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young innocence. you niece. Zaza, with
this man Holbrooke!"
That's a lie!" she cried fiercely. You
know tia dirty lie. you brute"'
Don't you get mo riled up Darkin
warned. II ont want to be harsh with
a ~lady-oh. mol" A savag leer gave
emphasis to the speech. ITO save you
the trouble of more lying I guess I'll
look around a little. I'm awful worried
about my wlfe-sho can't bear to be
separated from me . minute, poor crt-
ter"
Sinking over his idea of humor he
started toward the door OF the bach
ROOM.
'Oh, for your own sake. don't co.
Maggie pleaded frantically. Yes. there
is somebody there-someDody that'il
break you In pieces
"So?" the man growled. DO you
think you can scare Jack Darkin OH
Scat, Out OF my way"
He threw her across the room.
She saw the door OF the back room
swing open Just when Darkln's hand
reached for the knob. n a body shoot
forth. Afterward, there was only the
swirling confusion OF the two men,
who. at grips. fought up and down the
narrow space Of the parlor, without
word or cry from either.
An age It seemed before the better
Drawn and skin of Joseph triumphed
and he brought Darkin crashing down
In a corner. 1t Vas then. while the
younger man gave his enemy a deserved
punishment. that Maggie beheld some
thing so dreadful as 10 hold her frozen
with horror, She would nave given her
life for the power to scream a warning,
and she could not.
Still fast In helpfulness, she watched
tho hand that rose behind Joseph's
back, In which was a blue CLINT OF steel
The report OF the weapon broke on her
ears like the crack OF doom. In the
same instant she saw the form Of Jo'
seph sway slightly and topple TO tho
floor.
Then she lost consciousness
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-1LSA's mother kept n d~elicates-
sen store down on Dexter
strickland she did n rushing
business. Elsa's father had
- long since vanished into the
dim distance. but no one worried much
about his coming back. In the
days when he had been there to I'LL
In the picture. he did nothing but sneak
tho component parts of free lunches TO
the corner saloon M swap them for
frequent and foamy schooners.
II was when Elsa's mother caught
him one day with an o~bstreperous
rrankfurter protruding from his coat
pocket that she sent him out into he
world, d~efenseless and alone-and he
never came back!
Elsa grew to be n fine looking Ger
man maid. She had two sleek golden
| braids wound tightly about her head
and held in place with lots OF brass
hairpins; n skin whose dazzling high
lights spoke of frequent applications
OF Kitchen soap: and a comfortable
delicatesscn-b bred figure.
But. rs time went on. she grew weary
Of sllclng tongue hin so that II looked
like a lot. and Weighing potato salad
and pot cheese. She began to think OF
marriage as a respite from odoriferous
foodstuffs!
And, Mt last. one day. when tho store
was almost empty. n blond giant came
In n leaning deferentially over the
counter asked FOR n choice m~arinierts
herring. II was love at FIRST sight!
He paid for tho herring and then In
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Founded on Charles Klein's E
+ + Play for Rose Stahl i, r &

