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SELECT STORY.
A GHOST BTORY.
1.
I nm n pnlnter. Ouu morning in
JIny, 1858, 1 was waled in my Hludio
nt my usual ouctipation, wlicn a lady
anil p'lillcman were announced Mr.
and Aim. Kirkbeck. My now vliitors
wito KtrangiTH to me, Thoy Imil nton
a portrait 1 hail pnitileil, and wisliod
for likotussi'R of t'lomsolscs and llieir
children. Thu pricu I asked did not
deter Ihcin, and they asked to look
around thn studio to select the size and
Btylo tlicy should prefer. The inspec
tion proving satisfactory, Ihoy naked
whether I would paint lliu pictures at
their house in thu country, and there
being no difficulty on this point, an ent
gageinent was made for ijio following
autumn, subject to my writing to lis
tho time when I might ho able to ieavo
town for the purpose. This being ad
juitcd, tho gentleman gavo me his
card and they left. Shortly afterwards,
on looking at the card left by tho
strangers, I wai somewhat disappoint
ed to find that though it contained the
names of Mr. ami Mrs. Kirkbeck there
was no address. I tried to find it by
looking at the couit guide, but it con
tained no such name, so I put the card
in my writing-desk and forgot for a
time tho entiro transaction.
Autumn came, and with it a series of
engagements I had made intheuoilh
of England. Towards the end of Sep
tember, 1 808, I was one of a dinner
party at a country house at tho con
tines of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
The party was a numerous one, and as
tho meal approached its termination
and was about to subside into tho ties
pert, the con vci nation became general.
I should here mention that my heating
is defective, at some times moro so
than at others and on this particular
evening I was extra deaf so much so
t'ia. the conversation only reached 1110
in the form of a continued din. At
ono instant, however, I heard a word
dis !nctly pronounced, though it was
uttered by a person at a considerable
dista.ice irom me, and that word was
Ki kbeck. In the business of tho Lon
don season I had forgotten all about'
the visitors of tho spring who hail left
their cr without tho address. Tho
word reaching mo under such circum
stances a.res.ed my attention and im
mediately ecalled the transaction to
my remembrance. On the first oppor
tunity that offered I 'asked a person
whom I was conversing with if a fami
ly of tho name in question was resident
iu the neighborhood. I was told in ro
ply that a Mr. Kirkbeck lived at A .
at the further end of tho county. Tho
next nioiniurr I wroto 10 this pcreon.
saying that 1 believed ho called at my
studio in tho spring, and had made ar
rangement witu mo which I was pre
vented fulfilling by their being no ad
dicas on his card; furtheimore, that I
should shortly be in his neighborhood
011 my return home from the north, but
should 1 bo mistaken 111 adtlresing
'lit j, I begged he vould not trouble
himself to reply to my note. I gavo
as my address tho postollice, Yoik. On
applying thero three days afterwards I
received a note from Mr. Kirkbeck
stating that ho was very glad ho had
heard from me and that if I would call
on my return he would arrango about
tho pictures ; ho also told rae to write a
day boforo I proposed coming, that ho
might not otherwiso engage himself.
It was ultimately arranged that I should
go to his houo tho succeeding Satur
day, stay till Monday morning, trans
ait afterwards what matters I had to
attend to in London and return in a
fortnight to exeou'.e tho commissions.
The day having arrived for my visit,
directly after breakfast I took my
placo in tho morning train from York
to Loudon. Tho train would stop at
Doncastcr, and after that at Itetford
junction, where I should havo to get
out iu order to tako the train through
A . The day was cold, wet, fog
gy and every way as disagreeable as I
have ever known a day to bo in an
English October. Tho carriage in
which I was seated had no other occu
pant than myself, but at Doncaster a
lady got in. My placo was back to the
engine and next to the door. As that
is considered tho ladies' seat, I offered
it to her; she, however, very graciously
declined it and took tho corner oppo
site, saying, in a very agreeable voice,
that she liked to feel thu breeze on her
cheek. Tho noxt few minutes were
occupied in locating herself. There
was tho cloak to be spread under her,
the skirts of tho dress to bo arranged,
the gloves to bo tightened, and such
other trilling arrangements of pluniago
a9 ladies aro wont to make before set
tling themselves comfortably at church
or elsewhere, tho last and most impor
tant being tho placing back over her
hat tho veil that concealed her fea
tures. I could then see that tho lady
was young, certainly not moro thau
two or threo and twenty t but being
moderately tall, rather robust in make
and decided in expression, sho might
havo been two or threo. years younger.
