Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-12

ways should, he began to smoke and to
walk up and down.
He had lost her lost her through his
own violent jealousy, and the thought
wrung his heart so that he groaned and
Swore.
As the day wore on Reginald tried &c
work, but 1t was no good he even forgot
what the thing was he meant to do. In
those days life was nard fight with Long
hurst he did the illustrating for some Of
the cheap papers also he did the review
ing for some of the weeklies, and by these
means just managed to get along in the
present, and hoped for better things il
the future. The apartment which serv
ed him for study, studio, and bedroom
was II veritable workshop, and Lacked
both grace and c. mfOrt. This room wa
in II tall, shabby house standing in ,
shabby street. Feet tramped up ant
down stairs bells rang somewhere {
baby squalled prolongedly and painfully
all these things ne noticed, and they al
seemed to him fraught with special sig
niiicance. At length he took up his hat
and set his face westward. After walk
ing some distance he stopped before :
handsome house, the door of which was
opened by stately footman, of whom
Reginald inquired if Mr.. Fullerton wer,
within.
Mr.. Fullerton was at home" the mar
replied, but he was at work i'll the
studio"
~ All right" rejoined Reginald; "he'l
see me, know. just tell him that Mr.
IOnghurst wishes to see him"
The man disappeared, and swiftly re.
turning, led the way to Fullerton's studio
No mere Workshop this The walls of
it were hung with costliest tapestries, the
floor strewn with Persian rugs. In diff
ferent corners stood wonderful antique
vases from some OF which great lilies
bloomed. The room was pervaded with
the scents OF latakia and coffee: and moy-
ing softly to and fro in this artistic para
disc, was the spirit of the place, Edward
Fullerton, very dear to the heart of as
thetic London. He was tall and slight,
with long fair hair, and a dreamy, far
away look in the large brown eyes; yet
he was known to be II sharp hand at Il
bargain. Between these two men, who
were close friends, there could hardly
have been Il greater contrast, the. one
every inch of him the practical workman,
the other every inch the useless aesthetic
Still they liked each other Fullerton's
luxury interested Longhurst, whose
strong manliness in turn stimulated the
other
whats the matter 2" asked Fuller
ton, in the sOtteSt of voices, rs the d COR
had closed. You look even wilder than
usual Besides Thought You were Gpiu-
to take holiday with Your young Woman.
as you call her ~
II have no young woman" replied tn,
other, lighting Il cigar
Broken off p asked Fullerton with
genuine sympathy.
Yes, that's it. We quarrcicd atoj.
and / told her to 90. iA".
after a pause, and something like a ul.I...
''she went; that's all.
There was silence for some time. Then
Fullerton said, laying his hand on I'll,
others shoulder:
you must live for art p
In reply to which Reginald Id art.
and got up, saying "Well. I'll bc OIL
now | thought I'd Just look in to let you
any man. Goodbye. Look you up soon
again" and with pressure of hands they
parted
Getting in everbody's way, Reginald
aimlessly about the London
streets. When it was evening a sudden
faintness remined him that he had eaten
nothing all day long, so he went into the
BAR parlors of Il tavern he knew, and had
himself served with bread and cheese and
beer. This simple meal over, he filled his
pipe and called for whiskey and water
and there he sat smoking, and again and
yet again having bis glass replenished
NO romance to be got out of such lover
as this, is there ? None at all he is as I'M
romantic as the pipe in his mouth rs the
glass of spirits at his elbow; as unroman-
&c as any of the horsey gentlemen who
share the room with him, and who look
without being noticed by him.
1t the man sitting there with the dark
'cowllng brows, smoking hard and drink
nS steadily without the process seeming
II any way to lessen his gloom.
The floor of the parlor was strewn with
Inc shaVlngs, and henceforth their smell
will always recall to him the desolation of
hat night. From out the clouds of to-
lacco raised from many pipes, her fair
ace seemed to float and look at him: and
md he heard again her voice, so appall-
ngly quiet, passing sentence after his
mad outbreak of jealous rage. At the
same time his ear registered all the
sounds gong on around him, the ham
mering Of the glasses on the table by
desiring to have them relilled
the frequent demands at the bar for
tours of Scotch whiskey," "goes of gin, "
md such like, and the eternal query of,
Well, old man, what shall it ?" Then
he tavern boosted club, and it hap
lened to be club night, and from an ad-
olnlng room came manga shout and
many music-hall ditty, the chorus being
given with true British spirit; and ali
hese thing. and all the hot reek of the
place, became fused with his despair. \
,olnantic lover? Not he He should be
Town by the dark waters edge medtat-
ny his final plunge, instead of boozing
lere at the Gray Horse" like yerita,
Die topper But he will not booze all night.
Al length he settles his account, pulls
MS hat down over his eyes, and goes out
lie was one of those stoutly-built, strong
headed men who can imbibe largely
without showing any i'll effects. He
walked erectly and setadily back to his
DOM, entered it, threw himself heavily on
he bed and turned to the wall with n
lgh of infinite WEAKNESS In few min
ties the sound of heavy breathing that
illed the room showed the whiskey had
lone ITS work. The man had drunk that
lie might sleep, and he slept.
TO be continued
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