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The Washington times., 1912-05-26
MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN

SECOND TRUST.
Money TO loan at SCI on District Real Es.
tate Any amount from $500 to 5000 on
hTKt OF second trust In straight note ur
monthIy payments Takes only three dAys
10 make them.
CHARLES Z. TRIBB~.
Thompson Building. Io3 18th g.. =. W.
OPP. Treasury. NsKt " Drug stSrG
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TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE

MONEY TO LOAN-S26O to $4,000 on D. c.
real estate. Several trust funds AZ 10 5
per cent, All transactions conducted vita
ecoS omIcaI conEi liberation for borroWerA
VIM II. SAUNDERS CO.,
Southern Building S07 18th at. N. W.
MONEY TO LOAN on real estate; lowest
rates: prior payment privileges; large
amounts. TYLER & RUTHERFORD, 7sO lStA.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
BICYCLE REPAIRING

BRING THIS AID. and we will give you front
wheel $3.50: rear wheel $40; Unicorn tires
$3.50: vulcaniZing 40c. MENDELL & CO.,
l7Ol eth st. n w
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CUEsAPEAKE & OHIO LINE.-

400 D. m. daiiy-C. & o. SPECIAL Solid
train 10 Cincinnsti, with Pullman slespeTJ
TO Louisville, Cincinnati, indianapolis. ST.
Louis, and connection for Chicago
iiIO p. m. daily-F. F. V SPECIAL -
the west. Southwest, and Northwest. Pull
man sleepers to virginia Hot Springs. Gin
cinnati, and Louisville. Cincinnati sleeper
open for occupancy 10 p. IN, c. & o. DnI-.S
ear all trains. Offices. Sl3 Pa. ave-. 1899 y st-
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FOR RENT-STORES
225 PA. AVE y. W., will install eleva-
tor If desired ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
1900 Y st. n. W .............'........... ?o.00
LOUIS P. SHOEMAKER,
200 Southern Building. 18th and H N. w.
STORE for rent, good business stand 632
II st. $. w Owner GA II st. s. w. =.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
WINDOW CLEANING

HOW ABOUT DIRTY wINDowsG
IlO" White Help. Moderate Prices
LEON L. C.AHOON. Acme Window Cleaning
C0. 81 @ St. n. W. Phone ~. Ilba
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BALTIMORE & OHIO R. r.
LEAVE UNION STATION.
ROYAL Blue LINE.

ROYAL BLUE LINE.
Every Other Hour oc the Odd Hour
TO PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK.
NEW YORK TERMINAL, LIBERTY ST.
AND W. 23D STREET.
900, '9:c0. 'n:o0 a. M, 100. 800 CRoyal
Limited. hours,, 800, 500 p. M. and $50
night 2:45 a. m. Diners and Parlor Cars
on day trains. Seepers 1890 night
open at 1910 p. m.
Phiiadeiphia and Atlantic City. 1850. $500
III 90 a. m. 100. 800 f4.0o p. m.
TO BALTIMORE.
EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR"
CWesk days. Z a m. TO 1000 p: M
1850. 1000. IL 90 a: m. 100 noon. tl?:oS.
500 t5:O. t5oS $50. tS:oe, $50 100, 500
- 90 1000, 1910. al 80 sl2:20 y. T,
WESTWARD.
CHICAGO, 1000 a. m, 'l:25 $3.50 D. M
300 night
VILE. 1910 a. M, 'l:lO p. m, 'l2:40 night
PITTSBURG, $1,000 a. m, 'l:25. 1910 p. m,
'l2:O night sleeper ready. 10 p. m.
CLEVELAND, 500 p. m, Columbus, $3.50
p. m.
Schedules OF local trains at ticket Offices
sDaily. Except Sunday tSunday only
Telephone at following Ticket Offices: 18th
and n. Y. ave-. Main 1891; 6l5 Pennsyyania
ave. Main 27S; Union Station. Main 1880.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26
BICYCLES

BIG REDUCTIONS
For q limited time we are selling bicycles
with high-class equipments. for $3.50.
CYCLE CO.. SZ7 10th ". W.
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1899 CORCORAN ST.
Desirable dwelling of eight rooms and bath
near l4th ST. line Rent only 5000
month. Investigate this.
THOMAS ]. FISHER & CO.. INC.
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AWNINGS

6. l. q E. L. NICHOLSON. 7o9 II 81. n. W.
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AUTOS REPAIRED
FOR RENT-GARAGE

FOR RENT-Spaclous 2-story, concrete foored
brick in court bet. II and /. LIST and Sd sts
y. w, suitable for garage, stable, machine
shop Rent SIS. CAYWOOD g. GARRETT,
1891 New York ave. n. W.
REAR 20 Pa. ave. y. W, on st., rooms
ABOVE ..,..':''':. VOW
LOUIS P. SHOEMAKER,
220 Southern Building.
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FOR RENT-HoUSES
Unfurnishen.

