| Show THE VEILED MODEL A mystery of tho studio that wa ass never solved for a number of years the most highly prized model in the national academy classes in new york was a young 0 u woman known as aa the veiled neile d model cays bays the washington post no one ever say saw her face she was heavily veiled when she applied for and secured employment to pose for the class the artist engaged 0 as instructor for the class requested her to uncover her face she refused 1 I 1 am ready to pose nude she said but I 1 must remain unknown if you are willing to employ me for the figure only I 1 shall lie be glad of the position but the pupils must paint and draw some other head than mine me i ne artist demurred to this extraordinary tra ta proposition bul when t the ie mysterious stranger requested the privilege of standing I 1 before them in a state of nature they were so delighted n with the symmetry of her figure and the purity of her flesh that an engagement 0 was at once affected the veiled model pose posed at the academy for several winters without disc disclosing losin 0 her identa the heavy drapery wound around her head was neither removed on oil the street or on the studio platform plat tonn those who painted from her could get an occasional gleam 0 of f jet black eyes shining through the veil the more curious of the pupils at first tried to follow her homent home at night 0 to ascertain her name and where she lived but one night light when they tracked her nearly to her home she sudden suddenly 13 stopped slopped and said quietly gentlemen it is my secret to make it known w cause me great grief and mortification let it bo be as it 15 is I 1 appeal to your honor after that the mystery of tile the model w was as respected and she went to the studio and left it unmolested nobody knew her name where she lived or anything about her at the end dof of the week she slie received her money and departed silently to turn up on time lime the next monday fonday Ak evening one night two years ago she faded into the darkness as usual at 11 she was never naver seen never heard of a again gain she had utterly disappeared 1 and from that day to this the iny mystery tery of the veiled model lias has never been solved |
