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bom ed and then spoke AleL tings mccaine frequent aside from tile tho lattio dealer ja in old iv voiles ol 01 les arid ard cut cuil I 1 tile the list floor they were osithe 3 on ot of tho house only occupants tho he thor b ome that m who LO made if and abon sympathy a as 8 a bond of both discovered they wore were olp siphanh lians anil and both ii without near rela for struggling both tiva 1 h N wele of land a painter h b 11 BB in Us ils six 0 a worker in sal minor not I 1 nt nd th UK a n there were ha loin in of similar tastes and light in tho the trot to viam vl WM which cattle came thrills bill near ar of tedi it his custom to drop brot cinto into moment t on hla his dav her room for a and down stall a and then in the lip p talks for long enjoyable wallo lie he sat tit in hr ono one crisy chair and smoked and she aho worked wor lierl vay at an ortice or did hei bet nin binding ding ng once a meck he ILse end od cloan clean but diff lising a shiong odor 0 of f paint tit and took lunch vela laiveling at t the with her gi n mai display and pretended od alarm 0 her I 1 bah once lie he hod had n tinned tier her its he had sold a small canvas and they hail had dined sumi piously nt at one end or of tho the paint stained table on lot lob ster cutlets and french brench peas and as aa wit sent in ill chilled bit ing ilif faoul tie cafe cafa across the and an lie he had made man cloua coffee kettle and hat hal pro ili on an old copper ducody a bottle 0 of olives m hah lie he so s sol 0 1 I doL dollaree lared had bad byln bl n two years e ats waiting uie the oc casOn its BlK tHy lie A ti J atho at tho institute lit in she still at tended an evening claya class three times a meek eck an and brought hei bei imme home once they had walked buck back across tho the bildne on a brisk winter the valte above ahova thoro them the pur plo 1310 adjan advancing cing and meeting thom them giong their path and the lenion lemon and led and gren lanterns lan lerna twink ling tip boats and pier heads that night she had heard hla his story ile he had told her ot of a boyhood spent in ili a little town tomi in wiltern missouri of othla ills allot dim dissatisfaction with hallot hla lot and ills hla growing broming hatred for or toll in ills hia fathers father s squalid general atole how nt at his fataei a death ills his mother lie he had never known he LOA had gone eona to st loula louis abere he had clerked by lay day and studied ait by night until with 2 2000 1 saved he had owe come to now new lork ork and entert cl the lie ite had spent three years there and ami then had bulled himself in tile the jersey woods living like it n hermit in a laut hut of hla his ov omu a building and painting horn florn dawn to dusk fair dasa and tout foul and now I 1 ila ho hail bad ended the re to know TOO inie ive I 1 ve sold a few cany mostly through huyter in me the thing in im working on now Is fol foi the tha tica delpy it ita a going to take a year car but bul its good it a the best beat I 1 havo have la in me boband and it its a going to bo be hung I 1 oil I 1 do so HO hope so sol she eho had sam said ivo 1 vo nover doubted it lie he had answered aal ered simply its a big stace but ira im going to arid and so BO that trot first boar ear had nud and the second of 0 their friendship mao UIKO months old one afeei noon the morrow was waa tl tho o lask day tm for lying canvases at the ae advin he be ennerd hei loom and sank ellent ly into his accustomed chair sho she looked up tip biorn the iho silver buckle on oil hah she sha wag mas weiking it go to lay I 1 to it quite dry vet I 1 suppose I 1 ought to be glad but lit he smiled forlai tay 1 I 1 only feet feel rather lon lono wonie Bome lie he tilled filled and lighted hla his pipe alp do au cars care to see it again oh sw es she eh answered Upa Up tAli ha be arom aside the yellow ish cloth clo and laid ald bare the canvas or oa which lie had tolled Ito lloil tor for almoite a year it was aas bix feet by four and undoubtedly an ambitious effort tor for hat bat might be ba callet a farst picture at the lie rail wag vais so BO splendid that tha 1116 faith a its ita success seemed justified II 11 had colled co it Aug aukust Au