Show OO MULATTO A hoy liar AM arelt hn round tah r W adent that IN II 11 tied talent tant tho the famous spanish painter Bf murillo urille had A little mulatto boy named sebus tian tho the ton ion of gomez a negro lavo slave the 1110 little follow waa was employed employ cA in the workroom in which the pupil pupils of the master carried on their stud studies lej uni und hid hd to grind tho the color colors clean palettes and wait on tho the buths who often treated him with ridicule but something occurred octra in tho the studio which eoon soon ong engrossed rosed all their attention ono one morning ono one of tho the student students found part of hie tits work completed which he had hatt left unfinished the arar loua fous day and tho the amazement of tho the 3 oung men mon ine casad when lay after day they found additions und unil somo some times correction corrections made on their can vases they accused ouch each other of tampering tam poring with their ork in their absence but thia this waa was strenuously do and matters reached a climax whon when one of thorn them who bad had commune cd ed a picture on thi descent from the cross on coins to hie his work in the morning found the head of tho the madonna painted int how it got there thoy they could not imagine aj as it waa was bet tor ter than thoy they could hao hato painted it so they told tho the master of tho the mysterious circumstance and showed him tho hoad head lie ile wai was surprised at ita its once and thinking sebastion Sob must know about it as bo he slept in the room overy every night tillit til lit lio ile told tho the boy that unless ho he found fouer out the unknown artist b the following morn iniz ho he bj ba Boie roly whipped the poor little mulatto was in aa an agony of 01 terror t mr for he himself was the mysterious painter a natural genius and lore love for tho the art ho he had all this timo time boon been secretly study ing and practicing painting on tho the canvases of the students etu dente before they camo in the morning and listening earnestly to the master whilst be he waa was giving thorn them instructions and being but a slave and in dread of the he thought that if it he confessed it wore ho it would only subject him to still worse punishment for his presumption so ho resolved to tho the head and never paint any more but when ho he rose early in the morning to carry out his intention and looked at the beautiful face ho he had not the heart to rub it out but set ot to work to finish it and so abdor was he as the time went by that it waa was only on hearing a rustle behind him that ho he turned hie his head and behold th tha students with tho the master him himself soll looking on in admiration the poor little slavo fell on hia his knees imploring pardon but murillo kindly raising him up asked him what reward he should give him for his skill and industry sebastian only asked for hia his fal fathers freedom which murillo at oace once gated in anted and giving him his own liberty oleo also received him among hie his pupils he ile soon distinguished himself and end became a celebrated painter but he was bettor known r us 4 Muril loe mulatto than bj hie his proper name am of gomez Us died in 1690 having on Bur rived bis his master but a few years ills principal works may still be seen in seville |