in~terferencei Now. you may be found
here any minute. You're sure to he.
sooner or later. And think nj ,he
scandal, then! II would be no much
worse than at the start, on. To have
everybody know that Won had been liv-
ing secretly hero I'm nv apartment wbile
you were being looked for every where,
II would ruin you-it would XIII ma I
guess"
"Tll 20 this very MINT" he arrecd
sadly. .I sunno.. , nugh, % - .
There's a midnight train1 IN ~s,
TO New Orleans. I think. then
catch n steamar M Euron. oyar ,har.
III suddenly return 70 psr,. ,rom 49,
annette niac. whsr. oon,s,", ~
news ri learn ~, h.ina -.
dead and ru come hsck 40 ~. Eo, ,b.
EST r. c,rona 80. a.. az, ~ .nnoo
49, mo o"s e"en
~. inAeh q" TOT . roush
ptosrannn'o. psncy'
harsatet' ! W,sh you 10 answer me
ono question:, iou must tell me tho truth
100. why wont you marry mef'
Mr.. H~olbrooke." she said slowly.
while the gray eyes held his eager
ones with an inscrutable oppression,
you hrst spoke TO mo OF love and mar
rage after a row with your rancee,
when you were afraid of scandal for
me, IT was to save me from that sean
dal that you offered TO do the right
thing as o deemed II. Well. leaving
out the question OF love on my part.
for II doesn't enter into this, the idea
OF reparation. or duty. or moral com
pulslon OF m sort. as a motive for
MARRIAGE 10 horrible 20 me. II means
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well. But there WINS ma ,,,,u 49,. a.
turbed his fair nanc.s-ha nra...,..
her neither with nm .n,ag.mas. -
nor a gift OF any sor,-an, -. A
did he mcmillan M. ...saIr o
the change in HIS shiny black i..,ha.
purse.
Els,.a eiri .,r,.,,. ,u,.
her Engagement, az -. aoous
token: and Eliza. mo,ha. y"
roh., -, ~, -" ""o'"o oesah 10
ftom hor s,oon =, oupp'.s 'axen
a,.av" ~" vi imported dnlnties--
mindoJ Sia, p'e,eA' 'nat they re-
Eyar, 49,
"vat. 81
I'm ,ho h.n. you no" much ne mas
..p.u.-. ~ 's"' 10 Nno"'
,... "o "aa" VINO Is close be-
MI h. Ano"s "hAh
"'n 70 at'erwardG'
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breath. But before a question could be
asked she went on speaking rapidly
under the impulse Of terror: Hes fol-
lowing me, I tell you. He found out I'm
going to leave him. going away. He's
crazy about It. lie got the truth out of
me somehow. He struck me. and ! had
to tell him. He threatens awful things
II We don't both OF us-Margie and /
go West with him tonight. And
he's following me-he'n be here In a
minute. Keep him OUT" The conclud-
ing sentence was a wall OF fright.
Don't be afraid" Maggie said, sooth-
lngly. A vein Of contempt for the
woman's cowardice ran In her sympathy.
Probably. he's only trying to frighten
you into doing what he wants. III man
age him. all right" A sudden thought
caused her to face Joseph. You must
go right away" she directed. III there's
to be any trouble here. You mustn't be
mixed up In it-you understand that"
Joseph shock his head, in vigorous
refusal.
ITS too late for me to go now"
Then get into the back o here
quick!" Maggie commanded. and.
whatever happens, don't show yourself
There's been scandal enough about us
49, You ought never to have come
mere, Sno WIllrleu oH inc HySt''iS"i'
| covering Ada. you, too! In with you
both!'
She fairly pushed the two out OF the
parlor, and shut the door behind them.
She had had barely time to seat herself,
| holding a magazine as II reading II,
when Darkin staggered into the room,
in advance Of the protesting maid SER
want.
II want my wife--that's what want.
And | want her ouickl DO you get
mel"
You can't have her." the girl de-
clared. stoutly. She's where you can
reach her. She's through with you. Tor
here at once, on I'll set the police on
you for breaking n my apartment IN
this way"
"Oh, you will-wtli your" Darkin re
torted with a malignant ecowl.
Now. just you listen to me, sweetheart
its for your own good. and no merry
lest. My wife came in here. and sh'
hasn't gone out. I'm wise. al right
You've been doing a neat Job. breaking
up my home. haven't you? First, yo'
grab my daughter; now you've inhu
enced my wife TO quit me. Well. In
going to queer your game r!sht now"
II took my niece from you becaus'
you're not Mt to nave charge OF her.
Maggie stated, boldly. "As for you
wife, she's OF age. and she'S-
Darktn interrupted with a burst o
brutal laughter.
why. she's Just a. good a. you arc.
he exclaimed; and she's no good q ell
You're q fine one to talk. you arei J
% - Snan1A gnuco -0ftnl
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CHAPTER XVI.

