The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-01-27
AUNT AND Niece
The Mistress of
HazelWOOd.
By GERALD CARLTON.
CHAPTER v.
A TERRIBLE VISION.

be better pleased by our commencing not at
the beginning, but in the middle. =
Ada being unlike other pupils, Will re-;
solved to teach her drawing unlike other
masters. She was seated IN The arm chair,
which her aunt had occupied when Tryfoil
first saw her. This time her dress was Of
dark blue; her golden hair hung loosely
down her back, and she looked very del
icate, excessively pretty, and quite sane.
"Oh. yes, that will be charming, she
sold. Il was afraid you would be boring
me with lines, curves, semicircles, wine
glasses, boxes and jugs.
She stopped suddenly, and in hushed
voice said:
You went to the Priory with my aunt
yesterday. oh, Mr.. Tryfoil, did you keep
the promise you made me in the hall2 You
did not tell her, did you, Mr.. Tryfoil?"
Win had been told to frame his conduct
ia whatever way seemed best to him.
This he did.
Miss Wentworth, /" he replied, seriously,
when you are in this room you are my
pupil; our purpose a drawing lesson.
When we leave, with the lesson over, /
shall be happy to speak to you on any sub
ject you please.
Ada looked surprised. pulled some Of the
golden hair over her shoulder, and lightly
You are as business like as aunty, she
said. with laugh II thought you were
the reverse. You are right you are lit
tile too right, / think; but that does not
matter. beg your pardon.
The first lesson finally began, in this odd
fashion.
win and his pupil were both to sketch
roughly certain angle Of the library.
which embraced shelves of books, small
writing desk, and part of one Of the win
dows. They were to draw Independently
OF each other. AT she expiration of twenty
minutes the two drawings ware to be laid
side by side. He vas chen to point out to
his pupil the differences between them,
explain where she vas wrong and he was
right giving her information for her fu-
ture guidance which bappened to spring
from her present mIgsakes.
1t was foolish plan, possibly, but with
Ada Wentworth it was husccssful.
The rapidlty with which she compre-
hended his meaning was astounding. For
instance:
Look at my window curtains" he said.
Yes, ! see them. Beautiful"
3Look at yours.
Yes--they are wrong-quite wrong.
They seem to be the same material as the
books Shall guess what ought to have
done to make them righta"
Yes.
she guessed, and correctly, expressing
what re would have said himself; and on
some occasions expressing more, and un-
consciously giving him new ideas, or place
ing an old subject in new and truer light
than it had previously received
Ada Wentworth sketched the angle Sec
ond time.
VIII looked over her shoulder and cor
rected her when she happened to make
mistake, which was very rarely.
After this, and short dissertation from
him on the art Of drawing, the lesson came
to an end.
The second lesson, which took place the
following morning, was equally successful;
Miss Wentworth's behavior throughout
being perfectly rational.
During the second lesson, Will settled a
question which had bothered him the day
before. Miss Wentworth was only sixteen
or seventeen, but despite her slight figure
and airy beauty, she appeared considerably
older.
The CHASTITY images mentioned by Miss
Bentley had made strong impressions on
her face. At times they were more appar-
ent than at others. For instance, when she
laughed, she looked less than fifteen, but
when she thought deeply she looked older
than her aunt.
The circumstance which led Will to de-
eide this particular quegtion@was as fol-
lows:
Ada, having shaded the trunk Of tree in
way she considered clever, turned from
the sketch toward Will, and cxultingly
asked his opinion of it. Three inches of
aB e child, and delighted by the talent she
displayed, he was about to express his ap-
prevail by giving her forehead father-like
kiss.
Instinctively Miss Wentworth seemed to
divine his intention. Her pale facc, neck,
and ears turned pink with indignation. She
looked at him for moment, then bent over
her sketch again. and piled her pencil hur-
riedly and carelessly.
VIII did not beg her pardon. lie con-
sidered her very foolish child, and de-
cided that:
aMiss Wentworth must be treated as
woman.
The morning on which the third lesson
took place was very duh. A drizziiog rain
tapped dismalIy on the window panes Of the
library. and the sky was black and the at
mosphere SO heavy that they were forced
to light the library lamp.
1t was evident to Tryfoil that his pupil
was laboring under slight depression of
spirits. He, therefore, suggested to Miss
Bentley that the lesson should be post
poned; but that lady left the matter to her
niece who decided to go on as usual
Ada began by begging viii to allow her
to "do faces, for which she said she had
acquired some aptitude.
Considering her slight depression he
gave'her her own way, selecting from his
portfolio the head Of Spanish woman,
and requesting her to make copy of it.
Ada went to work. drawing very hurriedly
and talking very rapidly. though rather
nervously. VIII thought
She tells him. without once taking her
eyes from the drawing paper, that sho is
really very clever at faces, that she has
often sketched, in her incorrect, untutored
style. the features of persons she had only
seen once; that some day she would make
drawing of him; that she had frequently
made one Of herself; but thar her aunt and
Mrs. HarcouFt. and even the servants, Mad
all declared that they were nothing like her.
which proved, she said that she was not
very vain, or else She won d have known
her own face better, through looking at it
in the glass.
The nervousness Just apparent in her
voice when she began talking now in
creased. Will noticed that the hand which
held the pencil trembIod vioIantiV fhounh