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A PAIR OF
MODEL LOVERS.
BY HOWARD
Horace l.orrlnier. the Illustrator. Una l.'
a stndlo 01 the top Hoot- oC tlic llogeis I
building. 1 go up there frequently be
cause I Hit. liij.n ami tlio'vlow from liis
Studio window;,
illo nearly always gets mo to ikis-o for
htni. l'osinc Is hard work. If I ever
flfln lrtrt).. ..Illicit ..it nlimia.nr
ay kind enough to amass, I shall nut (
ilto poSing for a.. living. It's won- 1
dGrful how tltod ouoigcts standing or
even sitting perfectly still for halt' un
hour. Unt I.orrlnicr h:is played on my
vanity, lie has told mo that 1 can
lipid a pose longer thitu. imy one else;
.tliat.l'm a' Hercules for standing on
ojfq, foot, hi ho ii'titudc of n man go-
im siai lVlt" 110 Btal t0
I WS A YANKEE SnOOTIJTO A FPAXIAItD.
and'ln that way ho has encouraged mo
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unt;l I'm likely to lamo myself for llf the less easily could 1 reconcile any du
ll I don't stop golns to his place. ceptlon practiced upon such n girl with
. One day it was a war picture that he lay Id en of gentlemanly conduct. How
wns.nMklng. I was a Yankee shooting ever, I couldn't bring myself tr tell her
a Spaniard. When I began to pose, the who I was. for I w.os afraid she wolihl
gun I.orrimer gave me was Just an or- treat me differently If I did. and I was
dlnary rill p. Half an hour later it was more than satlslled with the situation
a lo Inch cannon, to judge by the exactly an It was.
. weight. We met frequently nt Lorrluier's stu
' - .lust ns 1 was on tho verge of col- dlo. Indeed we potu'd for. : U .tb,e llg
lapse the prettiest girl in the world ures In that long series of llhis'rations
walked Into the studio. That's the on- that he made for r.enton Ives' Inter
.V way to dedrlbe her. Mv heart didn't mlnable magazine serial. In half a
beat. for tun minutes after she came In. dozen sets of characters she wn.i the
I!ut Lori Imer w.;ll, you know him. loved and I the lover.
no meieiy noiiuou ins neaii lowarci a I was on my icnees neioro i.er until i
chair on the other side of the room and wore a hole In I.oirlmer's hard pine
went right on with his Job. lloor. 1 posed with my arm nrour. 1
Tho girl seemed to be used to that her. I kissed her hand. I was accept
kind of reception. Site walked, or gild- ed with maidenly reserve. 1 was re
ed, or floated, or whatever word Is good Jected with scorn. Iu fact, I passed
' enough to describe such a canlage as one half my time pretending to be In
she has. over to tho chair that ho had love with her and the other half try
Indicated and sat down Iu it. Ing not to bo, for It really wouldn't do.
iorrlrncr had posed mo In such a you know. I was fully aware of that.
way that I was pointing the gun ex- "Williams," said I.orrimer to me one
actly nt tho girl's head. . She didn't day, "you maku a great lover. You
scorn to mlud It much, but It was al- look the part."
together too thrilling for mo, and I And Alice laughed and said I was
gently shifted my, aim. tho most realistic niau In that capacl-
"Don't move! Don't movol" yelled ty that she had ever met.
IiOrrlmbr. "Get back to your pocc or I had made up my mind that tho
3'ou'll ruin everything." thing had gone far enough. Without
I didn't want to spoil his picture, so allowing myself to be an idiot nbout It
i ha&tlly resumed my position. Then 1 couldn't help noticing that AUcu wis
the girl started to move her chair, but becoming Interested In me. 1 couldn't
Lorrlmer called out: . let that go on.
"Keep still, Alice! Yon bother mo." Then there was another aspect of tho
And she subsided. This Interesting cao. I wanted to help her. I learned
situation lasted for about ten minutes, f.'om King that the poor little sl3ter
and then I.orrimer said "All right!" as was .worse, that she needed everything
if ho had been a hypuotlst and I hi that tlie rich can have and others can't
fitibject and ho jumped up and went and that there bad been some talk of
ncross tho room to shake hands with
tho girl.
'"Splendid model," I heard her whln
por. "Who is he?"
"Ills name's Williams," Lorrlmer re
plied. ."Shall I introduce him?"
Sho laughed and said "Certainly,"
and Lorrlmer gallop! through tho
form of an Introduction. I was pretty
warm by that time. In this democratic
laud professional models may bo as
good as anybody else, but I didn't care
to bo mistaken for one. It was espe
cially pnlnful that tho error should lo
made by a member of tho profession
who ought to know the trademark.
