The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-02-07


self witt bis opponent, formed ingenious
combinations, watched openings, ard gradu-
ally cleared the board until he found him
self rs She hour Of ba!f-p nine drew near.
able 10 propose a simple problem to his own
| mind, such az, White moves first, 20 mate
! in three, four, or FIVE moves, aud then he
! preceded 20 solve that problem, and
checkmsted his adversary,
| No enc. not even Iris, knew how Iala
! Roy lived, or what he did in the daytime.
Il MS ,llmorej that he had been seen at
| Simpson,, in the Strand, but this report
! wanted confirmation. He had lived in Mr..
! Emblem's second floor for twenty years; he
| always paid his bills with regularity, and
his long sysre figure and white moustache
ard fee we're as we'll known in Chelsea as
any relocated lounger among the old vet
! Grams of the hospital.
! 1T IL quiet for you in She evenings said
| Arnold.
| II play 20 them Sometimes. They Inc to
| hear NE play during the game. Look at
| them"
She sat down and played She had
delicate touch and played soft music, such
| a. socthes, not excites the soul Arnold
watched her, not the old men. How was it
that refinement, grace. self-possession, man
rers, and the culture Of a lady, could DO
found in one who knew no ladiesf But then
| Arnold did not know Lala Roy nor did he
| understand the old bookseller.
| lyon are always wondering about me-"
| she said, talking while she played; ~ SEQ it
| in your eyes Can you not take ME as am,
without thinking why am different from
| other girlsf or course l am different, be-
! cause know none of them"
81 wish they we're all like YOU" he said.
| mo; that would be great pity. You
wan. girls who understand your own life,
| and can enter into your pursuits-you want
companions who can talk to you; so back
| to them, Arnold, as soon as you are tired q
| coming here"
| And vet his instinct was right which told
him that the girl was not a coquette. She
| had no thong ht--not the least thought-as
| yet that anything was possible beyond the
existing friendship. 1t was pleasaht but
| Arnold would get tired OF her, and GO back
to bis own people. Then he would remain
| In her memory as study Of character.
! This she did not exactly formulate, but she
had that feeling. Every woman makes
study OF character about every man in
| whom she becomes ever SO little interested.
| But we must not get conceited, my brothers,
sver this fact The converse, unhappily,
| does no. hold true Very few men ever
study the character OF a woman at all.
Either they fall in love with her before they
have had time TO make more than sketch,
| and do not after wards pursue the su b ject,
or they do not fall in love with her at all;
and in the latter case it hardly seems worth
while 10 follow up a first rough draft
"Checkmats," said Lola Roy.
Tba rop,. uas fpished md thu eveNino
| over.
Would you like" he said, another even
| ing, ito see my studio, or do you consider
my studio outside myselff'
81 should very much like to see IN artists
studio she replied with her usual frankness,
leaving it an open question whether she
would not he equally pleased 10 see any
| other studio.
| She came, however, accompanied by Lala
| Roy, who had never been in a studio before,
and indeed had never looked at q picture,
except with the contemptuous glance which
| the philosopher bestows upon the follies OF
mankind. Yet he came, because Iris asked
him Arnold's studio is one Of the smallest
| of those in Tite street. OF course it is built
| Of red brick, and Of course 1t has noble
| staircase and q beautiful painting room OF
studio proper all set about with bits OF
tapestry, armor, pictures, and china, BE-
sides the tools and properties OF the craft
| He had portfolios full of sketches: against
the wall stood pictures, finished and unfin-
ished; on an easel was half.painted picture
representing group taken from modern
novel Most painters only draw scenes from
two novels-the Vicar OF Wakefield aud Don
| Quixote, but Arnold knew more. The cen
trail figure was girl. quite unhnished-ip
| fact, barely sketchedin-
Iris looked at everything with the in
tersst which belongs to tho new and une1
pected.
Arnold began to show the pictures In tss
| portfolios There werc sketches Of peasant
life 10 Norway and on the Continent; thest
were landscapes, quaint old houses and
castles; there were ships and ports; and
| there were heads-hundreds OF beads.
81 said you might b great artist" said
Iris 81 am sure now that you VIII u u
| you choose"
Thank you, Ira Il u the greatest com
| plimsnt you could pay MAJ
And what Il thisT she was before tha
ssssl - which stood the unfinished pao
turN