, 1870-05-22

Rodo1f HaTtmann, and be uas TIC Youucest
son OF an official in the civil se1v1ca Of P1usaiA.
Carried away By tho liba7l 1dexa 80 common |
among European students, ho had attached
10 q secret club OF republicans, whosa obIsct |
Has 10 substitute democracy for the Hobeu- |
zoslcrns. The club had been forreted out by |
the police; Ernst and two OF three other |
members had been condemned TO q brief I'M
prisonment: moreover, he had been 1isin-
hctited and disownea by his father, loyList.
Worst Of all, = beautiful girl to whom ho vas
betrothed bad, during his confinement, been
driven or coa1ed into marriage with some
old Baron: This last sozrow. which he rel4tod
blush to her ears oven while he1 heart throbbod
When he rose to return to his room he
seemed to be At least temporarily reconcilod 10
the struggle Of life.
me h,nd." he said. II will go to ba1nting
""Oh! how can sou talk Of it so coolly ="
she exclaimed with heartfelt bolemnity and
even with horror. I" Don't you know that what
seu Lave done to~dsy is very wicked ? Forgive
miserable he had been. and looking With pity
at his wasted face: By the way, sho
talked very little Of her Johnsonese to
this man for, in the first place, Bho sup
posed that he, being foreigner, might not
UAEEIBtAuu A1U eEEuutly, 6uS u1a IL W I'll
earnest with him that only the simplest words
What could I do {" he asked. IA gentle
man may not be = peggAr. Peaides, WAS not a
banter At home. Mein faders were to mike
Of nc q panker. Baintiug was merely my fan
cy. had no hopo OF suocesa in it. What
could doI"
.Will you promise to come to t4ke bseakfast
with mes"
fnrYni,1h-31nnD rnY honor"
| sRemembes now-upon your honor! Good
night
liz took her hand, and before he could guess
| what he meant 10 do, he kissed It. hot~ith-
| Notwithstanding that the action was obviously
mere expression of ciri1ty And gratitude,
Janet Holcum. who had neror before had her
hand kissed, blushed again until il seemsd
10 her thst her hair was turning ecarles. With
out noticing her confusion, thiA ragged gentle,
man said sweet1y "Goot night" and bowed
himself out Of the room.
From this goodnight forward Janet Was bus'
deued and blessed With another labor OF love,
She had = suicide to reform; soul without
provide with work ; lover OF lager to satisfy
with black te1; = brand to snatch from al
sorts Of burninRB. Il WAS not only > heav,
load to carry, but . deGcAte one 10 handle
Her orphan, So abe soon began to call him
must not eat in her room for fear Of Mra
Grundy. She must content herself with let
ting him 60 to cheap restaurants for dinner
and with occasionally carrying him cup .
; tea 10 wash down tho dry bread which sh
: knew Was his only supper As for converse
; she firmly invited him to see her ever
, Sunday oreninE; she eometlu1ea droPpe
into his den to look At his work an
) cheer him on with it; oftener still, she took
. . ! walk with him in the hall or an evening PRONE
| made in the streets.
She was proud Of herself, and get nhAme
| Of herself. It struck her A. almost indelcat
. that she should support man. especially
fabor Of love Hss fearful expense, COMPARE
!, | with her small Income. She mas soon obGge
to draw on her saving bank deposit, and th.
. bad always been kept in consumptive stAt
: By the need Of her girl cousin Al tiIst 81
y thought Of getting up = subscription Tor h
y painter, or OF Interesting sorno rich scho
u Committeeman in his behalf; but very short
y she took such fancy to him that sle did N
want any one else to earn claim to biz graf
:. tude; 1nd so abe vent on pairing out her "a
= and fuel must be had, she bought it for biz
although he tried to DO without. Ne
!. came an overcoat and PAIR
u mittcns and some heavy underclot
. ing, because she could not bear to SEQ hi
s walking the streets with red nose aud finger
y y iutelv forced him to take.
u Meantime small profits from his br11sh. T
picture which ale llad thought perfect rea
=. had but five or ei1 days work upon it, q
- needed month more. And when it vas do
e il brought oaly twenty-five s1ollata. It was
I; use for her to scold the picturo-aealer for
~ sharpness, and to cnaeaIor to move Lis p
u BY telling him the talo Of the German's poS
!, ty. Tho man Of art replied TINT i waa mol
u ~ known name that paintings sold iu tho Am
~ lean market mainly by force Of reputstio
- that he had lis own living to make, and Il
10 she might take the money or leave it.
