The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

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SO mastery. They were both right
The eagerly expected and much
priced vanishing ticket duly arrived,
but attacks Of headache had lately be-
come more frequent and more severe,
and on the eventful day he was incapa-
BILE Of movement
The doctor cross-examined him close
ly and then said: 81 think your best
course is to consult an oculist-"
II can see perfectly WELL" Lacy said,
with some establishment
81 know you can now" the doctor an
swered; ''but / feel convinced that your
headaches proceed from weakness Of
the eyes"
Richards brow became clammy. He
said nothing about it to Mary and went
privily TO a great specialist in Harley
street.
You must have absolute rest for two
or three years." said the great man.
but I can't must liver
IF you don't FEST yoii will be blind
before you are th~irtv:f1e."
With great difficulty he gathered suf-
fcient courage to tell Mary. She re-
manned silent a little.
Then, of course, you must give your
poor eyes a rest, dear" she said.
but how?" .
"Well, you will have the money for
the Claire Ingelow' drawings, and
perhaps the picture will sell. Some one
is sure to buy it"
The money for the drawings won't
last six months, and pictures by I'M
known artists never SELL"
well, I can earn a little"
She was determined to keep cheerful
| for his sake. He closed her mouth with
a kiss.
MOI he said, 81 shall give myself
six months holiday; hat is all l can
afford. And then I must begin again
and take my chance. Perhaps the doc
tors are mistaken. They often are"
Yes, very often" echoed Mary.
It was the day Of the private view.
and Lacy sat in his studio wondering
if any among the brilliant crowd at
Burlington house had cast a passing
glance at his picture. Toward dusk a
telegram came, reply paid.
What is name and address," it ran.
''of lady who sat for Claire Ingelow?
Mark Ffolliott, Bedford row"
Now, every one knew Mark Ffolliott.
He was the solicitor, and acted for half
the aristocracy. What could 1t mean?
Lacy telegraphed back the required
information. He went TO see Mary next
morning.
Richard, dear" she began almost
Immediately, - know I am a brazen
mink, but | think we ought TO get mar
ried at once. Then | can keep an eye
on you to see that you don't work.
Don't joke, old girl" he said. with q
tremor in his voice. I've been think
ing, and I've made up my mind that l
ought to release you, as there is no
prospect now of my being able to keep
even myself, to say nothing of a fam.
lily"
what if ! refused to be released?"
81 must insist on it"
Then l shall sue you for damages for
breach of promise"
Mary went softly up to him.
Then she showed him a letter which
she had that morning received from Mr..
Mark Ffolliott, of Bedford row..
II set forth, with the usual legal for
mality of phrase, how the writer, catch
ing sight of Mr.. Lacy's picture at the
academy, had been astonished at the
likeness which it bore to : Miss Nor
ris, who, twenty years since, had sew
eral times visited his Office in company
with her uncle, Sir James Norris. who
was IN old client of his; that Sir James
Norris had died about q year ago, in
~testate; that it had been discovered that
the deceased left no relations except
his niece, and that the latter had mar
ried a gentleman named Blackwood
and subsequently died, leavinga daugh-
ter; hat Mr.. Ffolliott had hitherto
been unable to trace the issue Of this
marriage; and, finally, that he vas con-
WINGED that the original of claire In
gelow" must be the daughter of Mrs.
Blackwood and heiress 10 one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars and a coun-
try house.
MARY" Richard said, accept my
congratulations! But, of course, a
girl with one hundred and fifty thou.
sand dollars and an ancestral hall won't
throw herself away on a penniless
artist"
won't she?" was the reply.
Richard Lacy puts A. r. A. after his
name now and paints portraits for five
thousand dollars apiece. But Mary al.
ways tells the children that the best
their father ever did was that
of claire Ingelow.'-Boston Globe.