2
ELECTIVE AFFINITIES.
TBAKBLATKO VRO* THB OBa*SH OT QCETHE.
chapter I. (Continued.)
“Yoq ha?e contrived,” said Charlotte,
“withint perhaps knowing it or wishing
it, to lead the conversation altogether in
rny favor. The likeness of a man isqoile
independent; everywhere that it stands,
it stands tor itself, and we do not require
it to mark the site of a particlar grave.
But J must acknowledge to yon to hav
ing a strange feeling; even to likenesses
' I have a kind of disinclination. When
ever I see them they seem to be silently
reproaching me. They point to some-
thing far away from us—gone from ns ;
and they remind me how difficult it is to
pay right honor to the present. If we
think how many people we have seen
and known, and consider how little we
have been to them and how little they
have been to us, it is no very pleasant
reflection. We have met a man of ge-
nius without having enjoyed much with
him—a learned man without having
learnt from him—a traveler without hav
ing been instructed—a man to love with
out having shown him any kindness.
“And, unhappily,this is not the case on
ly with accidental meetings. Societies and
families behave in the same way towards
their dearest members, some towards
their worthiest citizens, people towards
their most admirable princes, nations to
wards their most distinguished meu.
“I have heard it asked why we heard
nothing but good spoken of the dead,
while of theliving it is never with some
exception. It should be answered, be
cause from the former we have nothing
more to fear. So unreal is our anxiety
to preserve the memory of others —gen-
erally no more than a mere selfish amuse
ment; and the real, holy, earnest feeling
would be what should prompt us to be
more t di ligent ani assiduous in our in
tentions toward those who are still left
to us.”
\ CHAPTER 11.
I Under the stimulus of this accident,
\and of the conversations which arose out
ipf it, they went the following day to look
over the buryiogrplace, for the ornament-'
ing of which and relieving it in come (ie
grde of ks sombre look, the architect
made many a happy proposal. His inter
est, too, had to extend itself to the
church as well ; a buil ling which bad
cangbt bis attention from the moment of
his arrival.
It bad been standing for many centu
ries, built m 'SHUGermaa style, the pro
portions good, the decorating elaborate
and excellent; and one might easily
gather that the architect of the neighbor
boring ministry had left the stamp of
his art and his love on this smaller build
ing also; it worked oa the beholder with
a solemnity and a sweetness, although
the ehengc m its eternal arrangements for
the Protestant service, had taken from it
something of its repose and majesty.
The Architect found no great difficulty
in prevailing on Chirl ute to give him a
considerable sura'of money to restore it
iSflernally and internally, in the original
spirit, and thus, he As he thought, to
bring it into harmony with the resurrec
tion-field which lav in front of it. He
bad himself much practiced skill, and a
few laborers who were B‘ill busy at the
lodge, might .easily bo kept together, un
til this pirns work too shouli be com
pie ted.
The building itself, therefore, with all
Ps environs, ani whatever was attached
to it, was now cirefully and thoroughly
examined; and then sh twed itself, to the
greatest surp-is; an i leligbt of the arohi
tect, a little side chapel, which nob’dy
thought of. and delicately
proportioned, and displaying still greater
care and plains in its decoration. It con
tained at the same time many remnants,
carved and. painted, of the implements
used in the old services, when the differ
ent festivals were distinguished by a va
riety of, pictures and ceremonies, and
each was celebrated in its own peculiar
style.
It was impoMhle f >r him not at once to
take this chapel into hi« plan; and he de-
termined to bestow especial pains on the
restoring of this little spot, as a memorial
of old times, and of their taste. He saw
exactlj how he woul 1 like to have the
vacant surfaces of the walls ornamented,
and delighted himself with the prospect
of exercising his talent for painting upon
them; but of this, at first,' he made a se
cret to the rest of the party.
Before doing anything else, he fulfilled
bis promise of showing the ladies the va
rious imitations of, and designs from, old
monuments, vases, and other such things
which he had mad.-; and when they came
to speak of the simple harrow sepulchres
of the northern ua i ms, he brought a col
lection of weapons and implements which
had been found in them. He had got
them exceedingly nicely and convenient
ly arranged in drawers and cornp »rlmenls
lud on boards cut to fit them, and cover
ed over with cl <lh; so that these solemn
rdd things, in the way he treated them,
had a smart, dres-y appearance, and it
was like lo >kiag into the box < f a trinket
merchant.
Having once begun to show his curios
-I'ies, »rpi finding them prove serviceable
tentertain our friends in their loot li
r «■«; *>verv evening he woo d produce
cne or other ol Lis treasures. Tary were
A. Novel.
PART IL
most of them of German origin—pieces
of metal, old coins, seals, and such like.
