Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-12
sY SAMUEL HOPKINS RDAMs
Copyright by Bobbs-Merrill Co.

one side of Chester Kent's face
smiled. No" said he positively, Ger
tainly not that
s"There has been a lot of scandal
about young Blair. I'm told. Perhaps
they're burying him as quietly as
possible just to keep out OF inc
papers
Il shouldn't consider his method Of
| burial likely to prove particularly
quiet returned Kent. "Of course
may be wrong, but 1 think not. The
most private way to get buried is IN
public
well, if a death was crooked I'd
want no better man than Breed to
help cover il. BY the way the
sheriff has been away since yester-
day afternoon on some business tna'
he kept to himself"
.'rhat also may mean something,
remarked Kent thoughtfully Now,
if you'll find out about that news
paper matter I'll go on over to Sedg-
wick's, You can get me there by
telephone"
In the studio Kent found Sedgwick
walking up and down with his hands
behind his back and his head for
ward
why the Gagged lion effect?" in
quired the scientist.
Some one has been having little
fun with me- growled Sedgwick.
Apparently 1t was one-sided
What's this on the easel?'
What would you take it to be?'
affc n pInqoY link
Walking across the room Kent
planted himself in front Of the draw
! ing-board, upon which had been fixed
by means of thumb-tacks, a square Of
rather soft white paper, exhibiting
evidence of having been crumplet
! up and subsequently snoothed out
/ On the paper was a three-quartel
drawing of a woman's head, the del
| icate face beneath waves of short
curly hair, turned little from the
left shoulder, which was barely indi.
Gated. Setting his useful monocle or
! his eye, Kent examined the work
/ carefully.
81 should take it," he pronounced
at length, ITO be sort of secondhand
attempt at a portrait
! You recognize 1t, thought
/
1T bears a resemblance to the face
of the corpse at Lonesome Cove"
pretty good likeness for a thing
done from memory. think"
Memory? Whose memory"
"Well-mine, for instance
"Oh, no. That won't do, you know
1t isn't Your style of drawing at all
Setting up for an art critic. are
WEI"
Aside from which you certainly
wouldn't be using thys sort of paper
when you've cardboard to your hand
$50 you're not to be caught. / see
said Sedgwicll with a nervous laugh
mot in so plain a trap at any rate
Where did that precious work of art
come from p
Heaven knows Ching Lung found
it lying on the doorstep with a cob
blestone holding 1t down. I'D like tc
lay my hands on the artist"
You'd crumple him as you did his
little message, eh?" smiled Kent
Eat least I'd have an explanation
out of him. It's a fact, though. that
lost my temper and threw that
thing into a corner when Ching first
handed it to me. Then it occurred to
me that it might be well worth saw
ing. Interesting little sketch, don't
you think ?"
| mo"
What? Don't you find it interest
ing?"
Profoundly. But it isn't a sketch
What would you call it, them"
"A copy"
How can you tell that? You
haven't seen the original from which
it was made, have you?"
mo"
Then what's the basis?'
Quite simple. If you had used your
eyes on it instead of your temper you
| might have seen at once that it is q
tracing. Look for yourself now
! Taking the magnifying n1onocle that
Kent held out, the artist scrutinfzet
the lines of the picture.
by Jove. You're right" said he
TITS been transferred through tracing
paper and touched up afterward
Rather roughly. too. You can Sc.
where the copyist has borne dowr
too hard on the Lead
What's your opinion of the like
ness-if it is the likeness which vol
suppose?" inquired Kent.
! why, as / remember the woman
this picture is good deal idealized
The hair and the eyes are much tn,
same. But the lines of the face IL
the picture are finer The chin anc
mouth are more delicate, and tn,
whole effect softer and of higher
type"
/ do you see anything strange abou
the neck, on the left side?'
BADLY drawn; that's ALL
Just below the ear there is sor
of darkness. isn't there"
why yes. 1t seems curiously un
finished, just there"
! IF you were touching 1t up hov
would you correct that?"
/ with slight shading. just there
| where the neck muscle should b.
thrown up bit by the turn of tn
head"
''Or by introducing a large pendan