The Man in the High-Water Boots — Francis Hopkinson Smith / F. Hopkinson Smith

" ...] "Shake Mighty good of you fellows to come all the way down to see me. Here, you stone-cutter-help me off with these boots. Marie's getting luncheon. Don't touch that canvas-all this morning's work-got to work early." (It looked to be a finished picture to me.) He was flat on the grass now, his legs in the air like an acrobat about to balance a globe, the water pouring from his wading boots, soaking the rest of him, all three of us tugging away-I at his head, the Sculptor at his feet. How Marie ever helped him squirm out of this diving-suit was ...]."