The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-16

soil. his oaks were giants welding clubs.
his mr. trees knights with plumes-you
could hear tho Jingle OF the armor OF
these knights as they rode In straight
and gallant lines. Very likely Mrs.
Nibbs would have failed to understand
these glorified trees the good old soul
had her limitations.
II was Mrs. NiDbs who couldn't he
sure that one of the figures in Dicky's
picture Of THE Mushroom CATERERS"
had his shoes wet through-this because
the feet OF the figure could not be seen.
being concealed in the long grass.
Look at the sAes Of that man-wet
through" cried Dlcky, and simple Mrs.
Nlbbs retorted: You can't see is
shoes" But Dicky could see them: he
could SEQ the mushrooms in the mans
basket. though he had not painted them.
Mr.. Nibbs had an insight that he could
not explain. He murmured the name OF
Duerer and declared that "The Mush-
room Gatherers" was a bloomin miracle.
The account Of Dicky's ten day assoc
citation with Fanny Cornish. the attrac-
tive shopgirl will interest the reader.
The remarkable self-control Of Dicky Is
here again established He did not IN
deed have all kinds or self-control His
interference with the man who forced
a reluctant puppy dog to jump into the
water was disastrous to Dicky: the man
knew how to box, and Dicky had neg
lected the manly art. There was con-
ISOLATION doubtless in the fame following
upon his portrait Of Fanny Cornish,
which, refused by the Royal Academy.
was the picture OF the year in the Paris
Go vsnpInrft1 Of
tinguished this picture: fecks OF green
deposited unerringly ny genius upon
Fanny's neck and wrist secured the
great triumph by providing an "inscru-
table something" In order that there
may be no misunderstanding, let us point
the fling at the Royal Academy. 1t was
a dull old concern. 1t did not under
stand green could not see the inscru-
table
Dcly travelled. His appearance is
described He had passed the phase or
wanting to look like an artist. He was
healthy and robust. with excellent shout
ders. In Athens he was sent to Jail for
a week for heating a man who had been
cruel to his horse. In Naples he mixed
up in brawl with sailors and got a
knife in his shoulder. Returning to
England he paid on his fathers debts
and painted a picture called THE Meet
ing Of the Creditors" This was not a
picture OF portraits; il was not n pic
ture in the microscopic fashion of Mac
llse; II was simply a picture Of faces
expressing greed. This picture now
hangs in a gallery in tho north Of Eng
land; II creditors will study 1t 1t will do
them good. II was shortly after this
that Dicky fell in with the Lady Diana
Charters.
Lady Diana, artistically sensitive and
compromising though she was. was less
scrupulous than Dicky. 1t was well that
his we'll tested powers Of sclf-restralnt
should have confronted her weak in
clination. BY the merest accident was II
brought about that Dicky was moved to
kill Lord Freddy. Dana's husband by
striking him on the neck with a de-
canter. Two friendly incendlaries seemed
to have shielded Dlcky effectually. Lady
Diana burned his telltale pocket hand
kerchlef, found by her under the slain
mans shoulder. and Mrs Flint burned
his dressing gown. which had blood on
the sleeve. Nevertheless the police
came for Dicky just as he had finished
his great picture called Romance" and
at the last We find him holding in his
hand a vial of poison, which we know
he will take. There was his work
Zone" says the story in its final word
But this Is small compensation, and it Is
our feeling that this stern taking Off of
Dicky was absurdly unnecessary.