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- bHSfu'SN N'ri don't i now
what YOU are talking auout"
can we let IL go over for one day Z"
n don't know what YOU are talking
shout
You insist on his coming here per.
sonallyy'
"Of course don't. ! don't insist on
anything"
How much time have We got:''
He knows all about that
Dupuy was UNNECESSARILY relieved
al this last remark. IL was the nrst
time that Brand had Indicated that
meni
Mr. Brand. ! eau almost assure you
that my client will keep his appoint
ment" The lawyers voice rang out
firmly.
The editor nodded carelessly toward
he spes ker. who spun on his heel and
speedily strobe away rhe telephone
bell sounded Brand bent over quickly.
Hello Who oh. YES, Mr. Nolan.
No. sir. not yet. but I think we'll have
him landed all right in about half an
hour Please don't worry about IT,
tn be all right. Just go away and
hide somewhere. for they'll be doing
the baby act as quick as trap him.
and you'll be squeezed TO death before
we get TO press. You promised me this
chance You want 10 know what's GO
ing on: Well. where will you be-
Triple Plaza. Get OF the wire. Miss
stowe Yes Mr.. Nolan. they cut in
on US III call you up later
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that dpNuutrd 'urp>rS ~ tie Itsni tlGit
drawer animals mad fuughr and KILLED
10y day His ewes hliuked IN 'hr lirat.
did DJpuys u was in the under
ground ruuWaNS that L.. cour>.d The
sNifleSt And as these thoughts sped
through his ltaiu the editor lnnked
away abSeutly
DupuN came bet on his trait
shall make an appointmsa, with
him for you. say. tomorrow m"ruiug;"
he anNiouSly queried ~ tlf' new Spaper
man.
Il don't care
Then IN do it, be said de- id.IIv
and moved away from the desk And
err lie SAW that Brand WIS SIM
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Through the partition round hole
about FIVE inches in diameter had been
cot with a handsaw. and on Il table In
the morgue camera had been rested
with the telescope protuberance con-
tanning the lens projecting through the
hole In The partition into private
mail box directly above the desk The
door Of this box, into which were
placed letters arriving for the manag-
ing editor during his absence. had
been unlocked. line of shoe bread
lad been fastened TO the door Of the
box aud extended down behind the
desk 10 the floor and across to the
left hand side Of Brands desk. A
slight tug Oh the thread would cause
the door Of the mail box 10 open. ex'
posing 10 the leUs Brands desk. his
chair and another chair which had
been placed at the right OF the dess
neat TO the telephone.
Tor several minutes the mysterious
preparations went on. Just what they
meant no one but Brand could tell,
and he was strangely silent. except as
10 directing what should be done
Hartley was anxious 10 make GER
tain that the lens aimed directly al
Brands desk. He measured the line
with his eye
Get liz" called Jerf
NO. not yet Wait a minute" How
ard answered. lodging around quickly
toward the little 'morgue. Il haven't
got the focus right vet Hold ON
Jeff lighted match. held IL up and
stood between the two chairs
''How's thatT" be cried.
The answering voice came back.
Yes: that's the very thing lt's all
right now"
Brand stepped forward from a cor
ner OF the room from whence be had
been watching the final preparations
for the strange event that was TO Occur
Are you all set now. boys" he
asked. lis your camera in the right
place for the nashlight;"
Yes. sir!'' cried JEFF and Howard a.
simultaneously.
The nashlight is planted here sir"
said Howard. pointing TO o narrow pan
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namby pamby got ~" cried The ed
itor bending over the mouthpiecc
Come iu. Howard
Howard hurried into on. ruum.
Compare your u"te- boys" In
structed The managing editor
They held The records ei.n by side
and quickly glanced over them
They are almost exactly fhe same.
they exclaimed IN unison
\ smile "f satisfaction spread ov0
Brands face
An right Now chase back 10 room.
!. both Il you."
m" office boy Irou.h, Brand caro-
Ne tooh H. ana J> h. s'1urrd no 10 Lis
Eyes narrowed down iu'Y i,'l. sparks
4 l.l'
Hes on time" be uurWJ.tu .y,.
Wei. Durkin." ne ordered. slow him
n. and BurS.U r,mcmhsr JaI let
any one else zoo Undcr son., ,ir,um
staucc>."
\ hUlfa rm i.'cr judge Rartclu.
stood Ia the doorway lie nodded
briefly To rrand aud his eye, ~Vrp,
round the entire room before I- .fro-
bed In. Slowly he proc, q, .H front
Z Brand desk
Good evening. Judge" said tho cd.
