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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-16

gray-grecn eyes, deep set, but large.
little SHALLOW. n little changcahle.
calling Go mind the sen on windy,
cloudy day.
Below stairs n door slammed
Il am not detective. Mrs. Hal
lam" announced the young man sud
denly. Mr. Calendar required serv
ice OF me this evening; l am here In
natural consequence. II It was Mr..
Calendar who left this house just now
1 am wasting time"
cit was not M Calendar" The nne
lined brows 0rched I'm surprise. real or
pretended. at his first blurtcd words
and relaxed. Amused. the woman
laughed dellciously. But l avn cx-
pecting him any moment Tie was 90
have been hero half an hour since.
Won't yOu waltz"
She indicated. with gracious ges-
ture. chair aud took for herself orc
end OF davenport I'm sure no
won't he long now"
Thank You. will return. n may
KlrlIwood moved toward the door
But there's no necessity She
J.
possibly because she questioned HIS
motive, possibly for her own dlvertiso-
ment.
KirlIwood deprecated his refusal
with smile. "The truth is, Miss
Calendar is waiting in cab outside
r.
Dorothy Calendar" Mrs. Hallom
rose alertlv "But why should she
wait there? To be sure, we've never
met but I have known her father for
many years"
She swung about quickly. preceding
him 60 the door md down the stairs.
II am sure Dorothy Will come I'm 10
wait 81 ask her" she told KirEwood
IN high, sweet voice I'm $50 mix
ious to know her It's quite absurd.
really, Of hcr-to stand on ceremony
with me v hen her fatbar made an ap-
pointmcN bore. III run ont and ask
Mrs lIa'lams slim white nugers
turned lat b and knob. opening the
street door and her voice died away
a6 she stepped out into the night
Then, with sudden, imperative get
ture, she half turned toward him.
But she exclaimed perplexed. gaz
ing TO right and left but the cab, Mr.
IIirkwoodT
He was on the stoop a second later
Standing beside her, he stared blankly
To the LEFT the Strand rORred, the
stream OF it, night life I'm high spote
on he right lay the embankmont, com
paratWely silent and deserted. If bril-
liant with It's nigh swung lights BE.
tween the two, quiet Craven street ra n
short and narrow ana wholly innocent
OF any form Of equlpagc
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Schedule in Sheet
NE 20, 1909.

leave 72o "a m for Roruoko
ior'olk nl an points on tae anen-
aauN division Pullman Sleeper
Roanoke 90 Sew YORK wa Iasers-
own Imunl ra-or o.. Roanoke
10 >or.ola
for Roaaors, Rich
n,... Io~.ou Prua Sleeper
3.'us "a. 10 Hoouosn paI0r osr
Ec. noto o. NofioII.
1890 .. m for Roanoke. .yacb-
.,rE aud intermediate s.uo.s .u.
.he shenandoah valley r..alelpbla
fue Sew York. 5i.ol.. 10 p'l p'.-
ruia and Sew Yora cato car cary
.lI Roanoke.
Obs p 10. for Roanoke. Lynch
surD. Richmond. NOrfolk Pullman
sleeper ~ EosfOik, Roanoke 20
Richmond.
leave Bluefcid $40 p. m. for Ken
1Fa Columbus and ai points WFst
trl NlrtAWcsl Pullman sleeper for
io.uuJus la1 Cincinnati Cafe ca-s
$40 ~ m pullman eepor for
Columbus Cafa Dn.Da car
Leave $3.50 o. m ana eos D. m.
daily .1r Tolee .i Norfor and 5I.
stations ou ,.u.H VaHay division.
Arrive from Eorton and points ou
tfr .utoh valley division az 1920 %
81 and l.D5 % m.
Leave GOO %. m. for Wtleh and
Intermediate stations
a.
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Continued From Saturday.

