Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06

81 have missci y0n ut the table ven
tured sis this. then. the rcasonfn
~ am very POOR, NJ Eiisrmau."
And hungry Almighty Father, ten m,
not sow
~ was driven into ono Of those places To-
day. . and be indicated saloon whore free
lunches were obtninhble.
pressed his arm little more sympaihct-
ically and led him along IN silence to our
rooms.
NOW" ! commenced, with commercial
sioleism AID monitoflal giuyity, Il have a
work for you 10 do. am going 10 paint
Cieopatm and her Asylum. aud want you 10
pose iof me IN tho drameiis pasoar Of the
queen. Cbarmlon and Iris. This work Will
rive you a competence equal to your imme-
diate wants at least and n the contract il
scaled viii pay In advance, " aud with this
pressed sons money intD his palm.
~ cannot accept this, he protested. with
tears Of gratitude yelling into the s5f, fcser-
yoirs Of liquid light Ike sunehine pouring
into fountain; "ltis charity for you con-
coiyed tho painting to help me-"
mo. didn't. The motive is purely mer-
cepary. want 10 hang tho picture by u
golden cord in somo milliohalre's gallery.
my name shall DO on the corner Ia immortal
pigment. Sentiment pooh But IL you are
not willing to work, even though the kind is
not ambitious. suppose eun engage an
other model"
"So-not that. But you want women"
"Conainly -0nd q muscular. militant An
tony, and any number Of cosmopolitan bour-
geoisin, sans-cuottes. caltins aud such, so
10 name tham'
'But how could personate woman--a
black-eyeJ gypsy Of sinuous graceY"
III dent want m Egyptian. cleopatra was
Macedonian, Probably she descended from
Mcnelaus. | dare say her skin was as fair
an yours"
But my physique
As feminine rs the Milo want an am
pie whist and then your rotundlty ia not at
all unlike woman OF classical symmetry.
You must have gotten into the wrong natrix
somehow whom you were nodded"
Henri assisted la tho study Of tho action,
taken entirely from Plumrcb, and with the
aid Of historical descriptions and iliustra.
tons and the good Offices OF some histrionic
friends va were enabled 10 get together
~" N"Hi'h' hhh AihlIlUNH N''tnhiiIl lpt inc
composition and the preliminary work. We
improvised q window over the ledge u which
henri-or Cleopatra, rather WIS 10 hang,
and one morning commenced n bold char
coal study OF the siren queen. sho was
represented In the act OF pulling on the rope.
with her two maids. lifting the blood. stained,
dying Roman up to her retreat Tho beaut-
iul features, for which shp was So celebrated.
were distorted In tho effort. and altogether
the aotion aud personality woru a. striking
aud masterIul as any historical lalutor could
deairc.
The charm Of leuris neck and arms,
exposed by the flowing. uneannuod dtdp-
cry OF the thrcn different characters 81 SUI
perb physical opulcnce, WAS maryclously
beautiiul aud with the artificial hair stream
ing around his shoulders. not even an artist
or Snowman would suspect him Of being
other than a worry attractive young woman.
But there came a day whom Henri did not
report for duty. And several days went
by and q week. and set no Henri. There
VIVA no ostensibo reason In my knowledge
for his absence. and, besides, his effects had
not been removed from his room. Than 1t
was ralpnbe that something was wrong, for
his moral integrity WINS an amor against the
seductive influences that bcsot the unwary
and was preparing 10 make search for him