'.r
"GOOd evening. Mr.. Brand"
Let me take your things. III hang
them up" offered Brand Just a. D,I
pui had been. Bartelmy was in even.
ing dress. lie took off his white kid
gloves aud put them IN his pocket and
then hanGed his nat AMI coat To the
editor. Brand opened the door OF a
closet at the right hand side Of the
room and hung the Judges things
therein. He closed the door Bartel.
my stepped to the closet. opened the
door ana peered sharply into It's four
corners. eren funbling behind his long
coat. 10 make sure that No witness was
lurking there 10 spy on him
"Oh. that's the way you feel"' com
mented Brand I'm show you over the
place. But YOU shouldn't worry"
Bartelmy coughed nervously.
"one can never be- too careful about
matters OF this kind Brand should
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In Swallowed spot on top of the ma.
bogany desk and close 20 the lens
Have you tested thi,t" asked Brand
Yes. sir
Re careful, sir or you'll explode
the fash" warned Jeff as Brand light.
&c match TO ascertain the location
OF the powder
Go into room 1. boys. and wait Till
send for you" directed BrarG
JEFF and Howard went out. Brand
went to his desk as the office boy.
purkin. entered
joe billions here" said the lad
prunkF'
"lrSi one over"
"HrokeT'
Sure" The boy c'inned
Dillon. one of the "hGs-beens' char
acteristic Of the type that prey on the
newspaper men at night in the big
cities. would ordinarily have received
short shrlft from busy man like
Brand. bur Dillon. an eX-revSpaper
reporter. had once given Brand. when
. beginner. some valuable pointers,
which the now managing editor had
never forgotten.
"Tell him TO come in" ordered Brand.
He reached for the office telephone
and called the night city editor. The
Patriot has got the town skinned on
shspping." he said. DO you know
who's doing IL for them? Well, think
you d better hire him"
joe Dillon wal dered in
"Good evening. MIR Brand" he said
weakly Durkin. who had summoned
him. followed him in.
"Well. Joe. what Is IT,
wait minute. purkin. Got q
st"sy for us. JocT querlrd brand sym
p,.h.Iicaily.
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"HOr rDitid you iiL, 10 %, 90 rsportcrf'
you something To- thiuh about. and YOU
can show him - much ia q night as
bed leHru 100 . uonih alone Mr.. Dil-
lon. allow me Zee present you to Mr.
sylvester Nolan Mr.. Dillon broke me
into the business" said the editor tn
the newspaper own rr> sou.
/ sylvester drew pouderous wad Of
bills FROM his pea, kct aud offered Ia.
/ top one to the old down aud outer"
You want to handle iuN friend /:
WOW with gloves. advised sylvester
He's Just fun Of temperament.
The old newspaper man indignant,
refused the money which young Nolan
held out TO him aud plunged out Of the
prfce
rbe poet stood mute witness Il
the proceedings.
Go after him" commanded Brand
Thank YOU. sir" and Powell dart. !
friehtenedly after Dillon.
Who is that old joker" asked SyL
veSter ~ The editor
lie was the best reporter that the
Advance ever had"
"Whats the matter With him.
Booze
Too bad, Well. fellow ought to
learn To control himself remarked
sylvester pompously Now. Brandy.
bid boy. want TO ash YOU just one
more favor tonight. in reference TO a
little actress freud ~ mine, Miss
Sueneyiere Mckenzie
oh come don't
Run her picture in prominent
place, won't you sylvester handed
Brand photo Miss Gueneviere Nc
kenZie Don't YOU know herr she's
IN The second row at the Tyroll. and
rs darn shame I've got libretto
for her later on. can't YOU help her
Dut and get her a small part now"
I'm AFRAID that is hardly IN my
Bse''
you'd he doing favor to the
show. for she's good enough 10 be- a
)rima donna. She's been Kept back by
jealousy. Told me So herself when
sill you have IL in--tomOrrow
Il scarcely think We can do that
SORT Of thing IN the Advance. We
don't print pictures ~ chorus girls
uDless bere's some good story about
them-lost jewels. barred from 4 no
tel on account of dog divorce or -
Sylvester broke IN relievedly "ut
she's been divorced"
Has she. when"
Last year"
That's dead Wait I'm her next
She doesn't 20 iu
why why won't YOU do ~" STAN
mered the young mai. who. deeply ap
preciuting the fact ihat be- was his
fathers on-yes. indeed Jailed Ia com
prehend how any employee gu the Nd
vance could refuse him anything
shes the cuteSt little girl yol ever
saw. YOU old gaZout. You stick To me.
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n, Wscrtcd irr pOnt hId appropriate
90 u'c lcGd DcHc" words fora ropl
Ie went ct nf the room.
