New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26
That was nv idea of how a rejected lover should


Now I turned the latch and left vane alone
I hurried into the kitchen to fnd Mrs hlose ST..
tirg dejectediy in a chair by the cookstoVe. NE.
feet on the stove hearth. and her hands claSpeu
Mr. Dreor was lying on the lounge, nsotionless
i've been trying to think, and can't 10 H.
said Mrs. Ridge.
7 aid not make any response found that
was trembling for some reason sat oo"" anu
81 spose" went on the woman. that this Is
the selectmen's business. II they nave Sucn
things as selectmen here But VINO 10 go s.
hunt EN- up such night g this, snou'd Jus'
like 10 know. That mans going TO De SIGN -
sinking her voice-''and what's to become OF us
l can't guess. ua
"Iil help take care of him. answered
PROMPTLY | could be prompt on that SUBJECT
And ! kept my word. The next TWO "eeNs
were made up Of strange days. ] stopped prac
Using and taking lessons. Dust gathered on tne ne
piano and the guitar and the banjo Vane r'd
not go away to my surprise. He sat ana rca aa
in the sitting room or walked out slowly Oh tue
snow The cold held on wonderfully
The sick man lay IN the chamber over .iie
kitchen Now that he was reegated to peu
and could not possibly get up ana murder Us IN !,
our beds Mrs Ridges instincts as a nurse hau
full play. She dosed her patient with a grs a1
many different kinds of herb teas. She called
in the doctor, whose opinion was that the man
would rally after a while. If fed with nourlshnB
food and allowed to rest He mas eViuenciS
been under a great and prolonged strain NJ
said Perhaps the physician had suspie sI
that there was no fund lrom WuiNh ",,
would BE- forthcoming, and so he left US with the
remark that If anything new set In we might
send for him. A.. o,,
I felt sure that Mr. Dreer would SINK away ""'
die inst from lack ~ a motiy" 10 live a.
He not wildly delirous but ne conn.nua ,,,o
mistook me for some one else. ne r. Vas so
pitIahe that I guilty oi the deepest sym,
patty. and sympathy ~ ruled out Trey y"
ne in thosn days.
A, thc very first | overheard Vane saying to
Mrs Ridge that she need not write to MISS
Runcman anything concerning TINS new occu-
pant Of the house. and the next uay ne sa.e nie
the same advice. He explained that the KNOW
edge might trouble he'll ana in the height Of an
opera season she should have all her strength lor
her work So did not write; Indeed was no.
I'm the habi of sending letters 10 MISS huhoi-
7 have no need to dwell further upon this cpl
sode OF my winter in the old Holloway nous ~,
on the third week Mr.. Dreer struggled upon hi9
feet He looked nike a ghost He said ne Wouu
60 now: he tried &c :ell liz how KIND we han uesn
10 him but he choked and stopped. didn nave
much money I had so and some changr III my
nursn | sought n private interview with Mr.
Dreer and made him take the 40 tho, IN,
he would faint when I offered the money 10 nun
II was some moments before he UNDERSTOOD thi'
7 wnuld moi be refused Then he tried again 10
sneak some thanks. and again could not
No told myself, though he had spent All i ~.
life in prison because of n confessed CRIME ~
was not a wicked man. This was one Oh n,S
convictions and began to think that was 9"9
who acted out n convicton-or why shou'u
have a conviction! - r.. .,.ts
man baran TO feel kindly to him Isn't there
theory that To feel certain thing one must per
form an act in that direction! for ihs'dI.s;;
Won will not have the emotion OF ahS'l "'I'''
YOU have struck some one. It's me lheo,S
and will bring you out 10 Vulte '"''""'
sions sometimes. ~, ,,or
Well Mrs Ridge | suppose. was acting ai.,i
the manner limited at in the above paraerapn.
for she brought forward an old, h"1Ny slhS
a
c.os.d husba nd She made MIR Dreer wrap MN
self I'm this shawl and she prepared sanu"lc,,'s
Tor him Thus equipped the man said go"upE
f. us and started forth. At the gate ne ,urhyu
and looked back at NE and AT the nouse-n'
lor ked long 81 al the house-a perSiS''"'' "''"
ful gaze that haunted me. , l.,
Vane was not present. II seemed hearHeSs III
him T. be- away just then In apout an , IT,
however he returned and came 10 tne S','lns
room who're was at the piano ~ "''" '"' -"
o1rhes., are yours" he said. II saw Mr. Dreer
at The station and he sent the money pa'h ~
Won He said he knew you had but Mite
put" began. he viii neen ,.,, ..you
no. he'll got along" interrupted Nane. 10"
Here he hesltated. and filled out the SEN
tence You gave him some money
"Yes-a little w.. .o1 no,
hoo, 90 hard "a had believed him to be- perhaps
7 looked my gratitude. for my companion az
suddenly kildlcd. you thought me hdru-
heorted wretch" he exclaimed. lie came Close
TO the piano
you seemed hard e..,
,,r,od follow, on the face Of the globe-but per-
sIstcnt-ah Billy. you've no idea how persist
ent am.
Here Vane gave me glance
TO be contnued)