By. JAMES OLIVER
RG OE TE REE REE REE DORIRD
(Copyright, 1915, by W. G. Chapman.)
“Ha! Very capable work. What is
that name in the corner?” inquired St.
Clair, the famous painter, inspecting
the work curiously with his short-
sighted eyes.
“Rennie, Mr. St. Clair.”
“Rennie? I never heard of him. But
he'll make his mark some day, if he
keeps on like that.”
It was at the annual exhibition of
the Amateurs’ club. Rennie had been
painting for five miserable years. His
works had gone to the Fifth
dealers, and brought him just enough
to keep him from starvation. Patient,
loving Muriel, in their home town,
might have to wait indefinitely before
he could send for her to be married.
For three years Rennie had exhib-
{ted at the club, but never before had
his painting even been noticed. This
year St. Clair, ki
cepted an invitation
words filled Rennie,
near, with St. Clair had nc
the worth of his work. A word
St. Clair would make him famous.
The next day he carried his picture
back to his garret. And he
nd thought over the scl
been hatching in his brain.
He was desperate.
going worse than ever
riel, faithful as
grow impatient.
to him, to ghare his |
It was the
to attend.
who was waiting
joy.
+d
sat
8 had been
with him Mu
She wanted
wert)
letter of a lonely
doubt her lover's
For the first time sh
doubt—Ren wuld
tween the lines
He would
1
lair—not
» gald
ginning to lovalty
begun
that
e& had
nie c« ead
had praised,
the over
wild horses,
spent
=u)
a
Ever With Him,
spirit of the steeds, St Cla
not but praise it. He had he
travagant reports of his gene
struggling artists, A word {
and fame would be his, an
and Muriel
Filled wi
ered his big plctare under hi
hurried through the
painter's studio on Madison
But when he reached it he
St. Clair was holding some
reception. People were flocking in
and out, women fashionably dressed
and men attired in silk hats and frock
coats.
Rennie stood upon the sidewalk in
indecision, holding his picture He
knew that if he turned back he would
never gather courage to repeat his ex-
ploit. Emboldened by his need, he en-
tered, and, in the hall, standing among
a crowd of guests, was 8t, Clair.
The old man appeared to take in the
situation at a glance, for he came up
to Rennie and held out both his hands
cordially.
“Won't you coms intc my
he inquired, and,
th the inspiration; he gath
arm and
to the
avenue
that
gtreeis
saw
* ,
sort of
studio?”
dismissing
ly manner, he led the
elevator, which ran swif
top of the house, where
front of an open door.
“Now, gir?” Inquired 8t. Clair,
blandly, yet looking keenly upon his
guest,
“Mr. 8t. Clair,” the young man burst
out mpetuously, “you were kind
enough to praise my picture, ‘Lantern
Light,’ at the Amateurs’ club yester
day.”
“Indeed, I remember it very well,
Mr.—Mr. Rennie,” sald the old man.
Then Rennie was amazed at the tor
rent of words that flowed from his
lips. He told him everything, about
his desperate struggle, even about Mu-
riel, and ended by saying how a few
words of praise from him would make
his fortune. “And I have brought you
my masterpiece,” he ended naively.
8t. Clair was much moved. He laid
his hands in a fatherly manner on
Reunie's shoulders,
way into the
tly up to the
it stopped In
“1 won't offer an opinion now,
gald, “because I am under the influ
ence of the story that you have told
me. 1 want to get the dispassionate
view of a critic. Will you intrust your
pleture with me until tomorrow?”
Stammering out his gratitude, Ren-
nie withdrew. His last memory was
of the old man's kindly smile and the
warm shake of the hand. All that
afternoon he trod upon alr,
He hardly slept that night, and the
next morning waited feverishly for
the postman, St. Clair had promised
to write him a note as soon as he had
examined the picture. Of course the
letter could not by any possibility ar
rive till afternoon, but Rennie was in
that state of elation when the impos
gible seems certainty.
He paced the streets after the post
man had gone, waiting for the next
delivery. At the news stand he picked
up his morning paper. On the front
page he read the news of St. Clair's
death. The old man had had a stroke
of apoplexy the evening before.
Rennie let the paper fall from his
hands and tears
down his face.
hope gone! St Clair dead,
all had depended!
"”
His
to go for his
to his amazement,
The butler referred
lair's lawyer, who 1
story with a quiet smile.
