New-York tribune., 1907-02-24

its object if object there had been. were accom-
Phshed and there seemed no reason now for staying
on. 1t was Miss Cawthorne who spoke first
Its been SO nice 10 YOU Maizie. We must
be going now-that IS If Mr.. Brandt will take me
back home"
Brandt nodded
IN see you tonight Maizie," Miss Cawthorne
called back from the hallway.
For the moment Miss Page and Brandt were alone
Good by, he said, shaking hands withh her. Its
been very good TO have seen YOU in Your own home
The girl still holding his hand looked up and tried
TO smile through dmmed eyes. I'm glad YOU liked
my home, she said simply. Il didn't think YOU
would That's why | didn't ask YOU here before
The girl half turned and looked about the little
room, gaudy with its cheap decoratiOns-at the
dolls and then she glanced beyond TO the old man
his SHIRT sleeves smoking hls pipe IN the next room
from the end of the hallway
Good by said Miss Page. III see YOU to-
night after the performance
"Of course, he said, and raising her hand 70 his
lips. kissed the tips OF her fingers.
Miss Gawthorne and Brandt settled back in the
cushions of the cab and Were far on their wav down
town before either of them spoke
last
Brandt shrugged his shoulders. Did YOU expect
me To- enjoy 1t. he asked Did YOU mean 1t as
Miss Cawthorne looked straight ahead through
the window IN the front of the hanson. Il lid It
for YOU and for the girl knew YOU didn't under
stand the type-I wanted YOU 70 start fair with her
Thanks 70 men Ike yourself, she knows TWO kinds Of
home."
Il guessed tive known a good MANY of that
typc-show business in New York Is full of them" ="
What Is the typc2 he asked
Its the type that the outside public can't
believe exists mean the girl who Is morally good
and yet who accepts every kind of present except
money, eats caviar at lunch and terrapn at supper,
and IS lucky if she has bacon with her coffee in the
morning. They walk the theater at night and
drive home after supper in electric cab and they
live west of Elghth-ave. TO save tve dollars IN the
months rent"
e. And what is the finish of that kind OF life: 90 he
asked.
who plays the CvmbalS IN the orchestra, the chief
usher the assistant treasurer in the box office.
or cousin of their mothers who Is a widower with
three children and lives in Brooklyn"
And them asked Brandt
After they married their husbands pawn the
Jewels and everything else their admirers gave Them
except the photographs OF the admirers themselves
winch might seem careless but ism Z. That Is be
cause they don care at all about the admirers who
used to give them violetS but quite crazy about
their husbands who now give them black eyes
They We're nearly home now, and for a moment
the cab became blocked at the corner where Fifth
ave and Broadway cross at eSrd-St.
New York is a wonderful city, Just at this
corner isn't it?" the actress ran on-just at this
hour especially, with all the crowds and the carriages
of Billy Straight"
Brandt shook his head
"Ot course not-he was before Your dav. He
was great friend of mine He used To call tins
story about his father stopping here late one evening
Just after he had come home to live after leaving
college, and showing him the two tS-Fifth-avJ
an dark and gloomy-thcre We're bTOwnStone dwell
LngS then right down to aoth-St.-and then hr
pointed up Broadway, all abaze with lights and the
doors all open. You can take Your choice nv boy
the old man said both roads are open to Won Its
the question every kid with money and = ros;t;C,,
mas got To decide Tor himself in New YOTk-anf