ITE did not finish the sentence.
but the roses in Maggie's
cheeks crimsoned deeply. HIS
voice was very low as he con-
0 tinued speaking:
you're going to be publicly accused
Of the very worst. Can you see your
name In the big type. your picture In
the evening papers," There fell a short
silence, which was broken at last by the
man. saying. very softly: Il want to
ave your good name, MarSaret.'
'.But how can you?" Maggle's eyes
fioksred to his for an instant with the
question. but fell again before the fire
thai burned In his.
"By making you H.. wife" was the
\answer. His voice rang more firmly
how.
A great sigh broke from the girls lips.
your Wife," She breathed the words
/reverently. rapture surGlng in her heart.
'Tell me-" he urged.
ooh, I don't KNOW dldr't understand
that you meant Maggie broke down.
She could not translate her heart In this
moment.
And then, without warning. tho rap
ture gave way to dread. Could II be
that. after all, he did not really love
her as she loved him? Was he acting
thus from a chlyalrous sense OF duty
toward the woman whom he had com
promised? AT once. she found her voice
again. She must know the full truth
whatever the cost 10 her happiness now
"Ycu sa!d 60 MANI ,h.aTs - me- sh,
declared. IL thought YOU We're Jus
talking. 50 | guess now You Just wan
b marry me because-bccause you're
willing to sacrifice yourself to a v me
like you-you know that. l AVE al
uAga siksd you from tha nrst moment
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Cheers for the Colonel. who bowed
ana beamej from the Don In which he
sat as the guest of Lady Gregory. were
followed later in the evening by shout
calculated to assure the Dublin actors
that they. too. were among friends.
There were other cries. including one
laugh, but at no time was Mr.. Roose-
velt's attention distracted from the play.
While Lady Gregory was gracious, the
lady ushers were busy. They had de-
veloped such a keen ear for Kisses as q
result of their experience on tho pro-
vious evening that quick detective work
seemed a pleasure to them. When the
hostile note was sounded In various
quarters of the house, a house that was
packed from top to bottom, vigorous
hand-clapping invariably gained the as
cendancy.
Except for the sneeZing and coughing
that may have been due to n dash OF
pepper left over from the festivities OF
Monday night, there was nothing to dis
turb Lady Gregory's one-act play, THE
Jail Gate Even THE Playboy of the
Western World safely passed that crit
lea point where reference Is made to
tho Holy Father and Cardinals OF
Rome. oddly enough. the first sign OF
marked disapproval came with Pegeen's
speech: IF I'd that lad in the house I
utthroats or the walking dead"
our own there was geno.al laughter at
I've no license. and I'm a law
@ first act curtain on its way down as
mt wasn't l n foolish fellow not to kill
I'd words to any one who takes Synge's
cater mart of last nights anidienca an
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aYNops1s or rnECNDING CHArTERs.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
Joseph Holhrooke takes charge OF the, gress
department store bequeathed him BY his father.
HIS fathers former partner, Nj. harseh' 20
whose daughter the young man Is ,enSaged, has
fSen mismanasins the store, holhroose meet:
Maggie Pepper. assistant buyer to the firm ana
nromotes her To the position OF buyer. Mr..
Thatcher, the store detective arrests Msss1es
for shoplfting. This sister-in-law, since the deata
IL Maggie's brother. has married a crook named
Darktn. Maggie dearly loves her dead brothers
only daughter, whom the Isrkins rtuse TO let
.er see. She prevails upon Mrs. Thateher 70
ware the little girl the disgrace of arrest ard
takes her niece home with her, But Darnn
bIackmails her on threat OF taking the cmll
away again. Holbrooke consults Maggie on an
mAttep OF the store management. Thsnks 70
her clever suggestions. the firms bushes I'M
proves rapidly. Hol6rooke's attentions 70 Mng7ie
cause gossip. He discovers that he ~ falling, n
love With her. Ethel Is Jealous and demands uat
Haven discharge Maggie. hapen does 40 dun <
Hoihroohe's absence from town. Maggie acceils
another position. Ada comes 90 her, repeniant,
and bess to be saved from paTsln,s cruelty: NAG,
engagement 10 Ethel; who thIeaiens q breach %
promise suit. HolbrooSe tells maggie OF the
throNA
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never could. You have done Il, YOU
can do II again-always. Isn't Il right
uat you should take me in hand? Ydd
Know how I've talked to you about the
family. my duty to the ancestors, and
AL that. Well, you can make mo do
them honor. | love you'll believe you
love me, because once. when you looked
az me- Sou- But never mind the love
part now, as you said. The thing n.
dear need you-oh. | need you soi' ",
j never thought of that" the 9irl
confessed In a swift ~shyness. and her
eyes fell. She fought to flee from his
embrace az once before she had fought,
But now the man was grown wiser and
he did not let her 20. Instead. he lift
ed her face a ltte more toward his thar
set his Ups on her mouth. And
because he had not yielded her up ne
forgot everything save rapture, and h.
llDS chung TO his
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conversation 50 strange and splendid
Though there was now the bliss OF
mutual love confessed. enough OF DIM
Guilty and danger remained In their path
to bring their thoughts betimes back to
earth from heaven. They plotted In
detail tho manner In which Joseph should
contrive his escape secretly from tho
apartment. and the subsequent return to
life In Europe. They we're more than
ever afraid now OF any mistake by
which the truth might become known.
The first warning OF disaster came late
In the afternoon OF the next day. Mar
gle. who had been sent out on an
errand, passed through the parlor on
her return. and stopped for a moments
chat with her aunt, In her hand, she
carried a letter. which Maggie observed.
rs Il for me-" she questioned. She
was In hope hat II might be a reply
from some one OF the advertisers for
help to whom she had written She was
still anxious concerning & ~sruauon,
which must be secured to tide over the
period OF Joseph's absence. She hAA
been too proud TO make known ~
necessity TO the lover, and ne had FAM
TO consider It, although Informed as 70
the manner In which money had been
extorted from her. Now. her face fell
az she listened to the 1rst word OF The
child's answer; then, speedily. a lively
alarm showed Itself.
NO, Nargle sad. careiessly: "ft's cov
mother. IL was a man downstairs gave
IL 20 me-. / never saw him before. He
asked mo a lot OF questions about Mr..
Darkin. And no wanted TO know q be
wasn't up here, And, then. he askAd
me the name Of the man that was oeAy<
ing ap here's 4
ra "A. cAnts~aaAnA
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F 80 1As' ~ -
boy inclined to boast because he sud
denly found himself ~worshipped as a
hero. lie had given his father a knock
on the head when ordered to marry an
old woman-''and she a hag this day
with a tongue on her has the crows and
beabirds scattered, the way they wouldn't
cast Q shadow on her garden with the
dread of her curse" with his head
turned by pretty Pegeen and the other
girls who regarded him as a curiosity
he couldn't draw his breath without
Dragging. 1t was as though the author
had said, Let him talk"
It must be granted that thisi isn't pretty
talk. II taken seriously. But It is posi-
BILE. from a certain point of view. 10 see
through 1t all, even to discern the father
dumping down the road In pursuit Of
his son.. and quite as ready, for his part.
10 BOAST of having the best cracked
head in the country. Looked at in this
way. it's as good rs a fight. And surely
there's no pain left when the father.
Nike a true Irishman, feels nothing but
pride as he stands at the window OF the
little public house and sees his boy win
ming a race on the sands below. The
hard lot falls to Pegeen. when she
stands at tho door through which
Christy has passed for good and all and
hments: 1--WE lost the only playboy OF
the Western World" Her last words
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~ CHARLES DARNTON.


