Telegram-herald., 1888-06-03

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kks sosklnx that should care - lock ilkA
s5ock-< Ma Dsnbixh very mach By telling
him wss risd = w,s kis 'laz<s Ths rzcsurs.
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And nos vice vsrssss sid hr. Everett,
fscetio4sly.
sHow vice vsrssr ssksd Nari1A. limo
c>ntly. II Enss Mr.. Barter Ter ~ nrsf tina
st party IN Rome.s
Il thought you aid yoa nns< him IN Switsr
srlslld (" said Lsanox
sSo, In Rome. lt was oniy two days BE-
fore ws left He was introduced 20 ne with
out knowing was with Mrs. Dsnbigh. and
indeed without knowing that she had been in
the city. He was very shy Of Americana
The first thiag be said 70 ms Was that
looked very much like picture hs had been
painting"
That you realized bis ideal. etc =
Exactly, but not AT all In that sentimental
tone. | took hlm 70 Mrs Denbigh; they
found they were sixth cousins by marriage.
he came 70 So Us the next day, and insisted
upon US going 10 his studio. Is was . missr-
able place believe he was very poor At
least Mrs Denbigh offered him some money,
and he frankly accepted il She attempted
10 spare his sensibilitiss by telling him that.
n he liked, be could paint her picture in re-
turn. He said he would IL he had time
Later, he came up into Switzerland, and the
following winter We met him In Paris"
II Lsnnox had had any naistrust Of Miss
Everets's relations with the painter, the man.
ner in which she told her little story would
have effectually blighted IL. He forthwith
proposed that, in consideration not only OF
the young mans great talent, but OF his
actual knowledge of her face, ho should be
invited to paint her portrait
| Marian asseated without reluctance and
without alacrity, and Lennox laid his propo-
sition before the artist. The latter requested
a dsy or two to consider, and then replied
Coy nose) that he would be happy to under
take the task
Miss Everett expected that :. view Of the
projected renewal OF their old acquaintance,
| Stephen Baxter would call upon her, under
the auspices OF her lover. He called in effect,
alons, but Marian was not at homo. and be
fslIed TO repeat the visit The day for the
/ first sitting was therefore appointed through
Lennox. The artist had not yet obtained
studio of bis own, and the latter
cordially offered him the momentary
use of spacious and well lighted
apartment in his house, which had been in
tended as a billiard room, but was not yet
fitted up. Lennox expressed no wishes with
regard to the portrait, being content to leave
the choice Of position and costume to the
parties immediately interested He found
the painter perfectly well acquainted with
Marian's points" and he had an implicit
confidence in her own good taste.
Miss Everett arrived on the morning ap-
pointed, under her fathers escort, Mr.
Everett, who prided himself largely upon
doing things in proper form, having caused
himself to be introduced before hand to the
painter. Between the latter and Marian
there was a brief exchange of civilities, after
which they addressed themselves to business
Miss Everett professed the most cheerful
Difference to -Baxter's wishes and fancies, at
the 81 .l,f me that she made ne secret Of
posse number of strong convictions as
to what should be attempted and what
should be avoided
1t was no surprise to the young man to
find her convictions sound and her wishes
| thoroughly sympathetic. He found himself
called upon to make no compromise with
stubborn and unnatural f.rejudices, nor to
sacrifice his best intentions to short sighted
vanity.
Whether Miss Everett vas vain or not
need not here be declared She had at least
the wit to perceive that the interests of an
enlightened sagaeity would best be served by
painting which should be good from the
painters point Of view, inasmuch as these
are the paintings chief end / may add,
moreover, 20 her great credit that she thor
ougbly understood how grsa. an artistic
merit shosd properly attach to q picture
executed at the behest Of q pas
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more than a mockery-a parody-of the
duration Of that passion; and that she knew
instinctively that there is nothing so chilling
to an artists heat as the Interference OF
illogical self interest, either on his own BE-
half or that Of another.
Baxter worked firmed and rapidly and at
the end Of a couple OF hours he felt that he
had begun his picture. Mr.. Everett, be
sat BY, threatened to be bore; lsboring
apparently under the impression that It was
his duty to beguile the session with cheap
aesthetic small talk But Marian good
humoredly took the painters share Of the
dialogus, and he was not diverted from his
w0k
Inc next 1rrrng was nxed Tor the morrow.
Marian wore the dress which she had agreed
upon With the painter, and IA which, as in
her position, the ''picture~aps' element had
been religiously suppressed. sbs read in
Baxter's eyes that she looked supremely
bssutiful, and she saw Chat his fingers tingied
to attack bis subject. But she eaused Lennon
10 oe sent for, under the pretense Of obtain
ing bis adhesion TO her drc>s. IL was black
AID be might object 70 black BE came
and she read In bis kindly syes an
augmented edition of the assurance
conveyed IN Baxters He WINS snthusi-
sstic for the black drez, which, in truth
seemed only 70 confirm and enrich, hike 9
grave maternal protest, the yeung girls look
| Of undirninished youth.
81 expect you,r be said 70 Baxter, ''te
make a nasterpiece."
Never fear, said the painter, tapping hii
forehead. "lrs made
On this second occasion, Mr.. Everett, ex-
hsuSeed by the intellectual strain Of the pre-
cedinz day, and encouraged by his luxarlou'
chair. sank into a trasoza seep. his com
psnsons remained for soxne time listening Il
his regular Breathing. Nayian vita ber eyes
patiently axsd on tAe oppo~ise waii, ard tbs
young man Nth his glance mechanically
traveiing betwesn his fzurs and the can
vas At last b fali haak several p.oes q
szrvsy his work Nar1sa moved her syss
aid ttsy snet kis own
Wed. Ms~ Bvsrstt said the painter. Il
sccants which might have been trsEaulors Il
be ksd po9 sxsvtea . strong Effort % max.
thern srrn.
wei. azr Barter sata tse younr e1rL
And tae tso sxchsarzsd sons. arr
ssarce. whick 81 fast suded IN = smile.
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