Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-07-24
CHAPTER v.

CHAPTER v.
suddenly she sat up and looked
round toward the office. She was
keenlv alive again, Immediately. If love
made her stupid and sluggish, hate
could revive her. Rosamund Gale!
The sight of her stung Flodie like
whip. Here she was again, now, Of
4 all times, when everything was askew,
Rosamund Gale, the professional
model. Rosamund the beautiful, Rosa
mund the arrogant, the spoiled! Flo
die dsliked her, from her hair to her
heels. disliked her name, her man.
pers. her reputation, and, most of all,
her photographs. Hall Bonistelle used
her often for his commercial pictures
which he sold for advertisements, for
magazine covers, for art supplements.
"Sprng"-Miss Gale in damp cheese
cloth with apple blossoms; THE Suf-
rasette"-Miss Gale in tailormade suit,
gesticulating; and so on-Flodie al
rays slapped the prints angrily with
az irritated "Choo!" before she put
them away She would have been glad
to slap Rosamund. Hall posed her, ar
ranged draperies, touched her hair,
moved her hands-all exquisite agony
for Flodie.
Say, where's Hall?" Rosamund
made a picture of herself in the door
way Golden fair, highly colored. pic
.uresque, even voluptuous. always in
striking original costumes daringly
artistic" Rosamund, with all her
dmpes, her curls, her lines" and
her strange colors let Flodie have the
full disconcerting effect of her beauty.
She had the air of one who is quite
used to being stared at and admired.
Flodie rose, her face set. Mr..
Bouistelle is busy, Miss Gale" she
said, and walked toward the Office. as
to brush the visitor back.
Rosamund, however, would recog
nize no mere mental; she swept into
the studio as If she owned the place.
All right, I'll hang round a while till
he's free. Say, Miss Fisher, fish me
out couple of those last poses, will
you? I want to give one to a gentle
man friend Here-take this boa out
there and hang it up, while you're 60
Ing, dyou mind?"
oh, certainly" said Flodie, took
the boa and-an apparent accident
dropped it. Rosamund made an angry
gesture. "Oh, pardon me, I'm so care
less said Flodie. Then carrying it
artfully, so that a full foot of it
dragged along the floor, she marched
out Of the studio, chin up.
Rosamund looked about for a ciga-
rette, and found a box on a tabouret
~Oh, Miss Fisher!" she sang, bring
me match, will your" Then she
yawned, and threw herself lazily on
the couch. She began to whistle.
FIDDLE, returning, noticed that Rosa
mund showed too much silk stocking.
also that one stocking had begun to
run She noticed that Rosamund's
salrtwaist was not quite fresh. noticed
mat her nails, though highly polished,
were not ely-well-chaste.
Ohe heel was a bit run over; her
moonstone ring needed cleaning: lace,
part real and part imitation; eyebrows
frightened a little with the pencil;
lAy rip in her glove. There was moth
Ing an ordinary man would have seen,
a.,'lns that would have hurt, for him.
lae whole effect, even had he seen it;
cut Flodie saw and damned and said
10 word.
Here are the matches, Miss Gale
u look up the prints this afternoon,
Nnen have more time"
On thanks. Have a cig?" Rosa
@lnd held them up impertinen.ly.
w. don't you smoker" Very sarcas.
uc was Rosamund's tone. No, you
ooat look it, exactly" She laughed
sasA} confident Of her own superior
appearance.
'I'1ie's lips grew white; It would
a @o. 1aSe much more to make her cry.
va. I'd hardly expect you to under
..4a1' she managed to say. and
tuned to 60.
'A' understand you all right, /
guess Say, what are all those fancy
es-sen Treaths doing out in the Of
- 4ayway?" She was blowing rings
very prettily.
-, ~ M Bonistelle is going to have
party tonight"
Really? I'll have to ask him about
She examined her finger nails.
5eleve I'll come"
~ p sorry but the invitations were
e., l' out over week ago, Miss
zine must have been addressed
Fl. 2'a t think l ever make that kind
mistake"
said Rosamund deliberately,