The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-08-21

It's the 0T6I one 1ev0 Blv0O u 0o000
10. I call 1t The Rough Rider"
"A full moon. brilliant amid blown
cloud rack. lighted up the vast process
sion Of pillows charging In upon a near
coast. In the foreground n corpse. the
face bent far up and back from the
spar to which it was dashed. rode with
wild abandon headlong ut the OnlOOk
er on the crest Of n roaring surge. The
rest was Infinite clarity or dista nc..
aud desOlMtiOn.
1.-The Rough Rider" murnured
Kent: then. with u chance Of tone,
when did you finish this pictures"
YESTERDAY"
Him: Has any me else seen it,"
That old fraud Of n plumber. Elder
bennett. saw me working on it ~
terday when he was doing some re-
pairing here and remarked that 1t gave
him the creeps."
bennett: Well. then. that's all up
said Kent. rs il speaking to himself.
There's a streak Of superstition in all
these New ~EnglanderS. He'd be sure
to interpret it as a confession before
the fact. However. Elder bennett left
this morning for 4 trip to CadystOwn.
That's 80 much to the good"
He may have left for Il trip tC
Rnd,.Stuwn for all | care.' stated Sedg.
wick with conviction. whats 1t all
about anyway" .3
s.lsn fnll <NeY ~ HN0H 10 iva nna0UVaaf}
it over a little. Just let me cool my
mind down with some mOr Of your
pictures" He turned to the wall bOr-
der again and faced another picture
uut. Whats this: You Seem to Toe
something Of Il dab in black and white
too" ~
''Oh. that's an imaginary face said
Sedgwick carelessly.
''Imaginary face studied from va
riouS angles" commented Kent. tits
a very lovely face and the most wis:
fhI I've ever seen. A fairy ,prisoned
on earth by cockcrow might e some
snch expression of startled wondering
purity, | fancy" ~
Poetry rs we'll rs mystery! Kent
you grow and expand u acquaint.
nnce."
There is poetry in your study OF
that imaginary fay. Imaginary! Um.
num-" contiued Kent dryly as b.
stopped to the door. II suppose this
is an imaginary hairpin too"
My Chinaman"- began Sedgwick
quickly. when the other caught him
up:
Don't be uneasy. I'm not going t.
commit the fooIishness Of asking who
she is."
IF you did | give you my word Of
honor l couldn't tell you. | only wish
! knew"
There was silence between them 70,
a moment. then the painter broke on,
with the air of one who takes a resoln.
ton:
See here. Kent! You're u sort Of d.
t~ective. aren't you?
i've been called So" Z
And you like my picture of THE
Rough Rider?'"
Five hundred dollars WORTH
You can have that and any othel
picture in my studio except this one.
be indicated the canvas with the face
IF you'll find out for me who she is.
THAT might be done. W. shall see
But frankly. Sedgwick. there's a mat
ter of more Importance
importance? Good heavens. man
There's nothing 20 important in thi!
world"
'rOh. is it as bad as that?'
A heavy knock sounded from below
followed by the Chinaman's voice in
termingled with boyish accents de
manding Sedgwick in the name Of {
telegraph company.
Send him up" ordered Sedgwick
and the boy arrived. but not befor,
Kent had quietly removed The Rough
Rider" from its place Of exhibit.
Special from the village" annount'
ed young Mercury. Sign here"
After the signature had been dull,
set down and the signer had read tn,
message with knit brows. the urchi,
fingered. big with news.
Say. heard about the body on tn,
beach?" :"
Kent turned quickly to see Sedg
wick's face 1t WAS interested. bu
unuloved as be replied:
NO. Where was it found?"
Lonesome Cove. Woman. Dressed
swell. Washed mp on a grating las
night or this morning."
Its curious how they all come il
here. isn't it," said the artist to Kent
This Is the third this summer"
And it's a cOrkerino!." said the boy
"Sheriff's on the case. Body was al
chained up. they say"
I'm sure they need you ut the Ottic,
to help circulate the news. my son.
said Kent. And Ill bet you thi
quarter. payable in advance. that yo,
can't get back in half an hour on you
Wheel"
With a grin the boy took the coin
Il got yer" he said and was off.
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