The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-08-06

j accents started me from my reVerie.a
i II can play at CHESS" 1t said softly.
i ] looked up suddenly. A little fairy
creature, about sixteen years old, wit
long. fair hair, and large. beautiful blue
eyes. stood just within the door staring
at me, like some timid bird at him whc
wanders in lonely woods, half fearing te
approach, yet longing to come nearer.
f. "And who on earth Areyougy-E asked
Eabruptly;and as I'spoke I saw at d glance
that the blood of the children of Isreal
did not run i'll her clear blue veins. +, g.
I'm Nellie Lee, sir" replied the APP
partition, "apd I'm in pawn, sir.' s.. IS "a
In what ?" I exclaimed, under the
impression that | must have been deceive
ed in tn the absurd statement | had just
heard. .,.., ,..;ga.-......
In pawn, sir she repeated, as simply
as il she was saying that she was in bed.
"And who put you into pawn in the
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name of all the Medicis, may I ask ?'
| said scarcely able to keep my connie
nance.
Father ,pawned me for money to buy
paints" answered the extraordinary
deposit: "and I am so lonesome-oh
you can't think !"
what is your respectable parent may
| enquire ?" aans / aaw ,ef.1 hta.>
"He's an artist, sir, and he has just 90,
an order, sir, andNhe wanted money fol-
the canvas and the paints to finish the
pictures. He paints beautiful pictures
indeed he does!' 49, rol tarads ha8 4o
She seemed so very anxious about my
not dou biting her fathers ability, that
smiled sort of assent, as I was perfectly
satisfied of his rare talent, and was
Intimately acquainted with the merits OF
every one of his productions. 1a
"Wherc do they keep your" / asked
half jestingly, for the whole affair seemed
SO like vaudeville that / expected every
moment to hear some unseen audience
applauding the performance. "Do they
put you Ia the safe with the iewelry, or
lay you on the shelves with gown and
coats?" 3ta sa N9H sa -u#j iii
No, sir, live up stairs with Mr..
Levi. Father will come though, in a
few days, with the money, and redeem
me-" !" # ~
All this as seriously as if it were the
ccmmonest thing in the world for dis
tressed fathers to pawn their children,
10 keep the duplicates in their walstcoat
pockets.
"Have you ever been in pawn before,
Miss Nellie Lee. w fa Gaa
"Oh, yes, sir. Father painted the Seven
Sisters of Ephesus' with what he got on
me last fall. haaas
This was reslly more than could stand.
lay back on the half-bottomed sofa and
roared with laughter. The deposit stood
before me, with grave and patient de-
meanor, neither surprised at my merri-
ment nor apparently thinking that there
was anything at all singular in her posi-
ton. a.fa HuT .a
"You say that you play chess" I said
at last, checking my merriment by great
effort, out of respect for the fair and beau
tiful eyes that I saw, before me. would
you like to play game?"
"Ob, yes" answered the deposit; 81
should like it very much. You can not
think" ''
We sat down to pay chess. I don't
know how long we were at it, but this |
do know, that if the entrance Of Mr.. Levi
had not disturbed it, we would have con-
tinued probably to the present day
There was a first move. Then O long con-
versation. Then pause, during which
the blue eyes seemed to be intently study
ing the board, and mine were intently
studying the blue eyes. Then another
move: Then more conversation, until the
rival forces on the Rajah's ivory battle
field got into such state Of confusion
that / believe Morphy would have be-
come lunatic at the first glance he cast
upon them. "0t" e".a"asst
AS for me, thought Of nothing bat the
simple, beautiful young creature who sat
opposite me, and, in spite Of myself, vis-
ions of such a being moving about my
lonely chambers, making the gloom gay,
and causing the bachelors barren life to
bourgeon and bloom like the dry rod of