orOus stouing. The door itself was
/ immaculate. its brasSes shining lus-
trous against red lacQuCrcd woodwork.
A soft glow filled the tanlight over
head the drawing room windows shone
with coy. warm radiance.
! The door opened framing the figure
Of maid skctchcd broadly IN masses
of somber black ana dead white
Can you tell ne. is MIR Calendar
hereT"
The servants eyes left his face.
looked past him at the waiting cab
and returned
I'm not sure, sir. II you VIII please
step in"
KirlSwood hesitated briefly. then nc
coded. The maid closed the door.
What name Shall say. sir;"
"Nr Kirywood."
III YOU VIII please TO wait one mo
mCnt. sir"
He was left in the entry han, the
servant hurrylng 10 the staircase and
up. Three minutes elapsed lie was
on the point II returning to the girl
when the maid reappared
Mrs. Hallam says viii you kindly
step upstairs. sir"
Disgrunued. he followed her. Al the
head Of the stairs she bowed him into
the drawing room and again left him
| 20 his own resources.
/ Wearied, he deposited himself sulk.
fly in an armchair 10y the hearth and
! waited
( From a boudoir on the same floor
| there came murmurs of two voices. n
| mans and a womau's. The latter
/ laughed prettly.
"Oh, any time" snorted the Amer
ican"any time you're through with
your COMPOUNDED Irritation, Mr. George
| B. Calendarw
The voices rose, approaching. GOOD
night" said the woman gayly. Fare
well, and-good luck go with you"
THANK YOU Good night" replied
the man, more conservauvely.
! KirkwOod rose, expectant.
! There was swish OF draperics, and
n moment later he was acknowledging
! tue totally unlocked for entrance OF
| the mistress OF the house He had
! thought TO see Calendar. ppesumlnp
him to he the man closeted with Mrs
! Hallam; but, whoever that had been
he did not accompany the woman In
deed, as she advanced from the door
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way KirkwooI could hear the mans
footsteps ola the stairs
"1hie ls Mr. Kri woodW The note
Of inquiry 10 fhc well trained voice "a
very auur'lg voice and one pleasant
10 listen To-. be thought-m3dc &c seem
Is though she had asked. poist blank.
"Who4s Mr. KirkwOodf'
lie bowed. discovering bin in the
presence Of an extraordinarily hand
some and interesting woman a woman
of years which as yet had not told
upon her. ~ experience that had not
nvailci io harden her. so least I'm 80
far as her exterior charm " personal
fly was involved 81 woman. iu brief
who bore close inspection well despite
an elusive effect of maturity. not with.
ont Cos attraction for men Kirkwood
was impressed thIt It would vc very
easy 90 learn 90 Ike Mrs. Hau0m moro
than VOL with her approval
Although hc had not anticipated &C.
he was mot no all surprised t1 rcoug
uizc iu her the woman who. ~ he wore
not mistaken had slipped 20 Calendar
that warning in the dining room Of the
piess
"G am Mrs uo'lam You were ask.
ing for Mr. Calendar
Gle was 90 have been here at this
hour. I believe fsil K'rkw0o1
'YcsW There Yves Just tbe right in.
Election Of surprise i1 her carefully
controlled tone
Tie becamo aware II ON Wdcrn1r.
rent of feeling that The woman was
estimating him 8hrcwd'y with her fine.
direct eyes Tie returned hfr r,Rard
with admiring interest They were
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CHAPTER VII.
YELL. 'Mr-E irkwoodf"

