't worry
mot the least. You arranged famous toufni-
quet didn't you?" s,.
"Oh. / didn't do that; it was MISS Dio"u'
who did that 49,.
The girl looked warmly at Alniha WIN
not 10 return the gl,nce. Temple walked i'i-
petuously to her side ana look her manu. 'O
ing il closely an instant
.I saw what the doctor did wheh JIMMY
poor.s loo was cut." she said modestly.
..rhat was lucky for Thimbe." said Mrs.
Ammidown.
Tennle sat down Turk fashion on the noor
T., front Of the fire. and between the TWO
women. go
81 hate a mule" she remarked with force
and with seeming irrelevance This one lei.
lame so that / good while getting nome
There was scratching at the door.
.oThere's Yucatan He was as disguised with
that beast as was
She rose and let in the Newfounoiaho' WIN
Immediately selected good place d! the hio
and sat down. He rolled his eyes round upon
the assembled company. seemed TO cons'uer
them worthy of his company and then he began
carefully to lick his paw. which ne hao CUT
slightly a broken bottle III Ashe|Hiea''
remple stood moment in silence. Tnen she
exclaimed that there must be some'ni''e "o'-
nitable that she could attempt and what was
Il? Eating and drinking were generaiiv co"-
sdered the things for guests to do. was any
ID, bungrvo She WAS for one. She would
have Sally fry a chicken and make some 'e"'
Mrs Ammidown would stay?
Certainly Mrs Ammidown would stay. she
said that her brother had arrived from Tennes-
soc that evening but that he could not ma
more comfortable place than her room.
If WAS 9 o'clock before the fried chicken anu
tho rice curry were on the table and the three
women were eating as those eat VINO are OUT Vi
doors among Carolina mountains.
A,mina was sure that 1t was very strange
70 eat at this hour. and she would prooao! We
gin to have dyspepsia Immediately. Nne u'u
not believe there had ever before oeeh
Drowdy who had eaten chicken ana tha' ho'
kind Of rice at that time Of night she uareu
not think what these things might 90 10 "e''
And the talk began to be so strange that she
was fascinated and frightened she oion
know as people could talk in that manner she
hogan to watch Temple in a bewitched KIND OF
way.
After sumner. and while Sally was going to
and fro between her cabin and the larger
cabin the girl went to her own room and came
h.cl with q violin She walked with II held In
nosition I'D to her shoulder. She hourished the
bow over It, but did not yet touch the strings
Sally had just placed a large waiter covered
with dishes on her head and she had pie OIL
plates In her hands. She paused and gazed'
"Fo' Gawd's sake. Miss Temple. 20 AIM
rwine ter play. air yo'?" she asked.
Perhaps" said Temple. who had now begun
to tune the instrument as she stood al one emu
of the room.
A,u,ina was afraid that this would be 100
,ouch for her. She had never seen woman
with a violin before; she had never nefeVed
that fiddle woman's instrument
meodeon now
She drew herself up in her chair ana pre-
r.red TO endure whatever might happen. And
n was her bedtime. too. Everything WAS an
turned round here compared WIN the way DIG
was used TO having things
Mrs. Ammidown-ought she to be called Dr.
Arm;down9-was In one Of the large chairs
noar the fire Almina saw with distrust and
renroof that this lady not sitting, she was
,oI,inp She had sunk down in her rocker ana
ber feet were stretched far out in front OF her
She was gazing with half-closed eyes at Tenn
ple whose head bent slightly TO eaten 'he
sounds as she screwed up the strings ana
picked at them . 40
.Whv don't you want her to play. Sally
asked Mrs Ammdown. without turning her
head.
",Cause" was the reply. The yellow woman
had not left the room: she was still standihs III
a fine pose with the tray on her head. Ai'er
q moment she added. 1T gifts into my pioou
somehow: an it gifts into my spine She oo"
play as the niggers play. she don't
ooh, your blood and your spine! repeated
Mrs. Ammidown.
She turned and looked at Sally.
eff | were only sculptor, she exciaimeo
with animation INSTEAD of a woman who was
orca q doctor and who is now a rich widow
60 about your work." said Temple peremp-
toruv showing that she could be Sallys mis-
tress as we'll as her companion
The yellow woman left the room.
Temn,e lifted her fiddle TO her shoulder and
drew the bow in one long sweep across all the
strings. 1t was In tune
play Descending Love-. said Mrs Am
midtown.
ror the life OF her Miss Drowdy could not ex-
n,ain why she should feel so excited. She con-
fessed to herself that she was "all creepy
Gravity
That had been green tea that she mad drunk
with her supper. And green tea always ola
~,aLo her about drunk And what was Dis
sembling Love-" anyway?
She didn't like the sound OF that name IL
couldn't be any proper kind of piece 10 play
and for young woman. and on fiddle! Her
whole life at Hoyt rose before her in strong
reproach. II this were really Roger Crawford
daughter she would probably never be able 10
DO a thing with her. 1t was mysterious dis
pensation Of Providence that she had been al
lowed to come down here to North Carolina.
She almost began to believe that perhaps II
had been an all-wse arrangement that had
prevented her from marrying Roger.
Temple played few bars. Then she stopped
abruptly. She looked at Mrs. Ammidown, who
was gazing beneath lowered lids at her