Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22

1nent, Wllcn, lovely III llSeH, IS leu-
dered aggressive and cxtrayagant by the
stoiid hostility Of convention. To make
an end Of this catalogue Of his qualities
he was sensitive and high tempered. lie
came Of good New England stock, and
ne had an income which enabled him to
pay for his board and lodging and the
rent Of his studio, oven when his por-
traits did not pay. But for the last year
or two they had begun to pay tolerably
well.
Olympia herself had artistic tenden-
cies, and on Darl;e's first introduction to
her they soon fell into conversation
that interested both Of them. lie ad-
mircd her because he had never before
been able to express himself to n woman
so fully and fiuentiy, and She liked him
because he had something in him and
was different from other men. Olympias
beauty took his artistic eye and he i'm
agined himself painting her. In half an
hour he had told her Of his desire to do
so Olympia Mt first laughed and passed
it over, but tho topic came up again
whenever they met, and at length, as
aforesaid, she conceived the plan Of hay
ing her portrait done for Cousin Harry.
She made a confidanto Of her mother,
md the arranpc,uort for sittinrs was
made and punctuall,. carried ont. Darl,o
was deliqhted, he had never done sucb
GOOD work. he had "found binaelP"
He had also found what was more s..,iors
that he was in love. But Olympia was
supposed to be the destined heir Of her
cousins fortune, the latter having no
nearer relatives and Darl,e did NOT like
TO appear in the tuise of a fortune hunter
This situation, familiar in fiction and
not unknown in real life, continued I'M
til the epoch Of our story. The portrait,
born Of the love Of art and n0ur;shed
by human love, was all bat compl.ted.
Darke had never declared himself. but
he believed that's should he DO SO lie would
have chance. Finally. with the last
sitting and a uossiIle cessation Of their
intercourse in prospect. he felt that now
or never he must take a step. In the
ordinary American course Of Things he
should have addressed himself in the
first instance to Olympia herself But
| his pride counseled him to make an at.
! tuc! upon her guardians; that is. uDou
Mrs Raven and Harry Trent. As re-
Varded the former. however. he reflected
that She was a person Of feeble cbaroc.
fer. dominated Ioth by her DAUGHTER and
bv Trent, and that she would be sure. if
approached, to refer the sutton to that
gentleman. To Trent. therefore. he de-
cided to betake himself. If Trent ac.
ouiesced the posture Of tha affair woIl1
be hopeful. and Darke would not be rea-
sonablv obnoxious to the fortune hunt
ing charge.
At balf-nast ION o'clock on +ba morn
inc Of the twentv-si,+b Of F.brnor,, th..
studio he'll rorg and OIr,n,fa and her
morber entered Kennel Dafl,a rose from.
tbe sofa ON winch he had been I,;n,, srJ
stood before them HIS face was noIa
hi. hair di.hevelrJ and his ewes dry AMI
heavy. Iii, EXPRESSION was gloomy and
distressed. Owjur 10 la,l, Of sl44D a
nsirrul emotion o~ som. other car.e bs
seemed da,e1 and hardly m know v-ha-
he was about. T7a r4r,i.I TO Cr,i3,.i,' :
rbaorf,, .,y,.a+;r., only with % rrorb,e.l