Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-14
tr,CHAPTER XVIII.

A HAPPY MEETING IN THE STUDIO.
His love for. Dorothy Gilbert had
long ago passed intoSa memory. He
was married now and had a wife and
children uhom he dearly loved. But
Ms 2 aIth went on and made her errand
to him clear he thought back In silent
wonder at that time wien Malcolm
Kirk had crossed the ocean with him
and he had thoughtlessly made the
sketch which meant SO much now to
more than one person.
"And Eve come here now" continued
Faith as she concluded the story Of her
experiences, ito see If you. would give
me letter Of Introduction or recon-
mendation to some place where could
do the. work that. i fael that / ought to
be doing. I'm very proud. II don't
mean that am in any way ashamed
of the housework" = Faiths cheeks
glowed with sudden color-"but l am
sure I can do something different. some
thing that the world needs more. Some
times when look at a picture like
that feel us If could, in time, paint
something almost as good
Francis Raleigh bowed, and pleas
ed smile came over his face. Not all
the praise from the art critics ofshis
picture had gratif1ed him SO much.
If could get permanent position
somewhere, know could work up
into q place of usefulness. l can do
the retouching, and like to do it. And
in time l might have studio of my
own. There are several successful wo-
men photographers here"
That's true, and know one or two
of Them" said Raleigh thoughtfully.
He never knew how much 1t had cost
Faith to. ask him what she did She
had no foolish pride that some girls
have. aud Malcolm Kirk had always
taught his own children MS well as 9TH
| ers that sometimes the most manly or
womanly thing one can do is to re-
ceive help to help oneself, but Faith
would never have come to Raleigh for
such assistance If she had not some
| how felt certain that she must have
some friendly aid in the great city be-
fore she could do what she felt she
must do in order to help the dear ones
at home as well as herself.
| There was silence in the studio for q
moment Then Raleigh said, while tho
smile on his handsome face lighted up
like sunshine:.
How would you like to work in Miss
Varney's studio at kenwood!"
1T would be n beautiful placer cried
Faith.with enthusiasm. She knew the
famous studio which the richest people
IN the city patronized, and she had
! even been out to 1t twice to solicit or
| ders. but each time had failes to gel
anything. 1t WIS an ideal place. ant
she could not help wondering If Ra
leigh knew anything Of her experience
there.
Miss Narney is niece of my wife,
said Raleigh, smiling at Faith again
Suppose; instead of writing you q let
ter Of -introduction, go out there will
you and introduce you in persona
THAT would be beautiful" cried
Faith. Then she grew suddenly shy
again and gazed at the artist half fear
fully. as If she felt she might have
trespassed somewhat on her knowl
edge of his old time affection for hel
mother.
Raleigh seemed to read her thought.
My dear girl" he said, with smil,
that set Faiths mind forever at rest
perhaps you know that once though
very much of your mother. but sh,
gave her heart to better man, TO
which have never reproached her
How the years have gone since thenw
He was silent suddenly, and his fac,
grew thoughtful. .'Let us see. w,
shall have time to get out there thi
afternoon. am at your service. Good
by to the kitchen and welcome tn,
vocation you are fitted for. At tn,
same time, Il envy the people you ar
4 working for. ifssyou are anything Xix,
the cook your mother used to be- III