New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15


,,,,,rea1f and 1our money upon a woman with
heart There never was such being, Go IN 1or
what your newly acquired millions Will br1ng you
and when YOU marry choose a woman WHO wiz
look we'll at receptions, and make a REASONABLY
sensible mother for your children. ALMOST any oIie
of those out there would serve.
The speaker waved his hand lightly toward
qrouD of women in the center of the room, and MS
companion gazed at them with somber eyes
He was handsome fellow, this young millionaire
and money out of the question, might well nave
been the desire of any woman's heart, with his
sensitive mouth and straight grave broWs.
Bridge Knight had listened to Cresseys con-
fdences in regard to marriage with the instincts
of a vivisectionist. He had diagnosed and labeled
the case and now without emotion OF any klnd
exceDt a hard ANALYTICAL interest he was watching
for the turn of the disease with its accompanying
SYMPTOMS He confidently expected the fever OF
Cressevs belief in humanity to die out ana MS
+en1nerature to drop to that of the ordinary oneyed
man of the world This dream of Cresseys had
been of value to Bridge Knight, whose occupation
was that of romancer and playwright 1t had
stimulated his tagging Imagination, and ne MADE
a copy of it.
Cressev was Young, handsome and rich. Putting
aside false modesty as only a really modest man
could have done, he owned himself a matrimonial
prize and he meant in all honesty to bestOw that
prize upon some woman who deserved IT.
L shall not allow my personal feelings to play
anv part in the question of my CHOICE said the
cause she is beautiful aristocratic or already rich,
but for the one reason that she deserves good for
tune If l find her begging in the street, so much
the better When | know for certain that she
Possesses the attribute which deem the most beat
tifuI in the world shall lay my fortune at her feet
to do with she sees fit.
And the attributed"
"Al the world should know without asking,
said the boy. Paul named it charity. My wife
must have a tender heart for the suffering of the
world
Knight could have laughed aloud at the boy
would have done so had he been an hOneSter man.
But here was motif, and Knight had the artistic
temperament 1t would make a splendid story:
a fanatic a dreamer in a vain quest for woman
with tender heart his inevitable failure and
return to the conventional With the unities still
in mind he had melted the boy to go forth among
the people to search for his black swan. Now that
the search was finished, Knight was eager for the
story
But Cressey was gloomy and refused to talk.
He only stood and gazed out at the group of women
in the center of the room with gloomy eyes. The
truth was he had failed dismally in carrying out
his idea. He had promised himseEhad even
boasted to this friend of his-that he meant to
make utterly mpersOna disposition of his fortune,
and incidentally of course, of himself; then he had
gone out into the workaday world to put his plan
into execution.
1t was among the poor, the enthusiastic poor, he
felt he might search with the greatest hope of success
He was attracted by plain little maiden in a small
country town. She glasses and COmbed
her hair flat at the sides of her head, and prayed
loud and feelingy in meeting; but Cressey soon
discovered that she had charity for anything
outside of her own particular church. When
other denominations mentioned, her eyes