The daily news., 1900-02-16

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;her too frivolous or too Scrjou3-a!l
e,,"ent the one % his dreams. whose
marriage had caused him 10 feel a dis
tiucj sense cf loss in his i.fp. \ thou
sand times he had blamed himself for
lettiG- this treasure slip from his
grasp. and when n last she was free
again he found her more beautiful.
more gracious. Then he poured out
his passionate love. only to lind his idol
turn cold before his eyes. Never could
he forget her cruel words. and yet She
had confessed that since she WAS a
child She had loved him and for that
reason had avoided seeing him while
married 10 the cOunt. For one mo-
mcni. one heavenly instant. her great
brown eyes had glzrd into his with
tenderness. Then Tie look had.van.sh-
".l. AND quie, dignity enyeloped hcI
- with an icy mantle Henri had felt
ppWarlrss 10 take her hand. and his
ra-,r words lied u?oa his lips. Thus
..al They parcel
Tie carriage stopped. The coachuaU
wishing 10 know whether monsieur
t@1 any particular rou;c in view
-i'r.y" auywae-r-to the devil" cried
Duyal GROSSLY. and they turned down q
locE alley toward lake The young
artist booked uztlcs.ly At the children
playing and nurses -ySS;piuE.
>Uldculy Le pulled the check string.
Wy should he he G.cwcd up in the
covpeE Why lad he not ordered his
saddle horse? All. only because he
aaI not known what he was doing or
saving >.u." yesterday. This WAS no
siay 10 Sit c0opra Up in Il carriage. At
Least he could walk The exercise
would be relief. Telling his man 10
await h.Gl at t,.,' entrance a. be Bo;S.
Henri strodc into Il >.ady path that be-
spoke solitude and wandered on. while
repeating in his mind over and over
again the scene of yesterday. VI last
a sense of wc2riEcSS caused him 10
rest on a bench. There he sat brood
ia- and absorbed till lis rcvcricS were
broken 10y the voices Of children.
AhStractcdly Duval looked up and
watched them at their playa boy OF
some years and girl of perhaps two
years younger. Gradually his mood
changed. and he became conscious of
the radiance OF the day. tie deep blue
sky and the autumn tints that Glintcd
and glowed IN the sunlight. The air
was as wine to his thirsty lungs. and
life grew full Of possibilities again. and
his thoughts took new course. Why
could be not paint Il soul aS well rs a
body? Tie would win Blanche yet. He
wogld not make any effort 10 see her
now. but would work and wait. His
life should prove his right TO win her
love. He would paint picture that
even she would praise. hundred
subjects presented themselves TO his
busy brain as hp sat there watching
those two children who stopped IN
their play and were crossing the road
way. Hand in hand they came, the
10y leading his younger companion,
pow running. now haltinC. To avoid n
missing carriage. until they reached =
craveled footpaih. There they linErr'
ed again. playing on the grass border
ing the path. BOth'had on blue aprons
and little wooden shoes. They were
without hats AMI typical children OF
the poor. Presently, quite unconscious
IL. the little girl fell into 4 pose be-
meath a slender tree whose leaves
autumn had turned with Midas touch
70 pure gold.
The brreZe blew her short curls about
her forehead: her apron was full OF
colorcd leaves rhe boy had thrown to
Ter. Just then n ruStling above caus
Cd her 10 look up and a shower OF
golden leaves descended upon her DARK
.,r~lS. blue apron and little sabots.
"Ah. sweet child Danae." cried Du
val. thou art IN inspiration,
4 wear Of work brought forth the
nic+r,ra that made him famous. 1t was
\ simnlp subiect-a child with wind
tossed locks holding open her blu,
anroD 10 catch tie golden shower OF
Ie,v,. sent dancing down upon her by
The autumn wind.
The public r4yed over the beauty OF
III. ch;ld's eager. upturned face. th'
blrp of the SKY AMI the gold Of I'll
,ro,s but blanche read the message oi
the soul i'm tie innocent eyes and gave
hp- heart into the keeping Of the artiS
who had painted "A Little Danae Il
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