New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-27

the complete and lovely or the
er's heart. She is maternity twice distilled-tne
grandmother. The baby's early cry. weak yet saw
age, fills her with the oldest rapture She feels
young once more. Asain she lies white N her
bed, holding her hrst-born. She bridges the lean
years and flies joyfuIly back. She repels her gray
hairs her wrinkles; she puts out her hand 70 beat
from vision the batIe-marked face that looks at
through the dressing glass. She is not old any
more She is i grandmother
Al these delicate illusions took the Grandmother
when they laid her dead daughters child IN her
arms She looked down at il. this queer red. wrin-
kIed creature some day to be wonan-Nature
most confusing miracle Strange, staring, sooning
woman. The thought made her shudderi It
ought not 70 gFow up tnls nepess ms cgsndoth
ers heart! gave its dul, frightened beats IN Lhe
in horror would desert her Her daughter had lam
Ike this, a helpless infant in ner haPPy ans;
away from the sinister sound OF It, anG cled-aIis-
she called the grandchid Mary. The women Of
her family always given this nane-InosI
Night and morning she held it tenderly across her
passion Tor young children had always oesn Il9
one sound spot IN her deP!oran pic 1fe, NJ, Nignt aI9
head. 1t lay in the wrinkles OF the ancient SKI
fully moving hands Every INNS came ntfA Mn IAN
Of the fluffy white puff This was VeTiIy Ihe ch-lu
She sang TO il in jubllant quavers; sang those
songs that were IN prosperous vogue Wheh She
smelling room rocked with her poor voice. II IS
/ the aged sing. coarse IOlk LAA5
at the sound, and fine folk could Weep
Time went she fartiyely watched the creature iI3
grow. she traced its ways, darling, and solemn
| The baby was nearly two years old It walked,
secluded garden, clutching every bright hover II
could drag from the stalk IT. round and notified
The baby was a big schoolgirl L broke ones
heart TO reflect on the speed with which the years
/ had passed she had lanky black legs, and charm
to pertness But however naughty she was
throgshog the day ngnt brought p 6a57
that She might see her darling safe in bed-and
/ give dissolution for every misdeed! She hobbIed
INTO the room with the dainty white hanglngs
| Sometimes the child would be kneeling; As she
/ watched the figure, angular beneath the night
gown and robbed forever OF adorable young eaqo-
! olness the GrancInotner would s1lVer anu sIlaAe
/ A praying creature was a terrible sight FOR one
had not expiated, some souls barter the wings
| that carry them from earth TO God
Or the child would be already In her bed She
sprang up. Laughing directly the door opened She
pulled down ne old head and held it tighJy grip
on The large pillow their eyes their tender mouths
| surely be her dauEhter-her own flesh her very
travalled IN that world where the shadows OF dead
/ women wait for judgment, her daughter had be
| GRANDMOTHER consoIed herself with these ideas.
| these fantastic IDEAS that allure pagan people
her child or her daughter Who knew? She went
home. The gardens could De seen through the
long window, gardens that had not altered much
bushy then. She remembered how large they had
looked through the WINDOW on tldL nighttime
band died Good heavens
| so fait6fuI was murder: lust as II YOU killed a
| person. NurdeTl A strange word She stretched
/ her mouth as she sat in the faint candlelight
! young creatures grew! Sixteen-and instinct With
the absurd and precious vanities that beser girls
mony. There are some born into the world who
/ gins. foredoomed from the very cradle The cid
! woman. with a breeding with terror-ughted eye.
toes steal sdeway looks in the long ehevaiglasses
mothers family All cOGuettes. all with the mys-
tcR charm that allures- The curse had descended
10 e ehs g2 me et Of honest 9a@ 9s porn merely
One day the Grandmother happened note
book-of CONCESSIONS. The child had scrubbed down
in trepdatioa-in trtumph1-the innocent history OF
s ne ao5 9 Degpe Ie s sIie6 6s 70 I Ks
unsteady marks OF exclamation Gtgsles appeared
nncs and ~ sad EseS FhssJness stole pD IN bs
/ eyes and glazed them Then she began to sob
ri KIN herr she said ~Godr'-the old face
| distracted with apprehension. dared lift itself
| toward the uncaTing sky cannot bear that she
She opened a drawer IN the workable. There
were two portraits In IT, one OF young man one OF
made round drops OF an added blackness on her
/ black silk apron She was old fashioned in her
IF one might kill the dear childr' she rnurrnured
/ But II only she had remained an infants soft
Bosom: dun5 thing with brain nor EMERGED
and tongue that only sucked, with little that
took nothing in-,nothing! WY was there not some
s9eechiess and isnorant2 The children Of Women
/ The Grandmother feit that she could not bear a
second passionate defamation OF her sins-from
IL 49, 49, D7,- - a. I5-- --far NiarV 5s- ,1 ~
! had done. Her lover would tell her-iust the same
| the rect.tude Of young rieu. who demanded such
they chose The child would learn through her
| lover: would upbraid her. loathe her. leave her
And she! Well she must Just quietly die. But 70
| II hard. very hard Without doubt. it was
She sat and thought OF those blessed infant days.
She took Up the ProEFe ,s o. ds[y years Win
wet red mouth II al came back; everything.
every thing the shy precious things That mothers
/ memory. with infant shrtekings and tragic little
tantruTns: wooden horses that had so speedily lost
knocked IN weird animals with all their gay paint
These 'chlIdre1l they forgot-they ignored-the
/ long story OF ones utter devotion They allowed
nothing for dedicated years They were so risor-
Mary would some day stand up straight and pale
her and Depart Her lover would tell her the
| shocking story. These lovers!
The lover came Why and how? Who can ex-
plain these mating mysteries? He came although
the Grandmother was Stunned by the neghhor-
she was ignored. systematically left OUT There
are social skeletons
girl who IS born for love. For the other girls. the
frlgd and correct little ceibates. no happy placing
He came. and she loved him. Everything on
happy wings. She eighteen. The women OF
| the Grandmother family always married at eigh-
teen II was delicious age
| INTERVIEWED and the wedding day fixed. This
house instantly cleaned with bridal satin
| this the GRANDMOTHER cherished him. He would
not be told; there were no women TO tell him i
was women who kept old scandals alive who would
| never suffer them to lie IN their graves She