| Show I I- I THE ii T ThAT TriA T FAILED lIy n nn Author of oC Mine Or Ow-a Ow P People rite ban Plaint Tales from tho the HIU Soldier llera Three I Etc ec The Tho description of tho Her Hor folded tallIed wings wing's as of ot a n. mighty eagle But nut all too Important to lift tho the Robustness of or her earth born strength and pride And hero again Maisie get tho tea dear I ear Clr Tho The forehead r ch charged od with thoughts h t and dreams Tho household bunch If It keys kes the tho housewife's gown Voluminous indented and yot yet rigid A AH though through a n. shell of or burnished metal frigid Her feet thick shod to tread all an weakness weak weak- ness fleas down clown There was W no attempt to conceal tho scorn of ot tho the lazy voice olce Dick DIcI winced nut Cut that has been boell done dono already by bynn bynn byan nn an obscuro artist of at tho tiro annie namo of or Durer said he How flow does docs the tho poem run run run- 1 centuries and threescore years ago With of ot his peculiar thought You might as well try to rewrite Ham Ham- lot let It will be bo waste of oC time Xo No It wont said Maisie putting I Iown down own tho teacups with clatter to reassure ro- ro assure herself And nd I mean to do It IL Cant Can't you OU see soo what a beautiful thing it I would make maleo I How n In perdition can cnn ono one do work when on one hasn't had tho the proper trainIng training trainIng train- train Ing All Any fool tool can get got a notion It needs training to drive tho tiring thing through through h. training and mind conviction not rushing after atter tho tiro fancy Dick DIce spoke o between his You dont don't understand said ald Maisio 1 I 1 think I can cnn do o it Again tho the voice of or the girl behind him him him- Baffled and beaten back she sho works worIe on s still Weary ear and sick or oY'S he works tho more Sustained by her hor indomitable will Tho rho hands shall fashion and tile the brain shall poro And all her sorrow shall be bo turned to labori labor labor labor- i 1 t fane fancy means to embody hersel herself herself her her- self sel In the picture Sitting 2 on a of ot rejected pie pic pictures tures ur s No r I 1 shant shan't dear Tho notion In n Itself has fascinated mo Ot Of Of course courso you ou dont don't care for tor fancy heads Dick I 1 dont don't think you ou could do them thorn You like Iko blood and bones a J. J direct challenge If It youcan you youcan ou can do 10 a n that isn't merel merely a n. sorrowful female head I can do a better bettor one and I will too What lat doU know about Dick DIcI firmly believed that ho was even ovon thon then tasting three quarters of ot all tho the sorrow sorrow sorrow sor sor- row In the thc world Sho Sire was a woman said MaisIe and she he suffered a Q great croat deal deal till till sho could suffer sutter no more Then Thon sho aba begano began to o laugh at It all and then thon I painted her hor and anti sent her to tho Salon The red-haired red girl rose roso up and ond left lert tho ho room laughing Dick looked at Maisio humbly and hopelessly Never ever mind about tho the picture ho he said aid 1 Aro Are you really going back to Ramis Rami's a 0 month before your time I 1 must If It I want to got get tho the picture done one And that's all you want Of course course Dont Don't bo be stupid Dick You tryo haven't the power You have bars only the tho ideas Ideas tho tho Ideas and the tire little cheap Impulses How you ou could have o kept at your our work for ten years steadily Is a mystery to me inc So you ou are ore really eally going a month before you need I r 1 must do tin my work Your work work ball bah No I didn't mean that haU Its It's all right dear Of Ot course you ou mu must t do your work and and l I think Ill I'll 11 ea say good good-by for IOl this week Wont you even oVen eta stay for fot tea tOR 1 Xo No thank you OU Have T. T t yoUr bayto leanto lean leave bay to o go so dear Theres There's nothing more you particularly want ant me to do and the te work line work Inc doesn't mater matter I 1 wish you could sta stay and then we e could talk over my picture If I only ono no single pictures picture's a Q success It draws attention to all nl the tire others I know some omo of ot my nry work Is good If It only pee peo- plo pIe lo could see And you needn't have been cen so ru rude e about it Im Im sorry Well We'll tal talk tho the over ver some come ono one of or the other Sundays are four tour more more yes more yes 08 two three tour four our before you go Good Good-by Maisie stood by tho studio window thinking till tl tho time red-haired red girl ro- ro 10 turned a at tho the corners of ot other her lips Dicks Dick's gono Sono off said Maisie Just when I 1 wanted to talk about tho the pie plc- turo ture uro Isn't it selfish of him Her companion opened hor her lips as na It if f to speak shut them thor again and went wenton on oil reading The City of 01 Dreadful Night Dirk vas In the tho ark 1 rr nn 1 an and roun round a tree that io ho had i chosen n ise-n-i as asila his ila confidante for tor man many Sundays SUnda's past lie Ho lo was swearing audibly nn and when ho 10 found that tho the Infirmities of or tho the English tongue hemmed In his hla rage rase ho lie sought consolation In Arabic Arable which is 1 B expressly designed for tor tho the