-'Perhaps I might have scorned her
.hdgmciit if sho had uot been so atro
ciously pretty and so well got up. I
I had not P'eognizod her as tho origi
nal of many female llgures In Lorri
nvr's pictures. I might have thought
tier an acquaintance of his In high so
ciety, despite her free and easy way c.f
wondering into a gentleman's studio
'and the brusque treatment corded
her.
In eohvprition she was as sweet r.s
she could be. She talked about at
with that superileial familiarity tlmt
leoplo got who frequent studios, yet I
Could ee IhiH she had coiiAderable ap
j!ic!atloii of what was really good.
When she mentioned poking, of
ouiw she gave the Idea that she did
It for amuspaient and because art
vor.ldu't K- art if she didn't, whereas
1 did It for a living and, being a pro-
feH!oDnl. could doubtless teach her a,
,UCJT '!::.. !"
(lit: at nothing. He'd let ?nsclf be-
(.1.11!
liiit l alive for the snke of getting a
tnut on tin sexton. The way lu which
h" t rooted me as If I were worth .""
nti tin lir.ni. nnrl nn ttinra w'ifi tuiMiltl
'I to see.
I fell in with Iilm to the best of my
hbillty. If tho girl couldn't tell the
llffennce between mu and a profes-
ipnal model, I would not point it out
M.er.. It struck me that ,h, might
tee' worse about it It she found out
FIELDING.
- .1 hustiiUo at ft later day. Meanwhile
treated her with the deference npprw-
priafe to uiy hutnblu station, i'ivl let
mo remark right here in paivnthcftla
that ik) deference 1 could slim,- to her
IT I ww tho solo ruler of the universe
would bo moiv than her duo.
However. 1 could not help cherishing
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.tlniato slu had luado of tne. and so j
was willing to let the lit tit; Joko ntu I
on. There was good sport for a few
dilutes, and then I positively hail to
rave.
I know that I should meet Alice-!
hadn't caught her last naiVio again in
1oiTlnicr's studio, and, as a nntter of
fact, sho was then; tho very next time
I called." That day LoTrimui'got us to
pose together for a society picture,
Miinethlug sweet and sentimental 1
bad the pleasure during almost an hour
of pa.lnx Into the softest brown eyes
In tho world, while I malntnlned a
loverllkc attitude that nearly bi-oko
my neck.
That evening Carleton Kln came
round to see ine nt my rooms, and from
him I learned some facts about I.orrj
nten's modcL Alice (Jray was lier
uanie, and she was well liked In all
1ho studios because she posed so well
for society stuff.
She had three swell dresses that
wero her business capital, and by
means of them and (he personal charm
that cave them grace she earned front
57 to $10 a week. ind she Intd- to.
take care of a little sister who wis an
Invalid.
I reflcctoo' quite serknisly upon this
Information, and the more I reflected
;i Mibscrlptlon among tho artists. Now,
of course I could have fixed that whole
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mutter, ana my pocuei wouiu ucwi
bnvt' known tho dWcronce. but I
oouliln t uo it m too cuaracier or a ;u
cwits sn hour model.
t liad decided Junt how and wlten I
should tell her all nbout it, and then.
of course. I did It exactly, as I wouldn't
have planned to do. We had left the
studio together and wore walking up
Droaitway Broadway, of all places for
hwaii ron jrR nEitz. ill. come uaus!"
ny homo, and I saw a pained look
In her faco,
"Alien," said I, "there's n secret I 1
must tell you, and now's the time. This
begins like h scene lu a melodrama,
but don't you lnugh. I've been sailing (
under false colors, and I want to hoist I
the true ones. I'm not a moJel. I
can't lay claim to that or any other
honest trade. I'm merely a rich fellow,
with nothing to do and no disposition
to do nuythlug even If I hnd It. 1 m
ne7ou hpd bylr ,f .the Willla.ys' J
ork3 JtboroIiuoiB Man nnd T.uat
nil
riust
coiuinuy. Do you see that bank right
neiwa the street?'' We happeuod to
be optoslte the Xluth National. "Well,
i tl it Nmk would cash my check for ri
it. t; ne." , ,
N'ntumlly when I sxke of the bank
In r eyes turned In that direction. In
k' ::'y fliu lnteirupted me with a
oil u p cry.
Walt." she exclaimed. "Walt for
ine berel I'll come baekl"
-Vud she darted across the street re
fiinhSR of cable cars and lesser com
mctvHl juggernauts, t he disappeared
1'.. the Ninth National bank building,
ni.d a motn-aiu Inter, regardless of her
rcjue-tt, I rushed nfter her.
