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m SOUTHERN BANNER: MAY 81. 1878. A Mysterious Portrait. In a snvilUuit liamisonioly-furnislieii s't>i i .-room in :i London hotel, :i vo hi-- holy w.t* sitting in an easy c ih Instore a Mazing tire, one dreary No\ ember afternoon Her hat and clo i lay noon the ifthle beside her, nod i.o:n the eager, impatient glances a'u* lined toward the door at every so i > * ot a too', step on the staircase on'*, ie, it was evident that she ex* pee .*d a visitor. At last the door opened, and a tall, mi- icratiedooking young-man eit* ter- ■ t lie room. •• Harry, what a long tim • y <u h iv- been !” sit in ' n,» tronv her seat, h ,ve yon bt ought ? What does vonr fat. e • say about, onr—onr marriage?” h-b i .ing with the shyness of a bride *• 1'ir i.i>t words •iv ad lor yourself, Helen,” replied h Miirh uni, handing her an open int..r, and standing opposite her, to ni.ig against’ the marble mantle* •)1 <• , watehing intently the expres- sin i oi her fair young face as slie red - *- 1 ; marrying as you have done, yn i have aeied in direct, deliberate o ijio-iiioii to my wishes. From this day you are no longer my son, and I wash my hands ol you forever.” •‘ Larry, why did you not tell me uf lii s before?’’ exclaimed Helen, as •ih.- .• nl the hard cruel words, look ing it through her tears into her husband’s face. “ ,hy d irliug, what was there to tell ? How could I know that my father would act in this hard hearted maimer? 1 knew that he wished me to marry the daughter of a nobleman living near Marston Hall, and so unite the two estates; but I had no idea he would cast me off for diso beying Ins wishes. And even if I had knowu it,’’ lie added, fondly ulaspiiig'liis young bride to his heart, and kissing away the tears from her eyes, “ I should not have acted dif ferently. My Helen is worth filly estates, and as long as she loves me 1 shall never regret the loss of Mars ton Hall and its fair acres. But my love,” he fclitinued, more seriously, “ there is an end of your promised shopping expedition into Bond street. You shall have to do without dia monds, now that your husband is a penniless outcast, instead ot the heir to fifteen thousand a year.” •* Hush, Harry ! Please don’t talk bke that,” she said, hurt at his bitter tone. “You know that it was not of the diamonds and dress I was think ing. But what are you going to do, flury?” she continued, laying her hand upon his arm, and looking up sadly in his pale, sa 1 face. “You cannot work for a living.’’ “And whv not woik for a living?” he exclaimed in a determined voice. “ Bee utse I happen to be the son of a baronet, brought up anil educated without any ideas or knowledge of business? But I will work for my living, and show my little wife that I am not quite unworthy of the trust ami confidence she reposed in me vlwu she placed this little hand in i ine,’’ he added, stooping to kiss the small white hand that rested con- fidingly upon his arm. It was while pursuing his favorite stu ly„of oil paintings am nig the fu rious galleries of 11 nno that Harry M u'.-iun wood and won Helen Traov, a governess in an English family re siding in Italy, and the orphan daugh ter of an officer in the army. Before he had known iier a month, harry, who had been in love—or fancied himself in love—with at least half a dozen different young ladies in as many months, felt that he had at last met liis late. Delighted at the idea of being loved lbr himself alone, lie had not told her of his real position, and it was not until after the marriage cere snony that Helen discovered she had manied the eldest son of a baronet, and the heir to an estate producing fifteen thousand a year. It was not without some . inward misgivings that Harry wrote to- his father teTung' him of his marriage, which tjerv'jpAre <ihriq r«ajia$d .Uy the result, as we4mvo seen by the letter'Tr©nf ! Sir Phillip < Marsto*. ■ 4 *•«!* •**‘>4 .