New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-27

but wonder how many parks, or Libraries,
or children courts. or technical schools, or
soacious new hospitals there would be II
their inception was left % the criticizers:
Most OF them would not give nickel 70 adj
vance anythng IN the world. which might
stand still or &. backward for al thcg care.
We American oWc q lot 20 our rlch men,
and il woulin' hurt any-sometimes-to
admit II.
TWO year o. -cl away. and then a most
terrible and unexpected thing hap
pened. Wa aa. al the time IN the Name
woods, camping and hunting, and beyond
all papers and news; 50 that when | came
back it was too late unfortunately ior me 70
do anything Bruce Livingstone had plllaged
big estate .. he was administrator Of,
and rather Than face the music when the
crash came, bad blown his brains out.
started for \,. York as fast as the tram
could take me- .1t as said, was too late
Stella-Alrs. Living already LETT
Tor Italy VII, - TWO children preierrlng
70 bury her,,' g.. Of sight IN Tar country
than to remain 8i-graced and heartbroken
al home
My first impulse was 10 follow her; but
On second ,t, this seemed taking too
great a libcr.. pccially as the newspapers
were full Of o.. flair and might comment
On my going ~o ! cabled instead, wrote
and sent her -att for five thousand dollars,
telling her % nt on me through thick and
thin and thai lid myself now and always
at her comma
In time o., raft came back uncashed;
but with il The .udcrcst and most beautiful
letter woman eyer wrote She did not need
the money, She ID. she had enough OF her
own TO suppo- ~ in q country as cheap as
Italy, and IN '.e poor way possible among
strangers. BIZ she needed my sympathy,
Sae said, needed my friendship, and could
never thank c enough for the expression
d them in hi "'hc darkest hour Of her HE.
II was too sacred 90 repeat-hOw she would
each her l,,le urls 20 pray for me, and all
mat Big m.n as was, cried over that
e'ter; nor avn ashamed 70 confess 1t.
had hear 80 my body. and it was wrung
as II had neyc- been wrung before. IhnK
o. II. In one ond she had been widowed
lisgraced, impoverished, and from the
n,eight Of ease and fashion had been hung
uown 70 live among labOrers and fishermen.
VI course J mould not have been man
na1 not realized the chance had now hOi
now her distress and extremity played righI
mo my hands But, as God sees me- II
WORD Of mine could have put her back 70
"te'e She bad been before should nave
u''e-ed II, no matter at what cost or hurt 70
myself. That was the DObbin Of IT, sup,
pose But as uch a word was beyond al
ssdying' and what had been done was done
:o' all eternity, with Livingstone molderihe
~ ~ MS grave, and nothing save evil living
Sl'er him, II was excusable FOR me 70 dream
dreams and have hopes and plans.
oEI eight months as a sort Of decent m
:. 'eryal, being the more inclined 70 max
II snort sinCe her letters seemed 70 IMPLY sne
lla9 liyed none TOO happily with Livingstone
ana that be had been as cruel and hard as !
nad thought ne looked that day IN the nos
p'aL II was in May ! started ior NapieS'
ana early in June when arrived not teiiiils
ne' was coming, lest she should iorDid Nc
~ ! reached Amalh late in the afternoon;
al. sl'u taking an open hack at the station toiI
pe man ~ drive me 10 the Villa DENIM
N1 wv. d San Stefano.
ne streets were the narrOWest ana CROOK
slest had ever seen, winding steeply, ~
i we SIDE of a mountain, and everything
~oked as strange and old and mossy anu