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The Clarion: Wednesday, March 28, 1883.
The Clarion.
that she should "nit to hii
into hi dispatch
d out
SOI.ITl'DK.
Lan.-ii. ntl the world laughs with you;
We-o, and yon weep "lone.
Tor the Mil old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of iU own.
Bine and the hill will answer ;
Sigh, it ia lott on the air.
The e.hoes bound to a joyful soaiel,
But shrink from voicing car.
Rejoice, and men will seek you:
C.r.ive, and they will turn and go
Tfcev want full, measure of all your plessure.
But ther do not need your woe.
Be (14, and your friend arc many ;
n.. ui nnd vru lose them all.
Tnr r- none to decline your ncctared
wine .
But alone you must dt ink life's gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded.
Fast, and" the world MM by.
Succeed and give, nd it helps you lire,
But no man can help you die.
There ia room in the halls of pleasure
fot a large and lordly train,
But one 1-y one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
'You will the engraving hack
not forget my face, she said, with a sin- book, t nd again the subject pause
pillar intonation, ami it 1 am not misin 01 nm tiunu.
i ... ... vi,r i-.!...it vnu ran make! ''Two or three week passed I
luiu4iiw. jvi i ---- - i : v..l.Jl.;,,
,.f tno nnw .it I M inollll'llt Pllll lSltlhtr lltl'lllier iriCIJO III 101 ",
1 A
"Mr Heaphey, of course, advanced w
greet them, and fell into conversation
. 7 II. ...... n .tri.. .iir-
uitri tlm htnTf'S. lit "aa ' ' "
1 in i tat nailrl I ,.-! . lint sUlTtM' ularlv, to find
f. maIi flfiv offer to
1 ...lv IIUIVHVI " - .
it NWM ui n in; " i." u is w o . . -f
which vou could paint some such a pic- I think, near the IerDyanire line -r.
ture as" 1 wish.' Mr. Heaphev thanked j Heaphey found himself seated at dinner
her for her good opinion, but again ex- next to a gentleman of an old family
cuscd himself. Nothing would do, how-1 and of a good estate, in Derbyshire, who
ever, and the lady carried her point so ; had entered into correspondence with
C .1.... W - 1 I . . l .1 ,l I 1 twt AMI 1,1 l.ur.llv ! hi before with an eye to
ir mat psi. j v-""" I ! j i r v...
whw ....id .-crtii iii v iiMitist his own i inducing him to come wma mvo
,
will and judgment consente'l to uniier
A STRANGE STORY.
The following story Charles Dickens
declared to be tho most wonderful tale
of which lie had ever heard. The great
novelist left among bis papers his own
version which has been published In
London. The following narrative is by
a ci'iitleinan. now living in .New tor
who knew Mr. Heaphey and his family
well :
"Mr. Thomas Heaphey was a distin
guished and very accomplished man, an
artist by inheritance as well a by train
ing, lfc was one of the best of the
many water-color painters to whom
England owes her pre-eminence in that
department of art, and was for some
lime President of the Royal Society of
Water-Color Painters, as I think his
father, who died nearly fifty years ago,
had been before him. It was from his
sister, whom I know very well ami of
Whose death lit an advanced age I have
jttSt received the news, that I heard the
story originally. This lady, Mrs. Elisa
beth Murray, was well known in New
York some "years ago. She resided here
for some time, her husband, Henry John
Murray, being then British Consul at
Portland, Maine. He was afterward
transferred to a post in South America.
He was a brother, by the way, of Green
ville Murray, of whom you must have
hfsrd, and who died only a year or two
ago. after a strange and troubled ca
reer as a diplomatist first ami then as
a journalist of rare vigor and original
ity.
"Mrs. Murray was a woman of con
iderable ability and a very clever ar
tist. She wrote an entertaining and
valuable book on the Canary islands,
where her husband was Consul for a
number of years. Here is the book,
which, as vou see. is illustrated with en-
avings from drawings made by Mrs,
lurrav hersell. rnc gave lessons in
water-color paintings in this city during
one winter at the request of a number
of ladies of her acquaintance, and yon
der on the walls hangs a pro trait painted
by her in this very romn in which you
now sit.
