The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-29

tFdd1HS M1UtSS 9I AJatN 30 Euat Hanny
saw all sorts Of society, aud had plenty
of subjects for sketches, some Of which |
done with crow quill, adorned her let
ters, and now form the most unique and
attractive ornament Of my scrap book.
Une winter they stayed IN Rome, as
Fanny said, ssto enjoy themselves and
see the sights" There she mad her
studio, and made sketching excursions
among the ruins, and INDUCED her
fondncss for an art, which had become
her favorite pursuit, With all the enthus>
iasm which it was calculated to inspire
in a city consecratcd By so many recol-
| lections of ancient glory and power.
Suddenly her dream Of happiness was
sadly Terminated by a-series of unlocked
for calamities. Her father received in
formation from home, that, in consequence
of extensive speculations, in which he
had been concerned, his whole fortune
was irretrieyably lost. The blow was 90
much for one of his sangun ne tempera
ment. It broke his heart. He fell into
a rapid decline, and in few months
breathed his last, leaving his daughter
in strange land, surrounded with all
the difficulties which are attendant on
pecuniary destitution and an unprotected
situation.
Unfortunately there were, at the time
of Colonel Farquhar's decease, no Amer
leans in Rome with whom Fanny was
acquainted. Unable to communicate
speedily with her sister, and knowing no
one upon whom she could call for aid, she
was thrown entirely uponsher ownresour.
ces for support until she could receive re-
mittances from her friends, to enable her
to return to her own country.
/ Il was fortunate for Fanny that, at
this trying period, she had resources of
her own, which were fully adequate to
the occasion. Her fathers foresight in
Recommending u her the complete ac-
QUESTION of one art, was now apparent.
4 Her pencil furnished the means of inde-
pendence. An English lady with whom
she had become acquainted during her
/ residence in Rome, offered her an asylum
| in her palazza; and when she learned
that Fanny had resolved to make her art
the means of her support, she exerted
herself with effect to afford her ample
opportunities for disposing of her pro-
dnctions among the British residents in
the Eternal City
/ A young English gentleman, who fre-
quentiy visited Mrs. Vinton, Fanny's
friend, had, with much entreaty, pre-
vailed upon her to obtain permission for
him to sit by Fanny's easel, while she
was painting the portrait of a beautiful
flower girl, the figure being introduced
into group which was intended to
adorn the gallery of some nobleman.
They very naturally fell into conversa-
ton on the arts. This led to some dis
quisitions on literature and science; and
before the sitting was over, Dir. Nor
, daunt became not little impressed with
the extraordinary extent and variety of
i Fanny's knowledge. He had expected
to find mere artist, ignorant of every
thing but that which pertained imme-
diately to art; but he discovered mind
! rich with the stores of poetry and history,
a taste which could appreciate the finer
, beauties of literature, and feeling heart
I filed with the noblest enthusiasm for all
| that is beautiful and grand, not only in
the physical, but the moral world.
1t may readily be supposed that he be-
came interested in no ordinary degree.
j Having once obtained the entrce of Fam
Iny's studio, he repeated his visits every
day, and soon found that the fair artist
had, without intending it, made an inn
:. preston on his heart, which rendered il
necessary 10 his happiness to gain her
|, own, or beat hasty retreat.
Il In this state Of things, he had recourse
] to Mrs. Vintou, of whom he formally
). demanded permission to pay his adddres-
ses to Fanny. As his character was un-
: blemished, and his fortune ample she re.
II ferred him at ouce to his own family
, and to the fair object Of Els attentions
|. ~ ~ kA<.F h<z Il
t and he determined to follow the bent oil
t his own incIinations. How to break the
f matter TO Fanny was question which
j required Ca mighty deal of nice consid.
: eration."
Fanny was not without her share oil
pride, and she would have rejected ad.
, dresses in her present situation from one
J apparently her superior in station, which
she might have accepted when she could
in every point have claimed equality
: Poor Mordaunt was over head and ears
10 love, and for the life of him he could
mot contrive mode of disclosing bis
passion without alarming the pride and
4 delicacy of Fanny Day by day did he
q watch the movements Of her pencil and
: endeavor by every way Of which he Was
master to sound the depths of q heart
which was all unconscious of his devo-
! ton, vainly wishing that it were as easy
: to trace the course Of her thoughts as it
was to follow the movements other hand
Fanny was SO completely engrossed with
, her art, that she took little heed of the
progress of her lovers attachment; and
there was something about her so frank,
so calm, so quiet. that the trumpery
: : gailantry 50 frequently played off upon