The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-14

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els this it?" asSes
Eyes, " Minna answered, with ~ .,
choking sensation in her throat, ss SSa
but" Dut
1t was of no use. The tear.
come. She sat down III the cusb;eS.s
window seat, and hid her face 4 ~
hands. = aef
Has anything happonedgp asa.s
Mr.. Paul Palmer, genuinely disconcsst
ed. sir
Nothing more than might II.
been expected, said Minna, irvine :
smile. please don't think me foolish,
Yesterday / fancied that this dane J,
mine was a gem Of art. Now NV ava.
have been opened. 1 know that "a
worthless!"
Mr.. Palmer glanced s~crutinizinglv Il
the picture.
"But," said he, "are you sure that
you are the best judge?"
Zone can trust ones W %instino4s
said Minna, sadly. II am SORRY
given you so much unnecessary tronhIe
But | am not rich, and / thought / had
discovered a way Of earning nv liyino
1t is a bitter disappointment to me. INF
1 suppose it is an old story to you, Mr.
Palmer"
Paul was silent. In tho course a
his business he had witnessed many
trying scenes, but his heart ached for this
pale little girl With the sunny iax.cod
hair brushed away from her forehead
and the almost imperceptible limp IN
her gait. 1t seemed to him as Il he
could read her story almost as plainly
as if it were written on her face in print.
ed sentences.
Suppose you let me take the picture
home and submit it to my fathers opin-
ion?" he said, calmly.
ST DO not believe it will be Of any
use," sighed Minna. cit seems as Il
my eyes had been unsealed all too lste.
/ am no artist. / am only a fraud.
Oh, yes" as he looked inquiringly at
her, you can take it. The sooner
know my fate, the better it will be- for
me- $685.
So Mr.. Palmer wrapped up the can
vas in q piece of brown paper, bowed a
quiet good-by, and departed.
All that day Minna sat IN a sort Of
terrified suspense, scarcely daring 10
breathe. Toward night Mr.. Palmer
came back.
"Well?" she gasped, breathiessly.
II am happy to say that the picttreis
accepted" said he, II have brought
you twenty-five dollars for it. AndI
would like a pair OF smaller ones
companion SUBJECTS as soon as you
can furnish them"
Minna Morton gave a little gasp for
breath.
"ohp she cried, ayou really do not
mean it. Accepted and more wanted
Oh, it don't seem ~possiblep
"How soon can you have them
ready?" said Paul, quietly. In a
month";"
eyes, in less time than that, an
swered Minna, half giddy with delight.
eI shall work day and night. Oh, MIR.
Palmer how kind you arel Indeed, IN
deed, you do not know what all this
means for mel"
IL Minna could have been temporar-
ily clairvoyant that day-if Bhe could
have followed Paul Palmer back to
the "art emporium, " where his father,
half doubled up With lumbago, sat view
ing his recent acquisition through an
eye glass-what would have been her
feelings"
paul" said be, CURLY, "this thing
that you have brought home isn't worth
shop-room."
4What is the matter with 1t, sir
@Nothing-nothing on earth. Inc
trouble said Mr.. Palmer, vindictlyely
ais hat there is nothing to it. Ii IS q
neqatatiye from beginning 70 emo.
Tell the artist we can find no sale ior
such trashlD
But Paul Palmer carried back no
such message. He went and came or
ten. He spoke words OF kindly en-
couraoement to the poor young giti;
and paid, out Of his own pocket, nDefai
prices for her efforts. Ia
And one day he asked her to bs ms
wife, and Minna promised that sne
would. i.
Heretofore said she, Il have q.
ways dreamed Of deyotsng myseli V
art: but Of late i am not so hopeiui.
1t seems as if my poor pinlons aIe III 4
strong enough to Yes, faui, {
YOU q care for a helpless lame glr'
like mo-" :. -
II love you, Minnal' he said, simply Il;71
ssIf You will trust yourself to me- ! VIZ
never give you cause to repent u.
IT was not until they had zen lna.
ried some years, and old MIR. ralme a
the picture dealer, was dead and nuIi ~
that Minna, wandering through tne lvI
serted rooms Of the old warehouse, VIZ -
4 rosy-cheeked child clinging 70 sn'
skirts OF her gown, came across ~;
dust-powdered canvases, WITH sne
faces turned to the wall. n.u1
"Oh, look, mammal" cried nttie : 90
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