"V YELL. Mr. Eirkwoodf"
Ma Mrs. Hallam." he STAN
wv mered, q
She lifted her shoulders
impatIcntly and with n quick move
mcnt stepped back across the thrcsh-
old, where she paused. rounded arm
burning the entrance. one hand grasp
ing the doorSuob, as II tu shut hirr
out AZ any moment.
I'm awaiting your explanation" she
said coldly
lie Criuncd with nervousness. strlv-
ing TO penetrate The mental processes
OF this handsome Mrs Uailum Slo
seemed 10 regard him with suqpl. Sln
which he thought lucxcusab,c Did
she suppose be had spirited Dorothy
Calendar away and tlcu called 10 ar.
prise hcc Of the fact. or that ho was
some sort ~ advouiu-cr who had
manufactured q plausible yarn 10 gain
him aC"fes 90 her home. or hnrEing
bI'i. to hrr original theory .rat Doc
"Ha au omisa from Scotland Y.rGt
Probably glc dis'rust.d hlu ON tine
'Hltsr hippo .lcfs Tho reelection lcf.
hiu moro q oUsc
'I am guile as m~stIlcd as gJu Nr-
HaIlam" Dc began ''us. Calendar
was h.re $40 this door iu four wheel.
or ur. Con minute, ago. audi
30 ben Wlor. Is She n1wy
"Tcli ur where calendar g." be re-
tortcd inspired. "and IYl try to an.
swer YOU"
But her eyes were blank "yol
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WHAT Ia hc0UC'fs name, Cdlcndern
cross Wen. this does for him. all
right" Calendar lowered vlclously al
tho river. You've been blamed use
full" he told KirlSwood nssortively. "If
II hadn't been for you ! don't know
where ia be now-nor Dorothy, either"
an obvious Hftcrthought. There's
no particular way can show my APP
probation, | suppose2 Money
1--WE got enough Go last me till
| reach New York thank YOU"
"Wcll II the time ever comes Just
shout for George Il. l won't be want.
Ing. ] only wish you were with Us.
but limits out of the question"
Doubtless"
mo two ways about It. bet any
thing you've got n conscience conceal
cd about your person. what! You're
nm honest man, ehY'
II don't want To- sound immodcst,"
returned Kirlwood, amused.
you don't need 10 worry about that
But an honest mans got uo business
in my line lie glanced again at bis
watch. % TINT Mulready! / won
der If he was cute enough TO take M
other way? Or did he thlnE the
tool"
lie cut of abruptly. seeming dcprcss-
cd by the thought that be might have
been outwlttcd, and. clusping hands
behind his back. chcwod suvagcly on
his cigar, watching the river Kirk
wood found himself somewhat wca.
ried. The uselessnCss OF his presence
| there struck him with added force.
! lie bcthouEht him OF his midnight
! boat train, scheduled TO leave r. station
miles distant I'm nm hour and half
IF he missed II he would be stranded
in foreign land. pcnnlless Hud prnc-
tcally without friends, Brentwick bc
Ing AWAY ana MI the rcst OF his circle
Of acquaintanccs on the other side Of
the channel. Yet he fingered In poor
company, daring fate that hc might
see the end OF tho alfnir Why2
There was only one honest answer
10 That question He stayed on he
cause OF his interest I'm girl whom
inc had known FOR a matter " three
hours nc most. ~ was insensatc folly
ou his part ridiculous from any point
~ view, bat he mndc no move 90 ego.
Tu III. Continued Tomorrow
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Bag will meet with your approval. Began "Wednesday

