Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-05-24
E PLURIBUS UNUM.
An Interesting Story Of Composite
Photography.

HILLBOURN PLACE, February 2.
"DEAR JACK:-The fur coat is pronounced
success. saw you to-day when was driving
and forcibly reminded of Solomon in his
glory. Have you forgotten your friends of old
in their clothes also OF old! One would think
so, as it's been ten days since you were here.
1.-THE rest OF the family are going to the Por-
ters' tonight, but shall stay ut home and con-
sole myself with Beethoven, Sydney Lanier
and you, If you'll come, for I have something
to show you. woman's head, painted from
photograph, which finished only yesterday.
1t isn't bad. Affectionately. CARA"
THE CLUB, February :, 1885,
''DEAR CARA:-Yours just received. 1t seems
almost unnecessary to tell you how glad shall
be 30 come. Devotedly, JACK"
at isn't" says Cara, few hours
later. as she pushed the ottoman to an
easier distance, and turns beautiful,
fre-fushed face toward Jack. lit isn't
that this winter has been much worse
than the other two, but I've been
thinking, and. as it's luxury I'd not
often aE.,v myself, have mental dys-
pepsia as a result
Mental dyspepsiar' says Jack.
scornfully; .it's the result of sitting
out all the. square dances with Will
loughby in that dravghty conservatory
of the Marston's-"
- II refuse to understand, says Cara
smiling. %.,-s
''You can't! Your intellect won't
allow you"
Speaking of intellect vlciously.
somehow makes me think of your
friend, Miss Marston. How is she?"
II don't know why it should. She's
WELL
do you intend to please your father
and marry her?"
81 don't know. Cara. If the worst
comes to the worst suppose l shall
have to-"
II should think that would be an ex-
act sta tement of the case-the worst
coming to the worst -
s'Don't be any more severe than YOU
can help" says Jack laughing. you
don't know what it is to be poor"
II almost wish did," Cara answers.
al might then have amounted to some
thing as an artist
You need hardly wish that. for, as
It is. you are the best AMATEUR
That's it, Cara breaks i'm, i'm
patiently. "Amateur, amateur, al
ways amateur! l want to be an artist.
OF late l have had thoughts of giving
my money to found home for other
weak-minded women, and living in
Paris on ten sous day, and the diviL
affiatus; only as Hawthorne says:
The great obstacle to being heroic is
the doubt whether one may not be
going to prove oneself fool
lone doesn't like to be too precipi-
tate after remark of that kind" saws
Jack, meditatiyely. after little pause,
during which Cara hasr.isen and seated
herself at the piano. where she is lazily
striking minor chords.
rs that what has kept you from
being too precipitate?a Jack, what
makes you SO lazy?"
Lack of incentive. Don't scorn."
''I wish l could make you feel YOUR
possibilities for yourself as L feel them
for YOU
al asked you to try once and YOU
refused" Jack laughs when he says it.
but try as he will his voice falters as
he speaks.
Cara bushes, and then says: ..If we
hadn't Outlived great deal of the nom
sense of our lives. we could not be the
thoroughly good friends we are now.
Come. and let me Introduce you to
woman who, think, is worth mans
love. She's over in the library. I
remember Your dislike to climbing and
had her brought down. a*
Jack offers her his arm and together
they walk the whole length of the
drawing-room, across the hall 10 the
Library, the greater part of which is in