I supposo that her complexion would
be termed a medium one ; her hair be
ing of a bright brown or auburn, A'liilo
her eyes and rather decidedly marked
eyobrows wore nearly black, " The col
or of her cheek was that palo transpar
ent hue that sets off to such advantage
large, expreesive eyes and an equablet
firm expression of mouth. On the
whole, tho cusemblo was rather haud
somc than bcautiul, her expression
having that agreeable depth and har
mony about it that rendered her face
nnd features, though not stritly regu
lar, infinitely moro attractive than if
they had been modelled upon tho stiict
est rules of symmetry.
It is no Mtiall advantage on a wet
day and a dull, long journey to havo
an agreeable companion; onu who can
converso and whoso conversation has
.sufficient Biibstanco in it to mako ono
forget tho lenuth and tho dreariness of
tho journey. Iu this respect I had no
iletioienoy to complain ot, tho lady be
itiK decidodly and acreuably conversa
tional. When sho had settled herself
to her satisfaction shu asked to bo al
lowed to look at my Dradshaw, and
not being a proficient in that difficult
work, sho requested my aid in ascer
talng at what timo thu train passed
through ltelford again on its way back
from London to York, Tho conversa
tion turned af to wards on jeneral top
ics, and to my surprise sho led into it
such particular subjects as I might bu
supposed to bo moro especially familiar
with; indeed, I could not avoid remark
ing that her entiro manner, while it
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 10,
was anything but forward, was that of
mm who hajl cither known mo person
ally or by icport. Thero was in her
manner a kind of confidential rolianco
when sho listened to 1110 that is not us
ually accorded to a stranger, and some
times she actually seemed to refer to
different circumstances with which I
I had been connected in times past.
After about thtcc-quaiters of an hour's
conversation the train anived at Hot
ford, where I was to change carriages.
On my alighting and wishiug her good
morning, she mado a slight movement
of tho hand, ns if sho meant to shako
it, and on my doing so sho said, by
way of adieu : "I dare say wo shall
meet again ;" to which I replied : "I
hopo we shall nil meet again, and ro
parted, she going 011 thu linu toward
Loudon and I through Lincolnshire to
A . Tho remainder of the journey
was cold, wet, and dreary. J missed
tho agreeable conversation and tiied to
supply it with . box I had broticht
with mo from York and tho Times
newspaper which I had procured at
Hetford. But the most disagreeable
journey comes to an end at last, and
fi:30 in tho evening found mo at tho
termination of mine. A carriago was
waiting for 1110 at thu station, where
Mr. Kirkbeck was also expected by
the same train, but as she did not ap
pear it was concluded ho would como
by the next half an hour later; ac
cordingly the cairiage drove away
with myself only.
Tho family being from home at tho
moment and tho dinner; hour being 7,
I went at once to my room to unpack
and to dress. Having complclcd these
operations I descended to tho drawing
room. It probably wanted somo timo
to tho dinner hour, as tho lamps wero
lighted, but in their place a largo blaz
ing firo threw a flood of light into ev
ery coiner of tho room and more espec
ially over a lady who, dressed in deep
black, was standing by the chimney
place warming a very handsome foot
on the edge of thu fender. Her face
being turned away from thu door by
which I had entered I did not at first
seo her features. On my advancing
into the middlu of the room, however,
tho foot was Immediately withdiawn
arid sho turned around to accost me,
when, to my profound astonrshruent, I
perceived lhai it was none other than
my companion in the railway cariiagc.
Sho betrayed no sururiso at seeing me.
On tho contrary, with ono of those
agreeable, joyous expres?ions that
marks the plainest woman appear beau
tiful, sho accosted me with : "I said
wo should meet again."
II.
My bewilderment at that moment
almost deprived ma of utterance. I
knew of 110 railway or other means by
which she could hato come. I had
ccttainly left her in a London train
and had seen it stait, and the only con
ceivable way in which she could havo
come was by going to Peterborough
and then returning by a branch 10
A , a circuit of about ninety miles.
As soon as my surprise enabled mo to
speak, I said I wished I had como by
the same conveyance as herself.
'That would havo been rather diffi
cult,1' she rejoined.
At this moment tho servant came
with the lamps and informed me that
his master had just arrived and would
bo down in a few minutes.
Tho lady took up a book containing
somo engravings and having singled
out one, (a portrait of Lady ,) ak
ed mo to look at it well and tell her
whether I thought it like her.
