The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-01-22
cheek to resemble the texture of

: appreciation Tor an amateur III
art as | am. 1t is a picture Of q
garden where a young man ano
woman are standing beside a
| white sun dial. They stand a
5 little apart; no one could fail to
see that they are OF recent &c.
-iquaintance, perhaps are NOW to
, gether that morning for the first
time. The girl S face is quiet and
4 smiling as She looks at the marble
), dial, her finger pointing to the
hour crossed by the shadow. Her
companion leans slightly forward
Ito read where she indicates. SO
| far, it is nothing! But beyond and
4 slightly above the pair, appear
ling formed of the sunlight that
:. shimmers about them are two re,
jpEcas of themselves, faint yet
vague, nebulous, yet real; two
iphantom figures ardently alive,
who stretch out eager arms to one
ianojher in recognition Their at
/ titudc is speaking as u cry, hot as
1.-THE sunlight and as joyous;
strange indeed in contrast with
! the Indifference OF the human
lpair, who are themselves, Yet are
inot, whose material senses arc so
tslow, so cognlZaat of what has
been and was to be. Sach is the
mastery Of the artist, that when
one has gaixcd long enough to
understand him, the solid and
actual man and woman seem less
alive than their mist spun coun-
terparts.
After a moment he added: 1t
is called The Recognition. .
She was so still that he Won
dercd if she had left him. He
raised his hand, half minded to
end uncertainty and tear off the
bandage If she had gone, his dis
obedience would not matter. III
she were there, he would at least
glimpse her face and gather what
knowledge he could from it's ex-l
preston. But even as he raised
his hand, she spoke, just audibly.
1t is a real painting9'
Yes. BY great French
arts.
Where = a little hesitation
colored the question: where IS
it?'
In - the House ow the Little
Shoes" he answered. He did not
choose to add that it hung in his
own apartments.
She was silent so long that
again his hand crept up to the
linen which blindfolded him. Did
she understand what he was try
ing to tell herr Was she angry
or Indifferent? Did she consider
his suit, or merely listen to the
music Of Abel's cello? Noel had
a sudden vision of the fine,
mournful figure of the old Jew
bowed over his instrument, lost in
the ecstasy Of creating. Why did
the musician play so late, he Won
dered. Was Arloff perhaps awake,
or did Abe pour out an unrest OF
his own in those strange tones?
The girl had stood up. Noel
heard the rustic Of her soft frock
and the click of a little thimble
that :h.ia.tt fell and relied away across
the floor, UNDECIDED. Somehow,
he OWNED that she was standing
by the door, and that her face
again wore the wilderness of the
lily glimpsed floating in the dark
ness.
"You have told me Of a beauti-
full thing" her voice came to him
across the room. He could fancy
the defiance he once before had
seen blazing in those large brown
ewes Of hers. "There is no beauty
like the beauty Of faithfulness.
Since you care for nothing that is
real, no doubt you will be happy
with-a picture. For that is all
you will have.
The door closed. Noel started
up On his pillow, confounded and
dismayed.
Miss Aroff!'' he cried. Rosa
ind!'
AS he jeked off the bandage,
the door reopened. His angry
eyes encountered the stout figure
Of the nurse advancing, her face
frigid with disapproval.
g Miss Aroff has gone to take
some rest" she colby informed
him. I am sorry to see your ex-
citement. You must have 9 soda
tive"
His second opportunity was
gone. Rosaind Aroff did not re-
turn that night.
(To be continued next weekly
Japan Reassures Senators.
From the New York Post.
stJapan has taken two important steps