"The strangest feature of the strange
story I am now about to tell you, is the
combination in it of unearthly ami im
probable with ordinary and every day
incidents. The seen and the unseen
world if indeed there be ft world un
seenare mingled and almost confound
ed in it, so that the action of tho. story
passes from one world into the other and
hack again, as a man walks out of one
room into the next. Mrs. Murray tinnly
believed in the truth of the narrative as
she gave it to me. 1 have heard it since
more than once related with variations,
none of them affecting, however, the
substantial framework of the tale, by
persons of character and consideration
in England, whose belief in it was as
positive as hers. Thomas Heaphey hini
self was not only a man of genius, but a
man of character. . The material evi
dences of tin
winch had
think, exist. In short, it is a most mi
accountable business from the bojrlnnio
to the end, and I am very glad to have
an opportunity now of putting on record
my recollections of it, that I may com
pare them with Mr. Dickon's version
when 1 receive it.
day,
take the commission.
" 'It will be necessary for me,' he said,
'to find some time during the autumn
when I can give you your sittings, and
if you will oblige me with your name
and address 1 will see what I can do and
let vou know.'
" 'That is hardly necessary,' said the
lady ;T will be here at the time you may
appoint.'
"Mr. Heaphey looked at her with as
tonishment Mid said :
" 'Hut I don't tee how you can be here
unless I let you know when that lime
will be." , ,
" 'I shall have nodithcultyahouitiiai,
said the Isdy, almost' petulently.
'In the mean time I will see that you
have M engaving of a face which I am
told strongly resembles my own so
strongly that it has sometimes been mis
taken lot I portrait of me. This will
serve to keep me in your mind she said
smiling;" 'and, by the way, I wish you
,1 irv ! nnike a sketch o ine now.
uzzled by the lady's manner as I Mr. Heftf
much as by her words, he quietly said:
" 'Oh, excuse me, I must get my ad
dress bunk and we shall arrange matters,'
and With this he turned his hack for a
moment, to the lady, and going to adesk,
opened it to take out the book of which
he spoke. When he turned again with
tha Lw.lr in his hand, to his profound
astonishment, the lady had vanished!
The door of the. studio was shut as it had
been during tho whole interview, u
was a heavy dour ami closed with a
strong spring lock. It seemed to Mr.
Heaphey hardly possible that it could
have been opened and shut unheard by
him; blithe instantly ran to it, opened
it, and looked down the broad flight of
stairs into the stn et, so rapidly that it
seemed scarcely imaginable a lady could
lii.v.. ir,,t out of the house before he was
on the stairway. No trace of her, how
ever, could be seen. He ran hastily
shire and paint a rtrait there ot an
invalid child of his to whom he was very
much attached and who could not eon
viently be carried up to London. Find
ing Mr. Heaphey, near his residence this
gentleman entreated him to come over
at the end of his Yorkshire visit, pass
two or three davs with him and paint
liw uurtrait.
for Mr. Heaphey to do this, but such was
the urgency of the Derbyshire man that
he finally gave way, to the great delight
of the latter.
"'1 shall be going home myself in a
day or two," said the Derbyshire man,
Who was visiting a neighbor of Mr.
Heaphey's host in Yorkshire, 'and I will
have everything ready for you. You
will take the train at such a station,
I (naming it,) 'change carriages at such a
junction and in twenty minutes alter
I that vou will find yourself at a little
I way-station, where my carriage will he
i in waiting for you and bring you to my
home.'
"It was a gray, rainy morning when
ey took the tram to makhis
trip into Derbyshire, a reaay guara
found an empty first class carriage for
him, put his shawls and bags into it and
closed the door. Putting on his travel-
taking out a novel from his
. S iMI . .1
' present him to the lady, wno sun
! in no wav recognizing their presence,
i by the fireside. The host invited Mr.
Heaphey to give his arm to the hostess,
' and thev passed into the dining-room.
I "'You see, said the hosteis, as use
i took their seats at the table, 'we have no
one here ami it is very kind oi you w
come and give us your company, and to
do us this favor, when we really have no
return to make you in the way of enter
tainment. . . ., . ,
"As the lady at the fireside, had en
tered the room" with them ami was at
that moment sitting uirecuy
remarks seemeu
nil an i iKinfc i , -a
. I -a . if I. ..II t ini
It was not very convenient mv U.. offiierod
. ri i in tn i wr i - x rati nai .
