Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-10-29

Inc 1irl stopped IN Her TrAcke-
that it struck him as bald. even awk.
ward.
Pat. disgrunted and irritable TO the
point OF profanity-he was a privi-
legged character and might have sworn
II he felt like 1t without receiving no
tice-came shambling up the cottage
walk late that afternoon. bearing two
large. shoulder-sagglng bundles. He
had walked from the stations matter
OF half mile-and IL was hot. His
employer sat In the shady porch. view.
ing his approach
The young man drew a chair up to
the table and began the task OF work
Ing out the puzzle that now seemed
more or less near to solution. He had
q pretty clear idea AS to the period he
wanted TO investigate. To the best Of
his recollection. the Studios published
three or four years back held the key.
he selected the numbers and began
10 run through them. He Was search
Ing for vaguely remembered article
on one OF the lesscrknown English
painters who had given great promise
at the time II WAS published but who
dropped completely out OF notice soon
afterward because OF = mistaken no
tion or his own Importance. III
Booths memory served him right. the
Fellow came cropper. 30 to speak. In
trying to ride rough shod over public
opinion. and went to the dogs. He
mad been painting sensibly up to that
time' but suddenly went In for the
most violent style OF lmpressionism.
That was the end OF him.
There had been reproductions of his
principal canvases. with sketches and
studies In charcoal One of these pic
lures had made a lasting Impression
on Booth: The figure OF a young wom-
an In deep meditation standing in the
shadow OF a window easement from
which she looked out upon the world
apparently without a thought of IL A
sienoer young woman In vague reds
and browns. whose shadowy face was
positively illuminated by . pair Of
wonderful blue eyes.
He came upon 1t at last. For a lons
time he sat there gazing at the face
OF Hetty Castleton. q look Of half.won.
der. half-triumph In his eyes. There
could De no doubt as to the Identity
OF the subject. The face WAS herr:
tne veivety. dreamy. soulful eyes that
mad haunted him for years, Al he now
believed. In no sense could the mic.
ture be described as a portrait. II vas
study, deliberately arranged and de-
noerately posed for In the artint's. stu.
uio' lie was mystified. Why should
sne' the daughter OF Colonel .CastIeton.
.re grand-niece OF an earl. be enEaged
IN posing for what evidently was
meant TO be commercial product OF
this whilom artist?
turning from skilfully colored full
page reproduction. he glanced at frat
casually over the dozen mr. mora
sketches and studies on the succeed.
ing pages Many OF them represented
STUDIES OF women's heads and figures.
Win little or no attempt to obtain n
likeness. Some we're half-draped, show.
ing IN sketchy way the long graceful
lines OF the halfnude figure. OF hare
IL
shoulders and breasts. of rsuzelihs
FABRICS that but lily concealed impress
siVe charms. Suddenly his eyes mar,
fowed and sharp exclamation fell
from his lips. He bent closer to the
pages and studied the drawings with
redoubled interest.
Then he whlstled softly to himself .
token OF simple amazement. The head
ol each OF these remarkable studies
susees.eo IN outline the head and fea-
s ta,es Oh Hetty Castleton! She had
oeen HawkrIghts model!
Inc next morning at ten he was NJ
ooutniook' arranging his easel and
canvas In the north end Of the long
iv,hs room. where the light from the
TAI French windows Afforded abun.
oant and well-distributed light for the
enterprise In hand. Hstty had not ret