The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-03-05
LEONE and OMElE1
sy JUNE eAHAN.

Leone yawned and wandered once
more around the big studio. whore
there was a fascinating clutter Of >as-
els and paint tubes. oneaves OF brushes
In ancient pottery Jars. portfolios
sp.......sS their contents in dusty col.
ners. cabinets OF curios from every
corner OF the world. and the msian.
choly assemblage VI Jlin's unsold pic
tures.
If poor Jim's bread and butter de-
pended uron the sale of his pictures
the dear boy would have 10 sharpen
HIS teeth ON crusts," giggied Leone as
she picked up her ermine stole and
fnua. Il suppose he IL dashing around
In that nerye-raeking car while ain
waiting here for him-probabiy for
gotten that he invited me to dine with
him. Heigh-ho. for the particular
form of iunaey some people call &c
centricitles OF geniua-
She went TO tho front window and
looked down into the street The
limousine had disappeared Henri had
followed her instructions TO return
home at once
The room was rapidly growing dark.
and Leoine lighted u lamp and sat
down at the table to write few caus-
&c lines to her most forEetful brother.
-There,- she murmured. AS her lit
tie hand folded the paper. You won't
forget that lecture very soon. Master
Jim.-
a moment later she had extin-
guiShed the lamp and was cropping to-
yard the door II resisted all her ef-
forts TO open H. The knob simply re-
fused TO turn She pounded on the
door In the vain hope OF attracting the
attention OF some other tenant of the
building She remembered with n
tremor Of fear that Jim had said the
other tenant OF the top floor had gone
abroad. that there WAS no telephone In
the studio and its position on tho fifth
floor OF the oid-fashioned building
made II impossible for her TO summon
help without attracting undesirable at
tentfon.
There was no ere escape and the
great windows In the slant Of the roof
aid not offer hope OF escape There
vas no possibility OF Jim mIssing her
for hours and he would only seek the
studio after he had been home and had
been reminded OF the dinner engage
ment This was tho second time be
had forgotten her II would Be the
last
lie won't have another opportun-
tty.- half sobbed Leone as abr leaned
drcarily against the window that
looked out ON the nas roof OF the build
ins next door. II Was an older build
a. "a rIn<A
cigeon.hoied With the tiny studios OF
iDpecunious painfsrs and art students.
Jim had started there. but had moved
lnto ths more pretentious building nert
door when II vas opened
4 believe could got down there.-
The daring thought came TO Leone ~
che looked down At the roof below. II
Vas . drop OF twelve fest. but Lsone
Coison was iihe . cat on her feet and
quite fearless
She pushed the window vide open.
selected a sofa pillow from the heap
on the couch. tossed II 10 t..e root BE-
low, gathered her trim skirts bout her
little feet. sat on the sill. slipped TO
the wide coping below. and from there
Jumped toward the light patch that
represented the pillow.
The moon peercd over the roof OF
the taller building and saw Leone
struggie to her feet She was EaspinE
for breath and she felt bruised and
beaten NJ abe picked up her scattered
heIonsines-stoie and muR and hand
bag. AMI ~ many OF her amber hat
pins ~ the mooniisht revealed.
silly IDIOT mustered Leone. limp
ing toward . skyiixht which showed =
yellow patch Of light How do ! know
whether anyone viii let me into the
huiidinEy Ny story sounds incredible
--but-sh,- She pcercd down into
the room beneath.
II wss a small room End rneaniy fur.
nished with the barcst necessities A
convertible couch bed. a table. = few
ehairs. bookcases. and rome painting
parAphernaiia. The canvasses we~
turned face TO tho wall
A young man. gaunt OF frame grim
Of countenance. was cooking some
thing over n sman sar stove. Present
~ he came and laid table for ons
person. II was meaEer meal when u
was set forth--a not OF coffee hal
loaf OF rather dry.lookinx bread. ami
most appetizinE omcirt hot from n
pan.
Al that moment when the youn'
man was about 10 sit down to III
meni--and somehow Leone knew the
he was hungry for it--rhe arose with
the intention Of finding some ntairwa
that would lead into the building. Th~
sight OF the sppetizins meal had made
her hungry.
A. she turned nway her heavy gold
mesh bag slipped from her careless
grasp. struck the glass skyiiEh' and
disappeared from her startled sight