The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-08-11

| me. Wnat rlght nau IL poor stfuB-
Cling artist, TO aspire TO tho hand OF
one In wealth, II not In rank. so far
above me IL would have been a
bad return for the trust end conil-
dence her father reposed In me. We
were both young and our tastes as-
simulated.
One day head that see was about
10 be married. what else could |
expect And yct | would not belleve
IL. l was restless and perturbed aud
my pencil was thrown aside.
went again to her home, aud /
was introduced to a gentleman.like
white haired old man. could not
but learn he was Laura's destined
husband. / quilted tho house ab.
ruptly. was mad. | did not go
again, and In few days they sent to
make inquiry for me. was i'll, and
would not be seen. was going
TO the country.
a few weeks, and knew she was
a wife. ! hated her father and her
husband, aud / almost hated her.
The world was. TO my JaundIced eyes,
a..congregation OF vlllainy and filled,
with misanthrophy, started for the
North on long pedestrian tour.
Time and trouble modified my
feelings and opinions. ] argued with
myself more reasonably, and | resolv-
Ell TO return 10 the city apd there re.
sumo the practice Of my profession
My old lodgings in Newman street
were again to let wrote FOR, aud
reoccupied them.
Two years rolled By, aud / was
still struggling fIr position. had
hitherto abstained. from asking the
assistance OF any member OF my fdrn.
lily, and resolved 10 remain 40 far
independent II Is true | was eften
pressed for the exigencies OF the mo
ment, and my best sketches were
sold TO tho dealers for the most tri
fiing sums but I stiIl toiled on
stu hoped on. Though my sanguine
temperament was more subdued now
than IL used TO be-. could not for.
! get her.
/ was painting one morning ia my
, rooms, when II carriage was driven
: to the door Of the house In which ]
: resided, and tho unusual sound drew
; me 10 the window.
A lady aIighled In deep mourning.
She was 80 young. 50 pale, and get
. withal 50 boIutifdI, | though, / had
never seen tie llko before.
A moment only, aud the blood
rushed 10 my heart aud her name
, started 10 my lips-it was Laura.
She told me that she had lost hel
; father now almost year that she
had no portrait Of him In his age, ant
, that she had sought me out 10 pain
her one from memory. was The
only artist OF their acquaintance wh'
latteriy had known him well.
| do not know what I said, but
{ expressed nay readiness to undertake
1 the commission, while / endeavore6
3 To give utterance to the sympathy
felt.
d AMY poor fathers loss 10 not tn
, only ono have bornO these last tw'
years. My husband"
For the first time | saw that sh
, was In widows weeds.
: I started involuntarily, and som
: sort OF exclamation burst from IN,
r lips, for II slightly checked the lad
o In her speech.
"My husband, my good husband, 4,
8 continued she, "dIed suddenly, ant
r within a few months of cur marriage
II, as indeed I do not doubt, you ar
? successful with the portrait Of poe
papa, mus,--but ws will speak o
! that another time"
> 1t was flxed that the picture shoal'
8 be ready In fortnight she wa
o again to visit my studio.
/ cannot describe my feelings du
n ing the time that Intervened. WI
!, in whirlpool of excitement. F.
= the first week I said nothing.
dwelt on ly On her image. though
r of her as had known her as girl
= I pictured her as bride conjnre
d her In her widowhood.
g And yet two years had only passe
IS two little years.
y Alas why had she married IN
= old man i? 1t could not be that the
was any bond of sympathy betwee
"a them. The wide disparity in the
a age made that impossible. Could st
se have welded him for his gold--ha
Or sold herself for--out upon Il
d thought The pure, the lofty mlnde
d Laura Temple barter her youth an
love and purity for the wealth of {
], Indies must be will ain for Il
n thought.
n Besides, her fathers fortune al