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Show HIS ARTiSTIC SOUL REVOLTED. Young Painter Saw Period of Suffering Suffer-ing Whilo Earning Needed Money. The young artist, almost on the verge of starvation, had just accepted accept-ed au order from an elderly spinster to paint her portrait. When the terms and appointments had been fixed and the spinster was descending the rickety rick-ety studio stairs, a student friend of the young painter, who had overheard tbe deal, rushed In from the next room to offer his congratulations. To his surprise, however, ho found bis friend sitting downcast before his easel, his head In his hands. "Why, Francois, why so downhearted?" downheart-ed?" be inquired, stopping short to ttare at the artist. "Didn't I Just overhear you bagging an order to paint a face at 1,000 francs?" "Yes," replied Francois, sadly. "And your need of the money 13 something fierce, isn't it?" And the other nodded. "Then, my friend, you should be kicking the ceiling in your lucky strike!" Tbe artist now lifted his head slow-y slow-y and gazed plteously at bis companion. compan-ion. "Melvln,"' said he, "did you got a glimpse of her?" "No." "Then," said the other, allowing his bead again to fall Into his hands, "you do not know, my friend, what torture I will have to undergo from morning till night for a whole week etudylng that face!" Illustrated Sunday Magazine. Mag-azine. Peculiar Shifting of Sands. French scientists are Btudylng a peculiar pe-culiar movement of the sands along the northern coasts of France, R-el-gtuni and Holland. A fine sand originating orig-inating on the coast of Normandy ha 1 been found as far away as Denmark. |