Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 27, 1913, Page 2

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For rent, fully furnished, at—" He nanted an absurdly low sum—at least, 8o the young/American painter thought. “You see,” the man continued con- fidentially, “it's too quiet a place for Mrs. Epping and Miss Sylvia. While old Mr. Epping was alive it was a home to them. But since he's been dead they've wanted to get away from the sights that perpetually reminded them of him. One can't blame them for that. So they've moved into the new mansion over at Chilworth, three miles distant. But for a gentleman who wants quiet—why, this is just the Gurney agreed cordially with this sentiment. He was spending the year in England and meant to have at least six wecks alone to finish his great panel painting of the destruction of Alexandria, the order for which from the public library in his home ecity had held out to him the hope of rec- ognitjon and success after his many | hall. years of loneliness and poverty. “Mrs. Epping’s a bit of an invalld,” the agent said one day, just after Gurney had moved in. “She says she'd be very pleased to make your ac- quaintance if you would care to call any afternoon at Chilworth.” “He scowled at me something aw- ful,” the agent told Mrs. Epping af- terward. “He seems cut out to be a hermit, that young man does.” “Well, I'm sure we shan’t intrude upon his loneliness,” declared Miss Sylvia, with pardonable hauteur. Gurney wanted nothing better. The loneliness of the place appealed to him, Except for old Mrs. Smith, who | came in dally to cook for him and to tidy such parts of the manor as she could contrive to clean while Gurney was busy with his work—and therefore Gurney Was Fascinated. unable to make effective protest—he saw nobody. And he worked harder than he had ever worked before. Yet somehow the panel painting made little progress. The fact s, Gurney found what many people have found: that it is easier to be alone in company than when one has one's own thoughts for companions. Life in this old English house proved de- lightfully puzzle-provoking. He ex- plored every nook of the rambling old building. But he always came back to the long central hall, where tho] portraits of the Eppings hung. They hung in their gilded frames, stiifly decorous, these dead lords and ladies of Epping Manor, ranging from Sir Thoman Epping, in doublet and leather stockings, who had been knighted for heroic action against the Spaniards in the days of King James, to the late James Epping, Esq., mem- ber of parliament, in the conventional frock coat of modern society. Some of them bore names upon the frames, but she was unnamed, this beauty of the long ago, dressed in the big Gains- borough hat and wide-sleeved gown of the days of the third George. Gurney was fascinated by this ple- ture. It embodied more than any pic- ture he had ever seen the woman of whom he had secretly dreamed. He had never met her, had not even ac knowledged his own secret romance until he saw her face look out at his from the canvas. And she must have been dead nearly a century! When one lives alone one is prone to gain rein to fancies which the nor- mal man, because they are abnormal, easily represses. Gurney's work was abandoned; he would spend hours be- fore the picture, gazing at the face that was bent down toward his. His fancies became almost realities. “Work? He don't work any more,” sald old Mrs. Smith, the village gos- sip. *“He just moons around and stares at the pictures. I think the young man must be in love. In due time this pilece of news reached the ears of the kind-hearted' Mrs. Epping. She had already for | given Gurney for his lack of cour- | CrOORHIICH tesy. : : “Perhaps the young man lives too much alone,” she said. “Martha, tell James to harness the pony to the dog art.” When the invalid made a decision i she acted upon it. In little over an hour she had driven up to the manor house, and at the gate found herself confronted by a young man with wild eyes and tousled hair—and yet unmis- | takably a gentleman. “Mr. Gurney?’ she asked *“I am Mrs. Epping.” And seeing that he made no move to ask her in, she added tactfully: E “I have heard about your paintings s tore and thought I would ask you to let me see them. We are so much alone here, my daughter and I, and it is : R T real pleasure to meet any one out- side the village society.” We Have Tampa lCC In halt an hour she had completely won his heart. She departed, carry- Cream ing his promise to pay her a call at no distant date. But when Gurney was alone again the sense of the dead woman came overpoweringly upon him. He loved her, wildly, passion- ately, this Epping lady who had been laid to rest so long before his birth. No human society could atone for the loss of her. He spent the night be- fore her picture. His work was now completely for gotten. The fixed idea had become the center of his life; he knew that life was worthless without that love that could never be his. In the morning old Mrs. Smith found him lying in a delirium in the We Take Orders From Anywhere in the City Prompt Delivery.. “Brain fever,” pronounced the doec- tor. “The cause? Well, I should say overwork, combined with solitude, per haps. It is not right for a man to live alone, especially a gifted young man whose proper ptace is in the ‘world of men.” shall never forgive myself— “James, bharness the pony to the dog-cart.” This time she had come to stay, as two well-filled trunks that accompa- nied her attested. She and Sylvia took up their residence at the Xanor, and for two weeks they assiduously nursed Gurney through the crisis of his malady. . “When he wakes,” sald the doctor, “he will be in his right mind agzin.” Now whether Mrs. Epping had shrewdly guessed the source of the disjointed mutterings, which escaped the artist’s lips during his delirium and made her plans accordingly ori whether it was kindly chance, nobody can say, but when Gurney opened his eyes again to reason he saw bending over him the face of the woman in the portrait. But it was the living face of a young and charming girl, and blushing red under the young man’s earnest scrutiny. “Well,” sald Mrs. Epping, entering the room, “you two are looking at each, other as though ycu had never seen a person of the opposite sex be- fore. Mr. Gurney, this {3 my daugh- ter, Sylvia, whose portrait you may have seen in the hall, in fancy dress, representing a lady of the last cen- tury.” Gurney lay back on his pillows, ut- terly content. It was a miracle, the doctor said, which brought him back to health so swiftly. But Sylvia knew difterently. “You gave me back my life,” he said softly, as they left the parish church together, man and wife, three months later, “and I am going to de- vote my life to you.” It is Sylvia's face which forms the central panel of Gurney's great paint. ing in the Museum of Edinburgh— his masterpiece. (Copyright, 1913, by W. G. Chapman.) TAILOR MADE CLOTHING AT CUSTOM PRICES. We have just received our samples for this season. Can ufrnish you tailor made clothing at your own price. Cap to match suit with all orders thrown {n, DE REE PRESSING CLUB Bowyer Building. 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