Show f r- r u uI I I THE PICTURE I i I Ij I i j By Dy JANE GORDON I I II I I ft J a I t Il A. l 1 g fi II by uY McClure Ne Newspaper DULCIE OLCIE told her ber troubles to the cut cat There was no one else to whom horn she might tell th them without seeming to ask usk favor r vor She hud had fought bravely In the city Ity tied and managed to complete complete complete com com- her hel art studies against all aU the discouraging prophecies of or town home-town friends But these studies had ueLl the small lIaU legacy left her b by her mother Dulee Dulcie lead had made a u fairly good stunt start starton sturton on the Ule theay way ay to the career she had hud planned Orders for pictures came cume If Plot lOt frequently occasionally But Hut on this particular morning when snow beat u against the hj high h windows lor l'or for vs-for for DulcIe's corner cornel of the tho city apartment building was ver very near the roof she roof she was recovering from flom that unpleasant winter whiter malady the grip And she was discouraged over her losses The black cat cut winked his h s golden e eyes es sympathetically sym sym- path pathetically in response to her confidence conti- conti dence denee as lie he nestled in Dulcie's Duicie's arms If It she bewailed I might arouse the professional Interest of one of ot the real artists In this building an au order or two might come my way But how to me meet meat t them TJ The President l Is not more to DulcIe was weary wenly of ot silent walls the sound of her own voice seemed companionable One Otte ma may not present ones one's self to a successful busy artist without lOUt a line Une of introduction And anyway I 1 Just will not go begging So putting aside our hopes and dreams In present need Ill I'll cook the slice of i bacon Poor Peter eter she comforted whimsically you do not like lile bacon Do you ou suppose suppose sup sup- pose pose pose-if if I were to let you ou out Into the lub labyrinth of the high hall you on might be beable beable beable i able to spy a fat mouse monse somewhere here The he black b cat purred and sped down the apartment hall toward a ventilating ing lag roof window r Far as the east emt is from the west seemed the lower lower- luxurious studios of Philip Duncomb illustrator And though the noted Ph Philip Up had not Dul Dui Dulcie's des cle's problems of wa ways s 's and means the mutter matter which brought it t furrow to his handsome brow row was no less taxing li the thc author must have the Home picture for his story and Philip could not find the face of the woman who must fit lit Into his Interpretation Interpretation interpretation tation of the authors author's fancy The Tho picture which h he had mentally built satisfied him in its true home spirit the spirit the fireside with I the sweet- sweet fl faced cd w woman man waiting before It a cat cosily stretched on ou the hearth an nn old- old fashioned picture that caught at the heart strings the strIngs the home that has hag been heen Philip closed the door on In his last Impossible model She had haLl more the appearance of a cabaret dancer t than m a a. a wife of the hearth Impatiently he flung hung wide a window to let out the smoke of his cigar As he lie opened the window Peter who had hind come by varl- varl ous perilous wa ways s of roof and cornice accepted the opening as an nn Invitation and stepped steppe inside The dark dall eyes of the artist widened Then he smiled As As I live said Philip Duncomb the very cat for tor my picture pl picture ture crimson tied ribbon and all an But nut Peter before lie he might he lie persuaded to pose made known his price His pathetic mewing me could mean hut but one thing thing that that It was us as dinner hopr Dulcie de i Jl lirot C i flo Jp 11 d r i R fr hoo to her trained ears sm l f the he ed herself jb nett l t r If I fo n ai kept th h te i SI the th lb R s ld r l pin place lace io o n he be be rl h hg g ell a II liy 9 t r t l' l t A won am t OJ 1 1 t J i c r r I tn In n n f t ct 1 71 t lit the he door Dulcie explained ne 1 1 her jer- jer er rimy cat a she fui t ed a I Id SJ been absent all ap t tId l a 1 T to let lethiN hiN out put Id VIM he bo glad 1 ll enough n n r elet r p the woman j ire- red ref re- re f r c ed d the the f n 16 lf l a f 0 r II I J- J I 11 ii not 1 his riTe ate eh ch eS cat at 1 ht 1 to t s see to J. J Ji 4 r l t br b i. i o rh epe expect ju f. f in into L Ille I yg lL J l i to s tp ep In and wait 09 0 ion OUT III 11 H 7 t sr I u edi f Dulcie entered ered the studio Th U r k iloF m jn n wrt iza q lPt l tn many j hn-j n I re- re Jre it 1 f t i e i e o e the the id glow v lo of iet s I r iby Ur iU fo iii Jr Ft tr T f re tM e 1 tt t f w wT Wr ot of J i il DU r n lC nr c t T I t lIH fet blue eyes S' S toward him n 1 I t h det said mid Philip under the nn of or the moment If it you you u l kindly remain as you are With a stride he opened the clo cios closet pt t door loor and released Peter It was Dui Dili- she understood who ho coaxed o MI Ie when the cat to vest rest on the v velvet velvet cu lilon cu-lilon sympathizing sympathizes In to tho the So nt at her te feet fee t. t luxurious In the seated artists artist's dream dr warmth of his fireside a n great content Her wish had come comp her hueI true hue Tt I believe e she said paid when Philip that Duncomb laid his s sketch aside titer Peter this entrance after m my him this morning talk tl with the artist suiting smiling ly It It Tell fen ell me uie about y y Dulcio Dulcie encouraged told her tier blue eyes es wistful in inthe In the waiting n nut worn WOOl he the toning telling Nearby r cups for tor chocolate an ut placed 1 Home of or And when the ilia picture successful reality when then vas its a n need of Dulcie's Duicie's s-rv- s further as us no hap hop model It so Us ros as a the life t v vv ishell to In baIr If IfS S ur or hI that a life lite Picture l with with Do Dol l le s the central fiut 0 And t S 11 B Br v e the Hie o before th their orvn o n Pm m t o o. these r Peter 1 Is thero there nn un n ifie Cushion v A Ji 1 J ri If t J J I |