New-York tribune., 1901-02-17

Crossing TO the easel. they stood before an
alley of chestnuts in May.
oh. yes-thiS morning, coming here" And
she smiled to him. frankly glad.
The scene was not as she would have recorded
IT. The blossoming candles were only blurr.
ihe trees that in her rendering would have
fls,h symnetrieaily 10 form the pillars of her
aisle leaned this way and that in his.
Vet she realized that. had she never seen the
alley. only the canvas before her. She would
have had The material from which To shape her
ordered result
As she stood studying The picture. uncon-
scious of both herself ami her companion the
painter studied her. He noted with pleasure
The pure and sensitive profile and the austcre
folds of the nunlike gown.
DO You always paint your first Impressions"
she asked
When they are not too difficult have never
tIied a Madonna or saint. though / think
though know should Ike To- Ah, Frjulen
you have moved
Elizabeth had indeed started for the clock in
the marfet tower had reminded tcr e the OBJ
j,ct al h"r visit. ana. with thc tightening of
the ilps that always accompanied her Earring
d'"c>nis upon prcse. sh" 81 '"p~d back and DIRE"
herself tuSetheT
I came so SEQ Herr Horneyer on business
.h" said. ard already il = time to ga. forgot
Low ife minutes We're passing
So aid I. But Herr lInimeyoc * confined
4" hIs room. and your visit would. in amy case,
have failed in ITS object. You mustn't srudS"
tac pleasure it has given m". II could be Of
any SerNic"-in iriv, ring message. perhaps
l have hern acting as "a sort "f undeIstudy-
meyer hUoll, down"
Il hopc his .lin.es is rot serious :, is very
sudden. lie was We'll ,-sterday. 1 VIII have
Ia Wait ti!l ha has recoEercd. oh. no: il is not
urgent"
Then. ashamed of her relief. and thinking to
bind herself to tho bitter task. sh" went on: i
came to ask ham To give me lessons"
"Gou did
The astonisnment the remonstrance of the
tone. tempted her explain.
she was on Of the people who speak direct,
s4la Cd
t"mDeraments around her she silent; when
IN touch. she spoke tn" truth II her soul
Herr II, fmeyer'S method is painful tn me,
but wish to learn it. one of the Blu
menthas who keep the girls school IN the Tau
d" far more than their share ii the work. In
fact only teach dTawine-it is the only thing
"an do; and of late. il has seemed as if
couldn't even in that.
-Four OF my pupils have left me for Herr
iinfmeyer in on month His style IL mere
popular than mine with the parents. and the
medium II oils in itself seams 10 impress
Them
Herr Ilofu",e. does u.t require more pupils
in fact | hear thai h" has refused several
and noe: G.riu v-iE much. if I am - con
trihgt" anyih.nS like my >ha'" tp ~" common
inCO'l'c
/ want TO a. iairly hy ray sisters. az far
il is IN nay plw"r-hut. prThai'~ after AL.
shall n"t pr abb. {" learn
You say lour af ,our pupils have loft you
This month. Hut. Fraul-in. ;bia Is tragic, Iiof-
meyer hasn't been teaching. II - I who haVr
taken Hour pupils n IN y'G-!- M~in G"tt.
Z
= enjoyed th.. fun tEr ah~l.di'v-nf playing
iEe serious AT Instructor 1" a lot al GiEslinS
schoolgirls nont YOU s,"f I was passing
through The toNn. and paid n.y old professor a
dying visit
Tn, pu.r fellow had just collapsed. and was
- worried about his class = and things that |
stayed on 4" SEE him through L doesn't matter
" her | work This studio Is a. good aS any
ether.
No wonder ih.y threw YOU oyer th~ whole
thing was a farce I didn't even Try to teach
a A / d
been no ~arthly us- To Try 81 just lei them
dab away. and told yarns. and made myself
agrccaba.
And this is thu result, Ach, Frui-n from
my heart am sorry But YOU shall have your
pupils back. Tie little wretches II 1 had
known"
H. paused moment wrinkins his brows in
thought
Perhaps if called The mammas@ I'm
not an oCtog"narian. and would look dan
Eerous as / could
No (Xith questioning smile, for Eliza
beth had shaken her head. You think they
would consider quite safe. dareSay they
would. Though not absolutely decTepit GER
tanly have a Teassuring number Of gray hairs.
And you mean TO say the young villains
never told you about Hofmeycr's Illness? But
the gOverness who brought them
''sshe has just left us. We could not trust
her / quite imagine her in league with