Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
AN AsT0UNDED ARTIST.
SINGULAR MANIFESTATION OF
MYSTIC FORESIGHT.
Tho agony of Mother with Her Chn.
drsn Around Iier"-was 1t Clair
Yoyance2-A Hard MT for
the Scientists.

living at ArgenleuiL near Paris. who
possessed clairyoyant powers of a re-
markably high order Cabagnet had
a friend. young sculptor who at
that time was studying at Rome. and
during his absence Cabagnet wrote
him letter conched IN the following
terms
NJ DIAN FmEsp: | am far from
AM yet near you My mind seeks
sou out many times day. At this
moment ! am by your side. Continue
your labors aud be not discouraged.
You have worked well this winter
That little shepherd returning from
the fountain will make you a name IN
the world aud the group you will ex-
ecuts hereafter will most assuredly
cause you to triumph. The agony OF
a mother with her children around
her what an essentially dramatic
subject! II needs all The elevation Of
your heart and the trGth Of your
emotions 10 produce such work Of
arr as | see there
The young sculptor upon receipt
OF this letter was ustonisned beyond
measure having upon his easel at the
time picture representing a young
shepherd precisely az his friend had
described aad knowing that Cabag-
net had no means Of knowing by or
binary means In what way h.s brush
had been employed.
As 20 the second scene suggested by
the elairyoyanL he had another mat.
ter on hand which was engrossing his
\ thought. but nothing Of the nature
which the claifYoyant had depicted.
/ For several years the young sculp or
I lAbored on producing each season
I better work. aud 10 due course he
i married beautiful young girl aud
settled down quietly Ia Paris Cab.
I agnet and the sculptor met occasional
/ II during the ensuing years but the
1 subject or the letter had long been
/ forgotten. one being busy with his
money making schemes aud the other
With his efforts 10 win the coveted
h0nors OF his profession; neither had
much leisure or deslne for ingcstigat.
Ing mysteries Then the artists wife
fell sirE and tiHall the physician re-
llnQulshcd all hope 81 resto Ing the
behutlfui woman % health. When
shls dreadful fact reached the knowi-
edge OF the sculptor and his children
they were beside themselves with
grief
/ Just before her death the sculptor $
vito was senied ono duy upon the bed
while her two cbildrnn ia an agony
7 o grlcl over their approaching
separation. dung their arms about
her and wept piieously BY the bod
aide sat the father his liwart weighed
down with greater grief than hs
had ever before experienced. DeeI
ns was his sorrow. the artists soul
however. did not fail 20 grasp the
poetry Of that terribly solemn piciur,
which the group upon the bed pre-
sentcd. After his vito died and ih'
scalplor returned 10 his studies h,
was continually haunted by the picture
which he had seen In her dealt
chamber and no fnally resolved a
a labor OF lore and memorial OF ha
affection 70 transfer the beautiful
Ileallsation o. sorrow 10 marble.
What pains tho boroaved husband
, took 10 perfect his work Ia this cas-,
: may be imagined. Inspired by hi
memory OF an affection which ha1
never before boon crossed by
shadow. the sculptor put his soul int
tho silent marble. an epltome OF hi
. own rrie. Needless TO say that th
medal OF honor was awarded this pro
duc,lou nc the Paris Snlon. where
wins subsequently exhibited aud tina
: despite oxtravugant oilers which hav
been from tinle to time made tn
seulptor for his work IL still rcmatn
!. IN his own possession. Yet from tn
moment when the subject was frs
| | suggested to him Ia hie wife's ehambe
the sculptor never remembered tn
: prophecy contained ia tho iettc
= which his friend Cahagpet sent hir
whilo yet serving his student uppren
! ttceship among the classic master
! pieces OF Rome Neither does 1; al
!, pear that Cabaguet himself eve
! noticed In how remarkable "A manne
: TINT impromptu bit OF prophetic wor
. OF his had been fulfilled
Cnbapnet. however subsequentl!
/. died and the sculptor who for year
!, had seen little OF his friend was on
,. day looking through q bundle OF oil
= letters which he had received fror
him nj different times when he cam
!, across the one which has alread
!. been quoted. When he reread thes
words and the group you will exc
: cute hereafter will most assuredl
: cause you to triumph; the agony Of
: mother with her children around he
= what an essentially dramatic sui
: iectl IL needs all the elevation {
i your heart and the truth of you
emotions to produce such a.work {
], art as see there" The first inklin
u Of how Cabagnet had fores hadowe
:. his great work occurred TO the sculr
a Tor. Then no saw how truthtully
. wears before the idea had ever shape
4 . itself within his own mind. the clail
= voyant had gazed upon his master
piece clearly enough defined to hit
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