The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-10-19


#. very old street. The steira that
.,u up 10 it were SO dark that as they
g.. t., nded she had to take him by the
.. 4 to guide him up; but the room
;.r.t was bright enough when they en-
ed it, Tor its two high windows looked
he sunset. A clean aud pure room,
~, bare enongh OF furniture, but with
.eet fresh air entering it through the
.,,n paues, aud scent Of flowers come
!; from pots OF mignonette uyon the
IL. a small shrunk, sickly-looking
-cnan was sitting in an old armchair
,,osc to the light, and Christine went
i.,tly to her side and kissed her.
q. Wa mere. this is monsieur, who has
.one to see you, she said, quickly.
And then he came forward aud took
nc thin hand into his. 1t was a deli
oate, white, worn face, Not like Chris
.ne's s." he thousht--untiI she spoke,
.nd he suddenly caught upon her lips
Mat wes like tke lying shadow OF Chlis-
ines smile
Long afterwards; when many years
had russed. Frank List0n sometimes
tried to recall aud bring to lie .,ain the
Lours that he subsequently passed with
N the room iIo" wv W. 'n'I sIeu''
hat haH ne VouG ""' ""u ''ey
'"'k'd OF " nat I0u oee" Tue enarm
Tint had made these threc-so unlike
IA all outward circumstances as they
u.crn-dr.w to each other? He could
never '"'', G"'', ~ W. 1'I"''ie ~ '''e d
cam INTO inc uG"u 'I as''Vs VI ''''se ''T nVuFS
JTenty years ai'e, ,,, ""'q1, 'J''.1 ne nave ave
gone ana sPen' noN'H ''' 10y WIN TWO
Ioor uh'auS"t "on'e' -" ou'cii WHO
t"uia not ic"0 noi ".i''' way never
new 9"r ulI"n' r. u ,hi',S '"0 "''S ut" G'
pun Vi any 'Hi"5 III '"', '"' ""' w.
nose universe universe was "',i'"'I ~ ,Lo 'o"uu'G - oy
'al IoUF SqU"'e "'i'o y, ''' ''P'n na9i
,"'on W"eFe my H"e''l'o '..-l 'o"'u .' ne nave
."%'ea hoVrS , v"'I t u"J y" IL" SueI' aS tnG"e'
@"a iouG1 lis an S'I" h"'Heu 10
.Hrm ne eo"'G not 80 Ut ne did ct
once, IN the oIu, uSa" u"JS ot MS early
10Th and hope, when lie saw brother
" sister IN every hlnd lace he looked
ID, and when the pure h'sh heart gaz
ed forth On all the worid through the
light Of his own transiIg"Mug sunshine.
Day after day, and even week after
week passed on, aud he reclaimed still
N Rouen. lie had meant when he
left home to visit some thlee or four of
he Norman or BretalSne towns, but he
rad let his heart get welded to this orse
I'D city by the Seine, aud he could nut
leave it till his holiday was ended. 1t
ya,led him to stay with voices that he
Gould not resist ltspread It's silent beau
II out before him, discovering to him
day by day some new unexpected lowell
N"ss; it gave him its old gray walls to
study, the records Of its 4ran' cue and
its decay; it gave him It's Old heart to
disinter, and it gave him Christine.
l'erhaps she kept him more than all be.
eide; perhaps the one human interest
vas deepcr than all that could attach
itself to scuiptured stones; but he, at
!e,asst IT It was was; sn. w"S s%"""@'y con 'oious
~ IT, ne oiu NOT SeeN 10 weigh the
hbS'
that she was 10 n'!u'. tnat she remained
:" pm ihrons g. MS WhoI" NE, one IN
FepefaDie por,i'" Oh l'ouen' ana OF that
summer honday.,
1T was perfect holiday even although
each day tili almost sunset he work ed
away oraVeiy all tno9e 1EefcAeS OF his -
those sKetches |nlch were h1If right,
because the 1ee''nS IN MN Tor every.
thlng around MN was SO deep and 50
true, and yet wh'c' IN their eSecu-
Von were GGaE'y Always SO lmml-
turo ana 1ceole' except When here and
there some momcnary inspiration gave
to the hanI sudden strength. 1t would
have been no holiday to him at all if he
had been compelled to lay his pen Ill
down. Such work as be dld here was
the pest feires''9ent' ms dearest rest.
win heVef-chulnS ochSht lie drew all
cay anu every evening ne passed with
christine
SUmetlDC3 tnCy spent the " hole Ot