New-York tribune., 1902-12-25

1w1es on GhTisfnas sI a6 cPyc this morning
''Tm afraid. said Tangier, that am very Iar
Il thought that had gone out of fashion" said
what Tnorthodoxy' Lady Marilees?''
mo Mr.. Tangier. Talking about IT. Except
but would never have mentioned it II you had had
You see W YOU az nave taken me so generously on
trust that It only Seems fair to 1d 6e HoI
Yes" said the old lady. Il own you snow 5ea-,
son But you're really wrong TO IN 5eifn faf so In Tine
She did not seem TO realize how mnGn nsrSsr sns iSs
that when society mot that know anything about about
it in my pTovpesl bc = 1 IN Is san It tt makes
the fuss about the essensafs aecldehsi % @ u YOUR our
4 took the classical trpos- My grammar school
srs6ip at gslep St cecIas But my pet subjeetthe
thing I'm really interested in-is orien'ai AN
''What?'. The old lady almost screamed the
Oriental languages" said the young man. smii-
'sThen you've fallen from heaveng'
mean it's the Greatest possible stroke of luck
for I've got copy Of an inscription here See ana 40
it fairly beats me in one place 5og sha PsfsIow se
wouldn't 0u TtTnS know where here to find it,
into his haGds IT ought to have guessed that you
were the Egyptologist 1 know your 0ooS Ok wen xeu
did not look enough like an Egyptologist to remind
0f thing thaH Yod do hW Well let's He
closely at the inscription Begins simply enough
'.Hullog' he exclaimed. -sThis is curious.
notbing~1nIe5s Of Course. and she sailed away
into explanatory theory He saId shorty @ tns. ss
He suggested something that he thought far more
likely. and her eyes famed She tore his sugses
ton to a thousand tatters and demonstrated lIS
hs the fnscTiRtioE script N for fBs The nSsaFs re-
5e 5iIeef he o[ r,nted q cigar AZ CpY commandG
" sgddeRy nj he burst out laughing. snatched
BBef6re BeSl o Sha n3g Thas it, he said It's the simplest
possible copyist's blunder. and we ought 10 naVs
She glared gIoomily at the, paper: Yes. shs
never even occurred CT TO me I've spent hours over
it, oh, some people are too stupid to hVe-and In
And thenHas If they had only left the subject a
morning? Running away from the festiVlt1es' an
Yes he said That's about it
TO make you understand that would mean rathsr
of course" she said. as IL slightly offended. ~
Its not that III be as brief as can. I needn.e
tell yOH that 4 am not shagf n9f % Gf Gsf y soe you
came. And you've q1arrelled with your father
me % 0ws y WTsh %S4 to ad g spent as MONEY!
on my education He sent me to ~, Gam6iridse- And @
others society. and we both know it. He-poor
man!-never had nv chances. don't think he ever
had any education at all His interests are lIraiSeS
numerous brothers and sisters are much the same.
educated expensively they had few years at
cheap school. and nothing more; l don't think
care. and 1 suppose I'm equally unsympatnet1c
resI fundamenta family afection for all Of them
If they in any trouble I'd do my very utmost
But you can't share their gayety said Ct the & Old
harder to rejoice with those that do rejoice than
it is to weep with those that weep fancy II
..You cannot reproach me more bitterly than I
Teproach myself DO my oeT T Id SDend my aq n' h
aid not They think me G1nesi5sd Sss Hdg and dus sf
fs fsftd t fh9gg9 ny ny Won't R0n 70 quarrel St them T
father storms at my unorthqdoxy and snsfrs AZ
accursed misconception that l want exerything to
only os yefS Know oS how hate tha Kind th9g ana
they keep Christmas vsry thor0ugfy yo, Ihsg r T n
festivity tonight. Lots Of noise! Abominable
musc The siest t possible s gapes @ hut mo- cn an fe
bound to Ike their frisnds Ioathe their friends
reached a kind Of a climax Breakfast this morn
R w %ebs b 665s on On ny ny sf one Of @ the caamites
that arise from well meaning father ed edqcatng a tins
81" Pardon me- said the old lady, there Is one
tsIs sse to to on Pc SSPG before @ Evenings festy has
begun. and you must do II You must 3 IaAe Sc @. y"lI
eaen e1sn II Il the they inSs'i aTe slightly yugaE,
'FWhy?- Do you think shall enjoy 1T. Lady
a thfnk you should enjoy helping other people to
Sa1oy aTs avoided W fnS the mistake Of insulting and offend
ing BY y0gg aenee IN @ and S cgefny gsRG yn6 6aR RsV
claim on you Goodness knows; don't want to get
and al1 q think EGin WAS sq right t viii iaalt
we do not meet frequently Sut It's Cnrisrn1as mas
Yes yes. I know your views, put you're gooa
hearted man. Good will and temper. and peace IN
the heart-these things are worth something
The young man rose II am very fortunate N
raving met YOU. Lady Marbles. can see things
now that you show them to me; and am not very
proud of myself. I shall do as you say. or course
for that and all your kindness TO me thank you
very much. May 1 ring and inquire for my ot-
cycle?'
After he had ridden off the machine that ens
short tempered gardener proudly lent hI1. the old
LADY picked up again the copy OF the inscrtPtion-
"A clever young man, she sa1o 10 EerseL Solne-
thing must be done there
She heard In the remote distance the sounds OF
rnerrfuent II seemed absurd 20 suppose that
Parsiow could actually laugh. but # certainty
"9b YES she said quite satsractory Cnrtse-
mas after an."-The Gentlewoman-