The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-07-10

hands pushed the cebwebs aside. II was this
artless. natural movement which completed
the picture.
81 should like to paint her. said he who
had spoken.
What! love at FIRST sightf' answered
his companion. laughing. !" To think Of the
tastidious Clarence losing his heart to a sun
barn, tairy! You are eighteen. and she
about ten--oh !! you can afrd to wait
The conversation had been carried on in
whispers. The child, still advancing. lad
by this time come opposite 10 the two young
men. On seeing lhem she stepped aud stared
curiously at them, Us a young deer that had
never been hunted may be supposed To stop
and regard the first stranger that enters the
forest. Her bright, speaking fies, as she
thus stood gracefully arrestrd, wa, MI less
beautiful. 10 its way, than her litac k5urr.
My DEAR" said the last speaker. "wnl'd
you like to be made into picture: NV
friend here is a painter, aud will give yUu a
dollar II you will let him sketch ynu.'
The girl looked iron the speaker 20 his
friend. Something in the latter face seen.
ed 10 restore the natural confidence wiich
moment shaken. She drew coyly up Il l,im.
as il for protection.
g have read Of pictures she said. g'z
ing up in his face. but never saw onr. j.
il a real picture Of me you will make =
The artless appealing OF the child went ta
the young mans heart. lie would .s ,pon
have joined in banteriug her a in hauter,ng
a sister. lie took her hand a. nc r. lied. \ |
will make as good picture If you n ran.
u yoa will let me-a picture like me If
these" aud he opened his Portlells. WHICH
contained various sketches.
"0hi how beautfal!p cried the chihl. Il
was evident that a new waild had np,ncd .
her. She gAZed breatble.aly AZ skeirh alter
sketch TIL the last had been examined, anl
then heayed deep sigh.
PLEASE. SIR" said she. tImidly, al last.
" will YOU give me nv picture @hrn ,,nu
have painted III
M" interposed the other youns man,
+" but we will give you dollar"
She turned On the speaker. let 90 The hand
she had been holding, and drew herself up
with sudden haIghlness.
- do not want your dollar" she said /.
with proud delicacy. She was turning 10
escape. when the artist. recovering her hand
said soothingly, "neYer mind HIN, my dear.
| will paint two pictures. aud give you one.
Come. slll that dor"
4 Reassured, the child took the position in,
dicated % her, and Clarence Harvard. Tor
that was the young artists name. began rap.
idly painting. Before nson. two hasiy
sketches In al we're finished.
Il -. "A "A h.. IL,
"yoa have been as quiet a. little mu1,e,
aud | am thousand times obliged To ,ga.
Take that homs.' and he handed her The
sketch. "and msy be. sumo II these dly.,
you will think d him whu gave il q ,li."
/" That will. all nv Tie long arllrs.i,
said the child. rapturously gazing on hri nss
possession with an enIhasIasm par,ly horn d
the artist. snui within her. aai p,ri., Ia re
suit af ehiid's pride IN what Is as uWa Is
pecial property.
Il "Oh. yrs." iHtsrpesed the other youth
/" you viii promise TO b. III wilr sr.ae hay
wpn't yoa. Miss Gsbsrb.s"
II The chlld's eyes flashed a. he turned !
the speaker. Her instinct. frnm tnr h.,i
had made her dislike the sneeriug man 81,
stamped her pretty fnot. aud retored, saci
! u "
snspping tnrtle;" aud. a. Il expecting {,
have her ears baked, Il caught, III dsrict
away. disappearing rapidl, down TIC p,tI
whence she had come.
Clsreace Harvard broke lntn m-r,
laugh. in whick, after a momrnt Of angrr. ".
companion joined hin.
you deserve IL richly" sad Clarence
its q capit.l nickname, ton; ! ,tsll rsl
you nothing else, alter this. than snappi 2
turtle"
Hang the liitle jade Va, iii rspis
/" One wnalln't think she was ~ .mart. iil
what shrew she will NIKE. ! PITS III,
elodhnpprt she marries; she'll ll.tpctk btn
out ui all peace. aud send hlh To an csil.
grave"
Nothing more was said. inr a. that no'urp
a dinner hnrn sounded. aud the ,t,uus mti
! rose TO return TO the roadside inn ahenr itr
I had slapped the night before. lhrn tiinr W.
limited. and thai evening knapsaeks II, tack
they we're miles away from the scene u lh
morning. A week later they were bali
home in the city. Clarence hard at Notk prt
fecting himself 10 his art, aud hts cumpaui"t
delsing al Coke and Blackstone.
Years passed. Clarence harvard had rissi
10 Be ~ sriist of cmiuenee. lll. pic;dtr
were the fashion he was the lashinu nin.rii
Occasionally. as he turned Over he nIifI
sketches, he would come upon " Cubwcb,.
as he vas accustomed. iaaghingly. to cal
the sketch ~ Ihe child; aud then Tor q nn
ment he would wonder what had brcnme q
the original bit, except on these rare oeca
sions, he never even thought ul her.
Not 80 with the child herself. Nellie Bra,
was pour orphan, the daughter q deeaycd
gentleman, whn, alter her fathers death, had
been adopted by a maternal uncle. living on
a Wild. upland larn among The Alleghsnics
Iler chlIihood, from her earliest recollection
had been speni amid the drudgery Of farm.
This rude but free lie had given her the
springy step aud ruddy cheek, which had u.
4 ,...ted tha yaune arftst's atlsntion bnt 4,