The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-30
THE WHITE CAMELLIA.
A London Story.
THE PHOTOGRAPH.

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5E Iron London soGetyI- 4 &
THE PHOTOGRAPH.
There we're no pleasanter rooms IN
London than those of my friend Ed
ward Maynard, Esq, artist and Boz
aemian' or, as his friends calIea MIN,
"TeadvP There was no occasion to
repeat his surname, for London .con-
tanned bnt one = Teddy " for us---Fed
idy Maynard, - -=ssl(f ~
When Il say Bohemian, 7 do not
E7Tneses that Teddy existenceawas spent
2 in the haun ting of disreputab leZtav
ems, and I'll e c0nSnm pc an OF % Icon olle
M xiurss, the charaeteristics Of many.
sof the Bohemians of the present day;
-s but that his tastes were Of q delicateiy
Unconventional kind, and that whilel
M Cavalier look ed MOI irrepreach2-
able at the 6 Zoo TON. Sundays, he
~ bad gone through adventures in
< sFFaues and Spain which served to.
iahoM hathe had, deserted his svoca;
have sg0He Il 9ofa' king htserrantFys
To Eeturn, however, to Teddy
rooms in which Twas sitting on one
FL atsesnoon, Just eYnen e {, 8
to che isa oE sSnmner. IT hey were
decorated after design. Dark ma
room cOlored panels,A edgedSwlth gold,
with hang ngs and furniture TO cor
respond Over ths maptle piece was
a curious old fashioned glass, set in
casSsiOf the same who'd stood in YarI5
Gus parts of the room, and the walls
ri were adOrned,With some good pictures
IN oil and water cOlors, the production
chiefly of Teddy's artist friends who
-.' had given him those = nice little bits"
which delight painters and puzzle the
~ public. ut was not far aoff Regent,
Street, quiet row of houses within
-sightand hearingO that gay Thorough.
fare; and the distant echoes OF voices
and footsteps mingled with the roar OF
carriages brou5ht ones thoughts
back 20 London, when the beauty of
-atterRo0n bad carried them away in
dreamy visions Of how the country
sHrr was looking in the Spring time
i"oTeddy was out. He was always
out when you called, and | was wait
irg for him, In obedience to a note
itd Ielt for me with his Cerberus. Hav.
ing 70 wait, it was natural that |
should light cigar, and then, look
ing about for that mischief which
Dr. Watts declares the enemy of
0a mankind will always find for idle
hands to DO, seized upon one of the
..-. photograph albums which ornament
+tra' eatho table, and commenced an in
a, vestigation as to whether Teddy had
aIrs1. pick dup any new cartes- de VtSjte
may mention that he had perfect
mania for these little pictures, and
was always having them presented to
him on his first introduction 20 peo--
pie, and buying any pretty faces that
he took q fancy to in his walks
abroad. / saw a good many old ia
ypiites in his book. The pretty girl
-, in the riding habit he had the happi--
... -, ness TO- call cousin :, the young lady
with charmiugly dsheveled halr, who
had distinguished herself so in pri-
NJ. ~ Yate stIesuTica s,r5and "a good many
more; and then | hastily turned over
the leayes toJget nearer the end If
the book, where any new faces would
be found .ug SID.
-----.-A--tt-ir how vvas-.I rewarded? How
can put upon paper the impression
that a photograph, the last In. he al
bum made upon me? | was at first
quite startled. L was only looking at
ravc the piccure carelessly, but something
in the face of this one made me start
aa +. up apd 20. to the. wind oR With the
book to get a better light upon it.
The photograph was a wonderfully
FOOD one:~-4fi''re sun, glad linn so
fair a face, had donA his work loving
ly and wet. Ii was the most beauti-
full; Chs esf x pressive face hat ever
-..t.. h4aSeenl j ltk ;,ha r. as far as L
.-4. 81 could .teA aetaes ella ssicali in les per
~ > RYE fgcti3n, lit up witch Dyes that seemed
t0almOst 10 dIays the powersof speech as
-eA they tooited at you. An exquisite
mouth. Stlt1lt anu not 7CUO W01i6
the .heAacwSs posed on the bosom
like a bell-hOWer on its bed might
have inspired Mr.. Browning with
that smile. ti; 81 .
M ~nJ Itwas. not only love at first sight,
but 40ye with a photograph. L had
not thought my suseeptlb1ities easily
I'll LIS arouse LsTbut herey l. was insR fever of
love with q small picture OLA piece of
,-..,,ps-l PasteboHrdpsssNYho.e was this girl2
...t.s That, was. he question. l. hastily took
tile photograph out of the book, and
lo5kedFo see who the photographer
was. There was no name on the
back of ii. Plain card board, that
was ali, The usual photograp her' 5
i'm pFfnt and'the number of the mega
vaF tiveFQbaents Where hadETeddy got itl
Was il a carte of one of his friends
VI had he picked it up somewhere
r'esT w as ciheg iAiar1ied orr engaged? In
short. whQ-and what was this mystic
rloUs girl. who, had changed me from
q sober and rational being to q
STRANGELY irantioi and excited crea-
..,-te tuTe? sf.--Ior
When1woGld Teddy come in2 ]
priced the. room impatiently, holding
the phoLograph before me. 1 opened
the window and looked up and down
the Streets many times. and at last
90 - aftor Whatsseemed hours, heard his
footsteps 90 the STAIRS, and he lounged
lntQfheFOOm.i ,7a73 ssI4rt rsl .lceo
q. well Old mani how are you?' h
said glad you got my note aud
waited" .yaz,,I Z
...,.-- TEDDY 1 said. without returning
------ his greetiug, and showing him the
photosrgph, - tell me whose likeness
this Is 81 .3-r 1aszlroll G5I t.1 "a
"t}ARs said Teddy, prolonging tina
exclatu3stioh-i Ia the most aggravating
way pDssjhe, and,5coolly lighting a
pirs Nc How excited wesare aOoutit. =
III Iss,ow /. an. excited, II said, fol
l bad -Egar ked myself up into a per.
fect1y ridiculous condition. " But dC
-7--- answer my, question. WHO is this
ni girlHIl mlstskaow." tA -.G, 8o|
~ IN ~ 7. Let me- gee,' . said he pretending