Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-05-14
Twenty Long Years.

| made Martin Rayners acQuaint-
ance during my last term ut Oxford,
lie came to stay with friend Of min>
At Ralliol, and | met him NJ luncheon
in the attcr's room.
believe most of us werr disap-
pointed III him, We expected to hud
his conversation rs brilliant rs his
books llo talked little, and that lit.
tie by no means above the common
level
In tue middle ot July month or so
after cur last meeting Mt Oxford | had
\ letter from Rlyner, asking me to
spcud a few weeks with him IT his
country cottage In SomNrsetshirc |
sl0&lN accepted the Invitation
,TrtN~t at Rayuc"'s on u Saturday
evening The next morniug broke tinr
and pleasant, ami RaNner took me to
the NtllaSe Church
The parsou WaS not IN eNhiMrating
specimen. Tie was fat and pussy. with
a red nosH and a whcr2y voice
should have fallen asleep nut my
attention was attracted to a rustic
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wrre excd an mo cnrr <, my ruati,
hpoutN was tho yicor's dnu,h,er md
was about to mako her ocouamtnncr
believed rniscd NV hnt with dino
rnrmaIity. whom / uns u,.ns,nioa to th,
,irai'4 ,yirn | r,rnlIrct m,,rr,rIny
some ohseryntinns IN Nor which moy
ar may moi hoyn hnou rohnr,nt II
vne not nntiI wa worn unlI nnnn ,nr
hamewnra wall, thoi roturnnd =, IN,
ropiou If ronpIoto rouscionanoas she
WINS yer, younp scorcclv is ahould
imagine. and rather shy She aid MOI
look at me much. and that gave mo
wv I'll'l bVIbl llIlllN W inspecting
her
was sure now that SHE did not con.
form to the canons OF orthodox beauty
either In face or figure Her nose was
of no recognized artistic shape
imagine that her mouth was Too wide
by half an inch at the least she had
the appearance OF lanklness, which
would have completely spoiled her for
n sculptor'a model
But her eyes and the expression OF
her fncc' This pen shall not venture
to portray them ! wrote Il sonnet TO
her in my bedroom that night. and
tore II to pieces when read II next
morning, Tho lines were not, perhaps,
bad for me. they were, however,
bad enough to dcsccratc the subject.
We had a pleasant luncheon. My
chair WAS between the Wears daughter
and the Wears wife, Poitcneaa con
strained me TO address much Of my
conversation to the elder lady, IN
whom | soon became Interested