All these things directed the imagination
back upon old times; and when at last
they came to amuse themselves with the
first specimens of printiog.wopdcntß, and
the earliest copperplate engraving, qtad
when the church, In the same spirit, was
growing out, every day, more and more
in form and color like the past, they had
almost to ask themselves whether they
really were living in a modern time,
whether it were not a dream, that man
ners, customs, modes, of..life, and convic
tions were all really so changed.
After such preparation, a great portfo
lio, which at last he produced, bad* the
best possible effect. It contained indeed,
principally only outlines and figures, bat
as these bad been traced upon original
pictures, they retained perfectly their an
cient character, and most captivating in
deed this character was to the spectators.
All the figures breathed onl y the purest
feeling; every one, if not noble, at any
rate was good; cheerfnlcomposure, ready
recognition of One above ns, to whom all
reverence is due; silent devotion, in love
and tranquil explanation, was expressed
on every face, on every jesture. The old
bqfdbeaded man, the cnrly-pated boy, the
light-hearted yontb, the earnest man, the
earnest man, tba glorified saint, the ange 1
hovering in the air, all seemed happy in
an Innocent, satisfied, pious expectation.
The commonest object had a trait of ce
lestial life; and every nature seemed
adapted to the service of God, and to be,
in some way or other, employed upon it.
Towards such a religion most of them
gnzed as towards a vanished gol led age,
or on some lost paradise; only perhaps
Ottilie bad a chance of finding herself
among being of her own nature. Who
offer any opposition when the Architect
asked to be allowed to paint the space be
tween the archs and walls of the chapel
in the style of these old pictures ; and
thereby leave bis own distinct memorial
at a place where life had gone so pleasant
ly with him?
He spoke of it with some for
be could see, in the state in which things
were, that his sojourn in such delightful
society could not last forever: indeed,
that perhaps it would now soon be ended.
For the rest, these days were not rich
in incidents; yet fail of occasion for serious
We therefore take the
opportunity.of communicating something
of the remarks which Ottiiie noted down
among her manuscripts, to which we can
not find a fitter transition than through a
similie which suggested itself to us on
contemplating her exquisite pages.
This we are told, a curious contri
vance in the service of the English mar
ine. The ropes in use in the royal navy,
from the lirgest to the smallest, are so
twisted that a red thread runs through
them from end to end, which cannot be
ex tracted without undoing the whole :
and by which the smallest pieces may be
recognized as belonging to the crown.
Just so there is drawn through Ottilie’s
diary, a .thread ni attachment and affec
tion which connects it all together, and
characterizes the whole. And thus these
remarks, these observations, these extract
ed sentences, and whatever else it ‘may
contain, were, to the writer, of peculiar
meaning. Even the few separate pieces
which we select and transcribe will suffi
ciently explain our meaning.
FROM OTTILIB’S DIARY
‘•To rest hereafter at the side of those
whom we love is the most delightful
thought which man can have when once
he looks out beyond the boundary of
life. What a sweet expression is that—
‘He was gathered to bis fathers!’”
"Of the varijns memorials and tokens
which bring to us the distant and the sep
arated—none is so satisfactory as a pjc-
T <» sit and talk to a beloved pic
ture, even though it be unlike, has a
charm in it, like the charm which there
Si.tue'imea is with a fliend.
We feel, in a strange, sweet way, that we
are divided and yet cannot separate.
lure.
“We entertain ourselves often with a
present person as with a picture.ftHe
need not speak to us, ne need not look at
us, or take any notice of us; we look at
him, we feel the relation in which we
stand to him;such relation can even grow
without his doin? anything towards it,
without his having auy feeling of it ; be
to us exactly as a picture.”
“One is never satisfied witji the poi
trait of a person that one knowi I have
always felt for the port rail-painter on
this account. One so seldom requires of
people what is impossible and of them we
do really require what is impossible; they
must gather up into their picture the re
lation of everybody to its subject, all their
likings and all dislikings; they must not
only paint a man as they see fi n. but as
everyone else sees him. It docs not sur
prise me if such artists become by degrees
stunted, but indifferent, and all of ore
idea; and indeed it woull not matter
what came of it, if it were not that in
consequence we have to go without the
pictures of so many persons near and
dear to us.”