use of ot tho the afflicted He lie le was wat not pleased with wih the tho reward of ot his patient patent service nor was lie he 10 pleased with himself and md It was Ion long ong before he arrived at the proposition tion tiomi ton that the tho queen could do n no wrong It Its a losing game ho lie said v Im worth nothing when whon n a whim of ot hers Is Isn In n question But nut In a 1 losing gamo game at Port Said we wo used to double the stakes and F po on Sho She do a a. She feho harm haan fo t the power or time the Insight or tho training Only the tho desire She's Sho's cursed with wih time the curse curso of Reuben Sho She wont won't do work lino-work work Ino-work because It i means real work ork and yet yot sires ho's stronger than I Iam am Ill I'll Il make her understand that Ican I Ican can beat her hor on her hor hol own Evon then she ehe woul wouldn't nt care She says I can only do blood and bones I don dont don't t believe bellevo she Iho has in her veins clus Alt All Al tho the same samo I 1 love hor her and I must go on loving her and If It I r can humble her hor Inor Inordinate vanity I will Ill ru Il do a that shall be something like Iea a the tho that tat transcends a all 1 wi wit Ill I'll Il do It 1 at once con con bless bless her Ho lIe le discovered that tho tIre notion noton would not come conic to order and amid that ho lie could coul not freo his mind for an hour from the tho I thought of ot Maisie s departure Ho took very ery small interest in her hor rough studios studies for tor the tho whoa when sire sho 10 sh showed wed them next week Tho The Sundays I were racing past and the time was at hand hancl when whon all tho the church bells bels In Loudon London Lon Lou don could not ring Maislo b back bacic to him Once Onca or twice ho lie said something to about hermaphroditic ties Ues but the tire little dog received so many confidence both from froni I how and Dick that he lie did not trouble hla his tulip ears cars to listen liton Dick was permitted to see sec the girls oft off ol rhoy They were going h by tho the Dover er I night boat awl and tire they ther hoped to return In Dick August felt relt fel ti that It I was wae he then was February being hardly and used Maislo was so bus busy stripping tho the small smal house across tho tire park parle and und packIng pack pack- Ing tug her canvases that she ho had no time for tor thought Dick went down to Dover and a day there thero fretting over a a. wonderful Would 01 0 at tho ver very vory last allow alow him hint one small kiss Ho smal reflected lo that ho Ire might cap- cap turu turo her b the by strong arm arni as ho he had seen been teen women captured In iii the tho Southern Soudan boudan and lead her aw away but Souther Maisie I would never bo be led lcd Sho She would turn I her gra gray oyes upon him him and sa say Dick I how selfish you aro Thou Then his courage cour cour- I age ago would fall fail Cal him It would be betto bet bet- I I to tor V after atter all al to bc beg for or th that kiss less Malsie looked more than usually as sho sire stepped from from tho the night night- m mall mail on to lo tho the Wind 11 windy pier In a 1 gray waterproof and ancl a little cloth 0 gray cloth not traveling cap cap oo so lovely ely The Hor Her red red green haired girl Irl was eyes oes were hollow saw the tho u and her hor lips Bps dr dry Dick Dicks trunks aboard and went to bridge side in hi time the darkness und r the tho The bas The were thundering thunder thunder- In ing Into the mal and tire the rod red haired girl was watching them have havu WIS s a 1 Youl rough nl passage tonight to- to night ht said Dick Its ge sIde I I blowing out out- suppose c I mo may come te see yoU it I n Im Im good 1 over and least You if L I J shall b be bus busy busAt At I 1 isS alt i want you U Ill I'll But ut I 1 shall Il send tal or you Marne- Marne Wilts from I shall have HUr to heaps hoaps ot if things fO have con Consult been ul y OU about Oh Dick you in ft ii so good to me so meso so good to Thank T hunk tat ou for tor tat dear ear it Irant ISSUe difference hia it I- I I I 1 cant can't toll tol a fib fb It I hasn't hasn't Sn in that ful way But dont don't think tink Im I'm Im not grateful grate grate- D Damn tho gratitude said Dick huskily to the hat tho the use UBO UIO of or worrying You know ItoW I should ruin your our life ure and you'd oud ruin mine as things are aro now You Your remember what said when you ou sale you wore so 10 10 angry that day ty In the park park One Ono of or us has to bo be 10 broken Cant Can't t you wait walt till ti that day comes comas No Xo love I want you unbroken unbroken- all to myself shook her hor head U My poor Dick what can I say Dont say anything Give me a kiss kiss' Only one kiss Maislo Ill I'll Il swear s I wont won't ont take any more more You ml might ht as aswell well wol and then I 1 can be bo sure suro youre you're grateful Maislo put hor her cheek check forward and Dick took toole his Iris revar reward In the tho darkness It I was only one kiss but since sinco since there was no time limit specified it I was a along along along long one Maisie wrenched herself free tree on angrily and Dick stood abashed and tingling from head to heel Good by darling darlng I didn't mean to scare you ou Im I'm Im Borr sorry Only Only keep