| Show the Trout eia ft osca had with tu of gormady Gorm aay the worst aletter 1 had was I 1 think the present emperor of germany said frith the photographer to a representative of the westminster gazette he was a small boy of four or five and a regular young turk at the wedding I 1 had noticed him working hard all the time to pick out a precious stone which was set in the hilt of the dagger he wore with his highland dress he accomplished the feat successfully cess fully the stone rolled on to the floor and strange to say was never found again when the little lad came to sit to me I 1 found it quite impossible to keep him quiet for two minutes together he was like quicksilver at last I 1 hit upon the plan of giving him a corner of the canvas on which I 1 was painting and let him daub that over this kept him quiet for a while one morning however he managed to smudge his face all over with the colors with which he was working and he was in great distress never mind I 1 said to him we can easily rub that off and I 1 began to apply a little turpentine to his green cheeks unfortunately he had a little sore spot on his face and when the turpentine got into it you can imagine that it was rather painful the boy yelled like mad for a few minutes but the thought that he need not appear on tho acene with his face brilliant with various oil colors soon quieted him |
