The morning times., 1895-07-12

and smiles. He seemed to understand and
laughed, and then she felt with a quick touch
of dismay that he glanced in surprise at her
untidy dress and tousled hair. JEANNE did
not tidy herself until afternoons; then
in an enormous hat and feathers and much
becurled head she perambuated the ad-
jacent streets IN company with girls of her
acquaintance, not yetvicious, only Ignorant,
vain, and craving for a little of that hap
piness which seems to all girls their birth
right
That same hair was in papers now-she
blushed as she recalled the fact-her hands
were griny, her face unwashed. His eyes
noted it.
They did not meet again during the week.
but next Sunday morning found Jeanie with
herhairout of papers andher hands washed
She was lettering at the street corner when
he came back in his spruce clothes. She
gave him pert nod. She felt annoyed with
him for some unknown reason and that
evening made herself as reSplendent as pos
sble in her cheap, gaudy finery.
He shall see that can be smart, too"
she thought, and tossed her head as he ap-
peared.
He stopped, and drawing a notebook
from his pocket rapidly sketched church
front upon it. She shook her head He
looked puzzled. Then his quick fingers
drew the outside of enc of the commonest
type of meeting house. She shook her
head again and movedoff. Somehow shedid
not like 10 show him how she spent her Sun
day evenings.
The weather became very hot. Jeanie
dropped more and more in the unhealthy
workroom and stuffy streets. He seemed
to notice it, for on one Saturday night
she found n drawing OF trees and a path
and figures walking about, and under
meath the figures go. Could he be ask
\. 20, Tor oil l,n tod in
to see.
AT 2;30 a knock came at her door. There
he was, with his square, ugly, good
natured face smiling at her. She felt
awkward going down the stairs with him.
What could they do during a whole walk if
neither could speak TO the other?
But that walk did not take place The
smart tie around her neck had been the
price OF her dinner. She turned faint and
reelcd. then sat down on the stairs and burst
into tears.
She hardly knew if she was veXed or
pleased TO find herself picked up like a
baby and carried up to her own room and
laid upon her bed. She sat up and drank
some water, while he stood looking per-
pleXedly at her, and she blushed that he
should see her untidy, disorderly room.
He went out. In few minutes she heard
her door open and something pushed along
and milk and plate Of German rolls.
The next day another picture was left.
It represented a large workshop with men
sitting at tables, all busily engaged over
some mechanical work. Underneath was
written the figures 80 shillings.
With unskilllul fingers she drew an out
line OF coat and waistcoat and a needle
and thread and posted it at his door as she
went out, but she had TO come back again,
/ she was so i'll and all day she lay there alone
waiting for what was the only friendly
signal in the world to heT-the scrap OF
paper of the foreign artist.
she heard it pushed under the door at
last and feebly rose and groped for it.
Her head was thrObbing so that she could
scarcely see that it contained a whole
line of portraits-an elderly man aud
woman and younger faces, among which
was his own, his family doubtless
She made a rough outline of her hat,
with a sharp oval for a face underneath.
She was too i'll to get it down TO him.
She pushed il oEtnnd trusted that he would
fetch il. She heard him in the morning
come up again, and then she heard no
more for the fever seized upon her, and
when next she woke to consciousness she
was lying on a hospital bed. For days
she was too weak to speak or think, but
when she was able one of the nurses asked
her if she would like to see some papers
which had been brought TO the hospital for
her, and the nurse spread them out before
her.
The first was of q man following q
stretcher through the streets then the same
man sitting alone in solitary room with
his head bowed upon his hand and weeping;
the next, the same man at q door, evl
IDENTIFY asking questions of a porter within;