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II fancy you'd not be much thanked
FOR It In this case" said lhe other, with
q dry laugh.
MIR. Howard stood for some mo-
ments in silence. and then turned away
to end tie conversation. ''I fear" he
said "Jhat 7 have kept you more than
I have any TiEht TO. Let Us go back
20 the house; il Is not very polite 10
our hostess to stay so long"
1T must be nearly time for my train.
anyhow" said the officer. and a mo-
meut later the two had passed ont of
the suumer-h0use ald up the path
Lieutenant Maynard carrying AfT
Howards violin-case in his hand.
Iae JDO uld nOl see HcicI 4s they
PASSED her. TIE reason vas tat
helen WAS stretched out upon the
ground by tlS side of sc hedge. AZ
Was not JIat she was hiID=-sle had
10 tHoJ.ht Of q ati IL was because
sine had been struck there by tie
scatHIug words that she had heard.
Some of them were SO bitter mat ey
could only have filled her Win rage
had she not known tl.at they We3 e
true. and had she not been aWCd by
what she had learned OF this man 3
Ecart Size could feel only terror and
fiery shame, and the cruel words had
beaten her down, first UpCn her knees
and thea upon her face. orG they
lashed acr like whips Of flame and
tose into Isr flesh and made her
Writte. She dared not cry ont or even
sob: she could only Dig tGto tie Srpuld
With her GuiVuiUE fingers and lie
there. shuddeTin2 In "a fearful way.
Long after the two men were gone
her cruel punishment SAN continued
for size still seemed To hear his words.
scared iulO her meHcTy with fire as
they hac been. What Mr. Howard
had said had come ike a fash II
ligbmiuc iu tire darkness 10 shoN her
actions as LhCy really were. the last
fearful sentences which she had heard
had set al hCr being adame, and the
thought of Mr. II2TrisOn's embraces
1lled her now with % pe;fcct spasm
OF shame and loathin-.
(To Be Continued Next Sunday)
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An Important Message.

Then there came an afternoon when
DIT. De Forest was sitting In hts Office
wondering II he really would win out.
when n cable message was brought
him from Lord Armstrong head Of the
English De Forest Company. asking
him 10 take the first available boat TO
London. on a matter OF very great
importance.
IN a very few moments a message
was on It's way 10 Harlem. Sparks.
splashes. and sputters fairly leaped
from the little receiving bar. It was
plainly excited. for never before had
Sc carried Just such message as it
did that afternoon.
Tick tick-tick. the bar kept saying.
Someone was sending Fl message at a
terrific rate. Then there came a long
PAUSE.
Finally the sending FoachIne that was
close alongside the little receiving bar
began to send a message. II must
have made the receiving bar at the
other end Of the line pump. for 70
was the kind Of an answer that would
make any one. whether he were a man
OF Just the receiving bar OF a quiet.
uuobtruslVe wireless telegraph instru-
ment. wake up suddenly and take In
-terest Hello, Hello! LuciUe," the
message said. I've got TO go to Europe
Saturday. and 7 want you 10 go with
me III come up tonight. II / may,
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Cauce and YOU may fancy the kind Of
laughter that came over me at the
truth. tt is a ghastly thing. William,
the utter hardness. the grim and de-
termined WorldIiuess. of this girl. For
she knew very well what she was do
ing. and all the ignorance was on my
part She had no care about anything
iu the world until that man came in.
and the short half hour that 7 watched
them was enough to tell her that her
Lfe's happiness was won. But only
think of her. william. with all her
God-giyen beauty, allowing herself to
be kissed by him, Try to fancy what
new kind Of fendishness must lie In
her heart ] remembe that she is 20
marry him because he pays her mil
lions. and the word prostitution keeps
haunting my memory; when I try 20
define it I find that the millions do not
alter il IN the least. That is a very
cruel thought-a thought that drives
away every thing but the prayer. and
sit and wonder what fearful punish
ment the hand Of fate VIII deal out
for such "a Jhir s as that-what hate
fulness it VIII stamp upon her for a
sign 20 men. And men because the per-
feet face stiu haunts my memory
have very Christ-like feeling. in
deed-that / could truly die 10 save
that girl from such q horror"
There was another long silence. and
then suddenly Mr.. Howard rose from
his seat. William" he said in a diff
ferent voice. lit is al useless, so why
should We talk so? The giri has 10
live her own life and learn these
things for herself. And IN the mean
time. perhaps. am letting myself be
too much mdved by her beauty. for
there are many people in the world
who are not beautiful, but VINO suffer
things they do not deserve To suffer.
and who really deserve our sympathy
and help"
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She Nav Seek Separation.

