Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-05

We missed thras,eh the back yard and
,,- ~ sirp, into a long glazed work
-Lon which had been rented from theeabl-
net maker next door. | looked around,
expeetine to see some terrible instrument.
Innumerable plaster casts hung from the
inter-. The end wall was covered with
rough sketches In charcoal A potters
wheel stood near the window, WIN
trough OF clay beside It. Some odd looking
tools las on bench, hut they only looked
like misshapen spoons. In the middle OF
the workshop, however, there was some,
thing on a stout stand, carefully enNelopeu
in a damp cloth, and a little farther on
stood another stool bearing asmaller mass
similarly covered. Taras went up to the
larger OF the two things and began CAREFUL
ly to remove the cloth, while | stood by
waiting in eager curiosity 10 know what 1t
was that excited the amnesty Of the po-
lice to such an extent.
There 1t is, said Taras, lifting the last
fold Of the cloth and revealing group oil
three figures, roughly modelled In clay,
walked round the stand, touched the
soft clay, and then. looking at Taras in
perplexity, said
"Why, it's only images"
THAT is ALL"
"Well, what harm will It do any one IL
you throw that al his feet9 1t wouldn't
kill him II you threw it at his head
"Ah, but this is only sketch Of a much
larger one l shall make said he with u
twinkle of merrimcnt in his eye The fig
ures will be life size, and they will be burned
hard in a kiln, which, you see, would make
difference II II came to throwing it at
anybody's head. but that was only man
ner Of speaking. Come, | will make IL
clear to you IL ! can. This female figure
represents my country in the last stage OF
despair and humiliation. The man tearing
the dress from her shoulders is a brutal
executioner with m iron thonged whip in
his hand. The third figure is the car, who
has given the order for this helpless wom-
AN to be iiogged aud is standing by TO see
his order carried out, Gallons to his victims
suffering"
what has the woman done'"
'She has dared TO tell the ear that she
is not his slave"
Whats this down alongside the wom-
an" asked.
1.-THE cars dog-licking her hand"
ITO show he's got more feelin than tho
man has'"
THAT'S it. You begin to see what 1
meann
ITS a-conlin 20 me" said after few
moments Of profound thinking. "rm get.
tin at it by little at time. That woman,
your country, Is got a look like mine was,
all mis'able and wretched like, and you're
R-goin to give her now life like you're givin
me and alter her face so as people shall
hardly know her again"
"WOuld to heaven | rnightn he ex-
claimed fervently "One life is too short
for such work-one hand too feeble
can but hope to awaken the sympathy Of
humanity md start the cry Of indignation
which shall shame the car to mercy"
The group had a new interest for me.
The longer ! looked at it the more it fas-
cinnted me. The central figure ceased to
be an image. 1t was living woman sui-
fering as had suffered
81 guess she feels like | felt,n said /.
Like as II nothin could make her feel
wus, and it didn't matter what happened
Taras assented.
Better She hadn't got no soul nor moth
in. Better she was dead " she hniut got
friend to help her up and give her new
life"
That's it, But we must find friends to
help her, warm the hearts of other nations
toward her and kindle spirit of hope and
courage into that poor fainting heart, and
we will il we can keep out of the hands OF
the police"
II he could keep out Of the hands Of the
police My existence also depended upon
that, Recognizing so much, the instinct
Of self preservation inspired me with a
fierce desire and determination 10 find out
and fight this secret emissary Of the ear.
The enemy once discovered, would meet
cunning with cunning, dare anything, hest.
tate at nothing 10 save the man who made
the world dcarto me. II would be fight
for life, and one Of us must fall.