The Washington herald., 1920-10-22

, fore said he; I think I'll drop
downtown and change my bank ac-
count He did drop down, but the
bank account was gone and so was
Mr.. Banker.
TT wasn't long till they put me
out of business. People don't want
their secret meannesses shown up in
a picture. They can smile and twist
their own faces and deceive you,
but the picture can't. ! couldn't get
an order for another picture, and
had to give up. ] worked as a news
paper artist for a while. and then
for a photographer. but my work
with them got me into the same
| trouble. II ] drew from q photo
graph. my drawing showed up
| characteristics and expressions that
| you couldn't find in the photo. but
guess they were in the original, all
right. The customers raised lively
rows, especially the women, and !
never could hold job long. 50
began to rest my weary head upon
the breast of Old Booze for comfort
And pretty soon was in the free
bed line and doing oral fiction for
handouts among the food bazaars
| Does the truthful ststemen weary
thee, o Caliph? ] can turn on the
Wall Street disaster stop II you pre-
fer but that requires a tear, and I'm
afraid I can't hustle one up after
that good dinner"
NO. no." said Chalmers, earnest
ly. you interest me very much. Did
all of your portraits reveal some un-
, pleasant trait, or were there some
that did not suffer from the ordeal
of your peculiar brush"
Some? Yes" said Plumer. Chill
dren generally good many wome n
and a sufficient number Of men. All
people aren't bad. you know. When
they were all right the pictures
were all right. As ! said, / don't
explain it, but I'm telling you facts
On Chalmers writing-tsble lay
the photograph that he had receiv-
ed that day in the foreign mail. Ter
| minutes later he had Palmer al
work making a sketch from, 1t in
! pastels. At the end of an hour the
artist rose and streach westily.
It's done" he yawned. You'll
excuse me for being so long. ! got
| interested in the Job. Lorde! bU;
I'm tired. No bed last night, you
know. Guess it'll have to be good
/ HIknl now " SOHlIIldnOSE VI lut
| Faithful"
Chalmers went as far as the door
with him and slipped some bills
into his hand.
oh! I'll take EN- said Plumer
/ Thanks And for the very good
I tonight and dream Of Bagdad. ]
Z - 10 ~ q
/ dream in the morning Farewell
most excellent Caliph,"
! Again Chalmers paced restlessly
upon his rug But his beat lay as
| far from the table whereon lay the
pastel sketch as the room wouIc
1 permit. Twice. thrice. he tried tc
! approach it. but failed. He could
! see the dun and gold and brown
I Of the colors, but there was a wal
about II built by his fears that kept
! him at a distance. He sat down
and tried TO calm himself He
: sprang up and rang for Phillips.
There is a young artist in this
3 building" he said; "A Mr.. Refine.
p,an-do YOU know which is his
apartment"
. Top floor. front, sir. said Phil,
Alps.
! Go UP and ask him TO favor me
! with his presence here for a few
: minutes.
Reineman came al once. ChaI.
| mcrs introduced himself
Mr.. Reineman." Saiu he. there
is a little pastel sketch on yonder
7 table I would be glad il you will
| give me your opinion of it as &c
/ its artistic merits and as pic.
ture."
The young artist advanced TO tho
table and took up the sketch. Chal.
mers half turned away, leaning
! upon the back of a chair.
| "How-do-yoU find it?" he ask
| ed. slowly.
AS a drawing" said the artist
Il can't praise it enough. Its the
! work of a master-bold and ffnC
: and true. 1t puzzles me a little;
haven't seen any pastel work neal
as good in years"
The face, man - the subject -
the original-what would you say
of that"
The face" said Reineman. is
the face OF one OF Gods own an,
gels May l ask who"
My wife" shouted Chalmers
| wheeling and pouncing upon tht
astonished artist. gripping his hand
and pounding his back she i:
travelling in Europe. Take thai
sketch. boy. and paint the picture
of your life from it, and leave the
| price to me"
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