Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-12-04
A NATURAL BLUNDER.
Miss Burgoyne's Clay Models and
the Trouble They Caused

A Gerald Dubrasset was walking
along . secluded path in the environs
of Florence he heard some one moan.
He glanced through the bushes and
saw q young girl seated on one Of tho
rustic benches Her head was thrown
back and there was an expression OF
pain on her face. She was simply but
neatly clad. and . portfolio lay on the
bench beside her.
He approached her. lifted his hat and
kindly said:
"You seem to be In distress Can
be of any service to you?"
She looked up, her soft gray eyes
searching his bronzed. handsome face.
'Sir, have spraincd my ankle
and badly so. AN afraid" she said,
speaking with considerable effort,
though her voice was mono the less
sweet II did It while clam befipg over
the rocks"
.I'll order carriage" he said
He hailed . public conveyance and
gently helped her into It He seated
himself opposite to her and tried to en-
gage her in conversation. but found
her disposed to Be reticent; perhaps
because she was suffering more likely
because he was . stranger. Once or
twice he caught her furtively scanning
his zee, Is II she was becoming inter
estcd In him.
The discovery pleased him, for he was
very much impressed in her favor.
She was not very handsome. nor
especially graceful, and yet there was
something about her face that pleased,
and much about her manner that was
ladyffl<ef
When they reached tho cottage In
which she lived he assisted her out of
the carriage. She did not trust to
bear her weight upon her sprained
ankle, and so she leaned heavily upon
him.
A pretty little wsitingmaid came
running to the door, quite ex cited. and
yet not forgetting to courtesy to the
handsome stranger.
lob. Miss Burgoyne, what has hap.
pened?" she cried, her hands nervously
clasped in front of her.
"Do not be alarmed" her mistress
said; s'I have merely sprained my
ankle"
"Shall I send . doctor?" asked Mr..
Dubrasset
IF you viii be % kind" she softly
said ALSO compensate tho driver,
she added. as she extended her purse.
"Never mind" said Mr.. Dubrasset,
'I'u settle with him"
"Maria. pay the driver" ordered Miss
Burgoyne.
The girl took tho purse and paid the
man, who waved his hand and drove
away.
"May call 10 inquire how you are
getting along?" asked Mr.. Dubrasset
1.-THE doctor will inform you," she
sententiously said
A piqued expression came TO his
bronzed face.
"I'u help you into the house." hs
said
"T'll lean on Maria" was the reply.
Her tone was firm, but not repcllant.
He laughed softly and said:
II consider myself summarily dis.
missed"
Miss Burgoyns was already leaning
on the waiting maids arm. She turned
20 the stranger. the blood filing he,
face, the gray eyes softening won.
drously.
"Do not think me rude. - she said al
most sppcalingly. II haven't even
thanked you" She paused q moment
and then added: YEA you may call
Mr.. Dubrasset bowed and withdrew,
while Miss Burgoyne entered the house
In . laborfous way, clutching Maris
tightly 1t every spasm OF pain
When he called the next day he
found her reclining in an easy chair,
her bandagcd foot resting on hassock
She welcomed him with . smile. and
extended her small white, capable.
looking hand
"You rested well7- he askcd. earnes,
sym patty in his tone
"oh. yea" she replied The docto4
says ri be about in few dayx Pray
be seated"
The room wss coy and inviting
not quite . boulder end not entirely a
atelier.
oh. ycu are IN srtistr" he exclaimed
In . pleased tona
lie walked TO the easel and cram
ined an almost anished picture II VA
. market scene In flsnderx Some
, peasants we're cha6ersne with thu
market womas over their purchases
Il wss In the gray Il ths early @srs
ing. and . candle vss ssili sputssrin,
- the table.
That b very anA" b IA -Ass'
~"
Az he spohe Ne pieted ~ . srunA -
DIPPED IL into the eoic~A
'ohl aest pleassr shs unsesdiy -
| claimed s-ssl<.s-"
"uniesa en- preeesenk sAY SUPPLE
M with . sniia YEN CO srust ~
A f~ teaches snA the efYscs -
surpfising Ne bod si@piy brsesseae
up the ssees where he sesms tse0 "a
! sssstls tel s~sa tkams