The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1913-03-21

King appeared also on the right. in
hunting costume. and on the left was
another figure Of his favorite IN less
ornamental! garb. According 10 the
legend which accompanied this in
teresung antique. It was Nell
IWynne's own handiwork.
1t possessed for me certain gas-
cination due more to It's history than
LIS beauty, for it vas not the most
artistic Of creations. and as Cameron
poked about for his Baudelalre,
stood gazing at the glass and think
ing or all | had ever read Of the H.
Ifterate, but saucy. sprtghtIy actress
whose sole claim to fame hung on her
winning the favor OF that easy-going.
royal hypocrite, Charles II.
Here's the binding" heard Cam
eron say, and turned from the mirror
TO The table. where ae had found MS
sought-for treasure beneath a pile Of
heavier, grosser works.
You know something OF book
binding he went on. with enthusi-
asm. Now examine that carefully.
and tell ne # you ever saw anything
mora exquisite I had il done n Lon
don, last year. It's d copy Of one OF
lie Gascon )"
At dTst sight t seemed all glitter
ing gold. but on closer inspection I
found that he groundwork was bright
red morocco, inlaid with buff. olive.
aud marble leather, The spaces close
y filled With very delicate and beau
iful polntille tracar1es. Ii was a YER
table gem IN It's way. and could not
blame Cameron for his raptures.
When mad appiauded and De
praised 70 his content, he took the lit
lie volume from my hand and open,
ing il, With a SORT of slow reverence.
observed with something ike patron
ism.
I'm afraid you dont quite under
stand Baudelaire'
Does anybody" flung back.
'He s not so obscure as his critics
would have US believe" Cameron as
serted. Sit down in that Ioungtng
chair moment. and I'll read you
something And is obeyed. he
drew up chair for himself. speaking
all he while N Pronunciation Of Toll.
stoi ana the injustice Of his criticism.
One poem after another ne read.
while I lay Back listening. To his
credit ne read them we'll, though he
paused often IN mid-verse TO explain
what ne thought [ might regard as an
afectation OF. as T0lstoi has put il.
an Intentional obscurtty."
There was one verse which IN.
pressed ne particularly as he read
IL, and remained with ne for A long
While arterTard, for. IN view Of every
hing, L seemed 10 have a special ap-
posit!veness. The lines 10 which I
refer nave been translated in this
way
From Heavens nigh balconies
See n -heir threadbare robes the dead
years asst heir Eyes
And from Tie depths below regr-ts wan
smile appears.
Cameron sat with his back 70 he
door leading 20 the passageway. and
facing. diagonaily, across the table.
tha Nell Gwyune mirror Ny own
gaze vas on MIN as he read
AS ne finished the verse, a portion
Of which l have quoted. he lifted his
eyes, I thought 10 meet mine, but his
look rose over my head. and chung,
while his Ids widened. and into every
line Of his face there came a -,gid
startled expression, half amazement
half horror And in that instant Of
tense silence he "FIeurs du Maj
slipped from his nervsless fingers.
struck the table edge. and drouued
with unseemly echo 70 the floor.
In a breath I vas on my feet and
staring where his vision had r0cussed
I hardly know what I expected to see.
I am sure nothing would have sur.
prised me, And yet I vas scarcely
prepared for the inexpHcable ruiz
which my sight encountered. The
II atoms.
Cameron rose, little unsteadiIy
thought, and coming around the table
joined me IN closer inspection Of his
wrecked ereditament. ( can find nc
word adequate 70 the description O,
what we experienced. Amazemeni
and all its synonyms are far toe
feeble for The task. We were certain.
~ more than appalled,. What We saw
suggested 10 me spontaneous disin
tearation. II such a thing were DOS
sible, which I believe 1t Is not. Il
might have explained the condition a
the mirror No other aacrintion
seemed admissible: for. though the
glass remained in its frame not so
much as splinter having beer
dropped, 1t was fractured into
thousand tiny pieces. resembling
crystal mosaic, incapable Of any but
the most minute reflections. And the
change to this condition from a fair.
unmarried panel had been wrought
without sound and seemingly without
human agency.
cTO BE CoNTTxg-Es