The Sunday globe., 1901-07-28
"What makes ven think so2n

what makes you think so?"
Because | know men. He'll be
looking for another vampire. Maybe
he'll find her There's plenty of them
running around loose"
Then The Vampire was not one OF
the children Of his brain?"
NO. | learned the story from one
Of the bright lights in Bohemia, who
had resided for many years over on
the Pacific Coast. You see, Kipling
met the woman in Frisco. He didn't
meet her strolling down Market street
or over on the crest Of Mob Hill. There
was none Of the environment of 70.
nance. Just a girl draining the dregs
in a dive with the face OF a Madonna
and the heart OF a hell-cat Kipling
worshipped her.
1t was not fame he asked for them.
No laurel crown his dreams be.
guiled
| He asked not praise, nor cared if men
Upon his fancies frowned or smiled.
But she couldn't understand You
know the rest"
remembered Olga's story of Mr..
Baxter and Adele. / knew he was talk.
ing from the heart his own eXperi.
ence. ! wanted to ask him why IL he
had really loved Adele, he did not re.
. spond to her call; and then I desired
to tell him about Myrta. contented
myself, however, with suggesting:
"A counterpart often encountered in
the everyday life Of the man-about.
town."
Yes, he replied; but. with ap evi.
dent desire to change the subject con.
tinued.
had a curious job last summer"
What was it?' asked.
"Oh, another one Of these thankee'
Jobs-curing a girl Of the blues. Wom.
an is a creature of moods.
An angel at y, "a a devil AT ..
| This must have been the girl that Kin.
ling knew.
But to the story Her mother kent
a big apartment house i'm the North.
west She had two sweethearts. each
lnsaneIy jealous of the other. and each
anxious to marry her She couldn't
tho0se between. There was one Of
the secrets of the whole matter: the
other was they were boys Given
thousand years, some people never ar.
rive Al man estate. Down the river
one night, some one said ] was sure
cure Tor the blues. | passed her house
each morning and night, and she ad.
Fanced 2 proposition. Going home
ABOUT lL3O each night, | would look al
the transom over their hall door and
see If the light thrown thereon was
white or red The red globe on the
gas jet in the hall, she informed me
was broken. Her company would leave
the parlor in the neighborhood of II
o'clock, Ascending the stairs on the
lght she had the blues. she would
turn the globe with its broken side to
the street, thus throwing a white light.
II she felt in good spirits, the light
would be unchanged, or red. She gave
me latchkey to the front door. At
ter liking the white light. she said
she vouh skip back into the parlor.
and remain in the darkness until NV
arrival her mother supDoslng her TO
be in her room IN bed. Well about
three nights week carried ont
this programme OF course her wait
| ln the darkness didn't improve the all.
| ment. and I would often find her in
tears. These ducks didn + know enough
| 10 take her hands from her face and
| Kiss the tears away. They didn't know
/ anything about making love"
81 suppose you consider Yourself
/ postmaster i'm the art?"
Well no. But then, I'm three times
/ seven, he continued. as we found seats
/ on the roadside 10 await tae coming Of
a city-b0und car.
This thing continued for some time.
! she being unable TO select "a husband. ."
More or less embarrassing, I sup.
pose?"
No; she always kept her feet on the
floor
What does that phrase mean?"
Its am unfHling sign when You see
"a woman persist in eleyating her feet
ON another chair or otherwise, to the
level of her head, that she is approach.
ing the danger line"
II have read that when a woman be.
gins To- carry money I'm her stocking
sHo is without hope
~ don't know anything about the
stocking story, but you can depend on
the other proposition. ! watched fOI
the chair iu front of her. 10 was never
there. One uight-Or morning, rather
i told her the best thing she coulJ
do would be- 10 give both her cOurtier.
the mitton. She demurred, when
proceeded 10 tell her that II these gen
tlcmeu proved failHres as sweetheart
they We're liable 10 be ditto as hus
bands ~ she We're forced TO depen,
upon a third party TO cure the blde
before marriage. the same thing wa
} liable 10 occur after marriage We arr
contracting a habit it. will Boz hard T.
break With the first spell Of th
% blues, after you are married you will
D De examining the gas jets in the hal
. or arranging some other device Nv
q skatcd on thin ice but I'm not goin
around looking for it. She took m
advice and shook both OF them"
"What became Of her|
"I don't know Last time ] saw he
4 I told her the mails were ruuuiul
When she wants me right bad sho'
a send for me
s Bv this time we had reached Mr
20 Grants door. and ! thanked Mr. Ba,
ter for q very pleasant evening
r Ascending the stairs. Ida, who wa
10 sitting up reading The Globe, told m
" that Mrs Grant arrayed from head Z
Do foot I'm new tOgsory. had taken Ver'
O'4s. and herself 20 dinner
Dr. But Vera's awful blue" she added
O. # think Ill send Tom around,
Do Ha# Hes good for the blues