I was engaged trying to get up an
opinion when .Mr. and Mrs. Kirkbeck
entered, and, shaking him licaitily by
the hand, apologized for not being at
homo to receivo me ; tho gentlemen
ended by requesting mo to tako Mrs.
Kirkbeck in to dinner.
Tho lady of tho houso having taken
my arm, wo marched on. I certainly
hesitated a moment to allow Mr. Kirk
beck to pas on with tho mysterious
lady in black, but Mis. Kirkbeck not
seeming to understand it, wo passed 011
at once. Tho dinner party consisting
of us four only, wo tell into our re-
rspectivo places at the table without
difficulty, tho mistress and niasterof
' tho house at tho top and bottom, tho
I lady in black anil myself on each side.
i Tho dinner passed much as usual on
such occasions. 1 having to play tho
guest, directed mv conversation princi
pally, if not exclusive!, to my host
and hostess, and I cannot call to mind
that I or any ono else once addressed
tho lady opposite. Saying tills and re
membering something that looked like
a slight want of attention to her on
I coming into tho dining, room, I at
onco concluded that she was tho gov-
ernes?. 1 ouserveu, nowever, that sue
madu an excellent dinner; shu seemed
to appreciate both tho beef and tho
tart, as well as a glass of claret after
wards ; probably shu had 110 luncheon
or tho journey had given her an appe
tite. The dinner ended, the ladies retired,
and after the usual port Mr. Kirkbeck
and I joined them in tho drawing
room. 15y this time, however, a much
larger party had assembled. Brothers
and sisters in-law had como in from
their residences in tho neighborhood,
and several children, with Miss )lard
wick, their governess, wero also intro
duced to me, I saw at onco that my
supposition ns to tho lady in black be
ing the governess was incorrect. Af
ter passing tho timo necessarily occupi
ed in complimenting tho children nnd
saying something to the- different per
sons to whom I was introduced, I
found myself engaged Jin conversation
with tho lady of tho railway carriage,
and as tho topio of tho evening had
referred principally to portrait paint
ing sho continued tho subject .
"Do you think you could paint my
portrait t" tho lady inquired.
t'Yes, think I could, if 1 had tho op
portunity.' "Now, look nt my face well; do
you think voti should recollect my fea
tures?" "Yes, I am euro I should never for
get vour features."
"Of uourso I might havo expected
you to say that . but do you think that
you could do 1110 from recollection 1''
"Well, if it be necessary, I will try;
but can't you givo mo any sittings f"
"Xo, quitu impossible ; it could nut
be. It is sail) that the print I showed
to you before dinner is liku me; do you
think so T"
"Not much," I replied t "it has not
your expression. If you can givo mo
only 0110 sitting, it would ho better
than nono,'
"No; I don't see how it could be."
Thu evening being by this timo pret
ty far advanced and the chamber can
dles being brought in, orr the pleaof
being rather tired, sho shook mo heart
ily by the hand and wished mo good
night. My mysterious acquaintance
caused me no small pondering during
the night. I had nover been introduc
ed to her, I had not seen her speak to
anyono during the entiro evening not
even to wislr thuni good night how
she got across tho country was an inex
plicable mystery. Then," why did she
wish mo to paint her from "memory,
and whv could sho not givo 1110 oven
one sitting t Finding tho difficulty of
a solution to theso questions rather in
creased upon me, I mado tip my mind
to defer iuithcr consideration of them
till breakfast time, when I supposed
the matter would leceivo some elucida
tion. Tho bicakfast now came, but with it
no lady in black. Tho breakfast over,
wo went to church, came homo to
luncheon, and so on through the day,
but still no lady, neither any reference
to her. I then concluded that sho must
bo some relative who had gono away
early in tlie morning to visit another
member of the family living close by.
I was much puzzled, however, by no
rcterencc whatever being made to lior,
and finding 110 opportunity of leading
any part ot my conversation with the
family towards the subject, I went to
bed the second night more puzzled
than ever. On thu servant coming in
iu tho morning I ventured to ask him
tho name of the lady who dined at tho
table on lliu Saturday evening, to
winch he answered :
"A lady, sir t No lady, only Sirs.
Kirkbeck, sir.''
"Yes, the lady that sat opposite 111c,
dressed iu black T '
"Perhaps Miss llardwick, tho gov
erness, sir t"
"No, not Miss llardwick; shu came
down afterwards.''
