The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-03

enI II must be comics ed thz; this wo- man -whose aspect was so severe that she seemed to have stepped out of the frame of some rigid portrait by Albert Durer-appeared more or less out oi place among these surroundings; but all who loved Dore veneraied her. for there was no, one of us who did no, know tha, the greatest proof of friendship for him consisted precisely in that respectful de- ference manifested to the mother whom he still loved like child. And when dying in his dwelling in the Rue Saint Dominique. the elouding eyes Of Gus tsve Dore were tiNed upon the porirai, of that mother who had passed away only a few years before him. For the ar,is; had hung the picture, surrounded with his mothers hair. immediately above his bed; he loved to gree, !, in seere, each morning before the days work began, and to show II some loving remembrance bc.ore each nights repose.
 Everybody knew the Grsta.e bore of other years. III ,he bloom of his success But II was very diiferen, Gustaye pose who has ust diea a: fifty years of age somber and melancholy man aa artist
  sns the last years of tie .ife he had en- tered upon wtta ,, heat, intoxicated eA- loN. !, ~as h; |. ;ae >tadto ot the k.se >Alrt-i lalpiiitel,c Ina. :hc latter man a ..< io ,5e seen. bui n that very di:,erent sla- = ,ae kae i-sAHd where the pool l.a@ lad. deslns ,he past ai,den NeaEs. been llns the = >, Fi,os Rock | ka,e historical pa.0tir .aa4-hant arf.shiS re 3ed ba tpen han to ere Sh his very hfain ., eazh sanQa. .:sen. h tue ma tsfi'y (: Us ase, already wearied of his ees-e~ss.s ..n n@Gisg: s,IAinr suceeSSeS as area, d. eser. but invariably provoking the sane criticism regarding has;S inl- pIoy,saton. incorrect drawing lack oi early artistic training. al that gave his work the aspeo, of incomp,etencsS- weary of these successes Gnstave bore commenced to feel alarmed about hi, future renown. He wanted 10 make A mighty effort and reveal his po..er as a historical painter. He though, that he could handle srea, figures as ea>ily as he made d drawing for book. He never perceived that there were two unsur- moua,ab.e obstacles sh ch weie Sute Q trp hsm ID Il eHer step he 6au, uef re ta1e the fa : that fe wa> ao, ! color. =. and. furthermore. ttss Fc could no, rAeu ..sasse .or Il det.e, Y ie;ln.,aea, ai t1-.a. severity q. com e@4aet lae fa== =ac8se etnt.z,es Ntit | 3stc el' ifeta.'I, k c 9: - t@c <H t#asr ~ lsoHe.> tae-ssas. sa-f=6is4 ! < eszA . aof eal tac#H ie#. s#3a :e essxg 2 aP hg;etih isc aa-,et>a >ai P f-c sfestsfI. 4aH :he a5..>.f..tas .ea'.~aie ste p.t.1t =. : ie ,easi sf ett Isa. .sss.ss = serie ef,esed k k~e-s1za. Ia.a at teass 4s" ~ iasa | Y II ..fss>, anl- a';on>. he #es'a. ea'ntaee. aeee = i.ii e; tsa. 8re..tae :,ag,fte e =ata ! gloomy i4s-.a- = acd from h.> fu1,s' s5nceTe :ll-n5s. aia in etned onenie, everywhere, and who guafleled i.r 'he racre.. . fie ii ;ta>e who loved | m .!snst.
 huS !; ;vs..se t9 P.,~, ths-; a,tcf iIfiet n yeas of sn ere 'aeudsh,p. he one day turned hfs ha1 upon me because oi sn ar,le.. h..a ~fltten upon one oi his gre, paintings on eNhlbition ana ihis net wt.hstard,ns tai the general ,enoi ei the ;he asI .c ta> very ir'cudiy. We re- named ior fcaf> ,it.f al,hou' speak ing ,o each s-aef Ai last one evening ltutc tad aa;'7ereti 70 meet fa C to i,ee in iTrnt "i ;hc ticSue he came to me, hnleing oa; his aa2d ~Ith he words ..is aA rshi nes = and rcl4cd : ..iQ-, Is Sod please IsoIe hts'afoG i moment: ;hen tadenly putting Us am tl-fet.s F. nc, h. sss.4e. Come rllasf talk Wi,h you.
 Figure 60 gr-esf aarr3 summer e. ening; jAe oE. f.issccs ia | 5dat gsrb: tte innsiesans hlt.nt err eafz Nsfh Xaried hauaenie~ and fhc tons a,it @tih oho5gS-iog;.eus of pepu.af song the great orchestra ol .l.c Ct4ae ulltS- Iinc is music through al tie walk crowded wiih people happy in the enjoy nent of breathing pure air: carriages rolling toward 'he b"ls. or passing down from ,he .Afc-de-Tflolrphe ard above us a starry sky af wondfoas c.earness one of those par'sian evenings ~hen Ill about us l. grace ard gayc,y when eHe feels happy jnst ti iiyc when every body face we.ifs smac. |; ~as in the nids. of these sights and sounds that l received the confidence of my unhappy friend. Never d.d ;hea,rcal tragedy move me so deeply. Frenzy Tn Inc an-
 
 cries escaping from that torn heart, tears streaming down inc cheeks of that artist whom had seen so happy. No, upon all the pavements of Paris there ,rod no being more unhappy than ;his man; he was disgds,cd ",th everything He could not allow one 10 speak 10 him regarding his grea; glory as 4n illustrator m the hope of consolins hlm in fact ,ha; yer, glory was ihe cause of hls grcates, suffer ing. His illustrations. he said were d. ways being flung in his face in order 10 xii his success as painter. |; vas pre- Gseiy cause of those illustrations iha; he sas denied the right 10 al;eInp, grea, historic ar. ln its nob'cst aspects f he had 10 h-s m life over again he would never n 4ke So much as one drawing. Bet for those illustrations his paintings would have been more justly judged yet. how could !, be helped, he was ere sted with such and such characteristics The public shuts up each aris, in some one sphere ot sr,-conhnes him in certain fixed boundaries ; and woe to the man who seeks 10 depart from the prison. He