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A n Artistic
Courtship
By ETHEL HOLMES
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Gabriel Martel painted pictures for a
living, but mado a very poor one. At
last he gave It up and became an In­
structor In his art. lie was now a
widower, an old man, and had one
child, a daughter, Winifred, about
twenty years old. The rooms In which
he lived and gave lessons were In a
studio building for persons of Ids pro­
fession.
One spring morplng Winifred was
sitting by nn open window' In the liv­
ing room, facing the street, making
clothes for herself, for her father had
no money with which to buy them.
She had a very sweet face and as
she bent over her work formed nn at­
tractive picture. Beardslee, wrho had
Just returned from Florence, Italy,
where he had been studying and was
considered a genius, saw the girl at
tho window, and—well, he fell In love
with her. I don’t mean his love was
full Hedged the moment he laid eyes on
her, but that Is when It began.
Ho noted the position of the room
In which she was sitting and, crossing
the street, entered the studio building,
mounted the stairs and proceeded to
the door lending to the room. Ills ob­
ject was the acquaintance of that girl.
IIow ho was to make It he didn’t
know, but he was full of assurance
and resource and trusted to these and
luck. On the door was painted, "Ga­
briel Martel, Instructor In Fainting.”
Opening the door, he saw Mr. Martel
standing over a small boy whom he
was endeavoring to teach to draw the
outline of a goblet Winifred sat In
an adjoining room.
“Beg pardon,” said Beardslee; “I am
desirous of taking some lessons In
pn luting.”
“Are you a beginner?” asked tho In­
structor.
“Oh. no! I have had soino practice."
Martel stated the terms, which were
satisfactory, and Beardslee said ho
would toko a lesson then and there.
He sat down at an easel faced toward
Winifred.
As soon ns Martel hnd disappeared
Beardslee took out soiuo pieces of thin
Ivory he had in his pocket and began
to paint a miniature portrait of Wini­
fred. If his love for the girl was not
yet full fledged, his love for his sub­
ject was. At any rate, he mndo one
of those rnpld strokes of genius which
will sometimes come without the slight­
est effort, but which will elude an
artist on more pretentious work. Mean­
while other pupils had couio In, uud
• Beardslee heard Martel talking to
them. In this way he kept a knowl­
edge of tho Instructor’s position, and
whenever he came near the screen
Beardslee would hide the miniature
and begin to daub on the subject as­
signed him. But he hnd asked that be
might not bo disturbed, and his In­
structor did not visit him till after he
had finished tho miniature sketch.
A few days Inter Winifred was look
lug over the art columns of a Sunday
paper nml saw among the pictures of
moment reproduced there n picture
called "At Work." by the newly i r
rived celebrity Clarence Beardslee. It
w ns a girl sitting by a window sewing.
Tho work w as valued at $1,000.
"Isn’t that like this window, papa?"
sho said, showing It to her father,
"and that work stand Is an exact re­
production of mine.”
"And the face Is yours, too," said the
parent
"It says the picture will be on exhi­
bition nT Gambrell’s for a few’ days.
I’m going to see it.”
The same afternoon she visited Gam-
brell’s picture store, and there was the
miniature, into which the artist had
found room to give a suggestion of the
window and the work stand. She had
no sooner looked upon the face of the
girl than she recognized herself. The
likeness was perfect. She stood look­
ing at It in a dream of w’onder.
There Is a break In tho story which
cannot be supplied. When Winifred
went home to her father happiness
bubbled up in her like a spring of
limpid water. She had seen at the
picture store the \yould be pupil of the
day before. THe break In the story Is
how did he come to be there when she
was there? Nobody but himself knows,
and he has never told. All Winifred
snid to her father about the miniature
was that It was a rare work of a r t
The minx had brought It home with
her.
There Is more that does not appear
In this version of the story, and that
Is, What was going on between Beards­
lee and Winifred during the next
month? at the end of which Martel re­
ceived the surprise of his life. His
former pupil of one lesson entered his
Instruction room and presented a card,
on which was the name Clarence
Beardslee. Martel looked at It, then
up at tho visitor and wondered if one
or tho other of them had not lost his
senses.
Winifred rnn from the other room
and wrapped both arms around her fa­
ther.
"I came,” said Beardslee, “to ask
you, Mr. Martel, for your daughter.”
“My daughter! You, Clarence Beard­
slee!”
“Yes.”
Then Winifred explained matters,
which It Is not necessary to explain
here, for they nre explained already,
except the breaks, which In case of
lovers no one can explain but them­
selves.
“The Worker” remains the best of
Clarence Beardslee’s small offhand hits.
It is a gem.
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