I: Pen Pricks 



T F," said my brother as he turned the last page 

 ■*■ of an article I had contrived to fit his draw- 

 ings, "if I could only write." 



"If," said I, as I scanned a pen and ink that 

 somehow failed to illustrate my article, "if I 

 could only draw." 



By which you are to understand that it is not 

 only in the matter of technique that we fall be- 

 hind the Hales or Pennells. That is as it may 

 be. But what stops us short is the irksomeness 

 of double harness. We do not wear it easily. 

 One it makes balkish and the other skittish; 

 whoas," the other "goes." Liking to 



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