The evening world., 1911-09-12
Their Father" Says
Prince Tom, land Her
Husband; She. Must
Obey Me. She Shall
Not Have the Children
E d of Romance Told
in Stars Has Come to
Pass.

There IL a feui again between the
ancient tribe OF Lucas and the ancient
tribe OF Stevens. The peace. which
began the day Prince Tom OF the tribe
OF Stevens took int himself for a
wife Mary. princess OF the tribe Of
Lucas. Is broken. To-day the last OF
the Stevenses has left the camp behind
the deserted house. on O. winding lace
that leads off from White Plains ave-
nue.. and has pitched his tent hard by
the car tracks to the south.
Between the two camps there Is no
intercourse. Only Prince Tom, ad-
mired for HON heartedness By his W
clan and execrated for his audacity
by tho Lucas tribe. dares to venture
across the tracks. What though his
royal mother-n!-law, Queen Eleanor.
reviles him and his wife sneers. His
children are there n he will see
them, even though. for the frs. time In
the history OF the Romany Rye. Prfn-
cess Mary has gone into the courts Of
the house jewellers and asked for a
legal separation. with the custody of
the children. Where his children are
there Prince Tom will be.
II have no fear OF any OF the Luz
cases" he said to an Evening World
reporter. who found the marital troubles
OF he Stevcnses the one topic Of dis
cussion in the many gypsy camps pitched
along White Plains avenue. Let them
all come. n by one, and l will show
them the kind Of man I am"
And as he stalked among his enemies
he did not even delgn to glance at tire
male LucGses. Tenderly no picked up
three-year-old Mitchell and kissed h!.h.
SAYS HE WILL NOT GIVE UP HIS
CHILDREN.
my children she shall not have he
said. II am their father. II she wishes
to go with me and my people. we'll and
good. But l shall not go with her
people. / am the husband-she must
obey me; she must cook for me and for
the children and keep their bodies clean.
II she will not. she will not. Let her
go. But she shall not have the chll-
dren.'
Across the camp came the shrill and
quavering voice c. CAeen Eleanor OF
the Tribe OF Lucas-she who drove her
husband from her In a rage because he
would not kill Tom, when first Mary
came TO her fathers tent and said her
husband had beaten her.
Curses on you and on your whole
house" she cried as Tom came around
the copse that shuts the camp out from
view of the road. Curses on You and
your whole house. Alal! alas! 10 what
day have | lived that none Of my men
will do battle with that wretched dog
for the honor Of our house! once upon
q time, my men were strong Of limb and
swift. Now. they are oilers, and Sink
away when our enemy comes. They
wait for the women to support them.
and do not resent the insul; OF our
enemy's presence in the camp"
Her voice trailcd off into a humble
and then she turned TO her pipe. hardly
blacker than her weather-beaten face.
and found consolation in a smoke. Dirty
children gam5olled at her feet and two
big dogs stretched near the smoky stove
In front of her tent.
The Stanleys. who have pitched their
tents alongside the S~tevenscs, told the
story. Between Mary OF the Trlbu OF
Lucas, which had It's beginnings 10 ROu-
mania, and Tom OF the Tribe OF Stevens,
which traces its course from hgypt,
across Europe 10 England and thence
10 the United states by way OF Canada.
there began a romance when she was
ffteen and he a youth OF seventeen.
at was writ In the stars that this
romance would come to disaster" said
Big Liz" Stanley. for did they not
meet over the body of rom grand
father. he who was done to death BY
Dick Lucas at the st. Louis Expos!-
ton?