•’ll 1 M i V X ,ii> *4 exclaimed, spring* What news which awaited him at his club on liis return to England with his bride. But, full of confidence in his ability to maintain himself and bis young wife by bis own exertions, and think ing that surely bis father would relent and be reconciled to him after a time, Harry troubled himself very little about his inheritance; and though their new home consisting of three small, poorly furnished rooms in a back street—was very different from the grand old mansion to which tie had hoped to take his bride, he set to work cheerfully at his favorite art, and tried hard to earn a living by painting pictures and portraits. But lie soon found that it was not so easy as he thought. It was all very well when lie was heir to Marston Hall, and studied painting merely from love ot art; but picture dealers, who in those days had been all flattery and obsequious ness toward the young heir, now that he really wanted to sell liis pictures and sketches, shook their heads, and politely but firmly declined to pur chase At last, one dreary afternoon, when Harry was sitting in the little room he called a studio, trying to devise some new scheme to replen ish liis slender purse, the servant opened the door and ushered a white-haired old gentleman into the room. Placing a chair by the fire lbr hi- visitor, Harry inquired his business. “ You are a portrait painter, I be lieve sir ?” said the old gentleman, looking at him through his gold spec tacles. “ That i- my profession, sir,” re plied Harry, delighted at the thought of having found a commission at last. “ Well, sir, I want yon to paint the portrait of my daughter.” “ With pleasure, sir,’’ said Harry eagerly. “ When can the lady give me the first sitting? ’ “Alas! sir, she is dead—dead to me these twenty years, and I killed her—broke lien* heart with my harsh ness and cruel’y !’’ exclaimed the old man, in an excited, trenihlininvoice. A strange thrill came overalarry, as the idea that his mysterious visi tor must he an escaped lunatic crossed his mind; but mastering, with an effort, his emotion, the stranger con tinued : “ Pardon me, young sir. This is of no interest to you. My daughter is dead, and I want you to paint her portra : t from my description, as I perfectly well remember her twenty years ago.” “ I will do my best, sir, but it will be no easy task, amt yon must be prepared lbr many disappointments,” said Harry, when, having given a long description of the form and fea tures of his long-lost daughter, the old man rose to depart, and for weeks he worked incessantly upon the mysterious port rail of the dead girl, making sketch alter sketch, each of which was rejected by the remorse stricken lather, until the werk began to exercise a Hrange kind of fascina tion over him, and he sketched face after face, as if under the influence of a spell. At last, one evening, wearied with a day of fruitless ex» rlinn, he was silling over the fire watching 1 is wife, who sat oppnsLe, busy upon some needle-work, when an idea sud denly flashed upon him. “Tall, fair, with golden hair and dark blue eyes ? Way, Helen, it is the very picture of yoursell,!’’ tie ex claimed, springing to his teei, taking liis wife’s face between his two bauds, and gazing intently it.to her eyes. Without losing a moment he sat down and commenced to .-ketci IIcl eii’s face ; and when liis strange pat ron called the next morning, Harry was so busily engaged putting the finishing touch s to Ins portrait, that ho did not hear him enter the room, and worked on tor soing moments unconscious of liis presence, until, with a cry of “Helen, my daughter!’’ the old man hurried him aside, and stood entranced over the portrait. •* After, gazing for some minutes in silence, broken only-by his half-sap- pressed- cries of remorse, the oldlMh turned slowly nrounchto Harry, and asked him in an eager voice where he had obtained the original of the picture. “It is the portrait of my wife,*’ he said. • . . .... _ apl8-1873-tf “Your wife, sir! Who was the? Pardon me for asking the question,” lie added ; “ but I have heard lately that my poor Helen left an orphan daughter, and for the last six months I have been vainly trying to find the child of my lost daughter, so that by kindness and devotion to 107 grand child I might, in part at least, atone for my harshness toward her mother. *’ Harry was beginning to tell him the story of his meeting with Helen at Rome, and the’r subsequent mar riage, when the door opened, and his wife entered the room. Perceiving that her husband was engaged, she was about to retreat, when the old gemlaman slopped, her, and, after looking earnestly into her face for a few minutes, exclaimed, “ Pardon uic, madam—can you tell me your mother’s maiden name?” “ Helen Treherne,” replied Helen, wonderingly. “I knew it—I knew it!” ex claimed the old man in an exalted voice. “ At last I have found the chihl of my poor, lost daughter!” In a few words Mr. Treherne ex plained how he had cast oft’ liis only child on aygcuut of her marriage with a poor officer, and" refused even to open her letters when she wrotfnsk- iug for forgiveness. “ But, thank heaven!’’ said he, when lie had finished his s.