The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-09-10

ance 30 long as iie knew Ills bu ,n'ss what
mattered II no was twenty-five or fltty-flve-
Mrs, Ersline troubled nothing about the
affair, Shs knew that master gave her
niece lessons twine or thrice a week. The
old lady new n even acquired his name To
her no was the drawing master, no more and
no less, There arc many such old ladies as
thisl
In order that what happened may be read
Alright, two facts must be distinctly borne In
mind The first, that Beatrice Clauson was
not then the stately and apparently emotion
less young lady, whose calm and self-con-
tanned demeanor was such subject Of con-
graduation 10 her uncles, and such puzzle
TO Frank Caruthera She was but girl OF
eighteen, prou, II you win, but romantic,
impuslye, and Notwithstanding the shatter-
ing of the pnternal idol, trustful OF man and
womanltnd, She was lonelyi craved for
sympathy; and In spite OF her position In the
world, her lie, 80 Tar rs she could 500 II,
looked void and colorless A long stretch
without a visible goal, Lastly, sho beloved,
az most young people OF eighteen believe,
that hor Judgment Oh TO what was best for
herself was inlalihle.
The second ract 10 De borne IN mind is that
Maurice Hervey at twenty-five was not In
appearance the scowllng, crafty-ootlng
felon seen by Mrs. Miller IN Portland prison;
not even the malicious, mocking rulilan who
confronted her ON his release, The mask
worn by tho man when Beatrice FIRST know
him fitted TO perfection, and, until the
lalnous, sordid nature II hid. Ile was do
cidodly good-lookng, he was well dressed,
ald II he carried touch Of the Bohemian
about MIN IL was not more than was pleasant
and compatible with the profession ho fol
lowed. His hands, matter upon which
young girls SGT undue store, were white and
well formed He was attentive and respect
full In the discharge Of his duties-doubly 80
after the first few lessonsl
For by that time he had found out much
about his pupll-not all no wanted 10 know,
but a good deal He had learned that she
was baronet's daughter, and an heiross,
He could not ascertain how much money
she would come into or from whom II came,
But 30 far as II went, he believed his
information 10 be trustworthy, aud acted ac'
cordlngly
lie began by awakening the girls sym.
pathy for his unworthy sof He told her,
or, II might be said, conveyed % hOr pro
dglous lies about his own hard lot; he
diated on the drudgory Of lesson'gIying TO
man who believed ho had genius 50 clevorly
did he talk that Beatrice was persuaded that
she was under an obligation 10 him for the
very act OF teaching, His lies were master
pieces, because ho did not, like many self.
styled neglected geniuses believe In his own
talents. Tho man know that such skill az
he possessed could make him, at the outside,
a ilfth-rate artist, or, IL might possibly be,
Grstrato drawing-mastor.
But all the same no made Beatrice believe
he was one day destined 10 storm tho Royal
academy, and whom once she believed this all
differences In station between thom vanished,
Our ago, an every one knows, Ia tho triumph
OF art. Poor artists and struggling literary
men do not now fawn upon lords-lords ash
them TO dinner and make much of them, OF
such IN tho common belief So now thai
Miss Clauson was convinced that MGuric,
Horyey was genius, no cold spectre oi
social distinction rose between tho man and
his desire.
The drawing lessons grow longer and NOR,
and more conversational. Hervey was an
educated man, or at least know how 10 turn
such education M was his 10 the best account
Tho first sign OF what was about TO happer
was Beatrico's beginning 10 wonder how ah,
should DO ablo 10 offer this man money foi
his services Then followed othor symptoms
which aro invariably distinctly pronounced
whom the sufferer IL a self-willed girl Of
eighteen.
Hervoy, as soon as ho found himself on the
same platform az his pupil, hurried matters
on. He had pressing reasons known only 10
himself, for bringing things to conclusion.
Perhaps his audacity helped him, AT any
rate, whom one day no dashed tho drawing
materials aside and vowed ho loved her, and