Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28
UNA AND THE LION.

In the season when yellow fogs pre-
vail. London i n drcarv abode for art
istsi So, ut least, thought Cecil An
struthcr a. he looked nj his unfinished
pictures. and feared tO touch them
lest his brush should carry into them
somewhat Of the SURF unding gloom.
lie was feeling Vcrt de- cctcd when
there came u note from Lady Eleanor
Iarstairs, the wife uf one of his kindest
patrons, asking him to escort h,r to n
concert I'm II. James Hall. Il cant
use my eyes tO any advantage. so I will
try u re- Give consolation through nv
ears" he said. and accordingly went TO
the concert.
For huff an hour carried away by the
music. he forgot. not merely his pictures
and his trOubl 5. but everything around
him. too, and only knew that hi ear
was being satisfied with almost perfect
harmony of sound. Suddenly some
thing made him llok M the lcft.hand
side Of the third row in the orchestra.
and instantly tn artists eve was A.
tracted 10y two faces II singular beauty,
absolutely alike IN feature and express.
slon' although one was that Of Young
man, the other that OF n Girl. Each had
wavy light-browu hair, n broad whtc
forehead. dark ewes. n hncl, nodded
nose and chin. and mouth that toll If
tirmness and decision. Both were lean
ing slightly forward in the self-same At
utude' aud appeared Ia be- entirely en-
trauced by the music.
~ ceased no length. and Cecil with
drew his eyes for moment rs nc Joined
IN the applause. When he looked back
again he could scarcely believe that those
were the Same two faces be- had been
gazing upon tcfOsc. so changed were
they now, ~ utterly unlike each other
m expression. The fixed look of rant
attention, which had made them almost
seem rs though carved i'm stone. had
passed from both faces. Over the Girls
count"nancc. n she turned to speak 10
her brother. played bright an! tender
smile, soitrning and irradiating n beam
" which before had cmcd somewhat
stern and cold But the storm limos
out the Young mans mouth had
uccpencd. and therc WERE others now
visible upon his brow that told Of sor.
row, suffer NJ and care. Evidently. the
haoitnal ~ 'om Of his expression had
onlt &c chased away for n few mo-
ment' b the charm Of The music.
One OF u oihoven's symphonies again
stru'k the same chord OF feelinr In the
Two souls. and the two faces grew
STRANGELY alike again; when IL ceased
they changed once more.
Who could they be? What was the
life-story that hal so marked the man =
iaceF Cecil found himself wondering
Hitherto he had been too much self.
conferred; never had his interest been so
deeply stirred before.
Lady Eleanor thought him rather All
sent rs he took her 10 the carriage and
drove back with her; she feared that her
pan LOT distracting his mind from his
WorN han not succeeded. little dream
ing that by means Of IL had been granted
70 nim an inspiration that was 10 raise
and purify his whole future lie.
he went home TO make win epde.v-
ors to put on canvas the two faces tba,
bad so much attracted him; and WIN
SATURDAY. came round he took his sent
letimes In tho orchestra of 81. Lance
Hall, hoping TO catch another glimnsa
OF the lovely maiden and her melan.
choly brother. Nor was he disan.
pointed; there they were below him
where he could gaze upon them com.
.orAoly, without attracting their atton-
uon- II was well for him that he was