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(CeenUUn oil fru last week)
She had listened attentively,. nisei t
hopefuliy, nutil' the.se Tast .'words,
Then she knew that,, he ' 'was' doing
what Nels'would have called, "Mali -
/rig." 'He did riot believe that, t101
was any chance for her. lie reap and
went on about his tort, of :inspection,
•and Ruth sank' down into the empty
chair,'' She did not work • any more,
but sat still, looking at her work, but
not thinking 'of it; --not thinking of
anything.' She was roused by seeing
the other students fling out at the
luncheon hour. She did not want to
see 1Vels and Dorothy; .she would not
go to their restaurant, instead she,
would eat the "cheap and whole-
some" IIInch offered in the building:'
-There she would be with strangers.
She at something, she did hot 'know
)what, and returned tether life class,
'but again she could not work. She
was_.:heginning to -think definitely now.
She had no talent -no future. I•f she
could not be a great artist, a great
painter, there was nothing in Iife for
her. She didn't want anything else,
reit even love. if she could copse to
Terry with a great gift, she would not
stop .hoping that he would love her,
hut to. be just an ordinary, woman -
just a wife. If she was not to be a
great painter, ,then what, was she to
be? Very carefully she -went over ev-
ery word of the professor. He had
admitted that it was difficult to•, say
exactly whether she had talent or
not; he had only said that he•• had
disq'bvered no signs. of it. Yet he was
only, one man. Thousands of genius-
es 'ill'' every field of endeavour had
been discouraged by- their elders
simply • because the neiv genie's work-
ed in a different manner from those
who had gone before. But that didn't
apply to herself. She had no new and
original methods. She changed her
style of work every day• in response
to something she had heard or had
seen. She - had no knowledge,, no
ideas about, art, in herself. Yet all
beginners must be swayed by what
they saw and heard, influenced by
this or that painter from day to day,
until they found themselves. Then'
she wondered if she had a self to
find. She was vaultingly ambitious
she was industrious and something of
a dreamer, but with all this Ruth was
practical. She thought of perpetual
students -did 'she want to become one
of them? That was what it meant,
following a muse who had not called.
Art is not chosen. It chooses its own.
Dorothy Winslow' was'; wrong -fame
could not be achieved merely by am-
bition, energy; and determination -
neither is genius the art of taking
pains, she thought. Sometimes it is
achieved with infinite carelessness.
The hour• was afternoon, class was
over and she had not touched crayon
to ,paper. Not until she was on the
street, hurrying out to avoid speak-
ing •te Nels or Dorothy, ctid.lshe re-
member her ngagement with Terry.
Mori's was on l Forty-second Street. If
she walked s1 e: would 'arrive at the
right time. She was no longer curious
as to what Terry would have to say.
Gloria and George did not interest
her. She was arrived at branching
roads and, she must choose. She re-
alized that Not that she could not
keep on with her studies, regardless
Of whether she had talent or not. She
could, for she was responsible to no
one. No one counted on her to make
good, nor was there any one to warn
her against mistakes. She only knew
that she did not want to devote her
life to something for which she was
not intended. She did not want to
fail, even less• did she want to be a
mediocre success. She must live on
Olympus or in the .valley. It occur-
red to her that her very thoughts
were proof of her unworthiness.. If
she were really a great artist she
would not be thinking of either fame
or failure,. but only of her work. She
was walking rapidly so • that she ar-
rived at Mori's before five. She glanc-
ed• at the watch 'oil ler 'Wier 'before -
entering aitdhe was beside bel, com-
ing from the opposite direction.
"On time," he said with mock sur-
prise.
"No. I just
A.M.
London, Lv. 9.00
Exeter 10.17
Hensall 10.34
Kippen 10.43
Brucefield 10.55
Clinton, Ar. 11.20
SOUTH
Clinton, Lv.
Brucefield
Kippen
P.M.
3.1.4
3.32
3.44
Mensal' 3.53
Exeter 4.10
London, Ar. 5.25
C.N.R. TIME TABLE
EAST
A.M. P.M.
