| Show i. i tt n Sylvan Glen on Canvas r D By DORA CARR tr p i f Co OU l wits was tile the name of S' S SYLVAN the Idealistic t which Connie had found to e establish her herself with her lier paint box and her brushed bru IIII She Bhe had greeted the view w with n a long In In Intake take of the Ilio breath and had hod tossed d oft off her hut sunk down Into the soft bracken brack- brack en and Just reveled rl In sheer hf r greed Breed of enjoyment tike I find II III not II lit suspected that KO so glorious a II scene I could be ho found on tong Long Inland Oil On I Fur the power to ht put Iut down n on cant can v us ux us It really Is 1st I Connie's Connies I wish bh III t It in III the form torm of n II er n l she Fille pulled nut her brushes lii's liis gad and palette crushed a n multitude of colors thereon t 1111 was soon forgetful if lf f the thu time taws so ioU ioUI I wrapped She Blie was In currying out nut the tho answer to tier her prayer There was no doubt that her supplication hind lind been leen heard for tor lou Con Connie nie nil wits Sylvan Wen lien to with u truly miraculous beauty of at touch At six Ix o'clock she he lied Iud Hindu etude three sketches the sketches morning light lIht the noonday noon day sun nail und and the evening all oll shadows all of Sylvan Silvan Glen Connie cast enst u II keen look at nt the tho sky decided It woud wout i ile ho o quite safe Bufe to tuck tuck her canvases lu lit the hollow of tilt the big big oak beside her she her she would come comeI I c early carly j I the tho morning to the ther foI r Some Some hour or so later Inter John Verney elny son of the tho owner of 8 Sylvan Ivan Glen one of ot the finest Onest estates on Long Island strolled to h his Is fa favorite spot overlookIng overlook overlook- Ing the tie Glen for his evening smoke ickles leg Ids hIs dog accompanies him wildly joyous It was Tickles harking at lit some Intruders intruders In in- in In his hla own 11 particular sniffing ground where often rabbits were to tobe tobe tobe be routed that flint attracted Verney to the hidden canvases lie Ile was yapping and gazing with bright beady eyes Into brio the heart of ot un n me UI OKI ow OUK tree iree And because Verney was always Interested Interested In III In Pickles which In ID the dog mind was exactly the thlu thing that made lulls Ills muster so good a 0 companion the young man mon stooped to examine the time valise of so 80 greut great u II noise u Jove I Pickles 1 I Some Souie artist chup chap has Itus been bleD trespassing tresla on on our our domains lIe He dr drew w three sketches and knew Instantly that h he was 11 looking nt ot the work of a genius lie Ile looked for tor a long time at ot them then then Pickles ickles having finished nosing about returned them carefully to their place If If It 1 carried curried these back to the house and aDd that artist t chup chap came clune In the tho moru mom Ins Ing and found them thell cone ho doubt tear teor his hair and Jump Into the depths of the Glen You never er know J Pickles what these temperamental i cups will 11 do Verney found his father futher I enjoying Ills Ida smoke In ID the rose gardens while JiU mother sniffed fragrance and rev rev- i tied at the glorious blooms j Dud Ive I've got ot a n fur for you tomorrow morning I 1 found soine some exI ex ex- I paintings of SI lIu Glen lu In one old oak auk They're not dry Vet ht and Im I'm sure the artist chap chop Intends coining com coin Jog ing back bock tomorrow morning to finish them You stroll along there and uDd 11 It ift t yon joa dont don't offer otter ulra the value of u II pIrates pIrate's cargo corgo for tor those these th se sketches ketches well Ill I'll Ill become a pirate te myself t Verney senior went down next neU t morning to the old oak Ink but hut before he lie got there Pickles was vati In IId and 1111 was wu even enn then being cuddled urn chatter chatted with by u a small mull figure ure among the the bru kell Verney Verne senior u approached her lu In mock sternness on the subject ct of trespassers trespassers tres tres- passers but who could rould be stern wIth will When Wilen they hud bud become serious unO Verney VerDe was almost as uS Inspired b by Con Conale's Conales Conwel Conales Conale's ales ale's work as she slie had been by the t lew hew Itself lie he exclaimed swiftly Where do you keep all this genius genIus In In that thai fragile frame you frame you seem too tou little I 1 I want these sketches sketches all all cf cr them an nn and lot lots more If If you will III come conio along am null and meet ulY my wife and aud see bee the gardens Hut But I 1 want to exhibit these walled Connie Conn Im Pat doing them their 11 with that li in III view It view It might mean u 1 big for tor me and und ultimate recognition Verney senior laughed u. u her hu ho- utility My dear deor you jou ou can con exhibit theta them even though they are ure mine but I must have line them then You couldn't hide tilde your jour our self from recognition It If you tried tried- you ou weren't WI even eu successful In hiding these theBe fran discerning eyes ejes 11 No leant No come conio now Connie was saying In ID answer to 0 an un Invitation to toI I lunch at lit the house bouse I must paint while hUe this glorious sun lasts There were few tew people about Amer lea tea who so BO casually refused an I Lion from any of of the Verne Verneys Vernes s of Sylvan Sylvan Syl Syl- van an Glen Verney told her to come comes s along wona when she Bhe was Grad painting So when John Verney returned returnee 1 from his bUI busy day dal at the office bathed u and got Kot Into his white flannels lie he went out on the wide veranda In que quest of family tamU Pickles and conversation I Of or course what he be really found was wasI I Connie She was Wal curled up in as asI n I enormous wicker chair while Mr and oDd I Mrs Ira Verney were gazing at her bet with 1 eyes eles that betokened ened newly acquired treasure This Is your t trespassing artist chap laughed Verney erney senior Connie Wade Wade-my Vade ode iny son son |
