The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-01

carc upon hh lands. u would
be q crime. Sio would soon be.
romc a public charge 60 come
Dui Of the drug a raNinE savage
against the bonds II civilization.
clark went hack % hia studio and
slept, When ho aWpko lt wnH even
ms no looked in Ca Tpl,s. she
too. was asleep clark awakened
her. then prepared supper for them
both After tbo meal ho posed her
lighted cimrtt and went 10 work
on the unVomplctcd canvas 81 the
night before Marian did NOT call
lie mng her up on the telephone.
Clark noticed no change la her
manner lie told her he was VERY
busy and promised. when the
spell Of his work was of. 10 tale
up the old line, oi life with her.
She said she understood.
Tho days that followed were
queer ones for Clark he lived with
"a living dead woman. she was an
IDEAL model She held a position for
hours and needed little rest, uuiir.
Ing she retained her grace and fresh,
neas OF position. The artist thrilled
with the opportunity Of putting her
kind In oil.
A broker well known IN the art
quarter OF Seattle. called IN rcaponao
20 summons from Clark and looked
over the completion Of his work
Clark kept Toha safely hidden
from his view. The broker raycd
over the painting. Clark com
missioned him 60 sell IL, lie
wanted 10 get Il on the market
lie knew the man would make
the most Of the work In the sal.
leries. lie did.
In IS hours tho fame % a new
painter. an American. a Seattlslte.
rang over the country. Nothing
quito like THE Amazon" had ever
been seen on canvas before under
the jurisdiction OF the modern school
II brought a sum. three days after
its exhibition. many times what
Clark had expected.
In the meantime Clark completed
another picture OF Toha, partially IN
the nude. giving Il the snatch Of
background fFoIh her island as he 70
mcmbered II.
For this he demanded n higher
price and received u without
question. IL. too. Clark saw by
critics notices. received wide
spread praise.
In the fever OF hts work Clark
neglected Marian and devoted his
entire attention TO Toba. Toba was
nothing more 20 him now than AZ
much clay. lie moulded her 10 his
fancy under his brush. Locked In
this studio tho two Became renowned.
Fellow artists. startled a. clhrks
show Of ability. enyioua 10 a degree
Of his success. attributed much OF
hls good fortune 10 the girl who had
posed for him. They searched for
her. They bcsiegod his studio. But
Clark kept her secrcted away. And
Stunned II not snuhbcd them. They
went hack TO their greasy. Witnessed.
don bohemia complaining that sue
cess had gone 10 Clafk'H head and
made 81 him q prudc,
/ Meanwhile Marian heard Of his
success and went TO the Academy
Of Arts 10 scc his latest paint.
ings. Pride was In her heart,
touched lightly by grief caused
By his neglect and when she
looked upon TohA In hts oils
pang OF something she believed
buried and long forgotten stab
bed her heart.
This woman. who had been his
native wife. must hold something
Of hts heart She did not entirely
blame him. sho had put him off
and put him of until perhaps she
had unwit;ingiy auenched tho fire
o. his ardor.
Then. as she studied tho features
Of the bronzed savage. there came
20 her n strange dread. Suppose.
lshe unused. Toba were a living model
10 this picture. Suppose Tota. ahan.
donlng her lust for the blood OF
heather sacrifice. had COMO begging
his love. suppose Toba were now
with Clark Ia his studio.
OF a sudden she remembered
the locked door OF the room nd.
joining the studio. his fear that
she might enter u. his desire
that she leave the place.
Sick at heart. yet burning with
curiosity TO know whether she did
this man she loved an injustice.
Marian left the Academy OF Aria
and wen, direct to the studio of her
sweetheart.
Continued In the next issueJ