The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-03-01

y In their place by a koOt Of deep
crimson ribbon shining out quite brill
iiEntly under the shady back hat
covered with nesting feathers, while
the slightest peep Of 8 crimson petit
coat carried the warn tone artistical-
ly through the com pssitiJn. As one
by one such details were completed,
the artists enthusi lsm and admira-
ten Increased. When she moved
slightly, he paused in an agony lest
the pose should be irremediably alter
ed. When she turned Der head, he
WINGED lest she might see him, and so
take flight abasbed ; but within an
hour and half he had managed to
complete most attractive sketch in
water-col0r, perfectly unmistaksble
in it, likeness. The delicate piqusnt
profile even had been caught, and
was as ike as all the rest, notWith-
standing the distances betwixt artist
aDd sitter ; for Franks clear blue eye
was fsr-reaehing and penetrating.
One O'Clock rung out from the tur-
ret of Croyston Towers. The young
lady rose hastily, gathered her traps
together, and hurried away through
the wilderness toward the house.
"Whst 8 nuisance !" cried Frank
aloud 81 only wanted about another
half hour, and could have finished
it thoroughly-well, never mind. pll
come over again tomorrow, and very
likely she will come too she is an
enthusiast evidently, dear little cres-
ture, from the way she stuck to her
work amateurs generally are.
wonder who she is ?''
TheU Frank went on with bis oak
trees through the remainder of the
lovely afternoon, and came again the
next day, as he said, to finish them
1t could not have been for any other
purpose, OF course but somehow be
could not finish them circumstances
the weatt er was equally fine, but
nevertheless he could not settle to it.
Instead Of looking at his subject, he
was forever turning his head to the
left, toward that shrubbery of. 3 viii.
derness, as IL he expected something
besides bushes to appear there.
Nothing else, however, was visible
throughout the whole day and it be-
came quite evident to th5 least in
terested in such matters that the oak
trees would still require one more
days work. His hest saw this plain
Iy and as the little sitter was no diff
ficulty on that head so, for the third
time, Hilary went 70 his oak-trees,
and then he finished them but he
had no chance of finishing that other
drawing-''she" never appeared again.
"Whst is the name of the family at
Croyston Towers ?n asked Frank
OF Mr.. Hughes at dinner that
evening.
"Belport Is the family name" was
the answer "but there is only old
Lady Belport living there now, the
1owager. Croyston is made to do
duty for the Dover House.n
There is not mueh life, then, 90.
ing on there now, 1 suppose ?" said
Frank.
30 dear, no; only people who go
over TO look at the place, or, like |
yourself, to make sketch of it; it's |
3 favorite subject with artists, as you |
know"
"Yes, in the summer there are
plenty Of them then, no doubt, bnt |
not at this time of year, of course"
went on Frank.
by no means have seen people |
sketching there in the depth of WIN |
ter" replied the host.
"H'm," thought Hilary, ''shs |
couldn't have been staying in the
house then. 1 wonder who she was, |
and where she came from ?n
Surely if he had wanted to know so |
very much, he might have shcWn the |
sketch of the young lady in the will |
derness to Mr.. Hughes, who, Icing a
local magnate, might have been able
to tell him who she was. But-he did |
OF the kind, and ne returned
10 London without making an effort,
IS it seemed, to find out but then
everybody knows that artists are very
1dd and inconsequent fellows about
,ome things.