The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-07-17

''For nothing? Oh, N.Y.! The girl
turned the sovereign in her hand, and
with more foolish tears. "Ain't neither
of you two gentlemen afraid of my
bilking your
"No. Only ugly girls do that Try
and remember this place. And, by the
way, what's your name?"
I'm Bessie--Bessie- It's no use CIV
ing the rest. Bessie Broke-Stone-
broke, if you like. What's your names?
But, there; no one ever gives the real
ones.'
Dick consulted Torpenhow with his
eyes.
"My names Heldar, and my friend S
called Torpenhow. And you must be
sure to come here. Where do you live?'
"South the water-One reom-five
and siXpence a week. Aren't you max
ing fun of me about that three quidY"
you'll see later on. And, Bessie,
next time you come, remember. you
needn't wear that paint. It's bad for
the skin. i have all the colors you'll be
likely to need"
Bessie withdrew, scrubbing her cheek
with a ragged pocket handkerchief.
The two men looked at each other.
you're man." said Torpenhow.
'I'm afraid I've been fool. 1t isn't
our business to run about the earth re-
forming Bessie Brokes. And a woman
of any kind has no right on this land
ing"
perhaps she won't come back"
"She will if she thinks she can get
food and warmth here. l know she
will, worse luck. But remember, old
model, and be careful
"The idea! She's a dissolute little
scarecrow, a gutter snippet, and moth
ing more"
$50 you think. Wait till she has been
fed little and freed from fear. That
fair type RECEIVERS itself very quickly.
You won't know her in week or two,
when that abject fear has died out Of
her eyes, She'll be too happy and
smiling for my purposes"
"But surely you're taking her out of
charity-to please me?"
Il am not in the habit of playing
with hot Goals to please anybody. She
has been sent from heaven, as l may
have remarked before, to help me with
my Melancolia."
"Never heard a word about the lady
before"
whats the use of having friend
IL you must sling your notions at him
in words? You ought to know what
I'm thinking about. You've heard me
grunt lately"
Gwen so. But grunts mean any
thing in your language, from bad BAG
cy to wicked dealers. And l don't think
I've been much in your confidence for
some time"
at was a high and soulful grunt
You ought to have understood that il
meant the Melancolia." Dick walked
/: Torpenhow up and down the room
| keeping silence. Then he smote him
! In the ribs Now don't you see it!
Bessie's abject futility, and the terror
in her eyes, welded on to one or two
details in the way of sorrow that have
! come under my experience lately. Like
wise some orange and black-two keys
of each. But 1 can't explain on ar
empty stomach"
ut sounds mad enough. You'd bet
| ter stick to your soldiers, Dick, instead
| of maundering about heads and eyes
and experiences"
think so?'' Dick began to dance
on his heels, singing:
They're as proud as turkey when the.
hold the ready cash;
| You ought to ear the way they laugl
and joke.
They are tricky an they're funny whel
| they've got the ready money
Ow! But see EN- when they're all ston
! broker
Then he sat down to pour out hi
heart to Maisie in four sheet letter o.
counsel and encouragement, and regis
tered an oath that lie would get t.
work with an undivided heart as sool
as Bessie should reappear.
The girl kept her appointment, un
painted and unadorned, afraid AM
OVERLOAD by turns. When she fourt
that she WAS merely expected to 81
still she grew calmer. and criticised th
appointments of the studio with free
dom aid some point. She liked tn
warmth and the comfort and the re
lease from fear of physical pain. Dicl
made two or three studies of her lea,
in monochrome, but the actual notiol
of the Me!ancolia would not arrive.
"What mess you keep things in!
said Bessie some days later when sh
felt herself thoroughly at home. "
s'pose your clothes are just as bad
Gentlemen never think what button
and tape are made for.
Il buy things to wear, and wear 'er
till they go to pieces. ! don't knoN
Whit TarDenhow does"