Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-04-07
SrIe fe0 IHiscellanu.
MY FIRSr PATRON.
An Artist story.


fessfon, and to render the decided bias o
my inclination, an honorable means of live
hhOod. usr ~ - srfaff
Seated in my studio, engaged in putting
the zialshlng touches TO q small landscape.
Of which a Summer trip into Shropshire
had furnished me with . preliminary
sketch, / was wondering when the love OF
the profession had chosen. and tue time
and labor bestowed upon il, would begin
TO bring back some substantial return III
the torn of patronage and commissions,
wien was startled IRON my revere by q
hasty tap at my door, aud q CHEEKY voice
asking tf.s -r--.
..Are you at home? Oh, all rightr'
1t was fellow artist and particular
chRm OF my own, who, entering very un-
cefemonioasiy, and somewhat out of breath.
Z sc.ped kimself into The only vacant cnaii
an =. once proceeded With
sslve brought You good news. my boy
I'm going 10 make your fortuneT '+ q
Being considerably interested ] begged
him 20 explain, and only taking sufficIent
tize 70 fll his little brown pipe. he Al once
assen.ed, commencing with the inquiry
iiave you bad any visitor yet?" -
'.No," replied. lyon are the first"
s-fhst's ali night. he said; Il wished
10 be the first to tell you. Well, then, last
evening" i had a cali from gentleman
See. here's his card-'Mr Francis j. Bou-
yelie. who appears to be acting as an agent
to the Marquis of -, in collecting for
that nobleman a small gallery of work. b,
Native srtIsts, being evidently aconnoisseu,
OF such things. and Lord -, IS as you
know, u capital patron of our noble profes
sion OF the canvas. lie has selected on,
two of my things, aud expressing q de-
sire for something In the nndscape way. =
didn't forgot you, and shall BE- very hap
py IL i We brought you your first patron
thanked NY friend very h.arTily for hi
good nature, aud begau to fancy my pet
pictures already disposed o.
lie evidently MEANS business" he weni
on TO Say; tor he assured me his lordshII
Il not particular to the price. But ",
shall nsvs To send out pic ures to be ap
proved of at az add sss in wimpole street,
which he LETT with me. Show him tn,
best you have and contrm the good char
act-r that I've given of YOU Dcnt b.
araii OF putting good figure On the pic
tures; IN fact. You may take a lesson In tina
particular, II IN no other, from little Ton
farnconibe The little cad Was with III.
when the party called. aud rom did not
forget TO advertise his own works most en-
ergetlcally. i want one or two nice bit
oi landscape says this Mr.. Bouverie t.
me- j have sweet little thing at home
close byr cries Tom, ranning his ingers
through his whitney brown hair and with
out more ado, he started home to fetch it,
1uthe meantime m. ntIoned YOU TO him,
aud you may expect HIM, l take II, auy
minute,
Halo, Brother Dsuba, what the newsI
at that moment came from an ugly face,
vitaa red stubby beard and moustache
oehreis1 looking hair, carried behind
the ears. pe-ping In at the door. WAS just
passing looked you knowi Done bust
ness with your friend. Cnarleyl addressing
my companion. Halo old fellow, your
foliage Is rather heavy, amt it?" to me.
.By-the-by. showed him the agent OF
Lord | mean that little thing
spoks OF Delighted With il sir deli hit |
edl Shall send it up to wfBpole 5 rect at |
once. i suppose he hasn't called on you. |
hss hep be added. turning to me. "By
the way. i don't like that sky, there's no
weather in it. He told me Lord
wanted paintings by men of note only, and
.'He applied to Tom, chr asked Char
ley
-.-Eactlyr' replied the other. apparently |
unconscious OF the tone of SARCASM accom- |
panSing the question. Remember the |
subject OF mins? Figures fish
ing -viiage pool-sweet effect in middle
distanc.r
AIR says Charley. "a copy ISM,
itY- -. II
Copy. Are you a copy7 No! sketched !
it lasi Spring A sweet thing, mind me,
no two mistakes about thair' \
'weil" says Charley. seeing vas beeom
ing oored. Frank wants to finish. SO come |
along. rom. and send your sweet thing to
L
NAV change his mii.d-"r q - 81
'.Nor mitch e. ar of that" replies Tom
and after q few more Suggestions TO me, A.
to the tone OF tue sky and The handling the
foliage my two fri,-Lds withdrew.
In the course OF The day the servant an
noupc-d visitor and looking at the card
sue presented. I recognized the name
mentioned by Charley. A slight figure |
aud gentleman-llke appearance, a frank
and easy address, and the general demean-
or Of . polite man of business. WAS more |
than EVER disposed to be pleased witi my
new patron
- have waited on you," he commenced |
in q sInguiarly soft aud pleasing voice. '.ss
agent OF the Marquis of -, IN selecting
q sInaii gallery Ct works by native artists.
His lOrdshlp, a You are aware, Is an en-
thusia-t III sdch matters, and possesses no |
bI1dil ucSfce Ol dOliity luletlI as an anna 4
teur. lie Is particularly favorable to the |
smaller pain Ilngs hke that on your easel !
there. and II you, are at liberty 10 dispose |
OF any that will suit him, perhaps We can
come TO terms"
FASTENED TO assure him should bee only !
too happy, and very gladly called his stten-
tIon 40 souIe Of my bsst efforts- - -
''An," ae said, stepping back and scru- |
s,.x II MI ~ IN. h.
favorable position with his eyes partly closed |
aud his head on one side. and speaking |
slowly, that's about bis lord,hips mark
fancy. a little too cold perhaps. but yer. |
nice Ala that's n better one to my view. |
Dsyeu tbiuk, now,. you could man, s--I
say, tour of these aud send th, ~
at once to this address, l expect the Il
quis IN to TN the day after to- morrow, ga
may be later; he will then inspect the COZ I
lection that have made and make his own |
selecrionss Write name and price on back |
Of each. ard suppose yen favor me With .
cail-well' (referring to his pocket diary |
week. the 24lh, eh-wil that be conyen.
ient?"
assured him that nothing could be bet
ter. and having seen my pleasant visitor TO
the door, returned In high spirits TO the
completion OF my WORK
Taking what I thought my best picture
in fOlr-wheeler the next TO the ad-
dress In WImpole street. / found several
brother arti-t- already assembled there on i
the same srrsnd IS myself Among them /
my friend Charley and little Tom Farm
combe. The latter was. as usual. the most |
noisy. being engaged in an argument re- |
spectlng the han, ing of the sweet thing;r
the light was bad or the position unfavor-
able. bat the uniform urbanity Of bis lord.
9 ip's agent smnsthing any difficulties. And
calming the Fafi-d temper OF ours friend
Whether il was professional envy on my
part, or deficiency Of sppreciative power
am tree 70 confess 1 could noe see the |
great merit of Toms painting. although the
impetuous little artist continued 10 insist
on is having the most fayorabis place in
Don't you see, my dear sir, )" he argued,
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