Oxford Democrat., February 19, 1850, Image 1

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n nt«Ni t» mm av
MILLETT A KZLLEN.
Tr ■«« —t W .UJUf «ad My mttm l« mt+amrr .
mr i'ltu an>l rtmH-if r»Mt •ukm MX m«ihi.
tun ill IWre at lK» rtkl nf lb* »»* T > nWfc M<
>*"111 mill It klilnl iucrirn «W Ht (kick fatwul
M air
AixtiriuaiiTi i»« I*«l •* m»«wklr itiw.
«k» l^^urt ii »4 Itm( a. i MHijIilr I* im m>»
Iniwl Ikr mmmn> rli«|n| far iW »hwinnw»i
ry I**< mm far til ajwnmwmi m krlj to u
• tar7r..m iW fatr M tfcc hit taartlh*.
JT" V. II r»i »m, V». 1, *i , (irtpt
<Kr IVtiK lihniwf "fa*,) II"#!'*, m <Mt l(mi
rm-maf mfarf^tii* aarf >.l?i rlwr — wl» It
Vr ma 4 11.»I •>. Nm \.nk. I*lik »Bil
Wikiaaw.
ll.M.k ititil Job rrlminf
r*onpTLV and nuati.y
WMH'lVY.
SzatkuM and Shadow.
TV baib •
1*1 iV b> a \ tUV
Tkm'i («• m »r» f*r Ml«*,
Pw M »iil«H» Vatk Mlt.
TV Ut Ml all la- «■»,
With it» '•tj •rrr™*.
tWl r rival wilt r**r» anl'i.Ura,
(>• lb« gbic* of tW trf».
TV *•>« •>« b» uf •ilirr,
Altai ihr It%r« u( (<>Ura li|bl ;
IWl a «p»*i will ili«> tb»>r
la lV ifMl tJt at;M .
AkI <w litra arr « K«x<i
l.ir tbr apring-lim* '4 «b» »*ar 1
tUrlian all it lpr»l —Uw>
TV* mftim *l«a it%>W aaJ >)i»ar.
Wf Wavr war tlrrin <4 fl—I.
% 1*1 .mt »iwm« f>*u<bi <aith paia ;
TV «L»\ aui Ua»« all k>«ln,
TVn |a* <• {l«ai afana.
\V. bit* <<mr <!rran»» .«aa|4«rr ...
t Vir« a biwa • Ur mat W,
III* tbr »wahl bur .J Mtr<na.
O'rr tbr b.;b<-»l lm » Mill rtral.
VVr kar«* <atr ilrraiai >4 ftaJiwaa—
AT.- ka»* a<in»; itrowaa *t rur .
TVrr an W«« >4 binJH |tw(i»p,
TV* aca»" >"? *" aluir
K>n>rlliwa life H all •Utt.Stlw,
tV-anrtiwrw all a thaaW ;
TW« au ttpt u> art lib*
llat aa autrttpa halfc Mfek.
M r bn» 'S «i%Sl» that uir lu upaatja,
la ilk 6nl»«a [Uima air ;
\l » ba«r •p«»n« li^bl w U» «•,
To tiiaaulir (Ilk «v la rttrre.
Kimliinn Ii4ra >4 la'lrt frrlM|<,
it'** lb- iai»Mt •1'iiit n4l.
TVn i{<ia a.iiar »»«' >4 ii| larr,
tW«b« <ri'i» tbr • b«.l-«a».l »«L
tt'hm tbr brart •• (ml, lijkmi,
1..kr a Uiil m tumuM■ *> mmf—
Wbn thr nil ia (U>taraa,
JVn it »i1 »ilb • ».K* ** >ing,
\\ Sr-i tb- <«••» <4
*»P> •M*ih awl ii«i|>»U *mt,
TVn aiaici mfilia iHr ui'b «,
\—l *0fmm ll .
I'l'-m II H 'k > I' '"i t •
TEE BLACKTMITII OF ANTWERP
I^m • v*"— ** ',,rr thr folks «»f thr Nrthrr
laix's had l<mrni <l to rlit'w to!ar<*o. and men
twl'orr th<w rntrrprvstnc and Uiitthtt-wit «U«d
mm, whii gloriously figur* in ttw anual«
<T th* sa^r unI « erld-faard " Kni«-krfWirk«
«f," ti mI bidden * t*^ctfcUiiu<>u« .vlii-u to in
land «>f their tatmty—thrrv in Ant
werp % Sl.vk«inith It must not be M|t|X«ed
that this jortiruUr tr «rv-n»».Ui y t* thr imlj
hi«rk«m !h in Antwerp . t*.»r Mich a siipp<*i
turn, although it might hr wrt ajrre ibU* to
th* imagination, and —-nrr v> r»>ni ire up *un
«»V ld«HM> bMtrSlll*.' til* l»»J» '«• l-«!i II' £» MIU"» <>l
ihr prnua in >;urMto«, Himlil giTe but a mmr
•lira of the stair <4* th>- mm trade intluteitr,
and might srr**' to exaggerate pro|ilniMMiitt
rr^ardiuif Finnish hotH-sty. t hw bljek-niith
would ha*e h.kl hi* own trade of it, if uar
might he allowed to indulge in iunb a jur
[■•trriHU bj||iK'.n:iti<Hi. fi>r at the tunc •*>
whieh Mr t%4"r. kntwerp i>»i.Id huast of tw»
and-twenty gnodly *;uar»-». more thiui t««
huridrtni •trit'U, and upw.ird*of two hundred
th.nami miu!i.tant» , a lordly. iK4»-*ti«- tur
£*»nu"»trr, f.it ami burjjrm* *, craftsmen
of «U mU and sia>-», wiilors prrattku)at:n.'
1U strvct* from all parts of Kurope. and pirk
pn-ki U following thr sailors. there \serr
rhees«' •• lU-r* and tailk »en«1ers. with \ch»r
fn>n» tlx- dairn-s whieh lay nearer to this great
trading emporium than to Mru«arU or ller
jrrn->»|-Z«ii>m. and th> re were rich merchants,
who had *h:|«» jumI great atnrv*. and line
hou«n, and great ninnf ini«rv ho\.»— in
short. then* wrre »uch a multiplicity of thing*
•wMiir of riH^Wr*. tiMiwr*, chain*, iron
• heels. horses* shoe*. locks ami keys, that to
(bete wm only oik- blacksmith in
Antwerp, would hr to Mipjuwr Antwerp*
frry wi«*!en cut iiukol. and 1U people It-*
ryr.'ij wf fastening thiir'doors than coiiuncr
'ul pe«.j.|«- ire tit |p-ut-ral. TV if** aje hail
»; IWx-1 up tV watersof iht Scheldt, as well
u «a*ii the Tiber, and it bad traui|ied thru"
the flat* vmI frit* <>f thr Netherlands, as MO
vw r ihfrh.\ni|<iauf Rome TV proud
Kiidal£<» < i Spain, w ith their iron »[>< » hich
■ arwleeted leaden b««l», and mm coats wLtch
Aitrrrd stony brarti, Kail rwUlen their stout
acr<*s the l.ind*cape* * Inch the Cujrpi,
Y|« («<>\rn«. in<l \ aiulrnfltln luted hi paint
>» w«il tlxiM' which Murillo aimI \ eliLM|uei
>:• l:yhi«d tu portray; and mi then- hcr nu
merous worker* in iron and steel in Antwerp
a» «• 11 an in Milan and Damascus. It i»
•rtth mr particular IiLckstuith only, howrter.
that this Termoun narrative propum tu deal,
and it may hr suppmrd that he was an un
common blacksmith and uncommon yoiitii, or
hit hivorv would sraicrly be worthy of uar
rtttoa.
