Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-12-15

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
.MarksHamnond. American artist in
Paris, Yves slOunging one morning after
breakfast in his studio before begin
ming his days work He had received
a newspaper from home and, as was
usual with him ON the receipt OF home
papers. he readAewery word. including
advertisements. Suddenly he started.
His eye had lighted on the following
advertisement:
II Marcelline blanche. Cutter will. COM
municate with Griffin. Hastings & Ham,
Temple court, New York city, abe viii
hear something 10 her advantage.
Now. there was an especial reason
why Mr.. Hammond should be moved
by this advertisement. Some months
before he had needed a table for his
studio and had purchased one OF an
artistic pattern in a secondhand fur
niture Ashop. There was a drawer In
It, but no key. For awhile the pur-
chaser swas content,to let the drawer
remain CLOSED; but, finally needing 1t,
he fttedAa key and opened it. 1t con-
tanned a few. old papers so eaten by
mice that he could make nothing OF
them. There was an envelope-no let
ter In it-pprtly destroyed. Anyaddress
was on it. <or the remains of one, as
follows:
Marcelline B.
- Rue du G
Par
Hammond threw the contents OF tho
drawer into n wastebasket, but the
same evening, needing a bookmark, he
took out the. envelope for the purpose
and used it till he had finished the
book, leaving Sthe envelope In the last
place marked. The name Marcelline
is an unusuan one, and Hammond had
had 1t beforee 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 Ias c, but there was that
on Its lower end to suggest that it
might be something else.
Hammond was interested. Neyerthe-
less 1t was the hour when, fresh after
a nights sleep, he did his best work,
and he took Wp his palette and brushes.
In ten minutes he threw them down,
took his hat and went out to find n
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 G and
a tail 10 tia Q or G., for in
stance Hammond muttered some
thing about the fool killer taking him
and went back to his work This time
be succeeded in remaining at his easel
till his breakfast luncheon In Amer
ica), after which he began a hunt that
took up oil his leisure time for weeks.
Having made a list Of all the streets
In Paris whose names begin with G.
Q and G, he gave several hours a day
to hunting for Marcelline Cutter. he
judged that she was a lady and con-
fined himself to the best 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 comely.
"I am looking for Marcellina Cutter"
said Hammond.
my mother Is Marcelline Cutter, and
I am Mabel Cutter"
Hammond knew his search was end
ed Mother and daughter had lived
where he found them for years. The
daughter worked In a bookbindery
near by. 1t was an old story of q
marriage for love, including a run
away, and without forgiveness. Mar
celline Seymour married Edgar Cut
ter, an Englishman. There were no
means in either family, but Cutter Sc
cured a position in an American bank
ing house in Paris, died and left his
widow and daughter penniless. Mrs.
Cutter was of loss 10 know why she
was inquired for 1t could not be for
an inheritance, for she knew OF no
relative who had means to bequeath
her. The advertisement emanating
from America indicated that she was
sought for by the Seymours rather
than the Cutters.
Hammond left the two to send their
address to New York and settled down
again 20 his work month passed,
when there was a rap on his studio
door, and two ladies entered. Beneath
their altered dress he recognized the
Cutters. Then they gave him the Sc
quel 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 and
children, If any, on condition that they
were found within a year after his own
demise. If not the property was to go
TO his cousin, resident OF the place IN
England where the family had long
lived. The year would have expired
within six weeks after the date on
which Hammond began his search.
Mrs. Cutter begged Hammond to
name some way by which she might
recompense him for bis trouble and re-
| ward him for saving her and her
daughter q splendid inheritance. Ham
mond, though but poor artist strug-
Cling 10 paint pictures worthy to be
hung IN the Salon, declined TO accept