| Show The e Light L That Failed B By RUDYARD KIPLING Continued from Yesterday Morning CIL XII NIL But Bui I shall not un understand understand- ersland- ersland Shall not see ec the face of or my love love love- Shall not know wow her for whom I strove strove- Till she reach me forth her hand Saying Who ho but I has the right And Ancl out of a troubled night Shall draw m Ill inc safe to the tho land Time The The Widower Maisie como comae to bed Its Ils so hot hot hots I cant can't sleep Dont Don't won worry l put her hem elbows on the time windowsill win win- sill dow and amid looked at the moonlight ht on tIme the straight poplar flanked road Summer hud had come upon sur Marne l and parched it to the bone Tho Time grass was dry burnt In the meadows meadows mea mca dows lows tho tire ca clay b by the tho bank bani of ot the river was caked to brick the roadsIde roadside roadside road road- side flowers were long since dead and the ro roses es In the tho garden hung hunE withered on their s stalks The Tho heat heal in the lit- lit tic the low luw bed belh bedroom i com oom under tho the eaves caves was almost Intolerable The rime Yer very moonlIght moonlight moon moon- light on the Iho wall of oC Kamis Kami's studio across tho tIme road seemed to make the night hotter an and the shadow of the big bell handle by the closed gate gale cast casta a bat bar of Inky black that caught Mal Mal- sic's c eye e and annoyed her Horrid thing tIming It should be all allwhite allwhite allwhite white she murmured And tire the gate bate Isn't In the time middle of the wall ivall either I never noticed that before Maisie was hard to lo please at that hour First the heat of the past few weeks had worn her down own secondly her work and particularly tho the study of or a female head intended to represent represent represent sent the l and antl not finished in time for COl the Salon was unsatisfactory unsatisfactory tor tory thirdly Kami had said as much two days das before beCore fourthly but but so completely fourthly that it H was hard hardly worth thinking about Dick about Dick her property property prop prop- erl erty had not written to her for fOl more than six weeks She was angry with the heat with Kami Karni and with her work but she was vas exceedingly angry with Dick She had written to him three times each each timo line proposing a no fresh treat treat- meat of oC her Dick ha had taken talen no notice of or these She had resolved to write no more When hen she returned to En England England Eng Eng- land in the autumn autumn for for her prides pride's sake salte she could coul not return earlier earlier- she would speak to him She missed Ut the c S Sunday Sunda U afternoon conferences more than she cared to admit An that Kami said was mademoiselle made made- moiselle and he had been repeating his Ills wearisome counsel through the lie hot summer exactly cx- cx like hike a cicala cicala-an cicala an old gray ra cicala In a black alpaca coat white while trousers and a huge hugo felt Celt hat lint But Dut Dick had tramped masterfully up un und down her hel little studio north of or the tho cool green London park and had said ld things ten times limes worse than contin before beCore he lie snatched th the brush out of or her hand and showed her where her error I lay a His Ills last letter Ial 1 Matele le remembered contained some trivial advice a about not sketching In the time sun or 01 drinking water at wa wayside farmhouses farmhouses farm farm- hou houses es and aud he had sal said that not once but three as times as If Ie ho he did not know that l could take care of fr herself But Dut what was he doing that ho lie could not trouble to write A murmur murmur mur mur- mur of voices in the tho road made her herlean herlean lean from the time window A cavalryman cavalry y man of tho the little garrison in the town was talking to Kamis Kami's cook The I moonlight gUttered glittered on ne me scabbard of oJ his sa saber er which ho lie was holding in his hand handIest lest it should clank inopportune Inopportune- l ly 13 The cooks cook's hat cast deep shadows on her face which was close to co the conscripts He slid his arm round her waist and there followed the sound of a kiss that said the re red haired girl who was wa tossing uneasily outside her bed ed anI Only a conscript kissing the cook cool said Maisie 1 The Thee e gone away now foil She leaned out of the window again and put Jul a shawl sha over her nightgown nightgown night night- gown to guard against chills There was a vor very small night breeze abroad and a sun-baked sun rose below nodded its head as one who know knew unutterable ble bie le secrets