Year: 1869

rates boyhood from early manhood-an
age when the future is all couleu- de rose.
Alas! the rosy tint assumes a darker
hue as years roll on.


He loved his art dearly. / think he
loved it better because he had no near
relatives. True, he had an uncle, but
he had never seen him. His mother
and her brother had been the only sur
viving members of the Linwood fam
lily. Amy Linwood (Clarence's moth
err was ten years younger than her
brother. "a little beauty she was
called by every one who saw her sweet,
cbild-like face. As her brother was
immensely wealthy, she had always
lived in luxury. When quite young
she was betrothed to a young man
whose name was Joseph Howard. He
was of good family, but not wealthy.


Mr.. LinWood disliked Howard ex-
ceediDgly, he did all in his power to
prejudice Amy against him. He told
her that she should not share his prop
erty. He pleaded in vain. The will
ful girl eloped with her lover. Lin
wood, incensed at what he termed her
ingratitude, never saw her afterward
She wrote letters to him asking his for
giveness, but they were returned to her
unopened. Howard took his young
wife to distant city, where he got into
business and prospered very we'll Amy
was happy in the love of her husband,
and the little Clarence. At an early
age Clarence showed love for drawing.
He was taught painting and drawing
by the best of teachers, and attained
proficiency in the art beyond the most
sanguine expectations Of his parents.
When old enough, he was sent to Col
lege, and when be had nearly completed
his collegiate course, he received tele-
gram from home which informed him
that his father was dead. Mr. Howard
had been away from home on business,
and the boat in which he was travelling
was burned, and all on board perished.
Clarence went home Immediately. We
will not dwell on their deep grief.
From that time Mrs Howard's health
began to fail. She saw that she too
would soon be compelle to leave her
son. Her husband had heavy losses
before his death, and on consulting
with her lawyer she found that there
was a few thousands left for her son.
She told Clarence she could not live
long, then she told him of her early life,
her elopement, and of her brothers
anger, which had never softened.


"But l do not regret it," she said,
with sweet smile. 81 know it was
wrong to disobey my brother. l can
not blame his just anger, but | have
been very, very happy. You never
knew, Clarence, that you h ad an uncle.
If you ever get into trouble, he may
help you, if you ask him for til sake of
the love be once had for ME"


II shaLneyer ask him, mother be
is cruel man to treat you as he has
done, even if you were wrong in dis
obeying him. If you were willing to
give up all for my fathers sake, be had
no right to disown you; In a few days
Clarence was left alone in the world.


Mr.. Linwood heard of his sisters
DEATH perhaps the hard stern man had
longed to see his sister in all the years
he had been parted from her. If this
was the case, no one ever knew it, and
he lived in his large gloomy mansion
unmarried, and with no companions but
his servants.


At the time of the opening of this
narrative, Clarence Howard had bought
a studio in the city. Some of his pic
lures had been sold for quite a reason
able sum, and now he was enjoying a
respite, boarding at the village hotel,
and sketching the scenery around him.


... ITO be Continued)