Il am very sorry on account OF Mrs
De Forest, as I have known her and
her family for many years. and have
the highest regard and respect for her.
Il was no secret that her marriage
had been a failure. Her husbands al
treatment Of her created much sym
nathv for her. which made him FUR
iouslv angry. Mrs. De Forest "il
proys her innocence Of all charges,
and IL the counsel Of her friends pre-
walls she Will obtain legal separation.
Hitherto she has refraiued from bring
ing such an action, not wishing 70 N
lure her husband IN business
It seems a great pity. It Is such
nrettv little romance spoiled. II would
seem. moreover, TO cOrTObOrats the
prevailing impression that genius Is
an very well TO admire from afaT, but
q doesn't run well in double harness.
one feels inclined 70 send Dr. De For
esr r. marked copy OF a recent number
~ Iinrincott's and let him ponder
well .'rhe Bachelors solhoquy."
TO wed. or not 10 wed.
That Is the question.
Whether It's better
To remain single,
And disaDpoIat q few women
For a time,
or marry
And disappoint one woman
For I-et
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Among the lot or people" his friend
wanted him 20 meet was Miss Lucille
SherdOwne. The others didn't mat
ter She was a bright girl. had been
educated abroad. had seen all the
things he hoped some day 20 see. and
could tell him about them. had met
many Of the people he hoped some
day TO meet and could tell him about
them. He was going over as soon as
he could make time; meantime he was
delighted 10 talk them all over with
her. In fact he found IL increasingly
pleasant To talk most anything over
with her. He became quite a frequent
visitor at GlS West Il4th street. where
she and her mother lived. lie felt
quite humble before her when he
found that she was mistress Of five
languages. until she made him explain
telegraphy and deliSEJedly pointed out
that here was d new language OF
which she knew nothing.
OF course. he offered 20 teach her.
and the lessons began. Dr. De Forest
made a small set of wireless inslru-
ments. the same In design as those
used at the wireless stations along the
Atlantic coast and on ocean liners.
and fitted them in Miss Sherdowne.
home He had already fitted his own
home at Sl5 West Elnety-seyenth
street with a similar set Of instru-
ments, and he had a third set I'm his
Once downtown.
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= 8 THERE any way OF getting a
divorce by wireless? II there
Is, they'll probably 90 IL. and
that will be the end OF the pret-
tiest OF last winters romances-
that OF DR.. Lee De Forest. In
veptor Of the De Forest system or
wireless telegraphy and vice-president
OF the American De Forest Wireless
Telegraph Company and Hiss Lucille
Sherdowne. daugrter OF Mrs n I.
sherd0Wne, OF 6l9 West Iii street, New
York,
They were married on Saturday, Feb
ruary II. l916-two days after the
Roosevelt - Longworth wedding, and
while the sentimental interest OF the
entire country was directed toward
that pair OF lovers. Which IS propably
why they escaped with scarcely more
than passing notice. But even thea,
the story OF their woOing attracted
some attention to them. and pretty
Lucille SheTdOWne De ForesU IS likely
10 go down 20 history as the wire
less bride. For her husband taught
her telegraphy and installed "a set OF
Instruments in her own particular den.
and, IL is said, did most of mis- wOOing
by wireless.
IL began just about a year ago; and
this IS the way II happened:
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..King Midas. = Vpton Sinc,air, Autlor Of -

