Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-11-30

him TO the Casino roof garden. and they |
sat often in the park
On an excessively warm night little /
Spacer had met Rose. and they had |
gone to the park for breath of air.
The green benches were crowded with |
lovers whom the heat had driven from |
the suffocating neighborhood south of
Washington square, and many, with a
happy disregard of both propriety and
the extreme sultriness of temperature.
sat with their arms around each others
waist.
Near the fountain they stepped to rest
for a few minutes TO listen to the plash-
ing of the water in the basin. since it
sounded SO deliciously cool, and there,
in few hurried. badly put together
words, which were quite unlike those
he had been intending to say for the
last few months, little Spacer asked
Rose to be his wife. And. without
thinking of her father. SO happy was
she, Rose said that she would, after
which they sat down on one of the
benches where the shadows were black
cot anu AAnlIdlSu luO1I uSl6uDOAo SAdlu-
pie.
With her pretty cheeks flushed and
her black eyes sparkling, Rose put her
arms around her father neck that night
and gave him careful revision of all
that little Spacer had told her. Old
Parkes said nothing, but got up and
made circuit of the room several times
"a way he had of doing when he got ex-
cited. Then he sat down at the table
and buried his face in his arms.
Hes robbed me of my pictures, and
now he's going to rob me of my daugh-
teri" he said bitterly.
"Oh, papa, don't talk like thatr'
cried Rose, quite distressed. "Of course
Chauncey couldn't afford to give you
what the pictures were really worth,
butt
II should say not" broke in old
Parkes moodily. The Ramapo Val
ley, AZ by "a, $50; The Highlands at
Navesink, 1S by "a, $50. can't SO
on. It's really too ridiculous.
"But, papa, dear, don't know what
we would have done without the mon
ey," said Rose. The old dealer on
Fifth avenue wouldn't take any more
at SIS apiece, you know"
Very well," growled old Parkes.
Marry him, if your mind is set upon
it. You're of age and can do as you
like, suppose. If you leave me, dare
say shall get along somehow. :"
Il shall never leave you," said Rose
grimly, and coming over she kissed
him. ,"Chauncey and l have planned
that we three are to live together"
Now, it CHANGED tho very next day
that old Parkes was laid up with rheu-
matism, and for three long months he
was unable to hold brush in his hand.
Little Spacer came heroically to the
rescue and bought SO many pictures
that he was obliged at last to close out
his once comfortable account in the
Greenwich Savings bank. Everything
in old Parkes' studio found its way to
his walls. and finally they wero so coy-
cred that he was obliged to stack them
up one ",ainst another.
Often ne would stand with his hands
in his pockets gazing at them ruefully.
His only cheerful thought was. that il
was not money thrown away. 1t was
for Roses sake that he had bought
them, and they had brought her many
a comfort that otherwise she would moi
have had. Roso and he were to be mar
ried in the spring.
While old Parkes still lay grumbline
and helpless in bed the distinguished
French painter, NJ. Villemont, came ovel
for brief visit. The two had worked
side by side at Julien's in Paris, and M
Villemont made it his business to hun
up his old friend. The artistic contin
gent lionized the new arrival, and news
papers devoted whole columns to him
In an interview, which was prepared
by little Spacer, he was made to say:
Il am really much surprised at tn
growth of art in America. You hav
one painter as great as any that w
have in Europe. l REFER to Mr.. God
frey Parkes, whose works should b.
held in rare appreciation by collectors
He is one of the few great painters o
the century"
Whether M. Villemont really sal,
all this or not makes no difference.
settled the whole business and dealer
and buyers kept pouring in at the studi
from morning until night. Old Parke
3 threw away his oils and liniments an
! was back at his easel, new man. H
!, had enough commissions to keep hiI
busy year.
One of the leading galleries effecte
arrangements with little Spacer to an
Z tion off the pictures he had accumulat
ed. The auction was held in CHECKER
ing hall, and the sales reached the hand
some figure of $19,675. Little Space
was dazed and could not believe hi
= good luck until check for that amount
y minus the commissions, was handle
him.
In the spring Rose and he were mai
= ried, and soon after their handsom
Queen Anne at Orange was ready IL
them. OF course old Parkes went
live with them. The studio annex ws
constructed according to his views an
Is the admiration of all who have see
it.-Afalcolm Douglas in New Yor
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