The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-05-22

AZ the thought Of seeing Nine, do Rienzl
no more, The same blow struck her In
her love and In her friendship, neither
remaining 70 mitigate tho loss OF the
other
In three days tho Rlengls finished lholI
preparations for departure, Many artists
accompanied them t0 tho alatluni they
eame from Naples for this aad farewell
RlenzIa departure meant The end VI
thelr reunions and good fellowship, and
each one felt that thlngs that are gone
seldom come back,
They brought flowers, bonbona, souve-
Mrs, Sorrento woods and ribbons, The
men embraced each otherl there were
endless "Eyylyasl"
Then tho train moved on,
Teresa was shaken with sobs, Monte
forte tried 10 comfort her, not knowing
TO what saint 70 appeal, and filled with
pity NJ sight OF this explosion Of grief,
And under the Influence OF her emotion
he promised TO 90 to Naples TO SEQ them,
herself aud her family, Tor they we're "a
return TO their home In few days
"Ohl you viii not fail, NJ, Monteforte,
said she, ~ bog you not 10 fail, II you
do, ! shall bo very unhappy All lose
all my friends ~ once We win talk oi
themi you viii Gomez Do you promlRer
lle promisedi and ho Kept his word,
Three weeks later he appeared at the
Cardellla',
Monietorte was very we'll received, too
we'll, In fact The whole family was
there, Never had NJ Cardelli been more
solemnl he wanted N positively dazzle
his visitor
Mmo, Cardelll, warnodby her daughter,
had been expecting him every day, In
hla honor she had clad herself in the
most aumpluoua OF her dresses,
The maiden aunt, Aunt Maruccla, had
also gone 10 great troublei h was dis
lreiaing,
They talked pictures, music, books,
They Invited the young man to make
use Of their family box W the theatre,
The maiden aunt yontured q fow wordf
40 proper that Monteiorle ahuddered,
Teresa alone IN spending Of Nine, dc
Mengl Of the days that had passed, Of
her regrets, found, poor child, approprl'
ato things 10 Hay, Aud already thoyoung
man was ready 10 think kindly OF her
for tho tenderness and sorrow which she
expressed 10 gracefully
But tho others spoiled this happy i'm.
preston, drowning II, alaal beneath their
benevolent medioorlly.
The visit was long, they asked him "a
come agalni he promised all that they
desired.
But once outside ho calculated an
"ughW Of dellycranoe, aud said aloud In
order 10 emphasize Iti
"Ihank you very muohl But never
will you catch me there agalnl
And In fact weeks went by, then
montha, lie did not como back.
Tho artist was too well brought up 10
voluntarily carry out 40 radical project
OF absteutlon but ho lived NJ Portlcl,
and his mother, who was something Of
an Invalid and whom ho dearly loved,
kept him closely 10 herself Moreover,
still under the Influence Of RicnEra ad.
vice, ho worked.
Whom ho took the omnibus 10 go 20 the
city II was evening, llo returned on tho
last trip,
Nevertheless no left hla card twice at
TercSa'a parents, giving distance as an
excuse.
For the first fow days no sometimes
quoried whether tho young girls regrete
had calmod,
But soon he ooaSod 10 think Of the mat.
ter and never heard her spoken Of by any
one,
This was the state Of things when the
Naples Salon opened,
Montcforto, anxious, went 10 the exhl.
bltlon Of the Society for the Promotion Of
Art, thon situated In grand palace, for.
morly q convent OF Dominioans or Fran.
oiscana,
He assembled slowly the broad steps Of
tho staircase, made for the heavy and
ponmyc tread Of the monks, and, on On.
tering the exhibition rooms, his first
thought was 10 look for his picture. Had
they given II good placer In the hall Of
honor2 lie found II In the third hail. In
a good light but In tho second row,
"llumr ho growledi Sin tho second
rowl who have no oncmicel II would
bo llko thom not 10 buy II Of mo Papa
rofuoca mo any advances, and haven't
u sou"
In u melancholy mood Montoforto took
chair, and, without false modosty,
placed himself before his canvas, "a
Symphony In Azure"
He had long boon haunted by Whist
eidoas-symphonics In gray, In black,
In pink, In white; symphonies In all sorts
OF thinga,
And no, Montoforto, soeing tho gulf
whose azure had been sung by all tho
pocie, and observing tho oloudloSa sky,
had formed mn idea Of painting a sym.
phony, but In tho blue gamut.
In the foreground two figures, young
woman dressed In pcrlwinklo blue and
n young child dressed In turquois blue,
with sea aud sky for background,
II wos as simple as that
But no was very sure that no one, no
other artist, would think Of IL.
And, In fact, no one had thought Of IL
Every ono would have beon careful TO
avoid such abjcct, and especially such
m execution Of IL
Now, with rested eye, Monteforto
judged II otherwise than In his studio,
This otherwise, moreover did not seom
TO satisfy him, for ho mOdo up a very
wry face,
Azurol There II was indeed, and plon-
ty Of H. But tho symphony Tho bluos
Jared frlghttully.
Decidedly his canvas lacked harmony.
A chrome, and bad proof at that.