! however, not to perceive anyining
I stransre in this conversation and dinner
i . . - l . J ,,,t-;,.,,
went on, the mysienoun iauj tn.-B
part whatever in the talking, and, so
far as Mr. Heaphey could see, being in
no way recognized by the bust, the host
ess or the servants who waited at the
table. . , . ,. ,
'A smay be imagined, tins ma noi
tend to enhance Mr. Heaphey's comfort
at dinner. It was impossible for him to
..tl.ule t,, nerson who seemed to exist
only in his own perceptions, and yet
who manifested in the expression of her
countenance no sort of consciousness of
(bis extraordinary neglect. When they
retired to the drawing-room after din
ner, one or two persons coming in from
the neighborhood, conversation oecame
lady moved
fined to his room with an illness, ana
that his father insisted on Mn Heaphey's
leaving the inn and coming to pass Min
dav iu Litchfield at their house. Mr.
Heaphey, overwhelmed with this civili
tv, could not help expressing his sur
prise and asking the young man bow in
the world his father came to know of
his entirely accidental visit to Litch
field. .. . ,. x.
" 'That I can't tell you, sam me
young man, 'but he has been expecting
you all day, aud has several times asked
ine this afternoon whether the train had
yet got in.'
. Well thU r.nssea all comprehension
said Mr. 'Heaofiev. 'And I should be
very glad to find out how it came to
puss.' He endeavored, however, to ex
cuse himself for accepting the hospital
.k,,. ntioTneetedlv nrotfered him, but
;,. vain The vounsr man insisted that
he eould not think of such a thing as go
ing back without Mr. Heaphey, and
after a little the artist yielded. His port
manteau and dispatch box were brought
down, put into a neat little private car-riao-e,
which stood at the inn door, and
Mr? Heaphev drove to the house of his
acquaintance.
" T will go up stairs,' said tho young
man, 'and let my father know you are
here. He is so anxious to see you, and
has been so nervous and restless of late
that I ought to see him for a few min
utes before vou go up,' and with this he
led Mr. Heaphey into the drawing-room,
where he presented him to a young lady
dressed in mourning as a sister. This
young-luv greeted Mr. Heaphey very
cordially, and appeared to have Been
on te as we I aware as ner iainer oi ms
MEDICAL:
rim Received.
j'JkaE .Sia, I'leaae allow rue the prlrile,
tin my tBatiiiioiiyVegardii,;; Wo.ra,
ratlve propeniea of your iiivn.uao.e weuleia,
jut'a juirly. During t'ue it x ur
ars I have lea a great sullertr from Ki.UWJ
. . . and .luring a grc.it part of tl:B tUua Zj
a.l ayVaa ictciiacai to be hxUaerik,
.!. ualy tiKWo who liava suttVrtd by ujg
pmJ disease know of the aafc) baoUace
Mifs of a.l kia.la, sccoiiiptuaeil bygrctwe
:.? aiij UCT70U3 prostration, loss of force aud
uubition vh'.cli iurariablj attend it. I baj
'..eu trouble lateuaUad, and wai in such a bad
:.J:;i .n that I could not gut up out of toy chair
:xcupt by putting my baud on my kneea, tad
i iiiost rowing out before I couM straighten up,
1 tried tl.e best doctors, uud many kind of modi
line, but a!! faded to help me, and I experiment
;d so I0113 eiui.ortn-!5 to get enred that last
ipriug I vaa in very poor shape, and in seeking
or relief ..ij attention wis directed by a friend
s i tH s remarkable cures of Kidney diseases, etc,
ffhiiSh were being accomplished by Hunt's Item
i v...s induced to try It, and begun to take
::i..i very soou "limbers! up" as it were; arv
severe backache, ami tee intense pains 1 had
I'ifferoil so long speedily disappeared, notwita.
.tamli'.'SI 1 h id beea bothered with this con;ji.iint
Whirl
Kntaid !
iavi b.'
