Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-16
GABRIEL'S MISTAKE.

What funny little Place" exclaimed
Lefty Wash as she cxaInined the two small
rooms comprising the deserted building in
which tho rustic picnic party had taken
shelter from sudden shower. Tucked
away down in this hollow, Why its Ike being
out II the world Oh, I'd like to keep house
here
Promise youu keep house for me, TOO,
won't you Letty" said Larry Cnderhill,
laughing, from where he sat on dilapidated
table
And Gie /" chorused all the young fellows
except oue banning apart, who now turned
DARK and sowing face upon the rest.
l4etry hlusnei as she glanced toward hin,
and answered evasiyely, But there Isn't
roon for ali ot you"
Make your choice, Lefty, said Underhill,
grayely shut your eyes, turn round three
TIMES and stretch ont your right hand
The girl aughingly obeyed, and, whether
by accident or design, put her hand in that
Of the dark young man standing alone He
grtlsped it firmly, with sudden smile like
sunshine on hin lowering face and forced her
to remain there with him, facing them all.
Bravo" cried Cnderhill You're In luck,
Dallas Now lust stand still while make
sketch II you both
But Gabriel Dallas face darkened again
No, hs answered, some other time, Mr.
UnderhiI
Steve Thatcher gave coarse guffaw
You needn't mind il its about Lefty, Gabe,
for he's got a whole cargo O pictures Of her,
haint you, Mr. underhillf'
Gabriel Dallas looked like an Italian pic
lure and Steve Thatcher like clown, and
perhaps Undorhills appreciation Of this,
rather than steve's evident desire to irritate
Gabriel, made the young artist snab his lout-
ish ques,ioner
II don't know precisely what you mean by
Il caTgo," he said, superciliously, but gen
orally iot down anything which strikes me,
In that way | hope to preserve the remem-
brance Of your own picturesque figure, Mr..
Thatcher
There was a laugh at this, for Steve was
long, lank and unganly He colored angrily
now, but not being able to answer Under
hills mockery in kind, silent. Presently
It ceased raining, and they all went out into
the open air again. Lefty still with Gabriel
Dallas
Lefty had come 10 Stony bank the prev ious
spring with a family named Barton, to whom
she was kind Of adopted daughter. They
themselves were shiftless, neer do well peo-
pile, not thought Of much account in Stony
bank But Lefty was not like them And
then she was 50 bright, so winning and SO
exceedingly pretty that before she had been
long IN the village she was its acknow lodged
belle. Gabriel was supposed to be the favored
lover, but they had been kept apart by his
moody Jealousy. which. once aroused,
amounted to "A positive passion, making him
suspicious, unreasonable and obstinate.
Gabroi camc naturally by these jealous in
stIncts. Old Lawyer Fernald, down at Stony
bank Corner who has living record of all
| the country history round about said that
the young fellow was descended from a
| French or Spanish sailor, Manuel Daloz by
name no had wandered to Rockport, the
nearest s,aboIrd town and from there to
! Stonybauk where the local usage con, erted
Dalos into Dallas. Gabriel, the latest de
scondant. possessed that peculiar family tenn
permanent which had marked Manuel Daloz,
the ~andarer from the hills Of southern
France.
Gabriel had good farm, no was sober and
industrious and, when not in ono Of his dark
moods. open AMI kindly He was strikingly
handsome, too with his black, liquid eyes,
his clustering, tawny hair, and the warm
toned bronze Of his complexion. He might
almost hnft has pick among the village girls,
but no one had seemed to mako any real I'M
PRESTON cp Tim until ho fpll in 1--we Mt frs.
sight wl5h Lefty Walsh, with whom, how
ever. his jealousy had prevented IA definite
understanding TIL tho day when the girl laid
her hand IN his down there in the old house
IN the hollow
They We're married after a very short en-
gaseuleut The cartons, ike true rolling
Stone, wero nl,nut f. l.,,ve StorvhanL far
soma rlac,, in tho fnr v,nt 60 tho yad,,in,,
took r'lace l.fnre tbov won't An Stopy,
bank wa. ther. besides n good mart n "the
Corner " tine families ~ which mostly, rarro-
senta.I - p,,,,h hi.-bcr so,.i,l ,.ra1, Ar,,,,,-
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whom, ,,i,risl,yas , f,v,ri+o ooI IL. ,rra,,J-
tla,,- liter t,,,ra a v1un,, Ldy who h,1 boon
"tt,t.h.l" in n CIV HARDING scbo.I III.
other quest, were no, surnrisad 10 500 how
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shn,l,',r - ,,'r.,,. lt,oL ,air ~, - nar
brj,r,f con,,.Iax,an md soft s,voot Inn, con- an
traste1 efr.c,n,eIv with Cabr;el,s intsnsar
southern hrautv Sn thougbt Irnasrhiu no
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was an old aenuaintance of Iettv,s having
boarded with tie cartons the summer before
they came to Stonvbank. Careless. easy rr,
ing and rejecting. he led wandering life in
pursuit OF his art, but being independent OF
It, he was not forced to continued exertion.
so that his painting was like himself a thing
of beginnings and caprices.
The vpeLs went nv tha Rartors bod long
been gone. and stiu Larry Underhtll STAYED
On in stony bank. driving. walking and
sketching with Cora Fernald He did not
leave the place until near November. and
then it wa, reported that she had had a letter
from him
"Whatt, tell you that night at Gabe's
weddiue,.1 sacsly remarked Eben " rentham.
And since then I've seen him. rlany's the
time. trauiril the woods after leaves and
things for her"
Steve Thatcher gave n coarse lauth. Did
We ever watch a ground sparrer try to get
YOU off the trac, Of its nestl Tt1l keep f,ut-
term round a tree stump as if there warn't
ANYTHING on this earth 1t cared about but that
partic lar spot"
You fleau tho rernald girls the tree
stump"
"uow bri.-ht Won L., Fb IN fnd that out-r
answered Steve mockincIv
..Rut where's the nest S,ever, asked Ehan
looking pugziel
Stow Turned his bond and n ,ooL -, .or-
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