Brand Wa impatient because of the
precious tive that lad been wasted.
Ie had work Ia do and lttle time IN
which to Il IL. and il WIS the most
important Ork he lad ever done ir
lis life.
Be sent the office boy to bring the
two reporters. Howard and Jeff
Speaking to Miss stowe. the central
% the Advances private telephone sys-
TEN. he said DO not put anybody else
On this wire until you hear from me,
40 matter bow long II takes Under.
stand: Conneci This phone with edi-
tOrial room I and have IL connected
until | tell you. Now be- sure about
This. Understand: Again he repeated.
as IL concerned the success OF his en-.
tire scheme. Don't break the connec.
ri0n until ] tell you myself
The two reporters came in.
Now. boys. understand what want
you 10 do. You've got to take. word
for word. a conversation I'm going 10
have here. go In room T. You. Jeff,
take the receiver"
Yes sir"
And you. Howard. take the exteh-
sion. Thus you will each hear what is
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and IN 2ive you
~ Interest IN this
paper some day
" by she " = s
in
That all may
he responded
Brand rising to
end the converse
lion. but the Al
vance doesn't j.
sue passes to the
sage entrance.
SylVesters Jaw
fcll IN his aston
~ hulcnt NJ this
unexpected blow
ma after 20 uio.
uI'gt. after vain
y cndeaNuri = f.
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Indifferent He
returned To the
desk Things
viii remain Sta-
library until
then he ASKED.
Things never
remain station
airy in y new~pa-
per office. re-
>pond,-l the man
aging editor la
rouically.
w hat I mean
il that there
" ould be- no
story er hOut
him until Won see
ninl.
don't know
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muttered teDsely Let him lake a trail,
or go to sleep or bury himself IL h"
wants 10. lf Bartelmy or Dupuy gets
hold Of him after I've shown my hand
there'll be the merry ID TO pay
and il they end him they mighI sue
coed In coaxiDg- ! nos0'i " NOlaH Hi.I
stick; I ,ooHder If NOidH ,cW sfick. he
kept repeating over aud over Ia himself
The noise OF voices raised IN indigna-
ton broke in upon him from the outer
hall at his right on that a chest
nut" some one cried: hes always OUT.
always when ! come"
The editor glanced around aud saw
Sylvester Nolan leading in his friend
Powell. the poet
You're not OUT. are YOU. old mani"
asked young Nolan Of Brand. WI hos
that fy duck that fried 10 keep me
from coming in:'
I'm sorry. Nolan. I'm very busy to-
night. and you'll have 10 excuse me.
I'm very busy.
Bra ndy. did boy. ! came In on busi-
ness Want 10 gel a job for my friend
Powell here. He's - poet" He drag
ged he wan eyed rhymeSier up To
Brands desk
rhe editor looked Powell over
We don't carry poets On the pay.
rolls hr granted
But just look AT This one. 20
WOW. let Mr.. Brand see yoGr ode 10 the
opening OF he omaha exposition he
went in the competition with This"
Powell handed the poem Ia brand
And ! sec hr came uut with H."
sDorted he newspaper man
Yes. sir. agreed Powell family
People haven't time for pnctry.'
commented Brand
That's what I've teen trying 10 tell
Powow." pm IN Sylvester He was
1prn after mis- tiu,'"
How would YOU Ike Ia be a report
err" asked The editor
povell's eyes cleaned with sickly
color tha, showed that he was en-
.huN"d
"A reporter? oh. yes. sir be said.
Brand took down the phone
Hello. Give me- night city editor.
p.,ase. Hello. That YOU: I've got
cun here named Powell Please give
hi.I Il weeks trial. Report To- city ed
tor"
Where is he, sir:'' asked Powell.
You're reporter now. Find out"
Yes. sir" He started toward the
hail door
over here. iowow. cried Sylves-
ter. leading him in the opposite direc-
ton.
Joe Dillon now added 10 the man.
aging editors troubles 10y again com.
ing into the office.
Thank you. MIR Brand" he began.
Could you spare me a little car fareT'
Brand tossed him u quarter Never
mind now" he said. Say. Joe. GO out
With that cub tonight. II W.T. give
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CHAPTER Y.

RAND hung up The telephone
receiver with ap enIious es
preston on his face. Nolan
must keep way from this. he
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.RTELMl, now that he had
taken the nnal and extreme,
dis,n Steful plunge and had
come TO the once II the Al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07

In asking the State Journal for base
ball scores please call Independent SIS
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groups of respectable burghers and
members of various civic societies that
are now the chief glory of HARLEM
show that he did not lack public rec
ignition He was, indeed, the COM
rade of these prosperous men But the
general estimation placed him below
many inferior painters, and in the
was almost forgotten. It is really only
within our own time that his actual
mastery has been recognized.
