New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17

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| smiling Avon. gliding under softly hanging trees
was now but black duh stream that no one
| wanted to notice.
! The weather was bad enough for the resiueh'
| inhabitants but for the visitors. most! 'hNa'''
tortured with govt rheumatism II was 'e'iio,'
, TO none more than to the eminent DaII'S'V' w.
| Gringle @. c.. slowly coming down the s'eos VA Wv
Grand Hotel and with the aid OF TWO s'leAS 0'''7
| ing the street TO the Abbey churchyaru p"N'"
space closed by the abbey at one emu anu WV"
| the notable Pump Room on the rish' manu- -
south side Inwardy abusing the Wih"' MI
! Grngle would have persevered in taking SNORT
| constitutional had he not been met ana "'
costed by fussy little gentleman who never ios'
| an opportunity of showing his acquaintance WIFI
| Mr.. Gringle
"Ah how dye do how dye do?" He would
have shaken hands but Mr. Gringle held to his
sticks.
did YOU ever see such weather as this W ny
II it goes on like this there won't be drop oil
water SOON Do you know somebody told me the
other day that there's some place, | forget the
name where all the wells have run dry already!
Just think of that, No water to drink"
With desperate resolve to get rid of his fussy
interlocutor Mr.. Gringle suddenly wheeled TO the
right.
Excuse me. I'm going 20 the concert ,.,
An we'll if | come they won't let me sit with
you. I'm not water drnker, Goodby
|. For once may congratulate myself that am
a water drinker then" thought Mr. Gringle cynlc,
ally. he slowly passed the rows OF chairs piaceu
ror the ordinary audience to the inciosure t.
stricted TO the subscribers TO the waters
The boundary Of this Enclosure is kept by some
red velvet settees placed round three sides OF H.
the fourth is left open for egress ana access 10 le
bar from which the glasses Of hot water are us
pensed These red velvet settees are mucn COW
eted as seats, the rest Of the Enclosure being fur
nished with chairs as in the outer part OF tle
fhaa SfiI 9
erence is given to those that face the orchestra
Mr. Grngle had learned this by experience and
he was peculiarly satisfied When he found va
cant place the settee racing the Dahu' nearest
the fire. and out of all draughts.
one or two pieces had been played and nearly
all the seats in the Enclosure were taken when d
lady plainly dressed with her soft gray hair ar
ranged in curs in a bygone fashion came in and
looked about for seat
| Mr. Gringle had been amusing himself IN eH-
arinine his neighbors and he noticed this ladys
timid hesitation. BY his side there was vacant
place if he removed his hat and sticks. which had,
indeed. been laid there barricade to prevent
nyer-crowding Mr.. Gringle chvalrous. and.
removing the Instructions. he indicated the avail
able space - ~, 49,.
moment he had forgotten her. for the band had
hegun the piece to hear which he had remained
thus long It Schumanns '1raumerei
AS the sweet soft strains rose and fell MI.
Gringle forgot his present state Of existence find
ing himself back at Frankfort-on-the-M Main
where wears before he had listened in rapt eager
| while famed orchestra nau interpreter H.
| with the added spell Of the fresh air of calm
summers night. II was well played now and at
the conclusion Mr.. Gringle applauded loudly;
1T must be encOred"' ne SAID 10 hlllse4i, anu
he continued his applause.
The lady with the gray curs followed his eN-
ample and between them they animated the
failing energies Of the remainder OF the audience
and the encore was granted
During the second performance Mr.. Grlngles
former dreams did not return. but IN their place
came a rush Of thoughts which, AS they olsen
tangled themselves in his brain. inspired him 10
write them down
Mir Grngle took his silver pencil-case and felt
in his pocket for notebook he usually carried
Alas, He had changed his coat just before
coming out, and neither pocketoooK nor papers
of any kind were to be found Searching through
all his pockets vainy Mr.. Gringle became impa-
t!ent and equally determined to find something to
He looked about The only thing within
reach at all suggestive an outside sheet
of "The Morning Post" 1t had wide margin.
and without pausng to effect that ne a .. g.
was committing something like petty larceny,
by mutilatng the properly Of the corporation,
he tore off long strip, and began to scribble
rapidly the fancies that were circIng through
his mind.
The lady by his side first startled at this
aggressive act. then interested. Was ii possible
that this courteous stranger could be a reporter
to one OF the local papers writing critque OF
the concert? Perhaps he might be sub-editor,
or even the editor. This suppOsition was enough
to cause the lady's heart to palpitate quickly.
She had lately been trying to add to very
small income by sending in some short tales
to magazines Without an exception every edi-
tor had politely refused them. If she could only
get to know one! And he bare idea that she
was possibly sitting next to one agitated her
considerably.
Her feelings of interest and agitation
gave way to sympathetic pity. How could any
| one editor or not. write anything on strip of
margin? Had she any paper with her? She
often carried paper and pencil about
She looked in a basket she had brought with
her. which had contained the piece of crochet
work that she was industrously fabricating
during the performance OF the music She ex
amined its contents there appeared to be moth
ing suitable.
In her basket there one of the small Bath
cream cheeses wrapped up in paper; the latter
else TO put the cheese in There was also a
paper bag Of sweets for her landladys little
boy. The bag was too small 10 be Of use. and it
would be sticky. There only remained packet
her last tale returned that very day. with the
editors compliments" etc. The tale would not
serve. but its envelope, 1t was of a large size
had not been torn when opened and if now I'M
stuck at it's edges. would form q fair-szed
sheet Of paper if not of much, at any rate of
more service than the iimsy strip the gentleman
was writing
Thus it was that Mr.. Gringle. busy in the
vain endeavor 10 form a folio sheet out of an
attenuated length of paper not two inches wide
was suddenly diverted from his purpose by the
lady next to him saying. II beg your pardon
but will this be Of any use to you?' holding out
an odd-shaped bit of paper. lately an envelope
AS n drowning man clutches at straw,
did Mr.. Gringle seize upon this unlocked for
succor.
Il am much obliged to you. very much Obliged
indeed he said hastily, at once writing on IT,
Il thought had The sentence was never
ended.
Mr. Grnge was absorbed and needed moth
ing.
He wrote small, neat hand, and SO could
get in a good deal even the reverse of an
envelope; and when he had covered that and
turned the paper round, there was nearly as
much space on the other side
He wrote on. in and out Of the two or three
lines composing the name and address without
noticing what they We're and It was not till
the National Anthem" began and the audience
rose that the spell was broken.
Mr. Gringle carefully put the serviceable on