The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-05-26

earth and mir taught her, bu, she had
Pr"in'sed never to veal the secret This
inrarable answer To her question vt length
alarmed the guod woman she sen, for
her contessor to bring holy water to sprin
HE on the child. The pr o., was a good
and learned man he questioned Juire.
and listened to her singing he saw sin.
WAS gifted with singular and uncommon
talent, and propo>eI to teach her to reat
aud write, aud TO place her under the
care of the cdpei metster. to cultivate her
wonderful vo ce. The aunt readily assen
ted, and JUNE in spite OF her enireaties,
MAS obliged to yield TO the discipIe ,f
school and study hour. Now she had
but one day it, the week for her wander
lngs ; then, like bird le, loose, sh.
would fly 10 her favorie haun,s. and ,e
fresh her wearied mind. And hore. too
JUNE 'eatned patience Ard nbed ence -
the voice she loved whispered to her con
ISOLATION; they told her TO lie good aud
'fue, and tear unc, mpiaringlv the bur.
deus sent h, her heavenly Father.
Julie performed her tasks cheeriully,
and made great progress in her studies.
She could not so READILY follow the in,,ruc
tions OF the nu>ic master; it WAS impos
sihe Tor her I" forget the bird voices and
songs ct the flowers her voice WAS filled
With harm"nirs heard in the. fores, and
on the mountain tops and wha, to her
WAS The most pcriec, orchestra OF iuslru
n.n,s or choir Of voices
Julie had no, forgotten her father: she
l"nged ard yearned To behold him again.
Years had passed aud nothing had been
heard OF him inquiry had been made
Tor him IN vain. Julie had asked the
winds, the waves, the trees, flowers birds.
I" tell her OF her father; thev answered
her, 1t was Impossible TO reveal the future:
that lite MAS uni, Ided day by day, and
it's eri! rs It's good was enough for the
passing hour.
Julie WAS now child no longer if
teen summers had d-epened the shadows
Of her eyes, and darkeued to chestnut
brown the golden curIs: childhood's rosy
cheek had pal-d, and the mouth was less
p"r'ec'l, rounded, hut more ,remulous in
It's curves
One day, ~ Julie wandered amidst
the RUNS Of S,oIseuf.ls, n par,v of vounr
men met her one Of them stood hefor.
her as II struck with wonder and aston
ishrnrnt, eXclHiming, as he lfied his hat.
The very face Of the picture ! the living
image have SO long sought . Julie
knew little Of the ways OF tho world, hu,
she felt embarrassed at the words and
hXed gaze of the Young man she turned
and tic,' down the hill, not knowing why
she WAS $" agitated aud frightened. Re.
turning home, she related her adventure
10 the old aunt. who after some reflection.
SAID the young man might refer To some
picture PANEL hy R"emmcr. jules faith
"r. -. she remembered b. FREQ ,rntIy pain
ted his wite's face in his pictures, and Ju
Iis WAS now the very image Of her moth
er. Al evening Julie stood in the cottage
door her thoughts were with her father:
y-"rn'ng desire TO know more of him
filed her soul Suddenly n ,;rang. voice
greeted her; she turned and saw the
stranger from whose gaze she had fled in
the morning. With cry nf delight she
exclaimed, % s:r. tell me- uf the picture I,
MAS it my fathers 4 Surprised =, such n
greeting, tho Young man looked ut her
moment in silence, .hen said 4 came
to beg your pardon for my insulting rude
ness this morning. have in my posses
sion picture of II young girl n, n spin
hing wheel the f,ce is so true a likeness
OF Your own that on suddenly meeting
You this morning, | forgot everything in
the surprise and pleasure Of having found
the original
Blu, who wa. the arts. Z interrupted
Julie.
The artists name is koemmer.'
My father + exclaimed Julie. 90.
where WAS it painted Where did you
find il =
j bought il year since returned the
young man, at Baden. The picture WAS
exhibited At booksellers I WAS toll
the artis, needed money. | afterwards
endssvored To find hun, but he has 70
moved to another lodging, and no one
seemed To know where he was.
"A War ago: - my f.,l,s, live.!-
o, where shall | seek him =
The old lady now appeared, and hsv
my heard all the stranger sSid Of the pic
ture explained Ia him the cause Of JuI,e's
agitation; he offered to 60 in search Of
the artist, to do anything in his power to
aid them. Julie thanked him, but said
IL her !aiher lived she would find him :;
that she alone could sock him. When
the stranger departed, she smiled sadly ~
she said farewell she knew at his SECOND
coming she would be far away for even
then she determined TO depart At da,
break, secretly and alone, and search
through the world till she found he, IA
ther.
-Four months after this, in that quarter
oi the city If Dresden inhabited i,y the
poor and "retched, ,sin an attic room Sal
ar old man and young girl. The naked
and broken walls were concealed b,
sketches on panel and Canvass an easel
stood before 'he shabby window, on which
WAS an unfinished painting nf Psyche
opening the fatal casket Of Proserpine.