New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-26
Miss Mary.
By KATHARINE TYNAN.


ali 1lss Mary 565 sa5 should be g5g Wien tSsrs
They thousht OF Mss Mary srn as younF To
the house. lit did not occur to them TO think %
what would happen TO her il she remained when
troubled Mr Frel1e. yhe lawyer. who was indy
as Wetl as snreS- and Kept the Gftairs or Warns
1T would he worse he said. Than ehsngiux
nurses 1or q year-old child who had known pa
one nurse and never any mother"
bay-De mans Bay. the country people called It
sG5an had soGad her in the twilight more tsas
GH T s o. l 3 s 61 or me lost ys59I whsss
the country people who were not likely to come TO
close quarters with anything sitting By night In
It was very hot August weather. and 1liss Mary
sc" Tgsl--ss- FerH4p5 &c was the heat- perhaps
When the Moo, Vas ~ 7b mi Tr -I So7 I
shi,e IN the heat she would not eat she could not
gossips returned to 3irs. susan's mind and made
her sweat with fear while she tried 20 lose il in her
One night when every one was asleep. Miss Mary
got up. dressed herself and went CUT There was
ortnEe III the haze OF heat that smoked over the
She made her way through the pine weeds,
out midway in the bay Were the wreck OF the ship
Then her 5 he2Tt save great spring IN ss.
has been shot But it was joy and not anguish
1t last she had not kept count Of time and. per-
anyhow, time had dragged. and e had been dreary.
the huh Of the vessel he had often waited IA
She ran to him over the sea sands noiseIsszly He
Was sitting with his chin his breast and ala noe
daylight had been there TO reveal it. the faos OF =
D5vlje5t TO- vyonIf S-ty,s sF9Its, 49,. ia-I- bsfs
thiekly sown viii gray the haggard temples. the
moon in its heat haze was kinder.
/ TA!ge9TRRon said a voice ~ his shogldsF
thrilled was IL with young ardo-. 50 nishd1gals
/ Ths man started and then drew back -a1aryr' n
sad, husA1ly- Inc voice was changed from ths
| II he could have seen It. a mist fen over tbs
some pleasant thought had come to her
Mary repeated the man: s5ill dTaEinS e7, -
/ years stood stiI3 They had not prepared ne for
| She seemed hardly to havs heard him That new
thought was thrilling and lighting her raea. rnalrin3
| 'Ah!' she said: - ma you sitting IN thu dsaG
T were g.i both Of tSis world think knew ali 80
time, Algernon, rna- You we're dead Else You Woe14
have come back from the dead 70 keep tryst with
/ me- once again On. what love. AlgeFnono WhA-
For an instant TIE mans chin sank lover On hiE
/ her with burning eyes
sent to lay drop or water on a parched VIsIesls
| once he might have slaked his thirst ocean eseo
and tnat now ne must 20 p-rcl14i Los9seLa -
radiant face as It Inisht chIld's Who finds some
II don't understand, Agsrnon." she said gently
on m
For a moment his lips parted as though tAss
/ "Cf course not. Mary. vas thinking of a p00s
Her thoughts we're not following him He hs6
an odd idea that tho gold OF The moon was IN her
throat, making Ges fre5 OF happiness In the depths
shall 7 sic BY you. AlgernOu?' she asked. You
know ara not AFRAID OF the dead How often
S t5s h s e s-s never el was m oSs here Pss
haps ITnteIlsd them avy, -, H+.sS oeen 1 S[S
The muslin Of her gown brushed him and he
moved away with an almost imPsrceprlolo move
IAN eternity. Mary he answered.
/ II thought so, too" she said .B9t. or course
N In9ntEs ana %e4S ~ rs $50 10 iy 70 ne Won
/ must be dead. since you had not sent No q word,
! doubted II terrible while I thought You
The man made an taarti1uiass sound Of pity. 90,
| "And then papa disd.' she went on. dreaInily-
gssq T 20 1 ava p@ But w s was always S5 good to me-
poor parai ana then used 70 thi16 th3f taeFS
could not speak Of OF course i. vas Hor II us -
aA5d i was because yog, died you never came
| ''I never loved you 50 wen as when left you.
| and then you died. and YOU have come back "a
l ne Wiu you come again. AlsernOnF
I955s lon, tourney Tor this night shat
have long journey TO 60 20 Whe1e an so--l-.
must not wander az I-hl GNU F1O---7S 10 J0@
/ viii not come here AZ rlga55t - ,,.--,-,-
/ II know But promise mo You viii not coma
/ You used always 70 obey me in the Old Gayes
= win 90 what Won tell me. Nge-non..'
/ "And row you VIII 90 horne-Fo nome ana slssbS
sS7bs ti1,, VIM not Be- Ions she said now thss
I I have seen you. / always knew rhal you IoNSS@
/ return things that were sait and whispered TneS
She stood I55SinS At him an instant Hitherto Re
/ had not much a. touched a 1910 OF her ssE-
/ sred as though the blood had rushed 70 It. -, 49,
sslle OF Ola times. CarCr that long, ions
Journey. for the eternity n which shan not klss
/ +For a moment she was Hight as q snowfiaze In
his arms. For 8 moment his LIPS Were q . ssr
Your HDs are not cold" she ulur-IluTed- @neS1
"Rnd yours are Ike the dsvs." he answered.
~And now ru3 home chlle- q, A S L -. -
moon. Ana .sre-nba- you axe t. come here no
more Dream happy dreams, my dear -
obedience making her g While sac loIge1 . 49, $3.50
When she had gone a LylIe va Sc Sc III - 80
Bat on thu higher ground the moon vas S--
Tia frt went with her ell the way hons e
flooded the silent house rs she went up the sC-tlI3
Once as she passed uluttled mirror. she sli.A
Ss,ths ans re7erlbs-f1g that once she had had q
vision IN a mirror q how she would look WneA
ms moonlight was on her face while she SLEPT.
perha0s % was Nalaful. they say the moon -
anyhow. when Mr. 7gs-n came e., . Iets ~ Sl,s
NTarvss face Her aga had found her out Ihoesn
the lips smiled and smiled. tbs was not IAS Ai11
But If was only that IN the night. ths chrd's
soul had escaped and LEFT the body 70 tne ooHoe1a
or its years Mss NIrys heart had broken 1of
3oy.-CIne Sketch.
samuel +. Duryea and Mss Georgia ~ Psnneld