Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1890-09-20

xfoundS VINO are theyg
Young women Of the highest re.
speciality, mother"
Perhaps 50, but II l we're asked !
should say that they were those two
impudens Servants Of yours--Gwen-
dcleh Smith and Araminsa Huggs.n
Quite right! So they are" said
Payne Grey calmly. II am indeed
glad that the likenesses are so faith
full"
Mrs McLatchet uttered cry Of
horror,
do yoa mean TO say. Payne" she
exclaimed. "that you have SO far
lowered yourself as to make your own
servants pose as models9n
YES. Why notp" said the young
artist. You have so continually
dinned into my ears the deplayity Of
the professional model; yoh have told
my wife stories enough OF young paint
ers who have been lured into perdition
by the wiles Of the Jezobels who sit 10
them to upset any woman who had not
Serphina's sense and confidence; and
80, as haven't risen high enough In
my profession to have duchesses. and
inayoresses, and millionaires' wives for
my models. I've had recourse to my
own servants
'I'm amazed aud disguised beyond
expression!' said Mrs. Mcl,atchet.
''Yon will fill the heads Of these
ignorant girls with ideas which have
no right to be in them. and make them
think that because you paint them and
there's chance Of their portraits APP
pearing on the academy walls they
must be beauties. / can only say that
] should be very sorry for my Hamish
to stoop so low as to paint his own ssr.
wants. have seen his 'Rosalind.' and
to turn from It's grace and refinement
10 the clownishness eoarseness Of these
two wenches is sad pathos"
Payne Grey smiled and for two
pence he would have bundled his
mother-in-law, glasses and all, out al
the door and down the stairs in very
quick time--a feeling which. by hi,
manner. he pretty clearly expressed.
The public crowded in to see the
pictures of the year at the academy
exhibition. Both Payne Grey's wi.
lage Festival" and Hamish McLatchet's
'Rosalind 10 Arden" had been honored
by having been hung on the line. and
before long il was evident that the
public had taken n fancy 10 both OF
them, for they were surrounded by .
crowd from opening 10 closing time.
Mrs. McLntchct was annoyed beyond
expression at Payne Grey's success. but
to some degree consoled by the sensa,
ton which the beauty and grace Of
Rosalind had made. People were
dying. they said. 10 know where Mr..
McLatchet had found his model.
MY son." Mrs. McLatchet would
reply, "does not employ models in the
common sense Of the term. His last
picture, Dido at Carthage contained
the portrait Of Lady Ring-Trotter; and
! know that he was going TO introduce
Lady Windmills into his picture this
year, but she was unfortunately I'M
able to Sit for him"
And so By degrees resemblance
was discovered by the really knowing
ones between McLatehet's Rosalind
and half dozen ladies Of rank and
fashion; and, although the artist said
nothing about the matter, his mother
soon got into the habit OF informing
her qnestioners that the original OF
Rosaliud was. she imagined, a young
lady who would shortly make a sensa.
tiOn by her beauty 10 society.
Both pictures were sold. strange to
saw. to the same collector, and when
the exhibition closed they were re-
turned to the studios for a short time
in order that certain biemishes pointed
out by the press and public opinion,
might be toned down.
so you've sold your servants hall
ladies. Paynes" she said.
''Yes. mother, and Hamish has sold
bis Rosalind TO the same man." be re.
piled.
well. Of course he sold his" said
Mrs. McLatchet II never feared
otherwise. No one could look at
'Rosalind' without falling in love with
herr
The next morning Payne Grey and
his wife went over to Hamish Nc
Latchets studio. Some twenty or
thirty people were there assembled,
and among them of course. was Mrs.
McLatchet. who was the most gorgeous
figure in the room.
The company was gathered around
the picture, and during a temporary
absence of her son Mrs. McLatchet was
expatiating on Its particular excellence.
My son can not and will not paint
common people" she said-a thrust at
Payne Grey, which mads that Young
gentleman give his wife nudge.
Far be II, however. from me to blow
my own sons trumpet. but the pre-
yailing characteristic of this figure to
me Is refinement. Rosalind, Of course.
was dukes daughter, and gentle
blood and gentle breeding are eI-
pressed on every line Of this face.
Note the nobility of the brow for in
stance; the refined curve Of the upper
Up, the delicacy Of the skin. and that
careless grace Of pose which no COM
uon painters model can assume or
can be taught to assume. but which is
the birthright of the gentle born"
A murmur OF acquiesence followed
this euloginm; those who were not
very gentle born sighed in hopeless adj
miration. and those who considered
themselves and were considered to be
so nodded and put on their Eyeglasses
and said: Very true!"
Presently Hamish McLatchet re.
appeared and behind him came Payne
Grey's two servants, Miss Gwendolen
Smith and Miss Araminta Hugs. who
modestly took up their positions in the
background.
Then Mrs. MeLatchet caught sight