Godericb , 6.15 2.30
Holmesville -- - . 6.31 2.50
Clinton , - . 6.43 3.13
Seaforth 6.59 3.21
St.• Columban 7.05 3.2.7
Dublin 7.12 3.35
Mitchell ......... ,-. -. _7.25 ... 3.47
WEST
Mitebell 11,27 10.33
Dublin ` 11.37 10.44
St. Columban 11.40
Seaforth 11.51 10.56
Clinton ' 12.04 11.10
Goder'eh 12.35 11.35
C.P.R. TIME TABLE
EAST
Goderit �.
Meneset -.
McGa r
Arlburn
Blyth
Walton
McNaught . - ...
Toronto
'Toronto
WEST
McNaught
Walton
Myth
Allburn •
.. rr..
Meneset ... , ..... • 12.54
1.09
P.M.
4.35
4.40
4.49
4.58
5.09
5.21
6.32
9.45
.Qf.M
'8.20
P.M
12.04
12.16
12.28
32.139
12,47
+F etid,• .....................
am ahead of time. I
came from the League."
They went. in. together -a big room
crowded with it}numerable tiny tables
and many people, yet when she found
herself seated opposite him, •pouring
tea, they seemed to be quite alone to-
gether. Perhaps ?t was because the
tables were So tiny, perhaps because
of the small, soft, rose -shaded light on
each one, that she seemed to be near-
er him than ever before, both physi-
cally and spiritually.
"You . were looking quite downcast
when we met; I hope you aren't wor-
rying too muck about George," he
said.
His, tone was friendly, intimate,
comforting, irirriting confidence.
"No, it's not that.:.Muei- more sel-
fish. I Was Unfitting of my oWn trolly
blear"
' I 'didn"t knew y.o' had any.'T(
"Yes, +tdi' :ext ,Yon know. 1, have
tbotight fo, •,years--t9h�ree' yearn to be
exact--�tltat 1 would. on,'e .day be a
great. !painter' and. today `I ' discovered
Chat I Irave uo talent."
"You can't know, that; you're dis.
oouraged over sone little ' far nre. 1
4ou't know anything about art, but
you've only:been steadying a few' years
and that's not time enough to tell.",
• "Yes, it is -I've • compared my work
with that of other students and I've
been afraid. for some time. Today I
asked Burroughs, one of the instruc-
tors, and now I knlaw. "
"But that's only one man's 'opinion.
Just what did he •'say? 1 know the
pedagogue -al formula, three words of
praise and one of•'censure to keep you
from being too happy, or three words
of adverse criticism and one of praise
to keep you from being too discourag-
ed. Wasn't it like that?"
"No; he just said very frankly that
he would not say that I had no future
at all, but he did say that if I had
any my work at school .had never
given any indication of it. ,He •said
my portraits looked like cartoons, and
then he remembered those awful
sketches in the Express-" She stop-
ped • embarrassed.
"You never will live that down, will
you?"• said Terry, smiling.
"That isn't fair, I didn't mean that,
only it's ail so discouraging, to 'want
to paint ;masterpieces and to be told
to draw cartoons."
"Did he tell you that?" Terry
spoke eagerly.
"Not in so many words, but that's
what he meant."
"Then he rather admired your abil-
ity to do cartoons?"
"I suppose so."
"Then why don't you go in for
that? One must do • something, you
knew -play some game and that is
better than most."
Ruth did not answer.
"If you'd like I dare say you 'Could
do theatrical caricatures for the Sun-
day Express every week. It wouldn't
take much time. Of course you'd soon
get as fed up with the theatre as a
dramatic critic, but it would be in-
teresting for a time and you -could
continue to study, to take time to
prove whether or not you have tal-
ents. If you, say I may, I'll speak to
Daly about it the next t time I see
him."
"I'd like it I think -after' all, as Mr.
Courtenay said, it's better to be a
good cartoonist than a bad painter,
and I can always keep on studying.
It will not be exactly. giving up my
ambition, only I won't be gambling
everything on it." Then, as if half
ashamed of her surrender, and wish-
ing to change the subject,' "But we
didn't intend to talk about me, 'we
were going to talk about Gloria,
weren't we?"
"Is it absolutely necessary that we
should have something very definite
to talk about?" he asked, smiling.
"Suppose I just asked you to meet me
for tea,' because."
Was he teasing her, She wondered.