His name stands now. with that of
Rem brandt, at the head of the great
list of Dutch painters, and his works
command as high prices from collectors
as those of Rembrandt. of Velasquez-
or of Titan. Indeed, the $500, 900 said
to have been paid by a New York
banker for his picture of himself and
his family is believed to be the highest
price ever given for a single painting
1t is a sum beyond the dreams not onIy
of Halls himself, but of all the comfort
able gentlemen in black clothes and
white ruffs and blue ribbons who were
his patrons
As prices go nowadays. this is not
unreasonab BILE. If Franz Halls did not
attain the highest summit, his place is
surrey with the highest. ana it was he
who. as Bode we'll said. raised Dutch
portrait painting from the simple rem
dering of the likeness of an individual
into the region OF great art While his
portraits are individual. they are trans
fused with his style. the vitality They
are the most imposing records that We
hav of the assertive character of the
men who made the great history of the
Netherlands. =
No doubt there is some element Of
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Pa. the Grand in Pittsburg, Pa, the
Keith Fifth Avenue stock in New
York. and others equally good, will
enable him to give performances here
superior TO any of the former leading
men in this company. North Brothers
consider themselves fortunate in Sc
curing his services The entire COM
pany will have good parts. Miss Rus
sell will play Constance Livingstone,
splendid type of New York's wealthy
class; Mr.. Callicotte will be BERTHE
Livingstone. who tries to corner the
coffee market; Mr.. Blaylock plays the
Broker Cutting, and Mr.. HiIliard the
great character role of Jim tombstone.
Mr.. Carter, Miss Stone and Miss BIay-
lock are happily cast. The scenic
equipment will be high class, and the
patrons of the Majestic will next week
witness one of the best plays of the
season At the request of numerous
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At the Majestic.

Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, one of
the most prolific of novelists. wrote
story of tremendous interest about the
dolngs of Wall street. and called it "A
Corner in Coffee" It is one of those
stories YOU find occasionally that holds
you until the end. You can't put it
aside; you have to read it all, and
then you regret it was not longer.
owen Davis, who has written numer-
Gus successful plays, was commissioned
TO dramatic this story for Mr.. Tim
Murphy, whom everyone knows as an
actor par excellence. The result of
MI Davis efforts is a production lar
ABOVE the average of stock exchange
plays, and Mr.. Murphy uses ii and
clalms 1t the best in his repertoire At
. very great expense North Brothers
STOCK company secured the right to
present 1t for one week. and they have
decided to offer it as a suitable plav in.
winch 10 introduce Mr.. Harry Keenan,
as leading man of the company TO the
people OF Topeka. Mr.. keenan, is an
actor OF exceptional ability. and is des-
tihed TO become a favorite here His
experience as a stock leading man in
the companies of Nance O'NeiI We
Liberty stock in Oakland. Cal. the
Grand Opera stock in Philadelphia,
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Collier Coming.

Collier Coming.
CCORDING to the traditions
Of the stage, farce is a brand
Of theatricaIs intended only
for laughing purposes There
is only supposed TO be thread
enough of a story to hang a
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NOXeItN.

The moving picture program at the
Novelty for the coming W eek promises
to be winner as the management has
been successful in securing some of the
finest reels manufac tured. presenting
comedy. dramatic and educational pic
lures. This comfortable theater was
packed at nearly ever performance last
week and continues to be more popular
every day. Master Carl Fletcher is
hit singing his songs in costumes and
it is a treat to hear a good voice with
perfect enunciation. together with
the story of the song thrown upon the
big screen. Five shows daily are pre-
sented-2 and in afternoon and 7:3O.
$40 and $50 at night. Program
change every Monday. Wednesday and
saturday
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fashionable caprice in the eagerness
with which his works are sought by
rich collectors The great pictures in
the Dutch galleries and in other public
collections in Europe are not accessible,
and a really fine Halls does not often
come into the market When it does, it
is worth precisely as much as it will
bring-as much, that is, as anybody
who has money enough is willing to
give for it.
1t is probable that in the course Of
time the best examples of this as Of
other Dutch masters, at least outside
of Holland will be found in this cou-i-
try. and it may be hoped that even--
ualIy most of them will be seen in pub
lie galleries This is one of the many
wayc IN which our rich men are serv-
inc their day and generation and the
generations yet to cOme--Philadelph
Public Ledger.
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Great Dutch Painter.

