The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-08-14


Browns eyes followed her compre
henslve gesture that took In the whole
room and he surveyed with indiscrlm
mate admiration the scores of head.
OF ancient martyrs. philosophers and
warriors and modern scholars and
rulers.
Did you do all that?' he gasped in
dismay.
"Al that, and more. too" she re.
sponded proudly. "But am not salts
He'd with anything. None OF them Is
good enough TO enter M the exhibition.
! am going TO do another for that. aud
intend TO cut loose my devotion 10
historical subjects and take my model
from real life. With nature 10 draw
from, am sure / can accomplish far
more than / have yet done. You must
come In now and then. Mr.-Brown,
and see how I am getting along"
He took her Invitation at its par
value and went often. Had he been
pressed to answer why, he could
hardly have told. Certain II was. it
was with a view Of assisting in paint
ing the head for the exhibition. for she
told him that she was doing that
where she was frccr from interruption
at the studio. But in spite OF the lack
OF a definite purpose in view he kept
on calling. Whenever he stopped 10
try to analyze his motive for so doin.,
his brief periods OF introspectiOn
seemed 10 convince him the most pO.
tent reason that urged him on was
an Insane desire 10 experience the
pleasure derived from her hesitation
over that nOn-cuphOniOus name Of his.
and then crafty his ensuing contradic.
tory thrill Of eXaspcratlOn ana strangle
her because she held back as though
she dislied TO utter It. A few addl
tional moments dcllbcration always
served to lead him 10 the belief that
he was actuated solely by n wish to
break her Of bad habit and teach
her to come out promptly on proper
names as other people did.
IL was three months after he first
the steps leading to the studio
In Unity terrace, I'm the wake OF Mrs
Kerr before the head that was To be
her masterpiece was finished. But one
afternoon when he walked into the
CHEEKY apartment and found her sit
ting there with her blonde mead laid
back peacefully against the crimson
pillows, he saw at once that her deli.
cate face wore new expression Of
and joyfulncss IN the
knowledge Of something attempted
and something achieved, aud hc knew
1t must be done. She saw that he had
read Alright the explanation Of her un.
wonted idleness and smiled In answer
10 his ur@pokcn question.
Yes" she said. after n short silence,
''it Is all over. 1t Is there behind that
III show IT to you in
minute. only promise that you will
not be too scathing in your criticism.
did the best | could. In spite of my
love for heads II seems that every day
work on them they become harder TO
She led him TO the side of the room
ilh' hiiblh'I llif b'Nl NdbdhB' Gsbulbr
hen drew aside the curtain. He studied
{ perhaps ten minutes, perhaps twenty,
perhaps longer. When he had finished.
lis conception of the peculiar twist
ma crooks In his own cOuntcnancc
was lcnfold clearer than It had ever
been before for the mirror between
he windows told him that he had been
Ter model.
He did not speak for time. but sat
lulctly down beside her at the table
where she was writing.
What are you dolng?' he asked, at
cngth.
Making out the card that accom-
)anies my head to the committee" she
said. | don't just know how To fix
{. Listen Is this all right? Number
Four and Flfty-Six, Head. Painted by
Mrs"
II was there again, that maddcnlng
lcsitation! She looked up and their
,yes met There was something in his
face that made her pale checks flush
scarlet. He laid his hands on hers.
Brown" ne said, finishing the sem
tence for her.
Brown" she repeated softly,-Chi-
rago News.