The Irish standard., 1896-02-08

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Hugh! thsseht it struck mo pretty
suddenly, but pshawl my case wasn't
! .. circumstance. to this. I've heard 81
lore at Arst sight, but this, 10 the In
] Simultaneous photography Kind. Why.
you couldn't have#got more than .
glimpse of her as they passed as! =
''I-we-that is to say-1've seen her
before" stamnered Ring brand.
a. ''Oho! now begin 70 understand;
that's what brought yen to Tregarthen.
i thought Helen's prophetic soul. didn't
mislead her. Well, tell mo the reAt Of
it; I've got your fate in my hands, and
you might as well make an ally ofmo at
the start ~ 8,
42ingbrand told his small story frank
~, concluding with a plea for secrecy.
'.I'd rather you wouldn't tell even Mrs.
Ludlow he added. TITS such piece
of ridiculous absurdity in it's present
stage, you knew .s...a ~. 49, ,z.s
''I'll promise not to tell her of my
own accerd,' assented Ludlow, "but
that isn't saying much. It's only fair.
to warn you that she'll get it out of me
sooner or later. Best thing you can do
is to get the affair into presentable
shape as soon as possible; then you
won't mind" .....,,.s. -. 49,. ~.
"Presentabie shapse.!" groa;nped Ring
brand, land I haven't even had an in,
troduction! Ludlow, [ believe I left
my wits behind me whenI came away
from New York. haven't been wholly"
accountable since / scrossed the OHIO
river
ooh, r don't know about that re-
Joined Ludlow, refectively. "You
might have gone. farther and Jared a
good deal worse; Hester Latimer's
we'll worth any mans winning-only
I'll tell you beforehand that she has
all of her fathers prejudices, 1iagni-
fed by. the emotional" nature Of an Inn
pulsive young woman" '@'s> T:
"What sort of prejudices?" - ',' q
southern, mostly; pride Of race and
loyalty to section, with 4 lingering
trace of bitterness as q result of the
war. But there are compromising vir-
tues that will warm the very cookies
of your heart; such open-handed hos
pitality as you never dreamed of; a.;
loyalty to kith and kin and friends that
takes you right back to the daysof chiv-
airy; and another pleasant thing about
them is that they reverse OUR social
rule, and take q man for what he APP
pears to be until he proves himself nn-
worthy" .... ..s.: y
They walked along in silence, for
awhile, and then ,Ringbrand said: II
don't know but Il overstatedsit:a mo-
ment ago, after all. My first impulse
when saw Miss Latimcr was merely
strong desire to study the type; it's
unusual, and she is uncommonly beau
:,tiful. Just where, the artistic sense
merged into the erotic, I, can't. tell;
II don't know enough Of the symptoms
to be able to diagnose my own case"
ludlow laughed heartily: THAT'S d
damaging admission for d story writer.
Why, you fellows are supposed to be
able. to ana1yze the tender passion in all
its stages, from start to finish, and here
you. can't apply the first tests of your
art to your own case! I shouldn't
write any more love.tales, if I were
you" = a. 81. -@~s
II fancy it's another case Of the sick
doctor, Tom. You know a physician
never trusts himself to treat his own
malady." 49,
Ringbrand was decidedly preoccu-
pied at the supper table that evening,
and Mrs. Ludlow did not fail to rally.
him numerically. So, many of the
sharp thrusts found the joints in his
arrnor that he pleaded the need of exer-
else when they left the table, and went
out for an evening stroll. When he
was out of earshot, Mrs. Ludl low prompt
ly attacked her husband. ..l..
what is the matter with Mr.. Ring
brand this evening"" she inquired
Nothing that ! know off, replied
Ludlow, dropping into ayeranda chair !.
and burying himself, ostrich-like, in
the newspaper. 49,
but / know there is" insisted the
lady; ''1He is distract and EN- barrassed,
and he seems to be afraid I'll find out
: something. Where have you been to-
day?' -: .:,e,>-..5s - -.
Nowhere, except down to the fur.
nace.'' " -. = s.4
Mrs. Ludlow rocked gently in her:
chair, watching the figure. of. Ring
brand pearand disappear in thewind
ings of the road leading to the summit
OF. the. mountain. She was silent, SO
long that her husband had time to re-
lax his vigilance in the interest of the
newspaper and her next question
caught him off his guard. q, -.
:. What do you suppose he's going
away up on the mountain for at this
time of day." she asked. =.
Ludlow heard the question with his
outward ears and answered it mechan-
ically: Il don't know; perhaps he's
going up to2see If he can get sight Of
her" = esa -" ..5 s,.a a.,
There was another interval of silence,
and then Mrs. Ludlow rose and stood
before her husband. Ton" she said,
impressively, please put that paper
down and tell me all about it. I,vant
to know whom he's going to See,
Ludlow dropped the paper and looked
up in ludicrous alarm. Whom he's
going to se see. did I say just
nowo" 80 ~
She repeated his answer word for
word
'..Oh, Lord! I've let the cat out Of the
bag after all, and I promised, him I
Wouldn't" he. exclaimed. But then ),
j told him you'd'ge it out of me. Pull:
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