The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-18
MApGE COMPROMISES WITH HER
CONSCIENCE

He changed his tone and manner on
the instant. 81 know l have been
thoughtless. sweetheart" he said earn
estly, but I forget that you are not
used to my vagaries yet Tell me hon.
estly, would you have been so resent
full II I had been interested in some
old man with chin whiskers as I was
in the beautiful LADY,"
A light broke upon me. How foolish
I had been. looked at Dicky shame
facedly. "You mean"
THAT she's exactly the model I've
been looking for to pose for those out
door illustrations Fillmore wants. One
OF the series is to be girl on STEP
ladder. picking apple blossoms. She
Is to be on her knees. ana one foot is
to be stretched out behind her. The
picture demands a perfect foot and
ankle, and this girl has them Her
features and hair, too, are just the
type I want. She would know how
to pose, too. You can see that from
her air as she sits there. Anr that is
half the battle. If they do not have
the faculty of posing naturally they
could never be taught"
I felt much Inundated, and I was
very angry at myself. l remembered
the time when had shown an undue
interest in Dicky's description Of a
girl frequenter of his studio, one who
made excellent coffee only to find out
that she was a middle-aged colored
woman who had posed for some of his
illustrations.
I had promised myself then that /
would never fall into similar error
again. And here l had treated Dicky
to q scene because of his open 'admira-
ton of the girl who sat SO serenely
unconscious in the next coach.
must remember, told myself, that
I had married an artist. ! foresaw,
however, many complications in our
lives together. If every time we took
trip anywhere. Dicky was to spend
the time planning to secure the serv-
ices of some possible model ! could
see very little pleasure for me In our
outings.
But I knew an apology was due
Dicky, and gathered courage to make
it, II am sorry to have annoyed you,
Dtcky." l said at last. But ! did not
dream that you We're looking at her
as a possible model"
And looked at from any other stand
point it was rather raw Of me-" ad-
mitted Dicky. But let's forget it.
She'll probably drop off the train at
Forest Hills of Kew Gardens, she
looks like the product OF those sub
urbs, and I'll never see her again.
But his prediction was not fulfilled.
When the guard called Next stop.
Jamaica Change for Patchgue train,
the girl in the cerise hat and the pony
coat was right behind us as we alight'
ed on the wide elevated platform.
The Patchogue was waiting and as
We took our red upholstered velvet
seats she came down the aisle and
took a seat near the front of our coach
In plain view, but we'll nut of earshot.
"The plot thickens." said Dicky. His
tone was gay but l saw that there was
real interest beneath his raillery. III
she gets of at Marvin I shall consider
1t direct Intervention of Providence. "
Shall you really try to make her
acquaintance, Dicky?" l asked. Even
with the knowledge that it was only
an artist seeking a model that Dicky
wished to meet the girl, could not
shake off a feeling of distaste for the
whole affair.
Dicky shook his head dejectedly.
mo, Of course that's all rot, ne
said. 'If she were only some shabby,
poor girl to whom the MONEY ! could
pay her for posing would mean some
thing might try it. But those clothes
she has on spell money and lots OF ~
She's rather classy dame, too, not
the kind that's crazy about posing Tor
the sake Of seeing her face on the
cover Of magazine, the way some OF
them are. No. guess it's hopeless
I struggled with sudden tempta-
ton. I knew the thing for me to do
was to tell Dicky the things I had OBJ.
served about the girls clothing. To
any man and to many women, she
looked as if she we're very prosperous.
But accustomed to making over my
own clothing. l had detected all the
little makeshifts by which she had