The Monticellonian., 1899-07-28
A DANAE IN SABOTS.
5N RINE tn the Rnis .,

U The English coachnAn knev
 by the way his master s!amRned th'
 door Of the coupe that tke w6Fld di'
 not wag well with him.
 Henry Duval leaned back on thel sea
 and impatiently slapped his gloyels CT
 his knee, staring bIanklN out of cth'
 window as the carriage rolled d.
 the broad avenue, gay with equipa ca
 and pedestrians. Ordinarily he woius
 have noted each riders skill and e
 the clothes he wore, and would h
 had q smile for every woman of his tt
 quaintance, but this morning he N
 osershadoWed by q sense Of defeat, :,
 which he was as much surprised as C
 founded on
 To think that il was only yester,n ( -a few tleetiHe hours ago that
 held his head high among his ( io'i freres. and now. What mattered ilcn all fafls stitl echoed bravo when ane had criticised his "Danae.s pict
 that had aroused the envy and enth
 asm of theSartstic world9 nbe
 In vain he sought 10 forget of words, to cry out that one foolish M.
 ans judgment could not count agaf SCI the public praise which he had realbie assAis just reward after years of wt,, ,E 5ESReason for her criticism is w stnnsA&. most. Her words still r;oi
 You fSl, Henri. in achieving .nl highest: you depict the body, and the soul. This Danae is beautiful fl O' and blood, but the charm of the athe gorN is lost. The beauty that win
 divinity should possess an inspirat beyond that born of flesh tints lttit curves. IL is this lack, mon ami. ts II makes me ice 10 your flame. Ny .;. husband was brutal sensualist: have dimly outlined my years of hey anee with him. You are |. refined ripE snalist; you would not throw 9,rI.; boots at my head ill q drunken ire - or parade your mistress before nthe public, but your nature lacks the i, has ltN l need now more than ever.
 plead your old friendship as a 'No'' precursor of amending love. A Sol Henri, The boy l once played witt +he vanished. never to return. Aroun man | now knov eling agsctiE the of the past, but he il have To me the possibility of faj jn,dil, spouse for the future. Unless vo prove to me that yomr fo, ,tune h perp degraded Nour art, that in uNU adju, life you rise above yourself, aboNt
 shness, We cannot be one in d hnnubf htu N l 'as signed by you bearing the in .saslf' 1f q noble soul, as we'll as q traine "A 8a and skilled hand, then. Henri. m;SSxe en to Nour ardent wooing."
 inn calm and ,banah,f,.l 't I'J"" h.. ' hish sor .eSting for T moment nnoo his is due .et with an impalpable sonnet served separating her utterly from himtn if brought little solace to his soult mot ,hoW that ten years before, if he ntly t. ut spoken to the fair girl he |
 o we'll, she might have been his :iNrsAk ore her parents had hurried her "Sa| he marriage with that rich old cl ss, whose death at last was the sole &as ort his wife ever derived from , with him. the
 Henri Duyal had loved the lnW of ,rs we'll. but the young wife better. thC,.,;., yer irreproachable life shielded .t'.- rom even an attempt on his pa .,, :, Npress his devotion. So he dream VIII u ' Ireams and lived his easy life. It sStr'eo ng always, in the depths of his l.e'Dsf :
 pure place for her image, N hi only sot ailN entourage was favored witSes the of art and rarisian voutk birth. lebeian grandfather had anasly afterv ortune and the marriage of his f au,av. ,ith the penuiless daughter of ab.;. oI;,, ad dowered him with the rig f....s- obnob with the mighty ones q ''''NcN' md so tbot Hspri bad fo,5,,5 morning ! life rosy one. Rich. clever ehaneY' andsome, he was immensely DO ainless;
 little spoilt by adulation and strength .nsitiNe to praise or criticism. ] withou The contemplation of msrriae evs the ( of escaped his thoughts, but he ,astness a hat he would grow weary of doI :, ,o,, lys. and the women he met ither too frivolous or loo seriei asea poo Ncept the one of his dreams.
 had caused him to fee tdULAi | met sense of loss in his life. AGA.