well welland welland Wel and do good work specially specially the tho mcl mcl- an cola Im I'm Im going to do one ono too Remember Remember Remember Re Re- member me mo to Kami Kanii and be 10 careful what you ou drink Country Countr drinking water milter Is is bad everywhere o but Its It's worse In France Krance Writs to tomo mo If It you want nn anything and good good- good 3 Say soo bj by I 1 to th the tho you what lum girl Irl and v anc- anc cant can't I have haye another J kiss No Xo You Youre You're re requite quito quite Quio right Good A shout told him that It was not seemly to charge chargo up tho mall mail mal bag baS in In- In dine cline He reached the pier as tho steamer began to move o off ott and he followed fol followed fol- fol I col-I lowed her with his heart henrt And Amid theres there's nothing nothing nothing-nothing nothing in the I wide olde world world world-to to l keep cep us apart except her hor obstinacy These Calais night night- boats are are much too small smal Ill I'll Il got get Torp I to write to the papers about it it S. S Sue Sho s beginning to pitch pich alred already Maisie stood where Dick had left her herti till ti she sIre heard a gasped cough at ather ather ather her elbow Tho The red-haired red girls girl's girls oyes eyes were ero alight with cold flame lie Ho o kissed you ou she said How could you let lot him when he ire wasn't anything anything any any- thing tiring to you ou How dared you rou tako take a kiss from Crom him Oh Malsie lets let's go so to tire the ladles ladles' c cabin Im I'm Im sick deadly sick We e arent aren't Into open water yet et Go Godon Godown Godown down n do dear and Ill I'll Il ata stay here I dont don't like the smell of ot the engines Poor engines Poor Dick Ho 10 deserved ono ono only only ono one But ButI I didn't think hed he'd frighten mo so HO Dick returned to town next da day just justIn In time for or lunch for which ho had JH c telegraphed To his disgust there were only empty plates In tho the studio He lifted up his hs voice olce like the bears lu in inthe tho the tale fairy tale and Torpenhow entered catered looking vcr very vory guilty guilty said ald he Ire D Dont nt make male such sucha a noise I 1 took it ft i. i Come Como Into 1 my irry rooms and Ill I'll Il show allOW you ou why Dick paused amazed at nt tho threshold for tor on Torpenhow's sofa lay a a girl Ir Irn n asleep leep and breathing heavily Tho littIe lit Ut- tIe te cheap sailor hOt hat the blue and white tUtor fitter for Juno than for tor February February ar ary dabbled with mud at itt the skirts tho tire jacl jacket ct trimmed with wih Imitation I Astrakhan and amid ripped at the shoulder I seams seam the time and one umbrella um urn- brela brella and above all al tho disgraceful condition of oC the kid topped boots declared de dc- dc- dc dared all al things Oh I sa say old man this is too bad bach You mustn't bring this sort up here rho They steal things from Cram the tho rooms It I looks bolts bad I admit but I was coming In after lunch and sho she staggered stag stag- gored ored into the hall hal I thought sho she was I drunk at first but it was wan collapse e I couldn't leavo leave her as ts she sho was so I brought brouCht her up Hero lero and andave gave ave avo her your lunch S She e vas was tainting fainting from want of or food Sho SIro went fast fust asleep ep the tho minute she had finished I I j know something of oC that complaint complaint- f She's Shaf been living on saU sausages es I sup- sup I Torp you OU should have handed her hel er over to a l for Cor presuming i ito to faint taint In a ios house Poor I little lite wretch Look Lok at ct that taco face Thero There I Isn't an ounce of at immorality In It I. I Only folly folly fOly alack fatuous feeble futile tutla I tol folly Its It's a typical head no- no tics tc how hoW the tire skull begins to show through h tho the flesh fesh padding on the tile face and cheek bono bone What a cold blooded cold barbarian It 1 is ia Dont Don't hit a a. 1 woman when sires she's i down Cant Can't wo we WI do anything She Sho was simply dropping with starvation She almost fell fel into m my arms anti and when sho got ot to tho the food sho sire ate ato Iko a wild wid b beast ast It I was I 1 can give Ive h her bOy r monc money which sho aho would probably spend in drinks Is sire sho going to sleep forever I I The Tire girl opened hor her eyes oes and glared at tire the men between terror and ef of- of tron tel tery Yo yes YOH Thank you ou Thero arent aren't many gentlemen that are as kind as ant I a you are arc Thank hank you ou t When did loave I you 10 1 service said Dick who had bad been watching the time B scarred and chapped hands How SHow did know now I was imas In service I was general servant ser I 1 didn't like it And how iron do you like being your our own mistress I Do I look looh l as if s I 10 It I I I 1 suppose suppo o not net Ono One moment Would you to the be 10 window good enough to turn your taco face The Thc girl obeyed and dick her taco face keenly o ao BO keenly that sire she ma made o a as ng If I to hide hlo behind Torpenhow II Tho The cc eyes have haio it I said Dick walking walk walk- I ing InS up and arid down Th They are are superb up rb I u eyes for tor or my business And after all h every head nd ater al I |
