Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-29

he found hfnIseS' near Mrs. Sevellor.
who, seated In the doorway. was looking
on at the dancers, among whom Temple
now saw the young h65 from whom he
had lust been so ruthlessly parted. To
his delight Mrs. sSevellon received him
more kindly than she had ever done be-
fore. for her manner also had revealed
the fact that shG shared her daughters
lust indignation. II seemed now, how
ever, that she had shared also m her
daughters spirit Of forgiveness, HoT she
looked at Mr.. Temple as il she, too, were
willing to forget the past. Perhaps
mother and daughter had entered into an
agreement to this effectl 1t looked So
Mr.. Temple approached her with some
hearty words OF comnendation OF the
tableaux, to which she replied, as If de-
IiberateIy: s'Yes, they were pretty tab
Ieaux, I thougnt-the last especially. 1t
did carry me back to see Gertrude in that
dress 1t was an old toilet she used to
wear when we were in Italy one idle
summer when we spent our whole time
in dolce far niente, and Gertrude was
half the day in the hammock which
hung in the garden. used to try to get
her to devote a little time to her paint
ing, for she really has salent but she
was 30 lazy, and the old Italian whose
services was so fortunate as to secure
for a few lessons found her incorrigible.
The lessons usually consisted Of a morn
ing chat with Gertrade lounged in
hammock, and he made little sketches
of trees and an old fountain near by.
which never seemed to come to anything.
for he always thrust them out Of sight
and said they were failures when tried
to look ut them. He was always urging
me to let him paint Gertrude, but she
objected to having her portrait painted,
and positively refused to pose for him.
So the lessons came to nothing, ana the
courteous old man advised me not to con,
strain my daughters reluctant art9@sassd
wouldn't allow me to pay him cent,
though he had come several times, and
really given up good deal Of his time to
us. ;"
She was decidedly voluble parsonage,
Mrs. Sevellon, and she poured forth this
stream of talk half automatically, giving
a large part Of her attention to the dane
ers all the time. Temple saw that she
had actually been too preoccupied to
seem to notice that she had been treadiDg
on ground that to him would naturally
.. be forbidden. He was indebted to the
same preoccupation for the fact that the
startled look on his face az the flood Of
light was unconsciously shed upon the
s;ibiec. that had puzzled him SO long,
, was unnoticed.
..What was the old artists manner ht
asked.
) ..Guizi, Carlo Guizi," said Mrs. Sevei
Ion, innocently, keeping time with hel
fan to the motion Of the dancers fyin(
feet. The chain Of evidence was nov
complete. The old fellow might vel
3 afford to decline to pay for those hour
3 spent by Gertrude's hammock under TIN
palms and ilexes. He had made goo'
y use Of themt
: .cWhGt can ! do to atone for m.
shameful treatment Of you3" said Ger
e trude with bewitching humility, whe
). Horace had given his explanation AM
t made his peace.
n lyon can do this said Horace
e ''You can consent to my becoming tn
It purchaser of the picture, thing m
It mind is bent on.
h IL don't know about that" said Ger
l. trude, doubtingly. II have never give
d my picture to any one, and always sal
| never would, except to"-she hushe
1t and hesitated, and then went on, but
Of would have no power to prevent it no"
ID that wretchcd Italian has stolen it; it
N his, to do as he chooses with, suppose.
t. 'Never mind the Italian for the pre-
N ent," said the young man eaSerl'
" ..What were you going to say? vi
ID was to be the exception in the case?
Miss Sevelon's reply was SO emba
ID raised ard incolerert that its significant
e, can only lie guessed at; il is posslbl
st however, that Mr.. Temple found it satl
at factory, for the next day he bought 7
or picture, and the next autumn the orlG
ed nal of the picture became his wife.
We Gertrude always declared she W
as Jealous of that picture, to which Hora
in would reply that, as the picture was
he first love, she consequently could only
d. second, and that she would have to
ISIS satisfied with that condition OF affairs.