“It ; s too true, the Architect’s collection
<d weapons aud old implements, which
were found with the bodies of their own
ers. covered with great hdls of earth and
r ck, proves to us bow useless ts man's so
g'eat anxiety to preserve his personality
after he is dead; and so inconsistent peo-
p’ear.! the Architect confesses lo have
, hiiijeif openei these barrows of his fore-
nm t?a mrAl. : FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1873.
fathers, and yet goes. nit occupying bID0 ‘
self with memorials of posterity.” *
“But after all why should, we take it so
much to heart? Is all that we do, done for
eternity? Do we not put on our dress in
the .mornings to throw it off again at
night? Do we not 'go Abroad to return
home again? And . why should we not
wish to rest by the side of our friends,
though it were but for a century."
“When we see the many grave-stones
which have fallen in, which have been de
faced by the footsteps of the congregation,
which lie buried under the ruins of the
churches, that have themselves crumbled
together over them, wo may fancy the
life after death to be as a second life, into
which a man enters in the figure, or the
picture, or the inscription, add lives long
er than whe‘n he was really alive. But
this figure also, this second existence, dies
out too, sooner or later. Time will not
allow himself to be cheated of his rights
with the monuments of men or with
themselves.
chapter m.
It causes us so agreeable a sensation to
ourselves with what we can
only half do, that no person ought to
find fault with the dilettante, when be is
spending bis time over an art which he
can never learn; nor blame the artist if
he chooses to pass out over the border of
bis owu art, and amuse himself in some
neighboring field. With such complacen
cy of feeling we regard the preparation
of the Architect for the. painting of the
chapel. The colors were got ready, the
measurements taken; the cartoons design*
ed. He made no attempt at originality,
but kept close to bis outlines; bis only
care was to make a proper distribution of
the sitting and floating figures, so as to
tastefully ornament bis space with them.
The scaffold bags were erected. The
work went forward; and as soon as any
thing had been done on which (he eye
-could rest, be could have no objection to
Charlotte and Ottilie coming to see bow
he was getting on.
The life like faces of -the angels, their
robes waving against the blue qky-ground.
delighted the eye, their still and
holy air calmed and composed the spirit,
aod produced the mpst delicate effect
The ladies ascended the scaffolding to
him, anl Ouilie had scarcely obserred
how easily and regularly the work was
being done, than the power which bad
be .n fostered in her bj her early educa
tion at once appeared to develop. She
took a brush, a with a few words of direc
tion. painted a richly folding robe, with
as much delicacy as skill.
Charlotte, who was always glad when
Ouilie would occupy or amuse herself
with anything, left them both in the
chapel, and went to follow the train of
her own thoughts, and work her way for
herself through her cares and anxieties
which she was nnable to. com aduncate to
a creature. ' ;
When ordinary men allow themselves
to be worked 'op by common every-day
difficulties into felrer fits of passion, we
can give them nothing compassion
ate smile. But we look with a kind of
awe on the spirit in which the seed of a
great destiny has been sown, which mast
abide the unfol ling'of o the germ, and
neither dare nor can do anything to pre
cipitate either the good or the ill, either
the happiness or the misery, which is to
arise out of it. i
Edward had sent an answer by Char
lotte’s messenger, who had come to him
in his slilude. It was written-with
kindness and interest, but it was gather
composed and seri ms than warm and af
fection its. He had vanished almost im
mediately after, and Charlotte could
learn no news about him; till at last she
accidently found his name in the newspa
per, where he was mentioned with honor
among those who had most distinguished
themselves in a late important engage
ment. She now understood the metbol
which he had taken ; she perceived that
he had escaped from great danger; only
she was convinced at the same time that
he would set-k out greater; and it was all
too clear to her that in every sense he
would hardly be withheld from any ex
tremity.
She had to bear abjut this perpetual j
anxiety in her thoughts, and turn which i
way she would, there was no light in ■;
which she could look at it that would :
give her comfort. |
Ottilie, never dreaming of anything of {
this, had taken to the work in the chapel !
with the greatest interest, and had easily .
obtained Charlotte’s permission to go on |
with it regularly. So now all went
swiftly forward, and the azure heaven
was som peopled with worthy inhabi
tants. By continual practice both Ottilie
and the architect had gained more free
dom with the last figures; they became
perceptibly better. The faces, ton, which ;
hid been all I- ft to the architect to paint,
showed by degrees a very singular pecu
liarity. They began all of them to resem
ble Oitilie. The neighborhood of the
beautiful girl bad made so strong an im-
I pression on the soul of the young man,
who had no variety of faces preconceived
in his mind, that by degrees, on the way
from the eye to the band, nothing wus
lost, and both worked in exact harmony
together. Enough; >ne .»f the last faces
succeeded pirfeclly; so that it seemed as if,
Ottilie herself was looking down out of
spaces of the ski.
TO BE CONTINUED.
A criminal court— sparking another
man’s wife.
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