-ul story, “ I can atone in some measure lbr inv harshness toward my Helen by taking her Helen to my heart, and making her my daughter.’’ It is needless to add that when Sir- Philip Marston heard that his son had married trie heiress of one of the finest and oldest estates in the coun try, he at once wrote a letter of re conciliation to Harry, and, after all, Helen eventually became mistress of Marston Hall, in the picture gallery ot which no painting is more valued and ti ensured than “The Mysterious Portrait.” Becamerl^Pfft- law jsroTiCEa. S. DORTCU, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Carnesville, Ga. g 3E. THHA8HEB, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Wotkinsvillc, Gu. Office in former Ordinary’s Office. jim25-1376-ly How Dixie tional Air. Gin 1857, when Campbell’s Minstrels were at Mobile, Dan Eininct, one of the members of the company, heard the negroes sing an air and chorus while rolling cotton on the levee. He thought it good, so by a little alteration he arranged it into what is culled a •* walk around,” which always winds up the entertainment of an Ethiopian concert. It was a success. In the spring of 1801, when (lie war broke out, Mrs. John Wood came to New Orleans to play an engagement at the old Varieties Theatre. She produced “ Pocahontas.” Near tiio close of the second act there is a zouave march by the ladies of the “ corpse de balletic.” At the re hearsal of the piece, the leader of the orchestra was iu a quandary as to what music they would have. Carlo Patti could not select anything that would suit tlic stage manager, T. B. McDonough, and the consequence was the rehearsal came to a standstill. At length Patti struck up “ Dixie ” It suited and was adopted and played with a chorus to the same air. “ Dixie’’ t >ok the town by storm ; the pianos rang with i;, the boyssang it and the negroes whistled it. A musician 'by'the name »f Hlotneo Minera arranged it foV a march for the Washington Artillery B.ifterv, and from that hour all Southern men and women hail it with delight. Cold mast lie the Southern heart that does no’ glow with delight at the sound ol onr ih-ar “ Dixi<*.” But the com poser, Dan Emmet, what of him? Why, he can be found iu a very comm in variety sa’oon in Chicago imw, playing on iiis fiddle-fir a mere pittance, eking out a miserable exis tence liy playing “ Dixie’’ to an admiring crowd of newspaper boys, roughs and beer jerkers. p G. TIIOMSOX, * ATTORNEY AT LAW, Special attention paid to criminal practice. For reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. II. Watts and lion. David Cloptou, Montgomery, Ain. Offico over Post-Office Athens, Ga. feb3-187o-lt‘ JOII2V W. OWEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Tocoa City, Ga. Will practice in all the comities of the West ern Circuit, Hart mid Madison of the Northern Circuit. Will give special attouion to uli claims .intrusted to liis care. oct20-187a ly. Pope Bakuoiv. 0. C. Harrow, Jk jjarrow iiros., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office over Ta)nudge, Hodgson & Co. janl-ly £1 ». IXiljli* ATTORNEY AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Prompt a It tut ion given to al> busiifcss and the same respectfully solicited. janll-ly Lamar Cobb. Howell Cobb. jk & II. COHH, ATTORNEYS at law, Athens, Ga JOffioc in Pcupree Building, fcb22-187<J-Iy AJ E Ai.ex s5. Erwin. Ft WIN .5 COBB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Athens. Ga w J. Cobh. Office on Cornc-r of Blond ari l Thomas streets, ovei Childs, Nickerson A C<>. feb22-lS7‘I-ly ^SUBUHY. McCimitY, Atfcorniy a-b Law, Hartwell, Georgia,} Will practice in the Superior Courts of North east Geoigia and Supr.-tni- Court r.t Atlanta. Aug 8. 1878 tf James R. Lyle, Watkinsville. Alex. S. Erwin, Athens. ^YLE & ERWIN, A TTORNE rs A T LA W. Will practice in partnership in the Superior Court of Oconee Com u. and attend promptly to all business Intrust to their cure J jgfa jan9-3iu. JACKSON A C O MAS, attorneys at law; ' Athens, Ga. Office South West Corner of College Avenue aud Clayton Street, also at the Court House. All parties desiring Criminal Warrants, can gel them a*, any time by applying to the County Solicitor at this office. decl6-187-t-tf ^ >1. COCIfUAN, ’^.TTOniTS'2' AT LAW, Gainesville, Gn. dlcal Estate and General Land Agent forthe purchase and sale of Mineral and Farming Laudsin Hail, and the other counties of North east Georgia. Mineral ores tested and titles to property investigated. Special attention given tothe purchase and sale of city property. may-2—Cm J. N. DORSEY. Attorney. BT73I2TES33 CAHDS. rjl A. lLElt, ■’SWa'bsls.Kvaieor Sc «Xowolar, At Micliael’store, next door to Reaves <fc Nich olson's, Broad street, Athens, Georgia. All work warranted 12 months. septl2-tf. JfYKUV AND SILK STABLE. C.n’i'lugcs, Rugglos* liorses asonable. I-i. M. WHITEHEAD, Washington, Wilkes county, Ga. v2.’