Was Vas it Il possible that Dick should turn his thoughts from her work and his iris own and descend to the time degradation of or Suzanne and arid the tho conscript conscript conscript con con- script lIe He could not nol The rose nodded nodded nod nod- ded led Its head and one leaf leat therewith It looked hooked like a naughty Haughty little devil scratching its ear eai Dick could not because thought lal l Maisie le he ire is mine mine mine mine He Ho sal said he was Im I'm sure suIe I care what he lie docs does It will only spoil his work if IC he docs does and It Jt will spoil mIne too TIme Iho rose continued to nod nolI in iii time the futile wa way peculiar to flowers There was no earthly reason wh why Dick should not disport himself as ho he chose except except ex ex- that he lie was called by Providence Pro which was to assist Maisie in fn her hel work And her work was ivas the preparation of or pictures that went sometimes to English provincial pro ex exhibitions exhibitions ex- ex as the tire notices In the scrapbook scrapbook scrap scrap- book ook proved pro and that were invariably In rejected b by the Salon when Kami was plagued into inlo allowing her hel to send them up Her lieI work In the tho future it seemed would be the preparation of oC pictures on exactly similar lines which would woul be bo rejected in exactly the same way way way- The Time r red hah red hailed d girl thrashed distressfully dis dis- acro across the sheets Its Ils too hot to sleep she sue m moaned and the interruption jarred Exactly the tho same Wa way Then she would divide her years between the little studio in III England and Kami's Kamis big lg studio at sur Marne No Xo she would go to lo another master masler who should force her into the success that was her right if it patient toll toil and desperate desperate des des- es I ate endeavor gave one a rI right ht to I anything Dick had told her hem that he henad had nad w worked ten len years yeara ear to understand his craft She had worked ten term years Jears and arid ten years ears were nothing Dick hu had luid said that ten years ears were nothing but nothing but I that was in regard to herself only lIe He had sal said this said this this- very cry man who could not find time to write write that that he lie would I wait walt ten years ears for her and that lint she was bound to lo come conic bace to lo him him sooner or later He hind had said this in tho the absurd absurd absurd ab ab- ab- ab surd letter about sunstroke and diphtheria diphtheria theria therla and then ho Ire ha had stopped writ writ- ing lug Ho He was wa wandering up amid ancl down moo moonlit nUt streets Id kissing Ing cooks She would like to lecture him now now not not in her nightgown of ot course but properly prop prop- oily erly dressed severely and aud from n a height Yet If he was kissing other girls ho lie certainly would not care caro whether silo she lectured him or not Ho Ito would J laugh at her Very good Sire She would go back Jack to her studio and prepare prepare pre pre- pare pictures that went etc etc Tho The of or thought swung swum round slowly that no section of oC It Jt might be bo slurred over and amid tho the red haired girl tossed and turned behind her er Maisie put her hel chin I la ire her hands I I an and decided that there thero could be bo no doubt whatever er or t the time villainy of or Dick t T To Ju JusUf i I hl anly tl to th the evidence e There was ivas a bo boy and he had said he lie loved her And he lie kissed her her kissed kissed her heron heron heron on the check cheel cheek cheek-by by by a a yellow Sea j sea poppy op that nodded Its head exactly lute like the maddening dry rose rosc in the time garden Then there w was wis s an Interval and men mrm ha had tol told her that they loved just her just when she was bu busiest iest with her Work vork Then the boy oy came back and at their ver very ery second meeting had told her that he loved lo her Then ho lie had had but but there was no end to the things he had done lIe He had given Riven her his time line an rind and his powers He had spoken to her of art I I housekeeping technique teacups the abuse of oC pickles as a stimulant that was ru rude rude salie sable e-sable sable hair bali brushes brushes ho ho had given Elven her the bost host In her hel stock she stock she used them dally daily he lie had hall given ghen her advice that thal she profited by and now and auth again agaIn agaIn-a a look Such a look The I look of oC a beaten hound waiting wailing for I tire the word to fo craw cra craI I to lo ns mistress' mistress feet I In Iii return she sue had given gl him him nothing whatever except