The sun., 1919-07-06
PART-19

Sorry to always intrude in the midst
OF Jonathan's competent narrative. but
my instinct for managing gets COM
pletoly beyond my control, I just have
to have my say.
have Just seen Jonathan OF TO the
station, and l have n long lazy day be.
fore me. There's nothing at all on my
mind except that carpenter that l can
see out OF the corner Of my eye, and
Toby. who Is sleeping In his carriage
under the apple tree. Emily is with
him, and Bella, who Is getting to be a
thin brown tomboy instead of my be-
ribboned daughter, Is quiet for the mo-
ment making daisy chain. The long
est OF the grass has been cut close to
the house, and Is heavy with dew. !
certainly am thankful for the broad
shade of these old trees. for the country
Is dazzling green and gold In the mid
summer sunshine,
Robert ia In the attic assisting Mary
King to decide on the position OF the
! skylIght and other appointments that
she is installing in her new studio.
hadn't seen Mary for ages and when
I hunted her up and told her about our
attic and what my plans were for an in
teresting household that would mean
something in the community and stand
for something more than our own com
! fort, she just took my hand in those
! mySteriously clever fingers of hers, and
gave It the grasp that brought back to
! me our school days together. The
crows feet deepened at the corner OF
she looks at model. and she Smiled IA
| smile that was good to see.
| 1t would Just make my dreams come
| true she said, ito live like that May
be I can help the Youngsters develop
/ any talent they may have. 81 many
children have artistic possibilities that
| die from want OF watching"
More Vanity Than Art.
| I couldn't help smiling to myself whom
| l thought of Roberts effort at maing
pictures and clay models I'm practi.
| cal person-for the most part--and |
am afraid that whatever impulse he has
In that direction is lacking in the ncces-
sary dream quality, and is mostly OF
interest to him. because underneath the
finished product he can scrawl in strag-
| Cling letters. by Robert"
At any rate Mary King Is here. and ]
have felt more certain OF the success OF
my plan ever since / saw her hazel eyes
fill with fiecks OF golden light when she
! first reached the attic and looked around
| her.
! 10 heT as 10 most artists, a new idea
In the most justihable thing in the world
and l cannot imagine her deserving me
| even II the skies should fall.
She has always been 20 strangely
| sweet a girl. and so patient In spite OF
having to face every known difficulty
in the pursuit OF her ideals. She has
scratched along in New York on prac.
! tically nothing, falling, and falling. and
making her small successes tide her over
the longest period of failure. She is more
slender now, and older looking than ]
! had remembered her, but she still has
that tolerance and sweetness at the
very core, that breadth Of vision that
always made me feel a little awestruck
in her presence-and tremendously fond
| OF her.
There's something the same QUALITY
in Freeland ! wonder whether they
will like each other They wilI-unless
the image OF the young popinjay VINO
amused himself with Marys affection,
until he found some one more glittering
and shallow to link his life with Is still
In her mind
The other girl who will work in gu,
attic is Katherine Kennedy. who makes
exquisite little fgurines in wax. She
won't be here for while and I'll want
to be very we'll settled before she come 8
/ met her at Mary's on"e-a blue eyed
black haired young beauty with a snaI
and verve that, according 10 Mary
elected the remark from a youngster Of
the opposite sex who met her at tea
and whom Mary Intercepted afterward
| "Temperamentitis--oh babyi"
/ imagine that Jonathan may develop