The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
AN ARTISTS QUEER WORK.
MET WITH IN A SEARCH
FOR A STUDIO.
The vacant Room with the Hidden Door
In It-Terror OF the frenchman when ne
Saw His Unexpected visitors An ouer
of Money Not Explained Till Later

OIL hO0ty WV
There are "A great many odd occupations
in this town. | suppose, that most people uoh
know anything about, said a young artls'' afo
| think that one which ] ran across inc ouhei
day is about the queerest OF the lot. IL WIS q
beautiful little mystery for a while 100 bu' ai'''
It was solved both Of NJ who wereint were sur
prised that we hadn't suspected what "aS
going on earlier. The man VINO was "i'h nv
was Pallet. the landscape man, Hes a ere''
big, hearty, go-ahead sort Of fellow. WIN COT
siderable interest in knowing what's Holnso Oh.
and he wouldn't be satisfied in this case tll
he had found out all about II, If II HADN'T
been for him | should probably have gone
away fully mystified.
1T was while | was studio hunting last mon'h
that | happened TO think OF a building owned
BY an acquaintance of mine on West well l
wont name the street, but II was between for'S-
second and Fifty-ninth streets. when hau
studios on the top floor. The owner was a
curious sort Of chap, ran his building himself
with the aid of a general factotum. ana USED
10 sit In his own apartments painting maoiy AT
the worst pictures In the world, for he WASN'T
amateur Of the most poignant kind. fale' was
with me and We fell in on the amateur oihv
10 find him engaged on what Pallet Thought was
a comic study Of a crowd Of people on SUNS
but when he congratulated the artiston me hu-
moro,is effect the latter ok planned with heat
that the picture was a swamp scene peoplen
by storks and herons. To cut on any 'urther
breaks ! told the owner that | wanted to look
AT some of his studios.
IAN right said he. Go downstairs ana
up oa ~ saa ,,nr, oro,nd can't leave This
work now. got the fit on me and II ! stop the
in.,iro,iop will he gone Go right M and
mIr Thoro ara , co,rlo oS unoc-
help yourself. lhere are n '"oil' VI "no'-
cupied studios, You can find ont which they
arc by knocking a, the doors. If nobody an
-,
We'll. that seemed all right even though II
una n slightly loose iointed way of doing bust
Wv" -, un do s.,,rs and found
ourselves mr. in a biz hail from which a dozen rooms
orsned on the first three or four doors We
,",os =, ,h.ro wore cards. then pale, found
,U"N Sno m ,"rrr I'' door cr'' Which tlp" he ', snrmi,pd
led into one of the vacant studios. He knocked
.u ,o"' ,,horaw n No answer come on ;
tei'a'l'eS a'"'"',e
in md found ourselves in a curious-lookinT
!" haro ovoan, In ono corner
room i'""'''r' p"r' w, ~
ovarsnread with n good rug and fanked by a
Uiv''p''" ao.rod ,ooL,ood pu,
ht'ie shlohl"t '"o'' VI '" "'' -
the remarkable part OF the thlng was ms,
thu, the room was obviously a studio, and brushes
- h.. -, ,hlla on tho eoor roar
ana tu"S "E "'""'' """o y" ~ ~" -
one of the two doors that apparently 'eu INV"
inside rooms Two or three paint rags, smeared
'1...L .a-ia,s h,,os hod hoo, rn,idlv tbroun
over WIN "'' -
and vet there wasn't a single picture 10 De seen
anvvhere
First time | ever saw studio without any
nic,,res said Pallet, looking all around him.
This man must be one of those lucky devils
have time to hang i, on their own walls.
""'Rut hold or. Pallet | said. 1 believe
we've got into the wrong joint. Maybe this
rIa 90 : occunied'
no Won suppose he's hiding under the lounge?
On iii tell Won. he's lust moved out, and that's
the reason there aren't any pictures. He's
taLsn the,n away with him
""'Whv didn't he take his rug, then Iasked.
1T looks to be pretty good of lis kind too good
to leave behind. anyway. And look az This
hesneared pieces OF cloth. IF that paint isn't
nretty fresh. then I'm a house painter. Let's
get out, we've no business ~prowllng about
another mans place
But Pallets appetite for the unusual was
roised lie wouldn't think Of getting out,
said that we'd knocked, and If the proprietor
didn't think 1T to answer We had a right TO
assume "that we we're 10 come in. Besides, he
said, he pined TO order a specimen Of the artists
work to see what il was like. even though he
might have 70 order il on spec. Then he vent
and knocked gently on each Of the two doors
in sight and, getting no answer, opened them.
One Of them led into n closet full Of clothes.
The other was a small bedroom. and the bed
seemed 10 have been recently occupied In a
corner Of the room was a Rood-sized safe. There
wasn't |, nictura in that room. either. though
there were more implements of the artists handi-
craft Pallet began to get quite excited over II.
he. 7'IIff"t they don't' they've been living here
mighty recently. I'd give something 10 know
Wha, t,bis outfit Is eyerything to paint with
ani mn and down meditatins 'By Jove,
TEra %, T., he burst ont suddenly This il
a rlant, rs ali a hliG his having n studio
Ssrps an Whoever ,ha creature is lint has the IlIt
raro,na va n - nasbing and renarina nv sono'
,bing ~ ,hnt SORT Rnt how The devil did ha
c cnane , % leave az without, locking the door '' "'
nut " nund' H. "uy non ~ any. nns
bbIiH idr sna,i u, NV nan nor,S 49,, Wman n u
h bate az u Least y ni"ture or two - ON the walls "'' u
ha.r a eas. y pi'l".r .Muau VIZ NM
les ,na.s Sd ~ 1891 0"h l uoht
seq listen. Wnato thdi
from ~ ui'nr nsos ave- ou"E" ,,ipre
came a INJURED SoHnu as OF u mar sheeLlhR'
There Was a piece OF ornanental dralery there.
anu faliet "hIhlns nrioSs ,e Io"ih urew ~
aslde' AZ unsusIt'leu uoot va Denlhu ",
rnGm iron b w,,nrn she door We c"u'u near a mans
iAght md the DARKNESS, observed Pallet.
Wen get at this now. and ne Knocked on the
door %I,s,0r,,v ,ns hur,uir Q s,onred and q dsod
silence succeeded, Again Pallet knocked, or to
be accurate. he pounded this time and pounded
hard. There was a scurrying within suggestive
Of a person gathering up and removing many
things hastily. and something tinkled and
crashed on the floor;
Sounds like an interrupted tea party said
Pallet. Hope We haven't intruded on "A tete-h-
tAte inoppor timely, Hello, inside there!
You We got callers. Come ont.