Wc hate w<! he via* an uncommon youth,
»hich phrase, without the qualification, may
I" fwaidfml aa an intimation that hi* hail
paKM-d hia ho% ixmd ; and as his toyhond had
'•••o like the ro«*t of work people'*, it ia un
iw^wnr Ul «*j i grrai deal about it.—
Quiiititi MjL>v» wa» tin- a>Hi of i |o<t uvui,
whirh huihi diagrao* fa* bun. however crim
inal aome men ma? «up|*aw |W< erty w» i»c to
mi inditHlual; uul he «u the *>u uf an Inm
nun, * hich wai vm honor to hit fillict,
and >• a prouder hereditary title than many a
rich mu'l Mm eau write on hm patrimonial
tree. Little Quintin was not our of th«*e
U>»» thai |**ple think of making hlacktinith'*
of now-a-daya, lor he waa atnall, and wot at
all r»»buai-looking , hut tlx n ht had aurh a
way of running to the Schmidt'* Wyrnl, and
Slow ing the huge fccllowa, u Itoar handle* he
could hardly reach oa lip-iue, and trying lit*
hand al forging little piece* of iron, which
the Mnith* allow rd kim to Jo a* an indulgence
»|W» he h vi tried the mjiMiibililT of
ing the tfrval hammer, which i* uaually call
ed it, ami of filing, chopping ai>J bur
uiahmg, that h>« fatlur thought he had a
frniua lor working in iron, ami in apite <4
the rrinon<t'Mk.v<a ol hn niotlicr. whorf-vUr
<vl that he waa ikm M>M, •»! vn»i «*>»■ would
rather h» «nit n an npprrolice to th<'
good peruke iwaki r, J mi Pull- ndorf, Quintin
wu duly houml apprrntKV to the right hard
aimI tier* cralt of blackamtlh. Neither the
fa tin r mir mother of Quintin M.itarthad hwn
<%rwng concerning the lad ; for alheit that In*
boil * waa not like iYter \ ot> '■ ii>e anchor
ntakiT, nor even %> goodly a* that of lather
Valaiubnu, the fat $pMU*h pneM, v« t it
would have taken lYtrr \ »*i t.» have Iml a
finer t.«j>tc, and uture uallt aide iiwn Uiail the
heuj ot' th<* jodrinie, rni he could have brat
out •» fine ami beautiful chain*. vid ornamen
tal rail* and b«111*1 rade*. ao could thia wi iklv
hut iiuretiioua atwrcutiee_
\V» Dkh«-(lM*rC*upi«l Iwagrrat
er lore for prentice* than l*>r mature people,
or whether tl i* that prrnticvw are all m<«liti
cation* ol' Cupid in di»«»u'«e. hut certain it i»
thai jtfe«Urt« w the ui<«t lv hiv
ing portion of the community, fin matter
whether that love m directed towinl* voting
Ivdiea, with ro»v rh'vks tnineing little air*.
umI tiOT It t—1« e*j»>i«!rd u|*>:> tubiceo, ami
'"•J! " IT***"' di*cui"«-d *• pHMituia—«ir >» di
'rclcd toward* themarlliw. Lift, in all or
either id" thew form*. hi* hem a mime attri
bute of ihr iin|««utit indi\ idual* r- f.-rr» «l to.
t'nmi the earl MM recordol tim< «f Jm \ in and
Krank TuiiM iI «»f «ir.aibh**» memory. >un
Tappertit. who ma> married at lea»t to fame,
atx'. uunierou*prom *ing voutif mennfto-d i\
mi tti it it * i t likely th it (j-untt, a* hi* • <«m*
panion Uuuluriv »ty|ed him, c»»uld he an aj»
prenlicr am| Dit III h»»e L* Ik in it |*tded
him*-If iu hi* b ur, he might havr hern rv
•Miwnl, lor lU hrautiful brown eurU hung
down h • pal* eh.*ek» clustered »in« ». and
ki»»«-«l ilwiii, a> if thev loved tlwin for l»eing
«' often hatlk'il in «h» «!«]« of toil . it «n>
fluMv, «»»* hair, v»h i'h tumtouiaed with
ht» d irk blue evi « ,v» li «tv m d<»-* the w irm
Sr>«w n cloud* of *tin*'t hxrm«Hii«e w ifh a nn I
low aul'imn »kv. J.m 1'nffi mlnif iiitUJ||m|
h i:r; indeed. if he eould hate ei»i J hint
» If without enw o|' Ijiiintiu'k head in #
(■etr'fied Male, with the nil ire peruke in;*ood
conditio! uj""ii it. he won 1<I hite exhibit** it
in hi - window a* a dummy, and would lave
i-*ti-en*-d it 11 one ■«' (M ftr»1e«t tr> :«*ure« III
\ntwerp, notwithstanding then w i«aeathe
«!r*l in that citr fite hundr--! feet Imig, two
hundred iMl thirty te»t bro%d. had four hun
dred and ftf?* fetl Irgtt. and at the %am< tun
rieh in golden rnx»'«, eai^(«.rtie*», and cen
ser*. and other valuable relic* If Quintin
hail lovixl himwlf he would riot htve hern
•insular in thiw ntlier . for though the younr
dvw « i^nerjJIt. e»»itvj> r» J Lis featur e Iin>
and marked for the uuwt api««t< I char
acter of vulg-»r FI'mnK beauttr. wtill hi* moth
er and *undry in iture ladi*** h1<«aed li •» tin*
l-V1. llVt Agtroil tk<< it w i« w iti'l.iu; , liu
ei»m|t.uiio*i* admired hi« tenijM*r and tah-nu.
.UmI d'd !i«4 enrv him of the latt-r for th<« for
iiHr'a mV- ; *u«l Lilhet Van 11 !m«>nt hmil
ln» h i4T. e»<*«. voice, |o<ik». abd hindiMke,
a>*tive lonn. and »ijflie 1, a* »Ji« thought of
theru altogether, otVner than w» good for
her p» u—of heart It wxv n »t hia hair, h«»w
ever, thu Quintia emmd f«»r. n«r In* person
••ith" <nlnr je-«|de might have |o»pd Quin
tin M .!'»*. aud b* »a» very thankful that
;«»»l people did . hut he did not hiuivlf, and
be could not b-lp Uut he did not, for hia hi' irt
wx» w hoi I v in po—'nwinn of l,iab> t \ an lle|.
n»o«it. and be thought of few \ouug j»Min
*ave tier
>o wood* r that the haiMNnn' young wacK
•milh lutnl L.t)rl; it *>»ulil h«H- lnt'ii %
gnalcr wonder if ti«- did not. F.»en the rude
•e-umu u»il tt> stand ami at her, as »h*a
iripjwil along tbe streets, as modest a* the
awi raw » in Ix r father'* rucxrmtofj,
arid ttn o would 2« t^r dh air • • th.tl ste wa*
a little frijjate; On* dairymen usuil to
opes lb* tr cj«» wide, and thru uouth* a great
«U >1 w ilier, w l,( ii she «u«|d t«nik over U»«
balustrade of her lather'* quaint, picturesque
I*Miking house, anil they miiuM agree that
there mu nut a cowslip, <lauy «* nw u all
the lueadowaao lovrly m4m* ; and tin* apjven
licea, um.I to Mriuhk' at thru khimk
without the city walla, on the summer night*
would simultaneously suspml their play, a*
»hc&ndh«r stately, pompous fatiicr passed
tlntu Ui their accustomed walk, aud they
would nTrain from joking ahout thr father for
the daughter'* sake, m> highly did thrae bois
terous. opinionated youth* estreiu thr iw*l«s
ty and beauty which were retident tn Ltxhct
Via Hi lutont. Her fine, fair nnglcta fell
round her w hite transparent neck, hkr (fold
• u filament* round a »iI«ct triar : her eye»—
xi milt, and yrt m full of lotf—wen; like
blue opening* in the auutmcr lieavro, fringed
w ith dark vapory streak* of shifting cloud.
