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ItVhen a man, wants position,
Two questions do they ask
Df whom ha seeks employment,
Of bis fitness for the task,
(As to theory or promise
! Or talk of high-flown hue
I (They hnve no care, but ask him, j
"What is it you can do?" .
If he knows his worth and tells them,
Still one more demand is theirs,
Before they will intrust him
1 'With important business cares,
I land of all his sterling merits
Is this imnortnnt one.
If he tells of facts accomnlished:
, i When asked, "What have you done?"
I lialtiniore American,
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ft BUILD LHUMlLMLlUi ?
J Telling ol t Girl, Two Men and Two J,
4 Pictures. I
"Which do you think she will
choose, Jack?"
Dick Halston turned from the two
oil paintings as he spoke and looked
Inquiringly at his friend.
The latter raised his eyebrows and
lightly shrugged his shoulders,
"Honestly, I never thought she
.would agree to our proposal," went
on the first speaker, nervously,
, Jack Steadman laughed.
-a woman a love oi novelty, dick.
4.Y(ew moments passed In unbro-
By ARTHUR HALES.
(ten sili
f again.
"Hang 1
can't stand
Lhalf-past t
ntil after
9lick, I
imhattan.
then Halston spoke
all!" he burst out, "I
his suspense! It Is only
and she won't be here
our. I'll tell you what,
going to run down to
This waiting ts making
as nervous as a woman. I shall
-' a fool of myself it she chooses
r painting, lou aon t mina ;
No."
But the word was reluctantly spo
p. However, Halston did not no-
e It. He caught up his hat.
Good-bye, old chap. And you will
me know as soon as possible? If
hooses your painting, just wire
ne word, 'mine,' and If luck is
me, 'yours,' I shall understand
i wrung his friend's hand.
ood luck to you, Jack although
rmeans the reverse to me, doesn't
f
TJKe door slammed behind him,
nu Steadman heard him bound
own the steep stairs two steps at a
me. He gave a low whistle, heaved
sigh, and then, thrusting his hands
ito his pockets, he fell into pro-
ought.
two artists had long loved the
irl and she could not choose
i them. The state of affairs
the trio grew from bad to
until there came a day when
wo friends said that it was un
able, that she was ruining their
rs, and they implored her to
sent to a plan which they pro-
ed. Their proposal was that they
puld each paint her portrait from
mory. No names were to be af-
d to the pictures, and when they
.finished she was to choose be-
frhem. The artist whose paint-
chose .was to he her husband.
demurred for a while, but in
p gave her consent.
he had not gone," mut-
Uman. "It's awfully hard
re alone."
and paced the length of
several times, coming at
standstill before the two
tie canvases a girl s lovely
ll out. In the actual paint-
was little, if anything, to
ween them; yet, in looking
oie; ypif involuntarily waited
the girl to apeak; in the oWer,
you expected no such thing.
"How on earth did Dick get the
soul into his?" exclaimed Steadman
savagely. "It is splendid," he mut
tered, "splendid!"
He turned abruptly and fell to pac
ag toe studio again. The girl's eyes
f seemed to follow him with a halt
mischievous smile at his discomfiture.
He threw himself Into a chair with
bis back to the pictures. But soon,
ss if against his will, he had moved
the chair so as to face them again.
"Vt doesn't she come?" be cried
cely, starting to his feet
hen si demon rose up within him
d whispered:.
"What If she chooses his? Tou
now it Is the better. Look at that
om she holds so carelessly in her
ngersj can you not fancy that you
mell its fragrance? Don't you ex
act her to steD out of the canvas
speak to you?"
Vteadman drew his hand across his
Brow. ,
"No one would be the wiser," the
.voice went on. "Dick would go
abroad at once. Tou know he sword
be would. Then something could
bappen to the paintings a fire
V ... a l . . . .
i wuuia ue uescroyea. Better
(" pluck the flower that he has run
svwayfrom! He was not man enough
game out. Treachery?
They' would never suit
u you could, you
to see the
Nonsense!
each other" ,
.would
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,happy. You feel
lr side you coald
e studio to the
by side.
he cried,
lovely eyes
mischievously,
rom below, fol-
tread of dainty
irs.
lied himself to
gether with a guilty start, and hur
riedly drew a curtain before the two
pictures. Then he went to welcome
the anxiously awaited visitors.
