New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-18

= n, purup,e and provided him VIII fsnds Tor ne
>xpssis,n from pirate RESOURCES OF her own.
eoon # ar we 6.d our "ortist" at Florence,
-;.h a;.h,pa ,c ribbon in his batt"n-ho'e, wh Oh,
~ hind Of pen. fraud. be wore az make weisat
n the accomplishment Of the sub ine passion Of .
sou,. namely, the authorization Of his clains to
,ssisl recognition. Here be falls ia with another
Eps f.uily, that Of retired military officer,
Col Pal.ford, whose sweet daughter Sioyl, with
her cain blue eyes now lookitg On the nooo, uow
b. hing on Paul, furnished the peasve ar. ist with
new s,sndsrd Of social comparison. He If course
hns in love wr'h the peerless Eoglsh girl, aud sic
With him, though circu Instances postpone the ac-
knowlede emebt Of the fact tn a subsequent period
Of the history. Meantime Paul pursues rs s.0des
In The wysttries Of society and of passion. HIS
next subj, ct an Itaian prin,ess 10 the oisgnse
Of an a. ti.t, whose "volcano Of character uader
the soft moonlight Of her repose Of expression"
rapidly me ted ,be heart Of the young ansteur
of social distinctions. Me IN while, the sceae Is
diversified by the temperance Of n - Ashley, aud
the ebtrsnce Of maiden suLt Of that cold beauty,
op the latter Of whom Paui makes such favor
able impression, that, although mode OF Eog'sh
reserve and hauteUr, fbe hasteOs to oer the sud-
Gus American her hand and heart aud fortune, IN
The eDnctmen.s Of coDaublal bliss. lie tufas
deaf ear TO the proposal of the rather aacieat
suips,er. but I.ioices IN her homage an iDustra
fon .f his social syaab lity. The Obdurate heart
Of the niece too is soered befre The close of the
story but Dorbog comes Of it except the increased
conviction of Paul. though against his private con-
scou.pess, thst there is good porcelain clay 10 his
ccmpositop, and that he need not reyard h,msef as
enc fibe common crockery vessels 'nade ~ dts
hsnoI." The ASSURANCE was cOn6fmed by dainty
little episode, in which Sbyl Paeford was the
prominent performer. Paul had been opportunity
STACKED with a eight gldd'ness in the head q
straIg re seDsatiOn for such calculating, analytic
nortal) and was repOsny on couch in the draw
ing room of Cara c., the residence of Col. Pae-
kId. While in this position he wac startled b. the
scarce percep'ible moving of the latch. The door
opened ,iuidly, and in walked the divine Sbs',
vii soft aud noiseless motion Paul did no. str.
With closed lips he fegned to be asleep tn, wretch.
As lie lay breathltssly still, sac approached the
couch. HIS heart beat faster and warmer as the
folds Of Der rustbg dress touched the avn that
hung languidly do wn ny the side. She STOOD turned
% his pillow. "He thong bt his pulse would be-
come audible. Her gaze on his face. He
thrilled with the food of light from her soft
syes-bis bps and brow bahed az by
magnetism Of ndescribabe thrill. Suddenly
she stopped. He felt her warm breath upon his
cheek. Two swift kisses were impressed upon his
eyes, and, like q shadow Of a cloud, she vanish ed
from the room. To thank God for the nigh that
was before him, to long for the morning to ay
sway, and for life to be but the proougus Of that
sweet dream and the wild joy he had now to be
alebe wiih-to wrap himself in bliss beyond words,
with he certainty that Sbyl Paleiord loved him
WA PaDls tumult of thought, with those kisses on
his eyes,"
BY this time, it may be supposed that the artistic
education Of Paul wanted little for its completion,
sad that he had satisfactorily solved the problem Of
his Claims to social recognition. He, accordingly,
sson after, shakes the Dust of Europe from his
Sset, sets his face toward the American shore,
t.fns home to find his mother in good health, aud
havirg taken his degrees 10 the great school Of
sisty, marries . charming Mary EveDden, the early
sve Of has boyhOod, and enters upon the successful
practice Of his profession in q style of Art Pc
cuisrly his own" Such is the upshos Of the Won
Asrful history Of Paul Fame, . young gentleman
whom our discreet readers will vote an unmitgsted
eoxcomb, shallow, heartless insufersble egotist,
playing upon the passions of humanity as an ex-
pertinent In acknowledge, an uaAedged d~ar6sh
specimen Of Yankee Goethe, with all the Germans
devotion to High Art" in the world of aAec Zoo,
Bat snredeemed by particle Of his genias-an
adjust, vspid, barren apology for a man, whom not
even the admired and delightful pen Of Willis can
elevate into monetary interest.