The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-11-06
rEaNATloNAL pr Ess ASSOCIATION

stroll. / returned, and whilst standing
at the door of the house, was positively
startled by the beauty of girl who
passed me and entered, as If she were
regular inhabitant of the place. Not
rosy Scotch lassie such as one would
expect to find indigenous to the soil;
but a slim graceful girl with delicate
classical features. A girl with a mass
of knotted light hair, yet with the ap-
parent anomaly, dark eyes, eye-lashes
and eyebrows-a combination which, TO
my mind, makes a style of beauty rare.
irresistible, and dangerous above all
others. The features which filled the
exquisite oval of her face were refined
and faultless. Her complexion was
pale, but its pallor in no way suggested
anything save perfect health To cut
my enthusiastic description short, l
may at once say it has never been my
good fortune to cast my eyes on
lovelier creature than this young girl.
Although her dress was of the
plainest and simplest description, no
one could have mistaken her for SER
|
healthy Scotch country lassies, | felt
sure that the mountain air had never
reared being of this ethereal type.
AS she passed me, l raised my hat in
stinctively. She gracefully bent her
golden head, and babe me a quiet but
unembarrassed good-morning. My eyes
followed her until she vanished at the
~ h. hi ol, lad 10
the back of the house.
Even during the brief glimpse l en-
joyed of this fair unknown, strange
idea occurred to me. There was a re-
markable likeness between her deli
cate features and those, scarcely less
delicate, of Carriston. This resem-
blance may have added to the interest
the girls appearance awoke in my
mind. Anyway, l entered our sitting
room, and, prey to curiosity and per-
haps hunger, awaited with much i'm
patience the appearance of Carriston-
and breakfast.
The former arrived first. Generally
speaking, he was afoot long before
was, but this morning we had reversed
the usual order of things. AS soon as
l saw him l cried:
"Carriston, tell me at once who is the
lovely girl / met outside. An angel,
with dark eyes and golden hair. Is
she staying here like ourselves?"
A look of pleasure flashed into his
eyes-a look which pretty we'll told me
everything. Nevertheless, he answered
as carelessly as If such lovely women
were as common to the mountain side
as rocks and branches:
II expect you mean Miss Rowan: a
niece of our worthy landlady. She lives
with her."
"She cannot be Scotch with such a
| face and eyes,"
Half and half Her father was
called an Englishman; but was, be-
, lieve, of French extraction. They say
the name was originally Rohan."
Carriston seemed to have made close
, inquiries as to Miss Rowan's parent
age.
But what brings her here?" l asked
"She has nowhere else to go. Rowan
, was an artist. He married a sister Of
our hostess. and bore her away from
her native land. Some years ago she
, died, leaving this one daughter. Las.
, year the father died, penniless, they
tell me, so the girl has since then lived
with her only relative, her aunt"
WELL" I said, cas- you seem to know
all about her, you can introduce me by
and bye"
: with the greatest pleasure, If Miss
? Rowan permits" said Carriston. 1 was
: glad to hear him give the conditional
, promise with as much respect to the
, lady's wishes as if she had been 6
: duchess.
5 Then, with the liberty close friend
= may take, drew toward me portfolio
. full, / presumed, of sketches of sur.
: rounding scenery. To my surprise Car.
r riston jumped up hastily and snatcheC
| it from me. They are too bad to lool
{ at" he said. AS l struggled to regair
4 possession, sundry strings broke, and
5 10 and behold! the floor was Uttered
: not with delineations of rock, lake
and torrent, but with images of tn,
\ fair young girl had seen a few min
\ utes before. Full face, profile, three
, quarter face, five, even seven-eighti
v face, all were there-each study per
q fectly executed by Carriston's cleve
3 pencil. l threw myself into a chair anc
Q laughed aloud, whilst the young man
: blushing and discounted, quickly hud
died the portraits between the covers
v just as a genuine Scotch lassie bore Il
e plentiful and, to me, very welcom
v breakfast.
: Carriston did favor me with his com
a pany during the whole of that day
t but, in spite Of my having come t
/. Scotland to enjoy his society, that day
from easily guessed reasons, was tn
only one in which l had undispute,
possession of my friend.
> OF course bantered him a great dea
!, on the portfolio episode He took it il
good part, attempted little or no de
tense. Indeed. before night he hat
: told me with all boys fervor how h.