Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-05-11

nation OF his mind was too highly s,run-
too hnsly wrought, Tor cvcry-siay uso A
note OF JOY. OF sorrow, evcn Of pity. vibrn,r,i
through " too strongly for his comfort or
well-bcsng. As yet IL had not b.,n e.li,.t
upon to bear tho test Of love; aud fcrtu-
natcly-i usc the word advisdiy--fortu.
Macy he was not, according To the usual
signihcancs OF the word, n religious man or
should have thought II not unlikely that
some DAY he would fall victim to that ro-
hg Gus mania SO well known 10 my profe,.
sional brethren, aud have dovslopcd hyst.rn
OF u'ianoholia- lie might even hav. fancied
nhnsch messenger sent from heaven for
tha regeneration OF mankinl From natures
hkn Cairtston's are prophcts made
IN snort may Say that my exhaustive
] stcoy OF my new friends character resulted
/ In certain amount OF uncasin,ss a< to hi,
tuturo-an uneasincSs not entirely frcc from
/ n oicssioual curiosity.
Although tho smile came readily AMI fr,
/ quently 10 HE lips, the general beat OF hi,
disposition was sal, even lie pon lent aud
morbid And Yet few young mons lives
! promised TO he 70 plcasan; ~ Charles Carris-
/ tons
was rallying him ono day on his futur.
rank and its responsibilities
! You VIII, OF course, DO dissustiprly
richf' said
'S'oi skn~u. les, II 1 1.-Two long
enough; but don't suppose shall"
Why in tho world shouiin't youI You
/ look pale a d thin, but are i'm capital health.
/ Twelve long miles we have walked today
| YOU mover tsrsed hair"
Csrri'ton made no reply. He seemed In
deep thought
"Your friends ought 10 look after you and
get you wife" / said.
Il have no friends he said sadly "No
nearer relation than n cousin a good Il ,al older
I thnn am, who looks upon me as cne who
l wos born to rob him OF what shcull be h.sn
but by the law OF primo-cniture. 40 sa-
cred TO the uppcr ton thousand, he must
/ know you are entitled TO IT,"
Yes, but for years aud years was al
ways going 10 die. Ny lifo was not thour hit
worth six months purchase. All of n sui.
den | cot we'll. Ever since then l have
seemed, oven 10 myself, kind of intor-
loper."
1T must b, unpleasant 20 n, W. a man
longing for ono's death. All tho moro rca-
son You should marry and put other lives
between him and the titl0n
Il fancy l shall never marry aid Car
riston, looking at mo with his soft, dark
| eyes. "Nou sco, n boy who has wniiel Tor
years expecting 10 die Doesn't grow up with
exactly th, sane feeling ms other pcopl.
don Z think shall over meet a woman I
can care for enough 10 mako mv wife. No;
expect my cousin will bo Sir Ralph yet"
tried to laugh him out OF his morbid
ideas Those who live will ssc,n j said
Only promise to ask mo To your welding
and better still, II you live in town. ap.
point me your family doctor II may prove
the nuclsui OF that West El1 practice which
II Is the dream OF every doctor 10 establish
/ have already alluded 10 ths strange
beauty OF arriston's dark eyes. As soon
as cpmpanionshlp commenced betwecn us
those eyes became To mc, from scientific
roasoni, objects OF curiosity on account Of
the mysterious expression which at time,
detected in them. Often and often they
wore icok the like 70 which, / imagine, is
found only IN tho eyes of a somnambulist-
look which one feels certain IL intcntiy nred
upon something. yet upon something beyond
the range Of ones own vision. During thu
hrst two or three days Of our newborn In
lmacy found this eccentricity OF Car
riston's positively Startling When now
and then j turned TO him and founI him
staring with all his might at nothing. my
eyes were compelled to follow ths direction
In which his own were bent. IL was At first
impossible 10 divcst ones self OF tn, belief
that something should DO there To Justify
20 fired gaze. However, rs tho rapid
growth OF our friendly intercourse Soon
showed mo that he was a boy OF most ar
dent poetic tempsrament-porhapa even
more post than an artist--I laid at the
door OF the Muse these absent looks and re-
curing flights into vacancy.
We were az the Fniry Glen ono morning.
skeich!ng. 10 the best Of our ability. the
swirlinS stream, tho gray roc.cs AMI the
ovcrhangins trees, the lest Just growing bril-
hnnt with autumnnl dnts. so leautifuI was
everything around that for long time I
worked, hled, or dreamed in oontsnted
81 ence CarrfIsou had set up his easel at
some lite d!siGncs from mine. At last
turned 70 80 how his sketch was progressing.
Tie had evidently fallsn into ono OF his
brown studies, and, apparently. a harder
one than usual His brush had fallen from
bis fingers, his festurey wers immovable.
and his strange dark eyes wsrs absolutely
rlyeted upon large rock IN front OF him at
which 10 gazsd a. tstently as II his hops OF
heaven depended upon ss,ing through Il.
he aeemed for tho while obliyious 10 things
uundans. party Of laughing. chattering.
terrible tourist girls scrambled down the
rugged seps, and one b. one passed In front
Of m. Neither their prsssncs nor the in
qu.sltiye glanccs they cast on his state .sape
fsco roused bin from his a. Of abstracsiou.
FOR a moment 1 wondered II tho boy took
7pium or Some other narcotic on the siv
Fuli Of hs thought I ross, cro.ssd over 10
him, and laid my hand upon his shoulder
AB hs felt my touch he came 20 him cit and
ioOke1 up AZ me a do1et 4, nqulring way
''iteai y, CarrifOn.n I sad lanxhinxiy
''you must reserve your dreaming fis until
We afo In places whore tourists do not con
gregate, or you vii ts thought q mailman.
or al least a pOct'
He male NJ reply. 10 turned sway from
me impat entity, even rudely then, picking
up bis brush, went on with bis sketch
After While be seemed % recover from b.s
retiishnsss, and We spent the remainder Of
the day as piea5sntly a5 usual
As We trudgod boms In the twilight hs
said 70 me 10 an apolOgetic, almost poni-
tent way;
~ hops vas not rude b you Just nouF
when DO you meant aske,i, havinx a.
nnost forgotten the trivial incident
when you woke me from what you
called my dreaming"
'Oh, dear no. You were not at al rnds
II you lad been it vas but tho penalty das
b. my presumption The fights OF genins
should BE- respected. not checked, b. a ma
terial haud7
THAT j. nousonse; ! am not q Ksnias. and
you must forgive ms for my rudeness," 4" sal1
Garrison, simply. After walking some dis-
tance In siiancs he sp1ze again
II wish when you arc with me you would
Try and stop me from getting into that state
IL does me no good
Seeing be was in earnest, promised b. do