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lisved---as . psychological answer to
his yearning for color"
| Her entrance was characteristic.
The artist. idly sketching his tho,.
sandth American Girl" was startled
to perceive = ANAL. gorgeous figure
wrapped in sinuous folds Of gray and
cherry silk, bowed In mock humility
at his very feet.
Seven devils" exclaimed st. Ives.
splashing carmine oil over the "Ameri-
can Girls" naughty mouth.
"Jes' me. mos. high mightiness:
Etsu make YER fine ,modei-ver' moch
need money!" explained the wadded,
silk bundle before him. The shining
black coils of hair rose from their
humble position to disclose fresh.
girlish face. daintily red as to lips.
lmmobile as bronze.
| This. then. was no gift from the
gods. but q commercial transaction!
All the artist In st. Ives nature rose
to the quaint. colorful little lady.
| Etsu, taking stupefaction for &C.
| quiescence. lifted bundle Of costumes
from the floor and battered toward the
| dressing room.
In a second she was back. Instead
of the cherry blossom silk she was
swathed In q heavy kimono whose
midnight luster was. giorified by gold.
en- storks gravely reposing on one leg
against a background Of perpetually
rising suns.
"Etsu YER fine lady of mikado's
, court" she said proudly. making q
deep genuhection.
st. Ives eyes took in greedily the
1.-THE figure, the small. flower-like face.
and heavy coils Of scented hair. lie
| stared till the yer fine lady" became
disturbed; she dropped to the floor
| I'm a pretty attitude and with childish
dignity and direcrness said: Lady
play samisen. YER honorable great ar
tist please to paint"
And SO. from day to day. st. Ives
, reveled In color.
Etsu had been posing for him for
two weeks. and the studio, with Its
litter OF East Indian bric.a-brac. ugly
Chinese idols, and rare tapestries. was
permeated with the faint fragrance
that chung to her kimouos.
To-day Etsu had arrived at the stu
do early. When he inserted his own
| latch key. a strange. eerie murmuring
reached his ears. and as he threw
wide the door he beheld Etsu prone
ON her face before an image of Bud
dha he had picked up in the orient.
She was praying softly and rapidly.
Gone wa, the chiidlike 1aivete and
impenetrable calm OF the little Japan
csc model. A strange exaltation
breathed from every fold Of her silken
garments, and she hurriedly tucked
her tiny fag--the emblem Of Japan
into her sleeve as she mounted tho
models throne.
We'll, Ets,,. see by the papers
your country 10 recalling its subjects
there's to b. war, It seems"
YES auguat highness." replied e.
su; the sacred one has spoken-hap-
by they who can obey"
She was strangely anxious to b
sone-the days work was spoiled and
ST. Ives released her. y
Lifting q Gu, tain that concealed ID
old cabinet to get Etsu's customary
fee. he stood appalled,. The cabinet
had been forced open. papers and color
tubes lay all about, but every penBy
| the cabinet held had vanished!
Gone. too. was Etsu, and without
the bit OF silver Tor which she always
waited.
In an instant s. Ives was half vsy
down the stairs: . second and hs
gained the street There. like an ami.
mated water cosor. was Etsu, two
blocks away.
Etsu melted into Q narrow doorway
OF Chinatown. AMI stin - followed
Almost at the threshold of an inner
room she was met BY Q slender young
japanese equipped for Q Journey.
Did you get IT, he fairly Kissed
Quick. quick: the son oe heaven
calls"
Here. Hojo." sks pressed . h1nd-
ful Of loose bills into his oatstretched
hand. 'Kavanaon guard yen and
bring . glorious desth."
Jostfins st. Ives In the dark passage
Hobo rushed forth-fsom her he loved
TO the great red death OF . japanese
solder Who fans in bottle fshting fos
the emperor.
But Etsu. for whom there remained
only the small white death Of women
and chiidrsa. drew from her siIkea
sleeve . small vial and drank DEER
The punsent scent q peach kernels
filed the air.
And 81. Ives staggered out into the
sunlight to ease win bo.rfeed EYES
on the long streamers d "Banzsi"
and picturesque japanese Tags thas