New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22

it was he who had attacked Angler but
1t was characteristic of him that he said
nothing of his encounter with the pOacher
Presently, when Leigh began to press too
hardly upon him, he would confess that
also, but he was cursed with spirit of
distrust that led him to lie until the last
moment. Thus, his mother. the one
person who would help him at all hazards,
was likely to learn of his new difficulty
only when it would be too late to assist
him.
Probably no one suffered more at this
period than did Edith. She was not
blind to the fact that popular suspicion
coupled her name with the murder of
Lord ArnCliffe. But she had been cheer
ed by Anglers fatherly benevolence and
the mOtherly kindness of his wife Ain
gier, as a man learned in the law, knew
perfectly well that although malicious
minds might prompt SANDER and in
nuendO, there was no shred of evidence
to support charge of murder against the
young girl, and, though he deplored her
reticenCe over certain matters, he had
little doubt that forty thousand a wear
would carry her triumphant1y through
all minor disabilities.
Now, however, she was not merely
deprived of his support and advice, but a
marked change took place in Mrs Ain
gier'S attitude toward her. On one pre-
text or another, the lawyers wife left
Edith to take all her meals alone. When
they met by accident, the older woman
treated the younger with a pointed cold
ness that could not be misunderstood.
Edith was not, indeed, wholly without
friends. George Lester did not abate
one lot of his devoted service, and Lord
ArnCliffe's American nephew was no less
thoughtful a cavalier. 1t is generally
held that woman with a pretty face
can befool men to the top of their bent;
but 1t may also be urged that man, with
his blunter knowledge of 1ife-by very
reason of his passiOn-blinded judgment,
it may be-Weighs character in the oppo-
site sex by crude instinct rather than by
delicate analysis. And crude instinct IS
often right.
Edith at first accepted Mrs. Anglers
attitude IN proud silence. She could
make many excuses for a sorrowing wife
and mother during a time of such sus-
pense. She even endeavored to fall in
Win MIS-. Angler evident WISH 10 AVOID
her, leaving all explanations until such
time as Angler might be no longer in
danger. But when, with the passing
Of the crisis, Mrs. Anglers avoidance
was even more marked, and her manner
almost offensive to one who was after all
her hostess, Edith decided that there
must be some explanation
For herself, she cared nothing; but she
would at least be treated with ordinary
courtesy before her servants. Up to this
time Edith had in no way asserted her
position as mistress of Arncliffe. 1t was
natural that young girl OF good breeding
should leave matters in the hands OF her
chaperon for the present at least; and
Mrs. Angler had practically come to
Arnclitfe to act in that capacity. Never
theless, the existing state of affairs was
intolerab1e. What between Mrs. Aim
gers hauteur, the detectives prying
ewes, Mrs. Warren's too marked Civlllty,
and her sons covert Ill will, Edith's
lie was a misery.
1t is a melancholy fact that the ma
;o-;+,r Of 1,-ofassi0r7a1 mon tell their wives