Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-11-20


The r.icture which she had thought per
feet really had bot Eve or SIX days work
upon H. and needed rno1.h rlo-e- And
when il vas done it brought only So Ii
was CT no use for Der TO seold the picture
dealer for his sharpness. and to enaeavor
to move his pity by telling hin the tale
Of the Germans poverty. The Elaa OF
art replied that Il WAS not . known names
that paintings sold In the American
market mainly by force Of reputation;
that be had his own living to make. and
thar she might take the money or ieaveit-
If he can do EZure picture. and 90 i
first rate" said this rational monster. Il
can be rsore liberal with hira- There are
% many handicapped Every American
artist can make landscapes
On this hint Ernst commenced figure
picture l, was his forte. be bad simply
tried landscape because be had judged
tina, to be the faTorSse genre IN America
be had known ihat he could not hope 10
excel in it A beautiful group vas soon
sketehcd. representing q scene FROM hing
Philips war. the interior of CABIN,
lighted By IFS own flames. beautiful slri
in the e,r-sp Of Wa-pGnoay warriors.
father Cnd brother struggling rasnfally
a-ainst her caDtors. and in the near back
-
tered door. a coming relief Of Puritan
riders. Janet iIolcuIa, the patriotic new
Highlander. was delighted with what she
thought already a perfect success. and
wanted TO sell the group rs ii was
NO" jadgcd Ernst. "Ieaanot avvord
to waste wrist impressions. This IS tie
most divvicult bart of the balntIHs
though the quickest. Bat it wil need a
long time to make II rOot enough. II VII
need all winter. he concluded. with
piteously apolosctical glance at Janet.
Go on she said. flushing with the
noble heart beat Of self sacrifice as sic
caught sigh, OF this mute appeal This
time know you will triumph We can
i've Till it Is done
Heaven pless -oul" he replied. taking
her hand and kissing 1t BY force. You
are the nopiesi woman upon the earth
The kiss and the praise brought deeper
blush than one often sees on such pale.
saIlow face Us tia, Of Janet For we nust
come now to weighty secret. We must
make an avowal which Is almost tragic
Not content with lowering this roor
stranger with her woriaiy wealth. Janet
had already begun to give him the treas
ures which he had received direct FROM
heaven All the love which lies hidden
In the heart Of good and pure old maid,
all the vast abyss OF sen.dbiiity which ex-
lists in q feminine nature that has
found no natural outlet, had in her
case been stirred to the pr0foundest
depths by the penniless. friendless.
handsome, clever youth whom she had
saved from death. Useless to struggle
against the infatuation; it had com
menced too insidiously as mere human
ity; then it had crept on too slyly IN the
guise of mere charity. Oh. how cunning
it he'd been, All at once there was
flaming transformation. and she found
herself the victim of first passion, Us
much In love asf she were young girl.
Eesistt She tried in vain to 10 80.
nun away She could not give up her po-
sition, lest she should thereby fail TO
complete her cousins education, and leave
him to starve Once more. self sacrifice:
though all her life had been a self slcri-
fee. she must go on with it; she nust
love and suffer and be silent. And SO the
mischief proceeded at a terrible rate for
every day added to its magnitude. What
made things worse was that Ernst was
nobly conscious Of his obligations. and
profuse in thanks, in praises in the most
delicate and charming attentions. II he
met her on the street he took his hat en-
tirely OF his comely head anu saluted her
as school ma ans are not always saluted.
II he walked with her he had the cir Of
escorting duchess. lie would leave his
beautiful labor ct any moment to greet
her return to the house with a smile or
to run on her errands- Ills whole deport-
ment-toward her was continual burning
of incense.
She had never before known such a fin
ished gentleman; more han that, she had
never met sweetar and finer nature.
She comprehended at last that even his
attempted suicide was n proof of his high
self respect and sense of honor. inasmuch
as it was an effort to escape from the
degradation of living by mourning debts
which he could not discharge That stoi
cal declaration, III could hat bald my
room rent | would haf gone on another
month" seemed to her now something
like q patent of nobility. Unaware
of her own grandeur of character,
she worshlped his grandeur OF character.
Finally. she worshiped his genius. which
had begun to show her the universe Of
glory that there Is In art and which was
able to seize ideas scarcely perceptible to
her Impractical aesthetic vision and place
them before her in the resurrection robes
of drawing and color.
All we'll she was desperately in love
with him. and she could not help admit
ting it to her accusing conscience and
could not put aside the scornful finger of
her sense of womanly shame. But did he
know itr AS yet she was sufficiently her
self to hope that he did not. Although
she could not meet him without feeling a
blush run through her whole face, al
though his praises and the touch of his
hand made her trenible from head to foot,
she trusted that she was keeping her fiery
secret And SO she was: q young man
does not easily suspect that woman thir-
teen years his senior has passion for
him; and II Ernst noticed her tremors
and changes of color. he imputed them to
woman delicacy and Puritan shyness.
While Janet. locked in her own room was
looking in the glass at her pale face. high
cheek bones, square jaws. straight mouth.
and incipieut wrinkles. while she was
wishing with both tears and shame that
all that supportable plainness were beauty
and youth. he. steadily at work. did not
think of her at all. or only thought Of her
az his 'Eoot vriend. Ills handsome
countenance, now pink and white in color
as well Us classic In outline, was not shad-
owed by the slightest cloud from the fires
of love, unless indeed he remembered now
and then his lost junGfrau in faderIand
About the time that The Eescue" las
Janet christeued tho scene from Philips
war; reached its finishing point. Ernst
encountered an American artist named
Stanley. Stanley was O portrait painter
Ia high fashion who made $1,000 a wear
and spent it all on himself and some poor
rel. as. Too generous and soft hearted
to save money, he wanted to study in the
galleries of Europe wit hout ever having tho
first spare dollar for the voyage. andtalt;ed
o. launching into genre pictures or nigh
art" without ever being able to give UP
his pot boiling labor in Kit kats The re-
suit OF this existence. acting upon this
kindly spirit. was that while Stanley
envied the chances of r,orc famous nrt-
lists, he honestly admired their produc-
tons
Meeting Ernst at the Academy. he fell
into chance conversation with Lin. liked
his naive end badly pronounced but Judi
cious criticisms. went with him to lis
lodgings aud foll in love with Tho les
cue. Lis forid face flushed crimson
with enthusiasm as he exclaimed. "Ey
Jovel yol are on the road to fame You
media t have apoloeizcd for your room.
This picture furnishes it like palace |
wish was poor devil. wish could
live in this style and try TO 20 something
good. But can't. must dress in a
certain way md 90 TO certain par les and
live in certain quarter IF didn't |
should lose ny run among certain people.
And thcn, lie added, as he thought q his
mother and aunt. then there would be
trouble
Thenceforward Stanley came often to