Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-27

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he was neA aecoFdhsI 10 10 rssu1a So
nfffcAnss q The wos<$ q reffrt6us mai.
u I shSo1d have tAouxht n Net unlike
" thAt SWINE dsy he wSa1d 1lsn vieefM
to tAaS fefigsoas mama - web knswn
b my professional brethren, and Aavs
developed hvstefs a Or me1aneAenA He
might Svsa hsse faAcieA himself 4 Ass-
seneer sent from Heaven for the reSen-
sration 81 mankind. From natures like
CG14sten's are pFophets NADIA
In shest, m&y say that my sxA&ust-
I've study u nay now friends character
resulted n Z certain am cunt 81 uneasi-
mess % 10 HIS future- Al uneasiness not
entirely frOe from professional curl
osfty.
Although the smile came readily and
fseSuentE to his lips, the general bent
spcndent and morbid. And yet few
pleasant as Charles Carr4ston's.
was rnlIying him one DAY on his
future rank and its responsibilities.
You VIII. OF course, Be disgustngly
rfehs" said.
CsrtstoA sighed. ''Yee II live
. .ss5 enough; but I don't suppose I
why Ia the world shouldn't you.
YOu lock paae sAd Chin, but are ia cap
ital hearh. Twelve long miles we
have walked to-day-you never turned
Q hair
Carvts. made NO reply. He seemed
In deep Thought
'Tem friends on ht to look after you
ana get You . wffe,' said.
II hAve no friends" he said, sadly
'tNe nearer relation than cousin .
good deal older than I an, who looks
upon ma rs one who was born to rob
Aim u what sAoNla be his''
Dat BY the law Of prinogonfture, 80
aecYSd - the wiper ten ehsusAnd, he
nuUt knew yeo 40 entitled 70 it,
'TSe, but for yoxs and years was
siwuH kSE to die. Ny lie WIS not
Thought worth six months purchase.
An Il . sudden got we'll. Ever sin e
thsn have secmod, even to myself, a
kind Of fnterfopcr.
ut must be unpleasant to have q man
lonEesg.for ones death. An the more
reason you should marry and put other
lives between him and the titlc.''
Il fancy ! shall never marry" said
Cnrriston, look ng at me with HIS sofs
dark eyes, you see, a boy who has
waited for years expecting to die,
DOESN'T grow Up with exactly the same
feelings as other people. don't taink
shall ever meet a woman l can care
for enough TO make my wife. No; 1
expect my cousin viii be Sir Ralph
yet"
trfOd 10 laugh him o1t Of his morbid
tdeHh '1hose who hive will see,"
said. 'Ong promise to a.k me to your
wedding, and better still, if you live in
town, appoint me your family dortor.
1t may provo the nucleus of that West
End practice which it is the dream of
every doctor to establish"
have already alluded to the strange
beauty of Carrston's dark eyes. As
coon Is eompanionsh;p commenced be-
tween us these eyes became to me, from
scientific reasons, objests of curiosity
en- account of the mysterious expression
which at times l detected in them.
Often and often they wore look the
like TO which, l imagine, is found only
In the eyes Of somnambulist-a look
which one feels certain rs intently fixed
upon something, yet upon something
beyond the range of ono's own vision.
During the first two or three days of
eur newborn intimacy found this &C.
eentricity Of Carr;ston's positively
etartlinG. When now and then turned
10 him, and found him staring with all
hh might at nothing, my eyes were
e0rqpc1ied to follow the direction in
which his own were bent 1t was at
fpst impossible to d vest ones self of
sf,e belief that something should be
tte1n % jgdfy SO fixed o gaze. Ho"-
ever, as the rapid growth O. our friend
~ intercourse soon showed me that he
was boy Of most ardent poetic temper
ament-perkaPs even more poet than
an artfst-1 laid at the door of the
Muse these absent looks and recurring
flights into vacancy.
We were at the Fairy Glen one morn
ing, sketehfng, to the best Of our abil-
fty, mo swir!ing stream. the gray rocks
sAd tho everhanging trees, the last Just
growing brilliant With auturnnal tnts.
b beautiful was everything around
shst for 3 long time ! worked, tdled OF
lrea9ned in conpenbed silence Carris-
t0n ied set up his easel at some
little distance f ON niue. At last
tur1cd 10 SEQ how his sketch was pro-
! Vle pf HIS brownstudies, and, appar.
sntly, = harder one than usual, His
brush had fallen from his fingers, his
I
ssaH8N. dark eyes were absolutely riv.
sted upsn = large rock in front of him
NJ which he gaecd MS tnteatly as if hi.
hepo Of Heaven dependeS 1pon eeeinf
shfough II.
| he seemed for the wnle op,1vlous tx
asings mundane A party of laughing
shsttsring, terrible tourist girls scram
bed down the rugged steps, and ont
BY enc passed In front of him. Neither
their presence nor the inquisitivs
! chances they cast On his statuesqus fac,
reused him from bis fit qt abstraction
For = moment I wondered if the boy
took opium or some other narcotic OF
the sly. Full Of the thought, rose
crossed over to him, and laid my hant
upon his SHOULDER. AS he felt my toucl
he came TO himself and looked up a
Really. Carriston. y said, laugh
.agly, yen must reserve your dream
ing fit. Until we Gre In places wher