The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-08
eyes to the time of her flnttering heaEt..
She broke the silence carelessly.
our queer beha vior quite put dit
of mind until now tlla good news 81

sfe9$s9o u sSCSIuI0Eds small
portrait of herself which looked at
them from the wall. 's s
/ Kelde's eyebrows climbed toward
his hair. 4. 81 ##
"a pure haser!'' he murmured in sur ~
/ prise. s3 gs.
Yes, !" she replied. Il met an old
friend YESTERDAY He admired me
| once Ter eyes sought the floor - and
still does, evidently, for he wants u
portrait Of me. 4 told him knew sc
one for sale, and he agreed to buy it if
| It satisfied him, Z \ 8#
Jove. Nellie! hat splendid
news! Appreciation at last I You ha We
taken a ton off my mind. But i forgot
the cond ton IF it satified him!,' 4.
His manner, bright for a moment,
suggested shadows again. 6s
will satisfy him. You need have
no fear.'''' } s2s b 2
wish 1 could be as sanguine as
you, Nellie. But / have had so many
|rebuffs.'' IA "a.
But you know this is one Of the
best things you have done. 2 5
q thought that Of every picture UNI
til recently z z7#
"But Helmshaw praised this one.
you know. He would have bought it.
but that the sale Of unknown portraits
is SO difficult = az
remember he said so. say, Mel
lie, you have cheered me wonderfully.
Half an hour ago was actually CON
templatin chatting the worth Of life.
You are a dear, good girl, and I'm
going to kiss So. & III &
He completed the sentence by the
action. Her eyes. glistened She went
out soon after, taking the portrait
with her. s,s. 3 1]
There was in Kelde now a faint re-
Election Of his time self. For the
moment he was again the boy, brim-
ming over with the hope Of youth, and
gazing up toward his grand ideals
that, sunlike, tinged the world with
gold. Since he had mixed with men
the sullen clouds had come between
his vision and the sun to obscure the
brightness and to damp his ardor.
For years he had been the most pit
liable Of mortals, a man Of noble incli-
nations, emo tons, and aspirations;
with every hope Of attaining his ambi-
lions seemingly beyond his reach; WIN
every endeavor to attain them utterly
unappreciated. Now, the incident just
related, together with the praise of the
S1SNLAOl OSu1CU,
into his impressio enable brain, and for
getting the trials and rebufs of months
in the monetary joy, he felt a ridicu-
lous inclination to dilute his happi-
ness with tears When. Nellie came
back with thirty dollars he did cry "a
little. s@' H
He liked the picture very much,
she said, sand would have given more
for it, but that he has not the money
at present.
"Oh, thirty dollars is heaps more
than I ever expected to get for it. Oh
Nellie, ] feel that all the eulogies
which the poets and novelists ever be-
slowed on woman are inadequate to
you. Now | am ready to face that ras-
cally janitor" he exclaimed. &.
So y
In the days of success which came
after, Philip Kelde always spoke Of
the sale Of Nellie's portrait as his sal
.yation. After many weary years his
name became famous, and he was. her
aided into publicity by paragraphists
thirsting for art news, and the voice
of society which deemed it ''the thing
to see his pictures. Kelde felt happy
at his past ina bility to sell the works
Of his youth, for which he now got big
checks from eager buyers. .s
Accompanying the popular acclaim
came invitations to make new friends,
among whom he found his souls af-
fnity.
With the acquisition of wife came
the loss of an old friend. Nellie OWN
ing, the model of his bad days and
good, went away, he knew not with
ca1s5: a 1itflA9 1,o
where she had gone; then she passed
out Of his mind. 35
There was a certain day which,
crooking the knee to conventionality,
Kelde set apart for reception at his
studio Thither went many people.
some by virtue of their eminence il
letters and art, others for other rea-
sons. Il s&s
Another came, evidently unlimited;
he was a street urchin, who lodging
through the crowd Of gabbling guests,
pulled Kelde's coat tails.
The artist swung round and the Wis
itOrS stared. 81. ri a5$5
Please, sir, she's awful bad, and
wants to see you.''
Kelde, bewildered, drew the boy out
Of the studio. .$5.s s.:. 81.
Almost Immediately afterward lie
hurriedly excused himself, and the
diminutive messenger hailed cab
into which they both got. III @
..Bleeker street, near Carmino Drive
fast!'''' an Il 81
Ten minutes later, by 5Kelde's watch,
which he scanned anxiously the hack
man put them down before a. poverty
stricken house. The boy led the way,
and presently a woman came to the