New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-03
AN IMPULSE or SPRING

trl lrly. ,,ra.rlt Or j.. DIS. Nni 40 .'''''
- break n al ro.al .r. oA 't.-f s.I''
r.cb.,a ,hat blnI oA- .. home aui friends
-,?c~r Gynt.
l. had boon q quart r " IN hour "N' ' "'''
trt NOW that n was oV,r. tn feeling ni'''''''7
f., James Uoucrsham's mind was i"a' "i ''''.'
.-.,s,,.. g.. mis-, wont h. had announced hy t'!e-
rrarn 10 his sister. Mrs Earle. hi- '"''i'''"h 81
Iororipg her with a visit. and had driven down
I, E.xton In his private hanson IN more ann
a,lo frame Il mind than that III whi'h ''' pros
Meet Of such a visit usually found MIN
II was late in august. and no one was in town
Adelaide his wlrc. had gone t. stay win her
o,, diqtinruish,I relatives In the North. IN
,,,b was a Wilderness ana the solitude or the
hons. in Dnvcr-st got upon his nerves. dunno
,i, drive he cam" 10 i determination Wh!'h set
,i,o agloyy by the hcncnccncc II It's character.
H. would HAY. his sister - dinner with him mat
eyoning. ard they would afterward toEcth'r
T. the theatre Poor thing, lie suspected IL VA
many years since she had tasted pleasure OF inc
KIND He would try again TO bring pach '"'''
oia-tine relation. whom she was pretty ana IA!
and re was proud of her. and diSconr'c' Il pos
sltle tho thought Of her from thc u'Sa''S'i''"''
husband and unwcliy family whose S""""' 9"
I;,cnce disturbed his growing se'iac 81 iaSh''h-
nile importance. Not that any 81 th'in one"
tutru,,eG their shabbness on the elegance 81 ms
household Emily. his sister. Understood hlih'
md saw 10 that. But The nature oi Things
ncccssitatod an occasional exchange 81 Ni.its'
during which it was doubtful whether GiN'r 81
rccciver WAS the more Ill at ease. Altogether.
besides Il financial one there Were way IN WHO
the relation was distinctly oppressive. l'ut to-
day he was conscious - a different attitude tow
ard the visit which dircrenc" might be trace
able to the absence Of Adelaide. before whose
cold eyes h. hated the exposure Of way OF Nv
Ing wholly foreign to her own Gentecl experience.
ON the threshold Of his sisters house his agrcc-
able new sensations received check. She
Opened the door To him herself with a face full
Of trouble. The unsatisfactory husband had not
gone to work that morning. and was in the par
Tor nursing a cold SO she showed him into an
ugly little drawing room. furnished in a TASTE
that had been common to them in youth. but
which he. with his larger artistic opportunities,
had long outgrown: and there she unfodrd her
tale Of woe Usually at their meetings she pre-
scented neat and crcditabc app, arancc but to-
day. with no fear Of Adelaide in the background,
she had omitted 30 make any toilet preparatory
for her brothers visit and looked untdy as well
as shabby.
Before the drawing room door had been shut
for the evening.
1t Was the Old story. and more also The land
lord refused to wait any longer for his rent, the
doctor had said that visit to the seaside was
Imperative for the little girls: and-and she WAS
afraid there was "A baby coming in the spring.
This last item comuletod the rcvusiOn OF feel
Ing that had already set in. His irritation WIS
not to be suppressed and as he wrote her out
check he let loose her some Of his ideas on
the subject Of the responsibilities OF parenthood
He had not calculated the effect Of his words
lie had long ceased to associate with his sister
those wild outbreaks Of temper which hung
about the memory Of her in the dark ages of
their joint history. In fact. her attcr-day weak
day he learned that the volcano had not been cx
tirct but sleeping. She tore the check he hand
ed her to shreds before his eyes and filled his
astOnishcd ears with the garncred bitterness OF
grievances borne long years in silence. She
Gontrasted their positors-hcr own increasing
&c verify and his growing wealtn-and declared
the difference alone accountable for the rarity
OF their intercourse. She inyeighed against his
ill-concealed contempt for her husband his wife's
OF en- sighting of herself. the omission OF her
husband and herself from any but the most in
formal and out-of-sc dinner parties. He.
who in view # periodical checks. had looked
Upon himself as the aggre"ed party, listened
open mouthcd to his sisters extraordinary esti-