VAN, the time ! saw this girl she wore
"a rose in her hair. but she was so per
feet that ] scarcely saw the flower.
there is that in q mans heart whicu
makes il THAI TO him tho fairest aud
most sacred OF Gods creatures must
always be- the maiden. When / was
Young I walked about The earth half
drunk with a dream OF love: and even
now, when ] am twice as old as my
years, and burnt out and dying. /
could not but start when / saw this
girl TJr / faHcled that she must
carry about IN that maiGen's heart of
hers some high notion OF what she
meant ina the world. and what was due
TO her ~ hen a man gazes upon
beauty such as hers there is feeling
that comes 10 him LhaJ is quite unu--
terable. a feeling born of all The weak
ness and failure and sin of his life
Ji.ae. For every true mans life is
failure, and this Is the vision that he
sought with so much pain. the thing
tEat might have been had he kept the
faith with hIs own genius. Ii is SO
that beauty is the conscience Of the
artist, and that there must always be-
something painful and terrible about
hiau perfection. IL was that way that
/ felt when I saw this girls face, and
I dreamt my old dream of the sweet
ness and glory of a maiden's heart.
I thought ot its spotlessness and of
It's royal scorn of basenessi and tell
you. William, if ] found IL uhus L
could have been content to worship
and not. even ask that the girl look
at me. For man, when he has lived
as / have lived. can feel toward any
thing more perfect than himself
quite wonderful kind Of humility; 1
know that all the trouble with my
helpless struggling is that I must De
everything 10 myself, and cannot fiud
anything To love, and SO be at peace.
That was the way / felt when I saw
this Miss Davis. all that agitation and
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all that yearu.ng; and was il not
enough % make man mock at him
self. 20 iea-n the real rU-h2 ] was
glad that il dla not happen 10 nee when
I was young and dependent upon
things about me. is i'll not easy To
imagine how a young man might
make such O woman the dream Of his
life. how ne might lay all his prayer
az her -eet and how. when ne learned
of her fearful bzseucss. Ii might make
Of him q moe Si-E libertine for the
roSt or his days
you think it g. Teuess?" asked Lieu
tenant Maynard.
~ tried TO persuade myself at first
that it must he only blindness; ] won
dared 10 myself can she not see
the difference between the life Of
these people about her and the music
and poetry her aunt tells me she
ioveso I never waste any OF my wor-
ry upon the old and hardened of these
vulgar and worldly people; it is
enough for me to know why the VIC
men are dull and full of gossip. and
70 know how much depth there is in
the pride and In the wisdom Of the
men. But it was very hard for me to
give up my dream OF the girls purity;
remember I thought of Heine's Thou
Art as a Flower and my heart was
full OF prayer. I wondered if il might
not be possible 10 tell her that one can
not really buy happiness with sin;
thought that perhaps she might be
grateful for the warning that in cut
ting herself off from the great deepen
signing herself to sJagnaJiOn and
wretchedness from which no money
could ever purchase her ransom
thought that possibly she did not see
that .his man knew nothing of her
preciou sness and had no high thoughts
about her beauty. That was the way
j argued with myself about her limo
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ENGAGEMENTS for dinner. the theater
drives. and jhc countless stra-agems
that belong % The young man VINO has
O purpose in view, especially when
that purpose happens TO be a most
interesting Young lady were made
with tire wireless instrument. in fact,
Dr De Forest found that o. very busy
man can really frd a good many min
ules Of spare tine II he must find
them.
After this had gone on for a month
or SO there came ddv when Miss
Sher5owue heard the receiver sput-
ter.ng away at a great rate. Il was
calling her own private call. for Of
course she ard Dr. De Forest 15d ar
RANGED special code for themselves.
Otherwise some Of -Ee many other
wireless iustruTeu S 5u the city might
have cur In ard missed things all up.
Yes. yes-' she answered back. after
making certain she was taking 10 DR..
De Forest.
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Continued from Sixth Page)

Continued from Sixth Page)
let the aTa.r take its course"
"T see"
last night Gregson suddenly disap-
peared. just at t.sle when MS alb
se-Ce and particularly a report of his
death would most seriously affect his
interests in the stock market"
oh 10. that's true. laughed Cole
man II ought to have thought Of
that"
Now follow me. Jimmie" smiled
Royd. 'TU show YOU the simplicity Of
my deductions"
let her 20. Felix"
First. the unusual conduct Of Fin
lev. and then Gregs ms sranse disap-
pearance. TIE former at once elimi-
mated the probability of Gregson's
death by accident or suicide. and left
only the probability that he had been
abducted Next came he question.
Who would ren5ft most by such
crime7 Naturally. Jimmie. the big
bear pool in the stock market
Clear as crystal. surely
so 7 decided upon the theory Of
abduction. Then ! asked myself how
il was accomplished. Plainly enough,
dear fellow Finley hG d made himself
solid with Cragson for only one reason
-th9t lie might safely study his
FaEifs. and easily succeed In getting
hands up0n him a. the most critical
market reriod. So. when Gregson went
t. his boat house as usual Yesterday
afterncoL he flUcd IL occupied by the
three rusHaas. who quickly sent him
down and cut. and after dark removed
him to Astoria I'm his own boat. and
tren Imprisoned him where we found
him"
'.PInin enough. Felix So Finiey's
story OF That interview on the float was
al a lie. eh p"
"Out Of whole cloth. Jimmie. and
told with a design 10 create the i'm
preseion that Gregson had committed
suicide" nodded BOYD. 'I suspected
this work on Finley's part at once. A
visit 20 the detective bureau convinced
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Net His Fate.

