Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-06
BY JAMES FORBES.


slender k1rl. piquant. wide awake fun OF
fun and with an extraordinary vocabulary
of New York slang. she transformed the
whole household with the joy she diffused
from the minute of her arrival
Mallory soon found that back of her
liveliness and fun-lovng disposition she
possessed a large capacity for discern
ment and common sense. which had been
quickened by the Sophistication furnished
by her experience In the metropolis.
Moreover. she possessed will of her
own. inherited from her mother and
strengthened by her early liberty from
parental restraint He had never seen or
imagined any girl like her. As to Patsy.
She had taken TO him from tho moment
their hands had met. and she had looked
into Ills honest laughing eyes. and. what
was essentially characteristic of her. she
had been at no pains whatever To dis
guise the fact. 1t was not long before
she inspired her parents ledger with
sentiment under the influence Of which
his prejudices in respect OF women and
matrimony underwent a rapid and de-
cisive revision to the huge delight of Mrs.
O'Brien.
Patsy made up her mind that Mallory
was the one man in the world for her
| and that she would marry him. But the
meal-table conversation had enlightened
her to the views he had entert aimed.
and she sympathiZed to a large extent
with his logic. for she was every bit as
ambitious for him he was for himself.
neTeloTe Wnen at last the IelllnS OF tIe
oldest and sweetest story ever uttered by
human lips had made her his and the
happiest girl in all the world. and he
urged her to name the day and make II
soon. finding in his joyful eagerness as
many cogent reasons in favor of this
course as formerly he had adduced
against it, she placed her hand in his.
and gazing at him with the glory of her
happiness shining in her eyes. and with
an fntonation of love-tenderness that
lii xn1 hA~ Of
incongruity even to an Unconditional lis
tener. said:
mo. Dan There amt no SPAWN on
my interleck. and | amt the girl to put
kinks in your ambition. III name the
day. all right. all right. when you have
a stable of your own-not before.
, But pleaded Mallory ruefully
! there Amt no prospect of me getting
stable of me own as can see.
You'll get it one of these days unless
I've sized you up wrong" she assured
him.
a few months after her return to New
York the family were startled by bomb
shell in the shape of letter from Patsy
announcing that she had left Nine. Elsie
owing to a quarrel with the bookkeeper
and gone on the stage. To say that her
parents were Mortified is to put it mildly.
AS it appeared to them then, the stage
was a toboggan slide to ruin and perdi
tion. and the fact that her first letter
contained the first of a series of weekly
| remittances three times large as the
wages she had been receiving errand
girl under the guise of apprentice only
confirmed them in this view. Mallory
was not less startled. 1t brought to him
the realization OF the fact that he loved
her so that the thought of losing her. the
very idea that she might belong To an
other was unendurabl BILE
Her parents summoned her home per-
emptorily. and she came and had il out
with them. She explained her departure
from the milliner's and her entrance into
the theatrical profession in this wise:
II couldn't stand for the bookkeep: but.
seem he was head hand holder for ma
dame it made it kinder cmbarrassin'. an
took the exit without bluefoots or
tremolo music. Me carryin home hats
to the girls at the Casino got me real
intimate with 'em. an when l was down
an out they seq. What's the matter with
breakin into the show business? An the
next week l was there with smile an
shape-if / do say 1t as ShOuldnt-that
got me third from the end in short order.
or course now the bookkeep's married
madame an is maxim book a. the track
things nd be different. but I'm in the
show business for keeps.
Mrs. O'Brien did not see 1t that way.
For the first and only time there was
fight to finish for supremacy between
mother and daughter. II lasted about
week. and. although Mrs. O'Brien brought
into action her formidable reinforcements
: anu reserves III IHt pSTSOHS vi "
and Mallory, Patsy STOOD pat"
I'm not a baa-lamb. I'm eighteen.
and I know what I'm doln.'' she de-
clared.
Mallory. driven to desperation. went so
far as TO cast the first shadow on the
sun-bathed horizon of their bliss by init
mating that he feared it would be all over
between them II she insisted on going on
the stage.
What are you afraid of" she de-
manded quietly.
well" he replied with some hesita-
ton and embarrassment, I've heared tell
girl"
She looked him straight in the eyes
Daniel Mallory she said. "cut that
out and forget 1t. Remember. we're goin'
to spiel through life together. You've got
to trust me for good an all-trust m.
without a string to tin all places an all
things. You've got to believe in me as
1 believe In YOU You can't put no
binders on me- and you can't put no
hobbies
He returned her gaze steadily.
You're all right. little one he
swered at length. very gently and very
slowly II will never raise that question
again. l will trust you at all times In all
things"
ITS DEAL she said. "Cinch ii; Give
me your mitt on it.
He held out his hand and she grasped
1t. Then. with a sudden impulse. she
, raised it. pressed it against her cheek and
covered it with kisses.
"Oh DAN my Dan. your re a man." she
cried. and as he clasped her to him in a
passionate embrace he saw that her eyes
were wet.
Mallory's opposition having been over
come the capitulation of her parents fol-
lowed It was the same with the stage
as with every other line of work. she said.
It depended on the girl herself whether
or not she remained good and virtuous.
She knew many chorus girls who were
both and she wanted to know why they
should doubt her ability to take care of
herself Besides she pointed out that the
salary she was receiving. SIS a week. was
something to which she could not aspire
for some years In the millinery business.
And SO she had her way: and her fire.
ouent visits home. which showed that she
was the same Patsy. and the great help
to them Of the larger share of her salary
which they received with unfailing regu-
larity when she had any TO send. and on
which they came to rely. brought them
around to the view that the theatrical
profession was not by any means so black
as II was painted. and hnally that II was
as good as most hers and great deal
better than some.
Mallory, spurred by the grit of his
sveetheart and the prize held out to him
to even greater efforts than lie had previ-
ously put forth. procured lucra " posi-
ton as manager of q racing stable. and
in course of time amassed enough to
establish a stable of his own. He Sc
lected Maple Grove as the site for II. and
of course. he took with him the . Brien
family. which he long since had come TO
consider as his own. A nrst tnlnss RAD
gone we'll. and the day for the wedding
=. -. 10 baap fxa5 But IL was not