"But now that we are together, be-
cause, let's talk about Gloria. I won't
know anything more about Professor
Pendragon until Sunday. I'm going
there with Dorothy Winslow, who is
going, to do a portrait of him, but in
the meantime I'd feel very much hap-
pier if he was out of the house, or
if not George, et least the ' snake.
Couldn't you kill it, Terry? That
might make 'George so angry that
.he'd leave. And anyway,, the snake
is the important thing. Without the
snake George would be comparative-
ly harmless. Yot,'must kill the snake."
"But, my dear girl, how do you pro-
pose that I am to make• away with
George's little pet? It belongs to
George; you know. I don't even know
where he keeps it, and- if I did it is
hi property and it wouldn't be legal,
you, know-"
."I wish you wouldn't laugh at
"I'm not laughing at you. Even if
I can't quite believe all the 'things
that y,ou believe, I can still see that
the situation is serious, but I can't
see how killing the snake would help
any. My ides, is a bit different and
perhaps quite as 'bizarre in its way.
I've been thinking that if we could
bring Gloria and Professor Pendragon
together again, then he would take.
her away from George and the snake•
and slave us .the trouble of taking
George and the snake away from her."
"It sounds good, but there's no way
to do it. I've given Gloria' my word
that rii not mention her name to him
and the other day she even made me
promise not to mention his name to
her again."
"Even so, there must be other 'peo-
ple who know both of them."
"He's only ,been. in America two
years they'd move in different eir-
c1ee, ndttfr"ally."
'Fife"d, bi'irt tittles erose -.and 1'Sok
here, thOte pictures will' be Chilling
, tp
otlt aOPfl t''
"I r
dont' i41}glpl9::,he gclee. to. the
mov'iba,• oertatn,11C Qt near that he'S
iIL
"Yes, Ind "'he xead$ the newspapers;
he'll dee lrer piotQ es."
"But that isnrt Oeeting her. If he's
at all like Gloria,he'l1 be too proud
tSl look her•,;,i}p; •lesides we may be
talking nonsense.' How do we know
thea they don't really hate each oth-
er?„•
"That's not the Worst. People don't
usually hate over ten years. They
may be utterly 'indifferent. I realize
that possibility, 'but I don't- believe
they are indifferent. It's all just
guessing."
"The simplest way .would be to get
rid of the snake," 'persisted Ruth.
"Yes, I 'now; tint who's to do it,
and how?"
"You're o do •it, and I suppose that
I, being n the house, should plan
the means -find out where he keeps
his pet and how to kidnap it."
"Even if it has the significance you
suppose, what's to Prevent him get-
ting a new one?"
"They don't sell them in the de=
know," said
partment stores, you
Ruth, smiling. •
"Let's wait until you see Pendra-
gon again • before we do anything
rash," Terry closed the discussion.
Ile came home with -Ruth' who won -
tiered if Gloria would observe them
coming together, and if it might not
wake in Gloria .some latent jealousy.
'I've persuaded Ruth totake up
cartooning, as a profession," he an-
aounced. His putting it into words
like that before all of them seemed
to make it final.
"You mean those political things of
fat capitalists and paper -capped lab-
ouring men?" -asked Ben Stark.
"Certainly not," said Terry. "You're
horribly behind the times. That sort
of thing isn't done. If she goes in for
political cartoons at all she will draw
pictures of downtrodden millionaires
defending themselves from Bolsheviki
rampant on a field of red, or of a
mob of infuriated factory owners
throwing stones at the home of a
labour leader -she may draw a ser-
les-pf...pictures showing in great de-
tail how a motion picture actress
'makes up to conceal the wart on her
nos.e ,before facing -1h, camera."
"It isn't at all settled yet," said
Ruth. "I .may not be•,able to get a-
a job." She hated•• -the word, but pro-
nounced it in a perfect fury of dem-
ocratic renunciation. -
"I don't think there'll be any trou-
ble," said Terry. "There's always a
demand for that sort of thing." ,•
Altogether; however, the announce-
ment produced surprisingly little
comment from Gloria and her friends.
