Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-29
JUMPING 10 4 CONCLUSION

) Of krIeHtStcftc MAI. Sifo"sSr ts 49, y
Ire loyelisst spots In the south oil Eng-
land. Il demonstrated to future ages
that he had a. much an eye for effect
a. any entcrprisirg owner OF public
house with commanding corner po-
sition.- oa the summit OF the earth
mound the gaze travelled over an nn'
opposed range Of cornaclds, mes-
dove, woodlands, cleaning ham
lets. long windswep. reaches Of
chalk-down encifcled s'ir of By the
ssurs c,pc,ure OF the ocean. Civil
rs,ion, as represented by the ubiquitous
steAm.srgiue and smart red. brick Queen
Anne villas and grasping lodging.house
keepers, had not SIS yet penetrated to
Chadbury. Though visited dnriog sam
mtr BY an eminent archaeological body.
ietent on rapsacking aud research, il
hsd escsped the eye of the great pic
piskipg public. No blackened turf. no
broken eipger-bser bottles, or gadding
corks and sirsying papers and scattered
orange.pee, betrayed the presence OF
AIRY and bis Dinah 'out for day
The only human habitstiODs for miles
round were the farmhouse at the foot
Of the hill and litle cottage nesting
in the hollow.
Harriet johnson and Helen Gorine,
the two ladies who occupied one oil the
cosy bay.windowed siLting-rooms set
aside for the use Of sumner boarders
at the farm, had hitherto lodged to-
ge.her in the stutiy apartments OF a
dipgy London suburb. The former was
an elderly art-student whose pictures
had not, as yet, been accepted By augh'
but the stipgiest of deslers. The lat
ter, who was spending her vacation at
Chadbury. was teacher AZ neigh
boring high school. Miss 60.
ring was young woman well
versed IN al the isms aud ologies
of the day, holding advanced views
after Oar win and Spencer, and equally
advanced opinions as to the ultimate
destiny Of her sex. An authority on
evolution and environment aud the sur
yiysl OF the fittest, an icOnoclast Of the
idols and superstitions Of an Gillette
past, with starry blue eyes iringed by
dense blsctS lashes, delicate complex
ion like a dog.rose, and auburn hair
streaked with multitudinous gold
threads like the twisted sunbeams in
brook, she was totally devoid
of TIE romance with which her
friend was trimming over. Nova
DAYS ore must look for sentiment TO the
old, not 10 the children Of the Iron Age
of Science. The fair reader who drop
ped the sympathetic tear over " Lara, "
and "Tbe Corsair," aud I" The Fire.
Worshippers, has for q descendant q
practical young person who prefers
irea,ise on sanitary laws to the finest
lyiic ever penned. For the rest, Helen
Gorirg was q. good, Woodworking girl
who sent liberal instruments OF her
slender salary to augment the BALI
nav on which widow lady and three
little boys subsiste1 in q shabby-gen-
-teel cottage in Clifton.
In The winter ChadbuTy Hill. swept
BIZ the hurricane from the sea. by
binding snoT-stornS and ln-dnvlng'
rain torrents, must have heen bleak aHd
desolaie to a degree. But on this ma
iestic August day it seemed the mos'
desirable Of places. with S"ift lights
and shadows chasiog each other over It's
tbiny slopes, ami the level country
beneath bathed il a yellow glory. Al
ter settling herself and her shady hat
on a camp.stool behind a tall easel,
on whose canvas she vainly endeavored
10 portray a portion Of the magnificent
panorsma unrolled at her feet, Miss
Harriet was now lost in one of her
impossible day. dreams Of splendid pic
lures les yet undrawpl accepted by a
grateful academy las yet UNBORN. Mean
while her young companion, in an anti
quaIisn ecstacy up and round the bar
row. had wandered down the further
side where the little cottage sheltered
itself under the shoulder of the hill.
She had tapped and Clipped with her
geological hammer, and observed the
salient features OF the scene in the note
book, between whose pages she care
fully pressed rare mountain plant
ignoring the uoddiug hlrebells as com
para,ively unworthy Of a botanists re-
gard. however cerulean their tint. Pre-
ssntly she awakened to the fact tina
Ter excursion under the hot Angus
sun bad rendered her eXces
sively thirsty. The cottage, pictu
Itsauely delightful to an artists eye
with It's steep matched roof and white
washed walls, possessed for an arena
logical mind full Of the Waited hats o
a primitive epoch merely the utilitarla'
advantage Of possibly sticrd'ng her
drink Of water. A venerable peasant
whose white locks stray ed III patriarchs
fashion on an ArcsdiAn and antiquaie
smock- srock, sat OF athreeilegged stoo
in the doorway baskiug in the sun
Leaning his arms on his crutches, b
survey I'd the young lady with snll
OF encouraging benevOience. 10 To
dim Dutch interior woman vas WASH
ing. in a cspscious red tub, the mutt
farious clothes that sill eventually Joi
their comrades Oh the lino 1T tho bAc
of the house, where they tluog para
coiored steamers in Inc hish YVES
wind.
Cav you oblige ne with glass {
water Z"
As The woman, with a preliminar
wipe on her apron Of her sOspy arm
proceeded 20 aecede to this request, II
girl s,snding on the threshold Above
her gaze to rove absently over the scrr
pulously clean little room. L wsn4ere
from TIE rudy pot Of bslsam in ID
small dismond-psned window to do
robusteolored picture tackled on To
opposite wall of the childhood Of Il
Royal family, whore u. L. II. ID
Price of Wales was represented play
irg with an orange seSter the preeis
hue Of the late Prince Cousors's walls
coat; till it finally reacasd broke
discolo,ed old bane, with several II
regular markings thereon, lying on y
shelf Of the oyerhanging drep'ase. II
scitrce that +" would peep and,bolau'i
upon its mothers grave " could not,
course, resis. the opportunity of inve