Spring Road. near 18th, practically
new house, rooms and bath. HOT
WATER heat; awnings and screens.
The Washington times., 1912-05-26

NO CASH PAYMENT. 7-room, all mod imps
Large lot. / block r. /. ave. cars, / fare
Just in Nd. line. Price. SIS per month.
including interest.
Also new pretty 4-room bungalow, large
lot. fine shade; only s@5 cash. SIS per month
Also very pretty 5-rOom bungalow, bath
fine mantels. gas and coal ranges, attic and
cellar, us per month Also several places
tor rent.
J. c. ROGERS, Owner, Mt. Rainier, Md
own several other very pretty homes that
can sell on practically rent basis.
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pairing minutes from timetables. Fo
a man In his business 1t was a cleve
%expedient, deoeiving all but those WHIT
knew him. He hesitated at the door
however, as II he had changed hi
mind in the twenty-odd PAGES II tool
to reach 1t. He stared for a Ions
period at the elderly gentleman who
was watching the feluccas on tht
river through the window. The white
mustache and imperial stood out IL
crisp relief against the ruddy sunburr
on his face. II he was aware of this
scrutiny on the part Of the pursy gen
tleman, he gave not the least sign
The revolving door spun round, send
ing a puff Of outdoor air into the
lounging-room. The elderly gentleman
then smiled, and applied his thumb
and foreflnger to the waxen point of
his imperial.
In the intervening time Mr.. Ryanne
entered his room, threw the bundle
on the bed, sat down beside 1t, and
read his letter. Shadows and lights
moved across his face; frowns that
hardened 1t, smiles that mellowed 1t.
Women hold the trick Of writing let
tiers. Do they hate, their thoughts
flash and burn from line to line. Do
they love, It's lettered music. Do they
conspire, the breadth Of their imagi-
nation is without horizon. At best,
man can indite only a polite business
letter, his %love-notes were adjudged
long since a maudlin collection of
loose sentences. In this letter Mr.. Ry-
anne found the three parts Of life.
She's a good general; but hang
these birthstone efforts Of hers. She
talks too much of heart. For my part,
| prefer to regard it as a mere phys
lcaA function, a pump, a motor, a pow
er that gives action to the legs, either
In coming or in going, more especially
In going" He laughed. Well, hers
Is the inspiration and hers is the law.
And to think that she could plan all
this on the spur Of the moment, down
to the minutest detail! It's a science"
He put the letter away, slid out his
legs and glared at the dusty tips of
his shoes. "The United Romance and
Adventure Company, Ltd, Of New
York, London, and Paris. She has the
greatest gift Of all, the sense cf'hu-
NOR"
He rose and opened his kit-bag
doubtfully. He rummaged about In
the depths and at last Strengthened
up with q mild oath.
Not a pair Of cuffs In the whole
outfit, not a shirt, not a collar. Oh.
well, when a man has to leave Bagdad
the way | did, over the back fence.
so to speak. linen doesn't count"
He drew down his cuffs, detached
and reversed them, he turned his fold
Ing collar w~rong-side out, and used
the under side of the foot-rug as a
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ming. The United Romance and Ad.
venture Company is not listed at pres.
ent. II 1t was, I'd sell a few shares
on my own hook. The kind Lord
knows that I've stock enough and to
spare" He laughed again, but with.
out the leaven Of humor. when the
fool-killer snatches up the last fool,
let rogues look to themselves; and
fools are getting scarcer every day.
"Percival Algernon! o age of po-
cts! wonder. does he wear high col
lars and spats, or has she plumbed
MIN accurately? She Is generally
right. But a man changes some in
seven years. I'm an authority when It
comes to that. Look what's happened
to me In seven years! First, Horace,
we shall dine, then we'll smoke u
pipe In the ~billiard-room, then we'll
softly approach Percival Algernon
and Introduce him to Sinbad. This in
dependent excursion to Bagdad was
a stroke on my part; 1t will work into
the general plan al smoothly as If It
had been grooved for the part. Sinbad.
might just as we'll have assumed
that name: Horace Sinbad, sounds
well and looks we'll" He unused in
silence. his hand gently rubbing his
chin; for he did possess the trick of
talking aloud, in a low monotone. a
habit acquired during periods of lone
Illness, when the sound of his w
voice had succeeded in steadying his
lettering mind.
What a woman, what a wife. she
would have been to the right man!
Odd thing, a a can do almost nv.
thing but direct his affections; they
must be drawn. She was not for him.
nay, not V on a desert isle. Doubt.
less he was a fool. In time she would
have made him a rich man. Alack' |
1t was always the one we pursued
that we loved and never the one that
pursued us.
I'm afraid Of her; and there you |
