Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-02-13


Consequently Tbs car turned eoH
Fifth avenue, passed under tie aren
and drew up before 2 door just OF
Naskl1.gtcn square. Ehere the la7d-
scape painter had & sfnfi0 Eni- There
we're sleeping rnons ard such arces-
series az seemed to TIE boy uuaear8-oi
luxury. though Lescc11 REGARDED re
place As makesbift annex 10 MS
home estz 1..shmeut-
You'd better take your time II Sc
lecting permanent quarters was his
careless fashion Of explaining 10 Sam
son ITS Just as vel not 10 hurry.
You are IN stay here EiIh me. as long
as voa VIII"
I'm oblsege5 ter Te,~ replied the
boy. 10 whose training in opeu-lCots4
hospitality The invitation seemed only
natural The evening meal was
brought ia frcm q neighbori2g hotel
and the TWO men lined before ar open
FIRE, Samson eating in mountain 81
lence. while his host chatred and
asked questions
Samson suggested the painter,
when the dinner things had been car
rie5 cut and they were alone. you are
here for two purposes; First. 10 stplT
painting: second. to educate an3 equip
yourself for coming conditions It's
going % take work. more work. ana
then some more work
i hahn skeered Of work.'
y believe that Also. sou mast
keep out Of trouble. You've got 10 ride
your fighting instinct with strong
curb"
i don't Tow 10 let nobody TUB over
me" The statement was not argu-
mentarive, cnly an announcement OF
q principle whicl vas lot subject 10
modification.
All right, but u1tii you learn the
ropes let ne advise you.
The boy gazed into the f-e for feg
moments q silence
Z gives ye NV h4nd Oh tibet" he
promised
At eleven o'clock the pair ler. having
shown MS guest over The premises.
said goodnight and went uptown 10
his own house. Samson lay a long
while awake. with many lisquieting
reflections.
Meanwhile Leseott, letting himself
into house overlooking the park
was hailed by a chorus Of voices from
the dining room. He turned and went
in 10 Join a gay group just back from
the opera, As he thoughtfully mixed
himself a highball. they bombarded
him with questions
Why didn't you bring your bar
barian with you2- demanded a dark
eyed girl. who looked very much as
Lescott himself might have looked had
he been a girl-and very young and
lovely. Now she flashed On him an al
fectionate smile. and added: We
have been waiting to see him, Must
We 90 TO bed disappointed 90
George stood looking down on them.
and tlnkled The ice in his glass
He wasn't brought on Tor purposes
Of exhibition Drennie,~ he smiled y
was afraid Il he came in here in the
fashion Of his arriyal-carrylng his
saddlehags-you ultracivillzed folk
might have laughed"
A roar of laughter at the picture
yindicated Lescott's assumption.
NO, Now. actually with saddle
bags a. echoed q young fellow with
likable face which was for the no
ment fncredulously amused. That
goes Dick Wilmington one better.
You 90 make some rare discoveries.
George We celebrate you.
Thanks. Horton, commented the
painter. dryly. when you New York
ers have learned what these barbara
ans already know. tie control of your
oversensitized risibles and a courtesy
deeper than your shirt-f-onts-maybe
III let you have a look. Meantime I'm
much TOO fond of all Of you 20 risk
letting you laugh Il ny barbarian.
Several months were spent laboring
with charcoal ard PAPER over plaster
casts in Lescott'5 studio. and Lescott
himself played instructor When the
skylight darkened with the coming Of
evening, the boy whose mountain ma
ture cried ont for exercise went for
long tramps that carried Kim over
many miles Of city pavements. and
after that. when the gas was liz, he
turned stiU insatiably hungry. to
volumes OF history. and algebra, and
facts.
A sloop-rigged boat with a crew OF
two was dancing before a brisk breeze
through blue Bermuda water. or to
the right Hamilton rose sheer and
colorful from the bay At the tiler
sat the Whitehead figure Of Adrienne
Lescott. Pufs Of wind that whipped
the faulty bellying sheets dashed her
dark hair about her face Her lips.
rividlv red ike poppy petals. we're
just now curved into an amused smile.
which made them even more than or
dinarily kissable and tantalizing. Her
companion was neglecting his nominal
duty OF tending the sheet to watch
her