Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-05

asked III l have done damage l
should be allowed to repair It,"
Repair said /. How do you pro
pose to do it? suppose that you think
a picture that can be bought for hun
dred dollar bill can be painted with a
hundred dollar bill"
mo; I'm not altogether Phllis-
tine she said, and | looked up at her
for the FIRST time, Her face (Elision
and comment by Kent: know her
face from the sketches Why could
he not have described the horse? How
ever, there's one point clear: she is
woman of means)
She said: 81 don't wonder you're
cross. And I'm truly sorry. Is it
quite rulnedY
At that recovered some decency
Of manner Forgive hermit" said,
"wbO doesn't see enough people to
keep him civilized. The daub doesn't
matter"
She leaned over from the saddle to
examine the picture. "0h, but it isn't
a daubw she protested. I'll know Il
little about pictures. It's very inter
esting and curious. But why do you
paint it on cOpper?'
explained.
"Ohr' she said. 81 should so like to
see your prints!'
"Nothlng easier" said /. "My shack
is just over the hlll,"'
"And there is a Mrs. her eyes
suggested that fill the blank.
"Sedgwick?' | finished. "No. There
IS no one but my aged and highly re-
spectacle Chinaman to play proprlety.
But in the case Of a studio the conven-
tlons are not 50 rigid but that one
may look at pictures unchaperoned."
"Im afraid 1t wouldn't do" she an
swered, smiling. NO III have to wait
until A shadow passed oyer her
face. "lm afraid I'll have to give
il up"
Chance settled that point then and
there, AS she finished, she was in my
arms. The girth had loosened and the
saddle had turned with her. had
barely time to twist her foot from
the stirrup when the brute of horse
bolted. AS 1t was, her ankle got a
bit Of a wrench. She turned quite
white and cried out little. In mo.
ment she was herself again.
"King Cole has been acting badly
all day." she said 81 shall have a
time catching him" She limped for
ward few steps,
Here, that won't dor said /. "Lct
me-
"You couldn't get near him, though
perhaps IL you had some salt
81 can get some at my place. said
gathering up my things. "Your horse Is
headed that way. You'd better come
along and rest there while Ching Lung
and round up your mount"
Comment 10y c, H.: Here follows
more talk. showing how young people
lmpcrceptbly and unconsciously ce-
ment an acquaintance, but not one
word upon the vltal point Of how far
the horse seemed to have come,
whether lie was ridden out or fresh,
etc)
At the bungalow | called Ching, and
we set out with a supply Of salt King
cole Comment by G. IL Probably a
dead black horscl was coy for time
I,rNVn IA, ,u.tu,n,bnl 40 tn,,rtntlo,,
On my return | found my visitor IN
the studio She had said that she
knew little about pictures. she
knew more than lltte-a good deal,
In (Hct-Ond talked most intellgently
about them don't say this simply
because she tried before she went Co
buy some OK mine, When ! declined
10 sell she seemed put out
"But surely these prints OF yours
aren't the work Of an amOtcur?' slV
sqld. "You sell?'
"Oh, yes. | sell when ! can But
don't sell without u good Bit OF bar
gainlng particularly when l suspect
my purchaser Of wishing to make
amends by u purchase
at isn't that at all, she said earn.
estly 81 want the pictures for them
selves"
"COll this preliminary, then, and
come back whom you have more time"
She shook her head, and there was
shadow over the brightness Of her
fnrp 'l'm nfrnld notu qbn snld