was told ITS that scoundrel Null
rcadyr the man affirmed with heat.
'1tis his baud know him. / might
have had sense enough TO see he'd take
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out ON the river. then shot in. arrow
like, TO the pier beneath Waterloo
bridge.
The deck was crowded. and addi-
uonal passengers embarked at every
stop. In the circumstances conversa-
elon. save on the most impersonal top.
les. was impossible.
As the boat snorted beneath London
bridge Calendars impatience drove
him from his seat back To the gang.
way. Next stop" he told kirkwood
curtly and rested his heavy bulk
against the paddle box, brooding mo
run OF more than n mile. the steamer
swept in. side wheels backing water
furiously against the cbbing tide. to
Cherry Gardens landing.
Sweet name for locality unsavory
beyond crCdeucc!
KirSwood shuddcred, sticking close
to Calendars side as they landed.
LIES naked brutaliticS had thereto.
fore been largely out OF his ken. He had
heard OF slums, had even Vcnturcd TO
mouth politely moral platitudcs on tho
subject OF ovcrcrowdiug I'm great cen
ters of population. but i'm the darkest
flights of Imagination had mover pic
turcl 10 himself anything so unspeak
ably foul and hopeless as this. And
they were come hithcr seeking Doru-
thy Calendar!
After some ten minutes steady walk.
Ing Calendar turned aside with NUT
tered word and divcd down covered
dark and evil smelling passa geway
that seemed to lead toward the river.
Mastering his Involuntary qualms
KTkwood followed
Some ten OF twelve PAGES from its
entrance the passagcway swervcd at N
right angle, continuing three yards or
so 10 end IN blank wall, whcrcfrom
q nickerlng inadequate gas lamp jut-
tod. AZ CHS point stone platform
perhaps four feet square was discov-
cred, from the edge Of which n flight
OF worn and Shiny stone steps led
down 20 permanent boat landing
where another gasiEht flared gustily
despite the protection OF its frame OF
begrimcd glass.
Good Lord" exclaimed the young
man What IN heavens name, Cal
endar'--
"Bcrmondsey ola Stairs. Come ON. q"
They descended 10 the landing stage
Beneath them the pool slept, a sheet Of
polished ebony, whispering 90 itself
tapping With small. stcalthy gWglcs
angles of masonry aud ancient piles
On the further bank tail warehouses
reared square old time heads. their un-
compromising, rugged profile relieved
here ana thCrr 10y tapcring mastheads
! \ few scattering, feeble lights Were
! Visible Nothing moved save the river
and the wind
The landing Itself they found quite
deserted, something which the ndven
Juror comprchyRdod With n nod which
like its accompanying lnarticulntc cIac
ulation might have been taken 10 I'm.
! dictate either satisfaction or disgust
Tie ignored Klrkwood altogether FOR
| the time being and presently produccl
| small, bright object which, applied
to bis lips, proved 20 be n boatswnlna
whistle. He sounded two blnSts. one
long. one brief
There fell lull, KirlIwOod wntchlng
the other and wondering what next
would happen. Calendar paced rest.
lcssly TO and fro upon the narrow
landing, now stopping TO incline an
ear TO catch some anticipated sound.
now searching with sweeping glanccs
the black reaches OF the pool.
Finally. consulting his watch. al.
most 10" he announced
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~ v 0'3al'oo.l fomoIovJ
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pect you would call beautiful Perhaps
with sarcasm) you think am beautiful?
THE STRANGER (gently)-Yes; think
you are beautiful, but you have one fall
ing that mars it. You look into your
glass and are, quite needlessly. dissatis-
hed with yourself
MISS KITE-You mean you would like
me better without the paint. the powder
and the false hair?
THE STRANGER Il think that you
yourself May / draw the picture? A
graceful, comedy woman, perhaps a little
pale-there are white roses and red-with
delicate features on which the sculptor
thought has chiseled his fine lines giving
them character and distinction, her stiII
bright eyes unspoiled, with her at crown
Of brown hair that time has touched with
40 unkindly hand. would be the more
beautiful
MISS KITE - You don't understand.
The world makes life hard to old women
THE STRANGER-Will you not help
them by letting the world see that old
women--of forty-can be charming?
He pauses. and Miss Kite suddenly
comes to-" as the saying Is, and,
shriel1ing that she hates him for hav-
Ing found her out, she fiounces out OF
the door.
But his words have destroyed her
aelusions. She keeps to her room, and
the boarders do not see her for a long
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EGi...-. 4.s~'-.4 SgSise r9enf.
When che New York Ledger was
wavering on the brink Of failure Rob
sf't Bonner, the proprietor, sent to the
New York Herald brief advertise
nent to be set up in a single line.
SO GreeleyesQue was Mr.. Bonner's
landwriting that the advertising mans
ager interpreted the directions as or
dering that the copy be run in full
page, which instructions be obeyed,
though marveling greatly. The Herald
came out the next morning with one
whole page devored to the crisp adj
duration to read the Ledger's new
story. The effect upon Mr.. Bonner
was almost fatal, first from chagrin oil
the thought OF the possible bill, then
from amazement as subscriptions be.
gan to pour In and finally from sat
isfaction as they continued to food
the Office until the fortune Of the pub
lication was made. The novel though
accidental device had struck the pub
Hes fancy. Mr., Bonner was hailed as
the pioneer Of new and daring the
ory of exploitation, and the advertise
ment gained tenfold currency by being
commented upon as feature of the
news.-Collier's
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WHITE BEDROOM
A JOY FOREVER
NO BETTER SCHEME FOR A Bed
ROOM THAN TO HAVE lT FUR
NlsHED ALL IN wHlTE-EvEN
HAVE THE WALL PAPER A
GLOSSY WHITE.