When Franz Halls. the patrician
painter Of HARLEM. died at a great age
in an almshouse in his native town. he
had long been out of fashion. He had
enjoyed success during his active
period, and the wonderful portrait
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-07
SPOTLIGHT FLASHES.

Harry keenan,. new leading man Of
the North Players. makes his local
debut Monday night in A Corner n
Coffee" Well here's hoping he'll sue
coed. He looks enough like James K.
Hackett to have all the girls crazy
about him.
Manager John Truitt has had a num-
Der of fans placed in the Majestic, bit
they have been used but little. How
ever. despite the weather man and the
poets. spring has not came" neither
has summer arrived
Thu hello misses enjoyed a good
time as the guests of Manager John
Truitt at the Novelty the other night.
Trust Truitt to treat the ladies with
taste.
Northern Lights a well kown mil
itary success, is soon to be presented TO
Topeka theatergoers by the North
Players, if it is possible to secure It.
This is an excellent bill and should go
Well
A woman with a long feather in her
hat tried TO get past a man sitting IN
a picture show The man leaned back
in order to allow the woman to pass
him. At this moment the end of the
feather struck him in the eye. On
noticing the mere man holding his in
jured optic the woman said: Did my
feather get you in the eye" The man
looked at her for a moment and re-
piled: Nav. Ise hoIdin' me lamp
cause Ise don't want no bold seed IN
it see7''
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favor a Lucky Star" is an adapta
ton Of c. y. and A NJ Williamson's
breezy motor story, The Motor Chap
eron" Although Anne Crawford F'leX-
ner is given credit for the play. anyone
at all familiar with Willim Collier can
plainly see that the lions share of the
work was done by him after the manu-
script was drafted.
"A Lucky Star" is a comedy Of the
welcome sort. creating an abundance
of legitimate laughter in carrying out
to the letter its mission to entertain
The play revOlves around motor boat
cruise. Ronald Lester Starr Mr. Col
lier). young American artist, hires a
motor boat. only 10 find that it already
belongs to a fair cOmpatriOt, Nell Van
Buren, paula Marr)- With her half
sister. Phyllis Rivers katherine Null
kius) she comes on board to take
possession. Explanations follow Starr
falls in love, and on the spur OF the
moment invents a tale of disappointing
his aunt lady McNair) in a supposed
ride and in this way gets the girls TO
invite him to share the trip with him,
with aunt as chaperon. This means,
Of course. that Starr must scare up an
aunt. He telegraphs for her to come,
only to find she has left home. Thon
he advertises. and is besieged by host
of "aunts." none of whom possesses the
requirements. Finally fair unknown
(Narjorie WoOd) is induced to take the
trip through her desire for filthy lucre-
She powders her hair and gets the JOB
Incidentally Rudolph Bederodc (Reg1-
nald Mason) overhears the plot, and
being III love with Nell compels Starr
to take him along as skipper. under
penalty Of telling all The artist con-
sents and with Robert Van Buren,.
tWallace Worsley) NeIPs cousin, and
his hancee. phyllis Young the party
starts There are all sorts of compi-
cations. Sir Alec McNair hears that
his wife is on the boat and makes
flying trip to see her. The party fees,
but is finally overtaken. In Straighten-
ing out the tangle Robert finds he loves
Phyllis better than his hancee- and
Rudolph captures Nell. Starr finds HIM
self out in the cold but as his aunt
prepares to leave. as her joe is ended,
he finds, after all. that she is the one
he mas loved and settles down to do
e little spoouing on his own hook
The piece moves rapidly; 1t is
clever sketch and fits the star 70
IT" which, after all, seems to be the
real aim in supplying a vehicle for
star. william Collier is his usual
whimsical self. the self that is in in
dtscriba bic and must be seen To be ap-
preciated.
Margaret A1glin, one of the most pop
Ular actresses on the American stage.
Will sOol visit Topeka BY special ar
raugement with her booking agents in
New York the Crawford interests have
arranged to have her at the Grand in
her new success. Helena Richie" on
May so. Helena Ritchie" is one of the
hits Of the day and has scored success
~7TeS t.
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patrons the entire balcony will again
De reserved for the night performances
at the reduced price Reservations can
be made six days in advance as here
rofOrp
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Star" in which William Collier will be
seen at the Grand on May IS, is an
nounced as a farce, but if tradition IS
true, the piece must come under the
head of comedy. 1t IS free from all
b11froonerv and depends entirely upon
its situations and lines in bidding for
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CoAuNG ATTRACTIONS.

At the Grand.
William Collier, May IS.
Margaret Anglin, May 80.
Mrs. Fiske, June s.