The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-06-03

Goin2 from Chicago to New York in
parlor car some years ago I CHANGED
t. find myself seated opposite TO Q lady.
rot young. but very plainly dressed.
who attracted me strongly. What first
drew my attent On to her was her voice.
! had never before heard anything like
it. clear. deep and sympathstic. every
syllable perfectly socentusted. and %
even. fol! aud flowing thst to listen 10
it charmed one irresistibly.
l hal just hn,.hed reading ths New
York Herald. when her Please permit
me To look at yeur paper Q moment
fell on my ear like note Of music.
OF course. gave her the psper.
She WAS woman not far from sixty,
large framed and deep ctsstsd. Her
features were irregulsr. but her blrs
eyes wefe replese with gsnius. snd .
tiner shaped head never sst On . go
mans shoulders than that which |
caught myself regarding with more in.
terest than politsness warranted.
When the train stopped At Toledo, Q
handsome dark eyed Italian girl came
TO the Car window and held up for. our
inspection basket Of aranges. The
lady selected tve or sAses from The
great golden pile. and tcesed half
d,llar to the youthful fruit vendsr.
'Thst Italian girls face reminds me
Of one once saw in Rome,' said my
travelling companion. handing the
oranges she had purchased to her col
ored maid. who sat Just behind her, the
very piak Of dusky etteadants.
Ives 8, fascinated By her voice and
manner that before I veil knew what
was saying. I had blurtsd out the
question:
"A girl with story an sure and
one which ! ahnuld dearly like to
hear
The old lady smiled, and woude, full
smile it wa, lighting up beautifully
one of the most expressive counten-
Ancss hxd ever seen. 1 can do NO
mere than repeat her Awerds: 10 catch
the spirit Of her marvellously dramatic
way t1 speaking would be simply in.
possible.
While at Rome some years ago. /
one day visited the studio Of rising
American sculptor. He was quite =
young man. handsome. and great ia
vorite. Flushed with his first success
ambitious and gifted: be had .s0ms
reason to be pleased with the world,
end the world with him He had Just
flushed an exquisite statue OF Arisdns
forsakcn, and il was to sec this 'ast and
work Of his chisel that had been in.
vi'ed to visit the studio. It Represent
ed Arisdne, just after awakening. alone
on the Island of Noxes, deserted by
.Thesrus. terrified and heart broken.
The grief. alarm aud despair depicted
in the marble features were the very
perfection Of art. aui nothing could be-
more beautiful than the sorrowful
loveliness of the dropping head and I'm.
ploring. out stretched hsnda A erin
sou silk curtain, arranged 20 q to
throw . soft, warm light over the
statue. became slightly displaced. and
behind its heavy folds. with her head
resting sRainst the pedestal OF an un-
finished Demeter, I saw ayoung Itsl-
ian peas ant girl ssleep. The movement
aroused her. aud che opened o pair of
dark eyes that were intensely mournful
i'm their slow. upward glance. The
small brown hsnds, the exquisitely
turned wrist and arm, the: large sad
eyes. dark as night. wine red lips and
long smooth braids Of ebon haif were
purely Italian. l could not help look.
ing ct her in undisguised aslmitstieu.
The young sculptor smiled and eaid to
the gill kindly: You may 60. Anita;
you will not be wanted to-day, but do
not fail to come tomorrow
With dumb dog liks obsdipnos
the girl arose. and without > word,
silently disappeared
..Anita is the model who stood for
Ariadne. She has the mats, .grievsd,
startled expression that wanted for
this particular work: in that one
respect, st lrast. my Ariadns cesnOt b
surpassed. You see her here In DeAeesr
searching Tor her daughter. Kvsn the
hand that holds the apiiftsd torch has
something indescrjbably ssd Abeut II.
That's Anita's own sorro~ful look; I'd
know it among . thousand
If Anita had bsen = model OF WOOD
instead af flesh and blood, he could not
have spoken more indiffsrensly. 1Wn't
till Why. bat the gisl iatsteee4 ne
deeply. She seemed 60 lonely. % poor
and friendless -one Of the many
hundfeds of models wha haunt The
studios OF Rome. living heaven only
knows where or how. With her
nassionats southern bloOd ohe inherited
tho dark. dssamy bsauty q the Fsoean
race; and IN The warm. silent live of
her heart she had given. usasksd and
unosrsd loe 70 the yoanG eoaiptee. He
did noe roturu her love, sud D hHsw
is-iust - ono knows shey eahhol
possess : star. becaoie is Is - high
above them.
'Anits's affection VS. nothang b III
hansisome AnevtcAs-eh6o1ooslg mo,
thing; fw hs Vas snon 70 marry =
wealthy lady 1t rank. yousg and
lovely. to whom HE peer model vss %
mere IN be compared than the light
from Q bundle of fagots is 10 be likeDsd
to the noon.
He entsrcd bic studio enc morninG
with asoug on his hips and hia heart
overrun with gtsdness. tor on the NOR
tow he would msrry'the WOMAN b
loved -luved best In al The u0) D.
entered 10 fnd Anita lying stthe Seei
OF Araidne. dead
.Desdr I echoed. blankly. Il bod
not expected qaits % tragic . cli1ax.
Aye. deadl That vas Anita's way
OF ending Der troublea. She hsd taken
narcotic poiso0. quistly pillowed hel
, h. "a on her shspsly arm. turned hss
white face up to the still whitsr ASisdnl