New-York tribune., 1898-11-27

| sarily) they talked and laughed together, ana
they drove side by side In the brake which too6
the hotel company to its picncs 1t was when
they were at the Chateau Tournoel that m9n-
sieur put his fate to the touch he hsd dohe hLs
best to prepare Miss Fortune, by showing ner ia
every pOssibe way how deeply and honestly ne
was in love with her. and she was touched py
his charming deferential manner, ana py ane
unaccustomod foreign ways or MIN. "I'nous
being aware of it she had grown TO depehd on
him and on his considerate care both OF hersen
and of her duenna-for whom ne was 30 "r.'n. peau
fully careful IN finding out-of- f-the-way corherh
where she could slumber peacefully, unopserVeo.
| Miss Fortune however had not quite gone the
length of asking herself VIVA. she snohiu '"y ny
he proposed and it was with something OK
shock that she found herself straying ABOUT tns
| tangled paths near the great oid chateau, WIN
monsieur holding her hand IN MS aho h'iu"9
her to become madame. -
! 1T Is to you perhaps, too sudden askhs',
he was saying in his quaint Engiish put !
loved you from the first minute when your hea3
so small and so dear, was Amos. on III! s,"r %
der | have never loved any one ike that pe'
fore; you are for me so good, 80 sweet 80 utstI:
An il is so difficult to make understand III
I could sing to you / should carry you away; !
would leave you not a chance to deny me, you
who love so my art-our art-you would love
! nv voice and would sing all my heart I" you
and you would learn to love me, TO forgive me
my faults for loves sake. have all faults but
I love you you and my art. Till now there was
nothing good but my art. Now there is YOU
and even my art is not dearer than you
Miss Fortune looked up and down, and east
and west. She was not quite prepared win an
Il never thought Of your caring like that
already" she began
"Already,- he interrupted impatiently "Whaa
will you mean by already? Is it not two weekA
| fourteen days and ever so many hundred hourAt
since have you in my arms that first day? An
could have kept you In them even then f0
! cverl Already, Dieu. Ellie pare d 'arcady'i
1t is an eternity. All, think, We have only an
other seven days here, at the very longest
must go back to my work. and are We to lose
those seven days Of happiness because you
think you don't know me well enonghI
For you love me little, | am sure or Il
"'Already, If you loved me as loved YOU
you would think should have spoken long be-
Monsieur had been drawing nearer and more
near and the last "already' was spoken 30
near her charming lips that !; would nave been
sheer waste IF motive power to dra" ms away
Mithou! their meeting so he ald them On he.S .,n
When he took them away, which was not ny
after considerable pause he raised Miss Forc
uncs trembling hand and kissed it also =.
"Ah you trembe. You are frightened, ne saio
tenderly. looking into her eyes which were fun
of tears My darling why shoudst thou be
frightened. do not love you? DO you not love
me? Ii love not enough 10 face the whole
world with? You are not afraid Of me Nay,
nay" a sot of nervousness rose to her lips
lay thy dear head on my shoulder ana VIII
teach thee 10 trust me and 10 love me az love
thee"
They were very quiet their way home. but
they none the less happy for that
Next morning he was waiting near the dom
OF the hotel when Miss Fortune came out BE-
yund ms clasp Of her hand no expression OF az.
fcCtlOn passed between thcfn, but sht 1et tnS1
she need have none the less confidence in his
love because Of his silence. Contentedly she
stroled down toward the well by his side when
she became aware Of a large female figure, not
too neatly got uD. bearing down upon them,
which, as they approached, gave a great stan
and dashed toward monsieur.
"ricns cest tO TOu-tOur' IT exclaimed. and.
throwing both its arms round his neck. II gave
him d sounding kiss on each cheek PUoI MISE
Fortune stopped short and turned deadly pale7
then with slight bow, and murmuring some.
thing she knew not what, she walked blindly On
toward the well. In two minutes sbe heard
steps coming quickly after her.
Attends ma mic j. te prize she heard him
cry out OF breath. But she made sign ID
hearing. Taking the mug from the woman SIN
hurried to the little gargling shed. Monsieur
STAYED for no mug other ceremony.
why didst thou not attend" he asked pant
Ing
You did not me. monsieur
replied Miss Fortune In unsteady voicA
"When two such dear friNnds meet and-and-
and-embrace 50 cordially, there is room foa
a outsider.
AN outsider Thou? What dost thou meant
Thou? Ny darling. my wife. an outsider That
only Bib my dearest; We have sung To-
gether for years"
Miss Fortune looked straight before her
"Oh that was only Bib it,? she said
DULY: and then there blank silence
Darling one, art thou angry because a
Bibi?"
"Do all singers embrace each other in thai
robust way when they meet? asked MISS Fort
une, cOldly.
But art thou angry at Bibi's carcssT
docs Bib often caress?"
But, Lottina, What has she 70 60 with usi
She is only Bibi"
'Oh she is only Bib?" Another pause An
there many Bbis"'
What dost thou mean"
81 mean. do YOU embrace and are you cnf