They seemed to take it as a matter
of course, like Gloria's going into mo-
tion pictures. She had been, despite
her fears, rather successful, •and had
been offered a new contract, which,
however, She was unwilling to sign
until she knew more about' the ,ere -
duction of Terry's comedy. If Terry's
play really got, a_New York produc-
tion, .Gloria would be only too glad
to desert'the camera.
The .revelation of Ruth'". duplicity
to Professor Pendragon was threat-
ened in a most unexpected manner.
Sunday morning. First Dorothy call-
ed fora her at the house, and this
time, mapifested'more curiosity about
her 'surrbundings than she had done
previously, because • this time her
mind was not on the more important,
matter of frocks:
"Who do you live with here?" she
asked Ruth, as she waited for her to
put on her hat and coat.
Ruth hesitated; she hated decep-
tion of any kind, or making myster-
ies. After all it was very silly of
Gloria. If one must leave ex-hus-
bands scattered around the world,
one should contemplate the possibili-
ty of running across them now and
then with equanimity. And then the
stupid idea of concealing their rela-
tionship. It was all most annoying,
"With- a woman who was a friend
of my father," she answered at last,
but Dorothy was 'not to be put off sd
easily.
"I mean what's her name?"
asked with frank curiosity
"Gloria Mayfield -she's really my
aunt," seid Ruth with/ a desperate re-
alization that she might as well
speak now as have her secret conte
but later under less favorable circum-
stances.' After all, Dorothy didn't
know that Pendragon was one of
Gloria's husbands and she might no
mention their relationship to him any-
way.
"The actress?" asked Dorothy, with
a rising inflection cousposed of aston
ishment, envy and doubt' in he
voice.
".tlh huh." She tried not to b
1Sleased at the lo'ok'i'n Dorothy's blue
eyes,
''She's is -t11dtutt�C isn't she, now
)1,• flaw her picture,,, , at. tenet "th e
she
cnd K1x1aiR$
Said` what din
what she wants
est effort at conceaire'ta
"I dare. ray you;: will if' you ,sprains •sliokea
often e lough. She asleep now, but .cowered
est he
44 d
asked Do
•she's not at All difficult ; to xueet" . ter3 clecel?tiA
"Perry s,', �• Hcoul pain her " a ain One thi sire•
suggester `Dorothy,; agou was re
0041 tililtif. Gloria eanld.elt,still tysterioun,
langlough ". catild not bel oyercomea?E
Things were derelopuiig 'tea r9pid bated When 'he died, no:
ly for Ruth. She had'linown th t.DQs!c ' eiee�rts1 for -bis ixiurderer
thy Would' be intere$ted,'lin,t she•had ?.ould'be}leke-that his death waq„
not thought that her interest would tliang• blit natlit'al, anti the force `l
take• this turn, though she• migi}t. have h•a13 kiildll hitn"'would still '.go
guessed, 'for Dorothy looked. at every ,through .the world,, •too., �tnysterioua
thing and every pers»n as so much and unbelievable for zugdere mind,, *he
available material. She worked inces-
santly with, both halide and bran},.
She didn't just study art; she lived
it in the most practical manner pos.
sible. Sie was becoming quite well
known as a fashion artist and could
have been`'busy all the time, had she
not continued her studies. As it was
she did quite as much work as many
fashion artists who devoted• all their
time to it. Ana she never for. a mom-
ent let herself think that being a fash-
ion artist today would debar her from
becoming a famous portrait painter
tomorrow. She was building high
hopes on Professor Pendragan.
On the way to his hotel Ruth told
her about her decision to go in for
cartooning professionally, and she ra-
ther hoped that Dorothy would dis-
courage her, but she was disappoint-
ed.
"Splendid! You're doing, the right
thing. You know 'I• doi$•t think you'll
ever get any place with painting. Nels
thinks that, too, but you have a gen-
ius for caricature. Those things in
the• 'Express' were really clever. Lots
of character_ and good action. You'll
be famous:"
"Famous!" Ruth put as much scorn
as possible into the one word.
"Of course -beginning with Cruick-
shank there have been ever so many
caricature artists in the last two cen-
turies whose names will last as long
and longer than most of the paint-
ers."
Ruth did not respond to this. She
was wondering if after' all she might
not one day, not only be reconciled
to the work destiny 'had given her,
but be actually rather.proud of it.
