The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-30
THE EVENING STORY
The Magic Mirror,
(By Philip Keanl

try, club were in full blast. The men in
PINK coats and the women In exquisite
were to come the final tests.
the cotiion leader anonun noe scIsh e MIR
ror. The favors for this figure Will be
the f with haa her WIZ Ee alone
the man Of her hearts desire s' snou'oef
Van Allen murmuTed By q his Side sts # nope
y9r viii gaze back at me from the magic
Barry laughed. IF thought you
meant II I'd invoke all the help of the
"Of course mean it." she said. as they
danced together down the length OF the
w raaye IT / asked you to marry me every
Her blue eyes laughed up at him. IT I
she demurred, II might make a different
door Of the little room as sff fate ter doesn
snow you my face in the mirror, 1 shall
defy fate, and carry you OF anyhow
thick. SOFT curtains shutting out the lights
from the other room: Even the laughter
raised her candle high above her head
and stared into the great gold-framed
For a moment everything was blank,
ana then there flashed into the mirror a
Iface.and 1t was not the face of Barry
| Coulter. nor of any one that Stephanie
Oh" she gasped. and, for a momen.
looked out from beneath curled shock
Of black hair that matched the pointed
Oh she gasped again as she dropped
her candle and fled back to the ballroom;
At the curtained doorway she bumped
"Oh, look here" he admonished her.
why didn't you. give me time? You
But she was clinging to his arm. "oh
aa G5sel Baf5 oTsn she fsc said ,th saw face
couldn't have Seen an2iSlng a Ike that YOU
like that, and. Of course. ' everybody body
knows that one Of US men slips in and
looks over the shoulder OF the girl we
well We'll. = did see it" stsphanie insisted;
0afs sysi d imaenea t. he
sisted G tps t on over here and talk tic
had commonplace experiences. The men
who looked over their shoulders were the
were familiar, and not one reported hav-
ing been confronted by stranger with a
~ can't get it OF my mind" stephanie
told Barry as they sat at supper: Sup.
1
Marry me-" Barry suggested promptly
1T makes me positively superstitious,'
Stephanie confessed. Suppose life should
have something like that in store for me
"Oh. forget it," Barry said. slangily
AS long as am here to prevent 1t, nc
stranger ofr' with beard shall carry y0'
stephanie looked at him gratefully!
fhiYI
SERIOUSLY ,.s about put marrying YOU "o..on.
and hf o st w pamp ae faces g 1a
ned through the windows, rows of blacl
glasses on the merrymakers, and at tn.
end a witch in pointed cap appeared
and served from the steaming caldron {
And. stephanie. all a-glitter in silver
, about her neck, led the funmaking, ant
chanted for the benefit of the uproariou'
the he t tines sSs f9 to Ma s4a
na a9o all ss1 the aa
when she came down, radiant in he
; long white wrap, she found there was t
I'VE are going to run down to the ittl
girls told her. and look for our lovers
stephanis shiysasd .na II s aGp't want t.
shs D en!sre be AFRAID Barry y told her.
Sns Slueu crowd ON and looked out into tn
: darkness OF. the night. TN keep clos
: The well at the end of the path wa
t Quaint quaint lantern. In the giimmering poo
frgh to be back II
: porch by the man who had peeped owe
her shoulder. d.,
was following not far be behind 81 bent s,, eve
4 and caught gSs at the String Of pearls tina
e swung from her neck-mf1k white unde
: It was ali over in a moment, the snap
= ping of the chain that held the pearls u
2 the eager hand that gathered them II
: stephanie's screams. Barry,s arms abou
> her. the rushing of many feet down tn
path from the porch. the babble OF ex
: "somebody has robbed me-" stephani
e understand, they searched the. ground
4 everywhere. but the man with the blac
room with the magic mi Iss stepR 9snI
Taa and Se Wyoud have Stolen them
Il I hadn't dropped the candle" Do,
said s Manm Snd t fHTsvs afeey his pnrsu
$ M %ys aaf for lstting you 60 down that pat
e He carried her back to the clu u,dnH
: and for a moment they were alone
greet crowd ON the
e ST shall dream Of that face all my NE NE,
= stephanie sobbed 1T was dreadtu
II know" he said as ssr his nrs comf %oI
It "But I wish you would dream of min