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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-10-01
THE BEST PART OF A CIRCUS
Agnes Kruger. A,

Agnes Kruger. Age ID.
l have always liked the menagerie
better than any other part of circus
The reason [ like it best is because
it is so interesting to see the animals
from all parts of the world, especially
those that come from South Africa,
South America, Australia and North
ern Russia.
The lion growing fiercely, and real
ly alive, just as he looks in the geo.
graphy, certainly cannot fail to be
admired.
When you arrive at the large tent
where all the cages are arranged along
the edge of the tent, crowds of people
are continually swarming through,
stopping to admire and talk about
the lion, tigers bears, panthers, zeb-
ras with their curious stripes, the
chattering monkeys and the bright
winged birds, it is certainly fine.
People pity the poor polar bears
painting in the heat, wishing they
could visit their Attic home and at
the same time being glad they are
here. They shudder at the fierceness
of the royal Bengal tiger as he lashes
his tail and growls at the strong iron
bars that makes him safe prisoner.
They feed the huge elephants and
look curiously at the cancels humps.
By this time the trapese performers
and bareback riders are commencing
their wonderful feats and the crowd
leaves the monkeys chattering and
screaming after them and. the ele.
plants begging for peanuts.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-10-01
HELPFUL HINTS.

A good way to keep the ironing
board in good shape is to cover it very
thickly with papers; smooth and tack
in the usual way. Cover with cloth
and the ironing sheet. The papers
do not make creases like an all cloth
pad, and can be renewed any time.
This saves washing 50 many pads or
blanket.
To cure boil. Contributed One
should remember that boils come from
infection of some kind, but not nee
essarily because the blood is impure.
Be careful not to let the pus get on
the surrounding tissue, and never
touch boil with the finger nails.
To drain. off matter and relieve sore
ness, boil an egg, peel off the skin
next the shell, wet it and apply to
part affected This will relieve the
one afflicted in a few hours.
For feas. = From Seattle Star. J
Take quart of alcohol, dissolve In
it five cents worth of camphor; just
before going to bed sprinkle sheets
and night clothes with it. 1t does
not kill them but drives them away.
Tansy, fennel, peppermint, or oil
from any fragrant herb will have the
same effect.
To help keep meat fresh. Wash
with weak vinegar and water, spread
over with small pieces of onion. Be-
fore cooking remove onions and wash
in clear, cold water.
To wash lace curtains. Never rub
them. Put folded into cold water
over night. Pour off water, cover
with fresh and let stand short time.
Place them where they will drain we'll,
then put into boiler with cold water
and borax; boil twenty minutes, rinse
in several waters. In last water put
five cents worth of gum arabic, which
has been dissolved in hot water. Ii
you have not stretchers, pin on a
sheet which has been tackled to the
floor.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-10-01
CbiIdren'$ PAGE
Address all communications for this
page to MARGARET WYE, care
of The Ranch, Kent, Wash.
A VISIT WITH THE CHILDREN.

So many nice little compositions
came to the "Childr ems Corner to
tell US about Zone Day This Sum
mer, " that l think you must have
had some very pleasant days scattered
here and there over the northN est;
what is more we have a great many
little "Ranchers" who can tell things
in very interesting way.
We have letter in this issue from
''little lady, who sends us an orig
inal story, in addition to her letter.
| am sure you will enjoy reading her
story.
Our October contest is "The Fair. -
l presume all of you went to your
county fair this fall, SO we all would
like to know about it. Tell us what
you saw, what interested you more
than anything and what most people
seemed to be interested in.
The contest closes November 1st,
whole month to write and send it in,
and as such great many of you went
to fair somewhere, we should have
more compositions than ever before
In our next issue we will tell you
who won the prize for the September
contest and will print the prize win
ming composition.
When submitting work for the con-
tests, write with ink on one side of
the paper only. Write your name,
age and address in the upper right
hand corner of the first page.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-10-01
A GOOD LITTLE DOG.
lone Butler. Age II.

lone Butler. Age II.
One time there was little black
dog named "Nig," because he was so
black. His mother was a red dog and
was very old. She was very beauti-
full dog and as good as she was beau
tiful. Mig was a good dog too.
One day Mig and his mother were
out in the yard when they we're called
to their supper. The old dog went
first and Mig followed. The old dog
did not go to the usual place to go on
the porch bnt ran into wire around
the porch.
"Why," said Mig to himself, "what
ails my mother? Surely she ought to
see that wire" But again she ran
into the wire.
The LADY who owned them came to
the door just then and saw the old
dog run into the wire. 'You poor,
old dog" she said, "you must have
gone blind" And sure enough she
had. So, after that Mig always took
hold of his mothers ear very careful
ly, and led her up the steps and into
the house and led her out doors the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-10-01
THE BEST PART OF A CIRCUS. i.
Anna Borden. Age L

Anna Borden. Age IA.
The best part of any circus I ever
went to was side show. In it was
a snake charmer, tiniest little man
and woman, the woman was so small
that her voice was small too, it was
squeaky. Then there was giant and
man without arms who wrote with
his feet. He put his specs on with
his feet too. There was man with
three legs and some other curiosities
too that don't remember.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-10-01

and catch each others hands and
then hang by their knees. Then they
let go and go into the net. where they
bounce so high. Then they light on
their feet and walk across the net and
drop over the side. It all looks so
easy but people say it is not very easy
and it is dangerous, too. When they
walk across the net they lift their feet
so high that it makes me think of
cat walking across pan OF bread
dough.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-10-01
CATSUP.

