New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-19
TIE PRINCESS OF ASNELLES.
'Mr. George Byrne 2

.Mr. George ByrneP
i thought so-give me your hand, Mr., George
Byrne! ,,, 70 rotnee
the request albeit he COulu nOU leln0ll"Ni ""''-o
met his visitor before. C
am clad to make your acquaintance George,
He held Georges hand hrlnly VINE ne spo1hc any,
locked him tull in the face. ike the LOOK ol
Won; no humhug no nonsense III you-lnaat - nv
more than one may nationally expect 10 hilT III q
vonnp man under thirty. Then dropping MS manu-
with a final pressure. he looked round the stuulo
and said And this is your atelleT, ch
do not give 1t so fine a name .t. H.
Your workshop then-that rs the meaning OF lile
word | understand it. You don't draw much IRON
the life. see
.Thpr YOU ought to be. You have some idea OF
color but YOU can't draw. George, that man IS as
bad as anything have seen in the ROYAL Academy
By-the.hy saw litile canvas OF yours 'heIe'
My first appearance there a..
Pretty enough TUT nothing to raise II above the
1evrl of the pctlires one ceases to look at with
TeoJachc and don't care to spend a shilling to see
again. Does it strike you rs remarkable that there
are men who VIII pay IRON hlty 10 a huhuItu
puiueas for a picture which they could see more
often than they wish to 10y spending hVe OF SIX
shillngsT -, ,-, 6,oor,o s.id
"There they are-rows and rows Of pictures all
owe dead level of Conveutionalty, NO. J JuSt Ilhe
No 900 and only to he identified with me utle IN
IA. cotalonue by small illustration. why VIII
not YOU young fellows strike out INTO deeper NdIcLa
and leave the shadows to the spEiShihg anu dao-
II had five mixtures re eCted, and the only fault l
could find in them that they were not NeIsh.
Forty three Welsh and tweny-elght names
nictures in that eXhbit!On-took the tou"ic 20
count them The visitor shrugged ms shoulders
ana walked across the room to look nj sInaIl PthpI
.thern'. lie there You might have had that III
the saion l should like to buy that OF you II 1t Is
'0' ' sIaIi be- Glad to sell II for FIVE guineas'
i viii have it, Ii Will he worth ten IN couple
Of years time if you are the KIND OF man iahr you
TO be. and work steadily at your profession NOT
as an amateur. but an artist DO you Hlhd my
giving you little advice
Not at all -, u.
OF the Thames for a few years
i was thinking of running over TO HavTe'
Tie mysterious visitor looked at him for a mo,
,nfnt in silence his eyes twin>ling mirthiully and
a smile playIng about the corners OF his large
mouth then lie said drylv. 80 ,
'HayTe--that's near IrOuvllle, Ism III 7
Il believe 50 George said growing rather red.
1t had occurred to him in thinking OF his proposed
expedition that he might see little lie anu galely
You'll find Trouville horrid before August and
wearying then. When do yon startT
Before the end of the month, ana dOh thlnK
shall 90 to ITOuville'
The coast beyond is much prettier. When You
have passed the Orne, the cliffs become good and the
country charming. Asnelles IS famous for pretty
girls | forgot, though-yOu are not hgure man
George was half inclined to resent mis- visitors
freedom, half inclined u laugh at the oddly OF his
May l ask where l have seen you before 2 he
asked.
George but | don't think yOu took much notice of
me for you were chiefly interested in "A bottle at
the time. How old are you nowF
Five and twenty
Five and twenty! that makes me close upon
fifty
Your mother. | daIesay you heard OF an urcle
named Richard Barton.
Not often. warrant. His name would be used
perhaps to point moral, but never 10 alorn a
tale. He was not a credit to the family, for the
family on your fathers side was clerical TO a man,
and this Dick "A loose vagabOnd with tastr Tor
Wit who would stand in the WAYS of such sinners
as Bob Brough and Frank TaliuuId, aud blanche
and little Robson. and would not SIT where his
nncles and cousins preached. Had he kept up his
connection ia the family his cousin, your uncle
was generally hated at Tunbrldge, except by your
mother-she stuck 10 her griceIe9s brother through
thick ana thin. and suffered much on his account;
pour soul He saw at last that lie was not wal ted
at Tunbridgc and so one morning he gave bis sister
a farewell kiss and started on Tor B0heinla WIN
half crown in one pocket and poor BOI's Siege
OF Troy in the other He stayed IN London until
one by the old tribe of wits died out, and then
he left the country altogether. You may have heard
that he 10 the cnd Of his career 10y breaking the
Sabbath; but he didn't lie lived abroad Tor
twenty years and never went near Iunbrldge until
the day before yesterday
And you are he
| am. found everything as eXpected-a little
older but otherwise unchanged. Your mother was
lust as sweet and contradictory, and wOuanly as
ever and stephen as a bishop no less prlggish than
Stephen as a curate. | arrived at an important
moment family council was being held. Your
mother was OycriOyed to see me, and after bref
explanation the rest of the family party fOrgaYe me
in "A truly Christian spill, ana took me int0 thelT
confidence. For you see wear respectable clothes,
] am longer n Bohemian, and ] have twenty
thousand pounds in the bank in addition 10 which
may now add presentation copy Of the collected
sermons OF your uncle the bishop. as delivered by
hlu IN the last twenty years
And much good may they do YOU growled
George.
Richard Barton smoOthcd ms shaven checks be.
tween the fingers anP thumb of his left hand II
10 repress their smile. and continued:
The subject of family discussion was your well
fare, George
Great heavens.-ean't they leave me alOneP
In consistence with their earthly mission they
can't George. 1t seems that your uncles intended
you for the Church. and that your uncle Stephen