The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-05-29

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In marrying tho daughter Of the Car
dellla lao became almost as much their
child aa She was, and IN tho simplicity of
ha excellent and unsuspeotIng nature,
dealrlng 20 SEQ everybody aatlhed he
kindly allowed himself 10 be captured,
Up 10 the last moment Teresa feared.
leat some unforeseen event might take
him from her, From morning ill night
he was held prisoner Tor she was still
Jealous Of Rosa Faloone, and did not
want Orlando 10 meet her, for then he
might regret tho young girl and renounoe
his marriage with Teresa
Father, mother, maiden aunt, every,
body, covered the young lover with gar
landAl all hung upon his Hips from fear NJ
dlspleasng him, And thh was absolute
w sincere
But when he had become TeResas, In
stalled In her house, bound by a solemn
oath, her goods, her husband, her prop
erty In fact, Tereaaa passion became
Jealous delirium and Ia form changed
Instead OF submissive, she became eK-
acting, She had 30 long hoped Ia vain
that her anxiety waa nol oalmed by pos
session, The young husband said 10 him.
self that ahe had suffered much, he nc
oepted In tho beginning Al tho end Of
six montha, when tho condition Of affairs
caused him frequent irritation, he saw
what mistake no had made In not re-
alatlng AZ the atarti tho preeedeHt had
been established, II was necessary TO
submit In order TO avoid scenes aud ner.
youa crises
OH the aceneal
lio tried, however, 10 6trugglol but
what could no do against wife,
father, mother, an old maidi In tho
end Orlando bent his head,
Then even hla work was taken from
him, Montcforte had never been what
Ia considered an lndefatigablo toiler But
his art now became q necessity TO him,
10 enable him 10 forget tho petty trials Of
every day lie,
The studio caused his wife continual
suspicious
In tho frat place she permitted him no
models 'lye men aud old women.
Ncsl kept him at homo under all
sorts ~, t'SlS, and constantly disturb.
ed him .,i .6la which she claimed az
indimr ..t
Wen Drt uut 10 settle down 20 work.
Was ~ 90 beginning to interest hlm2
A little tHtg VI tllF bell Announced tho
arrival Of hV wife, suatairuJ one OF
her family, Teresa came nr r5 her.
self of his presence In the t.u nd TO
find out who was puslng o., ...
Every night, after the 1or pper
IA cold collation. composed tho
dessert left from the dinner d. Mad
and fried fish picl,lcd In lemon ldce, Or
OF cooked vegetables -Monlelorlc wca,
to tho Cafe d'Europo to meet the othe
artists, Generally ho oontcnlcd himself
with the traditional glass Of water, 80
little money had ho at his disposal The
young couple received only a part Of tho
promised Income, the union OF tho house
holds lessonlng tho expense, And this
part went for clothing aud studio sup.
plios,
MonteCortoB paintings not selling, he
had no pocket money They held him
in the attitude Of u child, and Teresa
would scarcely allow him 20 so ont with.
Out her
Did he try to rcbol2 Tho family, unltcd
os one man, took The side OF ha wife by
their attitude aud silence Then, oithor
from Incidence or lasaitudc, or TO avoid
the ennui Of discussion. sometimes too
through a sort Of passive good nature,
he allowed things 20 SO on,
lli8 rich marriage, which others on.
yiod-what misory He always found
comfortable meals, TO bo sure,
His clothes were cared fop hc lacked
nothing excepting that nccossity-lndo.
pendenCc
When he was poor he sometimes paid
for comrades glass Of beer at the same
time Ns his own, When lac was poor
beautiful girls posed os his modole, asl,-
ing no reward beyond gay supper paid
for by him,
When he was poor ho sang sercnadesi
his voice aroused the roycrlos Of women,
pretty girls Of the port, loundrcsOes with
glowing cheeks and statuesque bodies
modelled In bronze at once tender and
warm.
Now ho had 70 endure continual In
sipidities, That need Of tranquility
which finally oonquerp the mostrebellious
and the strongest diminished him every
day, He could no longer even receive
his friends In the privacy OF his home,
At first II had been necessary 10 con-
sole Teresa for her poor unappreciated
love. Later, when the memory Of this
must have long beon eifaced, MontefortO
was bent under tho ferrulo OF daily life, no
dull and ordinary, that no felt that ho
must die Of ennui
Certainly he lacked genius; but now he
never found, even In his happiegt hours,
the old vision Of art, tho beautiful starry
dream. In this commonplace interior
even that Joy was denied him. The oour-
age TO complain left him also Tho hand.
somo Orlando, whose health, needless
ness and joy made him force OF nature,
was conquered by these four mediocritieS,
His present dream, negative happi-
nees, was 10 pass an afternoon alone, with
out a model, without being disturbed, In
his studio, his last refuge,
Ho smoked, Agtrido his chair, with |
eyes hxed upon virgin canvas or lost |
upon point in space, he evoked works,
events, sensations, which did not need |
to be humanity reOlizablei he also impro-
vised songs, while following with hin
look the mobile Transformations Of ths
clouds, images OF his reverie
But even this happiness was not free
from anxiety; the fear Of seeing one Of