Boil green tomatoes until soft. Put
through coiander. To six quarts add
one pound sugar, one pint vinegar,
one tablespoon whole black peppers,
double handful salt, small onion chop
ped, one teaspoon ground cloves.
Boil until like marmalade, then seal.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-10-01
THE TRAPESE PERFORMERS
Donald Green. Age 1C

L like to watch the trapese perform
ers better than any other part of a
circus. They get up to the very top
of the tent and swing back and forth
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-10-01

night, then add half cup white
mustard seed, two tablespoons celery
seed, one of ground cinnamon. Pack
in jars; cover with good vinegar. 1t
will be ready for use in five days and
will keep WE'LL
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-10-01
OUR LETTER BOX.
Pasco, Aug. n, 1913.

Pasco, Aug. II, 1913.
Dear Margaret Wye:
n [ have never written to a children IS
page before and l wonder If | will see
my letter in print? [ hope so.
Sometime shall write story for the
page too, and hope to win prize.
1t must be nice to know you win one
Today is my birthday. I am II years
old. School will begin in a few
weeks. l hope I have the same
teacher, she was SO good and had
such a nice voice.
With love,
LUCIE KILDARE.
Pullman, Aug. Is, 1913.
Dear Miss Wye:
9 Well, thought l would write a
letter to the children's page for the
first time. have new baby brother.
He is two weeks old today. | have
two brothers and four sisters, their
names are Margaret, Esther. Alice
and Della. l am 11.syears old and
will be II next May. l live on a farm
and like it very much. My uncle has
a large auto, SO l get great many
auto rides. One day we went to Spo-
kane. l will be glad when my vaca-
ton is over, which will be soon.
Your constant reader,
MARIE BROWN.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-10-01

same way. He never hurt her. The
old dog was blind over year before
she died, but Mig was always good to
her Mig is alive yet.
The evening world., 1913-07-29
Men Of Initiative
4sdsm Amsrdeaas Vie Have LsS1s AaeA # lssyrss
By Julius Cha
COp,rsht 1918 rs"i"s rh wsAn.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, yR Modern Abolition


ao. me.,na severa, blocks distant, is met at hs door ana s.
incident
of thu. Cleveland March Assors Ne
I bon ..
At that time John D. Rokesr than his to-day
and did not possess his equipment Of training or wealth
phanthropst but hs
frank and knowing tho subject which him 70 talk straight
Of
the .pehes resultant
chairman
but appalling condition. for
with hundred phycans prssn
and popular body but abandoned s ea because bod
susss ne
dspsnla
..S:s.. J., a:: s:: esssaon oss e a: @ ::s ssss'.n @
.mm.n.i
'... :s~.:s sssss e"': :' o.: ::
ea.sed EXPERIMENT. Rocxssn~
hsnd magnitude Of ne tas sy have undertaken and ts
1S: :.s in -n. appeared to mo.. ,.e,.
personal
nocks.sr the M. undertaken ~o:. .eesr:ay
eon'u. n. end o, time The det.. By s.as y:
a." rec equally p positive Il cannot BE- checked ~ WV
But the :cn Of u: v':.;. ma. :. xm's uns.un:s y A' rs
Mr.
thAs
day .s; ;'sSs @ o g. ,.y. r... e. .,e's p S he A"A''
III. eondd.nc. in the smc.c Of prayer 10 ss.o,u.a
and physicians advs" he "whs 0s2s
sbsousN meraiA tAsrsesrA
@ champion Of for,or% Soo. with :ues Leader and s:s s.s =:
successful warfare aSanst vice In the future
The evening world., 1913-07-29

Hone, dinner giver. diarist and gentle
nan about town, but first Of all and
A4ovo all . worshipper Of things Eng
~. ft3snishsd for the opening night
~ rapport Of what took place Says
Ns ooaudalissd Hone:
NXay & leaS-Mr. Macready COM
qDsaesA an engagement last evening at
tna Opera House, Astor place. and was
= have performed tho part OF Mac.
eakh, while his rival, Mr.. Forrest. ap.
te4fed in the same part at the Broad
Yay Theatre. A violent animosity has
tn1sted on the part Of tho latter theatri-
- hero against his rival. growing out
. some differences in England: but with
no cause. that ! can discover. except
1hAt one % . gentleman, and the other
= Kindred rowdies AZ his heels. OF
6sse rstainers q regularly organised
l0rce wao employed to raise a riot at
oAe Opera House and drive Mr.. Mac
S0ody Oh the stage. IN which. to the dis.
0sco Of the city. tho runians succeeded.
O. ehe appearance OF the Thane Of
CAwdor. ne was saluted with . shower
Of missiles, rotten eggs. and other un-
qavory objects, with shouts and yells
81 the most abusive epithets."
suacready writes;
"New York. May :. 1si9,-Reiearsai
1ith n,ucn ca-c. . Went 70 theatre:
dressed. My Hair-dresJer told me there
you'd Re. a good hcu,c, for there was
an unusual slsh,---a great crowd outside.
Ny call came; hld heard Immense ap-
t!ause and three cheers for ~. rla"k
ard aciufY. smllai and SAL tc my.
ssaf. "rhey mistake h'm 70. me"
went on; tnere came the greatest ap-
piauss. as /, seemed. rom the whNs
hoIse. l bowed respectfully. repeatedly.
= - II did not cease. and ! began to
istingush howlings from tae right cor
OF the rarquette. At length ! became
lGsiole there vas opposition. 800 ] at
asst walked forward to address them.
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The Destroying Angel . ! s;;:: : Ss En-: E; = !

