The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-02
Result Of a WAGER

/ little excitement listen 10 IN g.
Wanted-By artist. young lady to
| pose as Evangeline. Call Wednesday, rs
} Beacon avenue.
what pity that artists can't see you
/ with the eyes Of that little Franklin girl.
/ If she don't make a fellow tired gushing
/ over what She fancfes to be your look
/ ing ike EvanSeHue.
You always were hard on Minnie,
+ Roy; yet 7 don't see why you should
be. Even If she does get a little silly
I at times that's no reason Why You
should dislike ne4 so She's not the
only one either. that says look Ike
/ Evangeline"
'.Evangeline. nothing I'll bet box
( of gloves against 2 cents that that artist
wouldn't take you for a model. It's ny
opinion you look about as much ike
Evangeline as d potato bug looks Ike a
/ watermelon.
Thanks
Roy gave a sarcastic laugh and said
as he closed the door, I thought that
would take YOU down peg or two, S s.
Of there is anything in THIS wor as
/ aggravating as a brother, and especially
! one that is a senior at college, Ia Ike
to know what it is and where to md It.
Stella exclaimed IS she picked up the
! paper her brother had thrown down
/ II happened that she had an errand
! AVWA LoWI Wv C--tE1t4fAS "a NeA-A-f-t-+S e----
as it would not be very far out Of her
way she decided for the fun OF the thing
/ to call at 27S Beacon avenue.
A maid came 70 the door in answer to
/ her ring and she vas shown into room
/ containing four other ladies.
in a few minutes two ladies came out
/ of an adjoining room. One of them,
whom Stella thought might be the artist,
but afterward found to be his sister,
m0tioned to the maid and the lady was
/ shown out.
She then spoke a few words to each
/ of the other ladies in the room and they
/ in turn were shown out
From this Stella concluded that some
I body had already been selected, and
was greatly surprised when the lady
| came to her and asked her name Shs
! gave it as Stella Kempton, thinking best
! to leave off the Douglas.
win you please come this way, Miss
/ KemDton?"
They passed into the next room. where
a young man was seated at q desk
writing, but arose as they entered the
room.
Il think we need not lock further,
( Harry"
Stella was introduced to Mr.. Stead
man by his sister and learned that he
/ was to paint the picture for the coming
| exhibition.
/ Half an hour later, when she left the
/ house, it was agreed she should pose for
! him two hours every morning at his
studio.
On the way home she decided, not to
say a word about the matter to Roy,
/ but to wait and surprise him at the ex-
hibition
! Her mother was amazed at the sudsc-
! ity Of the act, but her father rather en-
! joyed the joke. and said he would buy
/ the picture if 1t was a good one.
/ Time went by and the picture was
nearly finished. Mr.. Steadman and his
sister were so friendly that the hours
/ spent at the studio we're very pleasant
/ to Stella
! One evening when a. a party Charlie
! Smith. an old friend of Stella's, said that
a friend Of his was there and that he
wanted to introduce him 90 her.
/ A while later she was surprised to see
! Charlie and Mr.. Steadman crossing the
/ room in her direction
! Charlie introduced her as Miss Doug as
/ and she and Mr. Steadman appeared as
/ though they had never seen one another
/ before.
| AS soon as Charlie left them stella
( FASTENED to explain how 1t all happ
Mr.. Steadman laughed, but at the same
/ time he was greatly anxious about his
I picture. Now that he had learned that
/ his model was a wealthy young lady,
/ would she care to carry out the gamer
/ Stella assured him that she was too
/ interested and anxious 70 see it finished
/ to leave him now.
At last the day arrived and the pic
| ture was ready for the exhibition, which
| was to take place in a few weeks.
The exhibition opened and became the
talk of the day.
Are you going to the exhibition, Roy?"
Stella asked
"Goingt OF course, I'm going. Every
body that is anybody IS going"
One afternoon they went. The rooms
! were crowded, and 1t was nearly impos-
sible to see the picture Finally, how
ever, they stood in front Of "Evange-
line"
Roy stared at the picture and then at
his sister, and then broke out: I say
Sis, that looks ike you for all the
world"
Nothing queer about that. I take a
No glove"
NO. g.ovel What do you mean?"
oh nothing only little reminder that
you have lost cents and owe me a box
OF gloves"
well. if you keep stin for five min
utes without going crazy you've earned
the gloves. I'll step in with you going
home and you can pick them out your
self"
Evangeline took the first prize at the
exhibition. and CIR Douglas tried to buy
it,, but Mr. Steadman quietly but firmly
insisted that the picture was not for
sale.
Mr. Steadman became a great friend
of the Douglas family. and a short time
ago told Mr.. Douglas that he could have
the picture if he would give him his
daughter.
Mr. Douglas told him that Il depended
upon Steua's answer and I need not say
that she assarted.
Roy is as provoking as ever. When he
heard the news ne said: oh Sis you're
going cheap. The idea Of father swap
ping. actually swapping. you for daub
of paint Boston Post
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