The Face of Rosenfeld — page 23: what you’re looking at

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16 -« THE FACE OF ROSENFEL. ‘ CHAPTER II. “A HALT IN THE ROAD. ; OU ARE an artist,” said the man on the front 7 seat of the sleigh, turning about that he might : - talk more easily with the young man who sat beside the : pretty girl on the rear seat. ‘‘ You are an artist. What : do you think of the workmanship of this?” 3 He had taken from an inner pocket a small leather i case, Which he now passed to his companion. When the s young man had brought to light the contents, he held in . his hand a medallion, set in a Jeweled frame—a medal- 2 lion upon the convex surface of which was graven the im attractive features of a handsome woman. The work a was so delicate, the setting so rich, the effect of the a whole so exquisite that the artist involuntarily uttered a Be os. ery of pleasure. | S «Why, this is really admirable, Lamar! Who is it? oe Where did you get it?” | ; a The man on the front seat answered in a voice as Done ae and unemotional as a voice could well be: a: «<TInasmuch as this is the woman whom I am to marry, oS I thought a tolerably fair counterfeit of her face would — os be interesting to my friends.” ie Lhe pretty girl, who had been admiring the dainty % valuable, became, as he spoke, somewhat pale. a ae ‘“QOh!” she said in a constrained, conventional ways a **this is Mrs. Forsythe?” | Ay * “Mrs. Forsythe!” assented the man on the front a seat. :