After all is said and done the aIl-in-
white bedroom is joy forever. Ii is
not entirely practical IL the room is
OF that convertible type used as a sit
ting room and sleeping apartment al
ternately; but when the dear little
bedroom is used to sleep in only, or
perchance. as a dressing room, too.
there is no more perfect scheme than
white furnishings. Cottage furniture
has returned, and a white enameled
bed win look well with bureau and
washstand that have been retoucned
with wood enamel In white. Even the
washstand china may be an all white
porcelain Of a more than usually
shapely design. The woodwork may
be whitehead even IL 1t first requires
the application of a paint remover
and the work that entails
Curtaining the wall paper viii pre-
sent no difficulty, since the wall pa
per can now supply both plain and
glossy white papers, and the qualities
OF swiss for sash curtains are practi-
cally numberiess. That paper having q
satiny surface or an invisible pattern
VIII prove less monotonous and the
drapery Of the dressing bureau should
match the curtains.
Now the introduction unto this
'colorless" scheme of the occasional
picture or a bit of delicate pottery or
metal ware will break what may prove
monotony, but an excess OF ornament
tation Is to be decried, since the main
object and purpose Of this purity in
coloring is the accomplishment of an
entirely sanitary room.
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Trumpetinc Ancient German choraIs.
The most notable ornament of Roth
enburg Is the rathhaus, which no art
list who visits the town fails to sketch.
1t is of a most imposing beauty, con-.
sisting Of an older gothic building
dating back to the middle of the thir-
teenth century, with IN elaborate re
naissance facade. II was from its
darkling dungeons that many of the
instruments If torture In the museum
at Nuremberg came, for Rothenburf
was not tender in it's treatment OF
prisoners. The earlier building has
high square tower crowned with a bell
rupola, where thrice a week the choir
Of st, Jatob's, a reverend church lying
within its, shadow, painfully climbs
armed with trun1pets ana other mu-
;ical instruments. The sweet Lutheran
chorale is repeated four times as the
musicians respectively face the four
points of the compass, and the cere
mony, so In keeping with the quaint
old time life Of the town, is one e.
the visitors unforgettab!e memories
Of Rothenburg. --Rothenburg (Bavarial
Letter to Vogue
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He Was sunnrntltlons.

He was big, hearty workingman,
and when spare, thin little man en-
tered the tram car, stumbled and sat
upon him he said In reply to the little
mans apologies:
Don't trouble, sir; it's all right.
There's ne arm done"
When we saw the big man a week
later we were shocked at the change
In him. He seemed to have shrunk to
half his former bulk
"Why, whatever's the matter?" we
exclaimed.
you remember that little man wot
sat on me in the train last week. sir p,
Eyes"
'weI, it's all through i'm I'm wastin
away like this?'
Preserve usF' we cried. .'Howi
Why?"
The shrunken giant wrung bis hands
In despair
Il found out next day." he groaneo,
that e was the coroner. An e sat Oh
me! I'm shuperstishus, an it's lookin'
ahead am. 0 Lor'r'-London Man.
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THE PAINTED LADY BEFORE

