The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-01

pi.esSu JIom tnls interesting toplc ana
said something aboat she water-colog
drawing he was working at, as still
stood watching its progress over his
shoulder. 1t was small study, done the
previous evening at o life-school, IS he
told nae, from what artists. call the drap-
ed modei-a rustic fgure of girl seated
on stile.
@nat stay.7 hs cried, ayoa should
here cut out TO the size. Wait. let me
get it." he rose and went to the other
emo Of :he room. An idea struck me
aad taking from my pocketa certain cab.
inet-sized photograph, which I had
easel in front of his picture, which it ex.
actly covered. Returning with the
mount, and talking volably about what
he was going to do In painting, he auto
matically put The hollow centre of4tiie
white cardboard just over the photograph
slsss,t without for moment noticing the
change L had made. Euddehly he saw
it, and. with and exclamationtof wonder.
started back. .is
"How came that here ?'' he went on.
pale and agitated, as he looked ii1quir.
ingly from the picture to me. "Did you
putt there? DO you know the lady ?''
"Y0u recognize it7" eyes, certainly.
I haven't seen her for como years now ;
but should know that likeness any,
where" He Bit his lip and paused, sad
then added, 81 dldn't know you .kney
her." 81 DON'T" I answered; fand /
never knew that such person had ever
lived till yesterday Then how do you
eouia by her portrait? ard Why do yo,,
bring it to me ~ "To ascertain If it re.
ally was the same person. ~ ."Gsnne person
as who?L-whht3 I don't understand"
"Why, whether, by any strange coin
cidence, this lady-my wife's old friend
and school, tiellow-might happen to be
the lady you onee--well, shall I gay once
knew under very peculiar circnnl-
stancess 7" He looked at me now SONG
what aDgrily, as he said; stSe5 here, oil
fellow, there are matters sometimes In a
mans life that he doesn't care about hev-
ing raked up again. L tell you honestly
thisiis one OF them, and don't quite like
this joke. ~" No kind of Joke, on nv
word, ?" I Continued; !. ,"and, if q am touch
ing on anything iunpieasant,i Ipfeabe for
give me, for I have d purpose. N aTot that
1 Imagined you we're SO sensitive gon the
subject, especially as you contemplated
turning it to literary account"
~ ?-literary account? What do you
mean ~ he asked Indignantly. 81 should
as lieve think of turning canhiSal as of
turning anything connected with that
young lady to account, as you call it"
l was a little puzzles now; 60 I said !:
Well, but who do you say the young
lady is?n "t .r name-if you mean that
was Miss (aughton; Rose Naughton
when l krtg her butL confess don't
see that, because she happened to be q
friend of your wife, you are warranted in
ance with her." 'tMy dear fellow" 7
cried, "L had no idea Of this believe me.
hadn't o notion that you knew iler
name, and we are evidently q little at
cross purposes. But bear with me q min.
ute longer. Admitting that this is a por.
trait of the Miss Rose Naugbton whom
you seem to have known, though never
could have guessed that: just look at it
carefully again and see if it does not re-
mind you of some one else-some one
whom you once saw, repeat, under very
peculiar circumstances"
He bends forward to examine the pho
tograph, and presently says, "No." Then
y say, "Will this help your memory ?''
And, while helis still looking at the por-
trait, / put down on the ledge of the
easel, just under his eyes, an earring.
Good Godp' he cries, ''what are you up
to? What have you taken this out OF
the cabinet for7" ST have not been raar
the cabinet, if you mean the place where
you keep your jewels" "Then what on
earth" He hesitates, and, taking np
the earring, walks with it across the room
to his treasure store. L cannot help, with
my dramatic instincts, watching him
eagerly, and it is as good as play to see
mis- surprise and wonder when, opening
the cabinet, he takes forth the earring he
picked up in the railway carriage, and
! linus thai ho mas the fellow 10 IL in his
other hand.
Yes; there they are, clearly the pair
two birds claws, each holding revoly-
ing wheel. "Now look at the portrait
again" I say, when he had stood for. q
minute regarding me with blank amaze
ment. II don't say .het ycu will, be-
cause it is mere speculation, but do yon
not see In the portrait of Miss Naughton
something to semind you of the .yonpg
lady, your mysterious travelling compan-
ionY" He lis examining the photograph
again. Well, 1t Is very absurd, but
really, now you put, it to me, there might
be something Of the came look in It,
anu AZ Honticlb.I w IL Ii BEO bnen
Rose after all, that / in q measure
was reminded osf ss5aat night? On my
hcnor seem TO think it must have bean.j'
Then turning to me he asko: "But what
is the meani1g of all this Z What do yn :
want TO know whether can see any re-
semblanee in this photograph to that girl,
and where, above all, did you get this
other earring from? Explain Yourself,
for Coda aaka y, ffsE ~ - -
Because, as I my, - replied, sit seems
to me Just possible that, If there be such
thing as ghcstly influence, or spiritual
Ism, tor eiafrroyance. or whatever one
May .Aoosel to call such mysteries--be'
cause, Iisay, if such things exist. you
may have received the warning to leave
your seat as you did through the myste-
rious influence of Miss Nahoht,.. kassAie g
for she was in that railway train that
aame night, aud those oarrings belonged
to her" Again the wonder in his face
would have been ausE sing hs1 it not been
mingled with an a. nreasi0n of pain.--
Ipcredible, preposterousl' he said ai
length. Yon soy that Miss Naughton
is a friend oG. your Wife's?p
.Yeg; and will explain how came
l.upon thss fact fnrthuith Ynatas.lag cd
my wife was dressing, abe asked me to
fetch her a brooch from the drawer in
her dEeesing-case. On opening 1t, the
frat thing which caught my eye, amongst
q lot OF little trinkets, was tfist earring
and q moments examination shoWed II