New-York tribune., 1905-01-25


chair in his billiard room OF the mansion in Port
land Place. and swore. It just the stroke OF
IL on Christmas Eve and he had been sitting alone
/ for over hour. Hang herr he said he
seated himself and leaned in his chair. hang
| her! she deserved all she gotI Hang ell romance.
| say I"
Mr.. George Meredith tells US that Diana OF the
Crossways said (very beautifully of romance that
the young who avoid that region escape the title
| or Fool at the cost OF celestial crown" But
there are some who not only avoid the region. but
are ignorant OF it's whereabouts-nay. who call the
divine garden Romance" and thus deservedly
both win the title and lose the diadem
And with these Marmaduke Redfern had been
numbered from his youth upward. He was the
eldest Of of those types of nineteenth
tury life who laid a magic hand upon q little shop
and transhgured it into a vast mandatory. A man
who suddenly raised his family from generations
Of the sordid indulgence OF unsuccessful buying and
selling to the possession OF boards Of wealth. which
the very blood in his veins prevented .dm from
knowing how to enjoy. Marmaduke had been born
before the great evolution. and after much edu-
cation is to be obtained at private school at
Brighton Of the class called "genteer' by the pro-
pretor. had passed to his fathers cash ofice With
the firm OF Redfern & WhtehiIl. in the parish Of
ST. Anne's. He was then fifteen years old. But
even then he loved to the business swell. and
| think how wealthy he would be day.
The old died when Marmaduke barely
| twenty. But his share of the business large
enough to make It easy for the sucking merchant
surviving member OF the firm. His younger broth
ers went TO public schools and thence into the
army or to the bar and having severed their con-
| nection with the vile thing which had made them,
they proceeded to cut their eldest brother except
upon such occasions as when they wanted to borrow
money OF him.
Marmaduke had never in his life felt a generous
impulse been guilty of an action of uncaculating
kindness. The pettiness and meanness OF mis- orig
inal nature had thrlven in the counting house. He
more animal induIgences Of life He was even suf-
ncently advanced in the scale to envy his brothers
all he counted the He cautious youth.
developed wish (for social reasons) to marry the
school friend of Of his sisters. who Of
gifts to his Intended bride and her family (WHICH
were really but ostentation and advertisemenD
were taken by them to be evidences of his gem
with the lack Of Insight SO common in parentsS
persuaded her to accept him for her husband But
he had no intention Of carrying his free handedness
too far. 1t was CHARACTERISTIC Of the man that
| been shrewd enough in his petty way TO avoid max
ing proper settlement upon his wife on the ground
The marriage turned out badly. as a. matter OF
force himself into society on the skirts OF his
wife. He cultivated light tenor voice with the
utmost care. in order to possess some accomplish
ent me- & Which might i be Of use in the drawing wi room
duke loved TO loin his reedy pipe to her rich mezzo
well" and the simple duets that were popular
forty years ago. But he found that his manners
bar to his hopes. In those days something was
sa9 TO gain an entry INTO 6 6efHnt society be
selfish he visited his failure upon his wife. She
yre of maternity insufficient to make her wretched
hfe worth living; she died when little Maude was
mas As has PP been SAID there no settlement made
entirely in the hands of her father-a man with
no sense OF responsibility. and with only the in
Of his noble self in place OF true fatherly love.
But as the child grew up the sweetness of her
their effect even upon the formerly unresponsive
got into a certain sporting set who did not object
to associate with any one who was willing to pay
deed. that was the forerunner of many society
himself; and when he had iunched with cours-
Ing lord of doubtful reputation (who was desirous
Of London ne But his new friends lived fast
and in Marmadukes veins the blood OF gem
erations of middle class responsibility. A steady
unaccustomed nerves. He had always been
hdgety' nervous man with InarlonetteIks move
rapid current of petulan phrase for those to whom
Then it was tnat he developed an extraordinary
feeling for his daughter 1t was rather maudlin
how to be- He became more domestic His sport
ing friends (having worked their fated influence
upon his nerves. feeced him of a few thousands.
they We're hail fellow wen met" with him
him 10 meet T6er womenkind lis 1ride in his
daughter ousted the hankertng for tufthunting and
Early in life the child had shown unusual talent
for the violin As she grew in years her tech
years of age Marmaduke bought her a genuine
Amau. He took singing lessons again. and fur
bished up his light tenor. now little the worse
He advertised for a housekeeper Of good family
and decent pianist. and engaged woman Of
If his table and chaperon his little daughter. so
that he could invite the few men who would bring
their wives 10 his table for the sake of good din
Maude always dined with them. Then, after
twenty-course dinner with "A champagne, 64
wouid give an exhibitIon in the drawing room oS
ization in air with violin Oblgato. OF all
his repertoire nothing appealed so much to him as
ria" He had got incorrect translation OF the
meaning into Words which we're meaningless to
him ri His acf pride % II the the 9 r 6r gs OF & the violin
all kinds of natures from highest to lowes) made
a better Of him, as he reached from the high
B fat in 'nunc IN hora mortis nostrR." than ne
had ever been before.
for nothing but the dinner trying not. to look
bored; tEe pretehuouS houSehee-lef naShlng Ther
CioInods melody; the lovely child with eyes turned
pous passion of the beautiful obbigato appeal
which went waiIng from her old violin pure and
true in tone. and instinct with the emotion ybrat
Ing at her finger tips and the little sandy haired.
aet ana estioIIatoT hut gravin inc bette c6 6a
ter and nober for the stirring in his heart. for the
Maude never knew the real nature OF her father
or perhaps she did know the real man. and and
da1ebte @ fr ffber To baT he a @ IoSe kind IT
In her presence he would talk tenderIy of his dead
wife, and with self-deceptive pathos would sing
tears ran down the ehesks Of both Wdower m and
child as they thought Of her whom the man had
all housekeeper's thoughts Of suppanting the
But Maude grew. up. and at a concert at which
she was playing she met young pianist-one OF
storm for season and then never play up TO
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