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Author of ot In 0 People Th TI s front fron h Hie Ilie Hills Three c Ute Ite c I tempt From that tate fate Mr rr Heldar has haa yet et to prove provo himself out of dan- dan gelS ger Wow wow row wow wow wow aid add Dick profanely Its a clumsy end end- ing ing- and vile Journalese but its it's quite true And yet yet yet-he ho sprang to his feet teet an and snatched at tho the manuscript you ou you scarred battered 1 old gladiator youre you're 8 sent nt out when a n war begins to minister t ta the blind bUnd brutal British publics public's b thirst for tor blood They have havo no arenas now but they must have special corre corre- Youre You're a a. fat gladiator who comes up through a a. trap door and talks of or what hes he's seen You stand standon on precisely tho the same level as an en energetic energetic energetic en- en bishop an affable actress a devastating de cyclone or or or-mino mino own sweet self And you rou presume to lecture lecture lec lec- ture me about m my work If It were rore worth while Id I'd caricature you In four tour paI papers Tho The winced He Ho had not thought of or this As it is I shall tal take o this stuff and tear it Email small so so The manuscript fluttered in slips down tho dark JarI well of ot tho the staircase Go home said Dick go homo home to your our lonel lonely title lItIe bed and leave lea me rae in peace I 1 Iam Iam am about to Q turn in till tomorrow Why WIn it isn't seven yet said Torpenhow Tor Tor- 1 c to with amazement I I it Shall be two In the tho morning ItI if It I choose said Dick backing to tho the studio door I 1 go to grapple with a serious crisis and I shant shan't want an any dinner Tho The door shut anc and was locked What can you OU do with a man like Wee that said tho tIme r Leave eave him alone lies He's as mad find as asa asa asa a hatter At eleven there was vas kicking on the studio door Is tho with you ou still 1 said a voice olce from within Then tell him he might havo have condensed tho thio whole of his lumbering nonsense Into an epigram Only the free treo are arc bond and ind only the tho bond hond are arc free Tell him I hes has an idiot Torp an and tell him Im I'm I another I All right Come Como out and havo sup sup- per Youre You're smoking on an empty stomach SUP SUP-I I There Thero was vas no answer OIl t. t A VI Y V. f I I have hoo a n. thousand men said be To wait Walt upon my will And towers nine nIno upon the Tyne Tyee An And three upon tho the Till I And what care I for tor your jour men said sail sh she Or towers from AA WAI Tyne to tw Till A SlUt SIth you must pro go o with me she said To wait upon On my will 1 Sir Sir lo and the tho Fairies Next morning Torpenhow found Dick Ick sunk stink In deepest repose of or to- to r. r bacco acco Well ell ell madman how dye do feel I dont don't know Im I'm trying to find out You had much better do some work Maybe l e but Im I'm in no hurr hurry Ive I've made a discover discovery Torp theres there's too much Ego Eso in m my Cosmos Not ot really Is 13 this revelation due duelo to lo o m my lectures or the Z It came to me inc suddenly all on my myown myown myown own account Much too muc much Ego and now Im I'm going to work lIe He turned over a Q few tew half finished sketches drummed on on a new canvas can can- vas ms cleaned three brus brushes es set ot to o bile bite the toes toca of ot the lay figure rat rat- tied lied through his collection of or arms and nud accoutrements and then went out abruptly declaring that ho he had done I enough for tho the dt day This Is positively indecent said cald and tho the fIrst time that Dick has as ever er broken up a light morning Perhaps he lies has found round out that hat he has a a. soul or 01 an artistic temperament tem tern or something equally eQuall val val- That comes conies of 01 of leaving leaving- him alone for a month Perhaps he ne has been jeen going out of ot evenings o I must look ook to this He rang for the tho bald bald- headed old housekeeper whom nothIng nothing noth- noth Ing could astonish or 01 annoy Beeton fleeton did Mr Heldar HeMar dine dino out at t all while I was out of ot town Never cr lold hold Is dress clothes out once sir all tho the time Mostly e o 0 dined In n but o e 0 brought some soma most re- re marl fancy young gentlemen up era oro ere utter after theaters once or twice Remarkable Remarkable Re Re- fancy the they was You gentlemen gen gen- on the top floor does very much as ns you likes but it do seem to tome tome me mc sir dropping a Q stick down live 11 flights o a 0 stairs an an then goin down four abreast to pick It up again aln at past half two in tho thio mornin Bring back tho the whiskey Willie WhIle not not once or twice but scores cores o a times times times-Isn't isn't charity to theother tho the other tenants What I sa say eay lo is Do as ae you would be done Jono by That's my ray motto Of or course of course Im I'm afraid the ho top floor Isn't the tho quietest In the tho h on so I 1 make no complaints sir I have spoke poke to Mr Heldar friendly an he lau laughed an nn