CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-04-11
LETTER NyyIN.

Ny Own. Own Beloved-Say that my
being away does not seem TOO long;
have not had a letter yet. and that
makes me somehow not anxious. but
compunctious. Only writing TO you OF
all do helps to keep me in good con
science. Not the other foot gene 10 the
members, I hope. with the same OBJ
structive Accomplishments as went to
the setting up again of the lastf II l
don't hear soon. you will have me
dancing on wires. which cost as much
by the word as n gondola by the hour.
Yesterday we went 10 see Carpaccio
at his best In San Giorglo di Schiavone.
Two are ST. George pictures, three St
Jeromes and two OF some other saint
unknown to me. The St jerome series
Is really n homily on the love and pa
thos OF animals. First Is ST. Jerome in
his study with a sort OF unclipped
white poodle in the pictorial place OF
honor. all alone on n floor beautifully
swept and garnished. looking up wist-
fully TO his master busy at writing "a
Benny saying. Come and take me for
walk. there's good saintr1. Scat
tered among the adornments OF the
room are small bronzes of horses and.
I think. birds So. of course. these be
ing his tastes. when St jerome goes
into the wilderness lion takes TO him
and accompanies him when he pays n
call on the monks In nelghboring
monastery. Thereupon. holy men OF
little faith. the entire fraternity take
to their heels and rush up stairs. the
hindermost cllnging to the skirts OF
the formcrmos, TO be hauled the quick
er out OF harms way. And all the
while the lion stands Incorrectly offer
ing the left paw. and Jerome. with
shrugs. tries to explain that even the
best butter wouldn't melt IN his dear
lions mouth. After that comes. the
tragedy. ST. Jerome lies dying In ex-
cessive odor OF sanctity. and all the
monks crowd round him with prayers
and riaticuIns and the ordinary stuffy
pieties of n happy death" while Jer-
ome wonders feebly what IL Is he miss
es in all this TO do for which he cares
so little. And there. elbowed far out
into the cold. the lion lies and lifts his
poor head and howls because he knows
his master is being taken from him.
Quite near TO him. fastened to q tree.
queer. nondescript. crocodile shaped
dog runs out the length OF Its tether to
comfort the disconsolatc beast. but In
bette humane has got the whip hand OF
the situation. In another picture Is a
parrot that has just mimicked a dog or
called "Carlov and then laughed. The
dog turns his head away with a sleek.
sheepish. shy look exactly as a sensi-
tive dog does when you make FUN OF
him.
These are perhaps mere undercur-
rents OF pictures which are quite glori-
GUS In color and design, but they help
me to love Carpaccio to distraction.
and when the others lose me they hunt
through all the Carpaccios in Venice
till they find me.
Love me = little more II possible
while l am so long absent from you,
What l do and what l think go so
much together now that you will take
what write as the most of me that II
Is possible to cram In, coming back 10
you to share everything.
Under such an Italian sky as today
how l would like to see your face!
Here. dearest. among, these places You
would be In your peerage. for think
you have some southern blood In you.
Curious that with all my fairness
somebody said to me today. "But you
are not quite English, are your And
] swore by the nine gods or my ances-
try that was nothing else, But the