The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-08-28
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Captive or Runaway.

IaptINe or runaway.
At the age OF twenty six Donald Alb.
sgtt taa become prosperous and dis
tingutshed painter In water colors'
Fila work was Individual and at the
same time II was delicate and charm
ing One saw HE Italian landscapes
sa through hlmy gnuIe: the almond
stcsaoms OF Sicily. the rose laden walls
Florence, the vineyards OF chianti.
me poppy glowing Campagna out OF
ROME His Italian lakes had brought
him fame Ho knew very little Of the
grind and hunger that attended the
earcers OF his whilom associates. His
rather had left him come valuable pat,
sutH wash tubs. carpetcleaners and
! ather labor saving deyices--and the
royalties from these were quite sui
actent TO keep him pleasantly housed.
Ills earnings mot inconatdersble.
saw tourists found much to admire In
both the pictures and tho artist he
spent in gratifying his mild extrsra'
gAnecA. so there we're no itnes In his
handsome. boylsh. beardless face, and
Ria syes we're unusually clear and
happy, Perhaps once or twice. since
mia majority. he had returned TO Amer
tea 10 prove that he was not IN ex'
pstriate. though certainly he wac one
ssh@ only tie existing between him and
HIS native land being the bankers who
regularly honpred his drafts, And who
shall condemn him for preferring Italy
DO the desolate center OF New York
state, where good servants and good
weather are NJ rare a. are nawless
wmeraidn!
Halt after three, on Wednesday Oft.
sruoon. Abbott stared moodily At the
ertarnished group by Dalou In
TIA Luxembourg gardens the TIA
auxpA OF Siienus His gaze was de.
-speive. for the rollicklng old bibuloss
spoundrel had not stirred his critical
sense nor impressed tho delicate Aims
Of thought He was looking through
th~ bronze. Into the faraway things
lie had arrived early that morning. all
the way from Como to find a thunder.
bolt driven In OF his feet Across bis
Knees huttered an open newspaper
GA Paris edition OF the Nav York
HERALD All that kept Il srom blowing
away was the tense II sprawltng I'm,
xurs OF his right hand, his left hung
liruply at his side
IL was not possible Such things did
not happen these unmmantic days 10
naassica celebrities, She had written
that on Monday night she would sing
IN La Boheme and on "Wednesday
yxust. She had since vanished. van
kshed AZ completely a. though she had
cMAen ~ings and flown away. II was
amrwai. she had left the apartment
I'M tho Avenue do Wasram on Sstur.
lay attarncon. and nothing had heeo
@e~a or asard OF her since AZ the
&ss moment they had had to find a
Substitute for her part In the puccinI
sgs~rsA The maid testified that her
rnistress bad gone on An errand OF
usewy She had not mentioned where.
hat she had said that che would return
I'm time to dress for dinner. which
proved conelusiyely that something
sat OF the ordinary had hefallen her.
THE automobile that had carried her
away had not been her own. and the
chArH -four Was unknown None OF the
directors At the opera had been mott.
Ncd OF any change In the singers
plans She had disappeared. and they
~m~c deeply concerned Singers were
sx~rrraily crrxtic. full OF sudden sndls.
pc~ttlona, unaccoun,ahle uhims. but
tAc S!gncrina da Tc~cana ~as one In
a thousand she never broke an an.
smx~ment IN abe was III she said 80
&x once: she never left them tn douS,
emtii the last moment, lndecjston was
mol one Of her characteristics She
~as al reliable as the sun X the Al
rwcsors did not aaar deenitely nom
her by noon today, they ~oulc have Il
xnd scother Marguerite
Tho police began 70 iGcye. and they
stirred W some cugiou~ bits 81 inter
uaasiou A man had tried to hriba Ia,
singers chauffeur. while she Vas sing
snx at the Austrian ambassadors The
chauffeur Was able 10 describe the
stranger With some accuracy, Thsr
earae the bev ilscAne episode In ths
Apartment; tuc plstolshot, the aisGt
MI thc n,aa. the sstnAtshed concierge
o. waom tae beautiful American ~oull
a&Fer ~ o. plantations, rae ran whc
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