"Oh, Dick has bolted," be said,
with a somewhat forced laugh, in
answer to Ethel's glance of inaulry
round the studio.
"Bolted?"
There was surprise, anger and
consternation in the girl's voice.
"There was no necessity for that,"
she remarked coldly.
"You misunderstand me," inter
rupted Steadman. "Dick has only
run down to Manhattan until after
your decision."
"Poor Dick," murmured Ethel to
herself.
"Indeed," she said aloud, with a
contemptuous little pout.
, Her good nature returned and she
chatted gayly.
"Now," said Jack Steadman, going
over to the easels and laying his
hand on the curtain, "will you choose
between these two pictures? Ethel,"
he said, turning to her aunt, but look
ing at the girl, "has promised to
marry the man whose portrait of her
self she chooses."
The old lady bowed, and Ethel
uiurmurea an luuuuiuie assent.
Steadman drew aside the curtain
with a hand that shook, despite his
utmost endeavors.
A simultaneous burst of admira
tion broke from both ladles.
"They are beautiful!" cried the
elder lady. "Look at that one,
Ethel! My dear child, it is a living
likeness of your own sweet self."
And Steadman's face grew gray,
for she pointed to Halston's picture.
"Far too beautiful for me, aun
tie," whispered the girl, for once
abashed. ,
But Steadman, looking at her,
thought bitterly that it was not love
ly enough, and his breath came short
as the shadowy thoughts of a few
moments since took shape.
"Which do you choose?" he asked
her in a curious, hard voice.
There was a moment of awful sua
pense, then Ethel answered low and
hesitatingly:
"I ought , to choose that one,"
pointing to the unhappy artist's own
painting, "for it is less beautiful, and,
therefore, must be more like me. But
oh!" with sudden rapture, "I cannot
help but choose this! It is lovely!"
"Lovely!" chimed in her aunt.
"And look at that rose, dear! Have
you ever seen anything so exquisite
ly painted?"
"It is like the one I gave Dick the
other night," faltered the girl.
There was a flush on her cheeks
and a light In her eyes.
"Yes, it Is the same," said Stead-
man quietly. . "I begged it of Dick
to put in my-picture. Its color was
so perfect." '
"Your picture?"
There was a note of despair in tha
girl's voice.
"Yes; mine."
Had either lady looked they would
have observed the ghastly pallor of
Steadman's face and the tense set of
his mouth. 1
' But the old lady was still lost in
admiration of the painting, and Ethel
had turned aside to hide the sudden
clouding of her eyes.
"Come, Ethel, we must be going,"
said her aunt, and she shook hands
warmly with Steadman, saying: 'I
congratulate you heartily on your
great success and also on winning so
sweet a wife. And you, Ethel, are a
fortunate girl to have won so gifted
a husband!"
Age had dulled her eyes. She did
not notice that anything was amlsi
with the girl, and neither ot them no
ticed the man.
"Good-bye, Ethel!"
There was an exultant gleam in
his eye. Mechanically the girl held
out her hand to her future husband.
Her Hps moved, but no sound es
caped them, and with a slight inclin
ation of her head she followed her
aunt. 1
"A telegram, sir."
"Thanks."
For a moment Dick Halston held
the flimsy envelope in his fingers,
turning it this way and that, dread
ing to open it.
"What a coward I am!" he mut
tered, and with a sudden resolution
he tore it open..
At first he was only able to srrasD
the one Word: "Yours." Then he
read further:
"Come to the studio at once. Im
portant"
"Jack, old man! Jack, where are
you? Where are you?"
It was Halston's voice calling, as
he looked round the empty studio.
But he received no answer. Then his
eyes fell upon a letter addressed to
himself la Steadman's handwriting.
He . opened it, wondering what it'
meant. . .
"Dick," he read, "forgive me! The
temptation was too great and I tell.
I claimed your picture as mine. Your
love for her will make you under
stand. But, thank heavenl I repent
ed before it was too late. Good-bye,'
and forgive me if you can. I'm oft
for Europe. Show her this letter.
"JACK STEADMAN." .
And Dick Halston understood and
forgave. New York News.
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