' They were expected by Pro!essor
Pendragon and were , conducted im-
mediately to his apartment, but when
the boy knocked at his door, he did
not open it as on the former occa-
sion, instead they were met by a
white uniformed nurse,
•"Professor Pendragon- begs -to' be
excused from his .appointment. He is
very much worse. The paralysis has
extended from his knee to his hip.
He asked me to say that he will be
glad to make good his promise as
'soon as he is well."
The effect of this announcement
was bad enough on Dorothy, who na-
turally was bitterly• disappointed, but
its effect on Ruth was much worse.
Professor Pendragon'•s misfortune had
fallen upon him on the night that she
first watched George, and a, repetition
of George's ceremonial• had brought
with it the•increased misfortune to
him that She had feared: She was
eager to hurry- away and find an op-
portunity to tell Terry of this new
development, but Dorothy lin'gerjd at
the door, expressing sympatthy, which
Ruth suspected was more for herself
than for Professor Pendragon.
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CHAPT:ktli• IX
It was the first' time that Ruth, had
seen Prince Aglipogue, :.though appal';
ently he was •on the Vest congenial,
and intimate terms. of friendship,- with
Gioria..He was at the plates .now, ac
companying• himself, while he sang in
Italian. He had .glossy, black eyes,
glossy red lips, glossy black hair,,
smooth glossy cheeks and what Terry
described as-- a grand opera figure.
He was a Roumanian, and while he
sang magnificently, was a passable'
pianist and a really .good violinist,
he was at .present earning his living
as a painter.
Gloria had finished her motion pic-
ture contract and was' relaxing. Ruth,
had just come home from the League
and found Gloria, Terry, Billie Irwin,
Prince Aglipogue and Angela Peyton -
Russell at 'the house. Ben Stark had
at last started out on tour,' or he
would also have.ebeen there. Ruth of
ten thought that her aunt's house was
more like a club. than a home- 01
course Ruth did. not • immediately
learn all. the foregoing, details about
Prince Aglipogue, whom Gloria called
Aggie, and the others called Prince.
;Her information came in scraps gath-
ered from the conversation of the
others. She' had slipped quietly into
the room while Prince Aglipogue was
singing and was introduced to • him
when he had finished. He bowed with
surprising depth and grace fora man
with no waist line to speak of, and
regarded her out of his glossy, black
eyes. He spoke entirely without ac-
cent, but constructed his sentences
curiously, Ruth thought:
As always when, there were many
p bple Ruth did not..talk, but, listen-
ed. Mrs. 'Peyton -Russell had come to
talk over with Gloria the details of
,+;patronizing'•
,Billie 'had '('g
anent that s
Arid eon'!" .i
.. doper kp-O-*>'ill
Cq nplained "All c
ens if people I soul,,
ed this: to be just our• lftrt
circle• -=no "swami, na see*
,:lust. friends."' •
No one,Seethed to urn Iola
mark. George had come'',itl`ai
tea wagon and the Prat lea wz
ed In. the, to.Ruth aintiottc ..
Jure of drinking whiaslielr and
.and eating 'cake Witnessing
catholic consumption of r 'f
she could easily conceive the
vitation to any party uktder, •d.
eumstances, . would be we%
him. As for Gloria.; she was„'',
tomed to Angela, and did not'
her airs. Since • her marriage
had consistently referred to all: -
old
old friends as "our little . Bohemian.
circle," a: circle; to whici -She
constantly reverting for: amusement,,,; .
after unsuccessful .attempts •to
access to the more conventional crt
Cles described as • Society, .
"Angela's heart is as good as her
complexion," Gloria always • said,.
that was indeed high praise.
"Just tea, please, Gloria," Angela
was saying. "I never' drink anything'"
stronger any more -no, no real ,iiin•
ciple, but people in our position must•
set an example, you know. •-Not
sweets -I really :don't d e, well just`.
a tiny bit. You know there is a 'tend':
ency to stoutness in our family"`
"There is, I suppose, in •thataoth•
ing personal," said Prince Aglipogtle,
hastily swallowing a petit fours..
Angela laughed gaily. She Pretend-
ed to believe everything the Prince•.
said to be extremely clever.
