Smyrna times., 1908-02-12

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:all Of 'e steamer waving her hand.
kerchicf gayly. all unconscious of her
p!ctureSqueneSS as the sun crept un-
der the brim of her hat and made
bright glory of her hair
by George. isn't she a stunner.'
Zephine could not help hear a young
man near her eXclaim.
She blushed with confusion and was
relieved to see her patrOness approach
ing.
Let me introduce my son Ralph
Mrs. Maxwell said proudly, laying hel |
hand on the arm of the young man |
who had just cOmplimented Zephine |
80 spontaneously. Il expect you two |
to get on famously together"
Ralph extended his hand with will |
ing cordiality, but Zephine stood trans
fixed with astOnishment. At last she
looked at Mrs. Maxwell appealingly.
81 thought he was little boy" she
gasped helplessly.
The explanations that followed were
chaotic at best. Mrs. Maxwell sup
| posed. of course. that Zephine knew of
her son. Ralph Maxwell. the artist, the
| popular portrait painter of children
| and modern madonnaS. Why, had
she not mentioned especially how he
| painted all women with red hair?
That is why she had thought it would
give him particular pleasure to have
the third member of their party pos
sess this distinctive mark of beauty.
And as for Ralph-why he himself
had been entirely ignorant of the
whole plot until that very morning,
when his mother had revealed it to
him, telling him with bOundleSs enthu-
siasm that she had asked Miss Holli-
day. a charming young woman, to ac,
company them on their trip so that he
would have some one to share his art
enthusiasm with and to join him in
his tireless jaunts in search of pic
tureSQue children to pose for him.
While this rapid fire of elucidation
was going on Zephine looked from one
to the other in her effort to cOmpre
hend the situation. Finally she burst
out laughing-a tri1e hysterical per
haps-but still it was the vivacious Ze-
phine coming to her rescue.
Mrs. Maxwell sighed and smiled all
Mt once.
ooh. I'm so glad we all understand
each other now. And | know we're
going to be the best of friends"
With this optimistic assertion she
turned to greet an old acquaintance.
"And so you thought | was a kid
laughed Ralph. looking at Zephine
with icC ~ oil
l am pretty much of one You'll
have to take me in hand just the
same. l may not mind promptly some
times. but that will be because Tn
Oblivious to everything save the glory
of your hair"
ITS dyed. I did it to get the job,
, replied Zephine. as she turned ant
, left the young man staring blankly
after her.
On the last day out Zcphine sat curl
ed up comfortably in her steamer
chair, pretending to read Ralph sa
not far off sketching her. as she yer.
t we'll knew
= when we get settled in the studio
! | shall make a portrait of you. Mis-
D HOlliday-that is, if you are willing"
? "Then | shall be both a dyed an,
painted lady" she laughed teasingly
a IAN irresistible combination"
/. Ralph made no reply, but gazed a
t her so steadily that at last Zephin
e was compelled to raise her eyes
5 Il could love you in spite of either,
u was the unexpected declaration tina
S he made in response to her question
ing glance. but fortunately I'm nc
e put to the test. All the dyes in tn
d world couldn't produce the matches
/ brightness and beauty of your hail
i dear. Why did you try to deceive mC
Zephine?"
d "Were you deceivedY'
], For a day or two, because yO
J. shocked me into it. You haven't tOl
e me why yet"
g "Oh, because yOu annoyed me thG
70 very first day by making love to m
hair. Everybody does. It's my riva
," and II wanted you to make love
1t me-"
le "And didn't I do it the very ne2
day."
Zephine looked at him indulgently.
Of YES, and every day since. Your
ce every bit the incorrigible boy 1 imagil
V, ed YOU
IN only this incOrrigible boy is in 10y
ly with his teacher answered Ralp
7s stealing hold of her warm little har
st beneath the steamer rug.
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