Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-16

nnntI NIAInnnrnflla n4aITnH Wherever UE
. Dasi, iiO'iiioi0i' Oe9'-
Went. ,i,o nav bos kindly
lne iauy aS,us5 ,'n ,,a 90 room N 7 conld
consenteu W s,Js n,sowbsya MI and she sent
Plo.u'e P,u.. : .I,, ',,si,'' !,
i'S SsJ. IT. "; E,s,onu, and Flee,ra,s face
.,.!htsdd ,s Hsr neighhor had done
orisnssneu. .t'. aas,st har she knew hut.
1nls inis ~ A. no" i,S'S ,iJt wonId add 10
cou'u s.'s St.no5 ~ ,,sans and size was
lne,r ,, I, tInlsu'en'u l.n snra5v Jns would moi
wen anu i,1 9''o"si 9u''
care, ouS o,td ho on very nlajnp,
h 10 donI,if,IIv a mink tipRe
oreo,,;ar, one 49, nm into her cheeks. and she
ld lsepIus ~ ~ a,oa ,n 20 bis with n timid air.
manJ n,otH nv - ~
an1U 10! IN. ,,o;n fare ,, he interunted.
I'he Ih pat, sat nv heart on spending
% fa,v weeks in This delightful spot,
"nd No one seems able or willing TO
Iu aaHa ~ nc In Come. he a good Samari-
,"nond an sav NAV come. Mrs. Dunbar -
'"I, EInn1, anI 90 sniied and wavered. IL was
,,ajn % ohe wanted To grant his request.
P'ip s.Is Sn vo,, could mt nm with what we
h.va and I'D nv bushand is wllling.n she
said dde "
Mr Uolmcroft expressed his thanks
n,.,onnsIy os thonuh she were q
onsan 1 who had conferred a favor upon
Nm Then he gracefully aud easily
iod the conversation into other chan
nais Ieornin1asif II NV mapict the themes
that toncbed and stirred her soul
no,sl,s onthors rare works of art and
nature nntij Electra glowed with en-.
thnsiesm. Her ewes lost the weary
wjsi fnl look and lighted up her beauti.
snI IL foce like twin stars. She even
hrou%bt ont her little store of books
from The trunk where she had laid
thano for an 70 keeping.
HYon are fond of poetry.u he said
onnraoiotinoiv. I uI have some that
,,ta,, ha now ~ vou. With YOUR per.
,,aisys,on T will hiring sone over and we
will nn;ov II toUether.u
HJove what lovely woman to be
burried here y said Holmcroft to him.
self a little later as sketch book in hand
ba ,yanderad off toward the woods,
"a lovely woman but the almost child
like beauty of her face indicates great
possibilities undeveloped. 1t would
only he charity 10 broaden her narrow
horizon n little.u
And that was the beginning.
Joe did not object. only looked lit
tie doubtful. "If you can stand the
extra work. Electra, and he doesn't
cost more than he comes to-" were his
only stipulations. But Electra felt
equal to it ali. Her husband had never
seen her so bright and animated since
the early days of their marriage. ice
only asked one question.
"What is this Holmcrofts business,
Electra, and why does he want to stay
In this dull little placeW
II do not know, exactly" replied
Electa slowly, "but think he must
be an artist or author IRON what ne
said, and wanted to hnd qulet place
where he could be undlsturpeu.
"He viii lind ltqulet enough mere,
| fancy" Joe answered with a iaugn'
Electra had about MT upon I1 Ine dac lacsi e.
No one knew what Basii HoihcroIt
was exactly, not even Basil hoimcfoIt
himself. sometimes ne laucleu HIM
self great painter, ana applied nlm-
self furiously to the brush, Tor snort
time, until he discoverea What ne
thought was great genius 1or wTlung,
and went madlong into tha1 Whlle the
fever lasted. ne had panied quite q
number OF fairly, good pictures, that
imiiosCly III uecoln'eu tiie "a'i' ~ Il'
irlends nomes, s anH H;o, tnose Sc ,alehGs, IF u,
tne lauies, saw hl1t ~ LII
greaV taleuU' y ~ co1i' oliiy ue pIouSnI
OUT! ANA liz Hau "[ieoeil seVeral
rather clever short tales IoF Vhe papers
and magazines, out that was all
Some way he never seemed TO get
brought. out! lie himself had hrm
impression that could he oe Where
there was not SO much TO distract MS
mind, he could do better work, ana
with this daudable purpose IN view he
had hunted up this rural spot, determ-
ined to study nature and produce o
masterpiece in art. But after seeing
Electra Dunbar he began to cherish
the idea of studying her, of developing
her character and making her the
heroine ofthe great American novel;"
Wnich ne would write!
MeanWhiie he spent MS mornings IN
ske1cnlng. ia su wit,lG tne nls IN ne[olne aur,
tl,o lonor hri.rbt aftarnnono bo mould
on oae ,ons into % fhe i;ttIa bnS obnn ~ 5oob Tu ~
Iond and roaa ~ hny. r,hjipo' np' ~ ooo sa,,ad -
a nnd i;atio I rp Tarrn ~ tnnl @ WHY LIZ sne ssweu
eno ''t''' 1'"'S 'ooA LIS ai'einooll
nap.
lhey were not interrupleu oy many
customers, lor tne new store az me
corner @ nau ts arswn " away most OF the t,e
ITaue, anu lia4 ~ noe peeh lor 1ne
lloeial ooalQ %holmcrolC % inslsteu OF, on
paylng' anu tie iie. Ploceeus S oi Gne Iruck
Wagon, " !. .l,'. ane il''le ia'niiy "ouio nave
iassu Sauna1 nauiy ,;tt,o ~, ,.a on.,,t !,
70 T,ontraia ,,I,,v nneo oos u hopp H.ep. ~
soreaeS ~ r,n thst onT aro g nonss; u.rets In S,e
HnImcroft % was met 70 c aat JeIs,y liz Meals % IN
naana Tba Ho,,ooraft l,ad 1 onraa ~ Ever r
p pna n,ornino armed MIN Nm hoy, ro o,ui and
saw follnwed hn @ mon T, norrv;na "ar' q y
arn,f ~ hoerda A 0 Oh