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Part III
One day the doctor allowed Ellsworth to visit with Swain the Museum of Modern Art, the famous Lathrop Gallery-and other exhibitions. The results were excellent. The old man forgot business and became interested only in art. He wished to know everything about the galleries and the painters who exhibited in them. How were the galleries run? Who selected the pictures for the exhibitions? These were questions which he often asked.
When spring came, Ellsworth produced an awful piece of painting which he called "Trees Dressed in White". Then he suddenly declared that he was going to exhibit it at the Lathrop Gallery. His declaration made Caswell and Swain think that the old man had gone crazy because the Lathrop Gallery was one of the finest galleries in New York.
"If the papers learn of this, Mr. Ellsworth will become a laughing stock. We must stop him," said Swain. But Dr. Caswell cut him short. "By no means," he said. "We can't interfere him now, it will spoil everything. Let him sent his picture."
To the greatest astonishment of all three, "Trees Dressed in White" was taken for the Lathrop Gallery. "Not only Mr. Ellsworth is crazy," thought
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