Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-03-03

to prison, and there await the issue of the
charge preferred against him. They fur
Their desired him at once to name the coun-
sci for his defence He shall appear,
gentlemen, on the day OF trial; | cannot
give his name before"
Amazed beyond measure at the calm
ness and self possession displayed by
Henri, they felt compelled to acquiesce.
Either his youth, his beauty, or his earnest
ness-perhaps all three combin ed--made
the Judges so far mitigate their severity
as to allow him the use OF his tools, and
the admission of his visitors during hi
Imprisonment. ffr ..El.
| It is needless to dwell on the disappoint-
ment to the youth at this terrible blow to
| his long cherished desires-hardly less on
! his own account than on that of his good
mother, whom he had hoped to place
beyond the need Of all further earthly
wants. 1t will better please the reader to
learn that he did not yield himself up to
despair. His will was nerved to plan, his
hand to execute, another statue equal, If
not superior, to the one he had already
| achieved.
1t will readily be imagined that the ad-
vent of such trial as that now impend-
ing caused no small stir in the city. The
hitherto obscure life Of the young sculptor,
and the stand he had made about his coun
sell very considerably enhanced the
anxiety and excitement of the public
| MANY unable to restrain their impotence,
visited him in prison--some, doubtless Inn
PEELED by curiosity, others moved by some
higher motive.
Among these were two distinguished.
looking individuals, who CHANGED at that
time to be sojourning in Florence. One
was considerably past middle age; the
other (sald to be his nephew was a young
man of remarkable handsome counte-
nance and noble figure. No restriction
seemed to be put either on the frequency
or length of their visits; whilst to poor
Henri the time thus spent was as gold and
sunshine in this otherwise dark phase OF
his career. Greatly to the establishment
of every one, his mother had removed to
a handsome l0ggia in the best quarter of
the city; her sadness of heart and counte-
nance seemed to have vanished and there
was gladrfess in her whole bearing, such
as none who had known her had ever be.
fore SEEN ct is great mystery, GER
tainly," said the gossips; how this change
should have come about before her sons
fate is decidedr
At length the all,important day arrived.
The Judges (who had never seen the pris-
oner since the day of his arrest) being as
sembled in the great hall of the assembly,
desired the prisoner might be brought in.
The prone figure was placed on the plat
form, concealed as before with the cloth
of green baize; whilst at its side but con.
siderably raised, was another, also Gov
cred. The question was at once put as to
what counsel he had employed.
Gentlemen" he said, II am my own
counsel You questioned my ability to
give you representation of Death
here is one of Life My subject is, The
Murder of Abel by his Brother Cain " \
Both coverings were withdrawn. Pro-
found stiffness succeeded this declaration,
followed by burst of admiration such as
had never before been heard in Florence
in the nineteenth century. Foremost OF
his admirers were his former accusers.
The news was instantly carried to the
king, who commanded the statues to be
brought, and placed in the Patti Palace.
at is not possible, gentlemen, for me to
obey the command of my sovereign" said
Henri; "the sculptures are no longer
mine, having been purchased by the EN-,
peror of Russia. The money | have had
for them has paid for my mothers present
abode, and placed me forever beyond the
reach of want"
The nephew of the Russian ambassador,
Kissalietf, hid served as a model for the
arm of Gain" and those to whom his
features were familiar at once recognized
the handsome face.
The narrator of this circumstance has
seen the statues at st. Petersburg, in a
building expressly erected for their recep-
ton. The sculptor's name was Dupre,
since become one of world wide celeb
rity.- Ctanbers' Journal
A plaster-cast of the latter may be seen a.
SydenhaIn.