The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-16
THE CHORUS LADY,
NSycI nS% S TT a HS P%y by JAMES FORBES. IqSSRRGy5 nigh asSs by NY

are. Mothers still on the other side.
but l caime back. I got 'omesick. No J.
one amt been kind to me like you ave.
An 1 wanted to arsk Mr.. Mallory's ad-
vice, cause / know ed advise me
stryght. I'd like to invest some of
me $150, 900, an I don't know nothin'
'ceptin' 'orses, D'you think ED tyke
me into business with i'm instead of
breakln' up the styble? I'd like the
chanst If 1t don't cost too much, an
mother'd be satisfied, I'm sure. She's
worryln' abaout what I'll do with me
He added. feeling apologize at dar-.
ing to place himself on anything like
a level with his former employer, whom
he held In great respect:
You see. IL I'm in the business with
Mr.. Mallory q might put me In the WY
of becomin' a Jockey. I'm goin' to be
a gryte jockey one of these d'ys.'
He ventured to look at Nora. whom
this announcement was intended to i'm
press. She had listened to his story at
first with dlsdainful indifference, but
as 1t proceeded her interest grew until
1t became very deep. She began to see
all kinds of qualities in the Duke which,
strangely enough, had not been visible
to her before. For the first time it
struck her that he was good looking,
and when at last he overcame his BASH
fulness sufficiently to glance In her
direction she was smiling at him ami
ably. and her gaze meeting his set the
blood pulsing wildly through his veins
and his heart to beating violently.
When Mallory and O'Brien came in
from the stables a little later the former
had already been made acquainted by
Patsy with the Dukes story and de-
sires. That evening there was a lengthy
conference between the trainer and the
ex-stable boy, who remained for the
, night as the guest of the family. The
next day both started for New York,
n the Duke knew as much about the
financial conditions and possibilities of
thu stable as Mallory did himself.
About the most amazed man in New
York vas Richard Crawford when his
loan and Morals deb were repaid and
his partnership interest in the training
stable as determined by the dissolution
proceedings duly settled. He was fur
Their baked of his revenge by the fact
that neither Patsy nor Nora sought an
other engagement on the stage. Nora
had become suddenly reconciled to stay
ing home. and. to the delight of her
parents, had recovered her vivacity-
likewise her righteousness. The one
person she was disagreeable with was
the Shrimp. who had returned to Maple
Grove in the capacity of head stable
boy.
Mallory was helped not a little in, the
reorganization of his affairs by the}fact
that Mr.. P~erkins-no one save Mrs.
O'Brlen continued to call him the Duke,
and he liked to be so designated by her
had insisted. against Mallory's ad-
vice, on buying Lady Belle for himself
at the price offered Tor her by Nc
Govern. The purchase was made for
sentimental reasons hat Mallory could
know nothing about, but the retention
of the mare proved a big thing for the
stable subsequently. In fact, Dams new
partner developed an enterprise and
ability that lifted the business upon a
plane where Mallory admitted in his
heart of hearts that he unaided In this
manner never could have placed II. ~
Mr.. Perkins was very fond of Lady
Belle. out he no longer needed her as
a confidante. He was ben on muir
muring his SOULS secret into other ears
when the proper time and opportunity
should come, and he had every reason
to hope that 1t would not be ~unfavor-
ably received.
(The end.) ~
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