Connecticut western news., 1881-11-30
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BY BR1LISs1 Saso M.

on Will Harvey, the young stranger who had so recently come among them. They,were. a rough sci of felbws for the most part, these miners, Sh9 spent all the sunlit hours beneath the surface of the earth but they held rough code of honor, too, between themselves, and woe to the man among them who vio- lated it.;Iis- 2! i&sl 9at eAE3 D ~
 Part of this code was strict yielding to every man. bis .own,s, 1an4yyfseaz zthe hour thass Jack Mdsgrave haA won the love and promised troth of Fancy Key. nddsA Abe had besn s&fed 6evdrH one asshisAs mRch th9RghSpe plemR wardsE EAreaay hsk bssA ukstedIhic made them man, and wife. Before this,. Fancy had, in a measure, been looked upon as belonging to them all fza1 s
 She .wab lthS Slaughter oi man who had drifted to the mines in pursuit of wealth imagining that sn Edorado waited but, bis revealing touch, He had brought with him his bride, deli cate girl who lived but to look into her baby's blue eyss, ers lheryown forever closed bnttda child lSfeB and pros pered. Every mmer Tn the camp would have turned nurse, so rafe and wonder ful thing was it to feel a baby was in their midst. 7, Some one among them gave her the singular name which had always clung to her, and which now had grown a .watohword among them.
 They scarcely realized that she was no longer. 2 child, when one of their number made the discovery for them by claiming their congratulations upon having won.her for his promised bride.
 There were 2 few sad, hearts which, all unexpectedly to themselves; discov- cred only by their blasted hopes the knowledge of those hopes existence; but these hid from every eye the truth, and smiled more bravely than the rest. Jack was 8 favorite with them all.: Honest, manly and true, he was well calculated to make happy the girl of his choice; and, though Fancy seemed like some lovely, shrinking flower by his side, no one doubted the innate tender ness which wonldi ever, guard and pro- tect her. @3s yfi''' .so-ss < --7ta i., s'-. There had been some talk about set ting the wedding-day, when they were called upon to welcome youhg Harvey as a strar ger for g little time demanding their hospitality. 7asy .fs..t trts2da- sf
 He was an artist, and had come among them for the purpose of transmitting some of the wild scenes of their camp life to canvas. ---s--,s..s.ss .gs,
 How smooth and white his hands looked, compared to theirs, hard and brown to blacknessl His clothes, too, were of different cut from their Sun day garments.5 His manners were of a different school; but, for ali that his frank, pleasant ways had made him a favorite, until they noted that Jack Musgrave's honest, kindly face wore a cloud. and that during the hours he<was compelled to be at his post, Fancy stood or sat1 by the ,stranger's side watching the wonderful creations of his brush. l: , Then he asked to paint her portrait, and she gave glad, pleased consent. Was she really sospfetty as thas 2 she questioned, as the picture progressed and he,I in turn, declared his brush could not do justice, to the exquisite colorine of natures shandiwork. e sse.;s ; <. ,issa
 Therefore it was for Jacks sake, not their 5oyn,, that these rough miners looked with jealous eyes on this inter, 'oper. Suppose one of them had un' -earthed 8 choice bit of gold-a fortune found after years of tol-who would have had the right to ask to share 1t or even to look upon its yellow beauty How much less, then, to gaze upon the jewel enshfinedin a mans heart.
 But of all this Fancy noted nothing She was in g new world, 3 new realm Her long-repressed imagination at las might burst it's bonds. She could lis ten for hours as the young artist painted for her, in words as glowing as tht colors on his palette, theworld of poetry and of arta,aliA Enf ksAarlf sa.' :. l,.T lo
 Why did Jack never talk like this
 she wondered; and so, one evening, sh' said to him, half-poutingly: ssa@s' sn
 "Jack, do you th1nk me pretty Yol have never told me so r A4s-
 A look of sadness crept over his fac nt- 4ka- -puestion. f ri ,fe r..-...z
 "I did nor know must pat it int,
 words, Fancy" he answered. "II sup
 pose didn't tell you so because don tell the sun. or the stars, or, the moon
 but 1 would rather they all hid thei light from me than not to look upoi your face p
 It was the most poetical speech he ha, ever made her. . b,a a.,.ts. .,s. ..s,
 "I declare, Jack" she laughed, {"
 believe you have been taking lessons c MT. Harvey" 7 h15a ...o -e. "God forbid !" answered the youn
 man, brusquely, and walked hastil away. ", ..ssz r..
 This was in the early days, but as tim went on, what had. been but shado, deepened into black and oYerwhelmin cloud. s'' H.15 @ sF'..'. ss5'...'i.'.' 70
 Fancy's cheek had lost it's color !; he laugh had lostits 1nirth. She was ill a ease with her lover, and he, poor fellow was not slow to trace the cause
 He had come up from the mines earlie
 than was his won't, one Saturday aftel noon, when, strolling idly through tn
 wood, he had stumbled suddenly upo
 the artist and his work. rs 5tsa a..
 It so chanced that the picture on hi
 canvas was Fancy's unfinished portrait
 The sight kindled the smoulderin
 fire in the young fellows breast. r
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