Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-03-02
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TEE PAINTERS REVENGE.

After the result Of the election in 1874
was determined, and the defeat of Hen
/ ~ Clay was known, I started for four
| years tour through the cities and cOun-
! tries Of the Old World. Feelings I en-
! tertained for Clay amounted to more
/ than love, respect and admiration; his
defeat did not increase their ardOr, but
| It did cause me to think my country
men guilty Of cUlpable iDgratitude, ana
incaDable Of selecting the proper men to
I'll the high offices in their gift. My
disappointment was so great that it
caused me to decide upon self-banish-
ment for the years I have named. d do
not propose in this sketch TO give furth-
er account Of my travels than may be
necessary in narrating as much as
know concerning the circumstances and
incidents which 60 to make up the sum
Of my story.
I had paid my bill at the Astnr House,
and attended TO all necessary. prepara-
tiOns for voyage across the Atlantic,
and was, about stepping into a carriage
in waiting for me, when I was tapped
on the shoulder by Senator Benton. of
Missouri, who introduced me to q young
gentleman, whom viii call Crawton,
who, he said, was going to Rome to
study the old masters and acquire an
extensive knowledge aud practice in his
profession. Mr.. Benton remarked to
me that the youthful artist was 'One
among ten thousand;' that he was talent
ed, brave and just; little reserved, but
brimful Of goodness and gratitude.
BE a good friend to him. said Ben
ton, 'and you will never have cause to
regret it.
I certainly never looked upon q more
noble eOuntenanee or a more symmet.
rical and perfect form. A single glance
at the youth would impress the Obser-
wing mind Of the presence of a superior
person, and incline one to consider the
close relationship Of mankind with the
gods.
In a few hours we were on board q
steamer vOyaging as fast as steam and
favorable winds could drive US for
Southampton. Day by daV / became
more interested in and attached to the
Young artist. Arrived in London, we
found the weather extremely fine, and
we concluded TO remain there and do
the CITY as long as it afforded US comfort
and enjoyment.
had visited London several times in
my life, and found the more I learned
/ of the great city, and the better I became
acouainted with English men and En-
glish women, the more rapidly the pre-
judice gave way to admiration and re-
speet.
We spent seven weeks in the great
city wOst agreeably; and we might have
STAYED longer but for circumstance
which caused us to proceed at once for
Paris, and which, also, constitutes the
beginning of a chain Of circumstances
which blasted the life of a noble youth,
and furnished the material for this story.
Our evenings while in London were
generally spent at the opera. CTawtOn,
| like most artists, was passiOnately fond
of music, and would sit for hours like
one enchanted when listen to the mas
ter productions of DoniZetti, ROssinni,
Mozart, and other celebrated composers.
On the night previous to our departure
from London, we were listening intent
lv to .AT' Tina mi FCgnlnleatdti in the 'BO-
heniRn Girl CraWtOn was charmed,
and seemed unconscious Of all around
him save the sweet cadence Of music
and song. until a man approached, lean
cd over him, and Whispered a word in
his ear which brought him to his feet.
They were friends, and had been from
early youth. CFawtOn had often spoken
of the young man, and also another,
equally dear to him, who, he was that
night quickly informed, was at Paris,
dying Of a wound received in DUEL
DaltOn-that was the name Of the young
! intruder upon our musical entertain
ment-had hurried to London by request
of the dying man to procure important
papers which required the signature Of
the unfortunate youth, in order TO place
( his widowed mother in possession OF
property without which she would have
been left destitute. By good fortune
Dalton had stopped at the same hotel
where we were stopping, and learned Of
CrawtOn's being in London, and that
we could be found at the opera. I con-
sented to leave the opera with them
Immediately. Arriving at our hotel, it
was ct once decided that the trio should
start the following morning for Paris.
Before entering the room in which the
wounded youth was lying, q surgeon at
the door Informed us that we must pro-
ceed at once to transact any business Of
importance to his friend. We acted
strictly by the advice given US by the
surgeon, and in twenty minutes there
after the papers were signed and ac-
knoWledged, and eli business affairs adj
justed, and placed in the trust and man
agement Of Dalton.
'Crawton, said the dying youth, I
have been murdered, Dalton has q mis-
sion TO perform for me; my good mother
anu her future veal in this life have
trusted to his care; he viii do for her all
her son would have done had he not
been murdered. Dear, dear, CrawtOn,
continued the dying youth, if you ever
fight duel in France, never use a sword
the pistol, CFawton Americans know
better how to use the pistol
The s0eIe which followed was sad,
very sad one, indeed, The hands of the
dying youth we're 0lasped by those Of his
friends, vino leaned over him ia turn,
and kissed the fevered lips through
which a brave and noble spirit was es-
Gaping.
Good bye, mother; God bless you;
good bye, friends, God bless your tho
ferryman is here, and mUst go, good
bye,j muttered the youth, and dropped
into death as falls the fresh and bloom
ing flower cut from its stem.
a months search for the duellst
brought no tidings of Mons. De Shat
turn further than that he had LEFT Paris
the day following the duel,
The duel and its fatal consequences
wrought a great change In Crawton. r
had learned to love him dearly. My
effeetiOn amounted to q Geaseless infatli-