The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-08-04
CHAPTER x.
Conviction.

! OOUVlCUlOn.
Camplon had quite dismissed the
incident, however, by the following
day when he was able to return to
| the study he was making for his next
picture, scene from "Christabel."
The lost sense of power and delight
in work came back to him.
His friend Perceval. who looked in
about this time, was surprised by his
animation.
Campion, deserving the classics for
romance, had chosen as his subject
the first meeting of the lovely lady
Christabcl and the dangerous Ger
! aldine in the wood.
II remember" said the elder art
list, on being told the subject; "but
wasn't it a midnight wood and
hadn't one of them a silken robe Of
white, that shadowy in the moonlight
shone,' if remember my Coleridge?
Why have you made 'em meet at
sunset?"
You call that sunset! I thought
I had caught rather good moon
light effect myself"
"Oh, very we'll; but-crimson moss
and scarlet turf! Come, Campion,
this is more eccentric than ever"
Crimson? Scarlet? Nonsense!
Grays and green's, you mean. Why,
where are your eyes, making the
green one red like this?"
II may be wrong" said Perceval,
with a quiet forbearance that pro-
voked Campion.
May be! My dear fellow, you
are," he said. Wen soon settle it, 4"
and he shouted down his tube for
Bales, who presently appeared, as
usual under protest.
Were you requiring me for any
| purpose in partickler?" he said. "I
was just going about those frames
you ordered; hut, Of course, if I'm
wanted here / can stay"
Just come over here and tell Mr.
Perceval and me what strikes you as
the chief color in this picture"
Bales coughed behind his hand
and looked from one man to the
other. At last he said, with feel
ing that it was case for caution and
periphrasis, "Well, if it was me
shouldn't leave it about loose where
there was BULL"
Are you going to tell me it's red!"
cried Campion
pillar boxes is fools to it," re-
turned Bales sententiously, and Cam
pion dismissed him impatiently.
When they were alone, Perceval
said kindly: Don't let this upset
you; it's overwork, that's all. Only,
If were you, should see some one
about it, you know"
Campion turned a CHASTITY face
upon him. II see," he said; II am
color-blind, them"
I'm afraid there's some temporary
affection-bless you, it's the common
est thing in the world" said Perez
val, nothing to give way about, man.
Just stick to black and white for a
few days and see an oculist, and
you'll be all right. I'll make it all
right with those fellows at the club,
so you needn't worry about that. BY
the way there was that head of Cy-
belle of mine you wanted to make
some studies of-nows your time. I'll
send it over to you. only be careful
with 1t. had the cast taken express
ly for me at Athens, and I don't be-
lieve could get it replaced"
Thanks" said Campion, "it's very
good of YOU"
Don't talk rubbishl And, see
here: I've taken a houseboat for the
summer-it's at Wargrave just now
why not run down for few days?
come with me next Saturday"
IF this lasts" said Campion, al
sha'n't be able to trust myself near
a river"
Pooh! 1t won't last. shall ex-
pect you, then, and let me know
about the train--that's all right; and
you shall have the Cybele this even
ing"
After he had gone Campion gave
himself up to the gloomy realization
of his future. Color-blind, why it
was only degree better than total
blindness. Henceforth no could trust
no tints, no hue that might for the
moment delight his eye, and, if he
tried to place them ON canvas, his
palette, too. would lie to him. 1t was
the end of his career as colorist,
unless he could unlearn all he knew,
and paint, as man with no ear may
play, powerless either to correct or
enjoy his own performance.
AS he sat with his face buried in
his hands, crushed by this last blow,
a hand was laid on his shoulder, and
he turned to find the Chela.
"Ha, Nebelsen!" he said, wildly,
"you come in time to congratulate
me--I've just discovered I'm color
blind. Pleasant that for a painter.
chr"
And now at last you beleaf?s
cried Nebelsen.
believe? In what? Oh. see