New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
THE PASSION ON THE PEAK
BY HERMAN SCHEFFAUER

on the summit, were storm Stt1lty and lone ,s'. Sc
had ving>: bu, ;hey were not eagle wing ey may
indeed. have been angels or swan S. . IN Ae''
through these years. had burn, the >ayre' Of the
pelican; she had fed me with her blood. a- 'rd was
held 20 feed its Young I, was no, ii't.. naive
and realize all this when the avalanche C' .t roAeu
me with broken wings down into the min Valleys
Had | but needed the signs, seen the We erhead'
heard the voice Of warning in the Wc>t N- rom the
Golden Gate read Alright the fatal hung, eirreS
in the iwiniling letters Elizabeth wrote e "fo"
the last.
The wisdom instinct. or what YOU re often
grants 20 women 20 make their final cho'.. -en aad
come at last g. Elizabeth. There was o1nlrs
jealousy she had displayed Of my devotion "oI"
Now She knew that they had become ~ and Se
measured one passion by the other. Son Hs WINS
pcrcd into her ear out there by ,h, P-cia rs a'lG
YOU or ,he-thc Muse Of his art The NJ" -- 20 DC
the ,no,, If the creative artist. 81, vr .- ign,
aS some mere earth women might. She W' .r deisn
TO be only the mistress Of him 20 whom MS to
greatest gifts You are an earth woman. LOUIS
YOU would bc hu, the second in his love-
These. in TACT. were almost her last W.'. she '@'
found the other man, or he had found her. " ID .''l,
a safe. mercantile devoted, and >o'it A"i>''D
builder ot nests
THEN fcll and awoke; and. being a',h an an
epic Imagination. have always hk-. hal '4I
and that awakening 70 Lucltcr when t rom 'S
rampar,> ot Heaven. he came 20 hiw-. .'s AN,
wri,hing in the black burning lake -ei 'nD
wri,hcd enough. TO be surc-and stone . 70 %SN
plcntifully supplied 10y the avcnging cr,u" '>. i'm
skies that lowered down through the du,' s'N -
my studio grew uncommonly bleak my f. ,- ,'''''
at me with strange cold absolutely >on.. .,,' olr
raging my paternity; my whole world -'' -ai1''l
quite ,olorc>- The voice and The smile. ,o''"s'
and IN, inspiration Of Elizabeth had son. .. . ~ q,
they wen, on, oi mc and ont OF my creation. comm
rcmainoG but soul WAS gonc-tha' nu.'. . INNS
yi,alzing and ,ran>tguung element WAS . 80 80.
suddenly helpless on the peak ! had ryI . ''N"s
dizzly down the gulf that had opened IN . .. ana f
lie work Her fac, still swami mp ou, OF . -.''"'
bu, there Na~ me- igh, upon II. and u "...
my OWL Now ! realized tha, had Lahore. "i .''
for u>. rather than for myself. What ,ru. IT'S '.'''
Us 20 these supreme facts when We might s. ..''''
ration
SONY brushes grew a., lu,,crlc-> a~ r, d. and >''"
the critics G,cl their eyes %, the deterioration III "!
work. | Va> 'ug Of new vine empty a. .." ~',"'
Dead Sea apple ot art shell OF clever lne,, i''I'
an,c; but. after al with li,,c within or behind "'
their damuiug phrases and Stone cold judgments ,Ls
wha, self faith still remained IN me. amt ,"n' '..'" -
giant fear tha, had undermined my courage, N.,'' A..
ten years would bc, Down I'M ,hc limbo W' "a
hopeless, ones, with the hacks and dried ha-"-' -
souls and aspirations had c>apom,cd long 'e" " '"'''
fiery furnaces, Yes, torc>.W j, dismalIN
VET in ten years found myself in better s,." '''i
had expected or, doubtless, deserved "'S ..
c.>, one Of a group OF respectable painters VINO
prosperous Il not distinguished We suppoI''" '' se
other with mutual praise and defense; We wen ,ts
circle strained often enough. however, by s''.P -
of jealousy and discussion They hattcrcd me '"e. .
for what had already achieved than for what "''