The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
TIE DAILY
SHORTS SIC Try
The Girl on the Cover.
~ vINcENT 9. FERRY.
fcopyritht. 1917, BY the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)


Newspaper Syndicate.)
= rEREERT NlCHoL waited nery.
Fl ously ct the telephone. Would
= > she never answer The operator
vas not ringing nearly loud enough. II
there was no one else In the house and
Agnes was in her own room. she could
not possibly hear 1t. All! She had an.
zswered 1t At last!
Hello, deari" His tone was eager.
eHow do you do" The answer was
stir, but In his eagerness he did not
notice It.
Have you seen your favortte maya.
zine for this month, Agnes?" he asked
n the same eager tone.
Yes, have, Mr.. Michel, and / was
meyer 80 insulted in my life. When 1
sat for you to paint my portrait /
thoueht the painting was for yourself,
not for q magazine cover. I thought
your interest IN me was q friendly one,
Lot . commercial one. l am sending
back your ring today. Goodbye, Mr..
Nichol ] was Just going out" He
heard the receiver 20 down.
1t was some time before Herbert
could realize what It all meant. He
had thought she would be delighted to
see her picture on magazine cover,
or he would not have submitted It.
How was he TO know that she would
think It distasteful? Surely, II she
was as anxious as she was to go into
moving pictures, q magazine illustra-
ttonof herself could not be SO terrible.
It was the best portrait he had ever
painted, and to have one of the leading
magazines use It for q coyer-his name
would be worth something and he
would never again have to wonder
.1Thsre the next rent was coming from.
1t wRs for her he had persevered With
his art and swallowed disbursement
more often than square meals. How
was she to know that, though? He
had never told her he was SO DOOR,
end she thought him more successful
than he was. She had money. more
than was good for her, ana could not
know what 1t was to be poor.
he would never paint another pic.
ture, he resolved. He could never get
the inspiration again, after this. In
every mark Of the brush he would see
sorething to remind him of her, and
every face he painted would radiate
her ioyeliness.l No, he could never
paint again. He would have to 20 to
work-real work, that would take his
mind on the girl he had wronged. Yes,
ne had wrouged her. he could sse that
Tie more he thought 1t over. A girl
70 well known in society to be classed
M an artists model He should have
thought OF that before.
SO Herbert put aside his brushes and
looked for work. He had never. done
manual labor in his life. and when he
secured a position in the shipping
room OF 8. large manufacturing con.
Germ he found It harder than he had
expected. He began 10 like the work.
but at times he felt almost unbearably
restless. The men about him interest.
az him. They seemed to get much
more enjoyment out OF life than he had
syeraot, and he wondered why il was.
The head shipper seemed morn
thoughtful than the rest. Herbert
asked him one day why It was the men
scanned to happy and contcnted. -
The shipper scratched his head. and
alter thinking It over replied: 81 do
rot know, Herb, unless it's because
they iii In here. A mans made for
something and unless he finds that
something he'll never be satisfied. You.
for instance, amt cut out to be dom
this work and no matteri how long
You stay at 1t wou amt going to like
or 1eei satisfied. You'll be restless