The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-11

CHARACTERS
PUII.O VANCE
JOHN E.-X. MARKHAM. District
Attorney Of New York County
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CHI 4 Il L rs cLEAvER. a nan.
KENNETH sPOTswooDE. . mans.
LOUIS MANNIx, N Importer
DIR. AMBROSE LlNDQUlST. q
fashionable neur0loGtst
TONY skEEL. . professional bur-
WILLIAM ELMER JEssup. teie.
HARRY SPIvELY. telephone -.
ERNEST HEATH. Sergeant Of thu
Honle10o Bureau
THE STORY THUS FAR
with = steel chlsel after being bat.
tered With . poker. AID this pus.
sles vahce vvhen it 10 foun1 near
the st1anGlea body ef Margaret
O1e11. FlngeR.prInts lead -
SkeeD's arrest. and Vance lnal.
Gates he believes Skeel was hldonG
IN . clothes closet II the
"Canary's" apartment when the
ham. believing IN Skeel'e guilts
rlalcules the theory ana vance's
netlen that the cFjsae wos com.
m1tted b. = man Of superior IN.
telleet aul tngenulty. vance pro.
eeels to explain how he arRlve0
at bic conclusion.
CHAPTER XIV
ssVs KNOW. Markham" Vance
= began, in his emotion.
less drawl. ''every genuine work Of
art has q quality which the critics
call eldn-namely. enthusiasm and
spontaneity. A copy. or imitation.
lacks the distinguishing character.
istic: It's too perfect, too carefully
done. too exact.
even enlightened scions Of the
law, I fancy. are aware that there
is bad drawing in Botticelli and
disproportions in Rubens. what3 In
an original. d. We see. such flaws
don't matter. But an imitator
never puts 'em in: he doesn't dare
hes too intent on getting all the
details correct. The imitator works
with Z selfconsc;ousness and .
meticulous care which the artist,
in the throes OF creative labor.
never exhibits.
And here's the point: there's no
way Of initiating that enthusiasm
and spoutaneity-that elGN-which
IN original painting possesses.
However closely q copy may 70
scmble IN original, there's . vast
psychological difference between
them. The copy breathes an air OF
insincerjty. Of ultra-perfection. Of
conscious effort. =. You follow
me. eh?"
''Most instructive. my dear Rus
kim"
Vance meekly bowed his appre.
citation. and proceeded pleasantly.
''Now. let us consider the Odell
murder. You and Heath are
agreed that it is a commonplace,
brutal, sordid. unimaginative crime
But, unlike you two bloodhounda
on tho trail, I have ignored tt
mere appearances. and have ana
lyxed its various factors
II have looked at it psychologist
ally. 90 to speak. And I have dis
covered that It is not . genuine
and sincere crime-that IL to SAY
m original-but only . sophtsti
Gated. self-conscious and clever i'm
itation, done by q skilful copyist
] grant you It is correct and typica
IN every detail. But there is WHERE
Il tails. don't y know. Its technil
r. too good, It's Craftsmanship to-
perfect. The ensemble, Is It were
% not convincing-its lacks clan.
alphabetically speaking. It has d
the eaTmaTks Of = tour Dc force
vulgayly speaking. It's Z fake" II
paused and gave Markham IN q
gagiug smile. II trust this soml
what oracular psroration has ~
bored You"
fray continue" urged Mari
ham, With exaggerated politentsl
His manner was jocular. but SOM
thing n hin tone led me to belles
that be was eoriously interested.
"What n true Of aSt Il true
life." Vance resumed placi0t