did me a a. picture of ot the tho ml that Is la as ns good as a a. colored print It tho the Ig Igi ehino shino of or a a. i photograph but what I I say bay a is Never look ook a horse gift in the mouth Mr Ir Heldar's dress clothes avent arent been on ou him for weeks Then Ifa all ri right ht said eaid Torpenhow Torpenhow Torpenhow how to himself Orgies are healthy and Dick has a n. head bead ead of oC his own but when it comes to women making eyes Im I'm not nol so certain certain never nc you OU bo be a n man little They're contrary brutes and they do things without any Rny reason Dick had turned northward across ho tho park but ho lie was walking in the thc spirit on tho the mud flats with Maisie OJ le lIe laughed aloud as he lie remembered the he day won ho had bad decked mas ma's horns with tho the ham frills and 1 Maisie white with ra rage o had cuffed him ilm How long those four years seemed In review v and how closel closely 1 Maisio MaIsie was connected with every ory hour t of ot them Storm across the sea sen and Maisie in 11 a n. gray dross dress on the tho beach sweeping her drenched hair out of ot other her eyes OCl and laughing laughing- at the tho homeward homeward home home- ward vard ra race o of ot the fishing smacks hot sunshine on the lie mud flats and und Malsie scornfully with her chin In Inho ho tio air all flying before the tho wind Ind S that hat threshed 8 the f foreshore and drove he tho sand nice mee small shot about her t-ars t Maisie very composed and Independent in independent independent In- In dependent telling lies to Mrs s. Jennett Jennett Jen- Jen nett while Dick supported her with coarser perjuries Maisie picking her herway herway way delicately from stone atone to stone a a. pistol in her hand and her teeth set firm and Maisio In a 0 gra gray dress sitting on the tho grass between the tho mouth of ot a a. cannon and a a. nod nodding ln yellow sea The pictures passed paned before him ono one b by one and tho the last hut stayed tho the longest Dick was perfectly per per- happy with a quiet peace that was as new to his hie mind as it was waa foreign for tor- eign to his experience It never ne occurred occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc to him that there might be bo I other calle calls upon his time than tan loafing across the 1 park In the tho forenoon Theres a R good food working light now he le said watching hl his shadow placidly Some poor devil ought to be bo grate gate ate ate- ful tul for this And theres there's Maisie She was walking toward towards him from the tho Marble Arc i and he ho saw that I no mannerism of ot her gait calt had b been n changed It WAS as good to find her still Malsie lo and BO so to speak his next-door next neighbor No Xo greeting passed be bo- bo tween them thorn because there had bad been nono none In the old da days What Whal are you doing out of or your our studio at this tile hour said eald Dick as oa one who was u entitled to ask Idling Just Juet Idling I got Jot angry I with a cain and scraped It out Then I left It in a little heap of ut paint lut chips and anti came away 1 know what palette knifing m means ans What was ma tho the A A fn fancy X head that wouldn't come coma horrid thing I I 1 dont don't over scraped paint when Im I'm doing flesh tle Th Th Tb grain com coa s US UD woolly a as th the paint dries I Not It if you scrape properly Masic Maisie Mai Mai- sic sie waved her hor hand to illustrate her bel methods There was a n dab of ot paint painton on the white cuff Dick laughed i You are as untidy as S ever over I That comes well from you Look i at your own cuff I IBy By lOlly Jove yes yea ea It Its It's worse wona than I yours our I dot don t think weve we've much al altered altered al- al in anything Lets Let's see ee though lIe Ho looked at al Maisie critically lI Tho The pale blue haze of oC an autumn day I crept between tho the trunks tree-trunks of or tite tio I park and made matlo a background for tho the i gray dress dreu the lie black velvet toque above tho the black hair and tho the resolute rose reso J lute 1 profile I No theres there's nothing changed How bOO good It 15 is remember when I 1 fastened your our hair into the tho snap of ot a hand bag Maisie nodded with a a. twinkle in her heroy oy OI eyes s I and turned her hr full face to Dick Walt SaIt alt a minute said he That mouth Is do down n at the corners a II little hOd been worrying you Maisie No ono one but myself lou I never seem Heem lo to get Jet on with my ray work and vet yet ret I try hard enough and Kami Hays says says' Continues mesdemoiselles Continues Continue Contin Contin- I ue ues race mec Kami Karal is I depressing I be beg your pardon j Yes Yell that's thal's what ho lie says Ho lIe told me ma last summer that I J was vl doing bettor better and hed he'd lot me exhibit this year Not Sot In this place surely Of or course not The Salon You fi fly high Ive 8 been beating my may wings long enough Where rn do you ou exhibit Dick I I dont don't exhibit 1 sell soli What bat Is III your our line then thon 7 Continued 1 Tomorrow Morning Morn lug I I |