Show the handsome artist hreyo mcdonald was waa a young highlander conio come to florence to study the old masters maa letB he was an athla athletic tio wholesome handsome follow tie ile painted in the palace or wilbod ilia hia lore fare aall on it warm day with equally small email I 1 caru care to nil all appearance and lio lie had brought his hia mother anti anil two sisters misters to italy mail anil supported them by is a most moat heroia berate economy and industry indeed laile eil the morn more I 1 know Uc mcdonald Donald the more I 1 became convinced that there theia wits enoth er man built over him perhaps you have been in r Pio jorel loo ilear dear reader anil and know by what royal liberality artists artista ria are permit todi to bring their attests luto into the tha splendid apartments of ilia end copy from the priceless pictures ou on the walls walla at the tha time I 1 havo have my eyo eye apon some few y years ars ngo ago mcdonald was making 1 a I beginning of a copy of 0 Ti githins Tit ians thins hallo bella 1 anti nr it im stood ilia ausel of a I 1 fa ill 11 tit wh who a mi d lop yeti g itam frone the tha glorious glori our oun picture of judith anil and itolo forces aruea in the birino apartment ada moiselle folio so 81 she aho wild VM called by the colderly lady baily who always decamps liar her was waa a small anil and very grace fully creature croal aro with the tha plainest face in which attraction could possibly iro mcdonald McDon alil was wa her nearest neighbor noigh bor anil and they frequently looked over orar each gotherd pictures pw tares ant t tta the they were both foreigners in ill 11 or he 0 of polish birth HS ho U d datoo r their conversation woe s I 1 in in french or italian neither of which languages laugn agea were vero fluently familiar to graume und and it was limited limi teil generally to expressions of courtesy or brief of each others labors As I 1 said before it was waa a proof impression 1 of a celestial celea bummers morning mor and ana tile tha thermometer stood at heavenly idleness Mo Donali DOnald stood with his bis maulstick maul stick across his bis knees drinking from titiane Titian ll picture an artist who boa bail lounged in from the next room hail bail hung hang himself by the crook of his arm over a high peg on tile bia colu colorados comra rados JoB easel eliol anil and every now anil and then lie ho volunteer volun teero od 1 an observation to which he be no particular im ala owe when Iro Ire how little benty beauty I 1 have hava eean sea 1 iu tile tho wrid 11 said anguras Ing arile this thi artist 11 I 1 am to believe with Batur ninus that there is no cosur section of bodies rua and that only tile the spirits of 0 tho the good return into the body of 0 tile the Clod hed tor for what is a ugliness to do in heaven Ue aven 2 mod MoDon 0 alil ili 0 only 1 raid id 11 um hal now how will ill th this 1 little t Is plain woman look in the streets of the now new Jor in example yet she ahe expects us we va all do to be recognizable by her bar friends in heaven andl of course so BO have hava the tha aado irredeemably plain faco face does she un understand der stand eaghish by tho my fox for she might not lint bo be altogether pleased with r ith my theory chave spoken to liar very orient often wa baij 11 and ana I 1 think english is bleb hebrew Or w to ber brit my theory of beauty crosses claue at least one corner of your argument my friend I 1 I 1 believe that tile tho original typo ot of every human being could be radde made belat ital at in filly any particular destro destroying the visible 1 gj and ana you think that little homana womans face could be mado beautiful 1 I 1 I know it try il then llero ia conr copy ot of titiane Tit Til ians lans bellit belld all finished but the face mako make un an bosis portrait of year neighbor and while it harmonizes with tho the body of titiana Tit ians lano bounty beauty botill leave it as the portrait and ill give in to your theadies be ba lieving la in all other miracles if you yon like at tile tho same aimel engarde Ing arile lanig laughed bed as ho be went back to his hia own picture mud mcdonald alter after 0 bitting at lew few minutes lout lost in reveries reverie turned his big emol so BO as to got a pitin pointers view of his female neighbor no tho thought she aho colored slightly he fixed his eyes upon her bor but if so BO she ebe apparently became very soon boon of his his gaze anil and he be wits was soon aboor absorbed bod himself 1 in the tha tusk task to which bieh lie bia friend hod had so BO mockingly challenged him escudo nia mo clear reader while with t two we epistles I 1 build a bridge bridga over which youcan yon can oregon croba a chura of a month in my story 9 to ToO OF sEMB LUZ str 1 I am in lia trusted with a dellorto dell cato which I 1 know knew not how to bansch to you oleo I 1 by simple staple proposal will you yon borgra my ay abrupt brevity it if I 1 ularm inform yon without further farther pre prelate laae that hint the ilia Ny al u lady ol of high birth and nil a in pie fortune does boll on tha ilia honor I 1 to 0 propos PrOVE ii for or join hand it if you yon 18 d I aul 1 your are tb not irrevocably given to I 1 call conceive no fili flici aai alist obstacle aclo to your acceptance ot of the brilliant on n diction lic tion the ilia is 18 twenty two and not beautiful it iu fairness bo be said lint but sho bug high qualities both bolli of wild anil and heart bourt und is 13 worthy nay any nun mans a inspect and aej an answer is in requested in m the otto of tomorrow to morrow addressed to 11 aliu the count minister of his majesty the king of 0 I 1 the lionor e te tc ole nAV mcdonald answer was waua us to 1 Excel excellency lenry 11 you will tile mo that I 1 have taken two days to consider the extra ordinary proposition laitila mo in your letter the ilia subject since it is to lio be a moment