Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

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come o. go, work or play, as he listedl Hap
py Carriston!
II.
am disposed to think that never before
did sincere friendship, one which was fated
TO last unbroken for years, ripen so quickly
as that between Cauiston and myself AS
| now look back | find il hard to associate
him with any, even brief, period of time
subsequent to our meeting, during which he
was not my bosom friend. forget whether
our meeting at the same picturesque spot OH
the morning which followed our selt-intrO-
duction was the result of accident or arrange
ment Anyway we spent the day together,
and that day was the precursor of many paSs-
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-bOcks. Evening after evening We
returned to dine side by side, AID afterwards
10 talk and smoke together indoors or out
doors as the temperature advised or our
wishes inclined.
Great friends we soon became inseparable
rs long a. my short holiday lasted. Ii 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 non-profeSslenaL.
When he praises your work he praises II but
as the work of an outsider. You feel that
such commentator condemns il and dis
heartens you.
However, had CarTiston cared to do so, l
think he might have fearlessly submitted his
productions to any conscientious critic. His
drawings were UNNECESSARILY more artistic
and powerful than mine. He had undoubt-
edly great talent and | was much surprised
10 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 likeneSses. So spirited and true
were some of the studies he showed me, that
l could without flattery advise him, provided
he could finish as he began, to keep entirely
to the higher branch of the art. have now
before me a series of outline faces drawn by
him-many of them from memory; and as l
look at them the original of each comes at
once before my eyes.
From the first had been much interested
in the young man, and rs day by day went
by, and the peculiaritics OF his character were
revealed to me, my interest grew deeper and
deeper. / hatter myself that l am keen
observer and sllillful analyst OF personal
character, and until now fancied that to write
description of its component parts was an
easy matter. Yet when am put to the proof
ind It no simple task TO convey in words a
proper idea Of Charles CariStOn'S mental Or
SANITATION.
soon discovered that he was, l may say,
afflicted by peculiarly sensitive nature. AL
though strong. and apparently in good health,
the very changes of the weather seemed to
affect him almost to the same extent as they
affect flower Sweet as his disposition al
ways was, the tone of his mind, his spirits,
his conversation, varied, as it were, with the
atmosphere. He was full of Imagination,
llways rich, was at times weird, even gro
tcsquely weird Not for one moment did he
'eem TO doubt the stability of the wild theo-
les he started or the possibility OF the poetic
ii dreams he dreamed being realized He
sad his faults, Of course; he was hasty and
.;npulsve; indeed to me one of the greatest
charms about the boy was that right or
wrong, each word he spoke came straight
ron his heart.
SO far as Icould judge the whole organiza-
ion OF his mind was too highly strung, too
.aely wrought for everyday use. A note Of
Joy, of sorrow, even Of pity vibrated through
- wv oAlOHsig lpl tOllllOiL vi Ntll-DtlnE.
AS yet II had not been called upon 60 bear
The test of love, and fortunately use the
word advlsedly -fortunately he was not, ac-
:Ording to the usual significance of the word,
Il religiousm an, or should have thought itnot
unlikely that some day he would fall victim
to that religious mania so well known to my
professional brethren, and have developed
hysteria or melanchOlia. He might even
have fancied himself messenger sent from
heaven for the regeneration of mankind.
from natures like CarristOn's are prophets
made.
In short may say that my exhaustive
5tudy Of my new friends character resulted
IN certain amount of uneasineSs as to his
,uture-an uneasiness not entirely free from
professional curiosity.
Although the smile came readily and fire.
quently 10 his lips, the general bent of his
disposition was sad, even despondont and
morbid. And yet few young mems lives
promised to be so pleasant as Charles Carris-
t0n's.
was rallying him one day on his future
rank and its responsibilities.
You will, of course, be disgustingly rlch?"
said.
Car1iston sighed. ''Yes, if l live long
enough; but don't suppose / shall"
"Why in the world shouldn't you? You
look pale and thin. but are in capital health.
Twelve long miles we have walked to-day
YOU never turned a hair"
CarristOn made no reply He seemed In
deep thought.
"iour friends ought TO look after you and
get you a wife," said.
~ have no friends" he said sadly. mo
nearer relation than cousin good deal
slanr fhan 7 am xyho IoOi,S unOn mo oa ono