The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-27
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ION L apolOBlZe DICK, SdlQ CldTe, III
her quiet voice. It's am absorbing bust
ness, l know"
When he had left her h burst into
a storm of jealous, passionate tears.
Some days later he announced with an
air of triumph that he had discovered
a model for Phyllis.
Shes an absolute treasure,' he told
Clare enthusiastically; as near physi-
cal perfection as anything I've seen. 1
was afraid l would have to 60 the usual
patchwork misunderstanding an arm
here and a nose there, and a chin from
somewhere else. you know. But with
this girl It's all plain sailing. She's a
beautiful creature in every way l shall
want no other model at all. The
curious part is she's not a professional,
n yet she's as easy to work with as
any I've had. Her limbs seem
to fall quite instinctively into the right
poses"
From that moment Phyllis and Cory
don were never out of Dicks thoughts
or Clare's.
The young sculptor took an unaffect-
ed pride In his own creation. He was
in excellent spirits.
We're progressing more quickly
than l had hoped" he told Glare one
night. Another day or w o. good,
be finished. Alice gives me her last
sitting tomorrow"
Alice; that was the name of his
beautiful model. Her Christian name.
He always called her by that. Glare
supposed it was customary among
a thing as this could trouble her when
she was in a morbid mood.
She felt unreasonably angry with
this girl-this Alice-who was the most
perfect creature Dick had ever seen.
He had never ca0ed her perfect. But
1 then II would haI,a ha1p. lJpfr11o and
Dick vas never that.
He had often told her she was
charming, or pretty, but he had never
~rhapsodiZed over her, as he had rhap-
sodized over the discovery OF Alice.
OF course, Alice was only a model
AT least. vas she only a model? No;
Dick had mentioned something to the
contrary. She could not remember ex-
actly what it was. He had never told
her anything definite, she thought,
She. Glare, did not Eve nov how he
had made Alice's acquaintance. Since
projections he had been a trife reti-
cent, she fancied. But she had asked
no curious questions, lest he should
think-what Glare would not W. had
him thin. for worlds.
Jealous of an artists model! The
thing was preposterous. She could
never stoop SO low as that. But why
why need he have cast this creatures
beauty In her teeth?
Glare turned away from the window
with a strange expression In her gray
eyes,.
Dick is late-later than usual to-
day." she murmured.
Then she remembered that his was
Alice's last day. THAT is what is
keeping him." she thought. He will
want to make the most of his last
opportunity. I wonder-I wonder
She stopped suddenly.
"Shall II" she whispered to herself:
and the next moment she had hurried
from the room.
Ten minutes later she was standing
outside the door of Dick Stanton's stu
do.
For an instant she paused in breath
less hesitation, with her hand on the
latch.
Ought she to have come? Would II
not be better to go back and wait for
Dick at home? She had once made
up her mind never to disturb him al
his work. But that was Just what she
was going to do now.
Why had she come? Really, h was
not quite certain. Was 1t to see Alice
1a;psffectly beautiful Alice, whom
Glare hesitated no longer. She threw
of her dripping cloak in the narrow
vestibule and knocked at the studio
door.
Come I'M" cried an impatient voice
1t was Dicks; evidently he was by nc
means well pleased at being thus dis
turbed.
Clare obeyed the somewhat ungra-
cious invitation.
Dick was standing with his back to hel
at the far end of the long room, In front
OF the revolving table upon which "PhYllis