the story, but the idea is this: A kindly
Christ-like stranger with a tinge o.
the supernatural, takes the third fiool
back room in a dingy London boarding
house. In these hopeless surrounding
he achieves the miracle Of changing ev.
cry one with whom he comes in contact
by believing in the better parts of their
natures and appealing to these alone.
The boarding house dodgers are known
by their faults. There are a cheat, q
sloven, shrew and, greatest hit of the
whole gathering, painted lady.
The latter, Miss Kite by name, is a
spinster Of uncertain, very uncertain
years, but 1t is her fond hope that
she can pass for the girliest OF grille
girls No complexion is as BLOOMING
as hers, no eyelashes and eyebrows
more accumulated, no hair more blond
ined, and when I say blondined I use
too mild a word Her hair almost
strikes you blind. And the cunning
artful baby frocks that she wears
nothing more serious than the palest
baby blue and little kiss me quick"
bows and baby lace ruffies supposed to
be aggravating!
Her conversation matches. Every
one is dear, even when she is backbit-
ing. and at every third word she gig
giles in an infantile way and shakes
a day-day with her left hand, which is
loaded with blinking bangles (most Of
them with heart shape pendants). The
whole thing is too rich for words.
OF course the painted lady's one ann
bition in life is to catch a man before
the door of time is finally slammed In
her face. So when she sees the stran-
ger draw near she poses effectively I'm
a big armchair and rattles her bangles
enticingly. Then. batting her eyelashes
down on her blooming cheeks, she
awaits developments
But the tables are turned on her
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Vac First Pastaae stsmp.


The black penny postage stamp of
$40, the first stamp ever issued, was
.istinctly unpopular and gave place
r red one after a yeilr's existence
ireat Britain was the first country
] the world to use postage stamps
I'd the English Schoolboy OF tho
,eriod seems to have regarded them a.
nuisance rather than a national
3enefit. Have you tried the stamps
Tet?" wrote one OF them to his sister
in the year ls40. II think they arc
very absurd and troublesome. | don't
fancy making my mouth glue pot, al
though. to be sure. yon have the salts
faction OF kissing the back of her gra
cious majesty the queen This is, how.
ever, should say. the greatest insult
the present ministry could have Of
fered the queen. =" London T. Pt
Weekly.
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Joor,

-
sit Is customary tor the back do15
key 10 be pnt halfway under the dor
30 that can reach II when comm
of duty late at night" remarked
artist to London Tit-Rits wriles
THE other morning ut breakfast III
;andlady said to me-. DO you know,
had an awful fright last night. III
the key halfway under the door.
usual, when, to my horror. | saw
drawn slowly out of sight. | of courl
thought some one had got the key al
would unlock the door and come i
so | quickly bolted II aud shouts
through the keyhoIe. my word. IL SO
don't bring that key back" Not darlf
10 retire to rest. l sat quietly 'istenih
for a time. Then | got u table kni!
ana pushed 1t under the door To see
the key had really been taken rigl,
away and to my surprise drew the kd
Jack again. SO, very cautiously. | vi.
locked and unholted the door. locke
out and found not burglar. but on
own wicked cat. who. while sitting d
the doorstep and seeing the key pushe
under the door, must have drawn iii
key out OF sight with her paws. thiHh
Ing was playing with her
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RIaATs OF gukoPsAn WOMEN

hIGHTS OF EUROPEAN WOMEN
The women Of Norway over TWEEN
ty-five years OF age who possess AN
annual income OF SIS IL in the country.
or 500 If in the city or whose hug.
bands possess such an income are per.
mitted to vote in all elections and are
eligible to all Offices, including seats IN
the house OF parliament.
The women Of England, Scotland
Ireland and Wales may vote upon thu
same terms as men in all elections ex-
cept that Of members of parliament
and the women OF the Isle of Man hayc.
had full suffrage since 1880. The wo.
mon of England have had munIcinai
suffrage since 1863. the women OF
Scotland since 1881 and the women OF
Ireland since 1898.
The unmarried women of Sweden
with a slight property qualification
may vote In all elections except for
members of parliament. All women OF
Denmark and Iceland have the same
privilege.