"No lady as I see, sir.1'
"Oh, dear me, yes; tho lady dressid
in black that was iu tho drawing-room
when I arrived, beforu Mr. Knkbcck
came homo?''
Tho man looked nt mo with sur
prise as if he doubted my sanity, and
only answered, "I never see any lady,
sir," and then left.
The mystery now appeared more im
penetrable than ever. I thought it
over in every possible aspect, but could
como to no conclusion upon it. Break
fast was eaily that morning, in order to
allow of my catching tho morning
train to London. Tho same cause also
slightly hurried us and allowed no
time for conversation beyond that
having direct reference to the business
that brought mo there; so, after ar
ranging to return to paint the por
traits on that day threo weeks, I made
my adieus and took my departure for
town.
It is only necessary for mo to refer
to my second visit to tho houso in or
der to stato that I was assured most
positively, both by Mr. and Mrs. Kirk
beck, that no fourth person dined at
tlio table on the Saturday evening in
question. Their recollection was clear
on tho question as they had debated
whether they should ask Miss Hard
wick, the governess, to tako tho va
cant seat, but had decided not to do
so ; neither could they recall to mind
any such person as 1 described in tho
whole circlo of our acquaintance.
Somo weeks passsed. It was oloso
upon Christmas. The light of a short
winter day was drawing to a close, and
I was seated at my table writing let
ters for the evening post. My back
was towaid tho folding-doors leading
inlo tlio room in which my visitors us
ually waited. I had been engaged :
Home minutes in writing when, I be
came aware that a person had como
through tho folding-doors, and was
standing besido me. I turned and bo
held the lady of tho railway carriage.
1 supposo that my manner indicated
that'l was somewhat startled, as the
lady, after tho usual salutation, said :
"Pardon me for disturbing you. You
did not hear ino como in.''
Her mariner though it was moro
quiet and subdued thau I had known it
before, was hardly to bo termed grave,
still less sorrowful. There was a
change, but it was that kind of
chango only which may often bo ob
served from tho frank impulsiveness of
an intelligent young lady to tho com
posure and bolf-possessiou of that same
young lady when sho is cither betroth
ed or has "recently become a matron.
Sho asked mo if I had mado an at
tempt at a likeness of her. I was oblig
ed to confess that I had not. Sho re
gretted it much, as sho wished cue for
her father. Sho had brought an en
graving (a portrait of Lady M. A.)
with her that sho thought would assist
me. It was like the ono she had nsked
my opinion upon at thu houso in Lin
colnshire. It had always been consul
crcd very like her, and sho would leave
it with mo. Then (putting her hand
impressively on my arm) sho added :
"Sho really would" be most thankful
and grateful to mo if I would do it"
and if I recollect rightly sho added
"as much depended on it.'1 Seeing sho
was so much in earnest I took up my
sketch-book, and by tho dim light that
was still remaining, began to mako a
rapid pencil Bketch of her. On observ
ing my doing so, however, instead of
giving mo what assistance sho was
ablu sho tinned away, under tho pre
tense of looking at tho pictures around
tho room, occasionally passing from
onu to another so as to enable mo to
catch a momentary glimpse of her fea
tures. In this manner I made two
hurried but lather expressive sketches
of her, which being all that the declin
ng light would allow mo to do, I Ehut
my book and slit, prepared to leave.
This time, instead of the usual "Good
morning'' sho wished mo an inrnrossivo
ly pronounced "Good-by," firmly hold
ing rather than shaking my hand while
sho said it. I accompanied her to tho
door, outside of which she seemed
rather to fado iuto tlio darkness than to
pass through it. But I referred this
impression to my own fancy,
I immediately inquired of tlio ser
vant why sho hail not announced the
visitor to 1110. SI10 stated that sho was
nut aware there had boon one, arid
that any 0110 who entered must havo
dono so when sho had left tho street
door open about hulf an hour previous-
ly, while idio went across thu road for a
moment,
III.
