The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-02-10


of future life, he the editor of live paper and
he had to observe the times and seasons; therefore,
when by the calendar he that Easter near at
hand, he determined to get up an Easter number,
sparing expense to make it something that would
appeal alike to art lovers and to the multitude.
But, although the editor agnostic, it is
not to be understood that he was bad man. This
is not fable, where everything is told in Symbols
and where all the characters are types. He was a
good man, kindly man, and if men get into heaven
by good deeds alone land there are those who say
they do) this agnostic was certain of happy i'm
mortality. Can you imagine more pleasant sur
prise than for man to die IN agnostic after we'll
spent life, and to awake a celestial being knowing for
fact what he had all his life doubted?
Among his corps of writer's there young
HindOo with of those names that rouse laughter
among the unthinking In the office, where he was
cordially liked, he was called Dam for short, and
word poet and he handled the English tongue with
an ease that many an American envied.
The HindoO was also good man, although that
is neither here there He could project himself
into subject until his whole being was saturated
with it, and he had written Russian story that more
than one Russian expert attributed to Turgenieff.
He could do anything in words and he could weave
you story of the Morse mythology and set it forth
in dress of brighter colors than would have been
possible to a man of Scandinavian imagination. So
when the editor casting about for the proper per-
son to write him an Easter allegory he turned
naturally to "Dan" And he sent for him and said
to him quite seriously: "I want you to write me an
allegory about the Resurrection. I want something
that will appeal to church people. Nothing theatre
cal, but simple and human. You understands
"T understand" said this young Hindoo, and he
went to art gallery and looked at those pictures
that would help him. and after that he went to his
lodgings and cast himself upon the floor and gave
his imagination free play for an hour, and then
and wrote the allegory in hour and then wrote it
once again; and after that he let it alone, for he
knew that every added touch would take something
of spontaneity from it.
So he brought it to the editor who read it
through and said quite seriously: almost thou per-
suadest me to be Christian"
The alegory having been written it remained to
have it illustrated and now for once the editor had
some thought Of the fitness of things, and he said
this" and he called his artists in and said to each
one in turn, care you Christian"
And it was astonishing the answers he received.
Most of the, men growled out q negative; some
blushed and said nothink, but none gave an affirm
alive until he came to young Catholic, who
said modestly, but in manly tone 81 hope so, sir"
"Well, Michael, you won't be able to illustrate
this story it is entirely out of your line l want
a picture of the Resurrection and the public would
think it sacrilege if your pen which is always asSo
ciated with comic work, should do this"
IT guess they would, SIR" said Michael
"We then, I'll have to get one of you men that
aren't Christians to do it,"
Then one of the artists spoke up and said:
WE'LL we may nOU De OHTlSChuSJ uuC VIC dlch
anything else. That u.s. used togo to church when
we were kids"
"Thats 3d." assented several.
"But" said the editor T don't think any one of
you can do the kind of work that will fit the story
that Dan has turned in It's too good for so
ephemeral thing newspaper and it ought to
go into a magazine and be illustrated by an Eihu
Vedder or some other great Notwithstanding no
dsrespect to you boys"
"Ig nace Borowski can do it, Mr. Paine" said one
of the artists. "He won't draw newspaper pictures
forever. He's as ambitious as they make EN- and
he's crackerjack Of man for that symbol bust
ness"
All the other artists assented to this, and when
Borowski, who had been at home with cold, came
to the Office next day the agnostic gave him the
Resurrection allegory by the Hindoo, and told him
to read it through and do his prettest in the way
of illustrating it,
Now, Borowsli was a Polish Hebrew, who had
come to this country with his parents when he was
four years old But he had knowledge of English
literature that is vouchsafed to few Americans of
nineteen, and he had that wonderful temperament
that is found so often among the Polish Hebrews He
xuoa an artist IN hia finger tina He had steeDed