The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

tendant dogs to bark violently.
In a corner of the stone wall which
adloined the high road, a young man,
apparently an artist, was discovered
with open sketch book, evidently occu-
pied In sketching the scene before him.
On perceiving that he was observed
he approached the group, with apollo
gles: Il am sure / must be trespass1ng
but as | passed along the road, / was Sc
charmed with this mountain view that ]
could not resist the temptation of max.
ing a sketch" he said.
Helen, having with some difficulty
succeeded in quieting the excited ca
mines, politely assured him that he was
very pardonabie. pray finish your
sketch, if you like, she added.
The artist replied with thanks that
1t was already finished; bowed himself
away and disappeared-not without
many a backward glance.
Christina emerged from behind her
cornstalks, whittier she had retired in
confusion, and the conversation which
ensued was not the last on the subject
OF the mysterious artist"
By Thanksgiving time, however, its
probabilities and possibilities had been
exhausted, and its memory become q
thing Of the past. That venerated holi-
day brought agoodly company of "rels-
tions" to the old homestead and Cousin
Mary Rudolph, a young and lively ma
tron, did not leave Hill Farm without
exacting a promise from the girls to
visit her in her Boston home during the
coming winter.
On q February day, during the ex-
hibition of the Boston Art Club, its
pleasant gallery was filled with visitors.
Mrs. Rudolph and her two young guests
had just entered, when their attention
was arrested by a picture which hung
ION the line near the door.
please find this in the catalogue
cousin Mary" said Helen in her calm
| est tones.
The Amateur Harvesters,' my dear.
IA. Challouer! l didn't know he had
anything here. He used to be quite q
friend of ours, but / have hardly seer
him this season. A very nice young
man." she continued, "and one of our
rising artists. If you will believe me"
suddenly, "there he Isl / must present
him to you, girls"
And away hustled Mrs. Rudolph,
while Helen and Christina gazed upon
the Amateur Harvesters" with feelings
"better imagined than described"
It was an autumn scene. The corner
of q garden with meadow and woodland
stretching away from il to meet o low
blue mountain range. In the fore.
ground, two girls, in faded gowns and
gypsy hats, one with her face bidder
by an armful of corn; q barefoot boy.
two frisking dogs; in a word the scene
which had been interrupted that sunny
afternoon, by the discovery of an OBJ
server.
Mrs. Rudolph returned, followed by "a
young man of distinguished and Boston
ian appearance, whom she presented as
"Mr. Challoner."
Mr.. Challoner bowed and took Miss
Emerson's hand with much empress
ment, but his we'll bred features hardly
concealed his surprise. Could it be
possible? This elegant young lady, in
velvet gown and Gainsborough hat with
floating plumes, the rustic maiden who
had unconsciously posed for his pencil
in faded calico and with tumbled
tressesl
Tt surely was. He had never forgot.
ten that face, those ewes, that hair,
that quiet grace, and many were the
conflicting emotions which filed the
mind OF Mr.. Herbert Challoner on see
ing the original and his portraits TINS
confronted.
When, in the solitude of Mrs. Ru-
dolph's cosy boudoir the story was re.
vealed, that impressible lady was in
raptures.
aHow delightful" she exclaimed,
show romanticl / am 50 glad | asked
him to call SOON"
Call soon he assuredly did, and call
often. All mysteries were solved.
All, say I? ALI past ones, perhaps; but
what new and more subtle mysteries
began to reveal themselves, / am not
quite competent to say.
But / know that Mr.. Herbert
| ChaIloner spent last summer, as
the summer before, in Maine, only
this time his head quarters were at
Hill Farm. And the last time / saw
my pretty friend, Helen Emerson, she
wore on one slender finger a little cir
clet OF alternate tiny diamonds and sap
phires, and she was hemming something
which strongly resembled q tulle veil.
1T is understood hat Mr.. and Mrs.
Challoner are to sail for Europe the
week after the wedding. Mr.. Chal-
loner wishes to study art abroad, and 1
believe Christina is to accompany them,
+! for the purpose of studying music at q
foreign conservatory. / have heard
something about a certain young doc
tor. who is to set out from Boston about
the same time, to finish his medical ed
ucation in Paris; and / would not ba
surprised il ] were invited to another
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