New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

half Symbolic blends of strange old life and still
stranger new one L went out 70 the square
There was a melodiOuS guarrelIng OF sparrow
voices about the fountain. and the sun had reached
that altitude when the fine spray IS struck into
trernuot1s rainbows Light rains had fallen IN the
night the sunshine poured and drIpped over green
lodges of foliage still pools of gold on The lawns
The roar of the city withdrawn TO a low mur-
nurng the tide yet far out. and the square
had an air of morning freshness and quletude-
Few people were about, and saw only one Sne
dawned upon me near the Washington monument.
Her braided black hair was thrice wound about her
head her face had the simple, clear regularly OF
classic type which Nature think is forgetting how
to reproduce and her eyes had no determine color
but depths of thought and melancholy and con-
sciousness of the Even as she sat she gave
the of a singular grace OF body hall Ilrltua
half physical IN which the idea had fused and
nodded the material into thing unique and me
am not depicting feminine beauty, l wls2 70 Indi-
cate thing having certain intangible Slg-1cance,
as if Nature for one luminous moment had become
the conscious artist.
Much of this / had seen before, b not in It's
present completeness. Margaret nv model. as she
of the wood nvnph family out of tone with the
conception But IN the figure before me It vas as II
some dominant mood had eliminated all o'scuToinS
elements and-there my dream Tla-e-1aEzeG-
/ walked a few PAGES. stopped, and turned
She had not moved Should / speak TO herr As
stood irresOlute, withheld by the fear OF ing ms
understood she rose and moved pens. -F away
The moment was gOnei / was left with -enSe OF
folly in hesitating to sacrifice all cOnSll IONS 10
the one consideration OF my art.
THE face haunted me- But | could AXE no
progress with the statuette. and III me GoI
delivery to its purchaser drew near | v-= out OF
tune rritated against the CapriCes of won AetI
had to admit that up to my model hl- 2een on
the whole tractabe and satisfactory and she nad
not sufficiently realized the folly of which model
guilty IN loving the man for whom she pose should
be the last to blame her for that There IS, how
ever a ranking injustice in the present s'uation
Margaret should have known better the e was "a
self evident absurdity: and the difficulty at grew
out of her finding of it greater ab>u " stHl
All could do for that day TO drift BET zen Cal
dinal's workshop and my own. insulting friend
for his artistic heresies and smoking in,' 'leraos
cigarettes.
No sign of peace from Margaret" he to me
next morning
None
And the Psvchea'
She refuses my Establishments. she wants Mar
garrett.
Break her up the Jade, She's no good .ayhoW
But I'm going to interview Margaret thi- 1ornlns
and see what | can do between you two.
The mail that morning brought explana, IS. Inc
letter that had caused all the mischief cams 1t az
peared. from a wealthy young woman VII was ohs
of my patrons. This SecOrd ePiStle tull ~
Shamefaced apology for the made Iu iidreSS
ing two notes written cOnCurr> ~. What SAe h4u
intended for me was a request an ints-' .ew ~
discuss a group she wished 10 execute iof tAS
hall of her house. The errant note had been
indited To her fiance
AS passed down stairs. brimning over NtSh " NlH 4,
dication and self righteousness my ears wee nIsU
with vigorous lamentations from the houSeholt oaoy
Ater speaking to the hOuSemaId went out dlJ
made directly for that part of the garden where
had met the lady of the braided hair yesterday anu
my heart beat more quickly as | her There AGAIN
IN almost the same spot This tune however ~ %
in conversation with man-and the man wa,
Cardinal As l approached he raised his a.'V AIN"
left her. walking in my direction
Go 10 her he SAID to III passing