New-York tribune., 1903-04-24
A Feud in the Fipe Tose,r1s.
Il Story and an EpiIogue,
BY O. A. BENNETT.
IN TWO PARTS-PARr I

assist Timmis's servant Sarah in the preparation
OF that solid and solemn repast wnich must IN IN.
Towns Without false u1odesty she introduced
her al her work and then quietly departed. Just
as they were sitting down to table and saran nae, nad
her only for a moment. but from that moment she
vas his one thought M Dnrng II the n sVa
particular as a nephew should yet ne was aotns
daughter. Wherever she might be. Give had never
fallen in love though several times In MS iire ne
marry-wshed ardently; he had even got into the
way Of regarding every woman he met, and ne
il be she?" he had asked himself Thousand times.
woman had touched his imagination. conceded with
his dream. It is strange that after seeing Eva
fortnight while he went his ways usual, her
image occupied his heart. throwing that once
let it remain. dinly Of some delicious dan
ger He inspected the image every night oeIore ne
made no effort to define it's distracting charm; he
knew only that Eva Brunt absolutely and In
every detail unlike all other women On the sec
ond Sunday he murmured during the sermon but but
ward he took the tram TO Hanbridge. H. -
me ne sac sac 96" v69 T9u1r Tvs sG been thinEinS
things out bit. and thought perhaps you'd Ike
It, & e1pecf you us5 s6p asss as empty and the two
men stood behind the big glass fronted case Of
venerable uncle happened to be looking into
drawer marked entan Rad d PlT then He t2diee G5Ssee
his long white beard. replied in that deliberate
Voice which seemed always to trembIe with re-
thing Give I have wished that you might come
be be too too far far. from the works.
Pooh: That's nothing, said Give 49,, ,,---,o-
AS he fingered at the shop door for the Bursley
car to pass the end o. Machin-st, Eva Br1lnt went
by. He raised his hat with difiidence. ana e sne
lea ped into throo which was half agony and nalr
Ssd Ssgh lust avn d t f snd the
filled him with exquisite Apprehension -. e.
that springtime of the soul which We call love
Give had not waited FOR for nothing bsa4t ., 5be man
whose ina gination could pierce the agtating Sc
SFe.s & dnped 10 the order Of spare slight-ulade
who at forty are as dlsturolng as al t"e!IS.
small white face. which was mask 10 the casual
observer and the very mirror OF her teenngss 10 70
what YOU are like" sa!d Give her once; you
Yet many people Considered her cold and npassiye.
Her walk and bearing showed sensitive inde-
tones Of command. The girls In the shop. where
she was power second & GafE % 6sa1s She poured
terrible their small affectatons Jealousles
and vendettas. But they liked her because. IN
their own phrase, there was no nonsense about
this redoubtable woman. she hated shars ana
rake-believes with a bitter ana ruthsSss natLeu.
She the heress 70 at Least s i've th@gsaag
with the pomps Of wealth They liXed IN a mouse use
summit of the steep ridge between the Five Towns
and Oldcastle. and they kept two servants ana a
servants good wages and took care TO get good
With my servants she would say. for they know
that if there is any trouble / would just as soon
clear them out and put on an apron an9 90 I1 .ne
work myself She was an acconpIlsnTed a mouse iy
mistress, and could bake her own bread; M. IN to"hs @
coachman she had little to for she could not rid
it savored of airs; when she used it as she
might use 5Tacar ~ sIk w1s to the sbn5 about
She had been thoroughly trained in the business.
and had spent year at a nrSJ-TaIe SEOp " r1ISh
s. Ksnsingt9na M9fry it Eas 4gT %b par %
cuiar attention put for some time past sne d n5d
assisted her father IN the general manageinstt o.
The vast concern. Iii commercial aptitude she re-
vas her father. Ezra Brunt had the wit 20 recog-
nize her talents and he always listened 70 he
him one OF them was that ne should import INTO
the Five Towns a nodiste from Parts; offering
sghast, He had the idea that all Partisan women
were fs3se st1se NeSeftheess Nine Bertot STYLED
n runts 5ns SPe dPeessmakers draws her week (of
which she saves ~, and oy mere nauonahty
has giyen @ unique tbe bIisness Eva occnped
small room opening off the principal showroom.
ana Gur1g IV Customers OF the highest Importance
s sf1 sPeakE Empoyes Tn wno KNOCKED at her door al
wavs did so with a certain awe OF what awaited
them 6s on int 9nsf %as unsuitable for levy Tf you
please Miss Eva Here she ssxs r,sge6 a9dsnes en- 10
plants and excuses and occasionally had secret
afternoon
fris1ds None but these few girls. mostly Younger
tbsn herself ard remarkable only In that their dis
fIte ~ the snobbery OF the Five Towns though less
fierceIy displayed. agreed with her own. really
I[1ey- Eva To them alone did she unveil herself.
and Nv them she. idol'zed- she IS simply
enIandid when you know her-such a Jolly eirl.''
thew would say 20 other people. out other people.
especally ether women, could not believe H. They
fss rfI,Ij,- reSDActsd Ne~ause she vn-y vel
ca led her "a curious creature: IL was inconceiv-
: HE 70 them that she should choose work in
Shon and her tongue had a causticity which
sometimes exceedingly discoucsrting and nortify-
@o- EAa zhtr o. hem a-4f
o-a- she oatFed rhe eahorate and Insinc~-e ritual
~ difference which the average practtses tow
ard women unrelated TO him. particularly when
they are young and rich. He- father she adored
Wit hour knowing t: for he often angered her. and
her In private. As for the rest she
was after eli only six-and-rwenty.
ITO be continuedO