The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-16
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said. and led the way to the big,
| bright studio.
| From the threshold Cheser Kent
| delivered an opinion. after one ap-
proving survey. you really work.
see"
II really do. Where do you see 1t,
thought"
"Ali over the place. No draperies
The barer room. the more work
done in it,
He walked over to a curious. con-
trivance resembling a small hand
press, examined 1t, surveyed the emp
ty easel, against which were leaning,
face in, a number of pictures, all OF
! a size, and turned half dozen of
them over, ranging them and stepping
back for examination. Standing be-
fore them. he whistled long passage
from La Boheme, and had started to
rewhistle it in another key, when the
artist broke in with some Impotence.
"Well?"
Good work" pronounced Kent
quietly. and In some subtle way the
commonplace words conveyed TO their
| nearer the fact that the man who
spoke them knew.
TITS the best there is In me, at
least said Sedgwick.
Kent went slowly around the walls,
keenly examining, silently appraising.
| There were landscapes, genre bits,
studies OF the ocean in its various
moods, flashes of pagan imagtnings,
nature studies. wonderful picture
OF wild geese settling from flight; a
no less striking sketch of mink,
startled as he crept to drink among
the sedges; a group OF country chill
! a. ~, F@A lu. 4
the varied subjects handled with delft
ness of truth and drawing, and color
ed with a clear softness quite indi-
vidual
Have you found or founded a new
system of coloringr" asked Kent as
he moved among the little master
pieces. NO; don't tell me" He touch
ed one of the surfaces delicately. It's
not paint and it's not pastel Oh, l
see! They're all OF one size--of
course" He glanced at the heavy
mechanicism near the easel. 'They're
color prints"
sedgwick nodded. "Monotypes. said
he. Il paint on copper. make one inn
press, and then--phut.-a sponge
across the copper makes each one an
original"
you certainly obtain your effects. :"
The printing seems to refine the
/ COfols oE E1sNai3%Es bASCiiAtkAl% va
white water, thing I've never been
able to approach, either in straight
oils or water. See here"
From behind a cloth he drew a
square. and set 1t on the easel. Kent
whistled again, casual fragments Of
! light and heavy opera intermingled
with considerative witches of his ear.
Its the first one I've given name
TO-" said Sedgwick. 81 call 1t The
Rough Rider"
A Full moon. brilliant amid blown
cIoud-rack. lighted up the vast pro-
cession of pillows charging in upon
a near coast. In the foreground
corpse the face bent up and back
from the spar to which II was lash
ed. rode with Wild abandon headlong
at the onlooker. on the crest of a
roaring surge. The rest was INFINITE
clarity Of distance and desoiation.
desolation.
'sThe Rough Rider" murmured
Kent: then. with a change Of tone,
For sale?"
II don't know" hesitated the ar
fist. ''The fact is, like that about
well enough to keep"
I'm give you five hundred dollars
for it."
Five hundred, Man alive! A hun
dred is the most I've ever got for any
of my prints!"
THE offer stands"
but. see here. Kent. can you az
ford 1t? Government salaries don't
make men rich. do they p
"Oh. I'm rich enough" said the
other impatiently 81 told you I'd
made inventions. And I can certainly
afford to keep 1t better than you can
afford to keep 1t here"
What's that?" asked the painter
surprised
Kent repeated his final sentence.
with slow emphasis, DO YOU under
stand what I mean2" he asked. look
ing fatty into sedgwick's eyes.
mo. not In the least Another
suggestion of mystery. Do you al
ways deal in this sort of thing?"
Very seldom. However. IL you
don't understand SO much the bet
ter. When did you finish this pic
ture %
Yesterday"
HIM, Has anyone else seen it,"
THAT cid fraud of plumber. Ell
/ der bennett. saw me working on II
repairing here, and remarked that IT
gave him the creeps."
bennett? Well. then that's all
up. said Kent, az speaking to him
self There's a streak of supersti-
ton in all these New Englanders.
! He'd be sure to interpret it as a
| confession before the fact. How
ever. Elder bennett left this morn
! ing for a trip 10 Cadystown. That's
much TO the good"
He may have left for a trip to
Hadestown for all I care" stated
| Sedgwick with conviction. What
II all about. anyway"
"Pil tell you. as soon as I've null
ed 1t over little Just let me cool
my mind down with some more of
your pictures" He turned to the wall
border again. and faced another pic
ture out. What's this? You seem
to be something of a dab in black
and white. too"
| "Oh. that's an imaginary face"
said Sedgwick carelessly.