The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-07-25
ri OOMSRJJRG pA FRIDAY. JULY 25 1884
that she was struggling with

some palnIul emOtiOll. t..,i... ....,.ttf...l d.
what must you think Of us 2 she
exclaimed at lastr--''our silence I II WAS
not my fault. Are you quite strong
again ?"lnHu.. -d t0- A.'IH '' IN
I BY degrees I drew forth from her
that they were quite poor now, and
that she was giving daily music lessons
10 order to herself and her father, who
was weak and i'll and terribly altered.
Quite poor indeed they were and liv-
ling in apartments, to which, by her
tasteful arrangement OF the relics that
remained 10 them of their prosperous
| days, Genevieve had nevertheless
managed to impart an air of refine
ment aud elegance, 1t was only just
| 10 time that had found them, for
poor old Mr. Browne was, as any one
could see, quite broken up, and seemed
to depend entirely upon his daughter.
She told me that when had come
upon them in the wood her cousin had
Just been refused by her, upon which
he taxed her for entertaining an affec.
ton for a penniless fortune-hunter, who
had been kicked out of Dalehurst as
soon as her father became aware of his
presumptuous designs. Then followed
her indignant words aud my interfer-
enoe and sudden faint. As whole
party had been pic-nicing there help
was not far off, and Mr.. Browne would
have had me carried to Dalehurst had
it not bcen for his nephew's strenuous
opposition. 2l. '-' ...,..,.. ' '..
| | A few days afterward her father had
spoken D to her and begged her to re-
ceive Vanes attention favorably.
Gradually it came out that he had been
speculating and was ruined, if she did
not help him to retrieve his position by
this marriage, but this he did not tell her
till they had all quilted Dalehurst for
the Continent, and she had again re-
fused her cousin. From her mother
| 81 10 had inherited a sum which brought
i her ESQ a year, Upon this pittance,
and what she could make o by teaching,
my brave girl had struggled to main
tain herself and her father until now.
| | had not been mistaken with regard to
Genevieve's sentiments, for | won from
her the confession that she had loved
me from the first. So now that 4 there
was no money to come between us,
as ked and obtained her fathers consent
to, ourunion. We were married very
quietly, both for the sake of economy,
| and also on account of her fathers de-
clining health. haalf,a .,a at 1,,s,s etga
| Among the relics of his former
grandeur, Mr. Browne had retained a
picture which, in spite of everybody,
he had always persisted in believing
toIbe Of great value, This he present.
ed with much satisfaction to his ldaugb,
ter on the occasion of her marriage. He
was getting quite childish now, and
| she nursed and humored him with
unfailing sweetness and devotion. u, ~ ~,
One morniug, on coming down into
the kitchen, l foundher busily engaged
in cleaning her fathers picture. Ie'.3.a q
| ''What are you doing?" asked.
H. 81 am trying to make this 'old and
valuable picture look little more de
cent she replied, laughing gayly
"Poor papa has taken it into his head
| that l do not value it, so I am going tc
give it the place of honor IN the dining
room.
OF course grumbled, for it wa:
really an awful production, and equal,
| of course, my darling coaxed me into
aequiescence. i3D i7i2's o 30 ."'.atat .'h
. fLook here, dear she exclaimed
very suddenly, show oddly this paint
| has peeled off here in the corner !! l,
looks as if there were another picture
underneath" ................... ...''......
| | looked oarelessly at first, then Gu
riously.gal aa.7 'a,t-raa. ~. I'D a.
$50 it does," l replied, and taking
the cloth from her hand | carefully
continued the process till about fcu
square inches had been cleaned off, re
vealing part of lamb. o.g .. .a..
4 "My word !" l exclaimed, and Gene
We've must have thought me mad, for
catching up the picture, | hurried ava,
with it to my studio, packed it up, tor
out of the house, took cab and il
half an hours time was excitedly watch
ing the operations of the restorer t,
whom l had taken II. -,,..... ....., ...... .,
To make long story short, it turne,
out to be Correggio which some Gotl
had covered with his own infamou
daub. 1t was sent to Christie an,
Manson's and sold tor f25OO.
Mr.. Brownies triumph may be easil
imagined, but he would not allow tha
the money belonged to him. at wa
his dear girls dowry," he said. ..' (.
$50 you see you have married al
heiress, n after all, you mean fortun
hunter cried Genevieve, with gla
tears in her eyes. ,g s.a-.. IN.
"Yes, and therefore | shall paint nj
more 'pot-bcilers y" | exclaimed.
kept. to this resolve, and next year
had picture in the Academy. l,,I