The Dillon tribune., 1885-07-18

s.. +h.t what happened may be read
In oroer fscts must be distinctly oorne IN
arish' sm Ths arst, that Beatrice Ciauson . was
mind: l1s ~. ststely and apparently emotion
not tnen .,.r S lady, whose calm ana se1-con-
less yoens was such . subject OF con-
tained oene ;'u - her uncles, and such puzzle
grstulaun0rr. 0rr.rruthers. She was but girl OF
to Fran. w nrnad. il you win, but romantic,
eighteen, md Notwithstanding the shatter.
impuin.sse' .se raternal idol, trustful OF man and
ing OF 20. H., She was lonely; craved for
wonans woasr. and in spite Of her position In the
ymps-y ~ 1ife 40 far q she could see 1t,
world, nel s,a and colorless. A long stretch
looeeo w.. .,;sihle Qoal Lastly, she believed,
"itnous vonne people Of eighteen believe,
ss mo@ 4y,,J1ment y as to what was best for
herseu .s"ond ~n fact to be borne in mind is that
Ine se Hmvey at twenty-five was not. In
Naullo the scowling, crafty-looking
appes .s.r bv Mrs. Miller in Portland prison;
tslon .s IN. Tho malicious, mocking ruAlan who
aos s..d evsA her on his release. The mask
m c0or rv the man when Bsatrice hrst knew
.eH W AtSsd ~ to perfection, and, until TIE
hun .. :. "ho.e showed NO glimpse Of tho VII.
ware eu ."sd;d nata,rs il hid. He was de:
la i,.,- oood-lookins, b. was we'll dressed,
c'os hs carried . touch Of tho Bohemian
sua su.4 = him Il was not more than was pleasant
49, DS sconnatible with the profession he fol-
;ln.S su His hands, . matter upon which
~. ~. .irls ret undue store, were white and
yoSns y'm $s,sned. He was attentive and respect
", w = =. ths discharge Of his ies-doubly 20
|I0A ~ g.
~, ~ r., hv that time he had found out much
.hmt his pupu-not ~ he wanted to know,
% snt ! eood deal. He had learned that she
~. : beronet's daughter, and an heiress
|us could not ascertain how much money
=. as vorld come into or from whom 1t came.
o.. ~ far as it went, he believed his
;.so,,mation S, to be trustworthy, and acted &C
cordingly.
,..hv for his unworthy self. He told her,
J. 4 might be said, conveyed to her pro-
M,;ous lies about his own hard lot; he
a;i.tsd on the drudgery Of lesson-giving to a
[,,.n who believed he had genius. So cleverly
{aa ha talk that Beatrice was persuaded that
Il. vas under an Obligation to him for the
,.rv act Of teaching. His lies were MASTER
s.css because he did not, like many self
stved neglected geniuses, believe in his own
+.ianta The man knew that such skill as
M possessed could make him, at the outside,
4 afth-rate artist, or, it might possibly be, q
6rstrate drawing master.
But all the same he made Beatrice believe
n vas one day destined to storm the Royal
academy, and when once she believed this all
b6erences in station between them vanished.
Our are, a. every one knows, is the triumph
of art Poor artists and struggling literary
pen do not now fawn upon lords-lords ask
Them to dinner and make much Of them, or
uch is the common belief. So, now that
bliss Clausou was convinced that Maurice
Hsvey was . genius, no cold spectre Of
ocid distinction rose between the man and
Bis desire.
The drawing lessons grew longer and more
md more conversational. Hervey was an
pduated man, or at least knew how to turn
uh education ~ was his to the best account,
yhe first Sign Of what was about to happen
M Beatrice's beginning to wonder how she
houM be able to e6er this man money for
BIZ services. Then followed other symptoms
which ars invariably distinctly pronounced
Whsa the sufferer II . self-willed girl Of
bighten.
Hervey, q soon o. he found himself on the
ame platform as bis pupil, hurried matters
%. He bad pressing reasons, known only to
himself, for bringing things to . conclusion.
Perhaps his audacity helped him. At any
sse, whsn one day he dashed the drawing
Materials aside and vowed he loved her, and