Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-27

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fore the last wor! was out Of my mouth.
Charge your mysterious patren a
humping round sum, and stand treat
to the whole colony Of artists IN the
place
There are only 400 in this Ger
man artcenter,n replied laughing;
"and if they have your capacity for
absorbing fluids"
Let us see the private grayeyards
you are running, old fellow, broke IN
Angelica.
Not one of you shall see it until ]
have found my ideal model for the
principal female fiaure.
HAD the Frau long have Sought
And mouined because found her not
sung Boots as he departed, and 10 my
relief Angelica soon followed
| wanted to be alone to think Of the
face had seen behind the curtain.
Could 1t have even a remote relation
ship with "a fat old German restaurant
keeper and his bold eyed Italian wife,
and could it be the nymph Boots had
seen in the garden2 1 resolve at once
10 prosecute q vigorous friendship
with Herr Schwalbein, and sauntered
into his tidy cafe later in the evening
TO make overtures.
found the individual playing by
no means indiHerently on an old
black Tyroler fiddle When he had
finished his last trill and chords /
complimented him on his skill, and
confessed TO fair amount Of amateur
ability myself in fiddling Might we
not play duet now and then when
the labors Of the day were overl
The old fellow frightened up at
once ut the suggestion; he was devot-
ed to duets, he said.
Did his frau not sometimes play
with himY | asked.
''Ctod forbid" he replied.
'Dr.the young lady his daughter,
or n.ecs perhaps
Hep,Schwalbejn eyed me most sus-
piciouslyand beligerently, as he grunt-
ed, IL have no children. -
| changed the subject, and decided
must wait for time toreveal the iden-
tity of my ng-looked- for model.
But first | must fiddle myself into the
good graces of tins TeulOnic bear.
I Many "a time and oft might have
DtEl ntfll WIN Il tiit lioiitA AAAlltihA,
the only legacy left me by a musical
/ ly-cracked old uncle, crossing the
streetto play latein thenight with my
old crony. | began to feel convinced
of having won his favor but nothing
would induce him to contide in me
the history Of the little girl al the
window. | tried to begule informa-
ton from the black-eyed wife, who
often brought her knitting and sat by
US while we played, but she was i'm
penetrably stupid.
| began to despair One day, how
ever, the misfortune of a baker, whose
horse and cart had become entangled
I with n carriage, drew about HIM q
crowd of interested spectators / was
/ Ina luck. for as | entered the little cafe
/ il was deserted. A door into the gar
/ den stood open, and, entering it,
noticed in "a high wall before me a
second door / could not resist the
I temptation to proceed further, though
my conscience prickcd me for my in
/ trusive curiosity. | yentured step
/ or two, and all qualms were lost in
\ the sight | heheld In a vista of most
magnificent trees stood a girl falrer
and of more gracious mien than poets
dreaming. | approached her depre-
catiugly, hat I'm hand, my heart beat
ing wildly, and begged pardon for
| treSpaSslng.
The lovely maid smiled and frankly
/ told me she recognized me as the gen
tlomau who let white jugs down
from his window ana came to play
the violin with Herr Schwalbein
THE music is very comforting to
me, she said, FOR / am so very lone
some here
/ Before our interview was ten min
utcs old, / had told her of my wild
desire to model her face, since had
1 first seen il through the window She
was tenderly interested, and sympa-
/ thized with my tribulations when |
/ told her how for days and days my
female figure had been waiting its
completion My eloquence and earn
/ esuess seemed quite to touch her
when 10, Herr Herr Schwalbelu stood
before MS!
] was abaShed, but with a womau's
/ delicate tact my companion broke a
most embarrassing silence and eN-
/ claimed:
Herr Schwalbein, this gentlemen
wishes to model my face; is it not
very ilattering to NEE
Herr Schwalbeiu's expression was
none the sweetest, but he growled "a
sort of assent to the idea | noticed
strange, surly sort of Difference in his
manner to the young lady for that
lady she Wgs mono could louhf and