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derham. 81 will remember. ;; And they
entered the house together.

AOuSA ShcUCu any u0dTeT peTIGCIlOu.
The room was large. with good
north window, and scattered about
were the numberless objects that go to
the confusing make up of an artists
workshop. At last Miss Linderham
threw down the crayon, went to the
end OF the room where telephone hung
and rang the bell.
"Give me, " she said, 400. S03.
After few moments of waiting
voice came.
els that Sphinx 8 Co. 7' she asked.
Eyes, madame, was the reply.
ssYou have in your employ Lord
Stansford. think?''
eyes, madame
'sIs he engaged for this afternoon g.
mo, madame. I"
We'll, send him to Miss Linderham,
2044 Cromwell road. South Kensing-
ton.
The man at the other end wrote the
address and then asked:
AT what hour, madame?'
II want him from till o'clock.
Now, said Miss Linderham, with
sigh of relief, 81 can have model
who will strike the right attitude. 1t is
SO difficult to draw from memory"
The reason why so many women fail
as artists as we'll as in many other pro-
fessions may be because they pay SO
much attention to their own dress. 1t
is an astonishing fact to record that
Miss Linderham sent out for French
hairdrpSspr who yyoc a ,,,ocf ax,o,,c;x,o
man, and whom she generally called in
only when some very important func-
ton was about to take place
II want you. she said, s'to dress
my hair in an artistic way and yet in
manner that will seem as if no par
ticular trouble had been taken with it
Do you understand mel"
'1Ah, perfectly. mademoiselle, said
the polite Frenchman. s.You shall be
SO fascinating, mademoiselle, that
eyes" said Miss Linderham, chat
is what want. -
At O'Clock she had on dainty
gown. The sleeves were turned up as if
she were ready for the most serious
work. The spotless pinafore which COW
cred this dress had the most fetching
little frill around it. ALI in all, it was
doubtful if any studio in London, even
one belonging to the most celebrated
painter. had in it as pretty picture as
Miss Maggie Linderham was that after
noon. At 3 o'clock there came ring at
the telephone, and when Miss Under
ham answered the call the voice which
she had heard before said:
II am very sorry to disappoint you,
madame. but Lord Stansford resigned
this afternoon. We could send you an
other man if You liked to have him"
"No, nor cried Miss Linderham
and the man at the other end of the
telephone actually thought she was
weeping.
mo. don't want any one else 1t
doesn't really matter.
'The other man" replied the voice,
would be only 2 guineas, and it was
5 for Lord Stansford. We could send
you man for guinea, although we
don't recommend him.
"No," said Miss Linderham. 81
don't want anybody l am glad Lord
Stansford is not coming, as the little
party proposed to give has been post
poned."
"Ah. then, when it comes off, ma
dame, hope" -
But Miss Linderham hung up the re-
ceiver and did not listen to the recon-
mendations the man was sending over
the wire aboat his hired guests. The
chances are that Maggie Linderham
would have cried had it not been that
her hair was so nicely yet carelessly
done. But before she had time to make
up her mind what to do the trim little
maid came along the gallery and down
the steps into the studio with a silver
salver in her hand and on. it card.
Miss Linderham picked up the card and
read, Orchard Stansford"
''Ohl" she cried joyfully "Ask him
to come here. -
"Won't you see him in the drawing
room, miss?
.'No, no; tell him I am very busy.
and bring him to the studio
The maid went up the stair again.
Miss Linderham, taking one long, care
full glance at herself, looking over her
shoulder in the long mirror, and, not
caring to touch her wealth of hair,
picked up her crayon and began maxi
ing the sketch of the striking man even
worse than it was before. She did not
look round until she heard Lord Stans-
ford's step on the stair; then she gave
an exclamation of surprise ON seeing
him. The young man was dressed in a
wide awake hat and the costume which
we see in the illustrated papers as pic
turing our friends in South Africa All
he needed was belt of cartridges and
rifle to make the picture complete.
ssThis is hardly the dress man is
supposed to wear in London when he
makes an afternoon call on lady, Miss
Linderham, said the young man. with
a laugh. "but had either to come this
way or not at all, for my time is very
limited. thought it was too bad to
leave the country without giving you
an opportunity to apologize for your
conduct last night and fer the addi-
tional insult of hiring me for two hours
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