Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-11

ty and perfection of the exhibition.
Afterwards, as he looked upon II, 1t
told him of patience, Of industry, of
willing power in carrying out pur-
l pose; it told also of an end achieved;
it seemed all glowing with victory,
and imagination whispered that 1t
might be a victory freighted with
/ courage and strength for a glorious
/ future. The niche where he hung it
/ happened to be Just above one Of
Bierstadt's wood scenes, with deer at
/ a watering place, where the inter
mingling of sunlight and shadow
/ showed the handiwork Of 0 master,
and proved a Unanimous contrast to
/ the unpretending little landscape
above 1t. Each seemed to win admi-
ration because of the other, if one
could judge by the prolonged stay of
/ groups of people before them, and
! the comparing glances cast from one
/ to the other. Raymond, noticing
these, would often amuse himself by
| carelessly remarklng, "only $3.50 diff
| ference between those two pieces,
and then enjoy the abashed look of the
many, who had evidently been award
ing the preference to the smaller one;
''For Sale" in a ladies' hand, was writ
ten under the 1880" and near the
close of the exhibition, after an alb
sence of several days from the city on
professional business, Raymond found
his little favorite was missing. On
inquiry he was told by one of the
other managers that it had been pur-
chased by a lady, that the owner had
been present and received the pay, so
the Association had no further re-
sponsibility in regard t0it. and Epasr
ly that no one knew either its present
or previous owner. He was surprised
at the annoyance and perturbation of
spirit the circumstance cost him. A
look at its vacant place almost anger
ed him; he found himself trying to
recall the picture, and from that the
pers0HelLe of the young artist from
whose hand he had received it. All
in vain were his attempts upon the
latter point. for only the voice and ac-
cent came at his mental bidding, and
these, thought he, harmOnized with
the picture; and then would come the
ever-recurring regret that he had not
noticed her more particularly. The
exhibition had lost its inspiration; he
concluded he was hOmesick, and re-
solved to visit his home and his
mother. With Raymond it had al
ways been a trait that execution trod
fast upon the heels of resolve, and
therefore near the close of the same
day he drove up to the family man
sion-a grand old place, fifteen miles
from the city, yet only to be reached
by private conveyance.
Here, fatherless from childhood, he
had been reared by a mother whose
strong native sense and delicate taste
had been enriched by culture and So
ciety, and with the help of grace these
same traits had been stamped upon |
her son. Visits to this home were
frequent and occasions of great de- l
light, though latterly they had often |
been i'll connection with company. |
Small parties of both ladies and gen |
tlemen enjoyed there many delightful |
days. Mrs. Raymond, though above 1
indulging the foible or matchmaking, |
would try to discover if her son had |
a preference among his fair visitors, |
and which OF them she was likely to |
have for a daughter-in-law. But at /
he was heart whole. |
He had roamed through manya fair |
garden, and might have culled the /
beauty for his own. Would |
he wait for the sweeter wild flower in !
some shadowy dell? This visit was all |
the mothers. Never since boyhood |
had he shown such hearty interest in |
the details of home and farm life, and |
such an openness with regard to the
CLOSES and receptions of society,
with which he declared himself satia-
ed.and disguised, and finally drifted
off to his schooldays and recalled
many frolic of beech-nutting, boat
riding or skating, not emitting his
Christmas stockings. 1t was late when
be said "gOOd night" and sought the
little chamber which as boy and man
mad ever been his own, and which no
from his mother could ever
persuade him to exchange for one of
lmpler Dimensions. Now, on going
N and taking an eager. hungry look at
he old familiar furniture, what was
-is sr~nrise and Joy at seeing over the
-'"ture- Is there