The Magic Painter

HIS is one of the secrets
= 7 | Doris confided to the Visi-
tor during the time of his

  

sojourning down there. It
need not have been a
secret at all, but for the foolish incredulity
of Martha, who laughed at the story when
it first was told her, and was manifestly
insincere when, afterwards, she professed
to be convinced of its truth. Doris did
not really care, knowing that the evidence
she possessed made her position unassail-
able. But she is unaccustomed to ridi-
cule, and so a beautiful story became a
secret,