The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-23
LIFE OK DEATH.
BY THE LATE HUGH CONWAY.
author Of Called Back Ozark Days.
"A Family Affair." Etc.
CHAPTER ".


wear tae critics were unanimous in bestow.
in their highest praises on piece of statu-
uiy; ami great future for the sculptor was
predicted
As the bulk of the g,oi people who pay
their shi.Iinss at the turnstiles care littls
about stataes ore which attracts general
atten;l ol mus be eish,r very great one or
a very tricky one as a rule the Latter.
Ye!, No. l,46o in the catalogue appealed
10 no one by cheap Sentiment or Sensational
treatment. 1t was hut the light y-drape
fgurc Of beautiful girl Ons just in ths
first flush OF womanhoo1 She was in the
act OF stepping hastily forward. Her arms
were extended as if to welcome, perhaps
embrace, some che who was coming towarj
he-. Her lacs bore a smile o. eager de
l.gh1 The gracc. the igntne5;, the life OF
The i,ure arrested each passerby. The fall
If the drapery, the position of each we'll
rounded limb, conveyed the idea CT rapid
motion [. was de,i hari to bed3vs that
size was doomed to r.main forever in one
fixed attitude. The stock remarh OF the
spectators was that in minute tbe7 ex-
rooted to see her at the othe. side OF the
room.
This statue bore no distinguishing titla
but tho1e persons WAC turnei TO Their cata'
icguss found, under thu number and the
artists name, q few words OF posrry:
Her hands outstretched
To greet the new love; while her feet
Tread, scornful, on the old loves gifts.
After reading this one turned, of courss
| to hex feet, and found that one o. them was
tread Ing on howers-roses and large star
| shapad blossomS
| Several people. while edmiring the STATUE
| fancied they had somewhere seen the origi-
| nsl Of that beautiful fece; but, save the
| sculptor. only one, Jams Herbrt, knew
the truth He cursed Leigh's impertinence,
| but was too wise TO take any notice Of 1t.
Yet be determined to keep Eugenia from
| the Academy il possible.
She was in town, AMI in a weeks time
was to be marrisl to Sir Ralph Two
months after Mrs Cathcar. had taken her
niece abroad the baronst joined thsrn AMI
| renewed his proposals. tai3 time with sue.
cess The girl stipulated that tbs marriage
.houli not take place until the spring. Tbs
| truth Is she wanted sons months delay in
| order to ge. rii of tie memories of Gerali
Leigh. and by the tine she returned to
| England fatteret heTss.f she had su,csss-
| tultV cyll -ti tus Nk'ii aIOu
She ha in the last few DAYS heard some
.alk abou: the Statue but nal stsa1fastiy
sept her eyes from the ART criticisms, fca--
in t, SEE Gerald's name Nevertheless, sho
q islJeI 10 visit the AcaleEIy, ami was sur.
rr..ed wh,n James Herbert, now amlahlIty
its4li, Refused TO taxa his there"
'.YCu mustn't 60 this year. he said;
"that fellows statue is creating quite a
furore.'
well, what Of thair asked Eugania,
colby.
He has had bad tusse enough to repre-,
,ent you. The likeness is unmts taxable Il
is mludlin thins-a girl deserving her Cd |
Iowa. or some such nonsense. Sail, you'd
better not 90
EUgania said no more; but all day iony
she was thinking of her brother words an
! longing to $50 what Garali had wrought.
That evening she dined ou5. at ths tab
were several perso1s vino worshippei art, and
} Eugenla's cheek burEei as she heard the
pFai % bestowei on tht n-w sculpto!
J and the great future prophesisi for him.
Had she. sfter al, b9en wroagi Would il
not have teen better to have followed tn
mandates OF her hear5i Hal she not beer
weak and mercenary! No matter; it wa
| 100 lHIE now " ISIFlt, obt pNEhtui Oh
must se1 this wonderful image of herself
, Early the next morning, quietly dresset
gni veile1, she went alon3 to Burlington
House. Like many Others, she s:o)d trans
, fixed By the beauty and grace Of her proc
. | type; hut, unlike Others, she knew the mean
ing OF the sGasu,, knew the mute reproact
1t conveyed knew wh7 the marble foo
! irod upon those particular flowers. Sh
mad never told him the fate of his boyisl
pift. bus Gerald had often ami often r.
CALEB the first meeting VITA hsT. Eugen!a'
hear swellel a. she remembered bis bra u
, words aud confidence in iimself-h,w sur
, b. felt of success He hal, Int..d, Sue
csedei, but thu first greas work from b.
hands was memento OF his love for
.aithleSs womal--herself.
Sir Kalph Norgate, her impaniln5 mar
riaga. her bro he's diidain and the world
sneers we're forgotten as sh- gazi On tbs
repgoaching ii gure wrought by the rlan ST
lCv "a, but dii not love enough Tear wer
III her eyes. She nigh. have stool for "a
j h0u- bee les, o: ali save her sad thought,
,, ba not the mention of Geraii Leigh nan,
brought hef Lack to the fsct that she wa
surrounded b. penp,e.
Tee g9ntismai were a her side. The
| were alA.ug oi Il + work and the Sculptor
Ong .; Lteai Size knew. Il was a lord, f.
nous f, T nis love Of alt AM encOurag eEen
Of riS.ng artists
,e.so.. ., ..,., III, ha said, ''buI uni
was 10. for >s,e.
: "CJmmeF,iAl,y Speaking" sail bis COZ
7 pan o. at is as well you cannot buy it -
d Why: Tn man mus go to the top
l. bis profession
r Il think not lnteei, nv belief Il lie W
= do little mora have inquired about hin
) He does not live the life a geniuj must iiv
r in these DAYS ii he wants to suocesd'
o Il am sorry to bear IT, said Lord --
9 moving away.
s Miss Herbert left the ACADEMY with q
}, echo o. Gerald extravagsnt ;ateneat tn
= hfs CT death hung upon her love souniir
It In her ears The conversation she had owe
? heard distressed her greatly. The thong
that her treacherY had runed Ii
full OF promiie would MOI he dismiss,
She spent a ms. miserable day, AMI
' misery was not diminished by the trus
a which sh9 could no lonrsr conceal from b.
. self, that shs still loved Gerald She low
a him more than ever Too late. Too lat
N And EugenIa Her ber: wept, as many othe
!. have wepi, tha: tue past could no. be L
;. done.
o ST. Ralph Norzats and James Herbe
. diEei that day at Mrs. Cathcar;'s. Tie
d society was littl, comfort to Eugenia- s.
!, felt now that she hated her lover-hat
h Us polite, hollow society ways AM expire
sions-hatel that biass LOOK which Sd oft'
settled on his face She hal never car
for him. Their love making had been oi
a frigid kind-not, b. il said, by Sir Ralpt
A wish He was proud of, and perhaps Teal
4 fond Of the beautiful girl he had bought;
q it was scarcely fair tina. Elgenia shou
? compare his polite woolng with that OF t
|, impassionei boys, which rocked no obsl
!. cles-heeded no consequence Oh, If Oh
a aid were baronst and richl
> Mis-, Herbert a: that moment hated b
Y brothar. Bitterly as she blamed herss
Q she felt that SONS hing he had said, done
= designed had induced her to refrain fro
answering Gerali's letter. If only shs b
TO decide again.
Her bitter thoughts made it impossible
"a her to sit out the dinner. Very sooa s
A pleaded headache AMI went toher own roc
to resume her self-ra wings She made