Show picture ou on one occasion when the artist parker had bad been painting a portrait of charles charlee sumner whittier came to chestnut street and said to mrs sargent friend elizabeth wilt thee gawith go with roe me to see friend parkers Park cra picture ot of charles 1 I should be very glad to she answered I 1 I 1 wilt thee go this morning ho lie asked and upon her assenting they set off for mhd studio when they arrived they examined the portrait of sumner but whittier seemed to mrs sargent to be preoccupied and to bo be in haste to call her attention to something else in a moment lie said friend friand parker where is the other othe e the artist turned around an easel and there was a portrait of whittier himself the tile poet was as pleased as a boy at mrs sargents Sar gents surprise and as she had not even known of his sitting she was naturally not a little astonished Howa he was like a genial comrade comrado in his fun and although lie was naturally grave and sedate there was in him a most beautiful and genial humor and sweetness like the ealor and perfume of the mayflower under the grayness of the leaves in the spring arlo bates in chicago tribune |