Deming headlight., 1890-05-24


unel- dese rniief Sees ''Ihs AnntlnaH but
rgriera slis Cory ~ "fho inst surper."
OIL Uncle Jcrc Potter n we'll known
Justice uf lhc lcnce living iu aonthcrn
iim1ni came 90 Chicago. md while
horu won't 90 SEQ Nfho AnncluAH
Whou De returned % The hotel the
clerk nshcd hlm II ht liked the iuuious
picture
"Qh. yea. llhei Il woll enough. but
idhayu to be mighty Hush with inOuoy
and cnv mighty htllc Tor il before I
would give Nllu.ODO ftf ID. Put a wax.
safru lfumc round Il aud hang II up
In barn whCrc there whs "a dalco i,o.
in' on, and Tow that not ono man in
illiy would take amy notice of Il. oh.
the mint ia we'll Ibid on. smcoth aud
ull lhat--bui u nin't worth the ,rnncy,
iuuts nll I've sccn many "a picture
that ! wouldn't swap for it-gM one
myself that ! wouldn't give for Il
without a good deals bOoi
''NNhat ~ tha nunio of your picture"
" Tie Iast Supper II isn power.
fully inlewflin' piece ~ work, | can
tell sou. There sits tlio ,iaviuur and
his disciples. with JHdnn n-soppin' in
the dish aud there h John, with love
and tenderness writ all over his face
and there l. Peter, gOtd and ifuc, but
witlial little sluky. as the rota after
ward shOwh There Is Thomas. with a
sort Of alnvwd expression ol doubt on
his face. Tho tablo niut none too hmc
-looIH like two tiustlts with some
plank put nctoss Vni, bat when you
cmao down 10 tic paint you'll llud ID
right there. There nlnt no miucin'
matters; no alinNincfs The nlnn TINT
painted Il isst mutrhcd up lis bitsh
and went 10 work. lie didntslightOnc
pnrt by maxim some other a lcctlu
roddcr or lil.lo blGcr, but he was fair
an Loncst un' tlraled 'em all alike
/ lie was wllnt ! call honest nlan.
Somo lainlcr, sign painter, mostly.
hnve sliglltcd their work, but tliiaman
/ didn't Iio understood liiH obligation
aud followed il out. llr was u man Of
tlc peoplc-uii honest citizen"
"lhc picture you speak ui, aid tie
clerk, 'is mere duub. Tho bread Is
blue, the meat Is black aud tho hash Is
purple
] Yes, that may be- true, but The
1 work Il there, just tho Same. know
all about that. The work Is mighty
inclined 10 mnko fun 81 the art that
held forth In them days, but nutur' Is
natur' aud art l;uiu't hclpitsci. As l
tell you, this picture uf mine isn beau.
tiful thing 10 don't stand back Tor
uOthin Me aud my wife aud ms lit.
tic people sec uuud the iirc 40 night
and watch the fire light as 10 falls on
I NIIUN fat tHIHa.tHtIfIar NI4.s4I
comes up before az that old garden
with its scrubby trees and spring
branch t,lat wont trickiin' among the
rocks We see the Saviour with his
sad and beautiful iucc and we huur tiie
low words Of rcproach that hc sllealSs
lu his apostles That picture 10 hung
Ia our diuin' room, nnd whenever we
10 in tlierc il makes us happy. for
when We look at it We know wo have
a friend in tic world tO come. Ms lit
tie boy, tie sweetest liltic fcllCr that
ever lived. lay there on his bed, day
after day, nnd looked at that pictuiv--
lis mother told him that II was the
picture of the great Christ, aud one
timo when | didn't thinl, lac was goiii
10 get well, came into the room sud
denly aud saw him holdin' out his
arms toward II. The last thing lie
saw la this life was Christ sotliii there
4 lallsin lovo to the man tint afterwards
betrayed him. l reckon / would br
put down as fool, but / kaint hollI
lOyin' that ole r'uro. Oh, Vt course
nobody would want 10 buy it. nobody
would want il ii tie house but some.
/ how / wouldn't swap il for 40 pic
ture that ever was painted. Yes, nd
nit tliat Peters lace Is blue and that
Johns Iace is grocu, but no paiiit las
hid the beautiful suulu ON the luce oi
the Saviour Wall, reckon ! must gu
up 10 my room. ~ Arkansnw Traveller.