Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-02-19

"Now, Ryn Van llelnont, said Min
chen, modulaiing her voice, and looking with
smile at her mas,ct, and in the most coax
inr. wheeling way imaginable, F" Would
YOU really have our LiIbei marry thai con-
cciiod, lard bladler-,ha, cnp,y- -paicd fellow
who would make very good instrument
Tor llenrie Hashon, Who b,als the bass-dum
in your own corps Of Antwerp fre-eaiep"
"Ah. Mnchen, you don't love The boy
and YOU can't have a greater saw ia hs char
acicr," said the old man IL hisUSu cool way,
but as SURE as this is mma,sr, and yon tulips.
and rnses. and ranunculu-cs are IN bloom, he
shall have I.iIhcl When he ca' paint mEc
to that picture on The wall"
Minchen said not wOrd, but she ,hrus,
her head through the foliNgc the green jc--
samne that clustered arOsHj the liniels Of Ihc
window, and she humrnc' 'he looked into
the garden and her TOMS rso np, she con-
fdeni FREE oucs II Porsrn who had gained a
victory, but lhcy were tlnc,urtd with thr md.
ncss of defeat, She knew Ry, and she
sighrd fcr poCr LiIhct.
1t was beautiful little gardcu .h,s ~ Van
IIclmonr's, for he, being nan of sornr sub
stance, great taste, and a lover = flowers,
spared no pains, nor reasonable expense, to
render his plo, little paradise, and Is In.
b., was passiunaicly fond u n1ucuturr. and
Quiutin Maisy. was even mwc cuihu,asIc
in his attarhmcu. 10 this pursuit than she, 1t
was to this little garden ihN, is lovers 'csnri-
cd. aRG : yas here that they lramed IN love
each other as well rs tss bright, glowing,
dcwy, hslNcn.dyed flowers. Antwerp -
formed somewhat IN the ,h1ps n a crescent,
and is surrounded by a s,rnng, emhaulcd wall
upon either side of which grow tall shady
tres. Between lhe wall and bouses Of the
city them usrd tn bca roodly sp,rr Of ground,
Whirh allowed of the dVrilrrs in the suburb
an street, taking in little plots. IN order to
CRAFTY their tastes inr gardening and a. Ryn
Van lIrlmuni lowed quiet, aud rrt,rrmrut, and
horticulture. b. had heated IN an old Flemish
house, with Numerous giilctci, AMI orirls,
and balus,ralrs. AMI numbcrlc-, gables, and
abrup ruof,, lie cooked hai,, with weather.
cocks on each uf ti,,-s. vLlrt ycathercocks
did an they possibly could tc impuEu each
other, y,rarity. for each would have the
wind 10 BE- always blowing il' own SaN-so
ila, 4 you had believed thee, pretended 10
dirr- of how the wind blr,, YOU would have
taken 0, that thc four brJihcrs. Bora,, Aus
ter, Eurus and Zrphyrs, ml perpetual
meeting andco1sultltio1 ou the ronis of R,u
Van ilrlmout's hous- liz garlcn W, O.
hramrlaI one. however, rar the san and the
showers, and the vlld tcrs and huurr',r,,
auI ,hr liulr l1nr,, could nr, dnd swcr'cr
place on which to shine n srauar dew drops,
or in which To gather hDry, sPor, OF sing,
ia all mr Low Coapirr.
E,rryihu. natural "a, beautiful In this
bright spu, rs Nnyh,p looked ioHh, aud
humm,d a swrs, liulr hr, ,ia, had oo,H %
nyru,r iu hrr maiden davs iut, ah beneath
th, window s.Dod iin,- Van iIrlmout aud
QuJnur M,tsy-, and ais he, had nnd'rricnt-
ly heard ,hr conversation Of the painter and
hs huu,ahcrrcr, they sluod lo.k.n, At each
other thc picture, Of grlr' and despair. Lin
bet razcI IN the working face of her loyrr
with AN nrNprr,siono Of bi,adrd aIm.rlu"', and
pits. and grIri, that would have maddcnci
any man II he had suPpu,,d that hr was about
to bid frrwcll to that lovely cOumyusa"e for.
ever aud Quluun held her baud ~ cuuvul.
sIycly. and looked ~ implrinCly up ,o MIN.
chen, who turned away - hide heJ tears, aud
then 50 brsccchingly a, IiIbei, that she could
not bear 1t, but rushing lato a little lrhor, sal
down, and sohbcd a. II her little heart would
burst Sileut gnof, l,k- 4, confined volcano,
shakes the frame Of man with an agony which
no tongue can paint bu when il receives a
tongue, like The bclching eruption, II rratu.
ally cNpends IT, force, AMI leaves Its victim at
las, iu calmurss aud IN rrrl
4" Josh kopR'" exclaimed Quiutin. ln.
dl,uanhy, when be could hpd worls-lor the
blacksmith dispisad the pupil Of Lilbct's ia,h'
cr, and Justly felt hurt dat such coNcomh
should be- preferred 10 himsoJ--" AES he
would give thee to Josh hromm, would he =
Iizbct said not a word. bat drying her tears,
looked al her lovers h1sLing eyes and proud
/ look with wonder. Ah. know what Myu,
hccr Van llclmont thinks, he cOaInusd, hI'
proud heart swelling uutet keen sense al
the injustice done him by even comparing him
to the silly-mindrd Josh - am poor, and
this ncai.hord has ihe pr,-s3sct NJ being rich.
I.itbci Van IislmonI u ,oo gool for black.
smith"
"Lizbct Van lIclmoni nc,er said so, GUN.
tin, ;" exclaimed the maiden gently, as she
galed in the blacksmith fare. " If Quintin
Mltsys were even the neai.hcrd he scorns, his
own Lilbct would love him before the world ''
Then she should not have him Cor all the
world" exclaimed her ta.IcS, - he sicpped
into the arbor, and gazed first at the one and
then at the other Of the 1sionishcd lovers with
a hard, severe look. "Lilbc,," said he to
his daughter, "go thou into the horse, and
tell Minchon to repeat Ia thee the lessons re-
/ garding childrcn's dutics" The coufoundeI
maiden rose slowly, looked iondly at the stu.
pifed Quintn, aud then hurried away. "And
as for thee, hoy" said Ryn, coldly, "take
INV adyice-sttend more closely to thy trade,
and look for a wife among the daughters OF
thy craftsmen; mine shall have painter and
none other"