“You must realize, Mr. Rennie,
can bring some proof that
yours
You did
his
g8 you
not sign it, you
“But it
nie.
The law yer shrugeed his shoulders
“All Mr. St. Clair's paintings are to be
d,” he sald. “You will hs
action | i patter
frankly, no jury
have son
More
d Ren
was not finished,” eri
And,
will be
lieve you less vou
dence to
you
for
ie
forward. than
cution
nl came.
er the
was
f them
iasm
the unf
ics g
ave tl
C MIE PE ti 100
2's own deals
for tw
over
w led
ating in
his painting, and released
¥ »
ir ¢ n
agement.
yur lawyer told
He thought you
ut as soon as he
I remembered,
Rennie,
me abi
were an impostor
“Mr.
best and
the night he died-
suddenly, you know
ing to speak to me
and he imble
aged to make out what me w
to say. He said that a pict
studio had been painted oy
catch the name
that, in
it to be
you had
given you no receipt for it
“1 have written a Jette r to the news
papers, and means
the painting Ee £0 to
Rennie did not know how he replied
He remembered taking her hands in
his and thanking her a thousand tines
And when she left it was with the un-
derstanding that Rennie was to con-
sider her his friemd-—always, she sald.
Hardly had she gone before the
postman brought
riel this time.
read that she
never think other
wait a dozen more years if necessary.
“Only I hope to see you, dear, al
most as soon as you get this letter.”
she said, “because my uncie has left
me five hundred dollars, and 1 am
taking the morning train to New York,
and I want you to meet me at geven
o'clock in the evening at the station.
And, dearest, remember that five hun-
dred dollars will go far, and what Is
mine is yours.”
Rennie had never been so happy as
when he was wildly sprinting to meet
the seven o'clock train. And he knew
in his heart that Muriel would never
return, alone, to Freeport.
Biggest Borrower,
New York is the largest city borrow-
or in the world, It borrowed more
than $650,000,000 in 1913. It is also
the largest land owner within the city
limits, holding property valued at
$1.425.491,309,
my husband was the
justest man in the world
the
very
could only mi
vas trying
-] eouldn’t
but it was yours—and
he died, he didn't want
as his, especially since
case
sold
you.”
it, Rennie
he must
Opening
loved him,
wise,
U.S. STAND MAY
HIT BLOW AT WAR
Freedomof Seas Would Remove
One Cause of Fight.
ANXIOUS TO END WAR
Germany's Answer On Arable
note—If This Is Satistactory, Ap-
To England Would
Follow,
Key.
peal
Washington
in official and
that general
be set in
belief
circles
negotiations
motion among the
nations of Europe if the United States
hing
tanding
Lrowing
diplomatic
peace
here
may
succeeds In reas
factory
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POLK TO BE COUNSELOR
New
Department
Secretary Announces
Member
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Lansing
Of State
ARABIC SURVIVORS SAIL.
Leaves Liverpool! With All
Berths Occupied.
jon The American Line
ch salled for New York
Wednesday, had on
yf survivors of the
all the
were occupied
who had
however,
at the
what were cot
Paul
tear
Lond
er St. Paul, wi
from Liverpool
umber
Arabic
berths on the St. Paul
board a
steamer
number of passengers en
gaged accommodations,
coeled their passage
moment owing to
can
last
sider
the more acute relations be
ted States and Gert
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here
tween the Un
arising from the gi
PRUSSIAN LOSS 1,740,836
Of 42.245.
The Prus
from number 302
the names of 40,
and missing,
Amsterdam, via London
sian fats,
to number
245 killed
cording to the
The
published up to
1.740.836 killed,
says the paper
be added the
No. 214, the
casualty
309, give
wounded ac
number of Prus.
August
Courant total
glan
mounitia
and missing
above must
casualty list
No. 184, and
247 and the naval list No. 44
losses
to
To the
Saxon
ACCUSED OF WRECKING BANK,
President and Cashier Alleged To
Have Taken $100,000,
Houstone. Texas —H. J. Bolton, presi
dent, and B. B. Taylor, cashier of the
Wharton National Bank, of Wharton,
Texas, were charged with conspiracy
to embezzle and misapply funds of the
bank amounting to $100,000. The in
stitution was closed recently by the
Comptroller of the Currency. The ae
cused officials were held in bonds of
$15,000 each.
