New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
Dow Dicky Secured Grace Draper for Model and Why Madge Helped.

! Grace Draper! Are you crazy 1 You don't even know the name of ] this man, and you're accepting a 1 position to be model for his pie tures''
 Mrs. Germans voice was shrill, mortified. Secretly I sympathized 1 with her. If the beautiful Miss Dra- per had been my sister and a stranger like Dicky had offered her a position, i I, too, should have demanded proof of his identity and good faith. But Dicky was equal to the occasion Before Miss Draper could answer he had drawn his card case from his pocket and offered his card to Mrs. German.
 You are quite right. Mrs German" he said soothingly. You are entitled to know my name and all about me- As you see there, I am Richard Gra- ham, and this is my wife, Mrs. Gra- ham. Our home address is Apartment 4. No. 46 East Twenty-ninth street, telephone Chelsea, S694. My studio is in the Fremont building, 157 East Thirty first street. If you wish to know anything about me, you can ask my bankers at-'
 Miss Draper interrupted him.
 Please do not trouble yourself" she said. ''I am perfectly satisfied, and I know my sister is also.'
 Speak for yourself" retorted Mrs German. 'I have no doubt MT. Gra- hams all right,' she admitted grudg- ingly, but this thing of your being a model-why it's worse than your other job, and that's-.''
 "Kate!" Miss Drapers tone held more than a hint of anger twill you please stop this? I've got to do what I think is best for myself, and you're only making it awfully hard for your self and for me-
 "Go ahead. I wash my hands of the whole business,'' and Mrs. German stalked into the kitchen.
 The Proposition Closed.
 "Dicky," I broke into the converse tion for the first time. Don't you think we would better go on down to the harbor. We will want to get back to the station before dark"
 felt as if I could not breathe in the atmosphere that surrounded us. Mrs. Germans hostility to this scheme of Dicky's only added to my dislike of the whole business I want ed to get away from the house that held this beautiful girl who was so eager to grasp the adantages that my hr sband held out to her. Sure" Dicky assentd heartily. Will you tell us what our bill is? He turned to Miss Draper. One dollar and a half.' "Each?" queried Diclxy. That means $s total"
 "Oh, no," protested Miss Draper, "seventy-five cents apiece, $1.50 for the total bill"
 Nonsense, said Dicky, handing her a $2 bill. "Tell your sister those dinners were worth $1 apiece any way.'
 He drew another bill from his rocketbook, a twenty as I saw by the figures on the corner.
 "Here," he said to Miss Draper. ''This will buy your monthly ticket from Marvin to the Pennsylvania station and give you $10 on account, the ten to be deducted from the fifty ] I promised you for the poses "Thank you, MT. Graham" Miss Draper's voice was as unruffled as ever. Just a moment, I will write you a receipt"
 "Oh, nothing like that is necessary said Dicky, airily, with the average 1 mans reluctance to be business-like with an attractive woman. I went upstairs to the room where | I had left my wraps. Dicky closely l following me. As we put on our cutter clothing, Dicky added to the discomfort which I was feeling.
 At least. Madge, you don't need to show your jealously quite so plain ly. For heavens sake give that poor l girl a civil word as you go out. You simply froze her when she offered to help you.''
 Mrs. German Placated.
 That poor girl appears to be per fectly able to take care of herself, '' l I returned coldly "As for your in situation that I am jealous of you, it is neither worthy of your utterance nor my answer
 "Whew!" Dicky gave a prolonged
 whistle. Tt takes these eX-school
 na'ams to throw words around like that and gather them in again.
 At least I do not find it necessary
 to clothe nearly all my conversatio
 in slang phrases I retorted.
 "I suppose that's meant for yours
 truly,' returned Dicky gay1y. At any
 other time remark like that would
 have argerned him. I had a sudden
 helpless feeling that he was in such 1 high spirits over securing Miss Ora per's services as model that anything 1 I could say or do would have no effect . upon him.
 I followed him downstairs, my
 heart full of resentment against him
 As we came into the lower hall, Mrs l German met us, her eyes red. but
 her composure restored. Evidently
 her sister had used the few moments