The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-09-09
An Artists Search.
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MARX hammond, American artist In
Paris, was lounging one morning afte,
breakfast in his studio before begin
ming MS days work. He had received
q newspaper from home and. AS was
usual with him on the receipt OF home
papers, he read every word, including
advertisements. Suddenly he started.
His eye had lighted ON the followin.
advertisements:
II Marcelline Blanche Cutter will com
munlcate with Griffin, Hastings e. Ham,
Temple court, New York city, she will
hear something to her advantage
Now, there was an especial reason
why MI. Hammond should be moved
BY this advertisement Some months
before he had needed table for his
studio and had purchased one of an
artistic pattern in secondhand fur.
niture shop. There was q drawer in
II, but no key. For awhile the rur-
chaser was content to let the drawer
remain closed; but. finally needing It.
he fitted key and opened it. 1t con-
tanned few old papers SO eaten by
mice that he could make nothing OF
them. There was an envelope-no let
ter in it--partly destroyed. An address
was on it, or the remains Of one. as
follows:
Marcelline 3.
As Rue 6u C
Par
Hammond threw the contents Of the
drawer into wastebasket, but the
f,nn ~ +,
took out the envelope for the purpose
and used it till he had finished the
book, leaving the envelope in the last
place marked. The name Marcelline
Is an unusual one, and Hammond had
| had it before him for matter Of ten
days. He dropped the paper he had
been reading and reached for the book
There was the envelope with the in
complete name and address. What
was left Of the address was plain ex-
cept the first, a sole remaining letter
giving the name Of the street. 1t is
printed here as @, but there was that
on it's lower end to suggest that it
might be something else.
Hammond was Interested. Neverthe-
less it was the hour when, fresh after
nights sleep, he did his best work,
and he took up his palette and brushes.
In ten minutes he threw them down,
took his hat and went out to find 4
city directory. There were dozens Of
in Paris whose names begin with G.
and dozens that began with every 9th
er letter that might begin with @ and
!, tail to tia @ or G, for in
stance. Hammond muttered some.
| thing about the fool killer taking him
and went back to his work. This time
he succeeded in remaining at his easel
till his breakfast luncheon In Amer
| ica}. after which he began hunt that
took up all his leisure time for weeks.
/ Having made a list of all the streets
| III Paris whose names begin with c.
Q and G, ne gave several hours day
to hunting for Marcelline Cutter. He
judged that she was a lady and con-
fined himself to the beat streets till he
had exhausted them, then with but
little hope began on the poorer ones,
lighting at last ON 43 Rue du Geindre,
a dingy street near the Church Of St.
Sulpice. A girl of twenty responded
to his knock. She was shabbily dress.
ed, but comeiy.
81 am looking for Marcellina Cutter,
| said Hammond.
"My mother is Marcelline Cutter, and
I am Mabel CUTTER
Hammond knew his search was end
4 All Ia1 ,~Iaf Tar
where he found them for years. The
daughter worked in bookbinders
near by. It was an old story of a
marriage for love, including run
away, and without forgiveness. Mar
celline Seymour married Edgar Cut
ter, an Englishman. There were nc
means in either family. but Cutter Sc
cured position in an American bank
ing house In Paris, died and left his
widow and daughter penniless. Mrs
Cutter was at loss to know why sht
was inquired for. 1t could not be fol
an inheritance, for she knew Of NJ
relative who had means to bequeatl
her. The advertisement emanatins
from America indicated that she was
sought for by the seymours rathel
than the Cutters.
i Hammond left the two to send theil
address to New York and settled dowH
again TO his work. A month passed
when there was a rap on his stndie
door, and two ladies entered. Beneath
their altered dress he recognized the
Cutters. Then they gave him the Sc
auel to his search. Edgar Cutter had
a brother Hugh who had worked his
way from England to Colorado There
he prospected, mined, struck a bonan
"a and became very rich. He hunted
\ for his brother, but could gain no trace
of him except that he had married
Marcelline Seymour. Dying childless
Hugh Cutter left his property to his
brother and his brothers wife anG
children. if any, ON condition that they
were found within year after his OWE
demise II not the property was to e
10 his cousin. resident Of the place IL
TIN rla nh whore fha family had Ions