Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Nev. County, Ark.) 1885-1???, 1891-05-21
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was interfering with his painting
; and Miss Canrobert was an exaltins
young lady to pay court to.
! Rob grew more irritable daily, af
: ter this, and began to miss the littl.
things that Beth had always done fol
him; for her time was now principal.
ly taken up by Dick Hildreth, who
spent all his leisure with Beth. He
always had some excuse for calling.
And now Rob discovered that he
wanted Beth more than he supposed
and one evening he told her chow
necessary she was to him."
II am sorry, Rob-" was her an
swer. II thought you knew | was
engaged to Dick, and expect to go
very soon to my own home. You al
ways said your wife was to have gol-
den hair and dark eyes. You are
jesting with me. Miss Canrobert, is
surely your ideal" "
"Yes, the red on her cheek is ar
tistically laid on, the ivory complex
ion skillfully made up, and she looks
beautiful in the parlor; but she is
not Brownie Was it my silly
speech that prejudiced you against
me? l only said it to tease you,
darling"
81 think l did love you once,
Rob- answered the girl, frankly.
'But | knew l never could
he your ideal. 1 am not talented or
beautiful enough to be your wife.
What you said made me unhappy :;
but Dick has been so kind ard un-
selfish that ] could not help loving
him. | hope that YOU and Miss
Canrobert will be as happy as Dick
and l." The truthful look in the
brown eyes told Rob that she was
sincere.
The evening before Beth's we'd
ding was the last day of Miss Can
roberts stay IN Farlcigh. She had
determined to bring Rob to her feet
that night. In his first stage of adj
miration, she had wardcd off his
speeches. But now, she was eager
to listen to words that, somehow, did
not come.
Perhaps a peep at the letter re-
ceived by the lovely Amy the week
before, might explain the change:
"MY DAUGHTER
"Our little all. that we entrusted
to Mr.. Clemmer, is gone. You had
better secure the artist, as you say
he has future, even though no pres
ent fortune, as you thought at first.
| am sorry the Landrys leave Far
leigh. Or course, you will have to
come home, but affairs are bad with
us now. Hastily,
e. CANRoBERT.
Amy Canrobert well knew the
pinching poverty that awaited her,
if she returned home. Instead of
the wealthy heiress, she was one OF
six daughters whose sole dover was
their beauty. Their fathers scanty
salary had barely afforded a scanty
living, and now her mothers little
dover was gone.
Rob presented himself at Mrs.
Landry's, feeling deeply tina,
"Brownic" would soon be lost tc
him, and that his own selishness had
been the cause. Miss Canrobert was
loveler than ever. She wore cream
satin and lace. Great jacqueminots
nestled ut her throat and in her belt.
, She skillfully lead the way to pro
posal, but Rob was distrait; hi:
words were few, aud he soon bade
her formal goodbye" leaving
her to bitter tears of modification
and chagrin.
, Rob walked the streets until late
hour, in state of unrest.
"Too late, too late. he said, 81
have learned what my ideal woman
is. How can we ever do withou
our darling Beth, the sunniest
cheeriest little girl that ever blessed
a home"
Beth has long been happy wifi
and mother, the light of her hus
bands home. Rob is still unmar-
, ried. He lives for success alone
Fortune Smiles upon all of his ef
forts,
t \ picture in 4 famous art-gallery
attracts much attention. 1t is tha
, of brown-haired, brown-eyed girl
sitting netting scarlet hood. Tn,
expression on the face captivatei
all lookers-on. Art critics say
The study in brown is the hes
e work Graem ever did" And Rol