Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-07-10
BY HARRISON FISHER.

Copyright 1910 by Herald Co. All Rights ReseTvea0
IT happened about five years ago-that most
/ thrilling incident of my life. woman was re-
I sponsible for it. Indeed you will hnd that women
are responsible for most Of the thrilling incidents
of this life This woman presented herself at my
+,dio ono day as | worked. She was a majestic
creature-a creature of satisfying curves and dark
mother eyes-the kind you see IN Ihe mauohhaS
which the old fellows painted
Sba had Titan red hair but not the sort that can
no purchased She had the kind that God gives you
free when you are born, She wanted to Know II
would take her as a model Now, you don't get the
mother ewes and the Titan hair-unbought-ano the
curve of neck and waist of a peculiarly satisfying
suht1etv every day. I entreated her to chair She
had none of the silent indications of the professional
models. Professional models, as of course you
.nov are almost invariably very worthy persons
bu+ they hear upon them the marks of their partcu
lar pvves-iust as we all do This woman was dl1
ferent.
uor story was not unusual in these days of eXpan-
sion and financial prestdigitation Her 1amlly was
ono we'll known and we'll born if its frequent mehton
in tbe veekies which minister to society be an noca
+ion # had been what is known as wealthy, but
&c hood had become possessed of the spirit of the age
no had exnerienced the seductions of Wall street He
came he saw but he did not conquer. The result OF
his financial experiences was such that neither HIS
name nor that of his kin continued to appear Ill 'he
ohos+o columns dedicate society. He went to WORK
os clerk in the accommodating business house of one
of his acouantances. His wife not strong, and
tho amount which he earned not great. 1t was
naturally much less than when he had appeared in
q purelv decorative capacity The girl feared for the
comfort and health of the mother and had heard OF
fabulous sums which illustrators were supposed 10
nav 70 desirable models. So she had visited me.
7 corrected her expansive conceptions as to pay
ment but accepted her services as model. arranged
that she should come to my studio each day at two
O'Clock and returned to my moutons-well let us call
them covers.
After that she came regularly. I sketched her from
two TO five She was splendid model and Il charming
girl-witty sympathetic, sensitive We would often
chat as I drew and we became great friends. She
had travelled in the days when her father deco
we talked of the acqualntances had met We
nlaced them upon the metaphOrical dssecting table.
When people do these things they the way to
confidence SO even did we become confidential in
certain hearty fashion. That is how came to know
her little romance.
She Loved I Man.
She was to be married. She loved the He,
too loved her, though that went without saying.
She had met him on an liner during what she
referred to as her "palmy" days He young,
rich handsome-everything in fact, which would in
dictate him as desirable in the market for matrimony
All this know is purely conventional 1t would
naturally in any popular novel. Now, how
ever commences the romance. You will not have to
wait long.
The man. it appears, had blot on his 'scutcheon.