The ailvrr circlet that bound her f.owinjr
locks. and from which hunt; pendant*of gold
and silver, rvt » to her head a richer, but not
a more beautiful character ; the pearly brow
the dimpled cannine cheeks— the red, ripe
lips, with an ivory »tre*k half hidden, half
seen between tftetu wben she smiled, were
^••vrtr far in Qutntin Nf.itsvscves thin all th»*
irultl in the treasury of Woulcr Van IK inner
lh«' money-changer. Luhet wan not like the
^morality of thtwr dame* who could walk for
mtlca through the fen*, and carry cjrga l»>1
market, or who came akating down the
Srh«Ut, in w inter withehce*c* on their head*
ller* wan a liitht ami airy fonn, aa handsome
i* that of tin* < Jrc-k ami lulun models, which
the patntcr father wncahipped, prrhap* more
drvouUr, at l«-aat more devotedly, tban man*
who had Wnt in ignorant adoration to thrm.
and it wan aa fletiMr and graceful a* full and
free dewlopment Miuld render it. Kyu Via
llrlinont had a knowledge of letnalc gr.»r«
and ItmJinr**, and he «u annum) that God
had nude the human form Ion perfectly for
uupioua mm l aukera to attempt to inrnd it.
•»> Uiat the prren velvet Uwhlicc of I.iilirt fit
ted a intural and beautifully rounded C>rm
.\imI hn»t. ami h< t little foot and Miiall taprrinc
auele (ireped modeatly Tel gracefully from,
under her ml and inaasite *ilkm kirtle.—
U.'» could (Ju.uijn Mat>v» do other* i«c than
l«»* be.he ih.it an ifi-rvrovM, an full.
• f w artn ■rntitnrut an^ fervid uo^uaiun;
ami he. Ion, that luul tin- priulege of a gml
v>a to mil at her father'* Ihium, and a»*i«!
her to weed aiul eull the flown* of her fath
■•r'* garden wh»*n fie pleated' It wan
nthle that a toulli of hin disposition nhould not
ea|ilivated ami enthralled hy a maiden like'
I.nbet; hut |>er*«Mi« » ho pntdlM t*» hi* deep
rr.nl in the ni\*t>n<* of fc-malc netitiment.
werr a*touiah<-d that *l»e would aometinM*
~ < n on the •irtt t* of Antwerp w itii th* young
I'U'kximli at Iht aide, and he dreiMHtl in In*
'1'iiniwii garments, while Josh Kroinm, who
^muad her father's color*, and wa* two hour*
• aeh day armed ill velvet doublet and green
hoar, studying painting in tiieacadt my, whieh
!u>l hern established m A IV MM—Ih>»
•• ' .Id nhr w ilk with Qu.ntin. while she pon
«tran • «l hit*i, much to hta ehaffnii, to walk
I* hind, i»h«"ii It* »ei ••inpamed her aa protrvtnr
if *h«' hip|*'ned to I** out alone *i*ititi{*.
Juab, lik.' a great man* Rnkryn artiata of
tw-«lern tiim-«. wa« a »«ry iffrat nun itin sin
gle |trT*t*« e»umaii«>n. and lli.tt per^m'*
opllt in Jiwh nrin'UHil more IiwIiIt than an\
otln r U«ly'n, *» i* generally ll»- fw with
arti»t* who hnrrr Iran the chfywlw thai
iwrwm being none cliff limn J«edi him* If.
I|e cartnd hit Lead * ith U>- air uf mA|ni|Io
l'« liidere, five feet four iitriir« higli. and cor
pulent in Dutch pro|»»rti«m , and hi» Mark,
lanky liair lm*e •»*«•* In* n.vk, a* if it hid
!► nth. tail til i Nli. tl 11..I Hue. ;ihalu«. Hi*
\*rr w an *lu|«»l a/Vr tin* fashion uf an entire
(«oi4a clwvw, w ith tww muII round
a» if the* i .ul keen taken out l<v a spile, f.»r
< vi», with a potty o Ji rublr t«»r a
mouth, ami a parraip ftufk at equidistance
•»t»n n tUiu fur a im*>—ii'ul tha v Jim!i
Krumtu, who prof.'«•»*] to Jove l.n'si \.o
ll.lmmt neat tw himself, and who mm mor<
than ind yiUPt tJi.il al>e UigjW ke n with
that <* .iiiimhi forger an.i burnish*» of »tc« I,
rather '.nun with linn, tin envy even tli«
in. hvr»' vou: „» Mi*n. ahnmiilil not .»•» out
toahovr their holiday finery e»»-ry day •»* Ik
did It la ktranfe S««a , usually ooiii
i*i«'. nt 4ii<l lovingly agrees! upou all tin- yrr.it
t«>| .Ok which tavupr th'irthought*, will Ui»
agree upon «Hiir minor, tr».ial matter nt
• which will he %i.tr.. i. lit to intromit .ill
I. -'II u'll 'l |l » ll'». Iff I ' * f •' •!. -Il>.| l|l»nl'
thctu ui heart ami A-ehug. ll" j»«»jil»- would
only try to duratrrr hi h->w far tle-r agror
and arr at varuner in principles ami opinion*,
they VI mild |«rf»«-iire lliM th<s>>' hnics it*
thought, wh-ch ami hnanm *^»siii»t l*«a«>mar»
l' \j nutneniu* than the sympathies which link
ihi-iii together, ami that if low and forbear*
am* were acknowledged a« iiwhi |k«Scnt and
Muivrrwl f iwriwr* than priJc, then wunM
!«.•' hirtociv thin th r» i» in this j irrms
work I 11 vn Nan II •hn>ut anal hT» daughter
had dnrrtnt tfeas r«'ifardinj thr lH>|M'ful J<wh
Kroin'n, aii'l an Imth <Mn«id<*m' that opinion
to tn> uf *mi» • trapofttif*"—thi f<»rm-»r in n'
f«i*r to his prid", and th.- lattrr to krrlmt
—neither »*tn • I w il.inij tu c«n<T<li! hi* or
hrr peculiar Ttrw^ewi'fning the youth to
the utb.-r; and »> thi« halliard Ivvun- a |wr
•on of »4>i«kr> iiii-ntrtance hi the thought* of
Ikith
"J(nh Km n ii i« a ynuth of xpirit an I tal
i nt. an«l he i* of tin- ri^'ht profit on !" r\
r|aim-l Myn with *.>•n•• dignity; "ami h<
«haP h iTr i,»v daujlitt-r wh<*n h'-ean paint an
original picture e»jtial to thatand tie* old
i niltuti iMi* painter knap|»-d Iik -r* a<i«
pumlnl to i rV/Vrvrrr of his own whieh
liun^ upon the wall.
