The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-01-01

with cut direct; [ cut it when w;
prosperous, and now | reap my r
IS ward, and can cut it with dignity
my declension. These are the iitt
amours propres, my daughter; yor
I. I. father must respect himself. Than
,r .n you, yes; just leetle, tiny-thank:
+ you spoil me. But, as I was saying
"a Rlchard, or was about to say, m
&c daughter has been allowed to rust
her aunt was a mere duenna; hence
IN parenthesis, Richard, her distrust O
g me; my nature and that of the duenn
J are poles asunder-poles! But, nov
- that L am here, now that I have givel
! up the fight, and live henceforth fo
one only of my works. have tn,
. modesty to say it is my best-m,
y daughter-well, we shall put all tha
to rights. The neighbors, Richard q
Dick was understood to say thai
:, there were many good families in thu
vale Of Thyme.
!, You shall introduce u.s." said the
Admiral.
Dicks shirt was wet; he made a
numbering excuse to go; which Es-
ther explained to herself by a fear of
intrusion, and so set down to the
merit side Of Dicks account, while
she proceeded to detain him.
Before our walk?" she cried
Never. | must have my walk"
Let us all 60" said the Admiral,
rising
You do not know that you are
wanted" she cried, leaning on his
shoulder with caress. II might wish
to speak to my old friend about my
new father. But you shall come to-
day, you shall do all you want; have
set my heart on spelling you
II will just take one drop more"
SAID the Admiral, stopping to help
himself to brandy. ''It is surprising
how this journey has fatigued me.
But | am growing old, l am growing
old, | am growing old, and-I regret
to add-bald."
He cooked white wide-awake CO.
quettishly upon his head-the habit |
OF the lady-killer clung to him: and
Esther had already thrown on her hat
and was ready, while he was still |
studying the result in mirror: the
car buncle had somewhat painfully ar
feSIe0 MS attentlOn.
I'VE are papa, now; we must be
respectable" he said to Dick. in ex-
PLANTATION Of his dandyism: and then
he went to a bundle and chose him
self a staff. Where were the elegant
canes Of his Partisan epoch? This
was a support for age, and designed
for rustic scenes. Dick began to see
and appreciate the mans enjoyment
in new part, when he saw how care
fully he had made it up" He had !,
invented gait for this first country
stroll with his daughter, which was
admirably in key. He walked with
fatigue; he leaned upon the staff: he
ooked round him with sad, smiling {
on all that he beheld; he s
9ven asked the name of a plant. and !
allied himself gently for an old town t
)lrd, Ignorant of nature. "This coun- q
ry life will make me young again. c
le sighed. They reached the TOP of c
he hill towards the first hour of even Q
ng; the sun was descending heaven. v
he color had all drawn into the west: n
he hills were modelled in their least Y
ontour by the soft, slanting shine; "
nd the wide moorlands, veined with a
lens and hazelwoods, ran west and n
,orth in hazy glory Of light. Then a
he painter wakened in Van Tromp. O
Cad, Dick" he cried, what yaluer' =
An ode in four hundred lines would = =
OF have seemed SO touching to Els a. a.
her; her eyes filled with Happy tears: u
es, here was the father of whom she q -
ad dreamed, whom Dick had describ- RE
|; simple, enthusiastic, unworldly, T. T.
ind, a painter at heart, and fine ., ~
in manner. = =.
And just then the Admiral perceiv- di
a house by the wayside, and some V
ling depending over the house door dc
hich might be construed as sign
the hopeful and thirsty. Il
rs that" he asked, pointing with fe
is stick, ''an imp" hc
There was marked change in his
oice, as though he attached impor- kl
nee to the inquiry: Esther listened
oping she should hear wit or wisdom dc
Dick said it was
you know it?" inquired the Ad- 'b
iral al
81 have passed it a hundred times, is
1t that is all, !" replied Dick. st;
"Ah," said Van Tromp, with yo
lile, and shaking his head; "you are plt
IT an old campaigner; you have the sh
orld to learn. Now I, you see, find an
Inn so very near my own home. an
ID my first thought is-my neigh no
rs. [ shall go forward and make try
Y neighbor's acquaintance: no, YOU
edn't come; | shall not be mo- HI
ent." to
And he walked off briskly towards hu
e in, leaving Dick alone with Es DO
er on the road. mi
Dick" she exclaimed, II am so Lni I'M
I'd to get a word with you; | am so ne Il
ppy, | have such thousand things lee lee
say; and l want you to do me a ven zen
Tor. Imagine he has come without PIP
'aint-box, without an easel; and [ ano
Mt him to have all. [ want you to ,E Mol
; them for me in Thymebury. You Inc u
v, this moment, how his heart turn IL IL
to painting. They can't live with l,a lre
it., she added; meaning perhaps llo
n Tromp and Michelangelo. illii u
Up to that moment, she had OBJ u1
we'd nothing amiss in Dicks behav- H.
She was too happy to be curious; you w
his silence, in presence of the ll4 1i't
at and good being whom she called w uut
father, had seemed both natural 'sea se
praiseworthy. But now that they a an '
,e alone, she became conscious of a ia Inel
rier between her lover and herself, ina
alarm sprang up in her heart. 10 + +
DickN she cried Mron1 don't loro q -