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arm, the CLINT Of a polished shoulder,
his was the essence Of life he coveted.
He smiled at the thought and the sure
knowledge that he was not the only
wolf In the fold. Ay, and who among
these dainty Red Riding Hoods might.
be fooled by a vulpine grandmother
Truth, when a fellow winnowed 1t all
down to a handful, there were only
fools and rogues. II one was a fool.
the rogue got you, and he in turn de-
voured himself.
He held his glass toward the table,
lamp, moved 1t slowly to and fro In
der his nose, epi~cureanly; then he
slipped the wine. Something like! Il
ran across his tongue and down his
throat in tingling fire, nectarious; and
he went half way to Olympus. to the
feet of the gods. For weeks he had
lived in the vilest haunts, In desperate
straits, his life In his open hands; and
now once more he had crawled from
the depths to the outer crust Of the
world. It did not matter that he was
destined to go down into the depths
again; so long as the spark burned
he was going to crawl back each time.
Damnable luck! He could have lived
like a prince. Twenty-four hundred,
and all in two nights. a steady stream
of gold into the pockets of men whom
he could have cheated with CONSUME
mate ease, and didn't. A fine wolf,
whose predatory instincts were still
riveted to that obsolete thing called
conscience!
Conscience? Rot! Let VI for
be frank and write 1t down az
caution, as fear of publicity, anything
but the white guardian-angel of the
immortality of the soul. Heap up the
gold, Apollyon; heap it up, higher and
till not a squeak of that still
small voice that once awoke the chap
in the Old Testament can ever again
be heard. Now, no more r-etrospection.
Horace; no more analysis; the vital
question SINNERS down to this: II
Percival Algernon balks, how far will
four sovereigns go?"
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are. There isn't a man living who
has gone back of that Mona Lisa smile
OF hers. II she was the last woman
and was the last man, | don't say"
he hunted for a cigarette, but failed
to ind one- almost at the bottom.
boy; the winter of our discomfort, and
no u Of York to make 1t glorious.
Twenty-four hundred at cards, and to
lose 1t like a tyro! Wallace has taught
me all he knows. but I'm a BOBBY.
T~wenty-four hundred, firms money
It's a failing of mine. the firms money.
But, damn 1t all, l can't cheat a man
at cards; I'd rather cut his throat"
He found his pipe, and a careful
search of the corners of his coat.pock.
cts revealed a meager pipeful of to-
bacco. He picked out the little halls
of wool, the ground,coffee, the cloves.
and pushed the charge home into the
crusted bowl of his briar.
ITO the devil with economy! A
pint of burgundy and a perfecto n
they hale us to Jail for It. FIN dead
tired. I've seen three orner in hell
in the past two months. I'm going IA
far as four ~sovereigns will take me.
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through his fingers, his p~leasure-lov.
ing fingers.
Come, come, Horace; buck up
Still the ruby kindles in the vine. No
turning back now. Wen go on till we
come bang! against the wall. There
may be some good bouts between here
and there. / wonder what Gioconda
would say II she knew why | was so
eager for this gamer"
He went down to dinner. and thew
gave him a table in an obscure corner
as a subtle reminder that his style was
passe. He didn't care; he was hungry
and thirsty. He could see nearly eyerv
one, ever II only a few could see him
This was somewhat to his vantage. He
endeavored to pick out Perciyal Agar.
non; but there were too many high
collars, too many monocles. So he
contented himself with a mild pbilo.
sophical observance Of the scene. The
murmur Of voices, rising as the wall
of the violins sank, sinking as the
wall rose; the tinkle OF glass and
china, the silver and linen, the pretty
womsa In their rustling own the
delicate perfumes. the fash of an
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The porter then understood that hI
was dealing not with a species o.
mild lunacy, but with that kind Of
: l~ight-hearted cynicism upon which
the world las porters know IT. had sci
Its approving seal. In brief, he smiled
family; and II he had any pleasantly
to pass in turn, the approach OF the
manager, now clothed metaphorically
in deferentialism, relegated 1t to
the limbo OF things thought but left
unsaid.
Here Is a letter for you, Mr.. Ry-
anne, Have you any more l~uggage?"
NO" Mr.. Ryanne smiled. Shall
| pay for my roo In ~advance?"
oh, no, sir" Ten years ago the
manager would have blushed at hay
Ing been so misunderstood. your
room Is 2OS."
"Will you have a boy show me the
wayT
Il shall myself attend to that. II
tho room is not what you wish It
may be exchanged"
The room is the one | telegraphed
for, ! am superstitious to a degree.
On three boats | have had fine state