Soon after this occurred I had to fid
fil an eiifarreinotit. nt i bnncn nivir lln-i
worth Field, in Leicestershire. I left
town on a frlday, Having sout tomo
1885.
pictures that wero too largo to take
with mo by tho luggago train a week
previously, in order 'that they might be
at tho houso on my arrival, nntf occa
sion mo no loss of timo in waiting for
inem. un getting to the house, how
ever, I found that they had not bicn
hoard of, ami, on inquiring at tlio sta-
stion, it was stated that a case similar
to tho ono I described had passed
through and gono on to Leicester.
wliero it probably still was. It being
Friday, nnd past tho hour of tho post,
uieiu was uu possiwiiiiy 01 getting a
iciicr to Leicester betore Monday
morning, as tho luggago office would
bo closed thero on Sunday; consequent
ly I could iu no oao expect tho arrival
of the pictures beforo the succeeding
Tuesday or Wednesday. Tho loss of
three days would bo a serious ono; nnd
therefore, to avoid it, 1 suggested to
my nosi mat i suouitl leave immedi
ately to transact somo bininess in
South Staffordshire, ns I should bo
obliged to attend to it before my re
turn 10 town, nnti it i ooiiitt seo about
it in the vacant intervals thus thrown
upon my hands it would bo saving mo
tlio same amount of timo after my visit
to the houso was concluded. This ar
rangement meeting witli his ready as
sent, I hastened to the Atherstone Bta
tion 011 the Tront Valley railway. By
rerference to Bradshaw" I found that
my route lay through Lichfield, whoro
I was to change carriages to S ,
in Staffordshire. I wan just in time
lor the train that would put mo down
at Lichfield at 8 in tlio evening, and a
train was announced to start from
Lichfield for S at 8:10, answer
ing, as I concluded, to tho train iu
which I was about to travel. 1 there
fore flaw no reason to doubt but that I
should get to my journey's end tho
same night : but on arriving at Lich
field 1 saw my plans entirely frustra
ted. The train arrived punctually and
I got out, intending to wait on thu
platform for tho arrival of the carria
ges for tho other line. I found, how
ever, though thu two lines crossed at
Lichfield, they did not communicate
with each other, tho Lichfield station
on tho Trent Valley lino being on ono
ejdo of tho town and tho Litchfield sta
tion on the South Staffordshire line on
thu other. I also found that thero was
not timo to get to thu other station so
as to catch tho train the same evening;
indeed, tho train had just at that mo
ment passed on a lower level beneath
my feet, and to get to the other side of
tho town, where it would stop for two
minutes only, wai out of the question.
There was, therefore nothing for it but
to put up at the Swan hotel for the
night. 1 havo an especial dishko to
pass'ng an cveitig at a hotel in a coum
try town. Dinner nt such places I
never tike, as I had ratlnr go without
than havo such as I am likely to get.
Books aro never to-be had ; tlie coun
try newspapers do not interest mu.
the Junes I have spelt through on
my journey. II10 society I am likely
to meet havo few ideas in common
with myself. Under such circumstan-
ces I usually resort to a meat tea to
while away tlio time, and when that is
over occupy myself in writing.
lliis was tho first time I had been in
Lichfield, and while wating for tho tea
it occurred to me how, 011 two occa
sions within tlio past six months, I had
been on tho point of coming to that
very place, at ono timo to execute a
small commission for an old acquaint-
mice, resilient mere, aim anoiner to get
the materials for a picture I proposed
painting of an incident in tho e.nly life
of Dr. Johnson. I should have come
on each of theso ocoisions had not oth
er ariaugotnents diverted my purpose
and caused mo to postpone tho journey
indefinitely. Tho thought, however.
would occur to 1110 : "How strange !
Hero I am iu Lichfield, by no intention
of my own, though I havo twice tried to
get hero aud been balked." When I
had dono tea I thought I might as well
writo to an acquaintance I had known
some years previously and who lived
iu the Cathedral-clos'i', asking him to
come nnd pass an hour or two with me.
Accordingly 1 rang for tho waitress
and asked :
"Does Mr. Lute livo in Lichfield ?"
"Yes, sir."
"Cathedral-close ?"
"Yes, sir,"
"Can I semi a note to him V
"Yes, sir."
I wrotu the note, saving where I
was and asking if he would come for
an hour or two and talk over old mat
ters. The note was taken ; in about
twenty minutes a person of gentleman
ly appearance, and what might bo
termed tho advanced middlo age, 'en
tered tho room with my note in Ids
hand, saying that I had sent him a let
tor, ho presumed, by mistake, as ho did
not know my name. Seeing instantly
that ho was not tlio nuison I intonded
to writo to, I apologized, and asked
whether thero was another Mr. Luto
living in Lichfield.
"No, there was nono other."
"Certainly," I rejoined, mv friend
must have given mu his right address,
for I had written to him on other occa-
sions here. IIu was a fair voung man:
lie succeeded to an estate iu conse-
quenco of his undo having been killed
while hunting with thu Quorn hounds,
and ho married about two years eiuco a
lady of tho namo of Fairburn."
