The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-07-25
CHAPTER v.
DIscussIno : sIster.In-Law

Discussing Q SisterIn-LaW.
you remember my sisterin-law.
don't you. Brandy? 7" was the question
that Leslie Wrandall put to q friend
one afternoon. rs they sat drearily In
a window Of one of the fashionable up
town clubs. little more than year
after the events described in the fore
going chapters. Drearily. have said.
for the reason that It was Sunday, and
raining at that.
Il met Mrs. wrandall = few years
ago in Rome" said his companion. re-
newing interest In Q conversation that
had died some time before of it, own
exhaustion. "She's most attractive. I
saw her but once. think 1t was at
somebody's fete."
She's returning to New York the
end of the month" said Leslie. Been
abroad for over year. She had .
villa at Nice this winter"
II remember her quite well. was
Of an age then to be particularly sen.
sitive to female loveliness. II I'd been
staying on in Rome, should have
screwed up the courage. I'm sure, to
have asked her to sit for me-"
Brandon Booth was Of an old Phila-
delphia family: an old and wealthy
family. Both views considered. he was
qualified to walk hand in glove with
the fastidious Wrandalls. Leslie's
mother was charmed with him be-
cause she was also the mother of Wv.
ian. The fact that he went In for por-
trait painting and seemed averse to
subsisting on the generosity OF his
father, preferring to live by his tai
emit. in no way operated against him.
so far as Mrs. Wrandall was con-
cerned. That was his lookout. not
hers; IL he elected to that sort Of
thing, all well and good. He could
afford to be eccentric; there remained.
in the perspective he scorned, the bulk
of huge fortune to offset whatever
idiosyncrasies he might choose to Gull
tivate. Some day. in spite Of himself.
she contended serenely, he would be
very, very rich. What could be more
desirable than fame, family and for
tune all heaped together and thrust
upon one exceedingly interesting and
handsome young man?
He had been the pupil Of celebrated
craftsmen and painters in Europe. and
had exhibited q sincerity Of purpose
that was surprising. all things con-
sidered. The mere fact that he waa
NOT Obliged to paint In order to obtain
q living was SUFFICIENT cause for won.
der among the artists he met and
studied with or under.
His studio in New York was not .
fashionable resting place. II was .
workshop. You could have tea there
of course, and you we're sure to meet
people you knew and liked. but 1t VA
quite a. much Of . Workshop - any
you could mention. He was not
dabbler In art, not mere dauber o.
pigments: he was an artist
Booth was thirty-perhaps . yea
or two older: tall. dark and good look
| ing. The air Of the thoroughbret
marked him. He did not AFFECT loose
| flowing cravats and baggy trousers
| nor was he c-rsless about his finger
nails. He W. simply the Ordinary
everyday sort OF chap you woul'
meet in Fifth avenue during parad
hours. and you would take secon'
look 1t him because Of his face an
| manner but not on account OF hi
dress. Come Of his ancestors cam
over ahead Of the Maynower. but b
did not gloat. s
LssIie Wrandall was his closea
friend and harshest critic. Il didn'
really matter 10 Booth what Lssli
said Of his paintings: he quite unds'
stood that he didn't know anythin
about them.
when does Mr.. wrandall return
asked the painter. after . long perio
OF silence spent In contemplation Z
the cleaning pavement beyond u
clubs window.
~That's queer" said Lsslie. lookin
Nd. Il wss thinking Of Sara myeel
| She sails next week rye had . y
ter asking me TO open her house !
the country. Her place y about ~
4 miles from father'A Il hasn't be-
opened IN two ysarH Her fsfhee -