The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-08
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In George Gibbs's story % Tony
Wife, ID Appleton and Company We
read % BartlaR. Tony should have ma r
ried Ia rbara. but for a time his under
standing did not grasp that truth. A
vision appeared TO him while he was still
very young From the shadows Of a
mass Of r'Iddy hair a pair Of eyes were
appraising Tony" 50 much, though in
teresting need not have been overwhelm-
ing Tony noted. however. that the eyes
were almond shaped and very soft and
dark. with lnshes that jealously hid their
color. The moss was short. but very
straight and narrow. with a curious litt Ia
turn at the nostril which gave IL a salcy
inquisitiveness denied 10y the calm II the
brow and lips.
He was am artist. and he was insta ntIy
reminded ~ Norma lisa. He shared
certain perceptions and opinions Of Walter
Pater The inscritable smile was ap-
parent 90 him when the vision smiled
at him sideways The Monna Lisa
hands we're beautiful. 50 was the scarlet
Inc - the lips. made particularly vivid
by the general pallor of the countenance.
IL - said Il the vision Her teeth were
small hut very white and even and she
had wny IT biting her lips which kept
them always red We should have
Thought that the habit would have in
tsrfered with the calm Of the lips that We
have seen noted. hut doubtless the vision
know how 10 bite calmly
Kitty wa- the name of the vision She
became III. wife 81 Tony II - hardly
Ia be- thought that Tony was very much
IN love with hls Norma Lisa at the end
~ few months after h.. had married
her II was vanity rather than love that
drnv. hum Ia the fight with Tom. With
whom ki'ty had hirted Tony returning
Ia his studio on the Fast Sid" caught
Tom coming nut and all hut stransled
hun rhs revrngsful business cost Tony
some pains He broke several fingers
and n@.-ied To 60 to the hospital Toms
throat wsS had Tony believed that he
had mad. an end 70 Tom when he had
dragged him from the street into the
studio entrance and deposited him in
a stable but Kitty came down ~ith restor-
atIve- and Tom waa revived Tony
after washing himself fetched ~hizkey
and got cabs for both Tom and himself
kIttys shallownss~. as might have
been supposed extended itself to Tom
She heard from hotel keeper that Tom
vas snoring like an exhaust Of a Hudson
River steamboat. Listening AZ Toms
door she learned that this was true she
fed Tom overlook her They were
IN Europe together The masterf,il
though not excessively interesting Tom
left her On the steamship bound for
New York Tony zaw a lady plainly mark I'D
10y despair about To jump overheard
II was Kitty lie grasped her by the
wrist In this precarious way abe hung
suspended over IN. midnight sea lie
Was unable to retain his knee hold upon
the rail 81 the ship IL WAS a choice with
hlm To RELEASE her or 10 go with her
Together they dropped into the deep.
II VAS dark green and tumultuous at
the top. lighted buoy had been heav-d
overheard. ~. managed To reach IT,.
supporting Kitty. after they had gone
down aud come up
Tony saved Kitty from drowning. but
in th. hospital IN New York she s,iccumbed
Ca weak heart. She joined the hands
81 Tony and Barbara AZ the last. Whistler
Tom was punished the story does not
relate