VEN If Colonel Roosevelt had brought along his big tick he would rave
n. found no occasion to use It at Maxine Enidts Theatre last night when
the Irish Players bodied W srcnly again with The Payboy of the
World" To be sure. there as a spicy mixture Of sneehns.c oughins
Kissing. and three students of the drama according to synge were Obliged
y leave the house in such a hurry that they had no tme to get return checks,
but applause and laughtr won the nisht without my serious struggle
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UNCLE PENNYwIsE SAYS:

last summer n~ightgowns were con-
sidered the smart thing for street wear;
now the wtmmen are wearing bath
observation-disclosures.
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FITTING,

"Do you know OF any good remedy for
a deadlock"
Il should suggest n key to tho sltua-
ton. baltimore American.
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he poetry Of the strange, haunting language of Synge
Even those who were lot in sympathy with tho play last night seemed to
an under Its spell at times. lghtn men they nay have been, but they proved
themselves to pc something better when thew women m the stage were speaking.
There were no Kisses 70. them. Il manto-man, Ia part of it, and more
over. non of the factors was ny the worse or it, In act, the Irsh Players
gave he best all-round performance OF their gagemen at Miss IlIotta
theatre. They acted with unusual spirit
Fred oDonovan "a splendid as Christy, J.. NJ. Kerrisan played the white-
Nvered Shawn very we'll indeed, Arthur Sinclair made Pegeensf father n "a
character and sydney =. Morgan, with his bandaged head was far from being
dead Miss tlthne Ma Zee acted egeen charninsly, though she might ave
evidently nt anxious to look "a woman Of about thirty" as tn play directs,
MLlnN luln GnnL1lXnlY.
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TWO ONE N.

I'm going to Vassar and try for a
degree this year. Better come along"
Thanks, dear. but I'm going to Reno
n try for a decree. "-Courier-Journal.
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Darkin rushed into the parlor In a state
OF extreme agitation. AS Maggie and
Joseph turned, startled, she hurried to-
ward her s~!stcr-tn-law with outstretehei
hands, Fear was In the face, in the
shaking voice:
"Oh, Margaret! Margaret! Jacks fol-
lowing me. Don't lot him in! Have the
door lockej!" She wns painting. ami
paused toS 4 moment = taka . }en6
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CHAPTER XVIII.