, Tho stranger very composedly re
plied : "You aro speaking of Mr.
Clyne; he did livo in tlio Cathedral
close, but lie has now gono away."
Tho stranger was right, and in my
surprise I exclaimed ;
"Oh, dear I to bo sure that is tho
namo ; what could have made mo ad
dross you instead ? 1 really beg your
pardon ; my writing to you and" un
consciously guessing your namo is ono
of tlio most extraordinary and unac
countable things 1 over did. Pray
pardon ne.
He continued vory quietly :
"There is no need of apology; it
happens that you aro tho very porson I
most wished to see. You aro a paint
er and I want you to paint a portrait
of my daughter. Can you como to my
iiuiinu iiniueuiaieiy lor 1110 purpoio I
I was rather surprised at finding my
self known to him, nnd tho turn mut
ters had taken was so entirely uuox
pected I did not at the moment fool in.
cliucd U) uudertako tho businesi ; I
tnereioro explained How t wns situated,
Btatlng that I had only the next day
unit iuoimay :u ray msposai. lie, how
ever, pressed mo so earnestly that I ar-
lauged to do what I could for him in
those two days ; and having put un mv
baggago and ni ranged other matters I
accompanied htm to his house, Dur
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THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XlJi.NO 14
'.'OLUMBIA DBMOOHAT, VOL.XUX, NO 7
ing the wnlk homo ho scarcely spoke a
nuni, urn. 10s iiiuiiurmiy seemed only a
continunnco of his (juiet composure nt
tlio inn On our nrnvnl, he Introduced
mo to his daughter Maria and then
left tho room. Maria Luto was a fair
and decidedly handsomo girl of about
iiiiccon ; ner manner wa?, howover, in
advance of her years and evinced that
self possession nnd, in tho favorable
sense of the turm, that womanlinesss
that is only seen nt such an early ago
in girls that have been left motherless
or irom other eausc3 thrown much on
their own resources.
Sho had evidently not been informed
of the PlirpOSO Of mv COlnim. nml nnlu
knew that I was to stay thero for tho
nigiii ; sue inereioro excused herself
for a few moments that she mlrrht rrK-n
tho requisite directions to tho servants
ns to tho preparing mv room. When
she returned, sho told mo that I should
not see her father again that evening,
tlie state of his health having obliged
01111 10 retire lor trio night ; but sho
hoped that bo should be nbl o tn Ben
him some time on tho morrow. In the
meantime, shu hoped I would mako
in) self quitu at homo and call for any
thing I wnnted. She herself was sit
ting in tho drawing-room, but perhaps
I should like to smoko nnd tako some
thing : if so, there wns a firo in tho
housekeepers room, and sho would
como sit with rue, as sho expected tlio
metrical attendant every minute, and
probably ho would stay to smoke and
tako something. As tho little lanv
seomod to recommend this course, I
HI.. I- 1 1 1, , .
leauiiy compiicti. 1 oiu not smoke or
tako anything but sat down by tho fire,
when sho immediately ioinedmo. Sho
conversed well and readily, and with a
command of languago in a person so
young. Without being disagreeably
inqui?itive, or putting auy question to
me, sho sccmod desirous of learning
tho business that had brought mo to
tho house. I told her that her father
wished mo to paint either her portrait.
or that of a sister of hers, if she had
one.
IV.
Sho remained silent and thoughtful
for a momeut, and then seemed to com
prehend it at once. Sho told mo that
a sister of hers, an only one, to whom
her father was devotedly attached,
died near four months previously ; that
tier lather bail never yet recovered
from tho shock of her death. IIo had
often expressed tho most earnest wish
for a portrait of her ; indeed, it was
his one thought; and sho hoped, if
something of tho kind could be done, it
woultl improve his health. Hero sho
stammered and burst into tears. After
while sho continued : "It is no uso
hiding from you what you must bo
very soon awaru of. Papa is insane
he has been so ever since dear Carolino
was buried. He says ho is always see
ing dear Caroline, and ho is subject to
fearful delusions. Tho doctor says ho
cannot tell how much worso he may be,
and that everything dangerous, like
knives or razors, is to be kept out of
his reach. It was necessary you should
not seo him again this evening, as ho
was unable to converse properly, and
tear tho same may be tho case to-morrow
; but perhaps you can stay over
Sunday, and I may bo ablo to assist
you in doing what he wishes. I asked
whether they had any materials for
making a likeness a photograph, a
sketch or anything clso for mo to go
from. "No, ihoy had nothing." "Could
bho describo her clearly?" Sho thought
sho could, and there was a print that
was very much liko her but sho had
mislaid it. I mentioned that with such
disadvantages and iD such an absence
of tnateiials I did not anticipate a
very satistactory result. I had painted
portraits under such circumstances, but
their success much depended upon tho
powers ot description of tho persons
who wero to assist mo by their recol
lection ; in somo instances I had at
tained a certain amount of success, but
in most tho result was quite a failure.