DR.. Lee De Forest was hard at
work in his office at 42 Broadway when
he was called TO the telephone TO
talk TO a friend. And this is what
the office heard: "Awfully sorry. old
man. but 1 can't possibly NO, real
ly, / can't" wish l could but I
don't have time TO go anywhere these
days" well. ! suppose l might-Iook
in Iate-just for a little while Yes.
If ! can possibly make IT, The friend
had wanted him 10 come 10 an up
town art club, and wouldn't take no
for an answer. And De Forest. hav-
ing given his word, kept e.. and from
that hour his fate was sealed.
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But It wasn't. 1t was something far
roo important TO he left TO any wire
less telegraph instrument. II was
something thar the young man thought
he could say better for once without
his pet wireless machine.
She was greatly surprised. It was
$50 sudden" No indeed. she couldn't
think OF marrying-at least, not yet
"Au right: ] can wait" said a de-
termined young mau. And the wire
less wooing continued The very busy
doctor found more time than ever for
his messages to Harlem.
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CONTINUED from Eighth Pagel

cery seldom thinks of himself In ALI
external way. when I look in the glass
II is generally 10 think how strange
Il is that this form Of mine should be
th9t which represents me 10 men, and
= cannot md anything they misnt
really learn about me. except the one
physical fact of suffering
They can certainly not fail to learn
that" said the other.
yes" replied Mr.. Howard sadly,
81 know, If any man does. what it is
20 earn ones life by suffering and
labor That is why ! have SO master
ing sense of life's preciOusness. and
why cannot reconcile myself to tins
dreadful fact OF wealth. 1t is the
same thins, too. that makes me feel
so keenly about this girl and her
beauty, and keeps her in my thoughts
l don't think / could tell YOU how Jue
sight of her affected me. unless you
knew how I have lived all these lone
ly years. Tor / have had no friends
and no strength for any OF the worlds
Work- ana ali my battle has been with
my own soui' to be brave and 90 keep
my sclI-c'mand through all my trials
/ think my Illness has acted as kind
OF nervous STIMULUS upon me. as il il
were only by laboriug TO dwell upon
the heights of my being night and dqv
that ] could have strength 10 stand
against despair. The result is thar
have lived for days ia kind Of frenzy
OF effort, with all my faculties al
white neat, and Il has always been
the artists Afe it has always been
beauty that brought me ,he joy that
needed, and given me the strength TO
go on. Beauty is the sign of victory
and the prize Of f. IN this hearts
hattie: the more ] have suffered and
lab0red. the more keenly / have come
To feel that, until the commouest
flower has a song for me. And. WI
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Kept the Wireless Busy.

But Miss ShordoVne found lt great
fun, and Dr. Ie Forest did not seem
as much bored as one might have
expected. And SO long as teacher and
pupil found il interesting. it is OF no
Tarticular importance what amy one
else thought
10 was not I0ug before Miss Sher-
downe was able Co send any brief mes
sage. and then it began 10 be really
fun. no matter what tire OF day it
was. nor Eow busy he was. Ur. De
Forest always jumped for the instru-
We.t when the "Tr-Tr- -Tr-St-St-
SH-' hesau. And Miss Shcrdowne
seemed to be always within hearing
OF her little receiving bar the min
ute DIT De Forests call was dotted
and dashed or
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Had An Ant PunlI.