1 ri'l ..... . -1 . 1 1
genera . . , ":t jrjLT i.l..l,.M ,! nuite as much
tinuiu ia. j,iivi...t.-i 1 i ,
down and questioned tho porter who
happened to be standing near the win
dow, which commanded a complete view
of the stairway and the en! ranee tn the
building. His amazement was heigh
tened when lie found that the porter not
only protested that he had not seen the
Indy eo out. hut declared that 80 far
lie knew, 110 lady had entered the nulla
iug for more than an hour before. The
man looked at Mr. Heaphey as he told
him this with 11 curious expression which
sititied Mr. Heaphey that he would
not improve ills reputation
mid soher person by pressim
. 1 . -., , it
turns anv I url tier on tne porter, ne
went 11 i stairs again and set about tl.o
occupation in which he had been inter
rupted by his extraordinary visitor. It
was impossible for him, however, to
shake on mi unusual and uncomforta
ble feeling for which he could not ac
count, but which finally became so
strong that he closed his desk and left
tlm buildingfor the night. His arrange
ments to leave town being completed,
the next morning he went back to the
studio to see that everything was put in
proper order for the vacation, and to
give some final directions. On his desk
lav. with a number of letters from the
mail, a small roll of papers addressed to
him by name, but bearing no post-mark
or any sign of having passed through
the mail. He took this roll of paper up
carelessly, opened it, and, to his un-
I I If ... I I -A IV .1 1 If
SpeaKaoie asiouisnmeiu, louini iiimsen
confronted with an engraved portrait of
a lady lieariuir a most marvelous resem
blance in the form of the head, manner
of wearing tho hair, and the features to
his mysterious visitor ol tlie previous
ever big. This engraving on examina
tion he found had been taken out of one
of the handsome annuals which had been
in vogue many years before 1 think
from one of Heath's 'Books of Beauty.'
li was a portrait of a young lady of rank.
ce'.etirateu lor her lieautv, tlie daughter
of an English carl, who many years be
fore the time of which 1 am now speak
ing, had been married to a Hungarian
nobleman of great wealth and of a his
toric name. It was quite Impossible to
suppose any connection between the
original of this portrait and Mr. Hea
phey's strange visitor beyond the for
tuitous resemblance which impressed
him so strongly. Calling up the porter,
Mr. Heaphey asked him by whom this
roll of paper had been left? The porter
tooiv it, examined it, turned it over and
then said :
"'1 have 110 idea. I never saw it be
fore.' " 'Did you not bring it with tho last
mailt' said Mr. Heaphey,
' "No sir,' said the porter, 'it did not
come with the lait mail.'
"Now, there was no letter-slit in the
dour of the studio. The studio itself
had been locked and the key in the por
ter's possesion during the whole night
and morning. The 111:111 protested
solemnly that lie had only come into the
room to bring up the mail, that tho roll
of paper was not carried up by him, and
that to the best of his recollection.
though upon this point he could not be
positive, no such roll of paper had been
on the desk when bo left the letters
there. Mr. Heaphey Anally took the,
paper aw ay with him and put it int o his
dispatch box, marveling not a little in
his mind as to the meaning of these in
explicable performances, Gradually,
however, the whole matter passed out of
bis mind, until some weeks afterwards
while staying with a friend in one of the
midland counties, he took the engraving
up and he could not exactly say why
felt suddenly moved to make U sketch
I from memory of the lady whose face it
recalled to him so vividly. He prepared
his materials, went to work, found the
picture growing rapidly and satisfactori
ly under his baud, and grew so inter
ested in the occupation that before ho
laid his brushes down he had made what
aeemed to himself n very good and strik
ing sketch which might well serve as the
basis for a finished portrait. Other mat
ters coming up ho put this sketch with
j;r:i
Mu
as ;
hi
sane
aues
ixtraordinary experience
occurred to him, still, I
diort,
long .summer
"Near the end of a
toward the close ot it London season,
Mr. Heaphev was alone in his studio in
London. 1 his studio was Mtuatod, I
think, somewhere in the neighborhood
of Luigham place .but that is immate
rial. It was a large apartment of two or
three pieces, in one of Which a number
of portraits und pictures were hung
upon the walls, with the usual brie-a-btau
of an artist's reception room. This
room was entered directly from a landing-place
at the head of a broad (light of
stairs leading down into the street and
pat a small porter's room, for the studio
was in a public building occupied by a
number of persons. Cloning into the
reception room from a smaller cabinet,
in wliieh be was putting away some pa
pers, Mr. Heaphey was startled to see a
lady quite unknown to him, young, of
good ugure and carriage, dressed quiet
IV, in perfect taste and in the fashion,
who was walking around the room and
inspecting the pictures. Mr. Heaphey'
approached and saluted her, observing
as he did so that while she was unques
tionably line looking, her countenance
was unusually pale, and that her eyes,
which she fixed upon hint as he spoke to
her, bad a singular, ami, as lie after
wards described it, almost 'uncanny' ex
pression. She made 110 explanation
whatever of her presence, but at once
asked him whether he could paint im
mediately a portrait of her for a dear
friend to whom she wished to sand it as
soon as possible. Mr. Heaphy replied
that he would be happy to do so if it
were in bis power, but that he was on the
point of leaving London for a round of
visits iu tho country; that he had many
professional engagements which would
probably occupy him during the remain
der of tho year, and that he could not at
all see his way clear to doing what she
was so good as to ask him to do. The
lady treated these objections with polite
indifference and persisted, saying it
would not be necessary for Mr. Heaphey
1111? can am
traveling bag, Mr. Heaphey settled him
self back into a corner ot the carriage
fur a comfortable, quiet hour in the
train. Long before the mishaps of Col.
