Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-06-17

/ had he been so satisfied with the work
The tiny. landlocked hny, the sparkle Of
/ the water, the sheen OF the lilies, the snowy
beach, all, all were perfect He gszed at il
| long and earnestly. this devotee OF nature
! but suddenly uttered u startled exclama.
tion. and held IL close 70 his eyes, There
was look OF excited amazement on his
handsome face. Snatching up powerful
reading glass he continued the scrutiny.
/ Good heayensp' he calculated. what
can 1t meant
| For there in among the beautiful bios.
SONS was the perfect imprint OF face A
woman's face, with wide open, dark eyes,
a mocking light in their depth, their gaze
seeming to lie fixed upon his face To the
casual observer It would seem but one OF
/ the white flowers, IL was so tiny, but by
the aid Of the powerful magnifying glass
every feature was distinctly visible.
| Amazed, perplexcd, Kershaw could but
| gaze and wonder Suddenly bethiuking
4 himself. however, he laid aside the picture
went down to the beach, entered his boat
and rowed quickly to the bay. A minute
search revealed no trace of his lilly maid, +"
nor signs of human presence, save few
marks In the sand which might have been
those Of human feet or might have been
those Of an animal.
He was convinced, however, that be had
surprised some bathers, and one OF
1 them had hidden herself among the lilies
| little dreaming that her face would he visi
bic in his picture. Returning to the house
| he questioned his host as To the inhabitants
/ on that side OF the lake. but found there
were no houses for miles She must have
/ been a member OF some picnicking party,
and there was no Use of further question
/ ing.
After that Kershaw's interest In pho
Biography began TO wahe. and In a short
time he returned to Chicago He half
ruined his eyesight in impressing every
feature OF the beautiful face upon his
minds eve, and began persistent search
for the original.
\ A year went by, and everybody, that is
among his friends, had come 10 notice the
| quick, searching glance he would always
/ give every new face presented to his notice
/ He had therefore always said he was too
I busy To attend public gatherings, but now
I be went everywhere When he could get
/ away for few days he ran over 10 New
4 York and commissioned first class artist
TO paint an enlarged copy Of the photo
/ graph, cantioniug him iealously to let no
one see the work until he himself had
/ viewed IL.
1 six months passed before he was again
In the city, then his first visit was to the
artist Van Alstyne's studio \ cry OF de
/ lighted surprise escaped kcrshawis li1s as
4 his eyes rested on the exquisite production
/ Perfect perfectw he cried to the artists
/ unqualified satisfaction
/ Every feature OF the cold looking photo
/ graph had been reproduced in living eolors
and with marvellous ftthfulness But the
face was the masterpiece, and Ronald's
heart throbbed with a lovers rapture as
he stood entranced before IT,
What can sayf' he asked after long
+ silence
i THAT have succeedcds"
ut Is marvellous. Perfect How can |
ever repay youY
"By letting me hang the picture at the
/ approaching art exhibition"
/ For an instant an indignant refusal trem
bled on ker.haw's lips. Then the thought
came, Might not such course result in
the discovery OF the original lilly naid,' :"
/ and he gave cordial consent To the plan
t Then, having ascertaiuetl the exact date Of
the exhibition, he gave one more long, low
Ing glance at the sweet face and returned
to his tiresome lawsuits.
These he prosecuted with such vigor that
he found himself free In time to reach New
2 I
ture had been given the most advantageous
/ position, aud from the first attracted much
! attention
/ have told how the scheme had been
thus far failure. OF all the thousands
! who had viewed it up To the last day no
one had shown "A sign OF recognition no
one had seemed 10 have ever seen il before
Disheartened and railing at himself for the
fierce love he had come to own overmas
tered his sense OF Judgment, Kershaw enter
ed the gallery on the last day
This should be the last attempt, he was
firmly resolved II today afforded no clew
TO the mystery he would take the picture.
go home and wait, trying by hard work to
dull the pain OF wasted affection. The
reader cannot be more disgusted with the
man OF law than he WAS himself Why
could he not have fallen in love in a natu
raj way with some pretty girl OF his ac
quaintanee. Instead of waiting all these
years TO lose his heart. over face 50 mys
teriously produced by the cameraf
He asked himself this last question many
times that day as he watched the snrging
crowd, and was mentally prononncing il
| unanswerable when. as he was leaving the
building, he slipped at the top of the steps
and came down most ungTarefully AT the
feet OF his lilly maid Dazed 10y the dis
covery, he was gathering himself mp slowly
when two pairs OF hands seized him and
quickly set him on his feet, whil@ well
known Voice exclaimed. "Now. Ronald, IL
you are only blessed with broken bone OF
some sort you can see this precious city"
mo broken bones, thank you. uncle, "
he replied, shaking hands with the fine
looking elderly man who had spoken, and
also with a younger man whom he called
Cousin John"
Aren't you going to speak TO your
other cousinf" demanded his uncle, indi
eating the fair girl, who had been an
amused spectator OF the scene.
"Other eousing" In bewildered tone
"Well, not strictly so, because she be
longs 10 my wife's side of the house lois,
this Is Ronald Kershaw, OF whom you
have heard us speak 50 often. Miss Lois
Hunt Ronald. by the way, We are just
going into the gallery to see a painting
which friend tells US has Lois face Ia t. y
Turning, Ronald re-entered the gallery
with his new found relatives and pilotesl
them at once To the pictures. a cry OF sur
prise escaped Lois Hunts lips Us she
scanned tile scene
81 was WONDERING where | had seen you
BEFORE" was her only comment as she
turned TO Ronald, u laughing light In her
glorious eyes. That Is the only time
was ever caught by a camera"
THAT same instant enslayed the photog
rapher.n replied Ronald aadaciously, aud
he gathered hope for the future from the
fact that she blushed rs she turned away
without speaking Rye johnson In Pitts