Show olm do g cy 7 1 oi i I 1 A E ajr A j r 4 11 r Q LA W I 1 ILI X LL yul W ni q A at it Is pretty a odd dd to have happen richt i lacre in now new york it and rather romantic orna zatic t and you never saw her face at all malj all caldwell Cald weil i with ith an accent of won der as sir he knocked the ilia ashes from ills his ona bor black cigar 11 never returned li holworth olworth emphatically 1 I have no more iden idea T s hat she elic looks ilk like th than you 1 have tive I 1 would W w to have i 16 one flo look olt at it her 11 but I 1 am afraid I 1 never will see cco her face low jow 1 I 94 my y model lo lel however anti and oue that suited mo me to to a dot so no I 1 cant complain DUE but Ws its a strange experience lia tell me the whole thing thine again said i caldwell leaning back bach and putting hla his r hands handa in his pockets now that tho the episode is if closed as they say in diplomatic circles 1 like to hear all I 1 tile details over again i the two men were sitting in del Vio nicos on a a sunday morning so 0 o bright that one almost had to view it through smoked onto they b had co con eluded in an 31 11 a clock breakfast had bad removed tile the deorle of the chidden chicken 3 stylea clyl a anti and the spanish omelet and they thes were enjoying their smoke and brandy and rid soda li holworth olworth T thing averse proceeded to comply wi with ch Cal caldwelle dwells request you kno know how anxious I 1 was as to get w a rood model tor for my statue sla tuc he said but as I 1 wanted a woman of mani ideal physique that hat was no lie easy matter biral because there are nt not so many of that kind of women and secondly because those w who he tire arc would not be likely to be in models 0 dels I 1 wanted a woman oman in the bloo bloom m of 0 yo u tit yet yel in the full aloer of at d development I 1 loument lop ment A quaver type then than the venus Z of milo but with the ilia same touch of superb womanly vy MY statue was wan to be called L purity r it y indi wanted to omit a 11 woman I 1 in marble that should be faultlessly perfect til hi form absolutely nude hilda and yet so n swe freetly re e etly fly chaste a as 9 not to id suggest tak edness I 1 wanted a woman a hone ahone fhy its Elque should brell breathe the modesty it if eidam idaa hail had heart been a sculptor lie would nav love had MB his model at brind blind in eve but I 1 am not adam and there are not so BO many beeg around new york and nd it if there me axe they dont tumble over one another in their lush for or a sculptors situ dlo I 1 have had ha d phenomenal luck lit in getting one and it Is 13 no nonder bonder that the bile should bo be dinv inv invested ested with will all this thin nelch proves her bar rarity and delusiveness well veil I 1 tor for ebat I 1 want cd d a ot of figuro figure to berve its a sculptors all lot a model hollot the might ou it did kut but I 1 wish you could have teen some of if tile hie bouters mho he an answered sered tint that advertisement ti I 1 vender bat their idea of nt it a faultless eguro could be after a 1 lew dayss day I 1 got thili cyp v virster vir lter letter tile re tiac aa ro ila clew sit af by it Is as u you remember ut iet I et ine te see tt it it again it you have sot got with 11 ll you sold caldwell or th took several letters from 1413 breast pocket DO chet and running through the them selected cle cled ono one which he masoo passed d over to caldwell lie ile waited tit a lila rlena friend carefully rully read uie tile following note ole it I 1 ell can serve erve in lill your purpose ab ft a I 1 will doze tor for you on this the ful fol jow loin loinnie iye ni conditions you will bee from rom the ewt f IL t t that but I 1 am 9 to accept your word wor d that you hlll fulfill them that 1 I 1 you to tn bo be not flat a only a sculptor culp tor but tl gentleman namely time ly a 0 man mi of 0 honor these tlona tire lire the condl b in the first place I 1 must I 1 heavily veiled cited as to loy iry head not only on en my arrival at ond and de from your studio but also uni and deved burink tho the time I 1 poise I 1 hall also alao bo be rill W secondly ya you u must Preal list that you on make inake no io attempt to discover il rully arid and th that at you hlll A III not mention ny my me in any fqy ay until I 1 am entirely through gh the I 1 cast can laaura sure you th that at the he violation of your to in n this regard recard would lead mi me discontinue poala oln at once mice this thirdly adly flom dom beginning to an cna d of 0 bullins you maut leg accard ard ine ilia a mute do not natt expect mft inn to speak one word for I 1 shall not you can give elac ir me any directions that arc ara necessary but lou ou must not say aay anything that would can call for fop a reply icely front from too me fourthly unless it 11 is ie impossible to secure the post pose or turn that you wish lit in tny any other way you mut must mu t not touch inc 1 I should suppose that with a lit patience P a lance and by being explicit in your directions you could pet get the pose you want without having to touch me at t all fifthly arid in a way this condition Is 18 as ai important as aa the rest you must pay me ta 5 art an hour this last will furnish the key to the others you will i not need to be b very keen to deduce that I 1 am led to do