New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
AN END TO ALL THINGS.
From BIac', and White

treated him atrociousy he had considered at the
time EuElished, she had amused herself with
him. and then given him his congo She was a
married woman and he had been a boy
He recalled every incident Of the farewell A /
youthful passion IL may have been, Dut-he /
could not dispute II even now-it was a passion /
that left its mark
the rooms she occupied II was II the con /
seTYatOry that he had made himself the most
absurd-there, and for a moment al the piano, /
a. which She mad seated herself lndIlleIeA'l5, /
and where he had knelt TO her Like lover N |
The London Journals" She had strolled alohs, /
smiling at tne flowers, saying crucI tnIhsS ~
him her and careless voice, ana ne had
followed her wistfuIly like = whipped dog plead
ing TO De readmitted 10 favor spray OF fern
that she had dropped had been captured by him
passiOnately-she had touched II IN their iaSt
moments together. She shrugged her shoulders
with sneer. and his eyes filed at her cruelty
What 90 you suppose there was IN boy Ike
you TO hold woman like ue2' she had asked.
II was the harshest thing she could have SAID,
and he remembered that at that he had broken
down altogether. Good heavens how preposter-
Ous he had been-how wrongly ne had gone 10
work always being pathetic and reproachful!
81 Ia jeunesse savait 81 la yieillesse pouVaIt!
Howey-r il was over. Ee had not tounq
tsaIIu for his wound in six months" as she had
propbesied, but in nine years he had married,
and forgotten her existence enlfeiy unll "a u W.
recalled TO him BY the sight OF her name IN
the visitors list
while he laughed at his former self as a fool ne
was conscious Of strange tremor at the pros
pect Of seeing her once more.
BE loved his wife sincerely I|eiVe months
ago he could have contemplated meeting Mrs
yernyngham without misgiving- But he mad
been married twelve months The time had not
lessened his love, but il had naturally dispelled
the romance After all, to be in love- with a
woman IS q greater safeguard against others
than 10 love her" He was bound TO acknOWl-
edge 70 himself that he was frightened al the
thought Of seeing MIS-. Jernyngham again He
had as a matter Of fact, avoided the Casino
since he knew she was in Dieppe-
He put down his paper. and looked across al
Nellie reading a Tauchuitz novel. How pretty
she was. and how trustful. What would she
say, could she divine his present mood? Slnless
II was, it would cut her 70 the heart Ban,
ne was a fool-why should that make him afraid
venture out Of doors! Ele was not fond of
her s1iIl-of course he was not.
The TauchnitZ novel dropped to Mrs Max
wells lap ,--,.--,.,.
asked
q was thinking how charming you look in that
frock, my dear" he answered he preserved
the habit Of making gracefui speeches 10 ms
wife Cynical bachelor friends said he forgot
who she was-that it was the force OF habit
She shook her head doubtfuLy-
There was a nasty black wrinkle between /
yUur eyebrows, Jack and you were Juggling !
yU1r nllstache, you always DO when you're
admit it--but you weren't thinking so"
de o5jeyed sudden impulse.
Nellie. come here Do you remember, soon
after were married, you asked me ques-
+5On2 You asked ne if had ever cared deeply !
for another girl than yourself
y remember said Nellie. 'Yes%'
Il told you what an Internal IDIOT had once
made OF myself over q married woman asked
Jon, TOO, never 10 use certain scent because il
reminded me Of her. You know all that?"
well. she's here that's all and-confound it
In rather sorry
pause between them She the TO
break IL
IFS quite all over, JACK? She couldn't,
she daren't attempt to You're married
yOu would simply have to bow and pass on.
T2esid-s by your own account she was-weIl, she
didn't care for you any more Why should you
mind seeing her2'
Il don't know he muttereG, irTesolutely; I'D
rather not. that's all Anyhow. LET'S talk of
something else We are leaving Dieppe the end
Of the week; rs d matter OF fact dare say
shall never come across her"
Mrs Maxwell, however. was not satisfied
For one thing. she wanted TO remain longer in
Dieppe than they had at first proposed, and for
another. she objected on principle 70 her husband
being nervous Of a rencOntre with any woman IN
The wide, wide world
Come for a walk" she said, and don't be
such Z stupid boy. One would think you were
in love with her now, 10 hear you talk You'll
make me jealuust' And she made a rnlrthleSs
preteEce at a laugh which would have deceived
no living soul but q husband Get ready, I'm
going 10 put on my hat-aud If you're very good
you shall come and watch me lose al our money
b the Casino"
fish IN their courtshIp than she was during that
evening. Far more plainly than the man himself
she realized that she had q rIVal-though IL
might be only memOry-and she put forth all
her forces 10 auulLllate her. Beautiful, doubt
Iess2 Jack would never have been captured by
a woman who was not good looking. And a
woman Of the world also? Jack hated school
gfrisi Nevertheless" uused Mrs. Maxwell,
couteTnp plating her reflection cOmplacenty in one