Valentine Baker startled and scandalized
the world, the unprotected female had
made herself a terror to sedate and soli
tary male travelers on the English rail
ways. Great, therefore, was the disgust
of Mr. Heaphey wdien, just before the
train was to start, another guard came
up, opened the carriage door and handed
in a lady, with the usual paraphernalia
of umbrellas, bags and shawls. The train
moved off, and Mr. Heaphey, after a
while, glancing around Irom his corner,
became aware that this lady was looking
at him lixedlv through a brown veil
which obscured and blurred the out
lines of her countenance. It is unpleas
ant to lie fixed in this wav from behind
it veil, and Mr. Heaphey felt unusually
and unaccountably restless under the
al letioti. His uneasiness was soon re
moved, however, only to be converted
into consternation, for tiie lady, throw
ing her veil aside, revealed to him the
face of his mysterious visitant of the
summer. She seemed not in the least
surprised at finding him in tlie carriage,
but very quietly
was going to sin
residence of the t
about from point to point, once or
speaking with Mr. Heaphey, but never,
interested as her brother in securing his
so far as he could see, exchanging a word presence in their house,
with any other person present. By the '"My father,' said the young lady,
, . , Lij . uu Mr W.n bon nor to see vou here for
time mat lie reuieu to m,i I.,., 1, 1. . 1 o 1.1 i .
Heaphey was profoundly upset by this months; but it was only to-day that he
most unaccountable of "all the exper- felt sure of your coming
ienccs through which he had yet passed " 'Yes,' said Mr. Heaphey. And how
,t 1 ... ,r I
111 connection wiiii ms uijhchum hh
of the summer. Determined, it ne
eould. to satisfy himself whether he was
or was not the victim of an hallueina- young woman
1 began to take Hunt's Seined I traa
abiy run down In my general lma.th, ar4
1 also from loss of appetite, liver since i
?i) ti'.kin the ltenioily, however, mj jra.
nut has been most marked ; my forn:?r
.11 ts, aciioa, pains, etc., have disappeared
j;v ''eel like my former self, hale, hearty
ijil ir, health. 1 shall always keen Huiit'i
h me, and would most earnestly reo-
iinmend all those who r.rn suii'arers irom Ki taey
..- Liver diseases, or diseases of the bladder ot
Crlaary Organs to uso Uunt's Remedy, aud take
10 other.
yours vary truly,
HENRf M fiHn,nnC
lo. 80 Westminster St., Providence. It. !.
;.l sou
BraatfS
in the worhH did be feel sure of my com-
iao- tn-diivV'
. , .
" 'Thut T can't tell vou, said the
for I don't know, but I
th liic a . . 1 lilt .
tion, he made some excuse ior speaKiug suppose n is i"-
to the footman, who was arranging his you. TT 1
lathes before leaviiur him for the night, '"Heard irom me r saiu nr. xieaim
. . I,-.- . 1 1 I l ., ,1 . -v
about the ladv who hud dined there. 'My dear young muy, 1 nave iiu
The footman looked at him unintelli- communication with your father tor
i ..f i .,,,.1 then u.- tl, m enrioiis. vears. i am sorry to say inai 1 umii 1
almost 'quizzical expression, assured Mr. even remember that he was living here
Heaphev that lie had not .tne leasi men m imcnm-m.