>- IS t! LIVERY, FLED AND SALE STABLE, ja.-fclxex5J3, GSsorgia- GANN & REAVES, PROPRIETORS. Will he found at their old stand, rear Frank lin House building, Thomas street. Keep nl- wavs on hand good Turnouts ami ca viiii dri vers. Stock well eared for when err rusted to our care. .Slock on hand for sale at -ill Mines. deeiOtf. 3AM^ lkA.KdR.ifc, Boot ariad. Slios-^i2a.l~er r atiif.n s, g eg bg IA, (Ovkb Jacobs fit Michael’s Store.) First class work turned out on short notieo, at liberal prices. Give me. a call and get goo' material aud fine work. niarehl3-tt CITY MLRCHAIfTS AMD OTHER BUSINESS MEN WHO WANT CASH-READ. A LL who have tried the experiment have obtained ready money by advertiiiug ih the Hartwell Sun. A spicy newspaper, sparkling with wit and httmor, keeps up with the times in everything It is the pa per for everybody. Printed in the neatest manner. ’ Has a too4 circulation and is thoroughly read by just the people to whom you want to sell. Examine uspolamas and see ■tMtfmthV ma houses. They are tegular advert! and be convinced that it, liberal. Pabcrfree to ad' B*Hon&11cG»H R. J- Watchmaker and Jeweler, (Singer Machine Office, College Aronuc) iLTTIEITS, - GEOROKA. I have opened at the above place, where I will give strict attention to repairing and cleaning of Waichos, Clocks find Jewelry. All work-done in first class style and at reasonable rates. Give me a call. april 23-6m. PRESCRIPTION FREE! Forthespeedy Cure or Semi nal Weak ness, Ixist MuiitioodaimaUdisorders uroaght ou Cylndls- ,30 tvrst Nlxtti Street, Cincinnati. O. .- J L i Tit ltrncdj of Ut 19th hntxry. I Barham’s Infallible PILE CUBE. ■a llnmfeetmcd by Urn Birain Pita Cy» Ca., Sat! Itatrcr Wit to car* Ilr •r run. whea a tore it imaia Prim IMnONaHttatnisUl Garden Seed! AND GRASS SEED. We have now the largest stock of Seed in this part of the State, all of which are Fresh, ot a single package of old Seed in our stock. We have also a large stock of STEEL HAIR BRUSHES, The fourth lot since .October last. Our DRUGS, Paints, Lead, Oils, Varnishes, Turpentine, We cun offer at low prices. C. W. LONG & Co., sepll-ly Athens. Gu. PLANTERS’ HOTEL, >YT3 GrXJSTA, GkA.. The Leading Hotel the City. Noted for its cleanliness, and the excellence of its table. RATES—#3 on I'F.E DAY. ,1 4 » The Proprietor solicits from the citizens ot Athens a continuance of that litreml patronage they have heretofore gi\ cn him. B. F. BB.OWXT, oct!6'lm. Proprietor. Meriw@th.er <& Few, BLoA.OISlS'JMIXTHC’S TWO SHOPS FOR 1877. One at the old stand in trout ot Messrs. GANN & REAVES, The other on the road to the upper bridge aud opposite Mr. JOHN Z. COOPER’S,. 1 ' Livery Stable. Wc have first class workmen HOUSE SKOEI1TG of every description, Plating and Concave Shoei; Manufactured to order. WAGONS, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, Aud all kinds of Machines and Im plemcnts repaired on short notice. jan9-tf. SIMMONS Liver Regulator. Hepatine Comp. Cathartic Pills. Tutts Pill, Poms Plasters. Worm Candy and Vermifuge, Sarsaparilla, Buchu. Tutts and Hambleton’s Hair Dye. Aniliue prepared for use. Long’s German Cologne. Long’s Cologne. Lead, Oil, Glass and Varnish. Morphine, Opium, Chemicals. Hair Brushes and Combs. Perfumery, Toilet Soups. And everything in the Drug Line, at lowest prices at C. W. LONG & Co.’s Drug Store, Athens, Ga. septll.ly. Southern Mutual Insurance coovr ip-A-nsr-sr, ATHSaTS, GHOnOZA. YOUNG L. a. HARRIS, President STRYKXS It O il VS Secretary. Cross Asset?, Ajiril 1. ts;j, - . $;8t,.',3f tit! Resident Directors. Youxo L. G. Harris .Toils' It. 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Sole patantee of Bassett’s plow stock. .Jj oHn £v£- Bassett. ir-«reli2o-i v. THEWliTE SEIIIS MACHINE, . t mm ** * * l , -4* H m't U GB WORK OF ALL T £§GSiP- tion neatly done at tb>- of$<i§ ’ *' .. u* on .»! • ' V. i".’' J".. ,uua*? »• - V. Said to be t..e 1 .gules',-running, the ino&t be 'Utiful, cheapest, best, and largest Sewing Machine in the world. Ladies aud the publio are invited to call aud see, ot the Office, next door to Win. McDowell’s, t) liege Avenue. J. BANCROFT, Agent. feb5-ly. Legal Blanks at Low Prices A full supply of J. W. Burke & Co’s. Legal Blanks—the best that are printed, alwuya oa hand 1 Price 'redncfcB tH'75 centr per quire, at ** BURKE’ BOOK STORE, ©allege Aveiiite, Newton House Block. april23-6m. .0- . ? r* k.i."