Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-30

Il ! nave taken the common clay
And wrought ii cunninCly
In the shape of god that was digged clod
The greater honor to me.
If thou hast taken the common clay,
And thy hands be not Tree
From the faint of the soil, thou hast made tn,
spoil
The greater shame to thee.
The Tsco Potters.
Dick looked at Maisie humbly and hope
lessly.
Never mind about my picture" he said
"Are you really going back to kami's a
month before your time?''
- must 90, if want to get the picture
done"
And that's all YOU want?"
"Oi course. Don't be stupid, Dick"
You haven't the power. You have onlv
the ideas-the ideas and the little cheap I'M
pulses. How you could have kept at your
work for ten years steadily is a mystery to
me. So you are really going-a month be-
fore your need?"
u must do my work"
your wOrk-bah! No. didn't mean
that It's all right, dear. OF course you
must do your work, and-I think I'll say
gOod-by for this week"
Won't you even stay for tea?"
No, thank you. Have l your leave to
go, dear? There's nothing more you par
ricalarly want me to do, aud the line work
doesn't matter
L wish you could stay, and then we
could talk over my picture. If only one
single picture success it draws attention
To all the others. l know some of my work
IS good, If only people could see. And you
needn't have been rude about it,
m sorry. We'H talk the Melancolia
over some one OF the other Sundays There
are iour more-yes, one, two, three, four
be ore you go. Good-by, Maisie.'
Maisie stood by the studio window, think
ing, till the red-haired glrl returned, a lit
tie white at the corners OF her lips.
Dicks gone of, - said Maisie. "Just
when l wanted to talk about the picture.
Isn't it selfish Of him?'
Her companion opened her lips as if to
speak, shut them again; and went on read
ing The City of Dreadful Night"
Dick was IN the park, walking round an d
round tree that be had chosen for his con-
ndInte for many Sundays past He was
swearing audibly, and when he found that
the infrmities of the English tonrue
hemmed his rage he sought consolation in
--rablc, which is especially designed for the
use OF the afflicted. He was not pleased
with the reward OF his patient service; nor
was he pleased with himself; and it was
long before he arrived at the proposition
LuaL iLS queen could 90 no wrong.
Its losing game he said. I'm
worth nothing when whim OF hers is in
question. But in a losing game at Port
SAID we used 10 double the stakes and 90 on,
She do a Meiancolia! She hasn't the
power, or the insight or the training Only
the desire. She's cursed with the curse of
Reuben. She won't do line-work because
1t means real work; and yet she's stronger
than l am. I'll make her understand that
! can beat hel on her own Melancolia, Even
then she wouldn't care. She saws [ can
only do blood and bones. 1 don't believe
she has blood in her veins. All the same I
love her: and l must go on loving her; and
II l can humble her inordinate vanity 1 will,
III do a Melancolia that shall be something
Ikea Meancolia-'theM Melancolia that tram
sccEGs all wit I'll do it at once con-
bless her."
He discovered that the notion would not
come to order, and that he could not free his
mind for an hour from the thought of
Maisie's departure. He took verv small in
terest in her rough studies for the Melan-
cola when she showed them next week.
The Sundays were racing past, and the time
was at hand when all the church bells in
London could not ring Maisie back to him,
Once or twice he said something to Binkie
about "hermaphroditic futilities,' - but the
little dog received so many condolences both
from Torpenhow and Dick that he did not
trouble his tulIp-ears TO listen.
Dick was permitted to see the girl off
They were going bv the Dover niplt-boat:
and they hoped to return in August. Itwas
then February, and Dick felt that he was
being hardly used. Maisie was so busy
stripping the small house across the park.
and packing her canvases that she had no
tine for thought. Dick went down TO Dover
aud wasted day thc~n fra-tivo $780,,
der.ul possibility, Would Maisie at the
very last allow him one small kiss? He re-
hected that he might capture her by the |
strong arm, as he had seen women captured |
IN the Southern Soudan, ana lead her away; |
but Naisie would never be led. She would |
turn her gray eyes upon him and say, "Dick, |
how selfish you are!' Then his courage |
would tail him. 1t would be better, alter |
all, to beg for that kiss.
Mais!e looked more than usually kissable |
rs she stepped from the night mali onto the |
windy per, in gray waterproof and little |
gray cloth travelling cap. The red-haired |
girl was not so lo5ely. Her green ewes were |
hollow and her hps were dry. Dick saw |
The trunks aboard, and went to Maisie's side |
&c the darkness under the bridge The mail |
bags were numbering into the forehoid, and |
the red-hared girl was watching them.
You'll have rough passage tonight"
hdIu lJL'h- II ) DlONlnS OUTSIDE. L sup
pose l may come over and see you if I'm |
good?''
''You mustn't. shall be busy. Atleast,
ii I want you I'll send for you. But Ishali |
write from Nitrv-sur- Marine. ] snail have
heaps of things 10 consult you about. Oh.
Dick. YOU have been so good to me!-so good |
to me!'
Thank you for that dear 1t hasn't
made any difference, has it?''
4 can't tell tib. 1t hasn't-in that way.
But don think 1 N not grateful"
Damn the gratituder' said Dick, husk-
ilv. to the paddlebox.
What's the use OF worrying? You know
! should ruin your lie, ami you'd ruin
mine, as things are now. You remember
what yVu said when you were so angry that
day in the PARK? One of us has TO be |
broken. Can't you wait till that day
comes?"
NO, love, Iwant yOu unbroken-all to
myself"
3Iasie shook her head. MY poor Dick,
what can l say?"
Don't say ANYTHING. Give me kiss?
Only one kiss, Maisie. I'll swear won't
take any more. You might as well, and
then I can be sure you're grateful
Naisie put her cheek forward. and Dick
took his reward in the darkness. 1t was
only one kiss, but, since there was no time
limit specified, 1T was long oue Maisie
wrenched herself free angrily, and Dick
stood abashed and tinglIng from head to
heel.
''Goodby, darling I didn't mean to
scare you. I'm sorry. OnIy-keep we'll
and do good work-specialiy the Melan-
cola. I'm going to do one too Remap,