Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-26

you'll find out about that newspaper
matter I'll go on over to Sedgwick'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 bis head for,
ward.
why the Gagged lion efect?' inqulr-
ed the scientist.
"Some one has been having a little
fun with me. growled sedgwlck.
apparently 1t WAS one sided.
What's this on the easel?
"What would you take 1t to be?'
Lets have closer look
Walking across the room Kent plant
ed himself in front of the drawing
board, upon which had been fixed, by
means Of thumb tacks, square OF
rather soft white paper exhibiting
evidence OF having been crumpled up
and subsequently smoothed out On
the paper was a three-quarter draw
ing Of woman's head the delicate
face beneath waves Of short curly
hair turned a little from the left
shoulder, which was barely indicated.
Setting his useful monoele in his eye,
kent examined the work carefully.
II should take II" he pronounced at
length, ito be sort Of second hand
attempt at portrait"
You recognize It, thought
ut bears resemblance to the face
Of the corpse at Lonesome Cove. Where
did that precious work of art come
from%
Heaven knows! Ching Lung found
the sketch lying on the doorstep with
a cobblestone holding It down"
vt isn't sketch"
"What would you call It, thenl"
"A copy, If you had used your eyes
on It Instead Of your temper, you
might have seen at once that 1t Is a
tracing. Look for yourself, now"
Taking the magnlfying monocle that
Kent held out, the artist scrutlnzed
the lines OF the picture.
by Joye! You're right said he.
ITS been transferred through tracing
paper and touched up afterward.
Rather roughly too, You can see where
the copyist has borne down too hard
on the lead"
Whats your opinion Of the likeness
If 1t Is tne likeness which you sup
pose?' inquired Kent
"Why. as | remember the woman
this picture is a good deal ideallzed
The hair and the eyes are much the
same. But the lines OF the face in the
picture are finer. The chin and mouth
are more delicate, and the whole e.
feet softer and Of higher type"
DO you see anything strange about
the neck on the left sider
'Badly drawn; that's all."
"Just below the ear there Is a sori
Of blankness, Isn't thereY
"Why yes, 1t seems curiously un
finished just there"
III you were touching 1t up how
would you correct thatY
"With u slight shudng just there
where the neck muscle should b,
thrown up bit by the turn Of the
head"
"Or by Introducing a large pendan
earring which the COPPER hus left out?'
"Kent, you're Il wonderl That woulC
do It exactly But why In the nam,
Of all that's marvellous should the trac
or Of this drawing leave out the eur
rIngY
obviously to keep the picture n
near like us possible to the body on tn
beach"
"l'hen you don't think It Is the wo
man Of the beach"
"No; don't"
"Who else could It possibly be"
Perhaps we cnn best lnd that on
by discovering whc left the drawing
here
"rhat looks like something Of a job
mot very formidable ! think SUI
pose we run up to the yllngc and as
the local stutloncr who has bought an
tracing paper there within day 0
two"
As the demNud Tor tncIng paper |
. alWtndnle Center was smull, the 81
unner upon being called on Ind no dll
Guilty IN recalling that Elder Deunel
p had been In that afternoon and mOd
such pnrcmsc.
e "rhcn he must hive dIscoyere
something utter left him. said Ket
~ SedgwirN "ror he never could hay
kept his secret II he'd had II them
"But whit motive could he hayej
r cried the artIst
Just mlsrhef probably Tint
y enough motive for his Sort TurnIu
" t. the storekeepcr Kent udded ~
you happen TO know how Mr. Dennc
spent tho eurly part Of this afternoon
ID 81 surely do. lie was up TO Din
1 nocks ummage auction au he q
I something there TINT llcbed him Hike
~ feather Rut he wouldn't let on VIII
I, ltwus"
"rho nrleluNll' snld Srdgwick
D "Whot duos nlmmocR deul ml'
"All kinds ur odds and ends /
D scnpes tue country for bankrupt sui
au has d blk auction once q yen
N Eywyhudy gnes You cnn lind au
ih thmg from O plow haudlo to q sccol
hand marriage certificate at hls place
it "We now Wll On Rlder DeuncIl