Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-09
Continued.


,sally to know.
The dean is thoroughly good and
kipd said Claude, rehectively, "ab-
..r. and Indifferent in many things.
30 sngrossed a good deal by his IA
rori-e hobby, astronomy; but | have
aver seen him otherwise than kind
and courteous"
And is he fond Of Esperauce?"
ar can not tell, but think he must
te remember, too, | met them out
waking together one day"
Esspard was pleased and relieved,
and injured after the other members
Of the family.
.r really can not tell what they are
like said Claude, hesitatingly.
Mrs. Mortlake varies a great deal
rspally she is one of those would-be
gracious ladies', whom one rather
a-rnsts; she is quite devoted to her
little girl, though. | know little Of
the other daughters; the elder is
very learned and the chief contidante
Of her father, the younger very silent
anu Indifferent"
Gapard sat musing over this ac-
count Of the family at the deanery,
and Claude, fearing that further
catechism might elicit more than
Esperauce wished her brother to
know rose to take leave, not how
ever before he had given Gaspard his
address at St Johns Wood and made
him promise to visit him very soon.
The next week brought a letter
from Esperance, but it was no COM
fort to Gaspard, for though, still.
she would not give words to her com
plant. the tone of the letter was
bitter and disconnected. Only one
sentence was there in the whole sheet
to which Gaspard cared to revert; it
was the following:
% think Of you so often in your
loneliness, mon ami, and am very glad
Mr Magnay has made you visit.
H was very kind 10 ME here, or
really think ! should have ceased to
believe in any kind of goodness. Ril-
chester is like stagnant water in the
ruined fountain az Mabillon, when T.
got frozen over in the winter, and
the people are like the unhappy, stiff
looking water-lilies.
Gaspard folded the letter sadly
enough, then, anxious to escape from
his own thoughts, and partly remind
ed by Esperance's references, lie set
out % pay his promised call on
Claude Magnay.
Having found his house-a large
and rather gloomy one, with a nor
thern spect-Gaspard was ush cred
upstairs by mischievous-lookin
little page to the studio. whore he
found Claude hard at work finishing
one Of his Scotch pictures.
7 am afraid have come at a busy
time said Gaspard. "You must
forgive an idle man for his want of
consideration"
Claude had seemed scarcely to no
'ca his entrance-it was but for a
moment, however. Gaspard had not
finished his sentence before he had
thrown down his brushes nj mahl-
stick and fastened forward
am so glad you have come No,
indeed I am not busy only I lid not
hear you announced. Either that
77Hrg monkey of a page was afraid
y Tour foreign name or else | was
1feaming over that Scotch water
FALL"
That was it, evidently" replied
t2snard smiling.
--- Won would have been amused to
hear YOUR boys version Of my name
- Middle on
ande laughed heartily.
hat boy really surpasses! II
. new the pranks he is up to! I
keep him because Of his face
s..'ute wings for buttons, and you
-.a the most angelic creature.
and he pointed to a canvas on
NJ his easels. Il have him in
.'.sTess now, wings and all, with a
.gFound Of clouds. 1t would be
-atfnl to have him in next years
s.a'emy-No 1871, Master John
'aas,' 7 declare I will do It.
E5spard laughed. There was some
.0.I2 so novel TO him in the whole
feeding that he quite forgot his
.'L..es, and sat listening amusedly
aufe, who was in high spirits
oyer a long days work, and kept up
'inuous flow OF talk There was
rain charm, too, about the curl
room, which was half studio,
nay sitting-room, and very untidv
-.' bacheIor-like in the extreme;
irregular in the extreme;
backed chairs. an antique mir
and a carved oak table, were
's7ly mingled with modern appli-
while colors Of every descrip-
we're TO be found in an unwar-
1le number OF curtains and rugs.
after relieving the stained and
aea floor Claude. in his loose
ne Jacket and red smoking-cap,
Aed another incogruous ele-
and Gaspard could scarcely
that this light haa cd fellow