Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-02-20

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"l'rlend," said he with u slight
smile, twill you allow me TO make one
remark I"
Michael Angelo turned round with
assurance, aud with M alr combining
contempt aud ls'olence'
~ remark | You 7" said he slow
y,
,'Or, in other words, ifyou like 1t
belloG q criticism" continued the
stranger
"On my iaun's head T.
"On your Iaun's head, quietly an
swcred the unknown,
"And pray who are you, sir, who
thus assume n right 10 crltlcse ny IT.
Dor I"
at can matter little 10 you who !
am, it my criticism Is correct" said
the stranger,
Sand pray who is TO decide bc'
tween us which Of the two is right !"
"Yourscli, it you wish it,"
"WelI, sir, let us hcar-speak !
said Michael Angelo, folding his arms
with IN mir of defiance,
"lIavc you not intended to repre-
sent the grinning head OF an old
faun ?" asked the stranger.
"Cctainly-,hat is easy enough to
be seen"
Wel," suggested the critic, sm'l'
ing, "where did you ever see an old
man with perfect set Of teeth z
The you man Redeemed up to the
eyes at this remark, aud bit his lip
with veyation. The criticism was n
just one and, waiting till his interlo-
cutter had disappeared, he took his
chi,cl, and with y couple OF blows
Knocked out two Of the iaun's teeth {;
as it was now latehe resolved to return
the next day and put finishing stroke
to his work.
The following morning at an early
hour Angelo repaired to the garden,
but TO his great surprise, his faun had
disappeared, aud "a ;.. r'"Ne ""- .---'
ed the stranger Of the day before,
"Wherc is my head g. angrlly ask
. ed the young sculptor
=. at has been removed by my or
/ ders," quietly answered the unknown
"And who arc you, sir who has
thus dared to give orders IN the gar
dens Of Lorenzo The Magnificent? ?
"Follow me, and you shall learn"
t said the stranger.
d 81 shall certainly follow you, and
h oblige you to return my taun's head.
;. "Perhaps you will be glad to let 1t
q remain where it is"
J. "We shall see.
|. "We shall see"
The stranger took the way to the
!. palace with the same tranquil manner
# and was preparing to ascend the granc
n staircase, when the young man, selzlng
: his arm, with an exclamation between
|. timldity and anger said -
t "Where are you going, sir ? do you
think to penetrate thus with impunlty
Is the apartments of the pri cc7 Depenc
l. upon it we shall get turned out"
!; Blu: the unknown, without paying
j the slightest attention to what the
h Young man said, went on, and crossed
q the antichamber. The servants rose
O at his approach, and the guards salut
q ed him with respect. Michael Ange
# 10 followed with increasing uneaslness
/. "Can he hold some station in the
4 palace 2" thodght he, rather uneasy al
q the idea Sin that case, ! am wrong
in speaking so freely. Well, after all
$ my tauu belongs to me, and he must
!. return it t, i. is my work. AT al
d events can pay him for the marble.
!. The unknown traversed the gallery
:, and the saloon without the slightest
|. impeachment.
"The DEVIL" thought Michael An
q gelo, can he be the princes secretary
f if so. | shall be in a nice predicament
I. after my impertinence to him. Oh
Il what y blind fool l have been"
4 The unknown now opened the doo'
of chamber regally furnished, and
=. rich with objects ot art Of the greatest
# value.
t The young sculptor paused on the
!. threshold, speechless and trembling
his boldness had quite torsaken him.
O and he gave himself up for lost. lie
= had certainly offended person OF im
8 mense power, when that person could
o so unceremonlously enter the private
+ apartments of Lorenzo de Medicl,
without being SO much as announced