The Springdale news., 1890-01-31
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For juiia's sake, returned the artist, "I wi-h that the proof might be found. She leels that she is deceiYing her grandfather. and it worries her. And yet she is hot willing to leave him n prey 10 the blandiohments and machi nauon of q bad man; and l share the feeling With her. lt is wonder to me how Christopher Murliwaith can have managed to gain such control of that old mans reason. Why, the viIlain is stampted in hls very face! While there is A bare possibility of exposing him feel with Julia that it would be u6kind to leave Mr. RoarJon in his dan gerous iafatuation, We must dc what We can. will work throue Il tine winter, and hope for success with the sprlng ume"
 Sometimes, dulieg her visits to Philadelphia, JuAa visited the stu die of Albert Seymour in company with Barbara; and when they sufii= cicn.ly admired the beautiful plct- ures, Barbara would remember that she had several calls to make near at hand aad would leave Ter com panion to rest uHtIl sine returned These were sweet, bIesst d moments to the lovers. At each suceeealne interview Juiia found new traits of grand character ID the cne 10 whom she had gwen her heart. She knew that lls was oohle ard trae, that his life was pure, and that ne was talk ing rank wIth the best artists Tn the country.
 Aid Albert, too, became more and more fond of the gentle, true hearted gitl. In short, be deemed her being as near lfection as il was possible for humanity to reaeh.
 Tho summer and the winter pas sea, aud wsh the the opening of spring Christopher Aafkwaita be gan to maHIits; his Hneasjness. He appealed to Davld Reardon, pre- tending that his heart was aching. If Julia refused to marry him, he should not consider lis life worth living.
 @Lea1e 1t in mx hands, sad the old man "she shall not disobey me with m.unity. If she preslsts in rebellion, | will hfslhhertt her. Do you semi Mr Dabney to me thls worry evcnin4.'
 That even.Lg Mr. Dabney, the old lawyer, came, and David Rear don dictated will, which was drawn up in due form. l his was in March.
 In May, Reardon called Dabney gain, and made another vlll, dif fering from tho first only in the recognition of q relative, and an i'm. portant bequest to the same, whom he had once determined to forget
 IL was during this same spring that the members of the Black Dia- mond Coal Exchange applied to to Davld Reardon for hls potraIt 10 be hung at the head of their new hall; and they recommended for the work, Il young artist of Philadel ph:a, whose paintings were exciting universa al admiration. The old man was Aattered, and gave his con. sent.
 The artist Tn question chanced To be Albert Seymour, and when called upon, he readily engaged to undertake the sk, even though informed that he would have to go to Eddyside for the sittings.
 Little did David Reardou dream, Tor had Christopher Mnrk walth a saspleion, tbat the arast who had come to paint th e portrait was the mah who. two years before, had pleked Julia up from tLe wreck up. on the railway
 But 1t was not great while be fore Chuatopner tancieG that the maiden Was becoming very foud of thls young and showy artls,, and he told his suspicious and fears to the grandfather
 "Enoaghn said David Reardon, smitlng his fist upon the table Il will put stop to the glrl's t,ifing at once. Rest you e sY, my boy"
 How tha old nan sought to bend Julia Everleth to hls cherished pur i pose NC have seen i'll our opening chapter.
 fro BE CONTINUED l -. = ] Mir. W. II. Balbridgc. druggist 2 T