New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-10

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topic" Notwithstanding nearer-"I love
But I'm not going to talk OF love- iightly' Il
"StiII You'll listen to me when taih VI 49,
"rartainly not. Just now I'm longing to con
verse upon The average rate OF spee' u p'
81 laughed. No. notwithstanding all my . Iea
soning I could not make my heart heaVy. -, -
could I imagine that the Gun was h'uue"
was I'm its brightest. lovelest rays
Vane laughed. too He drew himseiI up od
"I'll have my revenge some time ne answe e,,nd
Then with seriousness when ra'w Won away?"
7 related the particulars or my lnterNle" W. MN
Miss Runcman. Vane looked more serious S S' ,.ou
"Leonora Runciman Is a tiger, ne salu T.; on
velvet and claws. When she Is velvet she Is en-
tirely charming: when she Is claws she ls-ho'
harming I'VE made up my mind, AFTER ciosa op,
servation. that she Is perfectly sincere . T., COM.
phases Naturally, people suffer from TINS CON-
bination She fully believed she could resign hei
self to the fact that you would some gay De e., d
better singer than she Is. she thouBht ,d' ~.
would like the ecat Of bringing you out put
after all she couldn't bear it. And there was
Maverick He admired you too much previously
ne had admired her. ] don't mean she loVes hi'"
| wonder If she loves any one? But she mas a
sort of softness that makes you think she could
love She's one of those women VINO yleid "
some tender emotion, Or 10 p%nltence, or tna' Sv
Of thing II she happens to feel inclined. BUT VINO
cares for the caress of a sheathed claw? Ana she
has a way Of making women IKE her-l don
know how she does II. You liked her Ana now
In n haf-hour she'd make you IKE ner as sI.,
She has kind Of power OF bewltchmeht. uo VI,
know what il is And she can seem so frank one
has moods of frankness and tenderness ana gen
erosity I've made up my nina that snt uVeSI''
feign For the time being she Is genuine there-
fore eho is sucressful-you trust her. III poor
creature ever turns upon her. what 40 you tninh
she says? Why. that she had given ialr wat arms
Hadn't she told YOU that she was Iaoie " c," liz
her mind? Oh my aunt Leonora Is p%son VINO
does exactly as she pleases. | once heard her sd!
that God had given MS certain natures anu we
were obliged to act accordingly lhere Soii ~,
thing In that too. When she IL through win me
squeezed orange II is dropped What Billy are
YOU taking all this hard|-with tendef
glance But or course it hurts and the worst OF
such an experience Is that 1t IS likely 20 MAKE YOU
distrust where you ought to believe ,,
Yes I said bitterly. at makes you distrust
Nane gazed at me intently slight frown IN
his eyes. $500. ,a,.o mn
"Do YOU know" he said that you make me
suspect that you are going to distrust me? Are
you
Il don't know" answered. weakly
II was impossible 10 meet his serious liHpas,
stoned looks I moved uneaslly. | knew or
thought knew. that ought to DOUBT MN. bu'
In the very bottom Of my heart felt the convlc-
ton that believed In him absolutely. ms con,
vict!on at last made me turn impulsveiy TOWARD
him pu, my hand on his arm.
"Vane" said. TREMENDOUSLY. / believe IN you'
VIII you be true 10 me?'
The shining Of a great glory came into his coun-
tenance. had never such a look on any
fee And thought II would be cruel injustice
TO remember again the things Miss Zimmerman
had said to me about this man. In the emotion
of TIM, moment wished that could do some
thing To- prove how sincerely repented OF the
wrong had done my lover in my thoughts FOR
| accepted him my lover: and now lked 10
thirk that had loved him that first time mad
seen him. when ~ had come up the path IRON
the falls at his auAt's bidding and had thought
him "foreign-lookng.
He did not speak At first II seemed that ne
could not
And AT the same moment imagined tnat We
both recalled the fact that this was no place IN
which 10 allow "A face 10 express too much.
I turned quickly again 20 the window and
gazed blindly out. my pulses throbbing In throat
and temples.
! heard my companlons whisper:
"My darling. my darling. | Will be true TO you
7 couldn't help being true
ITO be cOnt!nued)