The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-09-05

the morning which followed our self-intro-
duction was the result Of accident or arrange
n.ent. Anyway, we spent the day together,
and that day was the precursor of manypass-
ed in each others society. Morning after
morning we sailed forth TO do our best to
transfer the same bits of scenery to our
sketching- blocks. Evening after evening we
returned to dine side by side, and afterwards
to talk and smoke together, indoors or out
doors as the temperature advised or our
wishes inclined.
Great friends we soon became-inseparable
as long as my short holiday lasted. 1t was,
perhaps, pleasant for each to work In COM
pany with an amateur like himself. Each
could ask the others opinion of the merits of
the work done, and feel happy at the APP
proval duly given. An artists standard of
excellence is too high for a non-profrssiOnal.
When he praises your work he praises 1t but
rs the work of an outsider. You feel that
such commentator condemns it and dis
heartens you. .
However, had Carriston cared to do so, 1
thinkhe might have fearlessiy submitted his
productions TO any conscientious critic. His
drawings were UNNECESSARILY more artistic
and powerful than mine. He had undoubt-
SNiy SiNNt ltlNllt. stflu i Nso bttNI VI
to find that good as he was at landscape, he
was even better at the figure. He could.
with a firm, bold hand, draw rapidly the most
marvellous likenesscs. So spirited and true
We're some of the studies he sl,owedme, that
l could without fiattery advise him. provided
he could finish as he began, to keep entirely
to the higher branch of the Fart. have now
before me a series of outline faces drawn by
him-many of them from memory; and as
look at them the original Of each comes'a
once before MY eyes.
From the first l had been much interested
in the young man., as day by day went
by. and the pcculiarities of his character were
revealed to me, my interest grew deeper and
deeper, l tiatter myself that l am a kerr
observer and skillful analyst of personal
,t..character, and until now tancied that to write
a description of its component parts was an
easy matter. Yet when | am put tothc proof
I find it no simple task to convey in words u
proper idea of Charles Carriston's mental or
ganization. ~
l soon discovered that heSwas, 1 may say,
afflicted by a peculiarly sensitive nature. AL
though strong, and apparently in good health,
the very changes of thc weather seemed to
affect him almost to the same extent as they
affect Il flower. Sweet as his disposition al
ways was, the tone. of his mind, his spirits,
his conversation. varied. as 1t were. with the
atmosphere. He was full OF Imagination,
always rich, was at.timcs weird, even gro
tesaHcly weird. Not for one moment did lie
seem to doubt the stability of the Wild theo-
ries he started, or the possibility of the poetic
al dreams he dreamed being reaEzei.- lie
had his faults. of course; Ne was hasty and
impulsive; indeed to me one of the greatest
u nIorInc. ahnnf tho hny y-.c that nj ,rbt an
wrong, each word he spoke came straight
from his heart.
SO far as could judge, the whole o,ganiza-
ton of his mind was too highly strung, too
finely wrought for everyday use. A note of
JOY, of,sorrow, even of pity vibrated through
, it too strongly for his comfort or well-being.
, As yet it had not been called upon to bear
5 the test of love, and fortunately-I use the
word Observation-Disclosures he was not, &C
cording to the usua! significance of the word
a religiouSln All, orI should have thought tho
unlikely that some dav he would fall a victim
to that religious mania so we'll known to my
professional brethren. and have developed
: hysteria or melanchOlia. He might ever
r have fancied himself a messenger sent from
r heaven for the regeneration OF mankind
: From natures like CarriSton's are prophet.
j. made.
In short, l Nay say that my exhaustive
study of my new friends character reSulte,
i in a certain amount III umeasincss as to hi
future an measiness not entirely free from
l. professional curiosity.
+ Although the smile came readily and fire
$ quently to his lips, the general bent of hi
disposition was sad, even Respondent ant
morbid. And yet few young mems live
promised to be so pleasant, as Charles Carris
o tons.
). l was rallying him one day on his futur.
ii rank and its responsibilities.
d "You will, of coulse, be disgustingly rich?'
l said.
d / Calliston sighed. Eyes, if | live Ion,
enough: but / don't suppose ] shall"
d "Why III the world shouldn't You? Yo,
look pale and thin, but are il. capital health
Twelve long miles we have walked to-day
n you never turncda hair
$ Carriston made no reply. He seemed il
deep thought.
"Your triepds ought to look after you AN,
+ get you a wife" | said.
II have no friends he said sadly. IN
n nearer relation than a cousin n good dea
. older than l am, who looks upon me as on
n who vas born to rob him of what should b
his"
But by the law of primogeniture, so sacrc
to the upper ten thousand, he must knO'
ii yon are entitled TO it,"
: "Yes; but for years and years l was Away
$ going to die. My life was not thought wort
six months pursllase. All of a sudden l &c
d swel. Ever since then | have seemed, eve
to myself, a kind of intcrlopcr."
ut must be unpleasant to have a man Ions
n ing for ones death. All the more reason 20
should marry, and put other lives betwce
MIN andthe title"
II fancy shall never marry said CARR:
ton, looking at me with his soft dark eye
"fou see, a boy who has waited for years G!
pecting to die, doesn't grow mp with exact
10 the same feelings as other people. ] don
j. think ! shall ever meet a womanl can cal
for enough to make my wife. No, | cxIe,
my cousin will be Sir Ralph yet"
/ tried to laugh him out of his morbid idea
''Thosc who live will see" said. 'Onl
h promise to ask MI to your wedding, and be
ter still, if you live in town, appoint me you
y family doctor. 1t may prove lienucleus Z
5 that West End practice which it is the dreal
ii OF every doctor to establish"
!, / have already alluded TO the strange bea'
ty of Carriston's dark eyes. AS soon as con
partnership commenced between us tho,
N EYES hfcame to me, from scientific reason
II 1 N'INN"' VI iioS oi vi ~ 'iYF'N'
II Gus expression which at times l detected
N them. Often and often they wore a look Il
n like to which. I imagine, is found only in Il
,p eyes of a soinnambulist-a look which o,
feels certain is intently fixed upon scmethin
/. yet upon something beyond the range of one
q own vision. During the first twoor thr,
i days of orr newborn intimacy, found tn
d eccentricity of Carriston's positively ~startlin
When no-w and ~thrn4-turned n him, ~
m found him staring with all his might at not
IL ing. my eyes We're compelled to follow Il
"a direction In which his own were bent.
nj was at first impossible to divest oneself of Il
= belief that something should be there
% justify so fixed a gaze. However, as Il
rapid growth of our friendly intercourse SOC
i Showed Inc that he was a. boy of most arde
poetic teinperament-perhaps even more
poet than an artist laid at the door u. II
Muse these absent looks and recurring fligh
va into. vacancy.
We were at the Fairy Glen one mornih
\, sketching, to the best of our ability. the swil
:" ing stream, the gray rocks, andt the overhan
Ing trees, the last Just growing brilliant wi
~. autlmnal tints. So beautiful was everythii