The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
DIAMONDS TRUMPS.
A Society Sketch

f DIAMONDS TRuMPS. Fl A Society Sketch hrshur Meain was an artsst. talented. tsitisc and poor. He Ws.> anfias Sin-
 cal ard indus'r.. for hi> belief n ;dtufg
 eEss had "a; deserted hin. & One bright spnns morning the arrf>, led bcftsEe hls easel asa Whl1h Esstrd . Acnay finished picture ef ssisdzagls beau H II was the head 2; ..s#~i<eehe. be; ! Ftscthins .n the eNpresssiaa 5f iae |. isnce proclaimed human node .deal- Hos singaiAFi, alike, ii gf. \ ti T Nervin as glanced from hls own nan d hrk 10 the po7ralt oi yer. iuyels wtnzn. SCI n d reh frame whIeh hung oSv the mantle. and vel . d ao; intend tswpy-"
 he room which formed the artist stt- disEsitalso his lodgsas& l; was .a large atatTnen; in an old mansion ~hilh had o1re been the abode ai wealth and fash ioh- but which ~as nos. occupied as a sar7 offcnemenl house IT q neishborhood - logger regarded as genfcel.
 Arthur Mersaa's Fcvefle. which Aas cxz- dentls pleasan. from the smile upon h, lp. was disturbed by step IT the pa.>-..e. The door opened. and an eiderh man plainly bur neatly clad. entered. caue4ns sesse pictures which he de.s,si,eIi or :. table.
 Swell father, wha, sueeesss asked Arthur
 None. m dealer did nc, like m, escsures- HeSkad no tune h examine khene
 -Bu, he bsisou come again..
 Na, Arshuf. his refusal te purchase N.s@ final
 -Is1t why's
 The artis, was unknoen You w1iI learn. when you ge, as old as i. tha; notn- ! ricrs autssrips mcri, in the race .; hfc
 : Bet what shall VIC do. our funds are all but exhausted and unless ] can sell the pictures ne s.saa soon t,- pennies
 We stlll have a resource. sad the old man gnml-- the diamonds
 You surely would no, par with them. fafher.-
 ~Not for a kingdom exclaimed he buf l have plan to make them useful Go away to ,ol,r gallery-I expect q yi>si-s or. bw first cover that portrait
 Obeying the rcques, and then carefully wrapping up hIs Psyche. Arthur Anin \ took his departure. ncs a iis;.e pgzzled and kcuricux
 The young artis, had scascely -hcen 1 gone half an hour when fashionable car nage stopped at the door ef the building and a handsome. Hell-dressed society ladv secpped out se be received with knigh.ls courtesy by the elder Meryin. who had been on the watch f1r her arrival I half shndder of disgns, was noticeable as she Klanred around a, the neighborhood Tken gathering Der skirts dose. as f she tc1red contamination from the touch of h<T surrosndings. she followed her con- dncapr into the studio. Arhur's pictures hnd been judiciously arranged for lhe bcsf kxht effect and the f,orn. although ven, plainly furnished. was a model of cleanli- nesx
 Mr{ Mcniagu vas woman of really good bcarr and genexous disposition \ x5dosA without children. and immensely weaIfhy sle was Arnrite in society. and conId kHoD to indulge any innocen, fan g- $he Ma SCI herself up as a pa,rrress of art and a friend of artists. being very flbcr3 un occasions. Knowing of this uzie }Afr. Mersin had called on her. and wSfh Jnuch difficulty persuaded her to yls- II h4 sons studso and pronounce on hiS wpx4 She had welded ssth grez, rel1c- txnok to his. impressive manner. and did zp& ECme in very satisfactory huTrsor f1r a 6toszhIc judgment The locality was dM2<reeable so her fas,idsolss habits. and f]he old mars manner. se s,adloasiy po- 1nE but so fui. of eoel sclf-assarance re- FeHed while II influenced her. Glancing hn15rdly around on the paintings she ss5d with a fashionable shrag of the sAo1lders:
 rEzily see nothing of sufTicsenf men, e4p Nnrornnrrsd your sons efforts If son Id brought ue one or two pictures rns<1n have been saved this not ven zGFeezbl< trip
 am. sorry no differ from zn ackrosl-
 E8 judge of art. Ike yourscif. madam :: hu bough not an an artist have seen nno3 cf the great masters works ard m shess is nor. than ordlnary talent. n nnrh prnnise. in my sons prodnc- pW pasr1nsl pride excuses ycu. ST. bkH have zn engagement and zs she
 e go M4 ionzzgu ofierci bank n hirh she had saken from her porte
 cannot zroep charity. madam. .
 - Mczvin with digniry : If you psss- <l444 picfure vell hzn though poor % 4mn began
 FIT teaze-r ~as ths h<nghsy re-
 s 1 q ne6 fpei ssI<senf inferes< in
 ~ 1D becne huyer.-
 LII fnovQ1 4nuzs<js the doer.
 nue mlndnm- said the old naan