T was only a matter OF SEQ
onds until Maggie again be-
came aware Of what vas GO
ing OF about her. AS her
eyes unclohed. and her hrhin
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she first took cognizance OF Ada
Darkin. whose white face a framed
by tho doorway of tho back room.
With a stif.ed cry of agony. she threw
herself forward. without troubling 10
rise. and crouched on her knees by tho
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CHAPTER XVII.

4 : =: q: g: !: :]::: !: =: : e: :: e.: :: =: !: = !: s: !:
leN passage. A moment later Ada
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NO FRENZIEO FiNANCiER.
- you assimilate your food,
lunty?"
mo. | doesn't. sab. ! buys II open
an honest. ah."-Baitimore American.
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CHAPTER XIX.

oh (: e: :: Z: !: 4: !: E: :: 81: rs: E: Co.: s.: g: !: ::
on, and never before had beeu
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)LSA's mother kept n delicates-
sen store down or Dexter
strickland she did a rushing
, business. Elsa's father had
J long since YAniahcd into the
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

men invariably being content with but
few bonnets-and all Of them handed
down from preceding generations at that!
In Korea the head Of q house OF any
standing whatever has collection OF
hats that would make any woman. ex'
cept his disciplined wife. green with envy.
in point Of number at least Sixty-nvs
Of them is not considered an excessively
elaborate wardrobe. There must be
different bat for every one Of vast
number OF set occasions There 10
separate hat for youth. for manhood.
for betrothal and marriage. and still an
other one for funeral and the days OF
mourning thereafter. Moreover, there
are dozen or more different styles for
indoor wear.
Under such conditions thsre could sure
ly be no reason for the Korean hus
band to rant and rave as the American
husband is said to do when his wife
demands a new Easter hat. But such
a thing as this could never happen in
Korea. for the women there have to
content themselves with bnt two or three
different kinds.
Her Easter hat Is one Of the gala oc-
casions of the year for the average Amers-
can woman She counts the days and
weeks before Easter a. she peeps into
the huge hatbox on the top shelf Of her
closet. To her the creation" suggests
only the balmy spring sunshine. the Easter
promenade and the admiring glances OF
friends and strangers. She gives scarcely
q thought to the other side 81 tits
making and the women aud girls who
toll all day. long with their needles
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sold to Washington women were piled.
each in its box, in a solid column they
would reach q tri1e higher than this
marble tribute to the Father Of His
Country.
The United States Treasury covers three
acres of ground; ye. 1t could be entirely
surrounded by a wall CT these hats
that would reach higher than IT'S roof.
The height Of this building from base
ment to roof is 50 -; feet: its length
Is 464 feet and Its width 266. Let down
over It rs q blanket they would hide 1t
completely. Placed fat on the ground In
their boxes they would cover an area Of
seven acres
II such comparisons are possible with
the Easter headgear of q city the size
Of Washington, what must they be In
such centers Of population as New York
and Chicago7 Or, for that matter. even
small village Of several thousand peo-
pie win boast q surprising display of
hats. for Milady in this country will
not be denied her feminine prerogative
on Easter morning. no matter where she
livea
The original Easter hats. unless one goes
as far back rs the time of Eve. who
probably substituted ferns for willow
plumes. came from the Easter Islands.
IN the middle Of the Pacific Ocean. Even
before the time when the natives were
accustomed to dine on baked missionary
and sailor stew they wore them.
II decorated the heads of the island
bellies and was Q sort of feather effect
not unlike a modern feather boa doubled
into quarter lengths. bound tightly and
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Is, to be sure. all q government reserva-
ton, and the whole Of It, totaling upward
of 100 acres, acts in a measure as set
ting for the White House; but, strictly
speaking, the White House yard contains
but 1914 acres.
In the government reports this tract 10
referred to as the grounds within the
White House enclosure" by reason OF the
fact that a high iron fence. with locked
gates, surrounds the entire area. from
most Of which the public is excluded save
on Easter Monday and on the occasion OF
weekly band concerts during the summer.
Once upon a time the public was allowed
to approach close to the presidential man-
sion on the south, just as the public Is
to this day permitted to walk up TO the
door on the north. or Pennsylvania avenue
side. but President Cleveland, so the story
goes. grew much provoked because curious
folk were wont to stand and stare at the
little Clevelands as they played IN the
back yard, and so he had this portion of
the grounds shut of and opened to the
public only on Easter Monday and on
stated occasions during the summer when
the presidents family was absent. This
plan has been followed ever since. Lat
terly the back yard'-known to White
House parlance as the garden-has come