'• Will he'" cried Mine hen, nune
ami Viii I!• Iiifxit n privileged houarkorper.
" Weilall mo! lie, tin- puppy! our
l.uJi t—wall, what shall *11 h-»r next
" Why, th it Ltibet t»lady toJ««%H Kromin,
• t'r> ,»t Flemish mtor,"
" M iM« r of a donkey and two iiulk-paiW,"
cried Minchen w tli a iiw* «>l her head, w lurli
ii< trly duntt the white triangular rap from it*
place, Mid which certainly diaconij>o«ed Iter
large wi ll at.irc.hed frill, " llo a Flemish
inaater!" and tin* good dame a»*uined a look
of the iuint tuvi reitfii r«MiU>uip(
iiyn Van 11> iiuout waa a stout, portly old
fclluw, with the l« »t u&turvd iaK|ir< wum of
fare in the world, and a heart that could not
!»■ Mid to belie that t'X|>r>**>ion ; hut he like
a great many good na lured men, aometime*
took |m rulur notion* into hi* hr.nl, and when
these notion* Ik-caino firmly fixed there, all
the w ater* in th" men of the seventeen prov
ii-er* would not have uprooted th in. " You
shall see, then, Minohm," he replied, quiet
ly hut lirtuly, as he turned his chair toward*
thexi|«'ii window, and looked into hi* little
garden. #
•• I shall aee I.ukt the wife of a elever
man, and of a good man, and a handwome
man to boot," aaid the old nune, wiUi a
euliar emphasis, and a cast of the chin, which
only those who are acquainted with a secret
can aanurBQ ; " hut she ahall neither he the
wife of Josh Kroiniu nor another fainter in
Antwerp."
'• Then she ahall die uwnamed," «aid Urn
ntuhhornlv; " for a painter ahe ahall h»»«\
ami netrr another, thoughh wore Archduke
of Austria, an 1 L»rd •»»"T B.abant."
" Now, Ryn Vaii mid Min
rh«ti, modulating her tujtr, an<l looking with
a Binil" at her master. at*! in the m<Mi nut
in?, wheiillini; way irrv>^u»:»S!«*. •• Would
ymi really ba?* our Lisbtt marry thai r»m
re i ted, lard hi ntler—that empty pated fallow
—\kho would mak» a »ery good inatruinrtit
for llentie 1 labium, wIm K'.v the hix» <lrntn
in voiir own mq* of Antwerp fire-eater*'"
" Ah. Miix*h*n, jrou di*'t Imr tb* hoy.
and you r*n't ha»« a greater ft* mhi»rhar
arti r," a.ud the old man ia hi<i>«n eiml way,
hut aa aim aa the i» (iimiMr, ant yon tulip*,
and nur*. and nuiuneulu** an* in bloom, he
•h ill have I.nVt »h»n h -a' pawt a u> ■«•
to that picture on the wall." X
Minrhen aai I not a w»rd. hut ahe Uiru*t
her head thn-u^'h the foli\go the gruen je*
•amino that elo«t*Tidar«n' •< ihe!mi»'l« of the
window. and ah* hutunW •!»«• )u»krd into
tl»e garden . imI lartimMlii i«.•* r..o
fident frtv one* uf a p*r<»in who had rained a
nrtorf, Wt tin y wrrr tinctutnl w nh the «i«i
im*** of a d< fr.it. She knew Kyii, and *he
• f«»T JhhT l.ltlx'l.
It wii a h autiful littl»* ^aHru tliKtof V»n
llelmont'a. for lo*. heiiig a man of »«>tn<* *uh
•tan^e. great toata, and a lower flower*,
•pared no pain ., nor r** *-«««T»ahl«* ripen**, to
render hm plot a little paradiv. aiul aa !..»•
Iwt » '« pa^ionaiely fiaid «f (Viticulture, and
Qumtin Mat»v« wui 'i-n ni<*>- iiithu»ia*tie
in In* ntt vtnu'-lit t<> tin* |«jr*r it than ahe, it
w i< to this little gard«n that tlt> lot r» rwaurt
»<l, *im! C U 11 here that thev Iran led to lo*r
earlt other as *»**ll aa I«e bright. glowing.
di >*, bnirndvnl Antwerp I*
fonm.al M'lnrwtial in the »h ip» >4 a efe*«»nl,
iihI i» »urroun«led hv a strung, muhatllril » ill
u;«m either aide of whu-h gr>w tall *h.u!>
IflN'H H l»« II till' M .11 Hill tdll-tf-v of ihr
Ht* tlnrr ti«tl In hr \ cx-il) »|Hrr of ground,
whi**h allomil <if tin- dvirMrr* in tlw •uburH
411 alrwta taking m littl** }>!i»U, in or«l»r to
L'rilif* ihrir t.iiU-» for garrYting . .ni l a- It«n
\ .411 llelniiNit liitnliiUH-l, aiM Irtirrwill, Will
hirtnuHurr, k"hiMl tiitnohl Klrtni»h
limiw, with imitifMii* /.»IW >1. ami »ifn l»,
iiul Inluttrklo, ami nunibrflr* ifaWn*, ami
.il>f.|* tiaifa, cnck«il kiti, *>ih unthvr
rarki mi rvli iif iik-h., »L. b itli^rfm-k*
iiul ill Uirjr |m-»ilily roiild t. impi^u r.vli
ull»»'o\erarity, fur wirii would hwi1 tlw
v% hkI m U- alway* blowing it« own u i»—«>
tint J y«"i lid •« ln-Tt^l lh'*' j r. ti in!■ it.
tll<V« of ll.lW till* X* 11 III lllrw , tldl Mould Imc
takm it thai thr four hrntbiTs. Ilunan, ,\u»>
t«T, Kuril* ami Z« ( hymn, had a ptrj^tiwl
'iMftiiii; iikIi'ii loultitiiMi ««■ the roof# of li\n
^ iii !!• lnoiit'* lioiiw* Il'i «ir>l<-n v•»* •
!• ;utiful otio, hi>*rvi r, f>r tlir » m *ml thr
•howi-r*, and tin' »iM l*i-» mil l>nti<-rf*t« ».
.ml tli • little li'iiM't* <\m!d ii"t fiii'l a awivtrr
|»lu«*»* oa which to •hiiM-.-'r aratlpf w'W dr«j'*,
< r in which to gaiter Uwy, *j«»rt or *wk,
1.1 all tin- lorn C*UBtr: .
Kicrrthin; natural »v» brautifuj in tin*
bright »j>«it a* iiw ti»»» look d t<>rth, ai,«l
hii(iitm«l & *wr*t littls rtr, tliat li.nl i««n ti
I mtritf hi her nui'N *i iLr* ; lut, all' bpif.ith
the wiitdttM »u«m| l.i<t>\ \ :»n 11»1 n*»»t.t .mil
Quint i M ii»v». h i!. - ilii > liiil . . »il»i iter1
U t"Mnl t!n- •• iiwr- itn"t tin* J i lit r 4j>J
In* ln'i - ilu'j i t •.>»! li* k..ii at 'ifh
■tli r iIm1 piiMiirra «f urirf ami «|iatr. !«:*
Ih-t ir »*••«! in th*' wurkmf fir* of her In*"'!
with an« \j<r- Aiionnf t#l« /led adnrr.ti ••*, mil
{•ity. and jriti", that auukl h-iw nudil'inil
4HV ill tn if h<' Iiul *uji|m«*i 'I that hr w » about
to hid firi-wi'll in tlijt In*i■ Iv rountu iiK'*- lor
• >rr , ami (juti.tin In Id In r html mi nmrul
•itrly, ami looked *n nu.it cuirU u]> to Mm
rhfii, Mtlio tiirinl away ti lu.W Ini tears, ami
tlirn bewi-rhtngly at Ijtbrt, tli.il »he could
not hear it, hut mulling into a little arlmr, Ml
ilown, aitil miMh-iI a» if lirr littl** In-art would
bur»t. Silfct jfiiU", liV» * r« infilled volnuio,
\li.iki » tin- frame of man rith an apiiiv wliu'h
no tonifiH* ran jiainl; hu! wImh it »
lookup, lilkf tin* Iw lrliinu' cru|»tion, it gr.u!»
illy «,\|*,inU it. forw, an 1 l»%i»r* iu vn-tiinai
l.iAt ,ti r«|ttmi'a» abd id ri -t.
