The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-24

|, whenever she felt tdreless dbot,t lihr
q spiritual condition, and tho youth be-.
q lihved himself, bit tsed the name Of
s. Bnppiiira's husband when the lad seScd
her. Of the bbltEn tions Of the christcii-
I lnt: came strongly bnck to hor super
IA stlti6us mind THO two names bccnlne
equally familiar to- young omit md
always nftcrwnrd he wds Liable to lapscs
n bf memory when called OH suddenly
TO give his pretiomcn: md lie FREQUENTLY
caused httoful fnerrlinoht dm6hg his as
soclatcs by signing himself Annnias.
k When Sam presented himself Mt Cap
X tain Talilhnn's house the text morning.
ii lie WIS admitted by 13udsey, who took
him Ia The library AID showed him tho
work no was TO do. rho heat OF the
a room Ind sflillnk the wood Of the heavy
doors OF carved oal: 80 that the locks
3 were NIL out of position. tTarnhain was
s6htcd BY his desk, reading md writing
1Ie did not look up az shfn qh-
terodfGnn paid no attention 10 the III
atrlntiots B,ldsey Vas giving him. Tor
r tho first tnc In liia life, Sneny found
(. tliht this tibyleot OF his presence WIS
vaguely Offensive to him. A week be-
# fore llo would no moro have thought OF
speaking to Fnrnhntn. or being spolcn
Il To by him than OF onterng into CONVEX
sntion With ono hf tho btsts on tic book
Il caacs. Even nov lih Ind no desire to
L
lilo had come there To do certain york
which he WAS capable Of doing we'll, md
lie preferred ID do It ard not be bothered
By irrelevant gossip. But. In spite OF
himself, he felt a rising OF revolt III hid
Z heart. as he laid out his tools against
the Quiet gentleman who snt with hls
bnck z to him. ongngcd lin hls own work
and Apparently unconhcoua Of secny's
presence. A week before they Ind been
nothing TO each other. but now Il woman
had como between them and there is no
s,ich powerful conductor In nature. The
DUET IN which Tarnham snt seemed full
Of itlsoent triumph to tho lucliless lover,
and scraps 81 Cfylt's bounding nonsense
went tliroughShis mind: "a man IL moro
true gentlcmnn'';4 but they did not give
Tim much comfort. Not Until he be-
came Interested in his work did lle 70
cover the even beat OF his ptlsc and the
genuine worls,nanliko play OF his frcul-
ties Then lie forget Earnhnm's prca-
ence In his turn. and enjoyed himself IN a
rational way with his files ard chlsels
aud scrow- Drivers. 4,
r1a had been ut work for an hour at
zone door, aud had finished 1t to his sat
stsfa ct!on, and sat down before another,
when he heard the bell ring, and Bud-
goy i,r,,nctlntely altcrward uslicrcd 4
Indy through tho hall and INTO the draw
InE room. His heart stood stu ut the
4 rustic OF the dress---it sounded 80 Ike
Mnud's he looked over Ills shoulder
through tile open door OF the library
and saw 10 his grent.rclief, that tnore
wero two female figures taking thoirs
seats In tho softly Lighted room beyond.
ono sat with her back to the light and
hcr fenturca were not dist lnctly visible
tho other was where he could SEQ thfco-s
quarters Of her face Clearly relieved
aRainst tho tapestry portiere .Iherc Is
q Kind Of beauty which makes l?au
every human heart that gazcs 'oh u, it
not utterly corrupt and vile, nnd 1t was
anil, n face is this that Sam slceny now
looked at WITH Il heart that grew hap
mar as he gazed. 1t was morning
4 facc full OF the CAIN Joy OF tho dawn. OF
the sweet dreams OF youth untroupi :
~ love, tho face OF Aurora before she
il met Tithonus. FROM the little Us >, ..
gold on the low brow to the sn1tlc I'M, ~,
covered forever, half formed, on INC IN.
a ~ n,;r,.inr Inns and over tho rounded
aim there was Il liaht3of swetness' ana
Goodness, and beauty, ITO be read o
4 I'll Tnen. and perhaps in Gods good 5 tlthe
10 be worshipped by one
Budsey announced. Mrs. Beldlns ana -
Mias Hnlice," and Fnrnham hastcneu 70 "
n greet them. !,
~, sam slceny had few happy hours 20
,.n4cy, nc could at least boast 3hi l,
that ono was beginning now. INC lovely
face bore to his heart NOT ollly ~, ~
i Messing OF It's own beauty, but also
! nov md Infinitely consollnS thousht.
Ha@had IMAGINED till this moment, III
MI seriousness, that Maud Matchin was
Tie prettiest woman IN the World. a ,i
that therefore all men who saw hHr
were his rivals. he chief OF whom WIS
tiarnllain. But now no reflected, WIN
Joyful surprise, that ~ TINS wori d :, OF
rich people there were others eautha!iy
beautiful, and that here, uhoer fal ".
hams roof, on terms OF 1am1liar &c
abundance with him, was q girl as "a UT
lass as an nngel--onc Of his own kind.
5"Why. az COURSE no said to himself,
with q candid and happy self-contemDt,
limits his glrl-you drndcrheaded fool
what are you bothei'ln' about
5He took n delight which, he could not
express In listening to the conversation
OF these friends and neghbors. me Ia
dies had come over In pursuance OF an
invitation OF Tnrilham's, to see the addl-
lions which had recently arrived from
Europe to his collection OF bronzes and
pottery, and some little pictures he had
bought 1T tho English water-coor eXhl-
bition. Az they walked about the .r2oms,
expressing their admiration Of the pro-
fusion Of pretty things which filed the
cabinets and encum bered tho taples, IN
words equally pretty and profuse. Slecny
listened to their voices us fit We're imu-
sic played. to cheer him Mt his work. He
knew nothing OF the things they were
talking about, but their tones We're gen
tie and playful;T the young ladys voice
was especially sweet and friendly. IN
had never heard such voices before: they
are exceptional everywhere II 1tnericu
and particularly In our lake country
where the lhte springs develop fine high
sopranos, but leave much to be desired
III the talking tones Of women. Alice
Beldiug had been taught to use her
fine voice as 1t deserved and Cordella's
lntonations could not have been more
soft. gentle and low-an excellent thing
In woman" &
After awhile, the voices came nearer
and no heard Fnrnham say. jS35
Come In here moment, please, and
SEQ my new netsukes; I got them at
a funny little shop in Ostend It was
j on q Sunday afternoon and the man
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