this work for the pecuniary consideration and that I 1 arn am conquering my aversion to it tor for the sake of this greatly grealy needed money jf if you will solemnly pledge your war woid it of 0 honor to sacro dIv observe these conditions I 1 will come to your studio on an the day and at the ho hour 1 r you may y appoint and you can bae l tI youma I 1 will I 1 serve your purpose naturally I 1 belove believe I 1 have a lantre which will meet your requirements or I 1 would not consent to the th preliminary in a case you accept the conditions hris ers the following personal advertisement noblesse oblige pits paa boins la follo followed Nied by the tha day and hour when nhen I 1 arn am to come to your studio after you have seen me should you conclude to engado me write on a piece ot of paper the days and hours w hen you ino inc to come it if there Is anything to be said bald by me I 1 will iiii communicate with you sri in the same xay way in which I 1 have now done one more point not quite so ao een bial but which I 1 would ilice it if possible to have agreed to by you 11 15 that thai I 1 shall not have to pose more than one hour per day and that this be not later than 3 in the afternoon or earlier than 11 1 11 in n the orating ori ting ca caldwell adwell shook chook his hl head anil and grinned as he be hand handed sed back this vel deiy Y explicit I 1 aa A 44 0 lyala I 1 N M 0 9 x ell 0 fi 6 1 R statement to Il Ir olworth v nho ho replaced it lit in his hl pocket then lie resu resumed med hla his nal nai of course you can site oco as well as I 1 that this i woman was waa no professional model As she bh herself said in the leiter it wm evident that she was doing this rather reluctantly solely for the money the letter too allows that it was written by fill an intelligent woman but what 1 I wanted wils IL a rood good model and if 1 she ehe proved that I 1 vas porte c ely willing to art abrec to to tn her conditions so I 1 In inserted the personal advert advertisement ise inc nt I 1 confess conte iia rny my curiosity would hc its a led to d we me tr to do that even if I 1 had aln pretty certain that site she would not do at all I 1 wanted to see what I 1 kind ind oc a judgment a wornall woman like this bould bould pass on her own 1 I TOI lalli letter monday and put ruy my personal Ie Pe rhonal in tile the next clays palter pallor I 1 appointed 3 2 tile following thursday Thu ruday as the hour thin would give ter birte to see flee it ond and it ac moa as IL a more convenient hour for tho the woman it was not five minutes pahl pasa 2 on Thur when I 1 heard the belt bell ring I 1 had told the servant to uther tile the woman who be called elt at that hour into my studio at once A As soon ao as I 1 heard tho the belt ring I 1 began to TUBS fuss around as it if I 1 were occupied with something it waa vas ray my role to be absolutely basin like and show no curiosity in elio la matter at she came in and aner after a step or two into to tho the studio stopped without any sign ot at greeting Ket lne 1 I boned slightly and told in the most tone toile I 1 could assume 1 1 I presume you veil are lra tile tho model it you will step behind thlu ihla portiere port lere ani and get yourself you bently and then rome conic out ond and island tin on the platform with your back to t the lit corner carrier I 1 can tell tel in it a moment va ther you will do then I 1 went on wit with il my war it after pulling back the heavy curtain for iier her to pass through and pulling it to t a again i ory cry closely I 1 hid taken a as s harl a look at 1 her all B I 1 could mad time wore a 0 round r 0 d stiff min hat with a browl bi oal straight le acar R f to it over hla was waa drawn draw I 1 v a of those close clone woven black ells ella around her neck was na n a wound a loni long loose blade black lace heart not a feature was wa indicated not even the chape of 0 her head bead elie rd L also wore one of those long cloaks which dIs gulso the figure so BO much her shoes were heavy beavy Eri glish walking shoes one or two ofes too large tor for her I 1 was waa sure bure her gloves worn were heavy tan lan colored dol don skin byln quite loose 1 veil I 1 waited until she nhe came out with taw keenest dealie to see ace herricine herri tier nene gine which she ixta so shrouded and dis 91 eutsch toed slie site took more to get fret her self time ready than n R sno would do finally elio cumin was wa noiselessly parted paned and she kho walked rapidly to lo the iho platform plit torm find and placed it liera mail olt upon it sho she made nic me want to laugh lauch at al first arat for she ahe vi was ais act a cot comical ll 11 lost model for or I 1 the le nude she had belld ret cuned ed nor her is hat at and ve veil I 1 and gloves I 1 rould could tell felt that she was wa blushing jor for even her ter neck showed red but caldwell her form li olworth rolled hla eyes upward anti and made a des gesture aith his ahli hands bonds then ho he took it a pull at ills his brandy and soda ea as it if to so 9 act e t force to des desorine oribe it lie took a I 1 ions n g d draught r ought on his clear and as lie he tile blew w ou out athe the smoke in a sigh of rapture he exclaimed ecstatically such a form forma I 1 have never seen the like alk of it in alesh or stone ne never ver it it nas as ran faull