St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-09-20
The Mothers Picture.



Several Years ago there resided in
Pans. III an obscure quarter of HAT %Il
city. Young artist named Louis Lc
Grand, WHO. although talented tna high
degree Il painter 10y nature a> we'll a>
10y profession WIS. at this time. unap-
| preCiatcd lay the patrons of the Noble
art. and. indeed. totally unknown. Now
/ Young lie Grand Was as sensitive as
/ falls to the lot of the profession in gen
"r;ll. but WAS good and noble Withal.
! possessing Il soul that WAS Incapable of
aught that WAS mean or below his eN-
alted standard of right therefore he
WAS not one to display his talents To
/ the observing crowd in bomlaStic Il ' lc
neither did he sue for patronage i'll ANY
other way not III accordance with his
strict ideas of proprictN &: but. hopeful
ever. pIacticrd with diligence in his
galIct, feeling assured that the day
/ would Vet come when he >huuld Ice lp-
/ prc"l;Itcd aS he deserved. or rather
hoped.
/ One pleasant morning IN .IUnr. when
the >IIn WAS shining goldcrllN over the
distant hlll-top>. dnd tine little birds
and butterflies were rejoicing in the
day. i gentle rap WIS heard 1T his door.
! and the next moment Il Noung lady. ac-
/ companIcd 10y an attendant. wa> usher
cd int" the presence ot the Young paint
cr. hu immediately lett his easel 10
meet hi.- Visitor.
The lady Introduced herself a>
/ Blanche EuglcSrnm. and stated her rr-
/ rand at once. She dc>rrd To have Il
/ portrait "t herself painted ia a> short u
/ time, a> it could possibly h,. done. a.
! She intended it ~ Il birthday yitt to Il
friend. Ac.
The artist. grateful tnr her patron
/ age. >ignilird his readiness To under
. take the ~ ork in question. and after the.
/ prrlimilirir~ were settled. the lady de
/ parted. lcaN img AN adv am,,. Zee. of con
/ siderable amount. sufficient. almost. 10
d,tI:IN tn, ,\pcn>,. Of the Whole work
/ which. We need NOT .I\. MAS Thankfully
received. fur. if the truth must hc told.
Louis e Grand WAS short of means.
Mnmc,. although the root of all evil.
was the chief d,>idrratnm II this rar-
ticular time. rhi> va, au epoch in the
artists life. 80 h,. cnn>i,lrrci a new
era or dawn In his hitherto ,lurLcurd
existence. This lad> Wa> ui no com
mon order. h,. rruniIatcd hr had seen
MANY lovely WOUlym in his d.N. hut
none Interested him ~ particularly I>
/ Mile. Englc>tou. IL l. true that She
/ WAS not beautiful i'll the common ac-
ccptatiom of the word. although her
features were cNpul>lIclN defined ami
full of grace: still the di@nliird h"aIlm".
the gracious mairn"l that ever "t"kcn>
the tI"t ltd\ seemed perfectly nat
/ 10 NIIc. EhGIc>t"I ana constituted hci
] rhlct clltlln.
During her NltiIh@>, winch were many.
>ilr Was n'lhti lt>'l\tl nor lilniIiIr.
tut Hiiahlc OH all "r'h>i"h>- his Wis
thc woman ut>tIlfd l" W"lk Il r'\"Ili-
non III ON" heart At least. I" l"~Pr" tn"
Walmc>t sentiments. the highest r>-
tccm of our altl>l friend. iud IL he pie
turr progressed. he al length discovered
that Ii" was IN love madiN III love with
, ihl> Young laIN.
But how c"uld hcLppr"a'h hri-h"W
di>c"In~' upon the theme mcarr>t his
heart I'm mrpa~>ihlc nalrirr seemed
built up hctW"cn them. Despite hl>
gracious and pleasing department. her
ltta'l' and winning Ways. hc could not
hui feel that familiarity hrt"ccu the
P""l artist and the di-tamtlN nigh born
lady was "ut "t the question. Br>idr>
,hl>. she Ma> always attended during
her >litlng> hl ON" "r another "i her
friends; therefore. II indeed til" signs
we're favorable. he had hut hltlc "pp"r-
tunlt\ T." lay bear ms heart I" TIA" only
MnmAn that ne had ever l"'"d.
nus me aiii~ N"ikr'' on >ii'h' ANA
d"IP"iiln% al Times win Il soul "rP'c.>-
81" ny gloomy l"frh""lhSN. he pl, -
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