Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-08-12

minutes to give him; that the day was
warm or cold; his Office handsome:
the view over the river magnificent
Miss O'Mara said nothing pleasantly.
30 DIRK began to talk, rather hur-
riedly.
now this was new experience for
DIRK DeJong. Usually women spoke
TO him first and fluently. Quiet women
Waxed voluble under his silence: vol
uble women chartered. Paula always
spoke a hundred words to his one
But here was woman more silent
than he; not sullenly silent, nor heay-
lily silent, but quietly, composedIy, rest
fully silent.
I'll tell you the sort of thing we
want, Miss O'Mara." He told her
When he had finished she probably
would burst out with three or four
plans. The others had done that.
When he had finished she SAID, 'Pll
think about it for a couple Of DAYS
while I'm working on something else.
| always do. I'm doing a soap picture
now. can begin work on yours
Wednesday,"
But I'd like to see it-that is, I'd
like to have an idea of what YOU'RE
planning to do with It," Did she think
he was going to let her go ahead with
out consulting his judgment!
"Oh, it will be all right. But drop
into the studio If you like. 1t will
take me about a week, suppose. I'm
over on Ontario in that old studio
building. You'll know it by the way
most Of the bricks have fallen out of
the building and are scattered over the
sidewalk" She smiled slow wide
smile. Her teeth were good but her
mouth was too big, he thought. Nice
dig warm kind of smile, though. He
found himself smiling, too, socially.
Then he became businesslike again.
Very businesslike.
How much do you-what is your
what would you expect to get for a
drawing such as thatY
Fifteen hundred dollars" said Miss
O'Mara.
Nonsense" He looked at her then.
Perhaps that had been humor. But she
"NS AOS ShlllAASs LOU mean ulle6u
hundred for single drawing?'
For that sort of thing, yes"
I'm afraid we can't pay that, Miss
O'Mara."
Miss O'Mara stood up. 'That is my
price" She was not at all embar-
raised. He realized that he had never
seen such effortless composure. 1t was
ba who woo fuyahIiro, xxvi+I, ~ oLsoo4e
on his fiat-topped desk-a pen, sheet
Of paper, a blotter. "Good-by, Mr.
DeJong." She held out q friendly
hand He took it. Her hair was gold
dull gold, not bright-and coiled in
single great knot at the back of her
head, low. He took her hand. The
tired eyes looked up at him.
well, if that's your price, Miss
O'Mara. l wasn't prepared to pay any
such-but of course l suppose you top
notchers do get crazy prices for your
work"
mot any crazier than the prices you
top-notchers get"
"Still, fifteen hundred dollars is quite
lot Of money"
81 think so, too. But then, I'll al
ways think anything over nine dollars
is quite a lot Of money. You see,
used 10 get twenty-five cents apiece for
sketching hats for Cages"
She was undeniably attractive. "And
now you've arrived. You're success
full"
ARRIVED Heavens, mol I've
started"
"who gets more money than you do
for a drawing?"
Nobody, l suppose"
"Well, thenY
"Well, then, In another minute I'll
be telling you the story of my life"
She smiled again her slow wide
smile; turned to leave. Dirk decided
that while most women's mouths were
merely features this girls was decor
alton.
She was gone. Miss Ethelinda
Quinn ct al, in the outer office, ap-
praised the costume of Miss Dallas
O'Mara from her made-to-order foot
gear to her made-in-France millinery
and achieved a lightning mental re-
construction of their own costumes.
Dirk DeJong in the inner Office real
lied that he had ordered ffteep-hun-
dred-dollar drawing, sight unseen, and
that Paula was going to ask questions
about it.
Make a note, Miss Rawlings, to
call Miss o'Mara's studio on Thurs
day"
In the next few days he learned that
surprising lot of people knew sur
prisingly good deal about this Dallas
O'Mara She hailed from Texas,
hence the name. She was twenty
eight twenty-five = thirty-two -
thirty-six. She was beautiful. She
was ugly. She was an orphan.
She had worked her way through art
school. She had no sense of the
value of money. Two years ago she
had achieved sudden success with her