Tho situation was too much for me.
It Ion4;.'!! as If the girl had gone ncross
.o l::qu!ro what my balance was, which
yo.i will admit would have been a very
unusual proceeding. I could not find
her In the bank, and the ldng of the
elcvatora In the main hall said that he
had won no jone answering thnt de
scription. 'After a fruitless search I
returned to tho spot whoro wo had
parted, regretting 'deeply my folly la
' ever having left It. Alice did not np-
pt ivr.
f)n reaching my home In tho llelle
nlre apartments late that afternoon
the halllwv handed me n letter that
had lieon addressed to mo there "In
care of the janitor." Tho envelope
bnre the natno of the Drayton Car
Wheel company, and the letter within
merely requested John Williams to call
at the otllce on a matter that might
pvon to Ik! considerably to his advan
tage. I knpw Charley Drayton of that com
pany very slightly, but hnd never met
his Mther, who Is the head of the firm.
I juilnd that young Drayton had dic
tated a note to me about some club
matter mid that a stupid secretary had
mixed It with, some other.
Doing liown town the next day. I
called at the Drayton, company's of
fice. Charley was not In, but the old
gentleman was Just pausing by as 1
gave my navie to the boy at the rail.
"Williams? WilliamsV" said he.
"Oh., yes: let him come In."
I followed the pompous old fellow
Into his ollicw. lie seated himself and
beamed upon mo through powerful
glasM'it, which, however, appeared not
to quite remedy the defects of his
vision.
"Williams." said he, "I have been In
formed by ."-a person lu whose opin
ion I have the greatest confidence, that
you are r. very worthy fellow."
"Duu't you ever have confidence In
that powm's oplnlsn again," said I.
"lie's off his base."
The old mail's Jaw dropped.
"More likely perhaps he was refer
ring to somebody else." I continued.
''! am .lack Williams, loafer, and any
clubman In town will tell you that I'm
uo good at any honest work, for I
in .
miK cmxjKKu iina-m- suddenly at bight
ok mi:.
take It, my dear sir, from your .man
ner, that under some strange misap
prehension you were about to offer mo
a Job."
"Well t thnt Is Mr. Williams," he
wtr.mmered, "to be perfectly frank with
nl
.ou inv daughter, wl
,'m ;,u(Ho of wr c
who sometimes vis-
coualu, Mr. Horace
Lorrlmer. told me thnt you were earn
in a precarious living ns an artist's
mode! and that sho lielleved you calla
ble of better things."
May I nsk. Mr. Drayton, If you have
seen your daughter since yesterday?"
"N'o. sir; no, sir; 1 have not. I spent
the night out of town. I am told by a
young man who was here a few min
utes ago that my daughter nanowly
lulled tne yesterday afternoon at the
Ninth National bank. She saw me
from acrosa the street or something, of
that sort. 1 don't fancy it could have
related to this matter."
"Dat it did," said I. "Miss Drayton
had Just been Informed that 1 did not
nets! work, and she wanted to tell you
about it In a hurry, knowing that oth
erwise she mightn't see you till today."
At that moi.M'iit Alice herself burst
Into the ofllce. She checked herself
maidenly at sight of me and stooil
there looking from one to the other
of us. . .
"Well. I hope you and father have
had a good time." said sle at 1:1st.
"We haven't quarreled yet," said I.
"lie's offered mo a Job, but It Isn't the
hip I want."
"What's that?"
"I want him to engage tne as a son
Jnlaw." lie looked at the second button of
ny waUteoM for about a quarter of a
inlnuie and then up into my face agalu
"I hare already recommended you
highly for any position," .!ip wild.
So that was all settled, and nothing
1-,'inalnisl but to square accounts with
I.orrimer mid Ids assistant liar, C'atle
to:i Kins.
Canute Ine.
'Taps." raid Tommy Northslde. who
hod been ivadlng news from the Aliun
de slior. "what kind of a steamrr Is
a enn:-twlse steamer?"
"A steamer ,w,We enough Jp Iliep .itT
the rocks a!oilr Hie coast."' iep'.i-d Mr,
NorthHkU', - I'itl-fburg Clu-frnKdc-Tele.-
kick
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A LUNATIC'S IMITATION.
It Ijickeil IMiilnh nil Gut HlinneK
uiii! a Tlilet Inlo iVoiitile.
A l'aris correspondent fpils an Inter
pfillng story of how u shop thief was
captured recently at the Don Marc he
In circumstances that lu all probability
are unique. One of thu private detect
ives in tho pay of tho establishment
uoticed a man who, with the moat
barefaced effrontery, was appropriat
ing article of every description. Tho
Individual Indeed seemed to make lit
tle or tin attempt to keep ids operations
wciet. lie simply walked from coun
ter to counter and tilled his pockets
with whatever attracted his fancy.
