New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

| night apparel delghtedly regarding her
| home" Her MAIDS had prepared her tor re-
| tirernent and left her in possession, mistress
of her warmly glowing kingdom.
Yet she dared not and could not experl-
ence a sense of ownership either in the walls
and furnishings or in all the dainty finery, ex-
uuisite gowns, the costly furs and sparkling
gems, already secured and bestowed upon her
as the mere first requisites OF ner ward
robe" new purchases which Alice mad as,
sured her were soon to be supplemented
properly, when modistes, tailors, and Others
of their ik should have time to prepare
things to order.
A feeling of strangeness pervaded the
thrills she underwent as she once more ex-
plored her gjlded bower by herself. From
the splendid spaciousness and delicate per-
fections of her drawing room, through her
lofty blue and gold chamber and her wholly
enchanting dressing room, to the falry grotto
of bath and back, she moved with the I'm
gering appreciation of a Princess who, after
long Punishment is once more restored to
her own She opened the wardrobes one by
one and gazed at their treasures IN Joy Inc
Jewels that cleaned from her golden casket
were reflected brilliantly in the rapture OF
her eyes.
Ali her old dream of the conquest of Man.
this. 1t had faded like tawdry thing IN the
light of this dazzling reality. All the old re-
sentiments felt against Acton Gaillard and
his sort, together with desire for swift re-
taliation, had gone with the grlrny fog OF for
mer days Exultation and pure g1rl1sh &c
stasy, with love of all the lovelier phases OF
existence, possessed and thrilled her being.
1t was hers, this world of beautyi
Perhaps for an hour she moved about the
place, now sitting in thronelike chair, now
merely standing in the center of room to
contemplate its charms. At last she pushed
a button in the paneled wall, and the soft
rose lights of her fairy land faded IN their
crystal spheres.
A mellowed twilight crept through the
windows westward, where they overlooked
Fifth-ave She went there happily, and by
habit ran up the shades. Below the pave
ment duly reflected the scattered lights
widely dotting out the long perspective. A
hanson went by, the horses hoOfs mus1cally
clop-clopping as he trotted briskly toward
the Plaza.
Across the way loomed the wall and the
half denuded trees of Central Park. Here
and there starlike lamp glowed steadily be
tween dark masses of foliage, increasing the
sense of peace. The sky was clear, and the
consultations swung brilliantly across the
armament, 1lSlTOuS Will COSIlllC IleSlliLI-
cence.
But Thur1ey's eyes beheld again man
falling forward in the rain. She saw him
presently seated by her side, and the pulse
of a mighty motor shook her being. She
wondered-and she wondered. At last, with
a sigh of new found rapture, she returned to
the wholly Intoxicating luxury of her couch.
What pity it seemed to waste moment of
a world so marvellous in sleeps effacing OBJ
livionl
Yet when she awakened by the morning
light. the wonder was fresher than before.
She had barely entered the hallway of mira
cles to which, in the way of her kind, she
would presently grow amazingly accus-
toned.
for the two or three
~ days next succeeding her emotions of
bewilderment increased. Neither her mind
nor her nature could grasp the full signif-