New-York tribune., 1896-05-03


paid heed to them? AS for Mr.. Maverick even
If he wanted to work any harm to me, now
could he succeed? And there was not the
slightest reason for his wishing TO harm me.
/ hurriedly dressed. pinned mothers letter
inside the waist of my gown; 1t seemed 10 me
like an amulet that would help to Keep evil
from me. - A..
had spent so much time In reading that
letter that It lacked but few moments or the
hour when We must leave the house ior tne
train, for we were to walk. ! was glad there
was no need for me to wait. could not hhSei
a moment now befO~c was on the way
Mrs. Ridge had gwen Mr. Maverick cup OF
coffee and he was now slipping 1t with as much
air Of leisure as if he were gong ts TO odn
me impatient. / tried to drink my own colee'
but I could not; and could not ear, Ga .nVdsu =,
Mrs Ridge demonstrated with me, ana sa'u !.
wasn't any way to start on a journey anu iu'i
the risk of being faint the first thing
Mr. Maverick put down his cup and looked at
his watch | was standing motionless by tne
window. / was obliged to hold nysen 1,, tisls'ii
ouiet: did not wish Mr. Maverick to thinK
was nervous - 49,,
At last we stepped out of the door mo 'he ne
wind Mr. Maverick carried my satchel' ne
said Miss Runciman would send down lor III;
trunk. The sunshine was very bright; ,hous u !, u
the March winds were blowing Heaven mao
put on the blue of May" | was so thankiu III
that the sun shone 1t Is always q soou o'i'e'' w
go out into sunlight.
I remember with gratitude that Mr.. Maverick
did not talk to me on the brief Journey, anu ~, mc
let me sit in my seat alone. Ihere VIZ 'eIs ~
few passengers. My companion sat benlnd me
and read looked out Of the window bllndiy'
was going to Miss Runcman She wouId per
haps make me sina or she would not nav ,.r, sen
for me. / was both frightened ana eAn'a ~, 80 L.
was not trained-l dlu not hlo" "'" ~ e
or 10 act , .,a
The landscape flew by the car; before had
begun to think II possible we were near our
tourney's end; the houses grew more frequent :
there were big buildings with verandas all ABOUT
them. and in front. on arched signs, the WORDS,
Beer Garden" There seemed to me a great
many places where one might get lager peer
wondered idly about this. Then soon there were
long rows of brick buildings standing IN Whal
seemed to be desolate flelds-the CITY had no,
grown to them-and tumbledown shantles' ana
goats. and then the train shot into long, DARK
tunnel the lights in the cars burned uihiy anu
shed strange CLEANS on the faces OF ,he pasSen-
gers-there were many more people III tne c'
now: and presently they began TO move 10
draw their wraps about them; to take down
bundles from the racks, and to talk ABOUT
friends who were to meet them
Mr.. Maverick took my satchel: ne helpen m, m,e
nut on my Jacket: then he drew on his own
overcoat But he would not hurry when the
train stopped. / noticed that, among the men
and women who crowded by. several looked nj
my companion. then glanced again ana on
said. IT'S the singer-i's Maverick You ought
to hear him as Lohengrin- magnificent!
Mr. Maverick heard the words. 100, was
sure for | saw him smile slightly uhuer MS
mustache and a gleam of qualification came 10
his eyes.
Then We also left the car. and my escort inaue
me take his arm as we walked through "ie
long station He signalled imperatiNely 10 one
carriage driver and moved the others away; In
81 moment | was on the seat or close carrlase'
Mr. Maverick was sitting opposite me- ana We
were going rapidly. in and out. among a thou,
sand other vehicles: the city was roaring al
around u.s. was In New-lork
"You were never here befOre?' Mr.. Maverick
leaned very near me that might hear what he
said and he smiled right into my eyes III
tl,a,
"Oh. no." I answered. But then, I've never
been anywhere-only to Mt. lIolyoke. ana
laughed excitedly.
shin that was delightful. He talked with me
now and then. for the drive lasted more thll
q quaSter Of an hour. | thought we must come
TO the end Of New-York very soon. MT MaVer-
icks manner>was not in the least condescend-
ing. II had a gxnial Difference and half-yeiIed
admiration which >lnade him charming. felt
that he was not bor>d by being with an ignor-
ant girl
crowd of Rroadway-Mr. Maverick said II was
Broadway-into a sth wider thoroughfare.
where II almost Nu!et. and where the Drown
houses stood tall on/each side ,,
Then we stopped ~ a taller, larger buildihg
than the Others (Vhe carriage door was banged
OPEN We entered a beautiful room' Where
there seemed no effect Of roof II was up so
high There were pictures on panels, nan
light n half sound OF knew not what.
People moving some OF them bowling ana
smiling to Mr. Maverick ana just slhh'inR d, M
But we did not lingcr here. We entered an
elevator and stepped out into an upper haiI'
only less grand than the place We had leit. Ny
companion knocked at "A door. which was I'M
mediately opcned by Bathsheba liildrcth. VINO
reached forward took my hand. ana pulled me
in quickly kissing me and saying:
"Howdy. Billy? So you've come. have you
Bashy's face was pale and tired. there were
dark circles under her eyes; but she seemed
alert and bright. She was dressed In a gay. soft
wool wrapper. which swept about on the thlck
carpet. She just nodded to Mr. MaVerick. VINO
said he hoped that Miss Runciman had not gone
out. -,
Before Bashy could reply Miss Runcman her
self came from a connecting room. As she came
forward Mr. Maverick bowed ana went oway.
Miss Runciman kissed me- then shc sl'ppeI
hack and looked ntently at me. She also had
dark circles under her ey ycs, and she was pallid.
Well" she said' interroga'ively "liave you
could truthfully say had worked. and |
added. but don't know whether do we'll
oh aunt Billy's one Of the conscientious
kind isn't she?" remarked Bashy. WHY don't
YOU tell her what the Signor says about her!
The Signor was my singing master ,,.u p,,u
"IIe Gays he is proud of YOU said MISS H"h-
"Oh. does hc?" I exclaimed. feeling my checks
flush. "IIe never praises me. ne mas ,oiu "e
that my singing was not entirely execraDie'
Bashy laughed
That's like him. He was afraid you'd relax
your efforts" , ,u ,r.. ,orr ,o,co
"When YOU have rested III Try your No'V''
said Miss Runciman
I sat down in one OF the big soft chairs that
seemed to embrace me. Bashy sat down near
and clasped her hands over her head. question:
ing me. 49,. ,,,
/ did not know why 1t was. but ] felt
sense OF disappointment. But what hhd ! eN-
pected? ! could hardly bring my nina 10 list'h
- ~ g,r, vho was asking me this and that.
replied so mechanically that she suddenly IN
qured where | was ,..
Then | reused myself felt moiher lstter
IN NV eovn 4 nectlng wish that | had given
up all this and gone home came TO me-
I heard Bashy say that her brother was rub
bling up his voice again; IL had become rusty
"ont ita better than ever now," che asserted.
"and sometimes he walks bit with only
cane" ~,
She did not say where he was and did not
ask 7 wondered II he had told about coming