The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-12-02

In the world: I have reir roniRnr rnar
Inc knows This. and-lt'A very strange.
but well. what Was It that made
him 10 glad?''
The light iS still burning I'm hi~
ROOM" | said quietly.
You're right. I'll tell him tonight. !"
This came with sudden decision. but
with less than marked what followed
But he can't stop me now. No one
on earth shall do that. except Mime
dArmand herself-no one@
saw his hand cropping toward me in
the darkness. and. rising. gave him
mine.
Good night" he said. Pm glad 10
tell him. I'm glad to have told you
All. but isn't this" he cried. 81 happy
worldr
Turning. he ran TO the gallery steps
'Ar last I'm glad" he called back over
his shoulder-"I'm glad that / was
born
heard his voice jndistincrly, but
thought. though might have been
mistaken. that | caught final word
and that II was again
1t was one OF those days when ma
ture throws herself straight fin your
face and you are at loss to know
whether she has kissed you or slapped
you. though you are conscious of the
tingle-a day. in brief. more for laugh
ing than for painting. and the truth Il
that ] suited its mood only TOO we'll
and laughed more than painted
though i sat with my easel before me
and a picture ready upon my palette
to be painted.
No one could have understood bet
ter than that this was setting bad
example to the acolyte who sat. like
wise facing an easel. ten PAGES to my
left; very sportsmanlfke figure of a
painter, indeed, In her short skirt and
long coat OF woodland brown. the fine
brown of dead oak leaves; "devastat-
ing" selection OF color that. being
much the same shade as her hair
with brown for her hat. too. and the
veil encirclfng the small crown there
of. and brown again for the stout
high. heed boots which protected her
from the wet tangle underfoot. WHO
could have expected so dashing Il
young person as Anne Elliott to do any
real work at painting? Yet she did
narrowing her eyes to the finest point
Of concentration and applying herself
to the task in hand with persistence
which found on that particular morn
Ing far beyond my own powers.
At her request inspected her work.
1 stepped back several yards to see 1t
better. though / should have had to
retire about quarter OF the length OF
a city block to see it quite from her
own point Of view.
She moved with me, both or MS walk
ing backward. began:
"For day like this, with all the
very little 10 the air. ...
There came an interruption, o. voice
Of unpleasant and wiry nasality, speak
ing from behind us.
"Well, wellr' &c said. $50 here we
are again"
I faced about and beheld, just emery
ed from a btpath,. a fox faced young
man whose light, well poised figure
was jauntily clad In gray serge. with
scarlet waistcoat and tie, white shoes
upon his feet and q white hat gayly
beribboned upon his head. A recollec
ton Of the dusky road and a group Of
people about Pere Baudry's lamplit
door f1ickered across my mind.
1.-THE historical tourist" exclaimed.
1.-THE highly pedestrian tripper from
Trouvillev'
"You got me right, m'dear friend"
he replied with condescension, II rec
leck meetin' you perfect"
"And | was interested to learn" said
I, carefully observing the effect of my
words upon him. that you had been
to Les Trois Pigeons. after all. Per-
haps | might put it. you had been
through Les TFois Pigeons, for the
maitre d'hotel informed me you had in
vestigated every corner-that wasn't
locked"
Sure" he returned, with rather less
embarrassment than a brazen Vishnu
would have exhibited under the same
circumstances He showed me what
pitchers they was In your studio. I'll
LUX 'em over again fer We one OF
these days. Some Of 'em was right
gud.''
You will be visiting near enough
for me to avail myself OF the oppor
tunity?"
Right in the Pigeon house. my
friend. I've just come down t'put I'D
a few days there" he responded coolly.
''They's young Teller in this neigh
borhood take kind q family inter
est in
'Who is that?' asked quickly.
For answer he produced the effect of
a laugh by widening and lifting one
side Of his mouth. leaving the other
meantime rigid.
Don lemme int'r'up' the conv'satiOn
with yer lady friend" he said win
ningly. What they call -taIkin' high
arts wasn't it? Id like to hear
some"
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