(Continued Next: Week)
Professor Pendragon called to the
nurse to let them come in. He was
propped up on a chaise longue, with
newspapers and the remains of break-
fast scattered about on the floor and
on a low table beside him. His face
was very pale and Ruth thought that
he looked as if he had not slept. She
tried not to look at some photographs
of Gloria prominently displayed on
the scattered sheets. Evidently he
had seen them, so now he knew that
she was an New York, or at least in
America.
"I'm awfully sorry to disappoint
you and myself. But you see a man
can't have his portrait painted in a
pose like ibis," he said. "I can't im-
agine what's wrong with me, but of
course it won't last long. A friend of
mine has asked me out to his place
in the Berkshires and I think I'll go.
Perhaps this may be the result of
nerves, and anyway,lots of cold air
and altitude and quiet can't do any
harm. When I return I'll he very glad
to make good, but. Perhaps• by that
time you will have so many comrdis-
sions that you won't have lime for
me."
"No chance," said Dorothy. "I shall
be waiting for you. And then: "How
long do you think it will be?"
"You'll know definitely after Christ-
mns eve, next dark of the moon, you
know." He was smiling, the smile
that Ruth had grown to suspect hid
a serious thought. "Either the par
alysis will have crept up to my heart
or it will have gone entirely. I am
waiting."
Dorothy laughed nervously.
"What nonsense; of course you'll
get well and the moon hasn't any
thing to do with it anyway. We're
awfully sorry that 'you're III, and don't
forget to let me kno'as when yea get
bink to 'tb* h
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An unbeatable combination for appealing pictures is a child and hei pet.
1 N 4. REGENT survey -made on be -
half of advertising agencies and
magazine editors it was found that
pictures of children and animals
rate highest in popularity and ap-
peal. All the world loves a happy
child and not the least of the great
gifts bestowed µpan the world by
the discovery of photography was
that which made it possible for
every parent to make a picture rec-
ord of his own children.
Nothing is so satisfying as mak-
ing pictures of children, whose
spontaneity and zest make snap -
shooting one of life's special pleas-
ures. Add a pet to the human Sub-
ject and you have the combination
that 'brings a smile of delight to the
most jaded adult.
'Look at the little girt and her
dog in today's picture. 1t shows a
quiet interlude in the everlasting,
breathless play of a healthy child
and her dog. The child is asleep,
but the picture goes back to evoke
in the mind of the spectator ani-
mated scenes of the two tearing
back and forth about the house,
the dog leaping and barking and
the child laughing gleefully. An
animal and a child are, indeed, an
unbeatable combination for an in-
finite variety of pictures
The best pictures that show two
persons, or a person and an ani-
mal, are those which tell us some.
thing of the relationship that exists
between thein. Simply to pose a
dog and a child together anis Snap
the shutter might Make a lyictitre
of some appeal, ,but if their reiat1kin-
Ship Is tdepleted ill some ri;.atirai.
Setlult the Didn't takes on added
ioaeaulb�. ,", t
to get ihoh, %astute>n ' e ►;, a
eyes open while the child and the
pet are at play in the course of the
day. Watch for behavior that will.,
lend itself to pictures; Then plan
to recapture what you saw. You`"
can't always take what you, see
while it is happening. If you` can""
pose your subjects in a natural way
without resorting .to force, making a
game of it, you will be surprised at
the success that is possible.
If you have a child, but no pet,
it is still possible to borrow one
from a friend or neighbor. When
you do that it is important that you'
give the child and the animal
plenty • of time to get acquainted.
For not until the two have gruclt
up a friendship will it be possible- •-
to get really good pictures that will
reveal the relationship between
them.
Today's picture also suggeststhe.
idea of a snapshot biography as -an
altogether worthwhile photographic.
project. Begin it now and periodi-
cally add to it new incidents that
develop with the child's growth.
Watch the things the child does
during the course of a week and
make notes of the incidents that
are most chararteristic4,• Some ` 04
the incidents that occur outdoote
can be Snapped as they ' helmet.
Others may have to be posed under
flood -type photo lambs indoors if
you are fortunate enough to Mtn
a flash synchronizer' and can get the.
flash bulbs the Indotstlob is easier
:and' MECa bf the ',pi'ewt.% CaYi • be
diads While the child le it Allay. ,
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