The Washington times., 1905-09-24
Copyright. 1908. by Dodd. Mead Co..
New York;

SYNOPSIS oF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
Anna Solny, daughter of Hebrew anti
quarian and curio dealer, young and fuli
OF youths desire to see. TO feel hfe: res res
by sending the maddened pursuers In the
wrong direction. Tho man Johann is the
jewel worker from Vienna, who tells a
remarkable tale of having been sent to
deliver packet OF jewels secretly TO a
lady. He was trapped into an unconscious
expose of his secret by clever Austrian.
who finally steals all the jewels but one
clasp. which Johann manages to conceal
In his hand he dashes for freedom Anna
volunteers TO return the remaining clasp
a Mrs Maxtead. and is invited TO come TO
see her again Mrs. Maxtead. a young
widow who makes social and financial capital
by exploiting clever people without claim
ing any cleverness for herself. is impressed
by Annals beauty and charges herself with
the development OF her latent genius. She
wants 20 make great actress of her and
offers 20 DO IL Anna viii promise to have
no intercourse with her present home for a
given period Anna decides to accept the
offer and to save herself the pain of part
ing with Johann-her aged father is buried
in his books and viii hardly know she has
gone-sIips away at dawn. before the house
the curio shop, Anna will come back
On an April day, several years later, a
hansons drives up to Mrs Max,eads house
woma aiishts and rings the bell II is Anna
and tnes meeting between her and Mrs Max
4 reception has been arranged for that
night at Mrs Maxteads. II is agreed that
An. a is TO appear under an assumed name
a .drs. Maxteads protege. so that the glory
OF her first right on the stage as the Won
derful Mile Solny will not be robbed OF its
luster by losing the tinge of mystery sur
rounding the great unknown During the
evening Anna meets Mr.. Strode-a Corn
well man who has been seeking his fortune
in Canada Mrs. Maxtead. not wishing to
spoil the effect Of Annals London debut. three
weeks hence. takes her down into Cornwell.
where STROBE is her next-door netghbor.
STROBE iabors under the delusion tina: Anna
Is little cousin" OF Mrs. Maxtead, and.
yielding to Annals wish. Mrs Maxtead does
not enlighten him He promptly falls in
love with the little cousin" not dream
ing that it is Solny, the great actress. who
has thrice refused Prince Roxon. "a man
of seventy-four. with provinces in three
Countries who has set the fashion IL
shoes and scent for three I'arIsian seasons
whose cast-ofr flowers are worth five times
their weight in gold-who-- hats three naint-
ers have made famous
He entertains her and Mrs. Maxtead at din
ner evening, and Anna promises TO &c
out rowing with him the next morning. She
keeps her appointment. and be makes 1t evi,
dent ne has something to say 10 her and
He tells her that she has become all in al
to him. and Anna confesses her love fol-
him During their walk she pins a flower or
his coat with pearl pin. and tells him
that she must have a coin to avoid bad
l,ck he searches his pocket fruitles-ly aac
then remembers a coin attached to his watcf
charnl- In answer to her question he tell:
her the history OF the piece of money a:
he knows it, The story is OF a curio shop IN
London where old man and his com
panion are awaiting the return of the daugh
ter Of the house. With sudden twitch o.
pain Anna realizes that IL Is her father anC
Johann of whom he is speaking. With an eff
fort she controls her emotion ana listens II
silence to the recital
The story affects her so much that she ce
terTnines to return to London at once Afte
dinner that evening she walks through
heavy rainstorm TO Strode's house and in
forms him that she and Mrs. Msxtead hav
nd tn a 0ke raj q 20
next morning
Strobe declares that he also will return {
London, but Anna forbids him. The nigh
Of the first appearance arrives and Ann
makes an instant hit with the audience an
critics. A few days before the end OF he
engagement Anna tells Mrs Maxtead tina
she has written to Strobe to come to Lon
don at once. She has planned for him I
see her on the stage and realize withou
warning that she Is Solny, tthe famous ac
tress. Mrs. Maxtead forbids her to mail IN
letter