The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-11-18

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OF foliAge copies Of olast,, studies Q
:: faces, al with enough talent ia them t
: mike it worth whileto keep on turn
: Jog the leaves. At length we cam
, upon mere outline, but it v.s f,se;n,
} tlog-a singular face, girls face, viii
brooding eyes. 1t haunted me. Strsth
} more held it out in his hand, 'f-.
~ wish you would be gracious au'
: give me this" he said to Nell.
"You recognize it then," said Nell.
"Why, Is it any one We know T"
exclaimed, bending forward curiously
; "Bcthink yourself" she said, "a con
cert hall, . fallen cape, a man restoring
it, and face With: great .changeabl.
eyes turned for a second towards him
Aye, you have it now-that chorus
girl! There was something to delight
an artist in the attitude of her head and
I caught it." s''.~- :'.-1 -:..., ::
"l would no. have thought you could
have seen 30 mueh;," said strathmora'
dreamily, still holding the picture out
in his hand.
"oh, ! have my two eyes, and moth
ling escapes them," she said. triumph
antly; "there, behold a tenor. who can
sing, and it please you r ,..~ f.
| Yes, there with a half dozen lines
was drawn the tenor's pure, melancholy
face with the soul in it. began to
feel q sort Of respect for Nell.
"But you have not. said whether 1
may have thjs," said strathmore, lifting
the picture Of the chorus girl.
"With all my heart" Nell answered !;
'fonly you must lot mo keep it ! d.y
and put in the shading: ri make it .
pretty picture for you." ~
2@'With this promise we closed the
portfolio and began to talk poetry, a re-
gion where strathmers shone BY reason
Of his native delight in beautiful
thiugs.> ..I4-
"2 When Nell and I were in our room
that night, she said ~,.
"Ada, did you remark Guy Strath-
more's interest in that picture7 p
q "Yes," I said, earelessly, ut was a
pretty thing -
II laid it there for a trap" she went
on coolly, "because the other day I an
almost sure I saw him walking with
her."
"Nonsense," I exclaimed, 'i. must
have been somebody else." :..,.
"Maybe, and maybe not" SAID Nell,
with one of her provoking mods.
"1'll ask him, when he comes again,"
I suggested then.
"Why,. you disagreeable narplot |!
you shan't. To make him think I spy
on him and play tricks on him! No,
you keep still, and I'll find out, without
his ever dreaming Of it."
1 said no more. Let Nell plot away
if she pleased, her plots never come to
anything, and Of course, if Strathmoro
had known the girl he would have said
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However, th, next day as was
crcss'ng public square, it really SEEM
cd to me that I saw Strathmore's form
in the distance, md a girl with him
who might be she Of the chorus. Still
1 doubted if it were not merely coin
oidence coming naturally enough after
last nights talk with Nell. The two
were walking rapidly, and as watched
them they disappeared around corner.
l asked Strathnore that evening IT
he knew: the chorus-girl, for now 1
could do it without involving Nell. I
told him I thought I saw them down
the street. :.
"No," he said, languidly, opening
bis eyes At me, II don't know her"
"But you wanted her picture" in
terposed Nell. :'.:' Il - =. -. ;.
II wanted her picture because you
drew it," he REPLIED. which seemed to
mollify her. Going to. her portfolio,
she took cut two sketches and held
them before him. :.*.".: r ....-
II "T.ke your choice" J" she eaid. <: i
One Wa the face Of the ohorus,girl,
with: tho expression ,depened to . p.-
5thetio patience, and the eyes made Wild
der and sadder by few added shades.
There was an untaught grace about it
which was not unpleasing, yet it did;
not please me.
The other face did please me. ne It:
"a. my own. / don't know when Men
caught tie, ide. Of that With. her two
eyes, but I felt that il Va just ii 4, %,
cold and imnp.s4s'ive 4, . statue, With
the head d held proudly erect, low brov,
level eyelids, fearless eyes, and tie.
mouth dlelicataly curved, cruelty firm,
It vas m not chilling nor n zr''elpelli.g. i.
challenged admiration, ati love even. I
always liked TO think 1 resembled the
antique statue Of the huntress Diana:
OF, don't think me vain talk 80 much
q myself: I am past vanity now.
'Str.thmore looked eagerly from one
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