The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-03-28

lot forget my lace, she sald, Win Sin 4
yular intonation, 'and if / am not misin G
ormed as to your talents, you can make
. sketch Of me now at this moment from
which YOU could paint some such pic
lure as wish Mr. Heaphey thanked
her for her good opinion, but again ex- ]
cused himself. Nothing would do, how 4;
ever, and the lady carried her point so
far that Mr. Heaphey-he could hardly
say why, and certainly against his own
will and dgment-consented to under
take the commission.
est will be necessary for me- he said,
ito find some time during the autumn
when | can give you your sittings, and
if you will oblige me with your name
and address / will see what ! can do and
let you know. 49,,
E'That is hardly necessary said the
lady;I will be here at the time you may
"Mr. Heaphey looked at her with as
constituent and said:
"But don't see how you can be here
unless let you know when that time
will be-" /
''T shall have no difficulty about that,
said the lady, almost petulently.
In the meantime ] will see that you
have an engaying of face which ] am
! told strongly resembles my own-so
strongly that it has sometimes been ms,
taken for portrait Of me. This VIII
serve to keep me i'll your mind she sald
smiling" and, by the way, wish you
would try to make sketch OF me now
I '~"Puzzled by the lady's manner as
much az by her words, he quietly said:
"'Oh, excuse me, | must get my adj
dress book and we shall arrange matters,
and with this he turned his back for a
moment to the lady, and going to adesk,
opened it to take out the book OF when
| he spoke. When he turned again with
the book in his hand, to his profound
, astonishment, the lady had vanished!
I The door of the studio was shut as ithad
$ been during the whole interview. 1t
+, was heavy door and closed with a
; strong spring lock. 1t seemed to Mr.
Heaphey hardly possible that it could
, have been opened and shut unheard by
. him; but he instantly ran to it, opened
r il and looked down the broad flight Of
V stairs into the street, so rapidly that 1t
c seemed scarcely imaginable lady could
a have rot out Of the house before he was
t on the stairway. No trace of her, how
ever, could he SEEN He ran hastily
!. down and questioned the porter who
l. happened to be standing near the win
e dow, which commanded complete view
o of the stairway and the entrance to the
4 building. His amazement was heigh
n tened when he found that the porter not
/. only protested that he had not seen the
lady 90 out, but declared that so far ~
a. he knew, no lady had entered the build
r ing for more than an hour before. The
d man looked ut Mr.. Hcaphey rs he TOLD
5, him this with a curious expression which
satisfied Mr.. Heaphey that he would
k, not improve his reputation rs SAN
NJ and sober person by pressing his qucs
.. tions any further ON the porter. ii
IN went up stairs again and set about tt
" occupation in which he had been inter
81 ruptcd by his extraordinary visitor.
n was impossible for him, however, t
I'd shake Of an unusual and uncomforta
u bic feeling for which he could not &C
count but which finally became =
&c strong that he closed his desk and lef
lie the building for the night. His arrange
4 ments to leave town being completed
y the next morning he went back to tn
IN studio to see that everything was put i
n proper order for the vacation, and
d. give some final directions, On his DIES
y Law, with number of letters from tn
I'd mail, a small roll of papers addressed
ne him by name, but bearing no POSTWAR
ly or any sign of having passed throug
as tho mail. Hc took this roll of paper U
&c carelessly, opened it, and, to his III
~, sneakable establishment found himse
he confronted with an engraved portrait
by a lady bearing most marvellous reser
on blanCe in the form of the head, MANN
as of wearing the hair, and the features
M his mysterious visitor of the previo
q eyering. This engraving on examin
vi ton he found had been taken out of OF
zee OF the handsome ANIMALS which had be-
in vogue many years before thil
an from one Of Heath's Books of Beaut
ing 1t was a portrait Of young lady of ran
ave celebrated for her beauty, the daught
ord of nm English earl, who many years
lm- fore the time of which am now spe,
lon ing, had been married to a Hungari
nobIeman of great wealth and Of a /
lay, toriC name. 1t was quite impossible
son, suppose any connection between
IN original of this portrait and Mr.. II
F, ! phey's strange visitor beyond the t
ood tuitous resemblance which impress.
ate him so strongly. Calling up the port
. or Mr.. Heaphey asked him by whom t
der roll of paper had been left? The por
nng took it, examined it, turned it over 9
Ca then said:
ms az have no idea, Inever saw il
md. fore.
It OF "'Did you not bring it with the
and mailT said Mr.. Heaphey.
lido ""No sir said the porter, 1t did
y q come with the last mail
the "Now, there was no Ietter-slit in
net, door of the studio The studio it
pa had heen locked and the key in the
&c q ters possession during the whole nj
:. OF and morning, The man protes
ulet- solemnly that he had only come into
non, room to bring up the mail, that the
and Of paper was not carried up by him,
phey that to the best Of his recollect
wing though upon this point he could no
lues' positive, no such ron of paper had b
ance ON the desk when he left the let
eyes there. Mr.. Heaphey finally took
Se TO paper away with him and put ii into