3 POWDER MILLS |
BLOWN 10 PIECES
Explosions at Wilmington, Del.,
and Action, Mass.
ssem—
TWO KILLED AT THE DU PONT
Officials Of the Du Point Powder Com.
pany Do Not Believe the Explo-
sion At Their Two Mills Caused
By Any Deliberate Action.
Wilmington With
could be heard
milis of the Du
Company, drandywine
three this city,
killing
456, married,
Hugh Gill
terrifice
for
reporis
miles two
at its
miles west of explod
Sunday mornir Lawrence
ng,
ham,
Clay
zieton,
Cunning
Henry
of Hn
been
aged
and
Pa
determined
The has
CRUKG
Several hundred
pounds of powder of a i rful brand
were stored In each
PLANT CRIPPLED
losion Believed Result Of
To Halt Work.
FRANCE TAKES KING'S ESTATE
Property C Cerman Prin
Adm
ces Will Be
nistered
State
TO INCREASE RANGE OF GUNS
Main Batteries Of Battleships To Have
Elevation Of 30 Degrees.
batteries of
¢
Washingt
herea
30 degree
swreaent angle
a decision
i: « Xperts, it %
all av able
1 engage
rever pos
men
truction
fitted
be similarly
FRANK INQUEST FUTILE.
Are Unknown,
Wi
one
Marietta, Ga thout
from any
to the
to elicit
identity of any
h the
clue as
on connected wit
Leo M. Frank, a coroner's jury
od a verdict that Frank came
death by hanging at the hands
parties unknown ‘ity and county
cials testified A they had endeavor
ed diligently to get at the facts of the
but that so far their efforts
Bera
Pers
io
ivnching,
BAD SMASH UP ON N a Ww.
Fireman Kliled and Passengers In.
jured In Collision Near Gary.
Bluefield, W. Va-—Norfolk and
Western pasenger train No. 1 was in
collision with a freight train near
Gary, W. Va. The passenger Cars
wore smashed and the engines locked
together and rolled down the bank
Fireman T. M. Balley was caught
under the engine and instantly killed
A score or more of passengers were
injured.
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MEXICANS MAY
ATTORNEYS,
D, » roamemy
mLaven?Th GB
Boones
Peaceful Way.
DEMAND OF U. S. IS HEEDED
According To Advices Favorable Let
ters Have Been Received From
All Of the Mexican Lead-
ers Except Carranza,
Wa
conference
The Pan-American
Mexican affairs
shington
on will
sortly be reassembled ider
carrying
to the
public
ved
to cons
out the peace plan proposed
l
various factions It
Favorable replies have
from V
leaders and the
ii the re
recs Zapata and their
"ni
{11e
ila
jential
rit ios
of Bron
rities promit
82 AIRMEN DROP BOMBS
Raid
French Sa jadron, In On German
Arms Factory
19 SHIPS SUNK IN WEEK.
14 Steamers Of
Days
week
Down
in Two
U-Boats Send
47.698 Tons
August
deat
The
woasfy
wee
was On the mos Ger
man underwater craft have had
the cot ment of the
ence wa
r
with a total gross
sunk by
19 and 20
Arabic
British and
ral flags
teen
of 47.608 Grermar
August
them was
nage were
submarin
largest
the
the
of ne
of vessels were
sailed under neut
GERMAN RESERVIST HELD.
Pictures Of Fortress.
Kapsch, a
instr
institu.
Washington Gustav
young German ¢ mployed Ak an
maker by the Carnegie
here, was arrested by agents
the Department of Justice, charged
with violating the Federal law for pro-
tection of national defenses by
making pictures of military reserva
tions. He was held in $5,000 bail, and
will be sent to Norfolk for trial in the
United States District Court there
men
tion
the
MRS. EDITH SPRECKELS WEDS,
Frank W. Wakefield's Bride a Few
Hours After Divorce.
Honolulu. Mrs. Edith Spreckels,
who Wednesday secured a final de
cree of divorce from John D. Spreck.
els. Jr. of Ban Francisco, was mar
ried here Thursday to Frank W. Wake.
field, also of San Francisco, The cere
mony was performed at a hotel where
Mrs. Spreckels had been residing by
Gilbert Waller, presiding elder of the
Reorganized Mormon Church.
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