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self Men were Staged for tragedy IN
those days and women forgot conyen-
tionalities.
Mamie COultrane, z Pennsylvania
GIL. one day drIfted into the i.ancha
Plana region. A face as beautiful as
dream a faultless form fit for 81
artists mode!-Mamie. set the mines
a-going. Her darn luxurious hair fell
in abandoned tresses over eyes that
were lustrous and lovely. Every flash
of those dark -yes %as bewitching.
A silvery. soft voice transmitted Ma
mic Coultrane into personality at
cnce cultivatins and enthralling.
The youngest child in the old Penn
sylvania home, pretty aud graceful
she became the household pet: Six
teen summers had increase ner beau
ty and found her still a school girl.
Adjourning the Coultrane estate was
! nat vf old Colonel BCTtram, a family
[ of wealth and influence. Charlie, the
son and sole heir of the Bertram ss-
tate, sought to win the heart OF Ma
mic Coultrsne. After frequent and
persistent visits to her home, Charlie
at last proposed a marriage. Know
ing that this would be of immense
financial advantage. Mr.. Coultrane de-
termined to bring this game of hearts
TO happy finish.
When Mamie heard the story of
Charles love she seemed startled like
a fawn. That strange. bewildering
dread, so often felt and so little
spoken. creeped in upon her sensi-
tive nature-for she knew her fathers
freed for gold. There came before her
visions of girls SOLD bodily that vast
ing fortunes might be replenished
And 1t was this dread-the deepening
dread when she remembered the tragic
end of all such matrimonial contracts.
Charlie persisted in his devotion and
pleaded for her consent. Each time
Mamie told him she, did not, and could
not love him though all his weight
were gold. When he was gone Ma
mics father made the hours hideous
in his urging of Charles suit. At last.
to save her fathers love. she consent
ed to join her fate with the fortune OF
| the Bertrams.
| ne
the smiles and music Of that festive
| hour. Mamie read in fearful silence
the handwriting on the wall. The
days Of the honeymoon drew out their
weary length. She did not, she could
not love him-just for the sake of gold.
For the want Of such affection she
! ceased one day even to respect him.
In the atmosphere Of lavish wealth he
had been STEPPED until he was uncon-
sciously. cold, selfish and intensely
jealous.
In the first raptUrous possession of
his Pennsylvania beauty. Charlie pet
ted and flattered. Mamie endured his
caresses. One day the young husband
awoke to the fact that his sweetheart
did not love him-then oppression. then
cruelty. For the sake Of the baby
whose eyes were so much like Mamie's
she tried to love him. But she could
not-she could not love the man whose
gold had bought her body and not her
! heart.
The financial panic came on. The
Bertram fortune was swept away
| the Bertrams were poor now 1t
proved the parting Of the ways. Ma
mie~saw one more step in the prophecy
Of the handwriting on the wall. II was
only this fated girl whose lustrous
eyes saw those words that wedding
| night. Charlie, under the loss of his
| inheritance, grew more mistrusting.
cold and callous-she knew he loved no
more. The curtain was about to fan
| to rise again on the last scene Of the
| tragedy of hearts-life's real and only
tragedy. For loves fitful flame was
expiring-and Mamie knew it.
The gold days were raging in Cali
fornia. Eldorados. lavish and princely.
were found in streams and hills and
gulches. Colossal fortunes were made
in a day-and as quickly lost. Charlie
began his dream Of gold. Leaving
Mamie, the girl he did not love. in the
Coultrane home, he Joined the motley
| throng whose faces were set toward
the golden state.
Weeks and months dragged by-and
still no word. One day the postman
| Drought a letter from the PARKWAY
west. Charlie. under a faint awaken
ing of loves first rich dream, wrote
encouragingly of his success He
| begged her to come. Clalia-the baby
who loved him still-was sweetly
sleeping now on the hillside near the |
old home. Indlging one faint hope
that it might be different, she started
on the long journey. And IL was Ma
mics journey into a far-off land !
where she would be known no more. |
For something whispered-the ghost |
said this was the last scene in the
tragedy.
He promised to meet her in Frisco |
that city OF human wrecks an0 |
achievements. The steamer had pass |
ed through the Golden Gate. At the |
docks, now-but poor Mamie's wistfuI |
gaze caught the vision of no familiar |
face in all that gay crowd. Hope |
gone, baby dead, no strong arm on |
which to lean, sold for gold but with
out dollar. she wept bittedly and be- |
gan to drift-and drift-and drift
One morning Mamie still beautiful |
as dream and as bewitching as an
elf, drifted into Lancha Plana-the |
gambling hell of California in the /
palmiest days of her gold fever
Everybody gambled. Women dealt |
monte-nobody thought 1t strange.
The largest gambling hell was own
ed by Tom Reno, Lancha Plana's
most respectable citizen. He proposed