rooms numbered 208. Twice the num-
Der OF my hotel room has been the
same. On the last voyage there were
2OS passengers. and the captain had
made POS voyages on the Mediterra-
mean"
Quite n coincident."
"Ah, If roulette could be played with
such a certainty"
Mr.. Ryanne sighed, hltched I'D his
bundle, which, being heavy, was begin.
ming to wear upon his arm, and sIgni-
fled to the manager to lead the way.
AS they vanished round the corner
to the lift, the head.porter studied the
guest-llst. He had looked over It a
dozen times that day, but this was the
llrst instance OF his being really In /
terested in It. AS his chin was fresh.
ly shaven he had no stubble to stroke
to excite his mental processes; so
he FELL back, as we say, upon the con-
soling ends OF his abundant mus
tache. Curious; but all these persons
were occupying or about to occupy
adjacent rooms. There was truly
nothing mysterious about 1t, save that
the stranger had picked out these very
names as n target for his banter. For
tune Chedsoye; 1t was rather an un.
usual name; but as she had arrived
only an hour OF so before, he could
not distinctly recall her features. And
then, there was that word bucolic.
He mentally turned 1t over and over
as physically he was wont to do with
postcards left In his care to mail.
lie could make nothing Of the word.
except that 1t smacked Of the East
Indian plague.
Here he was saved from further
agony by a timely interrup.
A man, who was not of bucolic
either in dress or speech.
from the tips Of his bleached
fingers to the bulb Of his bibulous
nose, leaned across the counter and
asked If Mr.. Horace Ryanne had yet
arrived. Yes, he had just arrived; he
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/. Fortune C~hedsoye." His blue
eyes became less hard and his mouth
less defiant. Il repeat, the heart
should be nothing but q pump. 9th.
erwise 1t gets In the way, becomes an
obstruction, a bottomless pit. Will
power, that's the ticket. ] can face a
lion without an extra beat, l can face
the various countenances Of death
without an additional f%lutter; and yet,
here's a girl who, when l see her or
think of her, sends the pulse soaring
from seventy-seven up to eighty-four.
Bad business; besides, it's SO infer
nally questionable. It's hard work
for a man to keep his balance 'twixt
the devil and the deep, blue sea; Clio
conda on one side and Fortune ON the
other. Gioconda throws open windows
and doors at my approach; but For
tune locks and bars hers, nor knocks
at minc. That's the way 1t always
goes.
If a man could only 60 back ten
years and take q new start. ASST"
halling his fist at the reflection in the
mirror. Swivel and whine over the
bed Of your own making. You had
your opportunity, but you listened to
the popping Of champagne-corks. the
mutter Of cards, tie inane drivel Of
chorus-ladies. You had a decent col
lege record, too. Bah! What a guile
less fool you were! You ran on, didn't
you, till you found your neck in the
loop at. the end Of the rope? And
perhaps that %soft-footed, estimable
brother Of yours didn't yank 1t taut as
a h~angman's? You heard the codicil;
into one a and out the other. Even
then you had your chance; patience
tor two short years, and a million. No,
a thousand times no. You knew what
you about, empty headed fool!
And today, two penniez for a dead
mans eyes,"
He dropped his fist dejectedly.
Where had the first step begun? And
where would be the last? In some
drab corner, possibly; drink, NOR
or starvation; he'd never have
courage to finish it with a bullet.
He was terribly bitter. Everything
worth while seemed to have slipped
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shoe-polisher. 1t was the ingenious
procedure OF a man who was used to
peing out late nights, who made all
'hinss answer all purposes. This rand
and singularly careless toilet com.
p'e'eu' ne conferred his concern upon
the more vital matter Of finances. He
was close to the nadir: four sover-
eisns' a iorin, and a collection of hat.
tereo coppers that would have tickled
the pulse of an amateur numismatist
NO vintage tonight, my boy: no
long, fat Havana, either, A bottle of
STOUT and a few rags Of plug.cut.
mats the pace we'll travel this owe.
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was even now on his way to his room.
The urban gentleman nodded. Then,
with a finger slim and well.trimmed.
he trailed up and down the guest-list.
"Ha! e that you have the Duke
or What'd-ye-call from Germany here.
III give you my card. Send it up to
Mr.. Ryanne. No hurry. l shall be in
again after dinner"
He hustled off toward the door
he was pursy, well,fed, and decently
dressed, the sort OF a man who, when
he moved in any direction, created the
impression that he had an important
engagement somewhere else or was
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CHAPTER III.
The HoIy Yhiordea.

