The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-19

he could believe thatit was real, and that he himself
was awake and In his right mind
He then curiousy and carefully examined the frame
In one side Of il kind of cavity had been followed
out, and afterwards closed with board, so neatly
that If the loutish hand Of the Kvartalnu Nadzirate
had not let the frame drop the ducats might have re-
manned for centuries undisturbed. II was with gra
titude and competency rather than aversion that
the painter now contemplated the peculiar features
and remarkable eyes of the old Asiatic.
Whoever you are, my old boy said Tcharikoh 10
himself, "fll put you under glass, and give you
splendid frame for this
just about this moment his hand happened to
touch the heap Of gold, and the contact made his
heart beat as violently ever. "What shall do
with IN" he thought, fixing his eyes upon the mo-
ney. snow am at ease for three years al least,
can shut myself in my studio, and work. l can buy
colors pay for comfortable lodging and good food
l have enough for everything; nobody can tease OF
badger me now. III get first-raie lay-fgure order
a plaster torso model feet, buy Venus, have en-
cravings of all the great masters. And If | work
steadily for three years. quietly without hurry with
out being obliged to sell my pictures for my daily
bread shall astonish the world and achieve fame y
Such was the artists soliloquy, prompted by con-
scious talent and honorable ambition A faI different
counsel was given by his twenty-five summers and
heat Of youth. He now had At his command all that
he had hitherto gazed at from afar with enyying
eyes. How his heart bounded and swelled within
him, as he thought of the luxuries he could now
command how he longed to exchange rags for pur-
Pile and fine linen, and fare sumptuously after his
long fast to dwell in splendid lodging, to visit the
theatre, the cafe, the ball
SEEKING his money, the young man Twas in the
atraet In n frat yiait vvaa m n taiInrJo
shop, where he dressed himself from top to toe, and
walked down the street looking at himself in every
window. He bought huge quantity of trinkeis and
perfumes, an opera-glass and mountain of brilliant
cravats; took, without a word Of bargaining the
first lodging that he saw, magnificent set of rooms
in the Nevski perspective, with immense mirrors,
and each window glazed with single pane; had his
hair cured at coieurs hired carriage, and drove
twice, without the slightest object, from one end OF
the town 10 the other, crammed himself with bon
bons ut confectioner's and went TO French res
tourdnt, about which he had hitherto heard only
vague and uncertain rumors, such as one hears OF
the Chinese empire. There he dined, assuming the
while naughty and supercilious air, and incessant-
ly arranging his well-curIed locks There, too, he
drank bottle Of champagne liquid he had hithet-
TO known only by reputation. His head full of wine
he went out into the street. guy, bold, ready for any
thing-able to face the devil, us the Russians say
On the bridge he met his former professor and push
ed cody past him, as If he did not observe him
leaving the poor man motiOnless with astonishmcnt
mark of interrogation visbly printed in his coun-
tenance All that he possessed in the world, easels
canvasses pictures Tchartkof transported that very
evening 10 MS ne" anu spiendid lodgings. lie ar
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