Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-09-12

genius. II was a misfortune, not fault
chat your last picture was refused. How
we're you 10 know that your work was
identical In subject and treatment
10 one presented and accepted a
,rife ahead Of youi Great minds run
In The sarne channel. II Is said.
All, Do, have such faith in you. l can
not tell how great is the faith have in
you. You will succeed. I know you will
succeed
The beautiful and loving woman drew
closer TO t,m in the fervor Of her .rust and
affection, and he put his arms about her and
kissed her upturned lips passionatcly.
Then for many moments he stood silent,
thoughtful, gazing moodilv at tho green
frontage Of the picturesque trees In the little
moonlt garden, aud she did not interrupt
his reflections.
"Success means money, Frances" he
said, suddenly, turning his eyes again upon
her face. According TO your theory OF my
future, little woman, l should be able to
make you mine shortly. Think Of IT, How
good. Mine shortly. Il takes money. Not
necessarily a great deal, but still money, TO
live happily with a wife o, II your theory
would only come truei But foar II is
founded on hope and not belief"
~ feel In my heart that your success is
]
gable labor Is sure to bring a crown 10 your
genius. And why not soonn
Dio Luders was not common artist, in
deed. But fate seemed 70 have been against
him. For some unusual reason or another
his plcturer had always failed or met with
but trihing recognition. His unrecom-
pensed labor had driven him 10 reduced cir
cumstances, and this may have had some
| thing TO DO with his non-success. II Is al
most as hard for a camel to 60 through the
| rye Of needle as for q poor man 10 attain
the heights Of worldly victory.
His sole friend was the trusting woman
/ who now stood at his side. She loved him
/ FOR the troubles he had passed, and he wor-
shipped her in return more than existence
itself To her he was the prince Of men,
and her devotion was his one inspiration
and Joy.
/ The hope Of reaching position whereby
/ he could sustain her comfortably as his
wife had kept mis- brush very busy for many
| long months. BE had come to regard fame
as but a means to this end Of marriage.
She was unqualinedly the object Of his
| future--the one coviced possession OF his
| hfe Failure TO secure her meant the de-
struction Of every ambition and every care
| for continued being.
He was quite too close an approach 10 the
soul Of honor to yield to his love and wed
her without first being prepared TO main
tain her properly. He was one Of the scru-
puous sort whose rewards, IL seems, are al
ways tardy--sometimes too tardy 10 avail,
at any rate In this world.
To-day he had failed again-hls picture
seemed a plagiarism Of the one that had
preceded il but a few hours. Yet never had
be been within miles Of the atelier Of his
successful contemporary. The painting
represented a sublime sunrise effect at a
certain romantic spot on one Of the boule-
wards a short distance from Paris. The
work had required many visits 70 the loca-
ton, and much skill and unremitting toll
And he had had great hopes--yea, conh.
dence-only 10 carry his picture back TO his
home feeling as though II were milestone
about his neck
He fcurd consolation, as usual, In Frances,
the loved one. She cheered him and en-
couraged him, the failure causing her 10
lose not one iota Of faith in his ultimate sue
cess, and ere be left her be had resolved on
an attempt far more ambitious than any
thing he bad yet tried.
1T shall be my masterpiece,n heinformed
her. Daring -masterful-Original More
am not prepared 20 tell you now-only
that you shall be the central figure. You
will sit for meF' eagerly.
"Gladly, II can really be Of service TO
you"
Good my sweetheart, good and by the
next exhibition-but let US not be sanguine.
II viii be fame or ruin.n
"Fame-fame, most surely" she said, and
with great tenderness they parted.
Now did Dio set 10 work as he had never
worked before. The plan Of a superb pict-
ure flashed through his mind like a divine
revelation, and Immediately his heart and
soul were slaves 20 the idea. lie would not
devote himself exclusively 70 landscape,
this time, but use II in the way OF back
ground and perspective, and for the main
representation have a human hgure-that
OF his adored one, in her most effective pose
and costume.
He had long recognized that his greatest
power lay In painting the human form, but
be had been unable TO pay for the services
OF a professional model, and he had felt q
delicacy in asking the tiresome favor Of
Frances. But Ia the present instance cir.
cumstances had paved the way for the re.
quest, and he had made II with avid desire
in the intense depression Of the moment
much as a sinking man might reach for the
lifeline Of a savior.
No artist ever had more perfect model
Tho magnificent figure displayed none Of
the harsh angles that irritate beauty-lov-
ing eye, but the rounded limbs and trunk