One was a little cheerful wren of a woman from a little Western town, a Mrs.Boyd.That is, she is cheerful now.

Then she was like a bird in a cage, pining to death for the freedom she had been accustomed to, and moping on her perch.

She came to New York to bring her niece, Lucy, who is all she has to live for.

Some art teacher back home told her that Lucy is a genius--has the makings of a great artist in her, and they believed it.

She'll never get beyond fruit-pieces and maybe a dab at china-painting, but she's happy in the hope that she'll be a world-wonder some day.