THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA,. OREGON,
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1007.
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6 A St. Valentine's Diy Story
X By HOWARD FIELDING.
9 Copyright, 1903. by Cnwlw V. Uooke.
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ITAUSEI) outside the door of Aus
teu'i studio aud fixed a dollar
bill so that a corner of it would
tick out of my waistcoat pocket
There was no use asking tiltu whether
be needed money. lie. would always
repel the Insinuation, even when be
hadn't bad any luncheon and was fierce
eyed with hunger. Neither could be be
caught by an open deploy of coin or
bills, but If a bit of money was in
sight and Austeu didn't know that the
owner thereof was aware of it be
would betray bis need by occasional
glances full of gentle and path :ic long
ing. Let me baateu to say that Austen
was not a failure tu the oniluary, old
fashioned wity. He used to make a
good living from illustrations, cover
designs and the better kind of pot boil
ing in general, but be bad a serious ill
ness, and while be lay unconscious
some of bis friends became overanx
ious and called iu too much medical
talent Iu the present state of the
world Austeu might better have died,
perhaps, than have contracted such a
heavy debt. He paid It and hadn't a
penny with which to begin work.
Condition have changed In the last
ten or flftavn years, and capital is es
sential to the artist Lite presses bim
o bard that be can t both work and
lire unless be has money iu the bank
or enjoys (tome form of special favor
from those who have. Otherwise be
will be like a swimmer iu an undertow
the best that he can hope for is to
keep his ndse above water.
When I entered the studio, Austen
was admiring the last fruit of his own
toil It was a little thing in oil, a girl
looking at a shield which bore a device
of a heart of gold aud a scroll iu which
one could discover the date Feb. 14.
I took it to be a cover design for a
February issue of a magazine or for
some special purpose incident ta St
Talentine's day, and I deplored the
waste of time. It was then the tentb
day of the -shortest mouth, aud tbls
thing could not be used by anybody
until next year.
"What do you think of It?'" be asked.
"It's a beauty," I replied. "You'll
sell It-lf you Uve."
"No, I won t," said he, with decision.
1 didn't make It to selL"
My mouth was open to reply that be
shouldn't make anything for any other
purpose when the picture itself check
ed me. A flash of memory Illumined
my understanding.
"Isn't that the girl I saw her only
once the girl who" ,
"Yes," said he, Interrupting. "It la
the girl who makes all other girls look
like like the crude and meaningless
objects which I usually draw wben I
try to draw girls. But this is different,
Isn't it?'
"My boy, y ou are right" said I. "This
Is the only genuine, and all others are
base Imitations. What are you going
to do with ltr
"I shall commit the gross absurdity
o'f sending It to her as a valentine,"
said he. "Wish I could afford a frame,
but I can't The express charges will
wind me up. In fact" His eye at
that moment .lighted upon the green
bait protrjdlng from my waistcoat
pocket and he gave a little gasp as a
man sometimes will when bis stomach
la empty.
"However," he continued, "she won't
be bound to go to the expense of fram
ing it She can ask the butler to set
It In the back cellar just as It Is and
AVBTEM WAS ASMIRIXO THE LAST FBTTTT
OP HIS TOIL.
know that my feeling are safe, be
cause I shall never Hud out what be
comes of It"
'Isn't sbe In the city?'
"No," sold he. ! s;.is th - faioi'r
will live In Morrlslown nil winW un
less fbey go abroad. I've been asked
to go out, but I haven't finy clot!" ;
and the rouud trip eusts Sl.'iij. The
chances are, old man, thbt i : hull u
see her again, and so 1 tin::;,'!:! I'd h
ter paint this portrait frjin -xonnrv
right now. I'm Iu diinjrw of for.;"' ;':;
her," be added, with a mournful h:?:!
On the contrary, it had twi my
opinion that Austen was vtvv great!,''
In dni)gpg nf tmt foretfln- !)'" ' R't
was, to all intents and purposes, nn iu
habitant of auotber planet, and It wax
extremely unfortunate that he had etot
mot K-f These accldeuts are less fro
(incut than they used to be, but we are
till Imperfectly civilised, aud there are
parts of the goldeu wall which a jumr
man can sec' over. Austen was both
susceptible and constant and likely to
Have trouble enough without adding .
hoieles8 love.
I did not then kuow that Miss Cope
land had any considerable sum of mon
ey tu her own right or any expecta
tions beyond the share In ber father's
estate which would eveutually fall to
her, which; unless I misjudged Mr.
Copeland, would not be liberal If his
daughter should marry a poor man.
and might be nothing at all. The true
state of the young lady's finances has
since become known to me, and I atn
willing to admit tbat my conduct to
ward Austen was not calculated to
subserve his best worldly Interests.
In short, to drop the style of envious
sarcasm which we who live In cities'
"I'm glad Ton prr UK ox to this," hb
8MD.
now adopt wben we speak of the rich,
I honestly thought that It would be a
double error for Austen to send thte
remarkable valentine to Miss Coe
land. In the first place, he couldn't
afford to do so, for the picture was
amazingly pood, and, with a slight sup
pression of the likeness, would certain
ly be salable some time. In the second
place. It could not fall to evoke an an-
swer from Miss Copeland and thus re
vive an acquaintance wlm-h could only '.
result In pain and disappointment to
my friend.
"Billy." said I, "you mustn't commit
this folly. Here's the best thing you '
have ever done, and you ought to work
It so that you can set yourself on your
feet again." j
"Yes?" said he. "How hard do you ,
suppose the express company will swat !
me to take this out to Morris town?"
And again be eyed the corner of my
dollar.
