The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-07-21

To her relief her aunt called her,
to come at once to the room where
Babcock's picture was to be seen, and
she obeyed with some curiosity.
Quite right Of Lionel to consider
your feelings, my dear" said Mrs.
Standard, who was standing before
an easel on which the canvas had
just been placed, "but knew you
were too sensible to mind seeing it,
and / thought it as well that you
should.
II like the landscape part, Lionel,
said Sybil, after examining it; you
are not quite as lazy as 1 accused
you of being only" and she drew
her eyebrows together, what does
that extraordinary figure mean in the
middle of it-and what is it sitting
on?"
"Ah, my dear!" said Mrs. Stani-
land, with sigh of portentous mean
ing, that is the point"
That's just the thing" said Bah
cock. THAT I'm not responsible for"
1T was like this, my dear" ex-
planned Mrs. Standard. Lionel has
been telling me all about it. He'd
painted the landscape, and Sieditoff
wanted it for his gallery in Bond
Street, only he thought it ought =
have a figure in the foreground.
Well, and so Lionel took it to frierd
of his who was good figure painter;
Lionel has never gone in for figure
painting, and he told him what an
opportunity this was for him and
asked him to do it, and he said he
would. And this is what he chose
to do-a horrid figure which is too
ridiculously absurd, hanging in the
air, and out of all proportion and
keeping besides! And Lionel is
afraid Sieditoff won't take it now, AMI
if he does, he can't sell it, and he
daren't try to scrape it out or paint
it over for fear of making it worse.
1t was piece of jealousy and delib-
crate spite on thu friend s part.
What a hateful, mean wretch he
must BE- > cried Sybil But why"
and then she stopped do I know
him? oh, don't say it was he. Aunt
Hilary, you might, yes, you might
have spared me this' And her short
upper lip quivered Indignantly.
Il thought it necessary it should
not be hidden from you, my dear"
said the old lady, calmly.
"Then please understand, both oy
you, as you are kind enough to dis
cuss my affairs together" said Sybil,
haughtily, chat it was not neces-
sary at all. / wanted no warning to
tell me that Mr.. Campion is treach-
erous friend; whatever he chooses to
do now does not concern me in the
least, and you insult me when you
think it cant"
And she turned away with the ges-
ture of an offended princess. She
was very angry indeed-all> the an
grier because she had needed the
warning only too well.
When Babcock returned to his own
fiat after seeing his visitors off he
found Nebelsen standing before his
picture. Like it?" he said.
"No-not at all" replied the
Chela. why have you painted a
yogi performing his japa in the yoga
posture?"
II thought you would say that.
Poor little Miss Sisworth couldn't
stand that yogi either; it upset her
most awfullyl"
why, then, do you baint SO as to
upset people awfully?" demanded
the Chela. "You have learned that
in India-yes?"
eff you must know, Nebelsen, that
idiotic Hindoo isn't my work at all;
it was done, for some low purpose of
his own, by scoundrel named Cam
pion."
But it upset that so charming
Mees Ellsworth
"Yes-that's long story. But the
upshot of it is that he had almost
trapped her into consenting to marry
him, till he played very much the
same trick upon her that he did on
me-"
II see-I see WE'LL" muttered the
Chela, 'it was that, then, which she
to forget desired. Tell me, where
does this Gampion live? l want to
look him up and rebroach him!'
You shall have the address, old
boy!" said Babcock, with much heart
mess, and he gave it to the Chela,
who departed with all the exaltation
of a great mission.
To be Continued.