" Jo»h KroihiM4" ev Umwd Quiutm. hi
•li 'uaiith", whi n he could word* -lor tin'
hhtrkvuith diij'i- <1 th«* |»*:;>ilof I.ial* l'* lath
or, ami jiwtlv I It hurt tl »t Mirii a cn&nmih
hhotiUI !«• |»rvf"rir*l u> .ii.'hk If-—'" Am« he
would give litre t<> Jtr.li Krixum, would hr '
I.ill* t mill not a word, but drying Imr trar«.
I««>krd at hrr lorer'* tlvtmi: eym and |>roud
took with wiwxVr. " Ah, 1 know whatMyi
hrer Van 11< |n».m think*," h<' ci*(KitUi><l,hii>
l>n»m! lu .»rt c-llui^ mi » » kern «en«r «»•
thr mjiutire il.mr hiin hv «Yrucoiu|arinjr him
to thr ully-nnmtid Ji<*h ; " I am |<oor, ami
tin* nrit-hrrd ha» the itf heing rich.
Iuibet Van lirlrtftnt u tfvod fur a blark
wnith
'• L'.xix't Van Uelmont m-*M<«iid so, Qum
Uii," etrlannrd the maiden grutly, M *Im
g.urd in tin- blf'kkniith'a 'ire. " It Quiutin
MtUT» wrre e*rn thr in U-hrrd be •corn*, In*
own l.itU t would l»vp linn brfore thr world."
" Then *hr tliould nut have him fur all thr
world," • \i I.TtiiM-d brr u.ar«, •> Itr Mrp]>rd
into thr arbor, and iriard iir*t at tin* one and
thru at thr othrr of ih«- a>iomahrd lovrr* with
a hard, ■rverc hiok. " I.i*l»i," *aid hr to
hi» dauchtrr, " go thou into thr hoHN>, and
0-11 Miim'Iii'11 to l« dm1 thr rr
I'ardmi; rhildrrn'* dutic*." llw foufoun<fod
inaidrn roM* hlowly, h«>krd fondly at thr »tu
jnlird Quiiitin, und thru Lurried away. " Ami
;m for thr*-, hoy," aanl Hyn, coldly, " ukr
iiiv advirr—attrnd rnorr cluarly to thy trade,
and look for a wife aimnc thr daughter* of
thy craftsmen ; mine aludl hate u painter and
IMNM other."
" And do*t tlioii c«in*id"r thy I.nlirt'a af
fection# a* nothing hi afc arrangement of thi*
kind rtclaimrd thr youth, boldly routing
bimaelf ami looking tini.ly on hi* g«*lfathrr.
" Filial duty m superior logirluh liking*,"
•aid tlir painu-r, ■tuWionily, " and l.itU i
owra duties to iu» wluftb uo m Ifiah (erlingi
of her own ah«uld eatw hrr to forget, I'll
have bcr nurry a paititrr, and m ahe ia my
daughter »)h- a lull wwl no other."
" Marriatpi is a coicnant between two, an<l
two wily." ui<l i!k* LI u'kunuih, alouily ; " It
ia a union of h<vart», likiuffa,
auffennra, y y*. aiul sorruvrt, »nd ho thai
would dare to aJjtidieale lot lh«»ae who arc
alone'lo enter into thia w Imiin compact i*
*oiih tluitc mow than a hold man."
'• A oil thou art amnethintf more than a hold
hoy,'' eirlauio*! Itvn, who f. !t tli it Quinlin
w '• more tliar hi* matcfc «t argument. and
tlier. fon* waa c»<ii«truiicd to Maunc the posi
tion often domed by h killed *:«. Uiat of at
mentor. "<»o. ih««e hoi**, Uuintin, hoy."
•aid the old taaa, hi a voice of pom|>oo* ul
monition; "thou art vuvii^ ami d<>»t not know
much uf mamair* I w<4, hut thia chance I
/ive th' e, for iln>u art my goiUna, and I lo»e
thee—I »ill let llteo have in» LtVl when
tliou canvt fdare a jjirtur* in ihe Antwerp
n*ad<iny inhibition njual to Jial of Jtnli
KnimtiL*'
Quoilin looke I iu Uir w;fV «f Ilvn
tor a f--w nvin««u Me*lily, and then he
flenched hia hand*, and mentally wi«h»-d that
it had I** ti the countenance of Jimh. Thi»
wa» torwm; it «ai too cruel, and, unable to
liear it. he turned, tint hurrying out at the
vi lcket which led into the field*. he hound od
along the lnnk« of the Scheldt until he *unk
nlniMiJ *ith fatitfve.
The hammer of Vluintin Maura, from thia
day forth, rvaard to emit ita vrwntfd m«fr\
rmifin/ >»iuhI. Ith hnn acetned palwil, hia
anvil cfukid, >>t hi* iron a* olid urate a* old
Itvn Ah' vim would hard thought that it
«m hi* own heart thai he waa hmtutf on
wh« i he wfought. ao careworn and we.vrv
hiokinir did hi* tare become with every blow.
"Ah' I told you whit it would do,"
cned In* mother, «udly. aa ahe W oil Id lurii
from the «.l*nt and »Infracted jfiiunf man, to
lua fither w ith a look of rrprmrh ; I knew
what forging h.ira and «wui3itig hammer*
would bring upon my |»>or weakly hoy—and
now \• mi »• e it ''
•' l^wiU at the railing n*rr the %»e|l at tin
i*frat rliufrh," <xnd In* lathi r, |>r«»inll v
Hlwcifnilnl llal*—mi il nut <juuitn»v—
Who i* iiuk'ng «h«- IwIu"tr uU' for tin- t
• <( 1 <•'«■«.*iu'—•* il iwt^iwini! (juintin '
md, with utrh iruummu a* thi>#, the hu»
tiaml tn mlfiKN* In* wif,- H»t Qumlin
w i* .tVj lit* i»».»th»*r 1han honor, wraith
md film*: and a* he *at li»t|r«»lt v ill* fin
«nle of uiffhu. and looked thin and wfHT.ind
m'Moiii »| ol»r, *h» luouriwd the da* th.it he
hid I'ulii' to Ir u hl.tek»lllllh.
' Mother,' thf* young mi .mi iif»i* Hit,
i|li<f home h»»i"i at hotni* for mnur law.
* itlioul h -iHiT a'lie to fill|oi* hi* ll*lial »1l»
I• *i■ v» •• t. •' 1 ahill !••»»« \ntwrrp. 1 do
not thiiik it* »• r njr--». with nw."
