Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-10

| greater mdn, ana only 70 du-
vertise himself. II that were SO, the
success they achieved were compare
tive. Sad to relate, there were still
people in London who had not heard
the name Of Peter Feneden; while the
wallis of the Academy, which he af-
fected so much to despise, had not 50
far { honored by his patronage.
The whole thing" he would say,
adopting the language of our American
cousins, is controlled by . business
ring; the Hanging Committee and the
dealers stand in with each other. II
you prefer to do bad work deliberately,
or at any rate are content to be COM
monplace, then you're safe for admis-
sion. But If you prefer to do some
thing which may or may not please the
multitude, but will last longer than
Burlington House, or the National Gal
lery itself, then you must be content to
remain outside" After this TRADE, re-
CARELESS of the implied sneer at his
work, Godfrey would laugh and turn
the matter off by proposing dinner,
luncheon, or some other distraction.
He knew the value of his own work,
and was content to estimate it accord
ingly.
Having reached the end of the street
down which they had been walking,
when the conversation already de-
scrfbed occurred, they found them
selves before the entrance to a small
eating house. One glance was sufi-
cient to show that it was of the for
eign order, so derided by Henderson a
few moments ago before. They enter
ed and looked about them. The room
was long and narrow, and contained
some ten Or a dozen small tables, three
or four of which were alreaoy occu-
pied. Pictures of the German school,
apparently painted by the yard, and
i~nterspersed with gaudy portraits of
King Humbert with his moustache,
Victor Emmanuel with his wealth of
orders, the latter cheek by jowl with
Mr.. Garibaldi in his felt hat, decorated
the walls. The proprietor, a small,
tubby individual, with the blacklist Of
black hair and eyes. and an olive skin
that glistened like the marble tops of
the tables, came forward to welcome
them. At his request they seated
themselves and gave their orders.
What enjoyment you can find in
this sort of thing I cannot imagine"
repeated Henderson, almost irritably,
as he looked about him. IF you take
a pleasure In macaroni and tomato,
and poetry in garlic and sour kraut,
the divine instinct must be even more
highly developed in Syou than your
warmest admirers believe. We might
have gone to the club and have had a.
decent meal there"
"And have had to listen to a lot of
supercilious young idiots chattering
about what they are pleased to call
their work." the other replied. mo,
no, we are better off here. Set your
imagination to work, my dear fellow,
and try to believe yourself in Florence,
with the moonlight streaming down on
tho Dnrfo Nocohtn ar IN Non1o1 ord
that you can hear the waves breaking
on the rock under the CASTILLO del Ovo.
You might ven be hearing Funiculi-
Finicula for the first time"
"Confound you! i never know wheth-
er you are serious or not" replied
Godfrey. SIS it a joke your bringing
me here tonight, or have you some
definite object in view"
He looked across the table at his
companion as If he were anxious to
assure himself upon this point before
he said anything further.
What if j had an object?" the other
answered. what if 1 wanted to do
you a good turn, and by bringing you
here tonight to help you in your
work."
"In that case," Henderson replied, 81
should say that it was very kind of
you, but that you have chosen a cuc-
ieus way of showing it. How a low
Italian restaurant in Soho can help NE
in the work / have on hand I cannot
for the life of me understand. Is it
impossible for you to be more ex-
p%licit?"
"If the critics are to be believed you
ask too much Of me-" returned Fens-
den, with one of his quiet laughs.
Are they not always declaring that
my principal fault lies in my being
too vague? Seriously, however, l will
confess that l had an object in bring
ing you here. Have / not heard you
grumbling morning, moo and night,
that the model for your new picture
is about as difficult to find as, well,
shall we say, an honest dealer? Now,
/ believe that the humble mouse was
once able to assist the lion-forgive