New-York tribune., 1903-05-12

Har name was Beatrice but her tender t ntte
mother who died young, had called @ ne[ soTne
Iybat embarrassing name for one whose onIy l Glll
to real beauty was in her great Fel'0'S
Her stepsisters ecHpse~ her utterly in her w G~H
thougnts; MS NV To brilliantly handsome exquisiteIy
dressed perfectly self-possessedL lhe$ $ootbers
resIV her stepsisters. but her & stePthGgtltTI pm gtne
Ts3ip6ters It was difcult relationship to aeiT, i
SO they usually content +i 70 +i5s p@Ss 10i
Al No one indeed would mistake John BryanstSe t5a
ior the tr ma gnificent mother, and stateher
mother and daughters were moi io De i10'
ASn1oh MTH WaIsingham had been smart society
widow when she and John Brya+seoe +E senior part-
ner in Bryanstons was not accustomee9 e TO YiEine
the West End drawing rooms "Leie -Ai'
Id 4I1re%er for some reason the dazzling Wiuow low
chose @ to % 5t90R 28Rere fo '@f nike pian kiss nased g
sought the knowledge of the favor InredIious e de-
came to John Bryanston py sio"' 'iN-
grees. II. .t,,,o raoassarv in which
90 ne tbiL u whether he really wished to marry the
beantifIl and high born Mrs. Wasngham or hot, b;
before 9o tfs BoHdS half eTred half euItant 70
buy the ring of pink pearls a1 nGnit hin to place
upon {4 dF diraS at Mrs Walsinghams tiny house IN
MAYFAIR that evening, and was glad PeThbd1th Pb1th he
postpone interview with Beauty ~ In neer to be
must break to her that that they were no iO"ss'
an IN tbr an t dreaded the thought of that inter
view AS he ratified home in nansol 'tFe ~ 1rsst
To his big old fashioned house In one o. ' tbo1h+
ern of
Of Beautys pathetic eyes. with irag1n@atloils @ 5 ~
how his old mother would have fe!t II s fpence
to nav wbicb as the Honorable Mrs. Wasingham
husband her Johnny WG1d sa ff oba 6 Bryanston had
come to be rich. BY care, by industry. ny py IND md
1Stience rather than by brilliant enterprlSe d fr
pa 9a 'Brvanstons had become a synonyme ioI
sober if almost splendid prosperltyyii mass 70 Beau
He rIsad tn think the money WOuld pass ~
~ and to wonder if his one child sen9er siGui t}+
ders would be equal to the burden oi Ai' '--'''
"fi' ga had not really coveted for her nor for for
himself He + had de9 9fffR lied Toof and red brick chin
news the house of small yeonlah "a "a me- ~ ,Ig m
With stocks and snapdragons about IT, WIN roSss i
climbing TO the caves ana ciili1 lyI ite meadows
hinged by its sluggish river and a pang OF ionslhs
for its hpy hann ba3pier there than in city life
that had been forced upon nm; anu ne ""2 3@tae
il would sH1e have 81 sgfsd bs ow0 f0r Beauty "'''S'
Well we'll he need not gr9ase@ @ ms aofeiiness
new wife what setting she would 20 heT ti bt bc
He knew nothing Of the WIDOWS aILatls, .t,,t - -itb
the life she led and the company SUE sIto ttS+ night
her flowers alone-her drawing room Ia 7i f6r Or
tune MeL b6,,t Tf feeling the end of the There
,,t1 IIiS ne nlenty left for Beauty; and his htte
siTI Urouid have the cOmpanionshp or chllufeh u
neF nearnsnp 0Tn woman He and Beauty had been too
much all in all , to eac9 h sed with his elderly
company for ever -
Beauty cried little, pteously when he PT0ke oHe
the news TO her but clung 10 him II posslbie ote -
fondIy than before She dried her eyes 10 nsteh -
his Numbering and highly cOlored ueSSitlplloIl =.
the little girls who were soon 70 be nef SIS; ~
90 ,,iavmates his prophecies Of the fine time IN
store for her. She said nothing to daut Eiin ~
alas John Bryanston, gazing down INTO the sut- t
fused brown eyes. discovered JaeFe hppls ~ it9t
-94her than delighted anticipation RE put Ietttts
from off his knees with sign lie hSd lstlieu ~ ~
convince mis- little girl; and perhaps ne W. MOI
convinced himself. il but the tIuAtl were to4H-
Mrs Walsnghams manner to her iu.u'g es,Tt- slTl
daughter when they met was perIecllol- I1ee4e33
s11ffered herself to be gathered to a sort sceheo
mass of chiffons and laees without P11 III. lit
Looked beyond it the big bonnetei besurIsI ~, II
tle girls who filed her with q cold terror IIleS,
for their part were thinking her very dowag
little girl. and rather wondering at tilc 9t4S''7~
roTnanv mamma had brought them INTO
Great changes with the ntlrfla5e- ~
big roomy house in the square was gwen up stt.u
mare Of feastlng and fine doings. found neIs'-L
tronenlauted to one Of the very top rooms OF d
ms osion in q narrow West End street -Al thc
suace in the house had been used LOT i Ieee1tIo.4 ~
,fpoTnc and the floors above rabbit warren
of dark and old fashioned rooms sr3WIls siili,e
as th~y ascended, till. the hoor wLeie beduty
airIess badly built and hardly worth the trouble
of a climb 20 the under houseraald' whose cHa' g
5TSera was not a bit of green to be seen from
,ta email windows The lower window Sllis were
eav with flowers, but the windows opposite 10
Reauty's were dinsy as hers. bellS - hlsh ~
that no one could them from the street t.t4d
on The floor usually allotted 20 the servants.
In that little OF hers SeAut} WSPt many
tear and was grateful for its seclusion since Tor
uapa's sake the tears must De secret ones
tt1a marriage did not result happily as any one
might have fo~eseen. II quiet decorous un-
ha1r,jness which made stir In the world some
sat,,i,r IN tbe servants haII that it shame.
-, how master was oFSfieokcd ~
lis own house John BTyanstoh was geIlIie 80 80
eonsiderate master. and those VINO served ,i mn
conId scarcely fail TO like him. even X the hkihS
had n touch of scornful pity in II 80
But there no outside SCANDAL AT iil9'' 49,