'• \nd whither would a ihnugn, mv *»hi f"
«n.;»i»r»-*l hi* mother, » .•(»• lm 1 I i-r hand up
oTt fll* CllllJ illtllf, 4,lil Iwtiil lla.u Tllfc I' •
i'tr«.
I •' Oli' only tn Til Hi I tout, n» »<nii»-other lit
tlr rural to* II, where the atllli»|>here l» riol
|«>t *1 It tie f ii I tl>» *o|jth, Irving
til »|«\ik eheerftillv, "I fchrill ►■Hi lir hiek
iic un, better, tlrar iik'tlut/' ui»«i h«* k wil
Ii'" rhe, k *•• »JT. rln» i Itely, and >ki-.l ••• |ilt
rounjy iii li- r fare, tJL at »lir furlhw th jijckiil
u|i vo*hi* |>NTMrii'> fur hi* nw, and i.ri*«' him
i token in i rrlatue i t le-r imn iiiTomliout,
with w hoin (Jmnltii wan |u nttuin, until hi*
irnthervd »tniufUi; Mini in a *hoh hum* th
Ml irkMiiith of \niuirp w.i* un hi* win.
Iratu it I' h.ii'l i<iin lli«- I'-ir ntv of hu birth,
hi* fii ar old homo and |«rrnt«, and ifc-anr
than all, tin' fair and now had Lrlxt Van
llelnwNii
I'oiii Quintln, ho «•»« d*|w>ndent ami hope
|. -*- . m.fi all ihi' air of lh Igluin, although "
hail l*«rtl iu pure a* the water* of Vivlv
I 'hapell, would not atailed tndi*|M II the £h*'iii
and torture ot hi* inirtd. lie morelt nihil
on hi* mother'* relative in Tiiruhout to inform
Iiiiii that he intemk'd to travel no a little far
thi r, and «•> i*V him to |*a( 11in folk* at hoini
know mi; anil on he walked, until hi' found
li'utvlf hi tin" irrMtrtty nf Hruvlle*. weary
dlf[iiriti d, and ill M*' m* lute ikirtu H|"Ht
» dooi -ti |i to ir.kthi*r un nifib. and \» njli-n
hi* tlnHiulit* iihui tiiiiib what w.t* nitN'*mr>
tor Intu to do, •*(•> he ruteri'd into the lieartnt
tin- pity tut r irkiiiir |iain» *hot throtifh In
hruw and ronfiis, d tim <i*iun, and a* hi* laid
III* lie ul Ujmtl hi* hand, III* (M ll*« * reeled, III*
little hundli' rolled uj*m the fT»>uml, aiul lie
.*unk tn a vwiujii ui Oie r.irtli
Quintiii lay f.»r many a long dreary
night in the ho*pit.il <4 IlrwwL, ulilr
tinflimartoii* of whrn1 h«" l.t\ or what aillu-trd
linn, C«nm* »p*-ctacled men might lilt il«uit
film, ami hold In Inn li|M, ami co*rr
In* |<;m tut fi brow with 'i-w Iik, and
feel In* wild, throbbing |»uW,amialiake their
head* and wtiupcr, but CJuinltn neither *aw
llii'in nor heard t)i«*ni. In In* di-li ni|« r«.|
(jury, garden* would artce, with tall, leaflma
tre»n, and flowirs of mcklv, fadmt color*,
which grew up ami shrivelled away in a iimh
iim'iiI of Itiiv ; ami th*'n thrar iand plnnt*
would change into black and hideous snake*
whith rrarlnl vur tb« iwrrlH uf hui bed.
ami twined arouml hi* neck and brow. At
one tiioum*iit lie would Im* llo.iiiug gentlydown
th«' broad and jdarul Scheldt, and ut tin- ne*t
he w u whirling and ir3»|>lii(f III tlir hlark, aw
ful aLua i f tlif Maelstrom. Hi* could (Mini
ml, an«Vhe fidt no |«*»re ; there wu an a iro
ny that aat enthroned upon hi* brow, which
no change of thought or |N«ution could di*|M-l;
he wa* sad and weary, even in hi* unenn
*ciou*nc*a. At la»t hi- awoke to fi-el hi*
weakness, ami to compute the weight of hm
attenuated arms ; ami then hr began to art up,
and lo receive »tn>ng aliment ami the doctor*
would cheer bim kind work* ami eon
gratulationa on hi* recovery, until he felt hta
heart retire under the influence of their gay
greeting*. Still Quintin Malava felt tune
hang lieavy on hm hand*.
To thoae who hate been breil to labor,
there can be no greater punishment than idl«*
nc*» The nrtive /nmd or body that ha* been
■rhooled In eiereiae ran know wf no agony
like unto tKx»t of eunstant ipit^ «nce. Tlieri
it a eravinj*. a powerful indefinitei»e«a of d««
mrr, which '>ur»t», liko invisible pervpiratwti,
through all our aopirationa, wlteo. ciiaiued hy
eirrutnatanei* 10 a ajireiea of hodUjr druth and
mental inert.a, hi* art' b«'ld back fmru JI em
ployment (juinlin wna not only a mm of
thought, hut In- wu alao a iu.ii of aeuon —
lie had Utt bead to eoneme, tuul be had al*>
the liami* to e^neut*. Tli« only Iwo inlrmaf
eitllv k»rv.»t attribute* of humanity—tliooght
*n<l l.thnr—nere finely Wended mlnta; for
what ro*e iu Lbe brt'.'kiu*** and fullm .<• of In*
.ileul, he w.nei'juMe of rendering real Km
(iloytiM ut wt» all thatQinniMi re>purvd to ret
drr linn »|»««<dtly nntilrtrim'., and tlii« the
Italian |Ji)«>\un. ItaelN-lor ' 'arlol'iinlata, »U|»
plied him with, tn llie &>ne of •kurhmg tii.1
terialv It might have been ii|*-eu*l ili.it he
who Iml (wmiml and w r»« vtrirt m irixi autne
ino«I eunpil*al««l ioil heaalilul drmgna .if rail
ing* and halu^trule* woiftl have fu»e notion*
of f<*m; at«l Ui«* lilu*k»t> tth had i»"l dr»* n
m.mi »k»>tHir» U-Tiire r^rlu t'if.ilwL» »a« en
r;»)«turiij wilhlMm. " By n»y word,Ld," h»*
would aay, " hut tlien* i» a hold new and I'm
doiu of touch in the* ib*igna whieh I never
eipected to mf <>in «i" my own dear Italy.—
Pi'raetrre — pernerere !" Qnintin alun»>t
•creamed wirti «»♦ Ii^lil wli«u the wurda of the
phvaieitut fr I ii|*hi ln» ear. |Vrv*ere ' ay,
that he would until ileath. Little dill Carlo
I'imlaia know una! inwtm* the au kly bl ack -
•until had to ilo nu.
What he 'ud engaged in aa an amuaenient
now heralwe a j»a»<iion. Ilojw riw liki* a
huge giant before him, and aiuilingly waved
In in onward , and aa h« thfi w • »tf rinrnpt af
ter r»«'ri|it of the huntui form, and a* he »aw
there waa progreaa tn every fresh attempt,
eonlidenee grew in hi« l»n<>iu and urg»*d him
boldly forward. And ther« via* another in
spiration in ill he did ; for, if lie drew 3 line
or portraytd a faew.Uie palpable image of r»ur
l«amng Uvi.iv whieli liail lieendaguernotyp
t-«l upon ln» heart and memory by every jlauce
he had t.iki«. uf Litbet, ruhil all hi* wiiwi
and guid^l In* hand.
