The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-31

| SAINT retired, for he was . humoris
and a peaceful man. Going down tn
hill he met Person and Wainwright
Either that man is q genius or he is
dangerous lunatic," said he. Just g.
up and look at his green" And h
continued his way, his countenanct
frightened by pleasant anticipation
of cheerful ARRAY round an easel IL
the cleaning, and the shedding O.
much green paint.
But to Person and Wainwright Mr.
Watkins was less aggressive, and ex
planned that the green was intended
to be the first coating of his picture
1t was, he admitted in response to q
remark, an absolutely new method, in.
vented by himself. But subsequently
he became more reticent; he explained
he was not going to tell every passer
by the secret of his own particular
style, and added some scathing re-
marks upon the meanness of people
changing about to pick up such
tricks of the masters as they could,
which Immediately relieved him of
their company.
Twilight deepened, first one then
another star appeared The rocks
amid the tall trees to the left of the
house had long since lasped into slum-
berous silence, the house itself lost all
the details of it's architecture and be-
came dark gray outline, and then
the windows of the salon shone out
hill ,av 1xy ha C
lighted up, and here and there a bed
room window burnt yellow. Had any
one approached the easel in the park
it would have been found deserted.
One brief uncivil word in brilliant
green sullied the purity of it's canvas
Mr.. Watkins was busy in the shrub
berry with his assistant, who had dis
creetly joined him from the carriage
drive.
Mr.. Watkins was inclined to be self
congratulatory upon the ingenious
device by which he had carried all his
boldly, and in the sight of
all men, right up to the scene of opera
tions. That's the dressing-room, he
said to his assistant, land, as soon as
the maid takes the candle away and
goes down to supper, we'll call in.
My! how nice the house do look, to be
sure, against the starlight, and with
all its windows and lights! Swopme,
Jim, / almost wish l aods painter
chap. Have you fixed that there wire
across the path from the laundry?"
He cautiously approached the house
until he stood below the dressing
room window, and began to put To- |
gether his folding ladder. He was |
much too experienced a practitioner to !
feel any unusual excitement. Jim was
the smoking-room.
close beside Mr.. Watkins in |
the bushes, there was violent crash
and a stified curse. Some one had
over the wire which his as
sistant had just arranged. He heard
feet running on the gravel pathway
beyond. Mr. Watkins, like all true
artists, was singularly shy man, and
lie incontinently dropped his folding
adder and began running circum-
specify through the shrnbbery. He
vas indistinctly aware of two people
lot upon his heels, and he fancied that
lie distinguished the outline of his as
istant in front of him. In another
he had vaulted the low stone
vail bounding the shrubbery, and was
n the open park. Two thuds on the
urf followed his own leap.
1t was a close chase in the darkness
through the trees. Mr.. Watkins was
|. loosely-built man and in good train
ng, and he gained hand-over-hand
Ipon the hoarsely painting figure in
ront Neither spoke, but, as Mr.. Wat
lins pulled up alongside, qualm of
wful doubt came over him. The
ther man turned his head at the same
noment and gave an exclamation of
urprise. Its not JIM" thought Mr.
Watkins, and simultaneously the
tranger flung himself, as it were, at
knees, and they were forth
With graphing on the ground to-
ether. Lend hand, Bill" cried
he stranger, as the third man came I
p. And Bill did-two hands, in fact,
nd some accumulated feet. The fourth
lan, presumably Jim, had apparently ;
urned aside and made off in differ [
mt direction. At any rate, he did not '
bin the trio.
Mr.. Watkins memory of the Incl !
ents of the next two minutes is ex-
remedy vague. He has dim recollec- {
ion of having his thumb in the cor
er of the mouth of the first man, and [
ceiling anxious about its safety, and
Dr. some seconds at least he held the 7
cad Of the gentleman answering to $
ne name of Bill to the ground by the !
air. He was also kicked in a great {
lumber of different places apparently i