here except here she brushed her mouth against time the work open-work sleeve slee of her nightgown time the the privilege privilege l le lege e of J kissing is her once And on tho the mouth loo too DIsgraceful Was Vas that not nol enough and more than enough And if it H was l not riot had he lie not riot canceled canceled canceled can can- the debt b by not writing and nd- nd probably kissing other girls Malsie you'll catch a chill do go o and lie Ho down said ald the tIme wearied voice of or her lieI companion I cant can't sleep p a wink with you ou at the time window Maisie shrugged her shoulders and did not answer She was reflecting on the of Dick and on other othel with which he had hall nothing to lo do The I remorseless moonlight hl would not let Jet her sleep It lay on the lie skylight of or time the studio across the tho road I In cold silver sil and arid she stared at it In Intently Intently In- In and her thoughts began to slide one Into Inlo the other The Time shadow v of or time the big hiE handle bell-handle In the wall grew short lengthened Jens again as and failed faded out as the tho moon went down behind the picture and a hare came limping home across the thc road Then the dawn dawn- wind wash washed cd through h the upland grasses and brought with It It and amid the time cattle lowed hewed b by th time the drou drought drought- ht- ht shrunk river ilver Maisie's Malsie's head fell forward forward for for- ward on the window-sill window and the tangle tangle tangle tan tan- gle of black hair hala covered cO her arms anus Maisie Malsie wake up You'll Youil catch a a. achill achill chill chili Yes dear deal yes d dear m She stag stag stag-I l gored to lien her bed like hike n a wearied child i and as as' slie he bu burled led h m pillows pillow's she Q li think S' S S But Buthe he hC ought to have ha written S. S Da Day brought the time routine of or the studio sin stu dio ho the smell cinch of paint and arid turpentine and the monotonous wisdom of Kami Kaml S who was a leaden artist t. t but ut a golden teacher leacher If the time pupil were only in sympathy sym rm- pathy with wilh him Malsie Maisie was not in I sympathy that day and sho she wail 1 Impatiently for time tho end of time the wol worK She knows kne what it was coming for fOl Kami Kanmi would woul gather ather his bla black l alpaca coat into Inlo a bunch behind him and with faded blue luc eyes that saw neither pupils nor canvas look back Into the tho past to lo recall the history of or one I You have ha all ail done lone not so 80 badly ho would say sa- But you rou shall remember l' l that thal It Is not riot enough to have ha the moth moth- 1 o od oil and the art and the power nor norcen even en that which Is touch but you Oll shall have also the thu conviction con that nails Halls time the work to the time wall wail Of at tho the so o many I have havo taught taught here here the students would woul begin to unfix drawing pins or em get their tu tubes es together together tho tho very ery sq 51 I l many that lint I have havo taught tho best was All Ail lint comes of the lie study udy and arii the lie work and knowledge W was lo to him him even when he came After he Ire loft left jj me nie he lie should ha e done all that could be he done dono brie with the color the form torm and the lie knowledge anI Only he ho hail had not riot the tho conviction So today I hear no more mno of or time the best hest of m my pupils and pupils and thai lint Is long a ago o. o So 80 toda today loo too you OU will be e glad lad to hear no more mOlO i lie of f me inc Continues and amid a above o e all with conviction Ho Tie went into tho lie garden to smoke and antl mourn over the time lost as ns tho the pupils dispersed ell to lo thou their several se cot cot- ages or loitered In tho ho studio to lo mal make e plans plans- for tor time the cool of the afternoon Maisie looked at her ver very unhappy v i re restrained a desire to grimace before It and was hurrying S across the tho road to write a letter lettel to Dick when she was aware of a a. large laige largeman man muan on orm a white while troop hol e. e How Torpenhow had mana managed d In Iii the course l of twenty hours to his Iris way ivay to tho hearts of or the cavalry officers In iii Iua era at sur Marne to discuss dius s with them the certainty of or a glorious gloriouS' for France to reduce the tho colonel to tears of oC pure affability and to borrow time the best est hot horse e in tho squadron squad squad- ron iou for the the journey to Kami's Kamis studio S SIs is a m mystery te that only special correspondents corre corro- can unravel Continued Tomorrow V Morning S |
