The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-16

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drasdhh aaocN ssltlaa fotNi M eurhes
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ssitIa. bug ths s,yie " fairly dee.lvine,
A aai,stltla Nslls fkia e ssayy ~ FlNh
avsatps its tistat aai No wife sbs ags
immediately ~pfp-arisi ~ W, aee ~ rich
anst distinguished. ~ ~ cfhnIy anil hSautl-
fully IN Tho ago Z ~ lusugio'ts y IusuTy thse
80 fesi ourselves Justified IN o~pnsldcfine
than ~ t~lpatoppefa IN Vanity RUtmfe, =
uiutgteg eT~nrfehealrd, ~ ~ told. lptwsen
Madi@,n avenus AMI Central PARK ami
tlpnersI sheymaa's status end Naventy-
Inc 'Cuptds spfswi~i, huaalaa hiIy " tho
carpet bane,th, and they had u silver
besstead that tShill had picked up In Bsn-
GAL
Maud t'shlll NUT have bern very beauti-
ft 'she had ,hs face ~ a fay, tbs waist
~ 6 Wills, hair ~ q burnt Grange and veeu-
Wan eyes unques,ionsbly she drpserd
we'll 'Iier frook. the color of fried smsls.
vas distinctly rUedelapaixian' She was
ths daughter u q Massachusetts, Blabop.
Unhlll may be fouad at page 0 recalling
sthe torrid August Gay when from hIs yncht
b. had landed at the hot listls village on tho
Massachusetts coast. met her. wooed her
violently: and on that yacht Of his, like .
pirate, had carried her away" The Bishop
never forgavs him. lie was o naughty prel-
ate, caring nothing for spFawling Cupids
and silver bedsteads from Bengal
Probably nobody could have beer moro
beautiful than Maud Uxhill, but Afias Stella
Sixmith. q trained nurse from Canada, was
devastatingly good looking. Outdoors abe
always went veiled, forced TO hide her
beauty a. though instead Of Q glory II were
a shame Uxhill had q very delicate way
Of complimenting ladies'. when he saw the
beautiful trained nurse he said TO her:
"To look at you, Miss Sixmith, one should
have smoked glasses
Jones, n OF the ~sub-herOes Of tho talo,
surprised US on his first appearance. though
we had no fear at ali that he would awaken
any improper emotion In the bosom Of Mrs.
Uxhill. This lady. his very good friend,
said TO him On introducing him TO Miss SIX
NTH: Make your best bow, do-the one
I like II was at this point that Jones
surprised u. 1t may be read at page Is:
backward to the further end Of the room
he ran, ran forward, touched the carpet
lightly with bis hands and as lightly tossed
a somersault, landing o few steps from
Stella, easily, without apparent effort, his
bandbox air unmarried. Stella gave him
tho rare seduction Of her SMILE Uxhin
clapped his hands in applause and remarked
that here were brains and Drawn combined.
He told Miss Sixmlth that all the women.
including Mrs. Uxhin. were crazy about
Jones. But, as We have said, we had no
suspicion at all regarding this athletic law
yer. He was Q good man.
Uxhill fell definitely In love with Miss
Sixmith when, as she was leaving the dining
room after { luncheon at which che had par
taken Of 'an egg cooked In a potato che
raised both arms 70 her head In adjusting
her comb. It was Just after this that he
said 10 her: AT luncheon ] could haveeAid
t you, Kiss me and XIII me, but hsae mo
first We are not told whether the potato
was cooked as well as the egg.
Mrs. Uxhill disappeared n afternoon
while Uxhin was away In Wall street cutting
of his eoupons. This act Of coupon cutting
10 described humorously In three paragraphs
at the opening Of Chapter VII. Against
this humor IL cot the shock Of Uxhil's 70
turning home to find the silver bed and the
luxurious board forsaken. The reader viii
think that II was jealousy merely that led
Mr.. Uxhil to run away. He will read what
the learned doctor had to cay about eco
ondary personality and spontaneous som-
nambulism, but particularly he will listen
to what Jones had to say about loving and
jealous women having eyes In the back Of
their heads. A he goes OF he will DO pug
zled by sundry vague unattached refer
enoes to "horsehair.' The shock viii come
when he learns that this .horsehair' stands
for -orsare, . q highly subtle and wicked sort
Of poison. Instead Of o light and playful
comedy, here suddenly is poison, and the
beautiful Miss Sixmith has been administer
ing 1t, and the lovely Mrs. Uxhill has been
feeding upon It, and has awakened In time
to the fact Of II, and believes that her hus-
band has had q band In IL. Here MIR. Saltus
lie himself. and the story Is frankly dreadful.
1t IL merciful, too, and our opinion is that
IL should please the authors admirers.