Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-11-17
A Sketch
By ETHAN ARBUCKE
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.


, her shoulders she wore a 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 gar.
ments. The girl took OF her hat and
displayed wealth Of hair. with just
enough red I'm II TO make il 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 here?"
"No. ! don't live anywhere. I'm
tramping."
Then she cried.
Not slip in grammer, not an unre-
fined expression. escaped her. She had
evidently seen better days. Indeed. she
might have lived IN luxury.
IF you will let Inc make II sketch Of
you" | said. 81 Will pay you well for
doing So"
What will you do with the sketch?
VIII everybody see it? wouldn't
wish them to see IL at home"
II will put il in my portfolio. don't
! think any one who knows you will
ever see It,"
She consented. and l made the
sketch. putting In the colors exactly as
for the pose, which she clutched eager
ly. | 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
ly, and / was unable To Induce her to
give me any Information by arti6ce.
At last | was Obliged TO let her 20 her
way.
But her picture-it was fine repre-
sentation OF From Afflurncr to Pow
erty"-remainPd with me. gazing out
at me from the sad eyes. and found
myself constantly taking It ont from
among my other sketches and looking
at It, Indeed. | found myself unfit for
work. SO complete a hold had IL taken
upOH luc. SlSpN AhdN hiEiit az ~ isii IA
house and woke in the night depressed
by feeling that the girl was wander
ing about with no home, no money, |
nothing TO eat and Obliged 10 wear
anything she could get to cover her. !
What a selfish world. Why had | not |
taken her into my heart and provided |
for her wants:
. 81. e.,
barrier which prevents young men /
from assisting young women. As to .
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
was pure. No such beauty as hers
need go in rags except through purity.
1t was this doubtless that prevented
my banishing her from my mind and
drew me toward her.
have always had habit OF read
ing the personals in newspapers. | do
so because | like to have my fancy
started In weaving stories that the few
advertised words indicate. One day
l read the following:
Information wanted of Gladys Seymour.
twenty years old. When last seen size
wore a dark blue dress. cut low necd
eyes dark brown; hair the same. with
tinge OF red in it.
! saw the subject of my sketch de {
scribed in this personal. | called i'm
on the advertiser and found
a lawyer. showed him my sketch.
and he showed me photograph. They {
were identical save as to dress. That 1
Of the photograph was silk. that of the {
sketch rags. He told me hat the girl ,
had been driven from home by the I
,ruelty of a stepmother. She had gone I
Vowing never to return. The step.
mother had died. and the girls father. /
who was alone. was anxious to find [
his daughter, but bad little hope of I
LONG SO. I
! determined to hunt for Gladys Sey-
neur myself. Taking my sketch with (
ne, | went to the place where | had {
made 1t. then started IN the direction (
The had gone when she left me. S
pent day in discovering where she a
lad slept that night. farmers wife 1
lad taken her IN and given her a bed n
nd supper. Having learned the d. q
ection she had taken the next morn r
ng. went on and tracked her in q
Iirect line to little town. where ! Il
psf her. But, showing my sketch and d
making inquiries, | traced her TO ri
tore, where she had been given work r
ehind the counter There | found a.
er. though IN a better costume than r.
hat In which had met her. ~
] don't know which was more af- n
ected by the news | gave her. | at
cling it or she at learning it. She
rent at once to her employer TO say
hat she would like to go to her home, ,r
nd be excused her from remaining. =
furnished her with the means to get
1ere-not as charity. but as a loan. m
Gladys Seymour did not remain at
ONE long with her father. for ! step IN