Tho medical attendant came, but I did
not sou him., I learned, however, that
ho ordered a strict watch to bo kept on
his patient till ho camo again uext
morning. Sceiug tlio state of things.
and how much tho littlo lady had to
attend to, 1 retired early to bed.
tho next morning I heard that her
father was decidedly better ; ho had
inquired earnestly, on waking, whether
1 wns really 111 tho house, and at break
fast timo ho sent down to say that ho
hoped nothing would prevent my mak
ing an attempt at the portrait imme
diately, and ho expected to bo nblo to
see mo in tlio course of tho day.
Directly afterbrakfastl set to work,
aided by suoh description as the sister
could givo mo. I tried again and again,
but without success, or, indeed, the
least prospect ot It. Tho features, 1
was told, wero separately alike, but tho
expression was not. 1 toiled on tho
greater part of tho day, with no better
result. ihu diltercnt studies I mado
wero taken up to tho invalid, but tho
same answer was always returned no
resemblance. I had exerted myself to
tho utmost, and iu fact, was not a lit
tlo fatigued by so doing a circum
stance that tho little lady evidently
noticed, as she expressed herself most
grateful for tho interest sho could see I
took 111 tho matter and referred tho un
successful result eutircly to her want of
powers ot description.
She also said it was so provoking I
sho had a print a portrait of a lady.
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was fcu iiki-, nut 11 uau gone sue
had missed it from her book for threo
weeks past. It was tho moro disap
pointing, as she was sure it would bo
of great assistance, I asked if bIiu
could tell 1110 who tho print was of, as,
if I knew, I could easily procure ono
111 ijonnon, nno answered l.ady iu.
A. Immediately the r.amo was uttered
tho wholo sceuo of thu lady of the rail-
witv eaiiutgu presented itsuii 10 inc. 1
had my sketch-book in my porlraan
tcau up stairs, and, by a fortunate
chance, fixed iu it was tho print in
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tmvauuu, wmi 1110 two pencil BKeicnes.
I instantly brought them down and
showed them to Mima Lute. She look
ed at them for a moment, turned her
eyes full upon me, and said slowly and
something with fear in her manner,
"Wliero did you get theso 1" Then
quicker, nnd without waitiug for my
nnswor, "Let mo tako them instantly
to papa." She wns away ten minutes
or more ; when sho returned her lather
came with her. lie did not wait for
salutations, but said, in a tono and man
ner I had not observed In him before,
"I was right all tho time : it was voti
that I saw with her, nnd theso sketches
nro from her and no ono elso. I value
them moro thun all my possessions, ox
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cept this dear child." The daughter
also' assured mo that tho print 1 had
brought to tho house must bo the ono
taken from the book about threo weeks
before, in proof of which sho pointed
out to me the gum marks at tho back,
which exactly corresponded with thoso
left on tho blank leaf. From tho mom
ent tho father saw theso sketches his
mental health returned.
I was not allowed to touch cither of
the pencil drawings in tho sketch-book,
as it was feared I might Injure them,
but an oil plcturo from them was com
menced immediately tho father sitting
by rao hour after hour directing my
touches, convcrsirig rationally, and in
deed cheerfully wnilo ho did so. IIo
avoided direct reference to his delu
sions, but from time to timo led tho
conversation to tlio manner in which I
had originally obtained tho sketches.
The doctor camo in the evening nnd,
after extolling tho particular treatment
ho had adopted, pronounced Ins patient
decidodly, and be believed permanent
ly, improved.
