New-York tribune., 1903-01-22

walingford Town stood snowberry Hall. decorous
witnal comfortably ensconced in the shelter OF
patches of beeehwood w White was the frost in its
avenues of yews and iyed elm and in the shrub up
fruit which gave its name to the old house The
date e it was oc @ ard nd i sa marked the sP6
Gather Of the present owner, Squire Richard; a
when Marlborough helped to wipe the names OF
Buckingham. Nottingham and Rochester from the
planned and built his solid White house, ruling it
and and his dependents, Including his women folk as a
worlds history. and here had his son Richard ruled
Slowly heaviiy ca eomfortabIy the Christmases and
New Years, the midsummers and the Michaelmases
strode by, and nothing that was not decorous or
in the proper order of things, as conceived by,
The superb regularity OF; the family record its
most striking feature The sons graduated into the
succession The daughters courtesied at court were
first born with the most graceful precision. There
remained but one great event for Snowberry Han
tirely member of the past generation, whose in
were to be only My those Of hs @
his youngest girl Loveday. Even this last paternaI
hd of Po as 81 his Rose to
Was s a6Su 9 m to be Offered cred lit 1t was 40 mas
good old national festival, Loveday Plowden soft,
Upon Coonef Sir Camden Jannaway, an officer Of
high honor In the American war. of good worldly
on the other side of oxford City He had met the
Berrce also Of the county circle Thus. Hazel
Berrce had been sympathetic party to the prog
ress of the gentle intrigue on the one hand, while
was Wantage), the closest OF the colonel's
soldier comrades; had, On the other. alternately
extoiled bacheorhood to mis- friend and then. with
the impulse of romantic nature. bid him let eau
tious wooing go hang and carry the lady's heart
under Forbes-at rush. This ardor had scarcely
been needful If, at first sight. the lady with her
fair, cool demeanor her composure. her reserve.
had not given the notion of immense Indifference
sufh matters M The manner was part OF ner ECU
ship had sworn roundy over it; her iciness.he was
never quite sure whether 1t was mere childish ig-
dresses-at times drove him wild And yet she so
entirely fulfilled his ideal of the perfect mistress Of
Moreover. his friend. the captain. delighted
with his choice, and by the time the wedding was
speak faster even slyiy to rally her father and the
gentlemen whom her betrothed brought to the
house TO the CAPTAINS fT.9es n 4r ghe even
1t If he awed her too much. Still, she had
grown In ease as well as stateliness. and Camdens
friend told him that he had little fault to find with
such a paragon.
White and stately lay snowberry Hall this night
ing fires and flashing lights inside White and
stately moved the Christmas bride in the dances, in
CLEANS as no one had seen before. On the
dais of the ballroom sat some of the country
matrons, among them several of the married
daughters of the house. Never had their family
festivals shown more admirable smoothness or
brillance The scene was truly as gay as the most
were cleaning lights and movement.
The dark oaken polished floor reflected the opal
sheen of the pale brocades and gauzes-green and
ing girls, the polished buckles and the brilliant
buttons on the suits of their partners. BeautifuI
ders heads on swanii1e necks snowy ruffes, and
cleaning pearls necks still more SNOWFALL