eust nV a ids far reaching expanse of lof Balt marah h rib boned blued braae ri filed wn ma ter lery along the hie h a din aurple hoze haze ft a t but no moro mora ot of tile w alty against the clear sky great white 11 c spuds rolled high upon bilon each othor sn in laa jeStic grandeur t a 1 1 the sha whispered annall final W 4 1 4 th 04 I 1 i pl ph 13 1 I 1 1 you like if to he asked almost ae 1 11 1 I 1 lov ION it hut she sighed how it II makai one halt bat tile tho city doean doesn t it hta deneh and were we re ing aft aa IN v eliom the city h ht said with a III ilief in ills voice we wore re ilir ouli today and were going get your things on that lay day was a day of days d ays win tor ter kindly they crossed the tad river and the afternoon in the woods and d along the edge of the mailhes returning long afeei the city waa wa aglow ahey had dinner at a u cafe for fop N when one has finished a pie pic tare that Is to bring fame and wealth economy la Is a sinful thing back in her they talked until late the windows were geay mith the cold dawn when ho he awoke suddenly and stated stared about him in a moment lie he was oat of 0 hod bad and had thrown open the hall booi smoke thick and wiling flins drifted lit in at the bottom of tile lie will orange light danced and glowed throwing his cl otties on lie he lifted the lecture biorn the easel arid and staggered with it down low a the first light flight ilie smoke made him choke and gasp ilip next flight was miles long at the bottom lie ho dropped the lecture and as it toppled against the baluster aluster li lie he 1 h aped to beth 3 door and knocked loudly who ho la Is thoro there came the question lit at once it la is mr hir rimbon rho house Is on 0 pie 1 e lueie Ilici eB a no ila dang I 1 of course but you must come quickly yes blip answered faintly ito ile boiled ann led hla his face in its his elbow leaning the aftel once he stalled impetuously toward the he pie pic tuie only to bak back the ciack ling of the aie hames flames dioN Nned now even tile the no so be at tile the door rhen beth belh stood before him bilte faced anxious but down the stalls quirk he cried you inu at n t stav I 1 she cried fear fully the ho be answered go please lie ile seized hla his burden bui den again and staggered don domn tl tie e liall hall gasping and luich ilig theis lie ho found her he his burden again crouching on the top step lie put tho the picture aside and caught her ber in ills his artlis tilde bour our race face lie he said sho she struggled sobbing no no let me ao 10 I 1 I 1 tou oil austn t leave it I 1 1 it corne come back for or it he aulm ei ed little girl its just for a minute then he bo plunged down tile the stairs past mil ft 11 thins thing tongues of flame set ting llila VM hoi 1101 feet lie he led her the strett tinned I 1 must RO go bakk he be bald gently I 1 won von t be long she malted mailed and watched f eathal and Ai etched pd tor for iila his salie sake presently lie he returned cotui ned amity handed it was no use lie he explained the halls halla are in hames flames oh tho the moaned mohmed I 1 I wish mish 3 lou ou had bad iwer been me its gone o all your work mork and hop bop I bhe glanced up lip to rod find his gime ekes smil ing rush hush hush bush he ten ion list dei ly I 1 ve sa ed ad v m hat I 1 valued most deal tile color flared into hito her white face and sho elio eungil dizzily until hta his aim went out and drew her to him belli ike he she sh lulled liei let evs eos slowly aloway to lit bh rho rhe looked lie he thought like 1110 pale dew de iott violets lie he bent ills hla fare face her lids iowa down and thelt hell lips not luet little girl ho hd said presently were well cfall cleaned out lou an aal 1 1 I arn t aval wa yes the ans meted softly lit it mould rit matter it 1 only could have saved the picture she said laid dolefully never mind the picture I 1 he re plied steadily do it again mid and better betic r then ho he whispered Loo lill above the st atwi elang ing city tow ard the hiis ii is a faint rose was dispelling the lie baias gray gloom gaioni A new liew day out ot 0 tbt 9 embeds ot of the th ini glit she he maid ald r P t lie ile bant aga inand he oland A ind for us ii deai a now jot of the asbed i t art |