Quititin N i'-\ ■ l«lt tin- hnapital a attorn;
and hoprful nun. Ill* i*|ii limn' a* a M.nk
ninth rradily obtajiu-d hnn ••tnploTiwnt, it|»
nu hw o»n rondltiooa with rfurirti to tiini*;
and. Murium; «> •» to ia»vi u Imn* It in
ndom and a livelihood, h>* |iur»u«d h!• aiti»t
ical titration with a driotf*] r|ithiiM.i*in thai
iftvvr with ht« \]r v> !•« rhrrrvd bv
Carlo I'imlata, and lb'* frirnd* lint th« kiri<t
<n<l wimi ht irtiil liaiiau [•Lyon in would
btinif lo look u|M>n tin* \» h'i.I. ri'iti Ll"ir» <>t ili>>
iJwritr" in-i-lionf ; and a* Uirv miiimMiiik -
hrnughl lum nii«|f|i, »i.d (•#nii.,l o.it what
tin r M't-nml hi» ft^llcivn am! inMan
naltftbr iff''it MM tii> > i«« hi rdu
ratin; h.« t i»te »ml • f ;>4 h1i i|( Ih» -
•f lil'Mipil.
!•*!« k » |«M> l * • mmrn »• • U*«%t»fl J7
irt, mil riiltitatinc hi» mmMtn h* and l«*v«
l*i»r Srhtntam at th« vimr iiui<*. an I ■« ilitin
lilllt* itf r\\Ct$\e% Ik III>t »' f» l ltorhli- III till II
>. fi»f, nut a »a»i»ii <•( •ftiLun nr""
■ I r<i t<i • »<•• linn •• in any «ri . Km. \ an Jlr!
in*Mit «u not likei* to Iip .i a mm-in-law foi
a long Uiw, Bur ll»«- ili^'iHiml.m l,i»U t ahu»
band \h'at» w:n a i1»'nurr •ml \ad*|onk>
tviif irirl now .w ho Intnl in trilL *• :tl« Sintrrio!
I "l« iritr. am) \ i»it |««>r (impli*'* h"u« a on cr
rimU of Itivi and Hu rry. 11* a »t rincf an>
lortuitoox —«ri> » of arriilnrta, «dir wn'«
■illi'r ani hi tin* viiur qnartrr of ,\ntwrf)
wh< rr (jiiiiilin'n pari iiU 11»I; ami thin ah*
mi ifin|«ttiifol miiIi lint W«"»l *ro*»'» irrirfi
inncrrninif I »t aon that thr v >1 would
a»k h< r to mil ai'atn mil rur*:u, ami rnndol*
va itli h#-r . aid how rould Lit'** trfuar—■kiln
and ci-irtlt- l.u'»i'
" And m> trour pioturw ia admitted, Jindi,"
rriial old Ilyn. with jjrvat t,*lrr, .i* hi< »lap|«il
Li» matyejiHi j>upil ixi uV Ui, iwi «\*nfr.»t
ulatiil lum ii|mmi ilir nurrfMi of hi«artuiral la'
iMiri; " l.iil«'t, and you, and I, fthall i*o am!
mi J Ut-iwmuw ; and alw* sliall Iwliold whal
it i* to kiavtt-linref mIi<m»-work* ran j>aiu ail'
miMioii to iIk' ptlli-rv w kcrt* hmc tliv lalNin
[of NVthorlaixl grniui."
" Oh ' you 114.1 \ wv aa Dnr work* t»v walk
mi: thruii^li tin- atrrvliof \nt*»rrj> and ltuiuu
jt thi» *ititi)«-r» M^nlHiarda," aanl Minrln-n
tiawiiitf lii'r li'vul; " n*t kuii to a ilmki \
and Ih* Mould U' hi mi-|I doiin:."
Ilyn lookid at hi* Iioumki-rja-r with a Iiim
of |M>rutiar pud* and triumph ; th«- «iuil>' thai
oviT*pri'ad hia Ian- *:h not I ho lea*l tinrtum
with lll-natun*, foi hi- iinatrimil that hia hop»i
had now Ufii iiin«uinniat<d iii Ji»h, and thai
hia riaiifftrti'f 'a union ith a riainK aniM wouli
aiiin Im noiM'd tlm t^'h Alitwrrp. ao that h«
unik Minrhi'ii'a antipathy In hta fnrtnn- mm
mi-Sw m a i'in*I oik*, at which lir rould atforc
to ^iuch In-artil»
Oil ltl« lUWDHir, H»n »l«-1 J<»h foil.**..
Miim-Ii. n and l.iztwl to li>«* tihihituui of pn*
turt *; fur thr* voting danwl hud mi bewitch'
ln-r dear niur*« U» arrmnjany her, in order u
wparate tier from the |'re»iiin|*ii<*», pompom
artiat, tlut Mtnehen had ron«rntcd; am) inurl
to tlir kur|iriw of Myid.eer* \ an II. Imout mm
Kromn, took Litln-t under Iwr own i
; prwt. .etion, 1«'<1 her tw lb* irr»ai gallery —
Voimjj 111**11 *rn' group.il round the door o
thr exhibition-room , and, a* tin y MippnaK
tlut every hwly «u t.alkuitf >4 (Kmu, wui ai
| ih«* joints Iain* »<«.n „'<Mung at thevn, thev
L'av«» ilirtikv.vr* Ii.k* air«, v»e tell you. am
talked Flemish in aurli liitfh. Minoruwi ton.-*
that you votld Iijvi< mip)i«»ed tin y were pro
f.nmr« of un.ver»itic» >!. claiming in(Jnvk.—
lima brave gallant* stand at Lixlwf am
M;in*li< n an only brave young nri, vkr aup
I><>m that thev »na privileged to do an, rat
Man* at ladies, an4 tl*u they saluted Jonl
with nundry inyatermua forma of nvngnitloi
known onljr to young nw-n of apirited g.mua
who develop their «piriti> during iIm* uproarmui
hour* of inuhight, through the *vtn|>athy o
other apirita, of a very exhilarating kind, wh<
cviterally allow their gvniua to take rvre «
iU*'lf. The party paMed into thr rrnwn, Iwm
, ever, amidit a rrowd of the beauty and elite
' of \ntwerp. and thor«< upor the walla hunj
lit** hundred idea* of ■ hundred worker* with
l*iut a |wik*iI. Alt furtiM <f hcauty and
nf color »i-rr th«rr, from tin* meriiorrc u» tlio
riiTllrnt. Historical painting. «inhodying
(Ik » urn <if the l*fwki>arhtii, at<N«i null- bjr side
with awrrt I.iim'.w i|w, mIn n' outlr lownri,
mid fit, ruMijr little riuliln*n hr and »]«>ri« d
Indo^l it v»;i« a |di'aMnt tight to look u\*m all
tho«r U-autlful {ttiMiMf*. and rvrn Minrhcn'a
li< art wanned to thrm, while Itm Van Kcl*
tiKHit »in
•• Mi* wlterr la thr p Kin re, Mie4
' lhe«dd man, with p1e*»ure learning us hit
»Ti« ; " lead ti» In thine, hoy and llii' U«in*
'4 tl»«- jolly «4<1 ^aiutcr'* n>ko* r*ug through
tlx' uiiM kail.