In splto of the strangeness of the
man's proceedings there wns nothing
to lie done hut to have hint nrrgsfed,
mid he was given Into custody. Ills In
dignation was extreme. He protested
that It was most unjust that he should
be Interfered with In thin way when
other people who wero behavlng-ln ex
actly the saino manner wove left un
molested, nnd ho pointed to a. stout
gentleman of most respectable appear
ance who he asserted had been lay
ing his hands on all sorts of goods
without resorting to the formality of
paying for them.
The policeman io whom ho hnd been
given In charge had been accustomed
to listening lit unconvincing explana
tions and took Ids prisoner to tho sta
tion. A few minutes later the stout
gentleman, also in the care of a police
man, arrived at the same destination.
Tho detective, whose curiosity had
been aroused, had watched 'the per
sonage and had found It to be true that
lie was perpetrating theft after theft
with tho utmost dexterity.
After n short Investigation he was
recognized to bo an expert and notori
ous shoplifter, whereas the prisoner
llrst arrested proved to lie a lunatic
but recently discharged from an asy
lum, whose mania took the form of
Imitating any person who 'might hap
pen to strike him. The professional
thief was beside himself with rage at
what lie described as the bad luck of
getting into trouble through tho vaga
ries of a madman.
GLASS BULB BOMBS.
Sriurd tJiu Man Wlui I'scil Them
tint
jiiMiilHh.l the UtirIiir.
"Of all the outlandish weapons over
employed In a light," said a business
man of the south side, "I think I
brought the most, fantastic on record
Into play one night last week. My
family Is away pu a visit at present,
and I am keeping bachelor hail out at
the house. On tho night tu which 1 re
fer I was aroused at about-:; a. m. by a
noise somewhere in the region of the
dining room, and, thinking I had shut
up the dog theie, I jumped up very
foolishly and came down stairs In my
nightclothes without so 'much ns n
pocket knife.
"When 1 opened the dining room
door, I was startled to see a big, rough
looking man bending over the side
board at the far.-end of the room, and
after we had sfoo;! there en tableau for
n. moment tho fellpw made a rush at
me. 1 leaped back Into the hall and
glared around for a weapon. On a ta
ble near by were a do:en iiuaiutescont
light bulb:;, which I had brought home
lo replace some that had burned out,
and purely by Instinct I grabbed one of
them and throw it at the burglar. It
hit the door easing close to his head
and, to my amazement, exploded witli
a noise like n young iyddlto shell.
"I suppose it was a still greater sur
prise .tfi tho other fellow, for he let out
a yell and broke for the rear, followed
by a rapid lire bombardment of 10 cau
dle power Ineandeseents, which I con
tinued to chuck at him ns long as he
remained In range. They smashed'
against the furniture with a series of
crashes that alarmed tho whole neigh
borhood, and 1 have been gathering up
fragments of broken glass ever since.
"Tho burglar must have thought I
was chasing htm with hand grenades.
It was the llrst time 1 ever knew In
eandeseents made such a row when
they broke. An electrician tells me It
is caused by tho air .rushing into tho
vacuum." New Orlcaus Tluiea-DeniQ-crat.
IIIn I'hflcNx IfnH Dime, l
"It isn'.t safe to start out without r,
pocketful of pennies any more," re
marked a member. of the house tho
other day. "Yet I call remember that
when 1 came down Into this section, of
the country iu army blue In ltiG'J a' 5
cent piece was very small potatoes.
We were camped stwhllo out then In
Virginia, and uiy headquarters were In
the big plantation home. A son of tho
hum and myself became wood friend,
although he was T and I nearly KB. One
day In lieu of the candy which I had
forgotten to bring blm from the near
by town 1 gave hint a silver half dime.
I had forgotten all about the Incident,
when some two weeks litter he came
into my loom nn.l. opening his hand,
held out to me on UU jlttle pink palm
the silver piece 1 hnd given him.
'Heali. y.v. Captain, you can have It
back." he said plaintively, 'It won't
buy uuliiu.' " Washington Star.
ItllxUlll'N CJl.l'l'ONl(y.
The late .lohn Itusklu gave away a
great deal of money during Ids life.
Many years his annual Income froir,
his pen alotie was i&'O.OOO, hut III' lived,
on )e.s thai) a tenth of that ntipmnt.
Indeed, he used to say that a gentle
man ought to be able (o live on $." a
day. If he could not, he deserved
spuedlly to die.
A Way Out of It.
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