Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-03

more OF figure, miss, amt its. q,
asked casually the next day. as NJ.
Ryland sat before the fire readino
"Nou seem to take an interest :,
sop's figure, Jane" said Mary.
Not on my own account. mise ho,;...
me- said Jane severely; "but mon
account OF poor afr. Webi,r. -.
say that Mr.. lessop 'asn't Sat = -
points, If you look for EN-; oli'y thin, 90
il e WIS more Of 4 figure e mioht7 a..
for MS master sometimes. instead ~ -
ST. pld ily figure. Times are 'arl eli.
wise MIR. Webley might be able 70 cn,,,..
model ' N'S4-@
What has mt all this into your b.o,
Jane p asked Mary Rylapd. 'sYou sc..r,
tc take an interest in Mr.. Wcblev ala q
Il 'appened TO look in Yesterday nj
to borrow something from Mr.. los,
and YOU could have knocked me t..
with feather whcn / saw yonr e..
looking at me IN Mr.. Ncbley's room =
My face, Jane? I'm AFRAID l don't ..,
terstand" -'''.
The most lovely painting ven eyor 49,.
eyes on-you to the life. miss s,;5
solemnly. And all say IS that . o,,'..
never to ave had to do it from meme.
e ought to have asked you to sit rnr -.
picture instead of that ridiculous ~
ject.'
Mary Ryland said nothing at the tim.
but she determined to investigate. Ia
that afternoon she Slipped across ~.
staircase and knocked softly at the oDo,..
site door. There was no response. ana
after listening for moment or two H.
opened the door and went in.
With Il beating heart Mary closed tA,
door. Listening cautiously for moment
she went up to the precious picture ami
drew aside the cloth which covered il.
started, and blushed.
The lay figure drew her attention; sD
walked across to it.. Perhaps she thought
tilen of the patient young artist who had
remembered her face 80 well as to CONVEY
1t secretly to his canvas and yet had had
TO work from the lifeless. stuffed thing ia
the chair. And as she thought of thas
She remembered the words of Jane TIL
bury.
Why not? Suppose she took the fl
Te's place; suppose, in that silent way
She showed her gratitude Tor his kindly
thought OF her? She arrayed herself in
the hat and cloak, and finging the IN
| lucky figure bcnlnd the throne, seated
herself in the chair with q mischieyous
laugh.
When Frank Webley strolIed in a mir
ute OF two later he suddenly discovered
by a glance ut the high window OF the
studio that there was lust about ten min.
utes of daylight left for work; hp
whipped off his hat and coat and flung
them aside, then took up his brushes AMI
palette.
Nov, my dear old faithful one" he
said, well get little more ont of YOU
before the light fails. There's one beauty
about you. and that is that you don't
change and you don't want rests as
living model might do. Yet. wish that
you. were alive. and | wish that you had
on your shoulders the little head Of thu
woman l love.
III YOU were flesh and blood-anl the
most beautiful flesh and blood in all the
world might be tempted to tell you So
! might put some life and some glow into
this cold work-the life and glow that he
longs to you. Ii you were sweet Mary
Ryland you're getting very shaky on
your PEDESTAL old lady ! shall have to
screw you up a hit) / might tell yo1
that | love you; / might say that though
we were both poor and alone, yet VIZ
should work so much better if we had
the right to help and encourage each
other. That's what ] should say, or
that's what l think | should say. Sorc
one richer and better than ] am will
marry her, and she'll never know that
broke my heart for love of her, and
would have been so glad to stand between
her and the world, and to work hard for
herr
He threw down his brushes, and then
stood quite still, looking at his lay fig
ure. For the lay figure had slipped, and
its arms had gofe up in n most extraoF
binary fashion. and its face was buried
in its hands. Wondering and hesitatin2,
he got across to it and dropped a hand
delicately on one shoulder of it, started
and twisted it round, and dropped on his
knees before it, and then, for the first
time, discovered that the lay figure was
half way between smiles and tears.
Mary You don't mean to say thai
you've been here all the time"
Il couldn't help it," she Whispered
"Of course, if you'd like to take back
anything You've said that you didn't
nean-or if you were only pretending q"
be kind TO me-or if YOU"
She never completed the sentcnce-uD
less she whispered it to him at some other
time. Ambrose Jessop, coming in hu.-
riodly, coughed and retreated as hurried
~ as he had entered; he smiled to him
self outside OH the staircase. and then
tiptoed across to Miss Ry lands fat and
| knocked On the door. 'Nothin' like
good example" said Mr.. .Jessop, softly
Tom Gallon in London Mail
How Il Tarnn hunt