The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-24
Katherine at Work.

Katherine loves to have an audience.
She made room for me by taking a lot
of mysterious books out of the big chair
She had long apron on and dimpled
absurdly like child when / showed
interest and curiosity about her work.
II was just stoking the divine fire by
reading a little poetry" she said. push
ing lock of hair back with a hand that
had a smudge of clay or plaster or some
such thing on it, Il. don't want to spoil
my young nymph by getting blue be-
because of the rain"
Blue! Why, Katherine The rain
drops on the roof and that Jolly water
fall from the gutter ought to. be all the
poetry you need" But / remembered
that Phelps Redfeld had gone away
again over the week end. and realized
that that was probably why.
She looked at me sharply, then
laughed and tossed her head. II do
like to have lovers" she said. Just as
many as l possibly can Why shouldn' I
/? Why shouldn't l be just as cruel
and ficl6le as / feel like being? I'm not
married. All the men lead the girls a
merry dance before they choose wives.
I've just appointed myself avenger,
that's all. Some day III marry and set
tie down and be terribly meek and con-
slant. But just now-well, It's an eye
for an eye and tooth for tooth-and
broken promise for broken promise.
BY the way, do you think that there's
any particular girl that-that Mr.. Red
field knows2"
IL don't know" said. "Why?"
"oh. no reason" replied this nscruta-
BILE feminine thing coolly. II Just don't
think him SO terribly attractive myself.
Really"
And at that point, seeming to have
received an Inspiration, she went to
work upon the f1gurine. seeming literally
to draw life from the clay with her
fingers until the tiny maiden who was
Youth" had not only life in her lovely
limbs but in her clay eyes and in
her whole attitude and personality.
The Miracle of Art.
At last Katherine drew back and
cooked her head sideways she and
are very congenial," she said. Some
times the things l make don't like. ire
They'd rather stay dead. But you car
see she's very anxious to come alive
She's very curious about life. Sh,
wants to love and be loved and b,
happy, but she Is strong too. Shell
put a lot OF enthusiasm into the world
| problems and a lot OF lift under 1t,
sorrows. She's q sort of dryad o.
democracy. 1 like her very well In
deed. You know / never feet as thougi
had had much to do with my reall!
successful work II somehow creates
itself. while I Just assist"
1T certainly is miraculous to me-"
really felt almost superstitious Asou
Katherine, for Youth was quite tn
most exquisite bit OF spiritual and livel.
feminine loneliness that had ever seen
thought to myself with some satisfac
ton that we were housing younI
woman who might yet become famous
| But now" said Katherine, opening
the window so that a sweet washe'
breath OF air came In. I'm not goin
to touch her any more to-day. An,
you must talk to me. But first l mus
tell you a secret It's about Mary. 90
know she's always been 30 quiet. ~
always felt that she lived her real III
way deep inside herself and only talke
from the surface of her mind to b
polite. cut up and act like foe
when I'm with her, partly out OF EN-
barrassment and partly out Of resent
| .nent.
I've always thought II stingy of he
TO be 80 far from intimate with me
But lately she's changed. She talks an,
laughs sort Of nervously as though sh
didn't like to have me watch her. AnC
| one night woke UP and she was stand
at the moonlight. Che looked trans