The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-03-11
RETR|BUTION.
BY PHILIP ATTERRuRY.

NE arose 10 receive her and w,
, about to ask her how | could ser,
r her when she said eagerly:
2 Where Is Edward BorlandT'
Edward Borlandr'
Yes. Do you know where ..
End himT'
never heard Of the gentleman"
You painted the picture .Retrib,
uon,' didn't you, on exhibition at Ma,
tine'sr
Il did"
From what did you take my like
ness? never sat for you"
My good lady, will you expIain~
Explain! Why harrow my feeling
by forcing me to tell the distressin,
story when you must know it already
Else how could you have painted tina
awful scene?"
| What awful sceneT'
DO cease the pretense Of ignorance
suppose it was he who told YOU"
My bewilderment was increasing
rather than subsiding, for noticed a
resemblance, though very faint one
between the lady before me and a fig.
ure in the picture to which she re-.
ferred In fact, l was dumfounded I
did nothing but stare at her. She went
on speaking in her quick, excited way.
her eyes filling with tears:
1T was all my fault. | urged him
10 take the money and speculate for
me- The stocks went down. Ten
days after the loss was reported to me
by the brokers he had learned of It
and made it good out Of his own
pocket. Indeed, he wrote me that
there was a profit. The stupid brokers
called on me- for margin during his alb
sence, at the height OF the panic. He
had distinctly told them to look TO
him and by no means communicate
with me. But why did you call your
picture 'Retribution? At the moment
l reproached him he had ordered a
check sent me for $4,000. l received
1t after he had gone"
A light was beginning to break In
upon my brain. l had read Of cases
where persons had fancied themselves
the subjects Of artists work. and II
struck me that l had met with an In
stance. l was interested in the lady's
story. Might not be of service in re-
storing to her person she had
wronged? The picture. too, CORE
'ronded with the scene to which she
A woman was reproaching a
nan who had wronged her. while he
TODD with bowed head. receiving his |
The woman was the |
Principal figure; the man was in shad-
W and his face not distinctly visible.
concluded TO temporize with her.
And did he not defend himself?"
sized.
No; he simply stood and looked at
lie in establishment. His figure in your
icture doesn't show his demeanor
I all"
He left you with no eIplanat1on%
None whatever. Ten minutes after
Is departure the postman left his let
r containing his cheek for what
Id given him-the profit. Profit, in
ed. The transaction cost him S7,5OO."
| pondered, while she went on inco-
erently in the same manner as be
re. Finally l said to her. IF you
Ill leave me your address l will see
l can do anything for you"
There, I knew all the while you
ere acquainted with him and that he {
we you the information which led
your painting that picture. oh. 1
ease do tell him how sorry I am for {
hat did" +
Yes, If find him" 1
The lady departed somewhat COM I
rted, but by no means confident that c
would succeed in gaining for her r
2 forgiveness of the man she had c
'onged. +
How | found Edward Borland is a t
liter between me and a man I paid
doing the work. When l met Mr..
rland he supposed the meeting was
'ual. l pursued the acquaintance AZ
i invited him to my studio. where | W
the picture from Marines con- ~ a.
cuously displayed on an easel. / FL
tched him as be looked at il. The SSoo
mans face evidently interested him. ne
Where did you get your model for ,.iiss
t fgureT' he asked. foI
bis was a beginning. Before he ca
my studio had told him the story
my visitor and her illusion. When ca,
wonder at the singular occurrence cir
given place to thinking on the
lation between himself and the
= l saw his face harden. If | eff
ed a reconciliation must use the
lest adrOitnesS.
She was very bitter" be said, when
supposed l had lost her money"
l remarked.
She gave me carte blanche to do
thought best for her, TO win or
as the market rose or fell, and
n it fell she reproached me-" .,
IS WAS to be expected from any III
nan and as would be the result In he
case Of most men. Women don't 20
eSs the poiSe to stand that sort OF I
2. Granting that you were excus- thr
for accepting such a commission. Gu
could emily expect that it would be pai
dS you win, tails you lose"
fore be left secured his promise 7.
meet the lady in question in my =
10 the next morning. l notified sea
- come, and she no sooner saw OF
former lover there than l, as an Il
I, caught the penitent. pleading Att
on her face for my next picture. the
rhed the first "Retribution l." and Of
second "Retribution H." er's
len my friend Mrs. Borland gets a,
her husband tells me that nor
better paint a third picture with ,ho
In the foreground and cell II hot,
ribution Ill" His wife fails to .oh,
stand why. a.,