The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-04-01

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Andhsw She Got 4 Perna'
Heat Engagement
By ALICE Il.

Z By ALICE 4. wETMoRE. :
"WhexeFa re ,ysu, BAlr' came a lazy
drawl fron the Tiny aateroem, which
Wsaapssal deaksnated the sthee.
"Nere,r ,ceRRsa that gentleman as
AisHasa1 asa mnthful Of brushes
vsaRd !neMas+ 'Hs, emily Carter" be
saplakA@ats II his me1el. "Or perhaps
yps'A 4nEeer.- AZ
"eh, iet 49, es1as h:by all MEANS"
| replied the gil. I'D rather like to see
hin .".atSt,9 AR4 a > ,ggggsi
A long, clean, Axnbed young fellow
loungea L. halted alphabetically for a
moment. befAn4 TAoApsoa's canvas and
then sank lazily into a pile Of cush-
ions on the floer.
The girl Oh the model stand scruti-
nized him elsse4y and made up her
mind that he Mes the NEST typically
lazy naAa she had, ever seen. His voice,
his walk, his capsiagc, kad an absolute
lack Of effort tkat #as positively fas-
cinating, and to complete the impress
sion his streng, lean face was abso-
lutely devoid Of expression.
Suddenly, bsws*er, lie gazed intent
ly ard With a ssaeblanee ct awakened
interest at the model. The pose was
rather striking. A heavy black velvet
gown acccatusttea that peculiar trans
pareaey 81 soasesax,vkish accompanies
a ccrtsaa dasr BaA s&aa&c Of auburn
hair. \ dsn' green background recon
ciled the brifa. 1T eslorinS Of the upper
part OF the p1tuEa to the dusky mys-
tcries OF the lower nva The pose
Of the figure was saved FROM in%solencc
only by the N~i1isemeness of the face.
Carter pulfed Is&4#y at bis pipe and
continued 10 gaze at the girl with half
closed critical eyes. Mice color" he
finally asserted. "By Jove, that's a
wonderful psSe!" with a sHdden burst
Of enthusiasm that startled the girl
"Are yea engaged, after you finish with
Thompson"
The other arNst sre4ed his mouth;
then, With a Yl!iet sh3He, closed il
again. Size aial smiled, teo, a little
smfle. Aat x2Hsaa her upper lip deli
cioussV.
"No, sir; Fra NOT engaged next
week" she rspliea .notay.
"Can ysu eonea to me for a two
weeks pose, then, in the mornings?'
Thompson locked obviously at thu
girl. Yes sas,, TIL come" she said.
The next Monday tire model present
ed hersel& 1t John Carriers studio. HI
scarcely kekad Mp as he greeted her.
"Oh, is that you, Miss Do 70,
know. I forgot to ask yaur NAME" b.
drawlel.
Parks the girl supplied smilingly.
The gown he gave her was ais
black. He had hung heavy stuff
around and above the model stand un
til the black gown and the background
mingled darkly and the white face ant
auburn hair fairly jumped from tn
gloom in a single, startling note o
color.
Carter set to work with a feverisl
energy which quite transformed hin
He tried first Il pose, then another
in such rapid succession that the gil
vas positively bcwildered.
When he had at last found one tina
pleased him he drawled apologetica,
~, with a slow, winning smile, "I'I
rather Il hard fellow to get started
Miss Parks. but I won't give you niue
trouble once we're off,"
: The cir, watched the man with fa<
cinated eyes. He worked with the pre-
: cisfon and energy Of a splendid ms
: chine. His face shore with positiv
: inspiration.
AS for Carter himself, he was bliss
fully happy. With the true artist
: sensitiveness Ike felt the absence of tn
usual clash between the half hearted
prosaie models ana the ideals he strue
gled to eMbeay by their aid. The a
mesHAssa lacked a single inharmon
GUS elcmeat, fer tss girl seemed
: throw ko' wksfs personality into til
= work.
: At hsB he ssAas4sa f.exa his franc
. sufficiently TO s*ssr,e tAat a white lin
had s,Rssessx sHuaA the girls con
presssa ERx z.a xsat she waveEed a
: she stcsd.
ut nnwst ks hMae 10 rsst,S' he oil
served. "vsassS q h SaHcsa at til
. clock, "ysuAve. hatasss posing for nearl
: an hour. WITTY id6AaaiEst ys~ restg' b
: demaadsa n~serea+aISsa1.
The std sa<xs iSss a chair with a
& amused aAaa4 il Aec syss. Il neve
saw any4saaT 81 s~saqE2stely lost" sh
said. 81 csa5an't ksar to disturb you.
The ncI. nsasaE4 he found himseI
= awaiting VIVA m4eastakable imp:
t1ence tits sH4~sa sf lid model, an
when at bss. sAss SA rtaAa before hill
with a sass.:sss f@asz nernfAg' on he
hps he sasssasSsa, Ksa gM with an ar
lists satssdsse*Ssazd.
= She wsss sssaaahAss. h her dark stree
gown. fEs4e Asfaa uaass Aasf1sd and h
eyes brays4 wss8a 1ss eza4ilsratien Of a
autuxaa sssss4gss sssA Carter we
strongly sssss5sa 70 gat away serior
vexk aaG Esssaa assssssdaF q her as ST
stood gs -ssa.xsaaa 1tass IDEA. howeve
and sssusn ees5y waEs ut work on tt