The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-20
LOVED A PICTURE.

1t was Jermyn's first love affair
hence a very desperate thing and
one to be long remembered.
Rest" commanded the physician
| az cannot" answered Jermyn.
"When cannot is opposed to must
then cannot will have to yield. Either
you must have complete rest or YOU
will have a complete mental break
down that may land you in your grave
or in an insane asylum" said the ply.
sician, with directness that would
nave been brutal had II not been So
kindly meant.
! He had long been regarded as a rio
Ing young man in the financial world.
and sage old heads had predicted that
he would some day be n power in tn.
| street"
This had been his own ambition
and 1t hurt to give " up. but he
| found some consolation IN the fact
that he would have at least a million
10 settle down on-not a bad amount
after all, he concluded.
SO he bought the old Dlnwiddia
mansion on the James River, in Vir-
glnia, and prepared to settle down as
planter, fairly we'll content, buS
chafing still a little for the excite
ment OF the old life. the daring OF
master minds of finance, the exulta.
ton OF victory and even the quick
pang OF momentary defeat
Then came the love AFFAIR. and with
the love affair the discovery that he
was poet. either circumstance being
sufhciently disturbing to even a
healthy mind.
with the mansion went the Dinwid.
die family portraits. hung in long
gallery
Exploring this, Jermyn came across
one portrait before which he paused
OF young girl. slender and beautiful
as May morning Her costume was.
that OF the 18th century, and its col
ors were still almost as bright as;
when first painted.
a few OF the old servants of the
.Dinwiddie family still lived on the
place, but Jermyn could gain no in
formation from them as to the iIcn.
tity OF the portraits original None
OF the family had lived on the pi.ce
since the civil war, and Jermyn grad.
ually gave up the hope of naming the
picture.
Instead he began calling il MY
Lady's Portrait" and took to standin.
In front OF 1t for hours at a time and
making up all sorts OF romance alb ut
It,
Now, Jerryn had never heen ac-
cused of being sentimentalist o,d
1t came on him with distinct shock
that this romancing about the Dor.
trait was sign OF the mental weak
ness which he had come so to dread
His doctor was his old friend. and ro
MIN Jermyn wrole a full account OF
his case
In reply he received letter from
the doctor, giving him laughing adv,c,
to find the original OF the picture ana
10 marry her, ending with sufficient
seriousness TO recommend him To.
seek out his neighbors and indulge
In human companionship instead OF
lonely imaginings.
Acting on this recommendation
Jermyn begas TO cultivate his neiob,
bors, among whom he soon mada
many friendr More than one OF the
SrIs hhom ~ ~--t attracted him, and
The Deao Ian's 1r-
Returning home recently, a woman.
who had taken out a summons against
her husband, Thomas Henry RoulleY.
a painters laboreT. on account OF his
ill-treatment. saw by the light OF the
moon her husband standing. as she
thought behind the door ready 10
strike her.
She ran away, but 1t was afterward
discovered that the man was hanging
from rentilator over the
feet almast touching