required par hips still further reflection bat my reply shall be definite and us as prompt aa w I 1 can bring myself to lu bu in a mutter matter BO 0 ina important r lin my llast t im win was to return your letter declining the honor you yon would ilo do mo 1110 ina thanking the lady for or the cimpl of 0 her cholea choice lly cret reflection ion WM was the relief nod and happened which au an independence would bring to a mother mud two cieters alateras dependent now low on the tha precarious profits ofay ol 01 iny pencil and I 1 first consented oon seated to pon pan for the tha matter with his view anil and I 1 now consent to marry frankly for or advantage bat adit I 1 havo a to pro propose coo in in Z the studies I 1 have had the trinity to make of the inema happi noia of im aguia tire men III ia I 1 him have observed that their two worl I 1 a of 0 fact act aall liccy wore were seldom the control of one ona mistress it must bo be a very tory woman of course who with the sweet domestic ilonis stio qualities needed for common coni tuon life pon soa at the same time the elevation unit and spirituality requisite for the ideal of tho the poet mud painter anil I 1 am not certain in wy any onse case whether the of some come secret pension passion fed fail and pursued in the only be not the inseparable necessity of a poetical nature for tho the imagination is inca incapably pablo of u being chaia ail and it Is at ones djuan chanted and set met roaming by the very po position position und and certainly which are tile the charms of matrimony whether ox elusive devotion of all tuo the faculties of mind rud and boily body be the fidelity exacted in ili marriage Is a question every avory woman should on Bider before making it inn hus blind at au nun As aa I 1 havi not mesa the countess I 1 caliri can go gau arulize on tho the subject without offense oo 00 anse anil and she aha is the ilia bust built judge whether she ew can chain my fancy as an well us its my offo ationo or yield to nil an imaginative mistress tho the devotion of so 80 predominant a quality of my nature I 1 can only aromise promise liar her the constancy of ia u has haa ind tills inevitably license Is ia allowed my ideal world and its devotions that is in to say loft left entirely to myself I 1 am ready to accept tho the honor of the coun conn tags hind hand your may command my timo time sull and presence proa enoe with high consideration era tion eto etc rather agitated ag stated than surprised seemed mile folle folio when the next day as an she arranged arranga tl her brushes upon the shelf of at her ease banel her bar handsome neighbor commended edin in the most fluent italian lie he could coin mand to invite liar ti Ms his wedding wadding very much surprised was wa mcdonald when she aha interrupted him in english and begged him to wo use his nativo native tongue is as madame hot of attendant would not then understand a led him lie Is wont went on delight delightedly in his own honest language and ealy explained n a to own her bid bia imaginative admiration though he be felt somewhat that bat BO E 0 unreal a sentiment should bring tho the visible blood to her bar cheek she thanked him drow drew the cloth from the upper part barlot of her own picture atilt anil showed allowed him in aa admirable portrait of his bis hand soma features oa tarea substituted for the masculine howl head of judith in tile the original irom from which she bhe copied copie dand aud promis oil to be at his hii we wedding daling aria and to listain listen sharply tor for her ber name in a his hia vow TOW at the sitar altar ile he chanced to wear at the tha moment a ring of red rail cornelian ind and ho he agreed with her bar that she ahe should stand where he ha could coald see liar her still and at the moment of his bia putting tile the marriage ring upon his bia brides finger she should put on this and forever 1 after its went wear I 1 it us as a token of having re delred his spiritual spirit nal vows of devotion the day came and the splendid equipage of the coant eov dashed into the square of the santa banta maria mann with a veiled bride and a cold bridegroom and deposited them at the tops steps of tho the charah chu roli they were wera followed by other OOn tatt IPa geff sad and 9 gily 1 ai 11 dressed people dismounted from each the mother sudi aud misters iston of the bridegroom gally gaily drei aed among them but bat looking pule pale with and a a dread the bride wits beall lini till bat she abo moved groa tally up the aisle and met her husband ut at the altar with alow a low courtesy and made a sign to the arient I 1 to proceed ecil with the tb ceremony ra cl Donald waa colorless color leaa lint arm bruand and showed little interest interact except by an look now and then among tho he crowd of spectators at the sides as of the be alter ho he pronounced hil bows vows with a steady voice but bat when the tha ring rine wits waa to be ba put on lio he looked around tot for an ini tant mail and thou then suddenly sad deoly to the tha great grant scandal of all present clasped clamped it hl 1 bride with it passionate to hia I 1 ia bosom the tha corneli corno lUu Att ting ring was on her linger and nd the Coun courtest test I 1 N ny y sol triam mud folla folio his briita bria salad and his bin fan tanoy y queen wore were 1 0 bol this carious event Lappo happened ned in florence Flor unoo some yours sinea as aa all people then there will remember and it was wag prop hesel of tho the conn cona teis that she would have but a short italian of liar her handsome end guy gay lind band lint ilni timo time does daos not say so no A moro more constant husband haa liand than mcdonald to lila ilia pili it abild titled wit anti one more I 1 in ill love lot alood not travel buy I 1 iny illi niia patronize artists 11 li leoil 0 oil ugh f ow w 0 mcnut doar r know ilia philboo ophy at it I 1 |