The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-13
fconr,,rht, 1902 by Robert Howard
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..rbo Geld for still-lfe pictures In THIS
10 60 restricted" remarked EX-
Tank No. 2s the artist me,nper Oh .ns
C,I,h OF Former Alcoholic DeSenefates,
..,Ss+ when / was trying TO make nv
49, at that game ! had n siri graduate
vaist measurement. J. Chat,e..ton
rsrret-roorl, porous footwear, ilhsed
na,au,as. and q continuous performance
ronlevin for Mocha and sinkers, not 10
nan,fo- an occasional ign nat with q
top-dress ng of foam, that wore me down
until ] looked like q six-day go-as-you-
niease ned at the end Of the one hundred
and fortr-second hour of 6t5-miie
truose 1t took me long time to find
out that in tn county hey don't want
paintings OF deceased rabbits hanging
l,ssd downward from ba. vindows.
vioIns suspended from nails in h4.cnen
doors, realistic quails on toast mussins
up chinaware. drippy watermelons leak
ing over the platter on the dininS-room
table and the rest OF the ain t-it-Just-
too-naturalr repertoire OF the suli-ile
virtuosi And I never would nave 90.
next if hadn't gone to CINCINNATI.
was in Cincinnati that got Hooded VIZ
the great white light and was accioehl-
a}lv nrodded 10 the conclusion that the
painting OF live ones was my 's
In life. .,,+ +,,,.
when / got to Cincinnati that un,e
had a fresh haircut ana as n e...
cffervescent spirits as you possess -,
six straight weeks OF effort " ~ :. ~
Demon Rum, by inoi'l et,S.tsa us
on the St Loo leavee. Otherwise VS.
oil, 4, inst why | had made IL Clhcih-
n.+i Is one of those unfathomabie ones
that's kept me on the guess ever s!ltCe-
But that's where l debarked, ANYHOW.
with a mysterious moujik ha4r-cul ~
enough knowledge of The Town ~ A.
-be city Hall with four pialh-ciotll'-
ns N p,ide me, and a sinful desi
- forget all about It. Lacking the ac-
c.e.ihIe change wherewith to purchase
Inc Cincinnati or any othef olaiiu u
moist foreetfuness. the only thlhs !
could do was to walk around III 'iie
humid June air. maintaining d o.so
ratch-ont for lost or thrown-a~ay ola-
nond tiaras ~ ~
.,e Sign OF the Dodges would only let
me have two bits. one quarter "
silver ace, on the fancy polha-oot , suu'
waistcoat. l endeavored TO sWins III
for half on the vest by teilirs mn
Commercially that I NEEDED the money
sn,,ranasa an option on a line OF OHIO
river steamboats, but he zephYreo tile
To the dank jungle with ms pessise Me
orer 81 twenty-five disks Of the Veru-
Eris meta or nothing. ,.o
THUS suddenly a..uent ia'eu a.
n Vine Street spray bazaar ia1o ne
twenty-five on the onyx Sou ii., aaa+
lola the man behind with the hhsh wa
ne button hole carnation TO 90 as lar
10 liked While ! stood there trying
70 figure out who it was that ever iien-
toned Cincinnati to me, tooh d ioo,.
around 1t was very orna1e -Ho,'
emporium. But there were loui ,tsra-s
n,bste nanels between the bar miro >
49, looked kind O. bare to me. 90
~, tood over the desk where sat the
nronrietor OF the honkatohh' coui.S
m bundles Of ochre paper WIN 80.
marks on the corners OF 'heHi 49,.
directed his gaze toward hho'o
panels. .. hin, .on mid
AZ. distances. twilight atmosphere eneSes'
Rembrandt lights, ch!ar-oscuro' anu A'7''
and game in season. NO
lie reached apprehensveiy lot pig
len, paperweight that was on ms oesn'
sno when he had got the right clotch oAi
=. ~, ave me the swift Polaric gaze.
Quit blowing those poppy smoke
,,,es' said he, choppily. and tack
rar,e onto whatever kick you've got
ccrning-Tm busy. ,.
"Then / told him, taking ,eai las,
,.a+ what those four cream white panels
va. che bar mirrors needed we're
s,-esentations Of Lake Michigan white
90 ,,,-,n,,ning underneath the water
ras.beaded ducks hiking for the SOUTH
land diamond back terrapin su,'h1iis
themselves on the nigh shore OF Inesa-
na,ra Bay. Little Neck clans sToiilns
~ s+rand and other toothsome SYM
rb,nies done In paint. / added. hash,
~ that was the only Individual
ihen living In the world capable OF know,
,ne that he wanted in his business. ano
Of doing it o.,er
..weu, he saw 1t. He took announcer
N~ofa
""They do look stingy, come to size
.n un.' said he. But how do kno"
MAT YOU can do the work Of daubing EN-
sp the way you say?
..swell. lust look at this hair cut
hats an.' said I. removing my lid and
exhibiting my moujik mop
You win on points said he. with
r-,r and then made an ARRANGEMENT
w,th him to paint things on all four OF
close panels for SEQ. he to lodge me In
,sm above his plant while I was en-
reeed on the fob and to furnish the
brushes. color-tubes and the rest OF the
Tools
81 went to work on the panels the
next morning, and by noon when | had
m. Of them pretty well under way with
nortrait Of BIzzards Bay family OF
,rrstpceans before broiling the propre-
Tor of the plant was fetching EN- IN OIL
me street to look at the work ON 'he
vpCOrC L
r1ncinuati Aldermen who ran rathskei-
le,s to re-decorate their subterranean
pu.rts I accepted all of the offers. /
hndn't quite found out then that tho paint
Inc Of live ones had the still-game fray
I'd to a FRAGILE in all directions from the
rropic OF Capricorn.
ut was just at the w'na-up OF 'hat
Wire Street job that found out I was
,ur ut putting me finishing touches to a
IHtle bunch Of Hampton Roads softshell
crabs on the last panel, when small.
>od- haired. smooth shaver man with
pair Of shrewd. paie-green eyes and
srorgh blue-white Kimberly CARTONS on
his person to fill deri-tasse, Who, "a
ncticed. had been wstching the work for
couple Of days, handed mo word
pr no.
"a whole lot on the paint. for a
'act. amt YOU. Egmont? was the way ne
rame at me
81 murrrmred q modest platitude OF
Misrepresentation
Much of p graft painting those dead
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