The daily Alaskan., 1906-11-17
A MerCiIeSS Critic
lOrirjnal

some mau inspired me with d grand passion
 "Or toUl You Iuto loving him"
 What do You meau by that"
 "I have uo talrh m these grand pas sIous. Give me Jog trot love that starts slowly. but goes right along at a
 .ady gait"
 None of your jog trot love for me. thank you"
 "Oh, you don't need any kind of love. since you are SD devoted to plaStering paint on canvas. Perhaps you may be disappointed in having to be a jog trot artist"
 You mean that have no talent" replied. flushing You are brutally frank tn say so"
 "WoUd you want me to iujure you by misleading you?"
 No cue van predict what one will do in any profession think critics should contue themselves to calling our attention to defects in our works"
 Well then. your culoring in that wood
 What Woodt"
 "Thcrr' pointing.
 That isn't wuod It's sky"
 You don't mean it."
 Any other dcferts?"
 The haySrack on the right
 You mean the cascade"
 Wrong again"
 l did uo- dare tO speak. Tears were struggling into my eyes. and needed all my attention to keep them back. Besides. knew my voice would trem- ble.
 He had the consideration to take his ' ueparure. AS soon as be was gone I cried for awhile then anger came. and vowed l would succeed in spite of him had been putting on the finish tUE touches Jo tine picture be was critictSing. and !t was practically fu- iShed. laid it away ;n a corner and Went to work un auoJhrr.
 A few days later dealer came into uy studio aud asked f had any pic. turtS Co sell cheap | ShOwci him Sev- eral practice pieces. but be did not want them. Sr-.uS the picture that had been so mmrr.jtu'Iy criticised. be offered me whar [ would. even before the criticism. have regarded a fair price for lr. a0t sold it 10 him. When he paid for i- the next day he offered me check 1nac lr had himself secur- ed for lt. asking me 10 give him his commission lu cash. since hr had acted as broker. l counted out the com mission. took rho cheek and was about to stun jt in my notkotbook when the ua;ue ot is drawer caught nay eye. It was Herbert WLicrlc>,y.
 My Hr>t .wnu.~r vu> to call back the broker and ,ugcrl ;hr sale. but iJ oc- cured ,D u.r a- ourn that I would have Do vt-ht-j0arrd. no ability to do so. Was indignant that Herbert %'hittlesey should have sooJhed my wounded feel iu=S with L.> rharty-f,r that's what considered .,-aud had he cone in to ny studio aJ tue tiUa l should have given h... H "I.ece uf ny miad.' But after awhile mv feelings with regard  to tue matter rluu=.v, Was he not treating m" Kindly in telling ue tue truth aS rn ny lack of talent and buy ing my daub: For the first tune real tzed that l loved h.Jc
 From the time h" uiStooE my sky for a wood aad my cascade Tor hay stack was Goou,el tn fatiurc> paint LD received ny death wo-ud One morn iug he came into my S'Udio when I was completely dl>coIraGrl and suggested l give up art and mGcry h.m. I was a good deal 3StuniSh4d. hut perfectly willing to acknowledge myself fail uce and take up the motc humdrum role ut wife
 When 1 received the congratulations of my friends they We're but cUugratu- laUtons in name for every one said: What a pity. A genius is spoiled "Deceiver>," l Sa:d. You would doom me to a life of failure. It is the man whom 1 am 10 marry who has won ny love by telling me the truth" l think that. on hearing this, most of them were convinced that they had been mistaken. for ny lover was con slGered oue of rAe best Ot art critics.
 In due time We were married Her bert fitted up a house. indeed joined him iu selecting its decoration. and on returning from our wedding trip We went to live there Ou entering tho living room l saw something hanging On the wall that had not Jeeu there at the tiue of ou- departure. something that made ne start. l. wHs the picture that Herbert had SD uuuercjtully crit iciSed. then bouEb:
 Take that thing down." l said 10 him. with hot cheeks
 Thing? It's a gem
 What do you uean"'
 "I mean that I wanted q woman for my wife. She was iu love with her art If she had not been born to that art her lnfatuatiou would not have trou- bled me. As tt was. l saw that either l must kill her love for her art or 1t would kill her love for ne"
 1 stood stock still iu aStonIShment
 And you have fooled me into loving