lie explained all the mysteries of
The Morse code and found her an apt
pupil and AN eager student Il was
sravely agreed THAI she must CON
verse with her teacher for AT least
half an hour every day. for prac-
uce. DIT, De Forests business cares
did not seem so absorbing as they had
been To casual observer it might
seem bit monsrous TO repeat over
and over again such sentences as:
1T is a fine day" do you think
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rs Csc OF az MISSING MAGNATE

me that I was right. Yet the fellows
there have cut themselves iree from
this affair Ey denying tlaI lhley j.
one of their regular men When l leIt
there. however. I heard their telephone
bell. and I decided that Finley was be
irg warned that ] suspected nlIn- ct
thar Was preeisely what i wanted
wanted Finley 10 think you sus-
pected him. cried Coleman. " hy
rue diCEeTs did YOU want thatF
Because I knew that Finley then
would become alarmed, and decide
that l. roo. ought t0 be put down ana
out for a ti~sc' laughed BOYD. ILen
] easily reasoned that he, in order 10
accomplish it. would lead me 20 the
lair OF his cOEfederates, and probably
to GrcCsGn's place OF Imprisonment
providing I gave him any opportunity
10 do so You may wager your pile,
Jimmie. shat ! very Craftily gave him
the oDoartuuity-and you have seen
the results"
Indeed. ! havel" exclaimed Cole
man. laughing deeply BY JoVe!
Boyd YOU work ou- EoUr successes
through most extraordinary methods.
Cregson ought TO reward you Hber-
ally
''Ciregson Is all right, 7 am confident
of that. also Of his deal with Northern
Traction" smiled Boyd, Hell win out
at the finish. there's no doubt OF that.
I regret only one thing. Jimmie"
What is that, Felix
THAT 1 cannot EeJ my grip on tho
chief culnriJS I'd wager my years
salary, Jimmie. that Pollock played
this game through that detective bu-
reau. and that they I'm turn shOuldered
upon Finley the Ieril of the kuayery."
1T certainly looks So
"StilI Jimmie. what's the use OF re-
piniug2" laughed Boyd. laying aside
his pipe. "Its long .ane that has no
turning. you know. have an idea
that some day. Jimmie. / shall expose
the whole truth about this affair, and
proha bly land the chief knaves TespOn-
sfhle for GregSGu's abduction. Had
your dinner. Jimmie? N02 Come and
have IL with me. dear fellow"
copyrighted. 1904. by street & smithD
Next week-"The Case Ct the Under
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Now the Awakening.

That was a short eight month
ago. and now Dr. De Forest IS suing
Tor a divorce. basing his suit on uEe
report Of detectives whom he engaged
to watch his young wife, and she
with all the vehemence that voice
and gesture can express denies his
charges. Cruel treatment, and that
alone is responsible for our separa-
tion, says Mrs De. Forest, with pro-
test stamped I'm every line Of her Ht-
tie girlish figure. She Is only twenty
one. on her finger the wedding ring
has had scarcely time 10 dull with
wear. and the rubies IN her engage
ment ring flash with all the fire OF
love.
u deny On detail the accusations
made against me. and against others
named BIZ - L--zl-z=---z "a as suit.
soCn after our marriage. little more
than six months ago. his conduct be-
came well-nigh unbearable. This was
during the time OF our honeymoon II
Europe / submitted to this cruel
treatment until il became iutOlerable.
and then ] left him 10 return 70 my
mother. ! VIII contest his action, and
! am confident that the courts VIII
vindicate me- I must not say any
more al this time"
Mrs De Forest and her mother are
living quietly In an apartment IA West
Fifty-slxth street. De Witt c. Flana-
gan. millionaire head OF the Flanagan
Nay Brewing Company. whom ne
names in his suit. and against whom
he brings a $1,000 suit for alienation,
90 AT ~
Gus times prior 10 September !. Dc
Forest made known 10 ne his hnan-
cial needs in consequence Of his sal
ary IN the American De Forest Wire
less Telegraph Company having been
-a.4r--a4
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May I come up this evening"" tele-
granheG the doctor. i've got some
thing very important 10 talk over with
youZ"
And of course he could. for by this
tiwe ne and Mss SheV5Owne were very
good friends. ven see. Just what he
had 90 talk about she couldn't guess.
though she IVES quite sure IL was some
new business deal
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When Miss Lucille SherdOWne Married DR.. Lee De For
est, InpeHtOr of the Telegraph System That Bears
His Name She Became Known "The Wireless
Bride" Because Her Future Husband Taught Her
TeIegraphy, Installed a Set of instruments in Her
OrpH Particular Den, and Did Most of His Court
ing by WireLeSS-AHd NOW Comes the Sad Ending
of Last Winters Greatest Romance.
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" 4

and you can tell me then you are
going"
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Next weel-"The Case Ct the Under
Secretary"
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(To Be Continued Next Sunday.)
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