.1 . , . 1 .J!.Ji ieTl !,,,!,r 1,,,,1-f.il nt him ill
what he was speaking 01, as ne uiun 1 xne jimug muj "
nnw l.i.l v wm at n vimr in the credulousl V and said :
hmiA and as one or two ladies who had '"How can tins ne, wnen you
, 1 ,l. UJ .i.:.. u.
e;i e; (i irin'r t ne eveiniii: n;iu uu.cn
home to their residences, beeing that
have
i , i . i , .
e i nil wnetner ne
i a place (naming the
sntleman whom be wa?
he was to get no light from this quarter
Air. Heaphey was silent, remained in
the bouse two or three davs, finished the
rifkrtrait which he had undertaken to
paint in water colors, and left.
"From time to time all the circum
stances of this stransre acquaintance
would recur to him. but he never cared to
ilwell noon them in his own mind. Still
een painting my sister's portrait'?'
"'Painting your sister's portrait?' said
" 1 1 ton icxieon of youth, etc., there is no such
or l as Rail." That " lexicon" ia now found in
lie laboratory of Hunt's Kemedy. it knows us
neb word as Fail.
Prav. what is vour sis-
?' said the lady, repea
in
about to visit.) and expressed her
faction at meeting hhn as composedly a-s
if they wereo dinnry acquaintances who
had parted under ordinary circum
stances a week or so before. This cool
demeanor aided Mr. Heaphey in regain
ing his composure, and he met her in
the same spirit as manfully as he could.
"'You have made a sketch of me, have
satis
you not,
aenty. ,
" '(rood heavens,
know that?'
Deigning no rep
Mr. Heaphey?' she said sud-
! but how did vou
lid he dream ot
them to anv one else.
card them as purely a
own imagination, for
ateti
v, she went on :
Why didn't vou finish it ? You hail
nothing to do next day at such a place,'
naming the countryseat at which he had
really made the sketch.
"Mr. Heaphev rftammered out some
excuse, which was cut short bv her ask
ing him whether the engraving had not
helned him, as she told him it would.
" Verv much.' he said: 'but but I
never knew how vou sent that to me.'
"'No. 1 suppose not,' she said; and
changing the subject began to speak o
some Hook winch sue nent in ner iiano.
"The conversation went on until th
train reached the point nt which Mr.
Heaphey was to leave it. The lady ap
parently meant to continue her journey
in the direction ot London, for she niadi
no etlort to get out, oade Jir. neapue;
good morning very composedly, and a
lie irot, out of the carriage said to him:
t "'Mow, you will go on with the sketch?
and 1 will "try and let you see me again.
I am very anxious it should be done.'
"Without quite owning it to himself
Mr. Heaphey was greatly pleased to find
himself In a different direction, for it
was impossible to resist a singular and
uncomfortable impression thai he was
dealing with a profoundly mysterious,
it not with an unearthly personage, and
yet, with the every day carriage and de
meanor of the lady and of nil the exter
nal circumstances of the affair, it ap
peared to Mr. Heaphey quite absurd to
indulge the impressions. He found his
host's carriage in waiting for him, and
was driven to the house and ushered to
his room in time to dress for dinner.
"The house was a large, ancient,
handsome country gentleman's home in
no wise baronial, but dating back two
or three centuries with broad passages
and stairways, dark, rich wainscot inzs of
carved wood; old family pictures, tapes
try hangings, and all the details which
go to make up one of the thousand and
one stately homes oi r.ngiaiid through
out that pleasant land. Mr. Heaphey
found himself alone when he entered the
?;reat drawing room, lie walked about,
ooking at the pictures upon the walls,
and so passed into a second smaller
drawing room, whither he was attracted
by the sound of the crackling wood lire.
There a staggering blow awaited him.
Standing before a tall, ancient mantel,
with one foot upon the heavy brass fen
der, in the light of a great wood lire
which sparkled and named in lite deep
chininev place, stood ins leiiow traveler
of the morning. She nodded to him
politely, and with perfect unconcern.
Ho approached and spoke with her. ex
pressing his surprise at finding her under
the name roof with himself.
" 'How did you come?' he said. 'I
thought mine was the only train which
could reach here to-day?'