1 ho next day being aunday, we all
went to church ; tho father for tho
first timo since his bereavement. Dur
ing a walk which ho took with mo after
luncheon ho again approached tho Sub
ject of tho sketches, and after somo
seeming hesitation as to whether ho
should confide in mu or not,- ho plaid :
"Your writing to me by name from tho
inn at Lichfield was one ot thoso inex
plicable circumstances that I supposo
it is impossible to olear up. I kiiow
you, however, directly I saw you; when
those above me considered my intel
lect was disordered, and that I spoke
incoherently, it was only because I saw
things that they did not. Sinco her
death I know with a certainty, that
nothing will ever disturb, that "at diff
erent times I havo been in the actual
and visiblo presenco of mv daughter
that is gono oftener indeed, just after
her death than latterly. Of the many
times that this has occurred, I distinct
ly remember onco seeing her in a rail
way carriago speaking to a person Bit
ting opposito ; who that person was I
could not ascertain, as my position
seemed to bo immediately behind him.
I next saw her at a dinner-table, with
others, and among thoso others, un
questionably, I saw yourself. I after
wards learned that at that time I was
considered to be in one of my longest
and most vroient proxysms, as 1 contin.
nod to seo her speaking to you, in the
midst of a large assembly, for1 some '
nours. Again 1 saw her standing by
your side, whilo you were engaged
either in writing or drawing. I saw
her once again afterwards, but the next
time I saw yourself wns in tho inn par
lor." Ths picture was proceeded with tlio
noxt day and on tho day after tho face
was completed, and I afterwards
brought it with rae to London, to fin
ish. 1
I have often seen Mr. L. sinco tltat
period ; his health is perfectly recstab-
iianeu uiiu ins manner and conversation
aro as cheerful as can be expected with
in a few years of so gre?t a bereave
ment.
The portrait now hangs in his bed
room, with tho print and tho
two sketches by tho side, and writ
ten beneath is : "C. L., 13th Septem
ber, 1858, aged twenty-two." ' ' n '
Effect of Smoking Upon the Throat.
A great deal of discussion of tho -
character of a complaint generated by
tho excessive uso of tobacco in smok
ing is giving tlio physicians employ
ment. '
If the disease is occasioned bv tho
habit of smoking the character of tho
complaint can bo ascertained. Only a
mere corroding of thu membranes and
tissues of tlio throat is taking place.
A cigar in the mouth ignited gives a
currtint of smoko to tho air, and the
discharge of smoke from tho mouth
gives the air another. Tho ashes of
the cigar are in some degree carried to
tho nostrils in tho inhalation ot atmos
phere. The substance of tho smoko
arid ashes is tho samo except in degrco
of decomposition performed by tho
lire. mis substance is taken into tho
nostrils, and deposited to somo extent
on tho surface of tho throat. When
thus deposited an alkali is madu of tlio
water on tho stirfaco of tho organs. A
meio creation of an alkali that can
constantly corrodo tho surface of tlie
throat. When thu corrosion is suffi
cient to destroy a tissue, a sore is
created, and a snporation will take
place. Tho pus will corodo still more
of tho tissues. If tho cause -of the com
plaint is removed and tho corroded
arts sufficiently cleansed of tho pus a
(.banco is given tho sore to heal.
JSo other remedy is necessary unless
it be in sufficiently nourishing the body.
This proposition is submitted to the
community nnd it should be consider
ed. A young Irish lad was once hired by
a farmer to tend his hogs, which were
at largo in .the field, with tlio under
standing that ho was to be euro and
count tho pigs every morning and
evening so that nono should go astray.
Tho first night after his installment as
hordsmau, his employer called him to
account, when tlio lollowjng draloguo
occurred ;
Mastek "Well, Phil, did von
count tho lu gs this evening ?''
Pun 'Yis, indade, yer houor, I
counted them nil but tho littlo black
one, nnd ho run around so faslit I
couldn't count him.
They aro having considerable trou
ble in England at present over their
compulsory vaccination laws. There
is a pretty general disinclination to
comply with tho requirements, duo to
the general ciiculation of litrcaturo
that shows vaccination up in n very un
favorable '.iglit, In Liecestcrshire
alono over fivo thousand peoplo aro to
bo prosecuted for refusing to bo vacci
nated. What thu outcomo will bo it is
of course difficult to Bay, but it seems
reasonable to beliovo that where thero
is so genernl and determined an objec
tion to a jnocces that has tho disappro
val 01 a largo arid eminent portion 01
tho medical fraternity, thero must be
somo' modification of tho etatuto to
moot the case.
A brilliant black varnish for iron,
stone, or wood can bo mado by thor
oughly incorporating ivorv black with
common shelao varnish. The mixture
should bo laid on very thin, But ordi
nary real varnish will f erve tho samo
purpose in most cases quite as well, and
it is not nearly so expensive,