THE COURIER.
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Cat (the worst quarter in London) with She thought of the tears in the child-
her diamond crown on and all her fine ish blue eyes. That was the way she
things, and nobody ud think of touchin would feel if Frank were going away,
'em!" As for the Prince, he made him- Thskias picture came out very well,
self very nice, indeed. Ho trotted about not quite clear because of the short ex-
amoncr the men. savins, when thev cot posure. But it could bo identified.
Frank bad a good laugh over it, so the
artist was satisfied and set it up on the
table in her room.
Tho two in the picturo could hardly
be expected to observe very carefully
what was going on around them. But
thoy had such a chanco.
It was a pity they had to be eo wrap
ped up in themselves. They could have
Eeen the artist stare at herself in the
of them began to cry glass eometimes with a pale, dishearten
When two little maimed ed face. They could have eeen her one
evening, burn three letters over tho
lamp. They could have heard her in
the middle of tho night cry with her
face buried in tho pillow. But they
were absorbed in tbeir own love Affair.
up from the tables to greet him:
'No, no; just you sit down and get on
with your dinntr." After the meal he
said to those near him: "Now, then, get
your pipes; don't mind us; have a good
time."
But one of the nicest affaire was ths
feast for the Cripples' Home. The poor
waifs were so much impressed when they
saw the pretty and good things provid
ed that many
quite bitterly.
creatures were lifted up the steps to
present flowers to the Princess, she and
they all cried together, and she just put
her arms around them end hugged them.
Afterward, one small boy, being dread
fully anxious to give her something of They stood there on the table and kissed
his very qwn, begged her to have half each other steadily all'night till the art-
his glass of lemonade! She sat down by ist woke in the morning and came and
him and shared it with him. It must turned them to the wall. Since Frank
have been pretty to see her. The peo- did not love her any more, she could not
pie who call the Princess cold ought to bear to see the other two lovers kissing
catch a glimpse of her at such times. each other and happy.
The picture was turned to tho wall for
six months. The artist came and went
with never a glance at the little Swede
She almost forgot
The Artist.
She is the artist of the family; that
is, she calls herself the artist,- and in- girl and her lover.
sists that the family must, too. She
spends her days in a photographer's
"studio," npt a real first class studio,
but one of tho little upstairs places
where the walls are whitewashed a dirty
blue and the skylights are too little to
let in much light. As the photographer
makes a specialty of tin types, lovers in
numerable Btumble up the steps to dit
them. She had other things to think
about. She was learning to make her
work in the gallery fill her life bo that
she would not miss the other things that
had gone out. It was not easy, but in
time things would smooth themselves
over.
Sho sat retouching ono day in the
spring, Mer bacx was toward the study
together blushing and happy before the door and she sang softly to herself as
camera. she worked. So she heard or saw noth-
It was from one of theso pairs of lov- ing, till she felt a touch on her shoulder
era.that the artist of the family learned end heard an uncertain
her lescon. I said "from one of these
pa!ra of 'lovers." To be more exact I
should have said two pairs; or to be
more exact still, a pair and a half.
They came one afternoon in "Fair
time," the girl with her plain, white
dres?, dusty from a half day spent at the
fair grounds. Sho was a pretty little mechanically.
thing, rosy cheeked and ilaxen -Haired. A troop of cynical
She and her lover talked in some lan
guage that tho artist could not under
stand, Swedish, perhaps, or Danish.
The lover was tall and smiling and awkward.
They Bat very close together, while
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bne stood up. It was the little Swedo
girl's lover. And the girl it was not
the Swede girl at all, but another with
black eyes.
The artist went about her task
thoughts came
crowdirg into her brain. Ho had
evidently not gone away. Ho had found
something too attractive here perhaps.
He was not so confident with this girl
or not so much in love. Tho artist wait
ed in vain for them to kiss. She took
the artist busied herself behind the (ho negative and they went away look
black hangings of the camera. They fag uncomfortable and ill at ease with
thought, of course, that she could not each other, tie had spoken cf the black
Bee them, and just as the artist had fin- eyed girl as his wife. Ho was married
khed adjusting the lens the boy leaned then. Aud what of the little Swede
suddenly forward and kissed the pretty girl?
girl on her lips. The artist could only gu;ss. She was
It was mean of the artist. But the 60rry. But still! The tittlo Swede girl
kiss was.so long and lingering. The waa much too true hearted for this man
who had married within six months.
And Frank perhaps after all it would
turn out for tho best. She no longer
cried in the middle of tho night. And
it was a hopeful sign that eha. could
laugh when sho thought how complete
a parallel there had been in the two sets
when a roan
a street car
sLe will sit down and look as if Bhe was
the most ill-UBed woman in the world.
Sho never thinki to thank him, and
looks daggers at hi a if ha happens to
brush her dress when ho moves away
or it the crowd jostles bim up against
her. But the other day I saw a woman
who was an exception. She came into
the car and stood in the doorway for a
few seconds. Then a young man got
un.and offered her his seat. Her face
grew radiant with smiles, and Bhe al
most screamed at him in a piercing
tone of voice:
"Now you iest keep vour seat. I have
a theory"
Here the car eave a lurch and she
was thrown against the side of tho door.
She soon recovered, howover, and went
on.
"I have a theory my ticket? Oh,
hero it is,' and she fumbled around try
ing to find her pocket and at the same
time hitting every one around her with
her sharp elbows and umbrella handle
besides getting the large flower in her
hat in several people's faces.
She finally got her ticket, aud after
giving it to the conductor she continued
her talk.
"Yes, I have a theory that men who've
paid their money for a Beat in a car
have '
"Have my seat, madam," said a tall
man, getting up.
"No, thanky. You've as much right
to it as me and I ain't agoin' to take it.
My theory is that a man's as good bb a
woaan and has as much right to a seat
as a woman. Keep your seat, sir. That's
my theory."
How much longer she kept it up I do
not know, for, luckily for me, I left the
car at this time. IIarki kt Cooke.
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camera was all ready, and one extra neg
ative cost so little.
When the kiss was over the artist
withdrew her head from tho camera and
said calmly that she was ready now;
wonld they please smile and sit very
still while she took the picture. After
wards thoy went away the girl Etaying 0f lovers.
behind a moment to whisper: "He,goas
avay, home again, soon. Dat is vy we
have the picture."
The whisper ended in a tremor and
tears cratlnred in her blue eyes. The
She looked at tho kis-ing picture that
night and wondered what the effect
would bo ii she Bent it accidently among
the pictures of the Swede girl and his
black eyed wife. But she put aside
the temptation and left the picture
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artist Bmiled sympathetically and stood where it was with its face out. Beside
quite still as the two walkeJ down the it later, she set ono of tho other pictures,
stairs. She felt just a little guilty as She had learned her lesson, that lovers
she developed the two negatives. But
he wanted to show the kissing scene to
Fiank. -
She smiled happily when she thought
of Frank. After all those other two
were lovers just sb truly as she and
Frank were. If they paid less attention
to the little conventionalities of high
society, the difference was one of degree
not of kind. Undoubtedly there was
higher society whose niceties were be
yond Frank and herself.
are tno same tno world over the
pictures would help her remember.
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