New-York tribune., 1910-10-30

II often offer her as an object lesson TO Nina De Witt
Poor Nina IS quite another sort There are really pos
sibiiities IN Nina She loves lie so,
And her husband" ne inquired.
On, Dudley; Dudley Is mere anatomy, patEO-
logical specimen. m awfully sorry for him; but n
sorry for Tommy too They don't get along at all
Dudley will really live to be a thousand Dyspep-
ties always do. Its very selfish OF him
You mean De Witt stands for this sort of thing
What can he do poor man. He accepts Tommy II
-ablv a visitation of Providence lust a. he accepts
his nervous Indigestion. He's had them both long l
suppose he'd be lost without thcrn but IT seems as
though something might be done Nina isn't nearly SO
clever as Florric EanuXen Oshe was Airs. Wcbv-kng.
YOU know. She laid a trap for Welby-kIng and ne
went into It, So she managed get bg slice of his IN
come which She now shares with Percy She stopped
her sprightness dropping from her like mask oh
she said scornfuly, were q lovely lott"
IT seemed such easy step from cyncisn to bitter
GlrrIott wondered that he had never seen her
take it, and 1t set him thinking Which the real
Abby kempton. the one who was bhthe or the who
btter3 And which interested turu the norc2 She
little different from anything feminine in ms
perence. and the gtsc of cheerful. Isu She habit
uaIIy wore always gave l1m "a novel viewpoint which
rescued him from his own intestfvtv. Bur the bret
flash he had caught from the clearer depths below the
surface aroused interest that her gay coradeship
no matter how clever had never inspired There
moments when she was so worldly that he gave her up
despair when She seemed live ouiv for
the present SO long It amused her. Even then her
CleVerness kept the batta!IOns her side. for
Brooke not without a sense OF huuOr She seemed
TO have forgotten and, leaning on the gunwae was
looking aft alongside into the foanng se.s-was this
che real woman, only a uatcrialist caught in the
gOssarneT .Tneshes of imruatcrialtv?
For time rarTIOtt made reply but busted himself
with the engine. There nothing for him To say.
He agreed with her perfectly They We're unioveIv
on may think me tITesOme, he vcnturCd at last.
or provincial YOU like but It strikes me YOU people
don get the worth OF your You spend most OF
your lives hunting sensations. invcntiug expensive
eXcltements flirting with danger and enduring vice be
cause It Is the fashion 10 bc vicious Bur since I've been
IN New ork haven met of YOU with the nerve to
sin gInily for SIN sake. You sin as vou do most other
things half hc-tclly with eve on the gallery Per
sonaly think II pays best to bee decent. but ever
reached the condition OF mind when dcceucv ceased 10
be possibility don't thin, I'll be willing TO stop at
halt m .lsures.
Perhaps were wiser than YOU" she smiled Tn
less whole measures succeed they wholly fail I think
ID rather be malt hearted than broken hearted
There no excuse for YOU TO be either. You have
everything IN the world wish for; but I
think the best gltt YOU have conscience"
tis reading OF her character pleased her not so much
because It true because u showed her what he
thought Of her His drawl had never seemed more IN
genuous, ms admiration more candid His voice sounded
like an echo from the Tar Arcadia she had forgotten So
sweet IL was that the coquette her couldn't resist an
appeal tor more
You WISE Brooke Garriott So wisel There's
no wisdom hike the intuition OF mcxperieucc. Am so
easy ID Trad2'