Wub inm^i apparent modesty, and mndry
inrff.«iiial utit-Tiipu ui huk aiieeprth, J.w/i l«4
lua futurr ISrther<in*law towards a pari of tl«
gallery *lH'n' a cotmidrraSle cn>wi) t>tl"")**
were pathntvi w» f.itr and admire
"Kill..* Minetm, l.ithet, look at thul
look at tin*!" rriej tin- litttl Hvn, >u Ua
•lr»*r th« nMMin«ktw<>i j«»<»j>Je a»h|r, he drag
' H Iim hmwtfr|irf si»| iLiu«?'>U r k«iiiU ft
Uauttful |»mx<iuc, reprr* ntinc if* inters* >{
a Plrmiah Kittinir-riaini; hut who r.»n |«*4
the rapture and aMoniahmerrt of Hvn, wt\»4
lie frragiiwd hi* own little prior, lmn«rift
•rated lit Km arat-ehair, In* daughter 111 .>1
her may l**»uty, Iim houaekecper u> all l»*f
native bloom and neatne**, and— could lie
; hrve hi* ryro ?—Quintin M it*** I'-antni: wrf
1 rhair, and l<M>ktnir fondly at Ltal»i •■What
1 puiu*(rird Hto, "and ln»%» iftnrroua
and nohle ?" and he hupgrd Jo*h k retina
r> (Hid ih» nwk, and ki«*»t| him in fbe tuUn»<w
, of hi* joy. ioah l«orr In* praiv* fold I v how.
erer, and even repuUtvely, forltiaeyea had
opened with as much artotiiahrat a* Ryu"•
when he h.nl I» li< !d Him »jilrijid pulur*
; "Tho painter that ejieruteJ thu »ha|l tiavv
in* I.izlwt, and no other,"cried the delight^
father ; **l riHt^ralnJatt* you a^ain, It—h,"*
and acAin tin1 • hi tn-m hi»)f/rj and ki*wl hi*
pupil.
" I take thy fither at In* word,"* whi»|*t.
n| the delighted <Jumlin M it»v« in tin ru <»'
the lovely, hluidiinjr l.irhct, »• he drew- hef
ami and tint of Miurfcoa w rthtn hiainvn,
allowing lb«ni uo tune for an exhibition /
fi-elin?. hurrird thein from the pajhty
guttered, avtfclitthcd, and Wvndi'rilip, tin ?
walked rapidlr alon^' the »ir«H i* ut \ntwerp;
ami, whether it ww tLat fond h«|MB and hap
py thought* eouraed thnn/^h ttie mind of l.i*.
Iiet and h» r lonjue, or whether it um
that, like Mllirhin. •lie mmld mrt niinli'r »uf
ftoient hreath to »;>eik. not a w.ml w i« utter
ed hy < ulier <4* th« ladicv or (Juirititu untv
ihey were ill in that »« ry jarlor wliirh Ui»
hi M'kainith ?ia4 faithfully A
•• \fid art thmi h*< j.'iiii. our "«n Cjnir»
tmf" *aid MllH'ltt'll, - >ln« U i«'»nI tli clifi k 4/
' hrr young frirtid, * hiU LixS t mi km) t
' upoti * f*lh»r'* nmr; "ltd »a* it th«*«
• Iwl - f-wf* •<> ' Y 'ully,
ami not that !*<-|imMjo» dMnkinj (rMlur*1,
Ji>*h' Oh' how 1I1 li^litif) I «di!" u>4 th«
{T«mm| ilaiiM' f< ll bark »i|*»ri a » it m « fit of
1 loud iuJirhlT, and 1 h* 11 ahe burnt into a l1wo4
! of jovnu* tur*
" V<*. I |>amti<l tint pirtuf*, iVar moth
er Minrlin' Mr own l«i* t. it *m I!"
1 rlaimrd On* ili»|iffhu-d Quintm a* hi* turned
III* tearful l»Vi*» firit UJNjfi kla «ld friend *b4
thm U(*»o hm lover
" llillo itiere* »kff» ta ). «' mhi re .*
1 hrrrvnl IIvn 1* hi* ru»mvl iutn tin* ^vlor
aiul rla»|*il tin- highharkrd ehur U|«>n whfb
Qututrn *tt »•' hia •• Mv ma n :*i*Uon'
my own (Juiiilineried ih* »*rit««d Yaa
Hi Imotrt. "J auw tliv nuai u|>4i lit ■ j'l.'tiir",
ami what a hrauty it t*' What |ximpt hi* en*
, atilnl thee to do thi*' w ho ha* triiialor:n«-4
thee front a *iilc^ii t» an A|mIIm1
" I>ive vnv father," Mill Ijaintui, irentl*.
it the MtiH' time i \trn-4iini: hiin«-|f from hi*
awkward pnwtiaa ; "that jneturw 1* for tin-*
and it* pncv 1* ihta little luitd. A* the Mark.
atUtlh n|Miki' III' 11 I'll'it thr |ia»ai*e lliirl of Li**
lift, m«1 hi*il rt geutly 111 hu owa.
"It'aa hanrain," rrml Urn, i»e»tatieally, 'va
lie ki**<-d Mimh 111, Litlwt, and Quintm alt
round and tlirn, aiHinir down, laughed iiiom
enertretieallv for aovtral minuti*
Quintin Malay* ami l,i*Ut\au lli-imoitt
, ln-earne hualiami ami wife thn hu*hand
IanntI through Kuro|M« ai> an artificer to iron
and a painter, tin- wife ami loving tinher
JorIi kr.iuiii aougbt to enu*o|r hi no- 'Iffor
tin !•>*• of Lizbtrt by viKwrwualy paying h *
JtTMri to liu w«ll U |ii»ii| iSi'hud iiu . and,
, aa h*> w 1* nlVu |>nwt rated and tn-muloua tin*
t dcr tlw influence of tht« |olf •pint, hi- di
MvniU*) tirat from rNimtin^ pirturra to crimV
iiiu jiaiiit for Quiiitin MatMK and th»'n dru
ring an with aknuiord milk and wh«y
through thr atrri-t* of Vntwi rp
The apirita of Qmntin'a iiu)th»r revived
wonderfully aA' f »!»•• rriurn of Kr mhi , ami
»he took good u< Mitimi her nolo of in*
«im|>h in hi» father'* earnevry inormnj;. n<»m,
and night " I knew that ->ur Quintin did
nut agree with the blacksmith bu»mcaa ; and
I waa ritfLt, »L«* »<>uld • tclaim.
A ml I kiwwr that lie would make a belter
blackninth than p'ruidHnlwr," the huabatid
would gravely answer.
" 1 waamii>tak«» in Joth Kroniin," M»a
would nay to Mtnehi'ii aa tie would cluck LiS*
! ii
1 bet'a little aon under the ehin.
" And I \»a* right in my thoughts of Quin*
tin," tlie garruloua old dame would n ply. aa
ahe would hotU<i the apriyhtly lulapt and
chant her favorite tune.
f7* Ii waa the reifla/k of a huntoriat, that
" to talk about a peraou Lj» ing tlie power to
weep on all occasions, i» the hoiifbt «f moon
idiine. I'd like to a man try with a jiret
. tv girl beside him—p«*keu full of cash—and
plenty of ice creaoi in reach.
;
ey Somebody very wickedly says, two
blooming young l.idiss got caught in a aho»«>r
of rain very recently, and when they arrived
home, the rain had wasliod the eery ew/
0/ iKnr ft* Li' What • pity '