The Detroit times., 1915-11-13

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n II could hiss you Tor 'htt' Aod
exclsimed 10 Boz sawyer. my ola
friend of M art ttdaa' .ay vhe
after having been aUs nt T aDp.her
city. bad come go call n.en me- Pro-
look al my DRAWINGS Ann jJ' ai
the moment OF MY perlaus roo oa
sfhusiastic ejaculation ,re door 1fI
opened and Anjrc Aibe-' the man /
loved. had ensercd my studio ].
MAS the first time he over had come
There 10 ind me WiJl another mao
fcallIne upon NE In The early dav
OF nv work. my li' had not thrown
me in contact with nen THE ioN
'i had met and who hol made Hy
ADVANCES 10 ne J speedily aad p,
pulsed for one a5on o. ano' I"r
|As a matter o. TACT Rob Slvyo
had been the only man With whom
al had established a rcal friendship
sdnring the past TWO years Then
Andre had come into my life
N His attentions 30 me had been
persistent and continuous almost
from the first The few mon 10
whom he had introduced nae he had
taken great care that ! should meet
but once. without realizing 81 him-
self, Andre had eliminated all ou'-
side interests for me. thus narrow
ing my life 70 Stella, the girl with
whom ! lived, Billy, my sisters
baby, for whom ! cared, and Andre
himself. Now he entered my studio
.suddenly to find me laughing and
happy with some man whom ! OF
.viously knew very well, and OF
whom he never remembered having
heard me speak. The rage that |
saw sweep over HIS face amazed
me. stepped back from Bob Saw
yer rs we stood there beside my
drawing board and the happy smile
died on my lips.
+ "Good evening, Andre" said
bracing myself oiously for
what feared might be a Scene
p"You have never met Mr. Sawyer, !
think. Mr.. Albert, Mr. Sawyer"
Bob was cordial enough. Indeed
ne was quite unconscious OF any
reason why he should be otherwise
30 he flushed boyishly and pleasant
~ as he held ont his hand
ri know your work, Mr. Albert"
he said. II have admired il for
years. AS a matter OF fact, I rather
hoped ] had something Of yorr
style"
Scarcely muscle OF Andres face
moved He put ont his hand 10 Boz
as though II were limp rag
Il don't think anything is 10 be
gained in art by frank imitation"
remarked Andre acidly, and turned
his back upon my friend.
X Bob, utterly nj a loss. foundered
for a reply, and few to the rescue.
There was nothing 20 do but cover
Up Andres mann y as best I could
With light chatter OF MY own.
went at the task with 4 will. Twas
sincerely fond OF Bob and anxious
that he should not be made uncom-
Portable in my home. On the other
hand, WAS also so completely un-
der Andres spell that il was very
dihicuIt for me TO set my will
against his. In this instance, how
ever, ] honestly did not have the
shghtest idea why he had taken this
sudden and violent dislike 10
young man with such simple and
amiable characteristics.
Z And though I did my best Bob
felt the atmosphere which had en-
tered the studio with Andre. He
tried gallantly 10 help me in my ef-
forts to make the evening light
and happy one. But I saw his gaze
lcontinuslly straying in the direction
0e the man / loved. And whenever
Andre would drop some cold end
bitter comment Bob would regard
him with knit bruws
30 presently my friend srosc 10
leave. Nor did try to detain him
The strain upon me was too great.
u walked to the door of the studio.
urging him to come 10 see me soon
again and endeavoring In every way
! could to cover Andres manner 10.
ward him. Then I closed the door
and faced the man who eat sullerly
kicking his heels against tho runc
Of his chair.
well, whatever in The world I
began.
"Is this the way vou auuse ycur
self evenings" Interrupted Andre
before | could get one word fur.
ther. mo wonder yoG've asked me
not 10 come till half past eight or
nine You want ~ hEve plenty o.
chance to Get rid or other mon Tg-
fore arrive"
Almost ! could have laughed This
seemed too childish Nmos J In
ngined Andre was only teasing m
But the expression of hts face de.
MED such a suppositlon
N Good heavens. Andre" cx.
claimed. Have Won gono crazy
You know perfectly well I've asked
YOU not TO come before half paat
eight or nine because like n little
time with Billy after dinner. and ho
borcs Won. Also like 10 attend 20
putting him 10 bed personally Bob
SAWYER. although it's really too ab-