The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-22

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in the fall of mountain brook Match each sound
and you have its melody Match each tone and yor
have light am Notwithstanding. Good. morning
with enthusiasm which seemed to mngle with his
!. words.
! Stop Dent 60 that: VIA. think myself" cried
!, The old man dropped the knob and looked at Marry
~Yog arr honest with mel"
! Then when triumph you shall see and you shall
ne@hn,s mrs., win come LOT you no. ye'no'
come Z and he bowed himself out.
n, faded s.e was waiting Tor nm At the top OF
fight and the fourth, all this by pcerng down between
the banisters Then he had disappeared. This. being
being out Of one sleeve The sister hung it nail
and stood looking at a large canvas on an easel
Louise tptocd out of the room and closed the door OF
she always left him alone. Triumph might come at
any moment, and even word wrongly spoken would
distract MS thoughts and spoil everything She had
tint had been mixed and before he could lay It
all the hours and days of study had to be done
again. Now they had system: when she must enter
she would cough again # he did not a sh:
would wait, sometimes without food. until far into the
water and begin washing his brushes This sound She
knew Only then would she open the door.
Bolts had given Marry the correct size of the
but he had failed describe the picture covering
it 1t was landscape showing the setting behind
ground was stretch of meadow. The sky yellow
and the mountain purple; the meadow reddish brown
In the centre Of the canvas white spot the size
of pill. box. This the sun, and the of the
: color scheme. Radiating from this patch of white
thousands of little pats of chrome yellow and
vermon divided by smaller pats of blue The exact
gradaons OF thess tnts were to produce the vibra
rhythm-hencc the hours of thought and of endless
try Ws.n com. ,r.f,v ,,oua,. -. g., ..,.
another carefully studied, the combination meeting
his ideal, he would spring from his crying out:
Louise Louise! Light! Light!'
Then the little woman would hurry in and stand
entIanced.
oh! SO brilliant Adolphe! It hurts to
she would shade br wsu ewes with I her and as
the light from the fiat dazzled her. These
gala hours in the musty rooms at the top of the old
Then there would come along days of depression
The lower range of color correct but that over
the right Of the mountain and the zenith did not
pulsate The fault lay the poor quality of the colors
or in the bad brushes the sky outside. The faded
eolors Even the small measure Of milk would then
have to be given up until the janitor bearing
Once he had eornered the ' Old man on the stairs
and throwing aside all dupicty, had asked him the
sf!s W you show ME YOUR Dicure showed
mine"
."old Sunshine" raised his wide -brsnmcd hat from
any other way-and said i'll a low voice
Yes. when it is picture; it is now only expert
But it will help to see your work 1 am but
beginner; you are master"
The good-natured touch of attery made no impress
sion on the old man.
No" he answered replacing his hat and keeping
on his way downstairs; Il am not a master am a
me on 1t will not help you; it will hurt you l will
come. for you; have promised, remember. Neither
ingr And again the shabby hat was lifted ''''' -
As the Winter came on, Marry began to miss the
tread of the old outside his door The old sister
made any noise, so he ne1er knew when s she
went up and down unless he happened to be on the
a. a. o 1he % ad he m the old man
pat Of color and walking back again, He himself
under the Of the brewers better half
said her morning, after meeting her by accident
OUTSIDE his rs door carving basket with cloth over it,
ment these days. He hardly takes time to eat, and
do all the errands. But he is very happy" Here her
face broke into smile "Oh, happy! We both
And is the great picture finished" he asked with
movement as If to relieve her of the weight of the
Almost.... ,.Adolphe will tell you when
It is ready. No-please, good Mr.. Marny-t is not
The day following this interview Marry heard
strange noises overhead The steady tramping had
ceased; the sounds if heavy furniture were
being moved Then there would come patterng Of
lighter feet running in and of the connecting roon
Then noise if scrubbing was being done; he
thought time he heard the splash OF water and
even looked up at his own ceiling as if expecting
leak
Suddenly these unusual sounds ceased the old mans
door flung open, hurried step was heard on the
upper stairway and sharp knock fell upon his own
door.
Marry opened it in the face of the old man. He
bareheaded. his blazing with excitement his
face flushed as if by some uncomfortable joy
Gomez Come he cried we are all ready. It was
perfected this morning We have been putting things
IN order We do not have guests, and you might
not have understood But you must be careful-your
eyes are not accustomed. perhaps. and"
Marry darted back without listening the old mans
conclusion. and threw his coat The faded sister
was upstairs and he must be perfectly dressed.
And you like tr' burst out Marry. As he adjusted