Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-10-22
LENVOI.
THE TWO PICTURES.
sir yaars and more have naSsad

Six wears and more have passed
We Lave novel iron Aberdeen to the
uelghborhooi of Richmond.
1t is cool summer evening. We are i'm a
large drawing-room with French windows
opening OH a lawn which slopes down TO
the river. The room Is furnished and
adorned with all that taste can suggest and
moderate wealth can suppl.
Our pictures are much admired but it is
needless TO maze an inventory Of them: I
only desire to call attention to two wh,ci,
stand out from the rest. They are com.
panion portraits The one is handsom.
fair haired young man IN comets uniform.
the other is d beautiful dark-haired girl in
white. They are placed exactly opposite
each other. Now have noticed that, as a
from Holbein 10 Mlllais down ward land the
young lady lis one of Millais' besb have =
peculiarity-the eyes have the power to fol-
low you all over the room wherever you 20.
The; go pictures of ours have yet more re-
mar cable p-culIarity-their eyes arc fixal
u,lv uu c;,rL other with Il tenderness 90
tOuciin, 81 rxpre ;sive and min 10 tim.
at n.giit, when tho lou eIrJlI is at rest; ani
when flor l AN always a late bird) have
been sitting reading my book, or stud lnx
my last new part, ! have often sat and
watched and wondered, and have almost
expected to hear them speak to each other
This fancy has perhaps scarcely ever affected
ME so strongly as at this very moment
have Just finished reading this story to
ssmall family circle. consisting Of two ven
srable gentlemen ami two women, one OF
them young and fair, the other grown old IN
, loving faithful servitude.
For u little while we are silent.
think we are all locking at the picture.
i'm sure ! am. Is it phantasy, or am
dream ny by daylight The eye, nave
moved. Instead of looking as usual al eacu
other, they are both looking straight at ME,
Yes, J could swear IL l.
Har:;l Isn't that peal OF childish iov.
ous laughterl Yes, and saei Two young
sters with fair faces, bright eyes, sunny hair
| and sturdy legs inherit d from their father
| fill the air with life and motion as they come
bounding into the room from the lawn. No
two children of my acquaintance are 40
! spoiled and petted as this young lady and
! gentleman. Their present appearance Is
most inopportun3. hence mamma iniuces
them for a moment to confins their atten-
lions to a dish of fresh Strawberries smoth-
| cred In cream. But the spell is lroksn-the
BARNS have brought us back to earth.
Then one dear oil man wakes up and
says:
1.-The story Is DER iru,, Jack, but you
| have ma le ono of the characters too like
King Arthur, and you've not done justice
to the others"
| Little pitchers have long ears, and our
little listeners. having polished off their
Strawberries, cream and all, demand TO
know: Who is King Arthur
The other old gentleman replies:
"Oh, he's the King of King iom Come"
| The youngsters return to the charge with:
| "Oh, that'll no do, grandpa Kingdom
| Come is in the clouds"
| "Just so. my bonnIe bairns," replies the
doctor, 'an1 Arthur is the great King of
| Cloudlani, but he's coming back to airth to
make The dark LIGHT and the wrang RIGHT
tome day"
Although this answer poses the children,
it doesn't seam to satisfy them, and they
clamor to know:
| "Who are the othersf
Mamma repli,; tothe girl in h,r soft sweet
| voice, oh, on, was beautiful lady, whom
| you are tllel after Flora"
Then Gran ipa Willie, pattiny the boys
| go'don curl, says ton icriy AM gravelv:
And Tho other. nv mamie, til, 9th n
was a friend, a very Near and dear fricni
| o. mine, uni "a nan SAX, Of yours, my little
| Curly"
| THE END