Show t FIRST PORTRAIT OF f 1 u l IKS 11 incepted a beating in order to in S sure its success john ohn ople tho the english painter la is described as a mart man of humble orlton lil who achieved success wholly by lila life own own geneua and perseverance the etory of ills first effort in that line of Q rrt r ta which ort erward fame faine ho he i related elated to coke first it at carl call of leicester ter of us as follows when a small email boy of ten or twelve b h was loft left at home ono one sunday afternoon with hla his father while hla his moth derwent eriv to church tho the father established himself in fil tho the parlor with ills his bible and told tho the boy to be quiet and ana amuse film himself solf young toung ople who had procured some paints paint took up a position unobserved inthe in the kitchen directly opposite the parlor door 1 vory very quietly ho he drew a portrait of the jhb old man bending over life his 1 leblo until he had finished everything except tile the head when lie ho began running backward and forward to study tits his fathers face tho old gentleman grow grew very angry apparently senseless interrupt Inter rup tlona tiona and threatened to punish life his son eon if they continued this was exactly what the boy want coli cd rb as ho wished to paint hla his fathers oyo eyo lit ht up and sparkling with anger so bo ho he continued ills his irritating behag jor lor until it met with the desired ro i 1 suii cult and life ills fa father tho r justly wrathful administered a sound thrashing this achieved the boy resumed his task eagerly cag oily and transferred to his picture tho the expression which he had just seen upon tile the face of his bis indig man nant t parent when ilia hla mother returned from ch church lio lie placed tho the picture triumphantly uin antly before hor her but although astonished and delighted with it sho she thought it her duty to scold her son ee verely for painting on a sunday young ople however cared namore no mora forthe scolding than for the beating he chehad had received in accomplishing hla his work and only hugged his mother delightedly light edly in ili his excitement at its success ilia hla father coming into the aba room at athla juncture and spying the portrait of himself was so surprised and alc plc pleased ased at it that lie ho told the mother kotite scold the boy any more I 1 subsequently whenever the picture waa shown he used to tell with great relish the story of young plucky acceptance of a beating in order older to in I 1 suie aure its success youths companion |