The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-12

VVJllfN DiCky lNld me lld' l'l
NJ fifteen years the fate OF Robert
w Sayarin had been unknown ! itl .
that at last | held m my hand, the
thread, OF the mystery oi the CoNgroyc
farmhouse in the Ca'sklll, which had
so puzzled me
After our first supper at the farm
house lhc evening before VIC had been
shown a collection ot picture. IN IN"
farmhouse parlor from the brush OF
M, Co.g5o,c, hfothor. Robcr' sax
arm
Dicky had recognized the artist
work at once and had pronounced the
collection 10 be worth at least $4,000
The hystcrlcai JOY OF Mr., CoSgro'c
at the announcement. her ejaculation
| Glcycrly stopped by her husband "wha,
. this will mean to Robert the md
night excursion OF Mr. and Mrs Co,
grove and one oi their sons. and the
snxieiy of the woman to keep secret the
difference between her twin Sous--dll
these thing, pointed N my mind to
some dargerou, secret IN possession ol
the tpNgroyc family
Bu, Dicky.s word, had given me the
clue
Robcr, Sa,aru must be alive. and for
some reason h', sister and her family
were keeping secret the TACT that hc
was living
| knew how DlJky would ridculc
any @ch suggestion ON my part | re-
solved not TO waste any uwc telling
him
How wonderfully interesting" I
said and did not have to assume any
enthusiasm. Tor ! was really wildly cv-
cited over the story Don; be mean
Drcky. Go on tell me the whole story
there's a dear
IAN right bicky responded prompt
". con one condition, that You walk
along while I'm talking want TO get
to casting some time today
Jumped mp with alacriy
That's a bargain" said. slipping
my hand into his Now proceed"
We'll, gentle reader" Dicky began.
ord,orcaly, "thc story is simply thl,
Fifteen years ago Robert Savarln
was the romantic mystery of the New
York studios He was one OF those TEL
lows with mighty lofty ideals about his
work. and he never lowered them the
+ way that most OF us have" There wa,
lust t,ngc OF sell rcproachiul bitter
, ness in Dicky's tone. hut /, was gone in
c an instant
, "tIe had worked like a truck horse
for years IN Paris studios HIS work
was years ahead OF his dav and for a
long time there was practically no sale
| for II, hut he stuck 20 II doggedlv
| painting picture after picture which
| commanded such small prices tha, h,
| would never sell ono until actually
| driven to it by imminent starvation.
Tie was mysterious sort of icl
J low All the traditions OF the studio,
, say he was a prince at heart, gcncrou
r 10 a tault, shy as a timid girl. but will
, a tendency to melancholy that grew
F, more pronounced as his chance iur Su.
, cess seemed TO &c, farther and farther
. away
The Fuftive Stranger.
There was some Sors of vague Vtor,
going the rounds then OF SaNarlns en-
tanglcment with some girl-tumor sal,
he was terribly hard hit A, any rate
he suddenly disappeared from tn
knowledge of everyone who had eve
known him
. "llc had few intimaleS, and after
periunc,oty police search he was giycr
mp as dead, and the paintings he ha,
left IN his studio were seized Tor TN
small debts he owed and sold al auc
ton
~, has not bren long now since hi
. work commenced TO have a vogue. rh
y real merit of It has been discovered
4, The big picture dealers have been quic,
u " getting hold of all his stuff the,
could find. aud the prices on them hay,
' lcapcd higher and higher. IN the wa,
such things have '.
How this collection up here came :,
o be overlooked L-Sant imagine II he
really dead It @tanS a fortune To ,hcS
v people
5 BY Jove" Diekys exclamation wa