I argued the case with him, but I
might as well have addressed my re-'.
marks to the Jointed dummy of wood
which he used as a model. The best '
I could do was to persuade 'him to hold :
the picture two or three days before
sending It He bad Intended to ship it
right away, In fear lest the landlord j
might do something disagreeable In ;
the way of padlocking the door or otb- i
erwise attempting to collect the rent '
by violence. j
I lent Austen the dollar, aud while
he was holding it In his band and con-1
templatlng it with a trance-like stare j
I deftly picked the inside breast pocket '
of his waistcoat which be bad fasten-
ed to the bookcase with a thumb tack, j
From this pocket I drew an envelope
containing all that was left of Austen's ;
pawnable possessions, and I succeeded
In getting the ticket for a fine suit of
clothes which he had bought Just be
fore his illness. Then, having restored
tbe envelope with the remainder of Its
contents, I departed hastily.
After visiting the pawnbroker's and
a little tailor's shop I called upon the
art editor of one of our leading maga
zines, and, having Justified my visit by
some rather neat lying, I said to him :
"Who's buying Harry Austen's stuff
now'"
"Didn't know anybody was," he re
plied. "You want to wake up," said I.
"He has caught on."
"now do you menn?" said he.
"He's been doing some swell stuff,"
I replied, "and It Isn't for sale. When
I was in his studio this afternoon there
was a man trying to induce him to sell
a cover design splendid thing It was,
too and Austen wouldn't let go."
"Did be say It was ordered?" '
"No." said I. "He could sell it, but
m .
he won't. He's feeling pretty sure of ;
himself these days. I shouldn t be sur- j
prised if your friends across the square
were stocking up with some of bis
work."
"Tell him to come down here and see
me," said the editor.
"He won't" said I. "He's got some
thing else on bis mind."
The editor drummed on his table and
whistled softly. I was afraid to say a
word more and Instantly took my de
parture. I went across the square to those
"friends" of the editor's whom I had
mentioned to him. There I found, of
course, another magazine's art editor,
and to him I told the same tale. Then
I met a good fellow on the street who
knew Austen, and I prevailed upon
him to carry my story Into two other I
publishing houses.
About lunchtime the next day I
building where Aus"n h:vi
Ills studio and nearly ran Into my
friend inul art editor No. 1. They wow
pMii out to liibchi'on together on the
A. H.'a treat, which he would subse
quently work Into tin exiwmtlve bill. I
dodged behind the elevator shaft aud
then followed cautiously. When I had
trailed them to a restaurant, I ran over
' ' ttrt toe No. a and brought btm
to t ut sau;e cho,. house.
I Hy Jingo! I whispered as we came
i In. "That accounts for It."
! ITo looked across to where Austen
and art editor No. 1 were sitting, and
thou he drew a long breath.
i "I'm glad you put me on to this," be
said. "Austeu must be right Iu It
This Is the first time In a year that
I've seen him with his trousers press
ed." I blcfcsed myself for my visit to
the pawnbroker and the little tailor
I and also thanked Trovldence that I
bad put a two dullur bill Into the pock
it of the trousers, Otherwise Austen
might have pawned the suit again
wheu the tailor brought It around to
the studio,
About 5 o'clock that afternoon I
dropped Iu upon Austen. He was
smoking a good cigar and sketching a
design In charcoal oa a cnuvas.
He shut his teeth hard upon tho
cigar and looked at me with half shut
eyes.
i "Well, blast your blooiulu' top llgbts,
they didn't get It:" said he.
'Who didn't get what?" said I.
"I've had three of 'em here today,"
he resknded. "Went to lunch with
Harrison. Yes, yes; you were there. I
forgot Well, after lunch wo came
back here, and Harrison made another
play for my valentine. Actually of
fered me cash, and he tried to find out
what I was going to do with It. Dldu't
recogulze the portrait. Thought I'd
got a uew model, confound him. After
he was gone Jarbeau appeared. I
think he'd been waiting around out
side." Jarbeau was tho art editor whom I
had taken to luncheou.
"I hud a similar circus with him. ex
cept that he was sure that my pic.
was for Harrison," he continued.
"Well n well! He ort:ed cash tjo.
If I hadn't Just enteu u full meal tho
temptation would have killed me."
"tlood clothes sustain a man, too,"
said I, and be grlnued at me.
"Markham was In later," said he.
"He was very easy."
Markham was one of the men whom
my emissary bad seen.
"And you didn't sell?" I asked.
"Not for a million dollars. Sell her J
I guess not I agreed after considera
ble persuasion" and he grlnued with
great eaijoj ment-"to do something else
tor the gentlemen. They agreed to pay
cash-because they thought I didn't
need It shiver their blasted timbers'.
"But the valentine gues," be added.
"Nothing can stop that now. Henrt of
gold! The dross of this world cannot
"BLAST VOCB BLOOMIS' TOP LIOHTH, THE!
DIU.N'T OJ2T IX I"
buy my poor tribute which I shall lay
at her feet And a little Just a wee
little bit of hope will go with It now."
There was a moment's pause. Then
he softly repeated the word "dross,"
which he hud uttered with u fine
scorn, and nt the same time he put
both hands Into the side pockets of the
coat which I hud redeemed, and when
he pulled them out they were full of
money.
However, lest I should seem to be
taking credit to myself for the success
of a man now widely praised and
greatly envied, let me explain that my
little coup was nothing to tbe one
which Austen himself achieved. I
shudder to think what be would have
lost If he bad sold the valentine as I
had planned.
, Copeland made a tremendous bit In
ttat M ( exalte1 8oca, h
Tf 1, ,,m,, Jl.
bwuvu "uukvu vu u lyiiuiuui a lilt AW
mmMvt career a a palnter of r.
fof tho8e fortunate pcr((on8 who
afford ,avI()h m m ft
, k d t . . ,
gained a position which enabled him
to win the band of the lady without ex
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In fact, tbe old gentleman behaved
very nicely.
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