Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-01-27

by battery Of bouquets"
How you run ON! / have called twice.
once with you and the second time by the
lady, invitation. Besides, told you-indis-
Greedy, am afraid-that l am already en-
gagged to be married
'Sh, yes, have not forgotten the touch
ing story pun; but we get over all things.
even such passions as yours, We are plants
that thrive very we'll for while in the po,s
have a change of soil
truth
That is all very pretty; but our IDEAS OF
honor and truth are apt to change"
Il don't believe you are half 80 bad fel-
low, Palette, as you would have me think
You utter ahonnnsble sentiments. but YOU
believe as well as other people-nearly"
Thank you. But listen moment Jay Ing
down his pipe. Do you have the same tastes
you had at eighteen! l don't refer to the
pumpkins, with whom YOU played ~hea a
boy, and who, now that you have outsroyn
them, look obviously assance ut YOU
! don't care TO dwell on literary tastes. how
you have outgrown Moore and Tessus
Bailey, and are fast getting through Byron
l wont pose YOU by showing how your ideas
in art have changed, what new views Won
have of life, society, but think Of your ideas
of wonanly, or, rather, gifted beauty at
different ages BY Joye, l should like 70 see
your inamcratas arranged in CHRONOLOGICAL
orderlr
at would be s. curious and instructive
spectacle
You may we'll say that Let me sketch
few OF them"
Il think could do it better
NO; every man thinks his own experience
peculiar. but life has = won,isrful sarueness
after all. Besides, you would fistter the Dor
traits But to begin too early and without
being particular about names there was.
first, Amanda, aged II, faee circular. cheeks
cranberry, eyes hazel hair brown and vayv
awkward when spoken 10, and agreeable
only in an osculatory way. Now, being -.
she is married, has two children, is growing
stout, and always refers to her lord and mas
/ ter as He never by any accident pronouuc-
ing his name. Second, Julia, l6, daxsn-
haired, 1.-the, not ungracsful, self possessed,
and perhaps little pert. She is unmarried,
but having fed her mind with no
more solid sliment than country
gossip, no sensible man could
talk to her five minutes. Third, Laura, Is,
black hair, with sharp outlines ON the tenn
| piles, eyes heavily shaded and coquettishlv
managed, iewelry more abundant than els-
CANT, repeats poetry by the page, keeps a
! scrap-book, and writes endless letters TO her
female friends She is still romantic. but
has learned something from experience, il
not so impossible as when you knew her
won't stop to sketch the pale poetess nor the
dancing hoyden, nor the sweet blue ey ed
| creature that lisped, nor the mature and
dangerously charming widow that caused
some perturbations i'll your regular orbit"
Now, my dear fellow, Palette continued.
| "you fancied that your whole existence de-
pended upon the hazel or the blue or the
blnck eyes, in turn; but at this time you
could see their glances turned in rapture
upon your enemy, if you have one, without a
pang"
"One would think you had Just been read
ing Cowley's charming poem, 'Henrietts
first possest.' But what is the moral to your
entertaining little romance9 That love must
always be transientr
Not necessarily, but generally. We are
travelling at different rates of progress and
on different planes. Happy are the lovers
who advance with equal step, cultivating
similar tastes, with agreeing theories of life
and its enjoymentsN
"Wise philosopher, how comes it, that,
with so Just an appreciation OF the true basis
Of a permanent attachment, you remain
sinsle9 l see q gray hair or two, not only on
your head but in that favorite moustache of
yours"
Gray Oh, yes! gray - badger, but
Immortality young. As for marriage. I'm
rather past that | had my chance, lost 1t,
and shall not throw again"
Palette did not seem Inclined to open thl,
ssaisd book a his personal history, and tn.
friends were silent Oakhurst at length
broke the pause.
~ acknowledge the justice of your ideas In
their general application, but in my own case
they do not apply at all. / was not in my
teens when went to Ralston, but i'll the ma
turity Of such faculties as | have. Agnes sat
isles my ideal Of a lovely, loving woman
She has capabilities, TASTE thirst for in
provement, and will advance in everything
to which am led"
II won't disturb your dreams nor play tn,
Mephistopholes, as you sometimes call me
1 am rather serious to-day. But here you are
where every faculty is stimulated, wher,
you unconsciously draw in new ideas with
your daily breath. Agnes remains in
country town, without society, with few
books with no opportunity for culture in ar,
or in the minor graces OF society. You are
not ready to marry your ambition forbids il
and your means will not allow it. And be
fore the time comes when you are ready &c
establish yourself think what a difference
there may be between you. The thought Ii
cruel, but worth your consideration none the
less. But let US change the subject. What
are you doingi Any new ordersf'
1.-TWO new orders. One for a large picture
from Mr. Norcross. The price is not what i,
should be, but it will give me a living, and
am thankful for my employment. l loaths
idleness. die II j haven't something to do.
Mere uneasiness, my youthful friend
Be tranquil, and you will fine
that laziness has its com
forts. However, TO morrow Let me see you
pictures You lack firmness and certainty
OF touch that nothing but practice will give
But your forms are faithfully drawn, your
eye for color is sharp and true, and, what is
more than all, you have the poetry which in
| FORMS harmonizes, and crowns all v
II am gratified for your criticism" said
| Oakhurt with a sudden flush. "You know
that people call you blunt, and that most OF
the artists think you almost malicious In your
severity; but you are the only man who ever
talks sincerely to me-"
Palette noticed the emotion and spoke
abruptly
depend upon it, If see anything faulty.
you will know it; il you think that friendly,
/ am your friend"
Come let US take our evening stroll
Have you seen Solsne today
mo. But should like TO-"
Wen call for him."
"Yes; rather like his brilliant silence
Next week let us 90 TO Long Branch.
want you to try your hand on q coast view,
But what, what are you aboutf At tina,
trumpery tintyps againi Let me see the
beauty-that's a good boy"
| @No."
"Then put it up II you won't show II
don't aggravate fellow in that way"