Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-20
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Although she had as So, done moth.
inr thai eas uoi helpful or hlnd gbcrc
was something about Mrs Baatpf that
rang false and the house in Witch she
lived was stfaneo place
Mrs haatcrs siune roum and office
mae as thr back of thr q sr up unn
HlFhg oi stairs And horv summoned
dounsiaiu ty a ueat ioaknR Ooiorgd
maid she lstt Celestia O. herself Scr
while
suecscr and Freddie were ln tho
front parlor Ms Baxter fpom Boa
ufon hcm With an Important air Of
mystery
SCOT tae real thing tha umc. have
youf asked secctset
"Noa luH bot have" said Mss
iiaator
when yonNe seen her all ll have
10 do VIII bee 10 name the sam. susi
step upWairH Wlly ana sos. too Ffpd
iio ~ YOU'D hko 20 have peep al
tire real thne
Usual pvec77 asked sWoeuer,
"Nep nut SO quiet shea not ears
llko hus and she oan avc plumb
through paiut ana canvas"
The men followed Mrs iiasior ga
tlptoo
just before they came 60 Tho door
OF MrH llasicrs office Swco,ger uud
Freddie duehod IN inio shat appeared
to hc q dark clorot ard pulicd ,he
door o. after thom while Mm nasteT.
wlih C. great busting. noisy cheerful
nosa rgiolned celosta
"Noufc hooking n my pictures.
Hrpnt sou. doar'" sho nid % lgYo
boautl love nature Sow that girl
ulh Der hands TO- htr halr. a'nt sno
luf goo cutU and graceful Zoe ans
thur1
lu moving FROM one picture g. aa
other Coierua unc0nscinHth aasumcj
many iofcr attitudes herself OHce
aho i.nod her hands Oh hcr hair. aof
crai umrr rhp nHled bach nf FIrin
Who appeared So ht smiling 80 hrr
ana 90 laat aho stood Nish her bands
loosely caurAt behlnd her uHd laokud
up at thc masterpiece 81 Mfa llaaicr
collection
A. sri % wasn't had 80 ia Some
}oung fellow uih genuine talent
had madc H. " he had also euoepcded
iu natins uamo Cor hinpelf the pic
tnre would have been vorth good
dcai % manet bat as Airs natier
explained poor Allison Rad drank
ard dopod himself 10 death Aud !
took thH over" fhc aala 4in nra ~
money that ho owed nic les called
The Peacock CID
"Tte Peacock Girl" was az delicate
y and prstiily made 40 an apple bios
som And she waH IA aAcef aud fosy,
and not a BIZ proud 81 having 30
clothes on hto the girls ga the ether
picture. oF hfaEen a. ASHAMED. She
etruiled siuiRht toward you And iu
front pf bor and "a both slides and b..
hind her ail iho way 90 the rim ~
she world were peacocha with tholf
tails spread The calornE was gur
Reoas and tho eyes in ihn poacocke'
tails were like thousands ~ bright
jewels. But the eyes ~ ,he peacock
EiTl were ~ frank aud Fwest that
after a glance a. tbe resi ~ u4e com.
position Celesiia could i0ak al moth.
ING else
Not 80 Mrs BARTER. standing be-.
hind CcieEiia and a hfilc 10 uns side
She looked steadily az two ~ tkn
eyes 80 the tail * the leading pea.
cpck in thnae tao eyed abe read rap
tBroas approval 80 she held W ONE
finger. and then wish thas same angsf
traced three circles IN the air
At that The eyes n the peacock's
iail tried 10 look obdurnte and strong
Mrs Baxter shrugged her shoulders
Then the eyes winked slowly ibree
flIaes. and Mrs Barter. foFFefal Of
everything but her triumph. laughed
aloud
Ceiostia iurncd 20 her plsh ingnlr.
ing eyes She did not knom that abe
had !usi bern sold for thousand dol.
lars by nomeons whk asa not oan
her 70 someone whom fhe had never
seen.
You mast BE- tired standing.
deaFie. said Ara Banter. "and hun.
gry and thirsty. too. Whet7I sou
drnk--a glass u viheY~
Water. please
That's nicer, water WITH q dash *