St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-12-13

-rtu'. u Vh,h IN I'u,tlltiug intellect
.rud N"f DIV know l,.l-, we've ~,rtiu
uuu .t y. \ d',i,h INTERESTING -.u..
i"'. h.r m"r" fi~,IuEtiuu. t't.tu t."
tfh'. % ui',. trr-h N"uu. soul. and. hl
'uiu' ct N"ur know lcd., "t the urIu'i-
I'l'~ "t - constitution. mould u int"
SOM. thug quit" al Variance with th"
original d,.>iyu, Mast "a. .:,.l;-;.;3is-f
hlr -up, r.ridcd charm. ~h"uld th, l~-r,
"i the experiment h' lTIught with th,
m"~r desirable result {" N"ur>,lt
uuIhug les than the ~Urcc~~iul con.
summation al q T"mIntIr attachment
/ Therefore. thrice hIpp> Pr"t''~~"r' ~"
wonder he smiled :" peculiarly,
True. c.lpm% pcI>"n> might inquire
/ whether. III rrr"n~tIuctm% other pr"-
/ pies natures. hC might not risk the
/ symmetry of his own: whether the rec
ord of his researches might not he read
/ on his own Cuuntcr.Incc. The Proir>-
/ >nr. of course. WAS superior to such in
nurndncS: but | am not prepared to
maintain that h" WIS acting hlamclC>>-
| lN. for this reason that he subsequent
/ ~ bccamc the victim of Il CHASTITY pun
/ i>hmcmt. which. 10y the eternal fitness
| of Things. he mus, have somehow pro-
/ V"l>cd. Let the reader. if he finishes
/ the aIratiNc. Judge for himself.
Meanwhile the innorrnt and lovely
caII>, of these effects Wa> diligently
occupied in her two aNocatiomS of lying
on the >ut; and moNcl-rcadimg. when
! she WAS interrupted 10y Il note. the per
fun" of which recalled the pipe of her
darling Edwald While she pcIII>cd
/ the contents. her novel fell umhrrdcd to
the floor. OF the depth and sincerity
of her love there could hc no question.
/ The letter read. the hand which held
| it fell t" her lap: the others taper little
turtingcr found its WAY to her ROSY
mouth her tender blue eyes opened
very wide ut nothing. and She sighed.
"Oh dcal ', She mulmurrd. "hnW
dreadful men alr, And now Edward
is going Ia lc Just like the rest of them.
lie never used I" say anything except
/ that he loved me better than his own
soul. and that WAS the inspiration of
his art. and all nice things of that kind Z:
hut NOW he's begun about money. and
supporting. and business. | think it
10" bad. !!r'll II" practical and hateful
like other men. wish there wasn't
any such thing ~ money II Wis sweet
of dear old Guardir. though. To- hr 80
/
must have money tn maIIl ON. though
lis hnllid t" hc always talLim" about it
80. | wonder how much'll Ice enough
/ I'll ask Edward next time | see him"
such Il sustained stretch of thought.
reasoning. and speculation W;I~ Ia" cN-
hau>tiu- tuI "ur sweet llildcgaIdc. She
resumed the >lightcd novel. and her
tender eyes contemplated nothing ia
another form. But the contraction OF
her delicate little eyebrows When She
appcaIcd at tea that evening could
scarce hr accounted toI 10y the dcmurIc-
mcrr of tin. tale. harnwiug though il
WAS The Professor. however, WAS um-
/ usually entertaining. even for linn. and
told Il most absurd story about the mis-
fortunes of Il couple Of Young people
who had gotten married without money
enough /" pay the minister. Hide
gardc laughed her eyes full of tears.
and in the midst of il was hurrnr->trurk
ut the Thought that no longer ago than
the daN before She would have Thought
nothing of doing Just such Il thin" her
self. How much She had learned since
then. ~ the Professor had said. she
was nov nothing hut Il beautiful Young
@irl. ready /" learn anything.
Edward set To- work ON the tiI>t copy
of his picture. and 10y dilitrut applirI-
ti"m completed il wonderfully soon. He
considered il the superior of The original
in all respects hut one: that. strange
tn sly. WIS the portrait "t the Youth.
something WAS Wi"u" about il. Vet he
could not lint confess il = better like
hess of himself than the original Sure
ll that could not Ia ia" reason it ap-
pcaIrd almost commonplace. hc>ihc the
inspired features of his iI~t creation.
l;Ut il W3I~ not Ia hc altered and 80
>upcrlHtiNc WH~ tl, excellence of the.
other tw" faces that hc feared moi but
that the picture "rIld he approved. a. Il
forthwith invited IIllcgallr and the
nrut,.>>"r I" sec ii. The latter took his
seat in the critics chain with an ASPECT
of UNUSUAL "Iaci"u>mc>> bat ere. he had
been locking at the picture u minute
/ EdWHd SIM something was ont OF the
way. Had he ais" discovered the de
tc.'tiNr Youth
M dear EdvHId. j. there not the
pictnrc il all other RESPECTS l. excellent
hui j. ihrIc uot Il considerable de
tcriuIIi"m in the expression of the sac
in the hackgI"uud Mcthink> there i
less of plil">"phir rcp"~r. and more of
in the copied than in tine original cour-
tcuaiIcr. Don't l"u agree with me.
| lIildr"Hrdr ,"
ii think" replied that Young lady.
that Nour portrait and Edwards aIr
perfect images: but | think its very
mean in him tn have made such Il look
in" thing al me. | look aS though cared
Il great deal more for my dress and
pcaIl necklace than tuI the the
IIildcgaldr p"utcd her pretty lip: it
was too mach t" expect of her To finish
the sentence. But cmough had been
said to prove to Edwards satisfaction
that very nice people might he very
stupid critics. He forchorc. nrvrrthc-
less, To- make his Indignation known.
NOR" especially since the Professor hest
tatcd not to place one thousand slollar<
to his account at the bankers. But he
also forcborc to demand of the Profc>-
sor the hand of Ilildrgladc. us he had
intended To do on receipt of this tIst
imStalmcnt of his fortune. \ thousand
dollars in the hand did not appear equal
to that sum in the bush il would lie
wiser more prudent to paint one on
two more copies liI>t better he ON the
SAFE, side.
"The Professor, under gui>c of carcSS-
iug his nose. watched the Young gentle
man rovcrtly. and with manifest suits
faction. Really, il WISH very interesting
experiment.
When he and IIildcgardc had taken
their departure Edward stood for Il few
moments regarding the two pictures.
There WIS no Use denying the tact the
copy might he better painted. but equal
to the original in point of expression it