The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-02
THE WOMAN IN WHITE
BY WILLIAM w. COLLINS.
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s.v LET the charm OF her presence lure
me from the recollection OF myseif ano
nv nosition The most trifing OF the
questions that she put TO me. OF n'o
subject OF using her pencil ana HuAme
her colors; the slightest aitera.ohs oi
into mine with such an earnest oesHe 70
learn all that | could teach, ana 10 uis
cover all that could show attI
more OF my attention thon the nneu view
we PASSED through, or the
changes of !, ght and shade, as they now
Cd into each other over the waving
moorland and the level beach a. any
time and under any circumstances y.
human interest is II not strange 70
how little real hold the ohJects vt eno
natural world amid which we hvs can
gain on our hearts and mindsY we 20
10 Nature for comfort i'm trouble aho
sympathy I'm ioy. only I'm books. Aomira-
ton OF those beauties OF tho inanima,e
world, which modern poetry SO iaTtey
and so eloquently describes is nol, sNen
! stincts of our nature AZ children we
none Of MS possess Il. No urinstructeu
man or woman possesses II. Those whose
| lives are most exclusively passed AMI.
/ the ever-changing wonders or sea o
/ land are also those who are most uniVef-
] sally insensible to every aspect OF Nature
not directly associated with the human
interest OF their calling. Our capaclty OF
appreciatng the beauties OF the eaItn W
live on is In truth, one OF the civinzeo
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS which we all learn, az
an Art: and, more. that very capacity 70
rarely practiced by any Of us excep.
when our minds are most indolert ano
most unoccupied. How much share neve
the attractions OF Nature ever had IN tho
pleasurable or painful interests aho en-
ions ~ ourselves. or our friends? What
space do they ever occupy In the thou-
sand little narratives of personal expert
ence which pass every day by WORD OF
mouth from one OF US To the other! All
that our minds can compass all tnat ou.
hearts can learn, can be acconpiisheo
with equal certainty. equal profit, and
equal satisfaction TO ourselves IN .ne
poorest as I'm the richest prospect that
the face OF the earth can show IneIe ~
surely n reason for this want or lnpoi
sympathy between the creature anu .nv
creation around II, a reason whlcn may
perhaps be found in the widely dinenne
destinies OF msn and his earthly sphere
The grandest mountain prospect that the
eve can range over Is appointed TO al,
, initiation. The smallest human ihtsrss,
that the pure heart can leei 10 "pP'
TO immortality.
we had been out nearly three hours
!, when the carriages passed through th'
, gates OF Limmeridge House
a On our way back, i had let the iaoie
: settle for themselves the 6rst point Q
: which they were to sketch, under my IN
structions. on the afternoon OF the mex
: day When they withdrew TO dress 10
dinner. and when was alone again In IN
: little sitting room. my spirits seemed I
u leave me on sudden. Ieit III sa s,
l. and dissatisfied with myself, haroi
n knew why. Perhaps ] was now consciou
Il for the first time, OF having enjoyed on
p drive too much In the character Oh
r. guest. and too little in the character or
= drawing master. Perhaps that suAht
n In mt
Miss FairIie or in myself which had pc
OF plexed me when was first introduced
OF her haunted me still. Anyhow, t was
a relief to my spirits when the dinner
ne called me out OF my solitude. ann too
ne me back to the society of the ladies
ID the house
~ was struck on entering the drawini
A. room. by the curious contrast, rather
4 material than In color OF dresses whi'
" they now wore. While Mrs. Vesey al
,e Miss Halcombe were richly clad lescn
Iv the manner most becoming To her age
the first IN silver-gray and the second
A that delicate primrose-yeilow color wni'
- matches so we'll with dark complexi'
"A and black hair. Miss Fairlie was unpr
-, tending and almost poorly dressed
=, ! plain white muslin IL was spotesr
y. pure: II was beautifully put on; but 81
uo II was the sort OF dress which the WI
le or daughter OF a poor man might he
no worn; and II made her. so far az eNt'
hu nails went. look less afluent In circu
stances than her own governess AT
od ter period, when learned to know mc
III OF Miss Fairlie's character i discover
We that this curious contrast. on the wro
side was due to her natural dehcacy
re feeling and natural intensity or aVersl
ar. To the slightest personal display or J
at own wealth. Neither Mrs. Vesey nor M
/ Halcombe could ever induce her 70 let
ny advantage I'm dress desert the two lau
an who were poor. To lean to the Side OF
ire one lady who was rich.
ng CTo be continued)
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