Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-30
Booth Harrington

Itawss one OF those days when ma
tnrs throws he1seif straight In your
face and you are at 4 loss to know
whether she has kissed you or slapped
yous though you are conscious Of the
tincle-a day, in brief, more for laugh
ing than for painting, and the truth is
that ! suited it, mood only too well
and laughed more than /, painted,
thoueh = sat with my easel before me
andSa picture ready upon my palette
TO be painted.
No one could have understood bet
Yer than that this was setting bad
example to the acoNte who sat. like
Fise facing an easel, ten PAGES to my
ft:: very sportsmanlike figure Of a
Inter. indeed, In her short skirt and
hg coat OF woodland brown. the fine
own Of dead oak leaves; "devastat-
selection OF color that, being
huch the same shade as her hair.
with brown for her hat, too, and the
Fei1 encircling the small crown there
bf. and brown again for the stout,
high, laced boots which protected her
|from the wet tangie underfoot Who
ould have expected so dashing q
Foung person as Anne Elliott to do any
Fealk work at painting? Yet she did,
narrowing her eyes to the finest point
|pf concentration, and applying herself
b the task in hand with a persistence
which Hound on that particular morn
cg far beyond my own powers.
AT her request inspected her work.
stepped back several yards to see 1t
letter. though I should have had to
etfre about q. quarter Of the length Of
city block to see It quite from her
bwn point Of view.
buriss my unkind words have inhsct
'od.s
He seemed upon the point of destroy.
ing me physically. but, with slight
shudder, controlled himself. Stepping
close to me. he thrust his head for
ward and measured the emphasis Of
HIS speech by his right foretinger upon
my shoulder as be said:
You paint this in yer pitchers.
0'dear friend-they's jest as much law
10 this country as they is on the cor
|ner o Twenty-thoid street an Fiji
|avenoo! You keep out OF the way OF
4 or you'll git runned over.'
Delivering finai tap on my shout
eer as last warning he wheeled deft-
u upon his heel. addressed Miss FL
)1otG bEieny, "Glad { know you. lady"
k1AsstTiking into the bypath by which
20 Had approached Us. was soon lost
= sight.
The girl faced me excitedly. what
1tT' she cried. ut seemed to me
ION insulted him deliberately"
81 did,
.sYou wanted to make him angryr'
Eyes"
s.Oh, I thought SOP she exclaimed
beeAthlessly. II knew there was some
hing serious underne cath. It's about
VI. Sadfen."
ut Il serious indeed, fear" said
h1d. turning to my own easel, began
b get my traps together.
II want you to 80 to see Mrs. Har-
han at once and tell her not to leave
nuesnay for at least two days. AS
bcr myself. l must go now to look up
kefedec and Oliver Saffren."
The girl started manfully upon her
tourney. l stared after her for a
noment or more. watching the pretty
brown dress flashing in and ont OF
shadow among the ragged greeneries.
Then picked up my own pack and
bet out for the inn.
Al l went through the woods that
hay. breathless with haste and curl
bus fears, my brain became suddenly.
lnaccountably busy with a dream !
lad had two nights before. 1 had
hot recalled this dream on waking; the
recollection OF 1t came to me now for
the drst time. Yet had been think
ing % constantly Of Mrs: Hartman that
ehefp was nothing extraordinary In her
worrhless ex-husband being part of
lt But, and yet. looking back upon
hat last, hurried walk Of mine through
hi forest, l see how strange It was
ItharI could MT quit remembering how
in ny dreem Ihad gone motoring up
Mount Pilatus with the man l had
Ineeneso pitiably demolished on the Yer
lealilea road two years befcre-Larra-
~ Harman.
CHAPTER <.
- DuUnuD yvas alone IN his salon.