Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-20
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In the cafe OF ona Of the prominent
clubs of New York sat two members.
Mr.. HylanG and Mr.. Prindlc. both con
siderably past middle age, engaged in
earnest conversation. The were in
one respect similarly situated Mr..
| Hyland had an only son ANA heir to
his large fortune The son had loved
ten years before young lady who on
the eve Of their wed ing had died sud
denly. Mr.. PrrG.p had II daughter who
had suffered the loss Of lover. and
her father feared that her mind would
be affected in consequence of her atilic-
ton. Mr.. Hyland earnestly desired his
son to marry in order that the estate
might be kept in the family, While NJ.
Prindle believed that the only hope for
his daughter was in having her affec-
tons drawn from the dead by some
living lover. But, though both fathers
had done everything in their power to
bring about these results, they had
thus far signally failed.
At a table so far distant that the
speakers supposed their words would
not be heard sat young man with a
pointed beard such as Is often worn by
men who practice in the fine arts. He
arose and, advancing to Messrs. Fly
land and Prindle. bowed and said:
Gentlemen, pardon me. Your inter-
est in your subject has caused you to
speak louder than you supposed, and l
have overheard you. II you will permit
and give me your assistance l would
like to try to bring about love match
between these two living people"
The stranger was not repealed, and
after some preliminary converse ton
the three adjourned to a private room,
where an agreement was entered into
between them. The stranger asked II
they could furnish lkenesses of the
two who had died, and they responded
that they could. promising to send them
the next morning to the address which
on the gentlemau's card read, Edwin
Larned. Studio building" 1t was also
arranged that photographs to be fur
nished from time to time by Mr..
Larned should he placed cOnspicuously
in the Hyand and Prindle dOniciles.
Not long after this Lucy f'rindle went
into her fathers private }en and no
ticed on his desk the photograph Of
young man. She gazed at ii for some
time and asked her father whom 1t
represented He told her that It was
Henry Hyland the son of friend Of
his, and wished to know why she ask
ed She burst into tears and went out
Of the room. The likeness was Henry
Hyland's, so artfully altered that there
was a slight resemblance to her dead
lover. About the same time Henry
Hyland noticed in his mothers bed
room the picture of young lady that
reminded him of his dead love He
was informed that she was Miss Lucy
Prindle, an estmable girl Mrs. Hyland
had met and fancied.
Within a few weeks these pictures
were replaced by others still further
resembling those who had passed
away. The artist had left the likeness
Of the living. skillfully weaving in
resemblance to the dead.
Then one day Mrs. Hyland announc-
ed to her son that company was ex-
pected for dinner and when the guests
arrived among them was Lucy Prindle.
Henry and Lucy looked at each other
with the keenest interest, and both
seemed pleased when they found that
they were to be dinner companions.
In the company was Mr. Larned. who
during the dinner carefully studied the
features of both young Hyland and
Miss Prindle
When Lucy Prindle returned to her
home she went directly to her fathers
room to study again Hyland's picture
and was surprised to notice that it
looked more like her lost one than be-
fore. 1t was another picture put there
in her absence and had been made by
the ingenious Larned. Henry Hyland
went out of town for a few days after
the dinner, and when he returned went
to his mothers room to have a look at
Lucy's likeness. 1t also had been re-
placed by one more nearly giving the
features of her he treasured in his
heart
Then Henry Hyland called on Miss
Prindle and spent a pleasant evening.
They spoke of the pictures, Henry as
sorting that Miss Prindle resembled his
lost love, she making the same state
ment with regard to him. This they
afterward mentioned to their parents,
and it was repeated to the artist.
"There is not the slightest resem-
blance in the originals" said Larned.
THAT is an impression l have created
by successive slight changes in the pic
lures that have been placed before
those have wished to impress
The parents of Henry Hyland and
Lucy Prindle continued TO devise
means to bring them together, and
the photographs of the living were
constantly growing more like the dead
So slight were the transitions that
though the pictures were changed a
number of times, neither Henry nor
Lucy ever suspected that more than
one picture had been displayed. Final
ly the artist reached a point beyond
which he did not dare pass.
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