The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-02-14

ecause the painters art was now TO him
and it amused him TO watch man givin!
his whole time and intellect - the copyin.
Of faces and things on canvas Also he wa
well aware by this time that it was not I,
sec Mr.. Emblem or himself that Arnold
spent every evening al the house, and HI
was amused to watch the progress of al
English courtship. In India, we know, they
manage matters differently, aud so as <
give tho bridegroom no moro trouble thar
is necessary. This young man, however
| he observed, took the most wonderful pain!
and the most extraordinary trouble tC
plolse
| "Do You know, I.ala Roy Arnold said
| one morning after n silence of three hour;
or so, do you know that this is going TO bt
the portrait Of the most beautiful woman IL
| the world, and the best"
az is we'll" said tho Philosopher, "when
young man desires virtue as well as
beauty"
"Hou have known her all her life. Don't
trouble yourself TO speak, Laa. You can
nod your head if there isn't maxim ready.
You began to lodge in the house twenty
years ago, and you have SO IN her every day
since. II she is not the best, as we'll as the
most beautiful girl in tho w0rll, you ought
'
do know IT."
"Happy is the man." said the sage, "who
shall call her wife: happy the children who
shall call her MOTHER
II suppose, I.aIa,n Arnold went on with
an ingenious blush 81 suppose that you
have perceived tLat--that--in fGct-l love
her"
Tho Philosopher inclined his head
nj .bC h.,
wcil-that she suspects or knows itl"
The thoughts of maiden are secret
Thought. As well may one search for the
beginnings OF a river rs inquire into the
mind OF woman. Their ways are not our
ways, nor are their thoughts ours. nor have
We wit to understand, nor have they tongue
To utter, the things they think know not
whether she suspects"
Yet you have had experience, Lala
Royn
a smile stole over the Sage's features.
In the old days when was young mad
experience, as all men have. have had
many wive, Yet u m,, az TO all Others.
the thoughts OF the harem arc unknown"
Yet, lrs--,urely You know the thoughts
Of Iris, your pupil"
II know only that nor heart is the abodt
OF goodness, and that she knows not any
evil thought. Young man, beware. Trouble
not the clear fountain
Heaven knows" said Arnold. II would
not And here he stopped
''Y outh," said the Sage presently, lis tn,
season for love Enjoy tho present happi
ness Woman is made 10 be loved Re.
ceiv, with gratitude what Heaven gives
The present moment is your owl Defer
not until the evening what you pay accom-.
p!ish at noon"
With these words the Oracle became 81.
lent, and Arnold sat down and began to
think it all over again Nh
An hour later he presented himself at the
house in the Kings Road. Iris was alone,
and she was playing.
"You, Arnold! 1t is early for you
Forgive me, Iris, FOR breaking in on your !
afternoon; but ! thoUg hit is fine after.
noon-I thought that, perhaps You
have never taken walk with me "
She blushei, | think in sympathy witt |
Arnold who looked confused and STAN |
mcred, and then she said she would go witt !
him.
In the afternoon OF late September day !
there are not many who walk in the Batter. |
sea gardens. Arnold and Iris had the terrace !
almost to themselves, we for half IL dozen |
girls with children, and two or three old |
men making the most OF thu last summer
they were ever likely TO soc. though it would !
have been cruel TO tell them So
This is your favorita walk. Iris" said
Arnold at last, breaking The silence
YES, | come here very often. II is my
garden. Sometimes III the winter, and
when the east wind blows up the river
have it MI 10 myself
~ quiet life. Iris ne said, and
happy lie
Yes; a happy life"
Iris will you change 1t for liie which
will not be 50 quiet He took her hand,
but she made no reply. II must tell you,
Iris because cannot keep it from you any
longer love you-oIl, my dear, | cannot
tell you how love YOU
"Oh Arnoldm she whispered. It had
como, the thing she feared TO hear,
May 60 on: | have told you now the
most important thing, and the rest matters,
little. Oh Irs, may 60 ON and tell you
allF'
go Oh, she SAID; tell me all"
GAS for telling you verythingn he said
with "A little laugh, "that is no new thing. u
awe told you all that IS in my mind for
year and more II seems natural that ]
concern you at all, but some other girl
,houEh that would he impossible. / love you,
Iris; ] love you'll should like to say nothing
more But must tell you as well that l arr
luite poor nan: ! am an absolute pauper.
have nothing al all--no money. no work,
nothing. Ny studio and all must go back tC
lor; and yet, Iris, in spite of this, l am sc
selfish as to tell you that love you. l would
give You, if ] could, the most delightful
palace in the world, and offer y on share
n the uncertain life OF an artist, who does
rot know whether lie has any genius, OF
whether he is fit even to be called an artist.
She gave him her hand with the frankness
which was her chief charm, and with look
n her eyes SO full of trust and truth that his
leart sank within him for very fear lest he
should prove unworthy of so much conf
lence
ooh, Arnold she said, az think that ]
have loved you all along, ever since you
began TO write to ne. And yet | never
thought that love would come to me-"
He led her into that bosky grove set with
seats convenient for lovers, which lies ro
close TO the Italian restaurant,
where they sell the cocoa and the ginger
Deer There was no Ols in the Mace best 10