The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-04-17

4 Ell i9e Young GREAT no,
bid you paint lhisr she sssed. Pay tell
! me when aud how? she added, recovering
uer self possession Immediately.
81 was a youth, vety poor and needy, hay |
; ING some taleut, aud gent denI of taste tori
skelclling aud painting. Very unlott1natei!,
: as thought was forced either to altogether
resign this employment so delightful to me,
OTTO pursue j. in order 10 supply myself with |
food and clothes. To me il must moi be Il
past me--l could mt hesitate long Iii be- !
came my profession. But iEid what 10 YOU
} may seem an inconceivable dislike 10 paint>
? ing Gces merely rs a Workman paints letters
: on sign. imagined thai is was Just as
easy Ia win the smiles Of dame Fortune by
petnrng only The exceedingly beautiful, and
! giving them embIeinatic npmes, aud ! was
: not altogether wrong. Passing one day |
through Tho streets Of this very city, came
Z upon group of children playi1g-one Of
that little baud struck me as being nothing
} short OF perfection. | could think o. moth !
ing as looked on hci but how beautiful sun |
rise! how splendid will be the day that en- |
sues! Al my request the child guided me !
to her. home, Il was poor one, and therein 2
b"te great resemblance TO my own. Ehe :
mother consented t5at | should take them
chd's likeness, anG-th's is it. never sa " a
The little one again. Afterwards, as | havec'
old you. l,r many years tlaveed Enrope,ee el
but though constantly on The look ont, | nev.
er found MONDAY worthy 10 follow Sunrise
like This cGuld's. thank you madam, have
IN you, aid in my own city, al last found
what Europe could not show me.
MAY ask asked the old lady, with Eche
slightly averted from The gaze OF Martifa-
Gay, may ask the name of tie grip ~
Ii was the question which ofaII Others lhGi
artist most wished her to propose, and had
watched her closely as in careless ,onai-
that believed his glance he said ~
y remember it very well--it was Alice !. .
! Fynn Nh
Thank you: il is indeed lovely picture al
You have amply deserved, SIR, oil The honoysa.
that a,e or can be awarded to YOU =,
Martin Gray attended her to The carriages
hal stood in waiting, hui Alice, ( he song -s
stress, d not look at HIM ill she gave hind
her hand in parling, when he saw her ace;tg
ltlen he artist knew he had no, been deceived.
She was pale s death
A few m) n'hs af.erward, CAME from The Z
city fll to the south, letter TO our hero; its
contents were tiye bundled dollar uole
and these words: |
'The child, for whose education you so
generously provided, when both she and your |,
self were poor and unknown, would fame con- {
vince you hat with increase OF years aud for. le
tune and happiness, she has not forgotten-
tha; she is not ungralefdI. AL lie good that :
has fallen to her in this life she is glad and
proud to trace directly 10 yon-io that one
act of well timed charity May the God Of
Heaven forever bless you. Ie Sunrise
and The 'Noonday' Of yourle yo1hlve made
Iunspcakably glorious May the night be q
without cloud, and complete in its mngu f
lcence!'
1t required no shrowd gucsser to de:er
mine for Martin Gray the author of this briel !
note. The cities of the south were at lhal +
very moment Ry4ag with each other in land r
ing the northern songsers and the queens Of {
beauty and of song, the lady 'Alice;' aud the :
artist Teloiced in her brilliant success, aud {
waited with Impotence till he should see and
speak with her again.
IN years when honora thckly clustered a,
round his brow, when Cor,Nne had laid man,
of her chosest gifts at his feet, there was one
thing wanting TO complete his happiness,
7 There weref few homes on earth so beau-
lful as bis, and his wife and children flor
Martin in the coutse of time became an old
man, were all that The heart Of man could
tdesire. There were no lines betokiug cafe, +
or fierce strife with tho world, on he ar,
lists face. He had abored and that con.
standy, il is tue, but his had nor | cen
wearying toli; but rather such as has been
Intensely satisfying The visions Of beau
ly with which he mentally surrounded him-
self, had never been frightened away b
rough and harsh experience. To him even /
as in youth all things beautiful were @hat !
they seemed Is
Many enchanting, perfect works had gone
forth from The rooms OF NJ lrlln GRAY into the /
world, but there were Two origisa ones for {
which he rejected every offer, however ex, 1
travagani. Copies and engraving of them +
had been given to the public, but the can s
vass in which his fingers worked while his i
eyes were, gazng on the loyeliest and most
perfect specimens Of beauty to hismind con.
ceivable. were precious beyond all price to 6
him. g
1ne series had moi been completed, Tor
Martin Gray had never seen a human being
fearlully beautiful and irrevocably fdlIcn,
whereby to represent the Night And as
years passed on, his heart more earnestly
and continually hoped that he never might
The great eriisl is dead. The passing vis- 2
sions Of beautiful fancy have forever fitted
away-'he sleeps the last sleep but hn T
works live after him. They live 10 spaak TO 5
US oftheir creator, to tell US ofhs goodness
ofthe deep unlathomed spring fhumau love !,
within bis heor, He sleeps, bul he has Iefl
name that is cherished by his country, aud
his genius is a source of national pride. = &
How we'll is he remembered and loved BY
those who knew him! And the students in l
his own glorious ari with what enthusiasm i
and reverence do they cherish memury Of !
! him! !
During the widows life lis studies remain.
ed as he bad leil IT.. II was Mecca 10
which pilgrims most dcvoui resoried. To q
many that artists rooms were sacred plnces (
standing in them they brealhed tho mir Of I
Inspiration, and held sweet communings with i
the spirit Of The beautiful Il
Ofthe sublime lessons, and they were i
many which spoke forth from those walls, i
there was ono that made The eazer shudder
und turn pale. No one gazing on the three
iaces which were separated from All other (,
paintings Wfnughi hv Tho ana In utf c,,ld =