Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-12

lightly shaded with her forbearance of
all hopeless aspirants.
Did you always fancy pictures and
drawing?"
I'm afraid so, It seems absurd to
speak of my things at all to people who
know-to those who have seen the great
galleries abroad. But l used to pick up
pieces OF charcoal and try to draw when
was child. and 1 never seemed abe
! to give 1T up. l would bride the little
neighbor children to pose for me; the
boys who worked in the breakers were
nicer to draw because if I smutted my
picture it didn't matter-it made it all the
truer to life. When we had the last
strike up there in my countryside called
it my country as though it were de-
tached and alien and Wayne liked 1t in
her--a lot of newspaper correspondents
came TO report the troubles, and ! sup
pose If it hadn't been for the strike
should have lost my courage and given
up trying. But I was sketching some OF
the children in town one day with char
coal on wrapping paper and one OF the
newspaper men asked me to give him a
few souvenirs. l had whole trunkful
and he helped himself. He sent them Off
with an article called The Children Of
the Breakers and 1t came out the next
Sunday in Philadelphia paper with my
pictures. The artist on the paper sent
me some ink and paper OF the kind used
in black and white work, and then
check came for twenty dollars. That
helped to spoil me; and then l heard or
a free scholarship here and when l came
Mrs. Blair, who's on the students, aid
committee Of the institute, was kinder
than any one else had ever been; she
been lovely TO me-
Mrs. Blair is splendid to every one-so
enthusiastic and helpful. You are Tor
tunate in having her for your friend
1t was in Mrs. Craighilfs mind that II
the girl should tell Mrs. Blair just how
she came to be dining at the Cra1ghlli
table the story might require calculation
Fanny Blair believed her to be in Boston.
and from Boston to the Rosedale country
Club was far cry. Her irritation at
Wayne increased-he had certainly made
mess of things: and his absorption In
the GIRL his ready transfer OF interest
did not mitigate his offense. She was
not in the least interested In Jean Nor
ley's studies in black and white. and she
was considering the advisability OF antici-
pating the girl by telling Fanny Blair the
Rosedale story first, in way TO protect
herself. The prospect did not please her.
She had a high opinion OF Fanny Blair
intelligence, which caught at truth In zig
gag lightning flashes of intuition. And
while she considered these things, Jean
Morley, whose character was not IN
volved described the landscape OF the
upper Susquehanna with almost childish
enthusiasm, and Wayne, who had no
reputation to lose listened to her with
an attention that would have been ex-
cessive If paid to first visitor from
Mars.
Mrs. Craighill preceded them slightly
as they sought the library. Her fine car
rage. her short. even step, the train OF
her gown that swept after her detainingly
these trif1es added to Jeans impression
of her hostess as a finished product Of
the fashionable world.
Before the blazing logs In the library
Mrs. Craighill rallied again. touched to
pity by the sight of jeans shoes. Dor
rowed of the housekeeper at Rosedale.
which. as she placed her own dainty slip
pers on the fender. seemed to shrink I'm
' their own humility out of sight under the