Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 11, 1913, Page 7

ling, & 2004 by ell, ang o folt o und ' he wer Ing. yme witt IT poet with the TOr THE EVENING TELEGRAM, HS SEGRET LOVE i Romance of the Painting of the Lady of Epping Manor House. By FRANK TILSON, ' “Yes, Mr. Gurney, this is the old Epping Manor House,” said the agent. “It has been in the hands of the Ep- ping family for close on three hun- dred years. For rent, fully turnished, at—"" He named an absurdly low sum—at least, so 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 set 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 place.” Gurney agreed cordially with this sentiment. He was spending the year in England and meant to have at least six weeks 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- ognition and success after his many years of loneliness and poverty. “Mrs. Epping's & bit of an invalid,” the agent sald 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 at- terward. “He seems cut out to be a hermit, that young man does.” “Well, I'm sure we shan’t intrude j{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 daily 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 40 ! ! % Condensed S.atement of BAN% the Condition of the NATloNAL { FIRST NATIONAL BANK s DEPOSIT At Close of Business, MONEY June 4th, 1913 wITH{JS RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts $516,988.6» Overdrafts 2,826.66 U. S. Bonds and Premiums ... 20,942.71 Furnitures and Fixtures .. .. 6,373.17 I'ue from U. S. Treasurer 937.50 Cash on Hand and in Banks. 004 4T $781,623.19 LIABILITIES. f Stock ..$ 75,000.00 15,000.00 15,607.2% 18,750.00 657,265.83 Capital surplus U ndivided Pre Circulation Deposits Flrst Natlonal Bank OF LAKELAND .‘.‘g‘wnmumq werk is what you are lesking for and Mfijmlwhtflmm Try u of property never, lows his fire | . . Instrance To Brpire F =2 Is a strong hint to 3 6;;7{:?:5" / to the owner of the ' | Gurney Was Fascinated. L] unnbln to make effective protest saw nobody. And he worked harder modest home who 4 : than lw he ul ever worked before. could il afford a Toss;to be cqually provident . | vt rouo ol painting made litil sress. The fact 1s, Asis a life prescrverver 10 the manin a wreck, ;flun] it many people have 1 5 ound: Soisa Firc Insurence Pclicy to the owner of a home! | co falt i ) own th We Make a Spociaily of Aiterding to Everyhody’s BusinesS— fin tuis old 1 90 for as at to their insurance is concerned ) ? 0 o, prme » t LI (WO ] sy lam o y been » "‘7!”1"‘4' W “T"‘_“’""l “C J i inst the T R 225 _-'- 7 » James, T rensianmio il o md e G Ty T.<T IS NONTE THE EL-“ IJ lle TUQ GOOD" IP EN-~ !."f 5} J“"‘ 0 (‘O “11s §rdfe% N L] {RAVED BY Ul&\\i \ CORRECT Stod by, (il pit: pic- S MAN lied more than UFACTIRING ENGRAVERS LOUISVILLE, KY,U.5.A, \nm THER mestf AGENTS TOR THEIR EXCLUSIVE LIXE: 4 e 1:;" » Gl u t romance | le)\, Ete, out at his And ust have e is prone . i o the nor- . ‘. mal, Wi 1] nents 1 Building 8 Duval 3 Jacksonville, Fla. J LAR ELAND, FLA,, JUNE 11, 1913. PASE AEVEP 3 'gnen Gurney for his lack of cour-. m:umomwu;onmma iy | tesy. “Perhaps the young man lives too r.*uch alone,” she sald. “Martha, tell Jam« s to harness the pony to the dog- cart.” When the invalid made a declaion 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 P LAKE PHARMACY made no move to ask her in, she added tactfully: | “I have heard about your paintings and thought I would ask you to let me see them. We are so much alone here, my daughter and I, and it is a real pleasure to meet any one out- side the village society.” In half an hour she had completely won his heart. She departed, carry- 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 soclety 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 & delirium {n the hall. “Brain fever,” pronounced the doc- tor. “The cause? Well, I should say overwork, combined with solitude, per- haps. It is not right for a man to live alone, especlally a gifted young man whose proper prace is In the world of men." “I shall never forgive myself— never,” sald Mrs. Epping. “James, harness 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 Manor, 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 again.” Now whether Mrs. Epping had shrewdly guessed the source of the disjointed mutterings, which escaped the artist's lips during his delirlum and made her plans accordingly or 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 is 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 gaid, which brought him back to health so swiftly. But Sylvia knew differently, “You gave me bhack my life,” he sald 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— | bis masterpiece. (Copyright, 1913, !v Ww. G. ('! apman.) 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