St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-05-28
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n Nth Nj had come from the wes+ -
smh nsw. York With mammoth artist, . ~
comran and crude ideas of mora1itv
ticatad y rude, young and unsonhis,
sna.u countries She located, - .
sndd n DOWNTOWN studio and hecom,,a
1 sy afflicted with honaa;a,'
row ~ ss mat struck cold to the mar
MI. % ner soul commenced tn frater-
avs;,. WIN whomsoever happened to he
10. ihls was Louise Markham
s.,,a. nearest neighbor, who occunied a
r1,S Civ ON the second floor above
t...,s 70 her eagerly she inadver-
'enaly made a study Of her life
ska ans glrl painted little water color
m,.s OF somewhat impossible heads
WIN dreamy eyes too close together
uu req hats. Sometimes she sold
.uese little pictures, but oftener Il an
peaEeo that she did not She kent
nouse IN light way in her studio. and
go - tne rule in such cases. unless her
euas TOOK her out to lunch or din
sne lived on air..
one was not without certain charm
very courteous, with a hoarsely musi-
cA voice in which there lurked consid-
cradle fascination unless heard ton
continuously, fortunately for Judith
sne was bent upon being agreeable.
upon starting the western girl OF in
society way-if the inhabitants Of
building OF Offices and studios can
De called society-advantageously as
friend.
tong the rounds with her she last
q all introduced her to Gilbert. an
other artist Of male persuasion.
so Tar as appearances went he was
rather a superior artist His studio
was furnished IN fashion bordering
upon elegance. in black oak, the
screens and draperies in green to
match the canvas with which the walls
were covered. SIS
AS matter Of fact, judging casual
~. Judith was almost led to believe
That ne made money. Either that or
he had developed a skill bordering
upon the marvellous in the way of bor-
rowing 1t. @ASas 4, .a...
People were never so entertaining to
her as upon the occasion of talking
about the most interesting possible
thing to themselves; but before she
bad been with him ten minutes she
had to acknowledge that Gilbert over
did 1t. He was so deeply, SO aston
ishingly and profoundly interested in
himself the wonder Of 1t was to her
that he found time to paint.
And a greater wonder that he could
have the heart to waste moment Of
that precious time on other people
And yet it seemed that he found sew
eral moments TO waste upon Louise
Once, twice, thrice even he paused in his
subdued monotone relative to his ca
reer artistic, past, present and to come
embracing semi-occasional and brief
illusions to various and sundry art
editors for whom he had worked, for
whom he was engaged in working. and
for whom he expected at some future
date to work. to point out the merits
of his own masterpieces and show her
how 1t was done.
When finally they tore themselves
away-he had not. half finished his BIZ
ography, but Judith determined it
should wait-and landed safely in the
hal1. Louise clasped ecstatic hands to-
gether and raised her eyes ceilingward
z isn't he lovely?" she cried. Love
ly!" "a
Lovely enough" assented Judith,
''but there is one serious objection to
him. w. Pa
'What?" sharply. 8
''He is too unselfish.s He Is wrapped
up in the outside world to the exclu-
sion OF himself"
WHAT" again.
Unhappily Louise did not always un-
derstand. go
SIT is my lunch time" explained Ju-
dith. will you come out with me?"
mo" refused Louise, with her po-
litely elastic smile. II will have my
lunch in my studio"
Judith suppressed groan at the
thought of those. lunches Of hers. A
wafer and Gia6S Oh WdteF. "A CTdcheT
and a cup of tea. Worse! One day
she had found her lunching on burnt
potatoes. @.4e. g.sE s-g -
A week later she drifted into Judith's
studio. not hilariously as was custom
ary with her, but in a depressed way,
AZ il crushed by something. i
Judith looked up from her drawing
and back again.
.sWhy aren't you laughing" she
asked her. Ordinarily she. laughed.
Judith was homesick enough. Some
times she was homesick enough to die.
cheerful company in SO much as 1t en-
livened her was therefore grateful.
Rnt she had to confess that there were
spent in the society of Louise
vhich she would rather have spent
alone. sas
across her eyes. q
II feel more like crying" said she.
.sWhy?"
"He is married. fE&sFKE ffE
"He! WhO?" 5SIfs 8EtEs|
"Gilbert." aL# .k 4k5