The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-03-10

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40 be snre,p Mrs. Lawrence said
at was peculiar way of seeking 81
acquailtauceship which must, Q
course, follow should the picture b,
Kept" and she quickly decided tha
it must be returned. So the next ex
press 10 New York bore the package
which had created the admiration
and at last the displeasnre of The
family. A letter written by Mrs
Laurence was placed within tht
package, ia which snc briefly, bn
concisely stated that she could no
for q moment think of her daughtel
keeping the water color without tht
acqusiBlance, by legitimate mems
Of its painter. Surely Mr. H4rt's
letter was on its face honest 10 par.
pose, but there was no alternative
ihe rules of etiquette must not be
! disregarded. or the lovely Marie
/ might become connected with ysg
abond sdyenturer.
Months passed, but the circum
stance would not free itself from
Aarie's mind. aud her father aud
mother had spoken q ii more than
onee
One day the mail brought. letter
20 Miss Lawrence from Msrgery
( LovejJy. dear friend, who SUM-
msred ~ tie same rural town win
her, and who, womsniike, pretended
to BE- regular correspondent but il
was only W hen she had some uit of
news OF q social nature to communal
cafe thst she ever wrote.
DO you kaow, Marie" wrote Miss
Loveioy, "that i have found out the
young gentleman with the ine, man.
ily iace and lovely physique who
stopped OF Dixon's up as Grosvenor-
da!s for week last summer. You
viii remember him, aud how we used
TO drive cur heads almost crazy with
wondering wby lie took snch long
walks every day always carrying g
portfolio under his arm. There is
oae thlng which you viii certainly
remember, and that Is that you did
oolhing bu. rave over bin, and wheG
be caught your eye one afternoon, as
We passed him while cut stroll
ing, you declared that you knew you
could love him with jus, little urg-
inc. Well, | won't Keep you iH sus-
peuse any longer. A snort time ago
Il wea; 10 New York to visi. my
aunL Julia, and one evening cousin
Tom t0ek me TO the tneater, where
almost the first face noticed was
,Bat oi Cur-or y0ur-admlratlon Of
last summer After making sure
thas there vas no mistake, / asked
Tom II ne knew who the young gen
tlemea Wsa, pointing him out il en-
anobseryed way with my fan, aud
be said Il wes youag Har;-Jerome
Hart, he bglieged-snd that be vas
the young uau whose water-color
paintings were ezcisiDgitbeadnirstion
OF every one who saw them, artists
and connoissears aliAe. When my
cousin sas that my interest was not
mere curiosity he told me that Mr..
Hart was received everywhere, not
because be was person OF wealth
or family, but because ne was per-
sou Of fare refinement and marked
genius. Everybody said that his
fame would be world vide in lew
years"
Marie could not deny that SIZE had
-hought Of tie young gentleman dai-
~ since hsr country sciourn--so
much Sc, in fact, that she fancied
that her heart had become steeled
sgains; sny one else, although the
subject Of her growing affection was
uukaoSn by name. When she read
the name her heart gave jump
Yes, II was the same person who sent
be. ,be picture a few mooths previ-
Gus. To think that it was the enc
whose image was so impressed upoa
her heers
For days her brain was 10 whiIl,
and her agony intense
Oh - cried she Why were we
80 hasty ia deciding 70 return Mr..
Harris picture aud letter He is
gone from me forever ! shall neger
know him"
She keot her grief to herself, not
caring 10 tell her parents. and tried
sard TO hide Ger sorrow, and appear
ia her accustomed joyous spirit; bat
ie was no use; she never could forget
ae artist, and could never forgive
herself or Ter mother fOr t3eir haste
10 giving property It's proper accord.
-Four years later Marie, at the age
Of twenty two, found herself the
wife Il g moderately sell-to-do phy-
siciso. She had married DR.. o.
traudeE' not 50 much that she had
any lcye for hin. Ia. that it was the
desire Of her father, who had from
n eaFig period dotted en- the union
OF the Os.rsader and Lawrence, FAM
lies, the doctors father having been
G college chum Of Mr.. Lswrene, and
they had become more and more al
tacbed after leaving college, their
homes being fEvorably situated for
such iriendsh-p
Six months before her betro,hal oil
she New York dsiIies and journals
dego-ed to art hai cO1tsiled lengthy
notices Of the departure OF jerome
Hart for Earope, where be had gone
TO reside n fo,bersnce OF bis prcfes-
sie1. and here his ability would
te accorded the attention il SO riculy
deserved
Marie made The physician a good
wife considering her regard for him
ceased with admiration And they
were eoniented and hsppy. HIS
practice was quite extensive, and be
had accumulated some property dur
iDg the three years he had been there,
having welded Marie q year afseg
entering into the aclire duties Of his
profession Ii was with tender hands
Ihas sas nursed him during q linger-
ing summer fever, but tie disease
seemed % bsfie the skiIl Of his az
5eaosnts. snd jus, ss The sun was
sinking In The west On snliry Aa-
gust afternoon his eoui took fight to
the better world, and Marie was a
widow.
i ie~ mouths we're speHt in tie
ot the estate, snd when g
purchaser for the little house had !