The Republican journal., 1873-02-06
Indeed ~

.Indeedi"
Eyes; there is much better light than
in the boudoir, where you first saw it."
Would you like to look al a sketch OF
the monument, ma'am ?"
"Willingly. How grand. What ex,
quisite ornaments. Why, it's i palace
this tomb '' exclaimed the widow
"You told me, ma'am, that it could not
be too magnificent have spared no ex-
peHst; and here is an estimate of what
the monument will cost you"
Dear met cried the widow, attel
having glanced at the total. at is enor-
nous"
You begged me to spare nothing
"Certainly; l wish to DO the thing
handsomely Still we ought to be ration
al
"Well, this is only the first sketch
There is yet time to alter your intention. /"
Very good Suppose, then, we sup
press the temple, the columns--all the
architecture, in fact and content our
selves with this statue? | was too am
bilious; it will be quite sufficient"
You shall be obeved"
1T is decided then. Nothing but the
statue"
A short time after this second visit the
sculptor fell dangerously i'll. He vas
obliged to suspend his labors, and having
followed the recommendation of his
physician, and made a tour on the CONT
nent, he presented himself anew before
the widow, who was now in the tenth
month Of her bereavement. This time
there were some roses among the cypress,
The artist brought with him little plaster
model of his statue. which promised to
he a masterpiece.
"lVhat DO you think of the resem-
blance ?" he said to the window.
She gazed upon ii tor a moment. and
then earelessly replied:
is it not q little battered? My poor
husband was tolerably good-looking, but
You make him actually handsome"
"Indeed! Well, / will rectity my work
by the portrait"
ct is scarcely worth your while ?" OBJ
served the widow. "A little more or 4
little less resemblance, what does it
signify ?"
Pardon me, ma am, but | plume my
self upon eXactnesS."
~ YOU really wish to take the trouble
The portrait is in the drawing-room,
is it not A? | will 90 there ?"
" 1t is not there now,' replied the
widow, ringing the bell "Rohert." con-
tinued she, addressing the servant who
answered her summons, "bring down the
portrait Of your late master"
The one that was taken up into the
garnet the last week, ma'am.'
Yes, the same"
Just then the door opened, and an ele-
CANT young gentleman presented himself
with jaunty air, kissed the lady's hand,
and inquired after her health with the
most gallant solicitude.
'What is this little plasterman Pr asked
he, pointing to the statuette, which the
artist had placed upon the chimney-piece.'
1t is the model Of the statute tor the
tomb of my late husband.'
You intend TO erect a statue to his
memory? Upon my word, that IS very
magnificent ~
You think so ?''
* Great men are scuIptured at full
length in marble; but it appears to me
pardon my frankness-that the late Mr.
Bellar was very ordinary man, In fact
his bust would suffice
< AS YOU please, ma'am," said the
sculptor, turning to the lady.
Then we will decide upon the bust.
said she, bowing him out.
Two months later the bust arrived, lust
as a gay procession descended the hall
steps, and gotinto the carriage that awaited
their approach The widow was on her
way to the altar, with the elegant dandy
who had caused the suppression of her
husbands statue, there TO take npon her
self a second VOW OF coniuoal fidelity.
Scandal adds that the bust would will
ingly have been returned that the newly
married couple considered the sculptor's
demand enormous; and that il was only
with considerable difficulty and with a
threat of further proceedings, that he was
at length reimbursed for the time and
trouble spent upon the widows whim