Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-12-20

her: her dress caught in 3 stretched
eanvas pug ND E1f& iawzrSis sg4insr
EAe wall and brought Il down with 3
,uuHsed crasA-
strange cane forward 10 help her
put II I'D; AMI with 4 hand Of each Of
them On II they paused srt3euiy and
started, and with quick t1rn Of his
hand Strange SIT Il this time face
outward in its pkace, ard hooked into
il with eager excitement. while Owens
f1ee grew cold and still with toOcn
o. sternness on II.
Will they were booking. the do0r
burst open and Brydon came in with
The milk and soft paper parcel lock-
inz Ike cakes
strange. bow did you And itt- be
cried Il Bever meant y0u 70 see fl
Lady Strange, IL j. onIy q sketch
Il beg your parsiOn-T she said, ..my
dress caught IN IL and knocked IL
down, and 81 we RAISED l. we saw
the face. then suppose. curiosity
did the rzst-
When ala ycu see my wife. Bry
DOM said Strange. stiIl absorbed In
the picture
I'm church, the day she was married
I kBaw. | should have been in Paris.
b1t I wanted to make this sketch. |
want. when | know wen enough bow
to do III" be said. turning To her
huEnbly. TO make a picture Of you.
F1Hv G4~Mnvn arA - ,-f.-.. - -
Strange, and this Is inst me idea Of
IT.
Il am sure my husband must APP
preciate your kindness she said half
ahsentiy.
Perhaps she might have put little
more warmth into her voice If she had
seen the fallen face Of the boy as he
turned to look to his kettle. She bad,
however. already more to occupy her
than she wanted
The sketch was stroke Of genius.
II was gracious. graceful girl stand
ing before the altar in her simmer
ing marriage robes. IN actual flesh and
blood the great soul OF woman shin
Ing out from the violet eyes: the ten
der strength Of rhe mouth. the reso-
lutte paze Of the rounded chin. the rus
Meantime Strange had been looking
carefully through some Of Brydon's
sketches. scattered everywhere
sYou'H draw as well as ron color.
old man and that Il more than
ever expected Of you What does Le-
grun sayyr
Naturally. the whole thing would
have filed the soul Of a dilettante
with Unutterabla disgust. being as
giaringly fuil of faults Of detail as It
well could be. but an artist with half
an eye In his head would have put all
these By In a place By themselves To
be dealt With later, and would have
gone mad over the truth that re-
manned.
II was the girls figure alone that
made the picture: the man she stood
before. was A mere blur Of an idea.
as were all the surroundings. Strange's
eyes as he watched the woman. were
brimful Of a terrible joy. and Of
more terrible sadness. As for Gwen.
she fell 10 criticssing the details IN
way that made Brydon's flesh creep
on his bones.
This Is not the origina! sketch she
said suddenly. stopping short in
sweeping criticism. I wish ron would
show rs that
1T IL very bad. ron would like 1t
y. n L.
i might Ike Ii less as a picture. but
a. a likeness more. perhaps Do show
1t 10 me
The mere suspicion Of entreaty she
threw into her voice hal never yet
been rejected nv any man, and soft
hearted Rrydon was not going TO be
the first 10 run counter to her inclina-
tons. 50 altogether against his will
he pulled the sketch, about half the
size OF the other one. out from among
a number Of others. and put Il in a
good light where she could examine II
II her ease.
'Ahr she said. yes, that's me. my
self, What induced you TO idealizef II
was unjust toward me and dishonest
10 yourself
IT was neither, it was prophetic
said Strange In low voice audible
TO her
She glanced at him for a second
with curling scornful lips.
Was II impossible then to make a
decent picture Of me as l look now
she asked with a laugh turning 10
Brydon, who was blushing furiously
and wishing he could swallow him
self.
No fellow living could do justice TO
you. he blurted out painfully. how
ever you may look, bur / was trying
10 paint a bride. and there in that
first study you didn't look Just like
one-from my own confounded fault.
no doubt, 50 | tried the other.
You have certainly succeeded IN
producing your bride she remarked
with a curious. absent smile
To give her her due. she did not
know how cruel her own pain made
her Her husband did. however; be