. Plucky boys. THE GKANDMOTHER A BOY SCULPTOR. 135 and he saw into everything; and that was the end ofhis instruction at that time. He kept on studying and modeUing till the spring. of 1877, when his father came over to America, andPaul was put into school again ; this time at St. Ger-main. And now, to the great delight of his parents,he showed a wonderful talent for languages. Hetook all the prizes; and the master l)egged to havehim stay on and become a scholar. But the boy hada strong desire to be modelling all the time. At about fourteen and a half, he began to makethe bust of his grandmoth
. Plucky boys. THE GKANDMOTHER A BOY SCULPTOR. 135 and he saw into everything; and that was the end ofhis instruction at that time. He kept on studying and modeUing till the spring. of 1877, when his father came over to America, andPaul was put into school again ; this time at St. Ger-main. And now, to the great delight of his parents,he showed a wonderful talent for languages. Hetook all the prizes; and the master l)egged to havehim stay on and become a scholar. But the boy hada strong desire to be modelling all the time. At about fourteen and a half, he began to makethe bust of his grandmother, an old lady of eighty. 136 A BOY SCULPTOR. It was his own idea, and he went quietly to work allalone by himself (during the absence of his father)and kept steadily at it. Mr. Fremiet, the great animal sculptor, lived so near a neighbor thatthe Bartlett familyused to see him told him oneday what he was do-ing, and asked himto come round andsee the bust. said yes ; buthe was very busy,and did not go. Byand by the boy hadgot it so far alongthat he was anxiousHEAD OF CAT. to have somebody look at it who knew something; and early one morn-ing, before tha
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