New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-12


"icn Is one OF her delightful characteristics
res. she Is the daughter Of Horace windlesham.
certainly he was the man who away with Lady
fehca Cioyne. II is quite true he Is something OF
d scamp IL is also fact that he broke many
he"r's as young man. Luckily, the cement OF
sympathy mended most of the fractures The girl
- quite an heiress. Her home life has been
happy The pair have quarreed over her terribly
Din months with one and six months with the other
-"hat life! And all the time such jealousy be-
cause "hile ne has run through his and his
wifes fortune. the child has her own from her
srahomother and consequently the father and
mother are more or less dependent on their own
chllas good Will 1t is frightful position for her
but 1t is much better that people should know all
ABOUT IL now that she is coming to stay with me
The object of her visit that she shall have peace
anu mean TO see that the object is defeated"
Naturally enough Mrs. Saxon's words went far
and wide and created mild sensation.
Sandwich turned up the record of Horace Windle-
sham and talked 1t over.
Then came a careful scrutiny of his daughter
goodlooking girl; question about that Per-
maps trife too tall? Nonsense; the CIoynes were
always always tail People who knew Cloynham would
Inc discussion became chilly this point; every
oody did not know Cloynham.
so Avice settled down at Mrs. Saxon's She
puzzled her hostess considerably
u is your outlook on the world" the latter ex-
planned G Il suppose Sandwich people either amuse
you 0,S enormously or bore you to extinction. In my
L IN he whO 7
MINK an you put up with my nfiictions wonderfully
wen; 1t is your fter-thoughts VIII CHI are so ne
as 1t wsrs; they are sweeping in their eondemna
Wen. try to look facts fairly in the face"
fngless effort" 'S "a 'ie'ii-
i , spsaEs S as s. think"
-. II hay have had plenty of time for reading"
woman. there are things you have Vet to IeaTe
WHICH are not in the books And had hoped"@
How 4 your 1n1 Wits }u 05 MARRIAGE
NJ haye seen SO much of it"
Mrs Saxon was wrugirg her hands
TT is Ws i known 20 o she cried
vidual is fresh start. If everything had been
a q, rs 10 date. you might make be- the germ
II think" said Avice amiably, you have hit on
rather pleasantly original idea wish could live
Haven't introduced you to some very nice peo-
PEE aren't some of the men round here just what
edy Interesting to subdue?' anu - 00
HEAVEN eR not h eGpt @ 9e f TO quests
&c You are SO critical Luckily. can leave it to you
70 oi renne my meaning. But it is all very disap-
Then I seem ungrateful?"
Flease; Avice, please do begin to blame
srats am full of imperfectIons. but I am not I'M
You embolden me to say what is on the tip Of
some attention His place Frsntfoy Hail o is Quite gR
Il ann fond he of are Pea f5sIS Mrs
could not marry Mr.. Grayfield even If he kept
., And that beautiful. deep lake.. murmured
the .er, other lady. tearfully.
bbaS Se nc soul were shallow You forget should
ra We'll" expostulated Mrs. Saxon undaunted by
F TSSTrs yop cannot speak so slghtingy Of Mr.
but al any rate he is clever who is
And 'h ha9ent 5 yon money said Avioe coldy
Possibly. But the idea of being marketable
/ would ir
der smellie.' marty 81 <AieNa'i-
IT IS a as 1 siS s to me-"
entrefT fnGfe is some one to whom You not
wo T6es et things thin sometimes ne have to There
establishment for Sir Alec has large fsmiIy
se eio no 6 worse suppose ought to be grateful
MIS- There so is something behind all this" thought
And then she seized with an idea.
oo Thls resolute eynicism. this disgust with life,
Co orI. surely be only pose: If Avice could be
same affectation in another, would there not be a
.I It so happened that Sandwich boosted mis-
Mrs SaT U5 tp rss nTse water th 1,,o
selwyn, Moore should meet. So she asked the
When he and Avice met it WAS ike the contact
OF hre and magnesium sudden flash in which
biankness and silence. anu Sor's''ns ne'fo 'hen
Avice was certainly struck by something in the
mans spirit which responded TO her the
instant though she had never seen him before.
He s had o youth s and net he had The Lines
masculine Intelligence Avice could not help scru-
altogether disadVantage to possess The cynic's
face. Ability is generally written there and power
there is penetration In the eyes which iumlne it;
there is passion even in the texture in the skin
oey sS set herse to Tet ali foo a pe
osity; TO remember that cruelty, for instance may
that craft which is a vice some minds bring to
such pitch that their vanity will transform it
So she resolved to regard him with caution. with
AS the dinner progressed they exchanged views
in the usual manner, without the taIntest idea OF
merely tossing him word now and then out or
poeness reseryn her fuller eGndencf S for the
thirty years before and was familiar with side
STRANGER st ms Whfe Moore showed himself peculiarly
attentive to the spectral spnster on his right
evident appreciation his acid comments on the
more sinister aspects or tne fs words full OF real
meaning into Avices ear.
EFT is an Impeachment one cannot resent.
might return the compliment, but. of course. you
Il hope he said I'VE are both of US above the
ordinary human weaknesses"
isn't it odd. She asked. that people . should dry try
that the more they see of their kind the more they
You might have lived In Sandwich all your life"
LAS for that don't think this place touches the
summit of distastefulness.''
Does that really make any direrence'"
Doesn't woman?
I'VE all want what we cannot get. 1t Is only
fools who talk of making the best OF things
They agreed in the end that the world was
worthy. the whole. rather of pity than of scorn.
After dinner Avice sang
why do you sing such sad songs?' Moore asked.
at seems a concession 10 sentiment
II do it, she said with information OF sincerity,
''out OF considera ton for those who would grow
unhappy still if they heard the music of joy"
Mrs Saxon failed TO extract any pleasure from
the introduction she had thus effected
But the first meeting led to others. Moore for
all his gloom, acceptable person in Sand
with. And Avice knew her duty, at least 10 her
hostess. and never attempted TO shirk an engage