~ ~ AS0s
George drank bis burgundy perfume.
torily. Had 1t been astringent as the
native wine Of Corsica, he would not
have noticed 1t. The little nerves
that ran from his tongue to his brain
had temporarily lost the power Of COM
munication. And all because OF the
girl across the way. He couldn't keep
his eyes from wandering In her di-
rection. She faced him diagonally.
She ate but little, and when the elder
ly gentleman poured out for her q
glass OF %sauterne, she motioned It
aside, rested her chin upon her fold
ed hands, and stared not at but
through her vis-a-vis.
1t was a lovely head, topped with
coils Of lustrous, light brown hairi
an oval face, Of white and rose and
ivory tones; scarlet lips, a small, reg
ular nose, and a chin the soft round
ness of which hid the resolute lift to
1t. To these attributes Of loneliness
was added a perfect form, the long.
flowing curves of youth, not the abrupt
contours of maturity. George couldn't
recollect when he had been so i'm
pressed by a face. From the moment
she had stepped down from the car.
rlage, his interest had been drawn.
and had grown to such dimensions
that when he entered the dining-room
his glance Immediately searched for
her table. What luck In finding her
across the way! He questioned If he
had ever seen her before. There a
something familiar; the delicate pro-
file stirred some sleeping memory but
did not wake 1t.
How to meet her, and when he did
meet her, how to interest her? If she
would only drop her handkerchief. her
purse, something to give him an ex-
cuse, an opening. All, he was certain
that this time the hydra-headed M
should not overcome him. To gain
attention and to hold It, he would
have faced a lion, a tiger, a wild-ele-
plant. To diagnose these symptoms
might not be fair to George. Love
at first sight" reads well and sounds
well, but we hoary-headed philoso-
piers know that the phrase is only
poetical license.
Once, and only once, she looked IN
his direction. 1t swept over him with
chill Of a winter wind that he
meant as much to her as a tree. a
renee, a meadow, al g from tba
of a speeding railway train
But this observation, transient as n
was, left with him the fndelible i'm.
preston that her yes were the SAD.
he had ever seen. Why? WHY
should a young and beautiful girl have
like that? 1t could not mean
physical WEAKNESS, else the face
would In some way have expressed II
The elderly mar appeared to do hia
to animate her; he was kindly
md courteous and by the gentle wav
laughed at intervals was irving IN
bolster up the situation with a lest M
.wo. The girl never SO much as smiled
shrugged her shoulders; she was q.
to these oyertures Az mar
Die would have been.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
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SYNOPSIS.

George Perclval Algernon Jones, vice
president Of the Metropolitan Oriental Rug
company Of New York. thirsting for ro-
nance. IL IN Cairo on a business trip.
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Some OF us a laugh when N.
Joke is on us; but none of US belisvs
In CARRYING that kind Of = Joke ~ s.s
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