" 'I came by a way of my own,' she
replied, and went on tn a light, ordinary
conversation until the host nnd hostess
appeared from the larger drawing room.
communicating
He eould not
delusion of his
there in his di
x was the engraving trom
Heath s 'Hook or lieautv; there was
the half-finished sketch ot a face which
had imprinted itself with an almost ter
rible distineiaess upon his memory ; and
vet he feit that to hint atnnv ot the cir
cumstances ot Ins unparalleled adveu-
li i in in the minds of
uspicions winch, nut
are
tpt
tures would ex
evid
very
there before
to entertain
other people to
tor thasTnateriai
him, he would l
himself.
So the time passed on. Once or
twice, taking tne sketch up, Mr. riea
phey had worked upon it until it was
well advanced to completion, ne never
took it up excepting under a stress ot
feeling which he could neither aenne
nor resist: n- never laid it awav again
..i r ! i
except wun a sense oi renin unit siuisiac.
t'on.l lEarlvIin the ensuing winter Mr
Heaohv was called to the West of Eng
land to keop an engagement made long
before with a friend who resided, I
think, somewhere in the Marches of
Wales. He started on his journey from
some point the name of which I can
not, now recall, for it is many vears since
Mrs. Murray told me this story in the
eastern or midland counties. At all
events, he left this point on a Saturday,
and his route led through the ancient
little cathedral city of Litchfield. On
reaching Litchfield great was Mr. Hea
phey's disgust to find that he could make
no connection westward until Monday
morning. This condemed him to pass
Sunday at Litchfield, a prospect which
he was not enough of a philosopher to
accept with satisfaction, for there really
is not much in Uitchneld to interest the
traveler except the cathedral, with
in sight of whose walls Lord Brooks
was snot in me civil war anu it
is a very fin
Mr. Heaphey.
ter's name?'
" 'Her name
it. '
" 'I assure you,' said Mr. Heaphev,
either 1 .an ureiuug oi u"
Yiur sister never sat to me tor her por
trait. I never beard of it till this mo
ment.
You must not say tins to my lataer,
said the young lady; 'it will kill him.
He has been counting on tins ajjd con-
1 1. . . J Al A
Yineed oi it, ami mere must ne some
strange mistake.'
" 'Certainly there is some strange mis
take,' said Mr. Heaphey, but 1 can t un
derstand bow I am in any way accounta
ble for it. I assure you 1 have no recol
lection of your sister s name no recol
lection! Where did she sit for me?'
'"That I don't know,' said the ycUng
lady ; 'it, must have been before she died.
" 'nhe is no longer living, then r
" 'No, and it is since her death that
my lather nas oeen so urgent anu so
eairer to secure the portrait vou have
O . . , , .
been painting ot her. 1 can t unuer
stand how you uidn t Know ner name;
but you will surely recall her face at
once, for you have the engraving of the
t of Lady , which was taken
our 'Book of Beauty' and sent to
you because of its strange resemblance
"to her;' and with this the young lady,
rising, handed him a copy of 'Heath's
Book of Beauty,' opened at the page
from whichfthc engraved portrait so long
and so mysteriously in his possession had
been taken.
The effect of this disclosure upon Mr.
Heaphey may be better imagined than
described. He paused ti moment and
then said :
" 'This is entirely inexplicable. When
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did vour sister die .
"Ihe date was named, a date not long
preceding the time at which his myste
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" T have a picture of that voting
lady,' he said, 'in my dispatch box and
will bring it down stairs to you.'
Cuiing up stairs he opened the dis
patch box and returned to the drttwing-
room with the nearly completed sketch
and with the engraved portrait, both of
which the young ladv received with ex-
pretslons Of the most intense delight.
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square in wHich the stalwart statue of and after a little time, Mr. Heaphey was
introduced to nisom acquaintance, whom
he found in a state of inexpressible
happiness at the possession of the por
trait, and not in the least, apparently'
disturbed or concerned as to the way in
which it had been painted or as to any
of the circumstances connected with it.
He could not sufficiently thank Mr.
Heaphey for what he had "done, pressed
him to name his own remuneration for
the work, and exhibited, in short, every
symptom of unbounded satisfaction. It
is unnecessary to say that Mr. Heaphey
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uncanny piece of work. He said as lit
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family as to the circumstances in which
it had been painted, and got out of Litch-
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train with a teelmg of intense relief.'
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