The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-14
A Sketch
BY ETHAN ARHUCKlE
Sopyrighs. 1910. BY American press
Association.

furai. Her dress was ragged. her mar
q straw. darkened by the weather and
having tawdry ornament while over
her shoulders she wore faded shawl
Had not With the habit Of An
artist Kept an eye open for models /
might not have noticed a certain Kind
OF beauty under these frayed ear.
ments. The girl took on her hat and
displayed a wealth OF hair. with inst
enough red IN Il to make II gold. The
day was hot. and she threw back her
shawl Then ! noticed that her bodice
was cut low and revealed superb
neck set on a pair OF well rounded
shoulders.
why do you wear that kind OF dress
at this time OF dayY / asked.
Because haven't any other"
do you live about hereT'
mo. ] don't live anywhere I'm
Then she cried.
Not a slip In grammer. not an unre-
nned expression. escaped her. She had
evidently seen better days. Indeed. she
might have lived In luxury.
III you win LEI me make sketch Of
you" said. u viii pay you well for
doing So"
What win you do with the sketchl
WIN everybody see Il? wouldn't
wish them to see IL at home"
Il will put It IN my portfolio. don't
think any one who knows you will I
ever see Il"
She consented, and made the
sketch, putting IN the eolors exactly as
they were. gave her a good price
for the pose. which she elutched eager
~. believe she was hungry. While
] worked | was talking TO her with a
view TO learning something about her.
But she would tell me nothing willing.
", and | was unable to induce her to
give me any Information by article.
AT last was obliged to let her 20 her
way.
But her picture--it was n fine repre-
sentation OF From Atfiuence to Pow G
erty"-remained with me. gazing out
at me from the sad eyes. and found
myself constantly taking 1t out from
among my other sketches and looking ]
at il. Indeed. found myself unit for
work. so complete a hold had it taken i.
upon me. slept that night at a farm i
house and woke In the night depressed i
by feeling that the girl was wander
ing about with no home, no money. Z
nothing 10 eat and obliged 10 wear &
anything she could get to cover her Y
What selfish world. why Ind not 4
taken her into my heart aud provided :,
for her wantss s
Then | remembered that there II a &
barrier which prevents young men d
from assisting young women. As 70
taking her into my heart. that ] had !
done. though | did not realize what !
foothold she had gained there +
One thing about her was patent. She o
was pure. No such beauty as hers Il
need go in rags except through purity T.
II was this doubtless that prevented e.
mr. banishing her from my mind and a
drew me toward her. +
hive always had a habit of read $
Ing the personals IN newspapers. ] do Il
30 because | like to have my fancy
started in weaving stories that the few
advertised words Indicate. One day
] read the folowing A
Information wanted OF Gladys Seymour.
twenty years old When last seen she
wore a dark blue dress. cut low neck;
eyes dark brown; hair the same, with a C
tinge OF red In It, c
| saw the subject of my sketch de- d
scribed in this personal | called i'm &
medlately on the advertiser and found J
a lawyer. showed him my sketch, s
and be showed me photograph. They
were Identical save as to dress. That :
OF the photograph was silk, that Of the +
sketch rags. He told me that the girl 4
had been driven from home by the L
cruelty of stepmother. She bad gone n
vowing never to return. The step
mother had died. and the girls father, +
who was alone, was anxious TO find
his daughter. but had little hope Of :
doing so. :
determined to hunt for Gladys sey- +
mour myself Taking my sketch with Fl
me. | went to the place where | had t
made 1t. then started In the direction
she had gone when she left me
spent q day IN discovering where she
had slept that night 4 farmers wife p
had taken her 10 and given her a bed y
and a supper. Having learned the d. I
rection she had taken the next morn
ing, | went on and tracked her In I
direct line to little town. where
lost her. But. showing my sketch and /
making inquiries. traced her to i
store. where she had been given work r
behind the counter There ! found 4
her. though IN a better costume than r
that in which had met her.
| don't know which was more az
fected By the news gave her. at
telling 1t or she at learning Il. She :
went at once to her employer TO say
that she would like to 90 TO her home.
and he excused her from remaining | i
furnished her with the means to get {
there-not as charity, but as q loan.
> Gladys Seymour did not remain at
home long with her father for step I
ped 10 and took her away from bin
There was a bone Of contention be-
tween me and my wife for long
while. She wished the sketch ! bad
made Of her when she was tramping
destroyed. loved it and wished to
keep it. But the period was so painful
to her that finally consented to burn ]
the picture.