The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-23
DICK AND A DEPUTY.
HOW THEY FOUGHT'AND SETTLED A
TAltOR'S BILL.

the Event Was of Bencfit to the Artist.
How to Make the Most of n Good Idea.
q Valuable Heritage.
How Often remarked the old cdi-
tore do our seeming misfortunes result
in our final good Take the case Of Dicl,
Morley, the comic artist, few years
ago. Dick, beingu true genius, of course
never worked till he had to- and some
times not then. Naturally he was al
ways hard pressed for money. Dick
once lived fora month in the back room
Of pawnshop because his last suit of
clothes was in hook therc-thc suit he
bad on, you understand. At last inspira-
ton came; he drew Il comic picture of
needy artist, tended shop while the
proprietor went out and sold it and so
redeemed his clothes and got away.
At another time tailor sued Dicl;
for $50. OF course he didn' pay any at
tention to Il littlc thing like this, bat
went right on resting. The matter final
~ got into the shcrlff's hands, and
deputy came around to the studio to put
AN attachment on the things 1t hap
pened that Dick was pretty cross that
morning, having lost his easel some
where in the confusion of the place
Not that no had any use for the easel,
of course, but he had IL theory that u
studio ought to contain an easel Gen
orally speaking. all that Dick really
needed i'll his studio was IL pipe, Il chair
and visitor to whom he could tell OF
the work he was going to do next day
We'll, as l say, Dick couldn find
the easel and was good deal upset i'll
consequence. The deputy was /. kind of
loose jointed, shambling sort Of man
with waving ears, u large nose, an cx.
pansive mouth and rowing eye, this
last no doubt resulting from years OF
search for personal property usually
fruitless. He came in, lecrcd ,at the
things moment and told Diet. that he
had an attachment for everything
Dick was still cross and replied by
throwing Il small plaster Venus de Milo
at his visitors head. hitting him on
the jaw. Tho deputy had seen similar
cases before SO he just closed in ON
Dick. and they had it pretty Lively all
around the studio. Dick relied mainly
ON the plaster casts and kept smashing
them over the dcputy's head, now a
Venus, next Il Diana. then mot!cr,.
example
There was IL Hercules on the man
tel, and Dick had good deal of faith
Ill that, having Il fanciful notion chat
us Hercules had been pretty powerful
fellow Ill his day cast of him slammed
down hard on the head Of IL deputy
q. riff ought to do something toward
unfolding the rights of plain citizen
sued by Il graspinS tailor Perhaps the
fact that the Hercules was the largest
and heaviest cast in the studio may
have strengthened Dicks faith in it.
The deputy, Notwithstanding his wide
experience, WAS WnaccuStOmcd to cast
1lghtlng, and tho dust got i'll his rowing
eyes and confused him considerably.
but he held his ground well, and when
mt last he got hold Uf tho Hercules ana
banged Dick over the head with it the
artist went down OH his back and the
deputy planted his knees OH his chest.
Dick looked up and saw that the mans
hat was crushed, his clothes torn, one
eye discolored and that he was general
ly demoralizod. 1t struck Dicl, that he
was the funniest man that he had ever
seen, and an inspiration seized him.
Leggo my hands, he cried
The deputy did so and Dick wrigcled
around and grabbed sheet Of card
board and quill Pen from among tho
wreck and confusion on the floor.
Keep just so, went on Dick.
Ihere-so--don't move, now, and ho
began skctching tho man rapidly, hold
ing tho cardboard III one hand. In Is
minutes he had the funniest picture that
he had ever d avn Now lemmo IN
and We'll 20 and sell this, said Dick,
and tho man complied. They headed for
the nearest comic paper office, where
Dick disposed of the picture for $40, and
passed tho money over to the fellow. 1t
was the turning point III Dick s career,
and he has never been hard up since"
Il don't exactly see how such d little
thing could amount to 81 much, " 90.
served listener.
''You don't know the comic business
as well MS do or you would see. When
you get hold of y good funny idea, you
use it once and shortly after you uso it
again. After which you use it few