Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-12
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"0h will you walk into the drawing
room2 it is there you will find it now"
"lndeed -
AYES; there is much better light than
in the boudoir, where you first saw it,"
"Would you like to look at sketch Of
the monument, maam ~
Willingly. How grand. Whatexqui.
site ornaments. Why, il isa palace, this
tomb !" exclaimed the widow
" You told me, ma'am, that it could not
be too magnificent. | have spared no ex.
pense, and here is an estimate Of what the
monument will cost you"
Dear me cried the widow, after hav.
ing glanced at the total. 1t is enormous ="
You begged ne to spare nothing"
Certainly ; | wished to do .he thing
handsomely. Still we ought to be ration.
al"
Well, this is only the first sketch I;
there is yet time to alter your intentions"
Very good. Suppose, then, we ,up.
press the temple, the coumns-al the
architecture, in short and content cur.
selves with the statue ? | was too anbi.
tious it will be quite sufficient"
You shall be obeyed."
1t is decided then. Nothing but the
statue"
A short time after this second visit the
sculptor fell dangerously i'll. He was
obliged to suspend bis labors and, having
followed the recommendation of his physi-
clan, and made tour on the Continent, he
presented himself anew before the widow
who was now in the tenth mouth Of her
bereavement. This time there we're some
roses among the cypress. The artist
brought with him a little plaster model
Of his statue which promised to be mas.
ter piece.
"What do you think Of the rescm.
blance2' be said TO the widow.
She gazed upon it for a moment, and
then carelessly replied
els it not little hattered? My poor
husband was tolerably nice looking, but
you make him actually handsome"
"lndeed Well, | will rectify my work
by the portrait"
at is scarcely worth your WHILE" OBJ
served the widow "a little more or a little
less resemblance, what does it signify ?"
/ "Pardon me, ma'am, but plume my.
self upon exactnoss.'
"lf you really wish to take the trou.
ble-"
"The portrait is in the drawing room, is
it not2 will 60 there"
at is not there now" replied the wild.
ow, ringing the bell. Robert" continued
she, addressing the servant who answered
her summons, "bring the portrait of your
late master"
"The one that was taken up into the gar
ret last week, ma'am?"
"Yes, the same"
Just then the door opened, and an ele-
gant young gentleman presented himself
with a jaunty air, kissed the ladys hand
and inquired after her health with the most
gallant solicitude.
"What is this little plaster man p asked
he, pointing to the Statuette, which the ar
tist had placed upon the chimney piece.
at is the model of the statue for the
tomb Of my late husband"
"You intend TO erect statue to his
memory2 Upon my word, that is very
magnificent !!
"You think so ?"
"Great men are sculptured at full length
in MARBLE but it appears to me-pardon
I my frankness-- the late Mr. Bellar
was very ordinary man. In fact his
bust would suffice"
GAS you please, am said the sculr-
tor, turning to the lady.
Then we will decide upon the bust"
said she, bowing him out
Two months later the bust arrived Just
as a gay procession descended the hall steps,
and got into the carriage that waited 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 upon herself second
vow Of conjugal fidelity.
Scandal adds that the bust would will
lingy have been returned-that the newly
married couple considered the sculptor's de-
mand enormous; and that it was only with
considerable difficulty, and with threat Of
further proceedings that he was at length
reimbursed for the time aud trouble spent
upon the widows whip