"Ifha can do figure picture, and do 1t til
~ rate" said this rational monster, can
ID more liberal with him. There arc 60 m'
ps 1andre.pes!! Every American artist can MI
-. On tile hint Ernst commenced figure I
ul I ture It was lis forte he had simply tired
70 lsndeeapc because lie bad Judged that to
~ ~ tho fayoIite genre in America he liad kno
III that he could not hope to excel II 1t. pea
:e' scene from King Philips var, the interior
le~ 4 cabin lighted BY it's own flames, = bosut
Girl in the grasp Of Nampanoag war11ors
~ father and brother struggling manfullE aga
Ell her captors, and in TIE ns.. s @ b.e1srou snn,
ID coming relief Of rpritau riders. janet /
cum, tle patriotic New Englander,. was
me lighted with what she thought already
,ut feet success, and wanted 10 sell tho group
Ha ,.: it wAa.
~ ~ "Eo," Judged Ernst. I cannot avvor
Of waste yirat in,rEessinns aMs u ,hana,, tnS
- ~ quickest But it will need long time to n
~ ~ il Eoot enough. It will need all vinter. he
rI. NJ eladea, with piteously Apologeticd elane
I'm Janet. -,
~, heartbeat Of self-eacritce as sue caught s
W. W. q This Knute appeal. +" This time know
'S5; t;: viii triumph We can i've till itl dono."
=; Ms Heaven PIERS you!" hc replied, taking
,rto % hand and kissing it b.. force; - You are
MA uuplest WOMAN upon the earth :.
El3er 19e t.e ana @ ~ ts,r sao. ~ ench a
..on nra ssllov face As that Of Janet For We
~ ~ come nov TO wei8hty secret; wa must
h;u m aTonA which il Almost tragic. Not co1
~ nsii with lowering this poor stranger With
sha worldly wealth, Janet had nEesdy ne8u,
,1 sna give hirn the treasures which she had rec
! 'eaur ,I- direct from Heaven. AL the love which
Is nea hidden in the heart Of good and pu1t
va, man maid. Ill the yast abyss Of sensib,lity
oren o1ists in feminine nxtuse that
found no natural outlet, IA Ia.
'ooA depths by the pennileas, friendlcss, hands
~. clever youth whom sho had saved from
- n' Useless to struggle against the infatuatat
..1,. had commenced too inzadiouslE, ~ neE'
~ GG, manity; then it had crept on too elsls,
;,nca "' guise Of nero clsky. oh, how cunn
,.;n3 9u Transformation, and she found herself tt
efs1t tim Of first passion, as much IN love u
W 49, we're young girl.
,,,;,a Resist: She tried in vain to do 90.
ssI,xo ss1ao away? She could not give up her po
cnted ies. ~ a,oaton ehou an3 1o.ro b;,n r.
x,,.,, Once more, self-sacr1fice: though all hi
.:sn llsl been self-eacra6ce, She must 50 on v
's4A'" she must love md suffer and be eAent.
20 the mischief proceeded st i tefIlbl
~ Tor every dag added to it's magnitude
added, made things Worss was .;oas tns. ' WI WI
7o1nise CONSCIOUS :" w o0As e. ,r.;sns
fBs' e. most 10 'hiefs aes.te In .na PRAISES &,
e'"o attentions. II he met her on the st1e
o.per- took his hat entirely Oh bis conely be
sa1uted her As schooluA'ans are moi.
nssuy, saea nc Maheo WIZ ~ her, ,ya HG n1a ~,
81 storS beautiful labor at any moment, 10 gr
T.nst return to the house with smile, or to
7ss1sn her errands. His whole department
esSstY. her Was = continual burning Of incense:
Il, ynr ahc had never before known such t
Eli s;n aon ?ion gentleman; moro than that, she had
nax met = swecter and finer nature. She {
~ no- hended 1t list that even hin attempted
~ ~, :; wAa proof Of his high self-respect m
t IN my u uonot, 3n.n.aat;., T. - E;1- /,
it up. care ,eoIn , .Ie eo1'a ~ =" dsc1'src:
o sleep stoicsl declaration, III could haf
room rent, l would hhf gone On
= ~ ta".s W" month" secmcd to her now
,G sud. ,mns 4no s In. o,,,, frr.n5enr ri ~
'uds, ~ ~, Gna"ne uh;nnni ~ ~ ks e9.ndcuT Of ch
q again 9ao ~. ~ lTorsh;npeS h;s genius. VI
,sc Of . neEau " snG" ~ nd Sh;ch VA,
enabed ~. 'eto s. r..o,r ,,or.an,;h,o u her
sao HUI tieed esthetic vision, and place thern
/, s,. her in the resurrection robes OF draw
TX. ~ eoiof' ~,. J..
all have All. vel: e1e Vas desfetet,s IL ~ -
lip yon hrn' SUD enc eonla no' leap p.,i ~ :,
the ecofnful finger Of her sense Of
\, and shame. But did be know it Z As Jet
-A'' sufficiently herself to- hope that be
.You Although she could not meet him With