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ZELL LITERALLY DROVE ALL OVER THE CITY TRYING TO [[strikethrough]] FIND [[/strikethrough]] BUY A NEW LAMP. HE WAS SO HURT LEST MY WIFE AND I WOULD BE DISAPOINTED.

ALTHO THE CAPACITY FOR ENDURING FRIENDSHIP WAS ONE OF ZELL'S WARMEST CHARACTERISTICS, THERE WAS NEVER ANY CONTAGION OF ENVY THAT [[strikethrough]] ENTERED [[/striekthorugh]] DISTURBED THESE FRIENDSHIPS. IT IS SAID [[strikethrough]] THE [[/strikethrough]] ARTISTS HAVE TWO VERY REAL ENEMIES - POVERTY AND ENVY. THE FIRST, IF THE ARTIST IS LUCKY, MIGHT BE PACIFIED- [[strikethrough]] THE [[/strikethrough]] BUT ENVY-NEVER. SO IT WAS RARE INDEED TO KNOW SOMEONE WHO REALLY AND TRULY DELIGHTED IN THE GOOD FORTUNE OF HIS FRIENDS. IT IS A PITY THAT ZELL, WITH HIS ABILITIES, DID NOT DO MORE PAINTINGS. I SPOKE TO HIM OF THIS ON SEVERAL OCASSIONS, "OH" HE WOULD SAY, "ONE DAY I MAY DO A LITTLE SOMETHING. CONSIDERING EVERYTHING IN RETROSPECT, I SUPPOSE ZELL WAS SO THOROUGH IN EVERYTHING HE ATTEMPTED THAT HE WAS UNWILLING TO BEGIN A VENTURE UNLESS HE WAS COMPLETELY SURE OF HIMSELF & OF HIS MATERIALS. I'VE SEEN FURNITURE WHICH ZELL CRAFTED THAT APPEARED PERFECT TO ME. IN FACT, ZELL HAD A RATHER RENAISSANCE TURN OF MIND IN THE VALUE HE PLACED ON SKILL AND CRAFTSMANSHIP. IT WAS, IN THESE DAYS, A PRECIOUS FACULTY.

[[strikethrough]] THE LIFE OF AN ARTISR [[/strikethrough]]