Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-03-10
WEEKLY SHORT STORY


,.rhane Miss Sannope would not have
thourbf herself so hUpeiessly plain.
81 thoroughly and utterly unattrac-
tive. Bet that nane--sO beautii0i, SO
poetical-was as curse 20 her
II made Der morbid. She shiyereo
lest people learn IL and smile az AI"
inccngruity- ---,
old woman with a parchment skin, IN /
charge of a fruit stand, answered 10
the name OF Violet. What would she. I
Behyl Stanhope. be like twenty-five
years hence2
/ She could not free herself frsm the
tormenting thought In old axe. win
ueliness intensified. she must stiti
hear the musical Beryl applied 20 ner
a name designated for a round. MIX
skinned creature. with hair Ike cOrn-
SILK and eyes the color OF a calm sea
the cool. restful blue that Is more
nearly green
\ She was reasoning 10 silence her
ever-renewed womanly hunger Tor
beauty OF person when she tapped az
the studio shared by her brother and
TIndlev Wood. Her brother was out
} but Wood was painting feverishly'
seidorf seen exultation on his SER
, Gus face.
Come IN. NIiss Sanhope." he called
Hospitality. Dick will be back In a
lily. We are both making hay while
the sun shines THIS week. Miss Guy
Ter IS kindly posing for Us and she
leaves the city Monday"
!, Beryl had not glanced az the mode
throne. but at this she turned Qulckl,
1 and caught her breath with a htt'
gasp. A girl with the sheen OF corn
silk IN her hair and eyes like lapis
lazun sea was SHOUTED against
background Of pale green plush
sharp pain that Beryl did no
know was envy shot 20 her heart a
80 she drank tn the sumptuous colorln
he of the nonchalant beauty. RecoVerln
N her composure with an euort she n
.h turned Miss Gus ler's greeting IN
= stepped forward.
r Are YOU and Dick working ON on
~ theme. Mr.. Wood ?" she asked. Ma
az see2"
n "Not one theme" answered Woo
en- "Dick is doing an Andromache b'
or mine IS only a study an ideal hea
Ell II be very clad OF your criticism. Mi'
X Stauhope. My work fails 90 satisi
me-"
ia ceived prais from his friend siste
,ld but for once there were no 2Nclam
]
Is. drew back step. with heightened GO
es. Wherefore the manner she ask
~ hmghuly.
10 "BeryI." said Wood. unconcerned
ery touching up the round white thrC
ard on his canvas. that Is just fancy
20 mine. Haven't YOU names 90 ht so
o'n ideal tvpes? would not think
SEQ nainting a blonde Judith or da
S. Roeamond. I've always had Tiki
oiF for the name Of Beryli with boy
led earuestness- and Miss Cuyler h
odd pens TO look like nay conception OF
DO YOU like the poser
Very much" she replied. thanW
ir She could not say so honestly
last But there was a strange INFECT
hey fra her voice despite ner EFFORT TT
In ley Woods keen ear caught H.
You see something wrong with
de- re exclaimed II want 60 know 4"
th, lt is BE frank and tell me-
hem Won do not like my Beryl
s"'' My opinion Is not worth that Do
n,f ftil expression. Mr.. Wood. Tell Dil
,nev shall expect him early" and wiz
lped nod that included tae model she
be- the room
- over their tete-a-tete dinner
! 10 night Berry, tried 20 question
: an brother about Lindley Woods int
in Miss Cuyler But she could
CON Her brother had been strangely
iver- occupied OF late and table conNe
ton was monOsyllabic.
SAD Wood hasn't ben here for s
j. is Time he remarked suddenly
event Beryl. surprised in her thoughts.
dden glad that the doorben spared I'd
~avlv When Dick returned his trle
name was not mentioned.
Beryl sat reading in the little
Tor when her brother went out
pay Some calls" he said evasl
AN When the door closed behind hin
droDped her book and assumed e
Buttry as she would her heart
fUed with bitterness that her b
nself er's frieud-her friend. too. she
once thought-shouid have bee
heartless SO utterly contemptuO'
her as 70 paint an ideal Beryl.
could not have told me my shor
ings more brutally In plain w
owing whispered she, passiOnately.
ection Then. seeing something whit
IS he the hall rug. she stopped and p
D. the up a card. Edith Cuyler," she
IN his Her brothers AndrOmache and
.ooeS, lev Woods Beryi, In that mS
- she felt almost as II she hated
nd Of artists and their modell
E trail Unable 10 stay indoors. she p
her wraps and went out but eve
Weo- clear ozone 81 the winters nigi
4 nuIS not arouse her from the strange
, in put upon her by the card
oop at She turned into the block
Brook some friends lived. but she had
teton of goinE In for she knew