floss lesa the proportions proportion a were perfect elie curves the most entitle binea alnea 0 ti beauty end such fullness and delicate beauty beau to it yd kith thet that sells of firm youthfulness abild and to this perfect shape inan s she a added a the charm of is a skin like on t and d as white a as snow a delicious warm load dead white arid and the texture of it like the finest kid I 1 glanced at her feet they were long slender plunder and with an exquisitely arched instep and the nalls nails were rosy and perfectly shaped 11 holworth olworth looked at caldwell as it if overcome by the beauty of f the human form divine which lie he had conjured up caldwell laughed and the said 1 I 1 I tell iou old fellow I 1 nearly lost my head bead I 1 hall had got a goddess I 1 could have gone cone on ray my knees to her I 1 would have given elven iler her fifty dollars an hour but I 1 was too eager to have her pose for me not to be very careful not to alarm her or violate any of her condition di tion so isaid I 1 said that will do I 1 ind find that you will viii answer my purpose ery cry well I 1 shall be glad to engage you on the terms proposed and I 1 pledge you my sacred word of honor to observe all your conditions when you are arc dressed I 1 will give you a slip blip of paper u fill el laic ac days arid and hours marked on it when I 1 would like to have you do pose so she stopped stepped down from ac alic platform w m bui alacrity arid and almost tan the port leren S she took look soma time to dress herself hei alt when she reappeared re I 1 was waa wilting and without hardly looking up I 1 said eald it with a nod of my head there Is the paper good afternoon she picked it up hurriedly and valued out without tiny any tion of my remark I 1 tell felt that she was her bar rait gait too for slie site took toola rather long stride for a woman the nox next day I 1 rot got the second letter said passing over an othor which he bai ba I taken front from his pocket calan ell tead this bioc ond typewritten communication froni from the incognito since you wish ish me tor for this purpose I 1 will come at the times you have appointed you can give me the at tl the a end of 0 each ach week remember that a single vir violation lation of your agreement nere gre emont ement will spoil all for I 1 cannot trust you should you foigel even one of them I 1 cannot pose for you more t than I 1 ion a ninath winch site she came as regularly as clockwork ald if olworth 1 I lived rigidly up to my contract conti act and paid her the mon money lie Y a at t the ilia end of each week rive five doll dollars is an hour you know Js in pretty road an pay Y for it s model most host of thern them tire are austis fled m with ith 60 cents or a dollar 1 I got my statue pretty well in hand by the ilia end of the month The there relas was to be the final posing tit all through the sitti ngsi the hie woman oman had not elven lit ail torance tr anco to EL a a even think 0 o of a woman holding hr tongue like that I 1 talk any more than necessary myself but worked malting making my hay while the sun nun shone but 01 on the last sitting silting but one as a it drew to a cloe close I 1 did say sav to her you must let me express my extreme satisfaction with your posing if my statue la is it ft success it will be lax larr ly due to my haloff had a molle model btuch b uch us up falls alia to a sculptors lot let I 1 feel eel that it Is impossible for of me to anyway equal the original do not at he be alarmed I 1 went on tor she got up and I 1 retreated to the inner boom at once 1 I only say thi it once for or all out ot of pure mire gratitude matl tui e the next morning I 1 pot got ts ft third unit note and that was the last sold said orth it was very brief it ran 11 1 I think you yon can call ao 20 do without this last sitting and so po I 1 shall not come again I 1 v u lah 1811 you yon all success with your statue and a shall hall feet eel a pleasure in thinking that I 1 I 1 have ave he helped ped you to portray to ilia hie world sour or adm a aln liable conception ot of wo womanly mally purity and rid you du did not get et any idea dofher 0 ner see ace or hands 1 t l all mused caldwell CaM weIl not tic fal tain otest test replied lh the same thick illicit vell veil was iras alwa always Ys caro care fal kiy ly arranged on the else same broad loafed leafed hat she may be an angel ot of beauty beaul and she me ought to lae by with that ma marvel oui form but it la Is quite possible that ehe la Is ugly enough to have mades her veil a blev shir in disguise I 1 judge judee arc from m her shapely feet that her h handa roust must have ben been beautiful and I 1 ant am almost cert certain itin that zhe she la Is a lidy lady but I 1 have gut my stia buque tue aud and N w her hen you see IL it you can whether I 1 have been too enthusiastic ill the philae or of me isie gior lous form on which it was modeled she dropped from the and she mav have to thena them with ray my 4 italic anew how welcome alie was joithe nut but she has afta i disappeared ind and probably forever ore vcr though I 1 should know thil that exquisite form orra among amone ton ten well women are not accustomed to wonder wander around in I lady olly riding habit though they ibave ba a shapes 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