Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-02
No.f3

had flung himself, with the reaction Of dis
gust, up N the, cultivation Of qualities Less
open to common at'bjreciation.. Absorbed
in his arts, he bud half host The rtuiefi.
branc6 Of bis beauty and nature, thus leG
to herself, in one Of hex most lelicitous
combinations, added one grace t~dorc-4lhat
Of u noble Inconsistencies. .Ailar Il few
years Of seclusiou, his eminent promise Ia
the art brought him back by d new gate to
society, md it was rs Tremlct, the distin.
guisted artist, that he had beea Il formal
yisiter at the house Of The countess E,uy-
Frere His early shrinking from superb.
cial admiration, however, had lait n habit
In his mariners Tint acted like an instinct.
iee avoidance Of The guy ind youthful and
he passed Tor a dreamy mai, ag marble
cold as he was aplehdidly handsome. Tho
countess had exchanged with him tho DO.
htene5g Of society, without suspicion Of biz
true nature. In the masked procession Of
london life, spirits the most ]congenia1 may
walk side by side for years without recog.
milton. -.
Upon Jcssonda, The glove. girl, T'ruiplsl bad
made IA indeIible impression the day she fitted
his band from her ~gloge-caso in The yartlrn Of
tiia E0senthdI. His manner to Il r WIS soft
nd Winning, without the fOrN ardness grataet
which she WIS babitually armed and
possessed herself u mentai superiority IN the.
rough. sketch size had recognized his n0bleuess
with out being able 0deiuc it, Vivid az was
her admiration, however she whould probably
have pared IfUm him without the ]aFDirtng ven.
turo Of loving him, If she bad not seen disclosed.
10 the daily progress Of her picture, an Angels
ladder, by which the heaven Of an cdrality
with him might be reached. sbeI lclt within
her d vague consciousness oftha character no
had drawn IN tie elevated beauty Of her Dor.
trait. She vas capable, she though to be-.
come like to this heightened seubIance Of
herself. IL explained her - aking dreams.
Her heart declared itself Interpreted in the
pictures repression. But propfetc Gafery
more beWikiertHg t9as 1!gUer addressed 10 NOR
taL-and II was little wonder that the heart
Of JessOnda spfahg to its interpreter. A.
she looked nov upon the pictured fore aha-
dOwing Of what she might be, and form that TO
the noble iorat that stood beside il, she saw ,
@rth a glowing soul, that, were IL the picture
Of his wife, II would be o picture Of bia mate
by nature. The cbasm between her bta6bnt
self aud her arrival al the lofty reach Of this
pictured equality, Bhranh from tneasuripg
Hope threw before 1t rs gtitteflng vel. Al,
poor Jessonda t.!
She took up from the floor hor taei hat with
It's gold t%assel. The band Of 1'yrolese mer-
chants were already on their way southwark,
aud she was waited for by Her kusmet al ITO
ga'e Of L9lpsiC.
"Whe0 shall we meet again u asked Tren1.
let taking her Two hands kindly Tor a fare.
veil
She raised his hands hurriedly 10 her ti5a.
chokCd back her emotion with d strong eLa
fort, and pointed to the picture.
"Renenbef me by that" she said" not by
wha I am! When you see ne again, Shalt
be ike ilp'
Apothor Instant aid ate was gone.
Ter voice fingered on the paittet'g oar.
4 and, after A few minutes Of mnsing, he started
to recall her, for her words suddenly assumed
a new mea ing to him but another thought
checked him, and he returned 10 bis studio
oppressed with an embarrassing sadness. Ho
lighted bis lamp, and sat down 10 arite h 6fs
bridg, who, a few days before, preceded him
on her way to England.
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