devoid Of circumlocutlon. seeming 10
lay bare the living Tissue OF immortal
drama
But with the appearance OF other
characters, there came a change. the
rare atmosphere OF the opening began
to dissipate percept!bly. The action
clouded and grew vague.
Sara Law herself lost an indehnable
proportion OF her rare and provokine
charm-the strangeness Of falling 20
hold her audience In an ineluctapie
grasp seemed at once to nettle ana dis'
tress her.
Max himself seemed suddenly to wake
70 the amazing fact that there was
something enormously and irremediSpy
wrong. He began 20 halt the act'on, 10
interrupt the scenes with ADVICE ana
demands for repetition with exasperat-
ing frequency. He found It Impossible
to be STILL to retain his seat or con-
troll his raxplng. irritable voice.
Subordinate characters on the stage
lost their heads. and either forgot to
act, or overacted. And then-into!erable
climax.-of a sudden somebody In tho
orchestra chairs laughed In outright
6erision In the middle OF paSsags
meant to be tenderly emotional.
The voice Of Sara Law broke and fell.
She stood trembling and aghast. Max,
without a word. turned on his heel and
swung out Of sight into the wings Four
other actors on the stage. aside from
sara Law. hesvated and drew tossther
in doubt and tewiiderment. And thsn
abruptly. with no warning whatever.
the illusion OF gloom In the auditorium
and moonlight In the proscenium was
rem, away by the glare Of the full COM
p,ement Of electric lights POSSESSED ~
:he house.
A Thought later. while st!ll all were
blinking and gasping with surprise. Mar
strobe INFO view just behind tae foot
lights. fslting, he swept tire array Of
auditors with an ominous and truculen!
stare.
So quickly was this startling change
contaminated that Whitaker had no
more than time to realize the reap
pearance Of the manager before he
caught his wra,hful and venomous
glance fixed to his own bsWDdered ed face.
simultaneously he sa1 Max spring to-
ward the box with distorted and snsrl-
ing countensnce. He was tugslng at
something In his pocket II appeared
in the shape of a heavy pistol.
Whitaker had not graspsd the real
import OF this when ne was caught by
Emoer and tripped and sent sprawing
on the floor OF the box. As this hap
pensd he heard the voice Of the hrearm.
sharp and vielous-a single report
The evening world., 1913-07-29

dars from the wall. ground his sagas.
cite under heel and lounged past thsM,
with y slight nod to the woman. = thS
switchboard.
Mary Whitaker turned her face, chad.
owy and mystical. touched with her
faint and inscrutabie smile. up 70 her
husbands.
walt" she bssEed In Q whisper. ~
want 10 sse''-her accents broke, "thA
end OF II all"
There came = kissing and clickins
from the switchboard. The eangway
lights vanished In a breath. The s!n-
gle cluster stand on the stage disap-
peared and the house disappeared ut
terly with Its ext!nsuishmen:. There re.
mainsd only . single duiiv burning bull
In the doormans cubicle.
Whitaker slipped an arm around his
wife, She trsmbled within hts embrace
Black out" shs said In a gentls and
regretful voice. The nnal exit. Tho
last curtain. END OF tho play
mo" he said confidently In tones that
rang-"no: It's only tho curtain to tht
prologue. Now for the play. dear heart
tho real piay--ufe--iovs'--- =
In the darkness their lips met In the
drst kiss Of their married life.
(THE ENID
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that no had already loft the theatre.
For some minutes he wandered to and
fro In the xangway. pausing now and
again on the borders Of the deserted
stage. There were but few Of tho house
stan VISIBLE. and those few were
methodica,iy husy making ready TO leave
IT, Beyond the dismal gutter OF tho
footlights the auditorium yawned cav
srnous and shadowy, peopled only by
low rows Of chairs shostiy In their dust
cloths.
The street entrances ware already
clohsd. locked and dark.
On the stage q single cluster stand OF
electric bulbs made visible the vast.
gloomy dome Of the flies and the white
washed walls AGAINST which sections of
scenery were stacked like cards. An
electrician In his street clothes lounEed
beside ths docrkseper's cubicls. At the
stage entrance. smoking a cigarette and
confsrrinr with the doorman while sub
jsctins Whitaker 70 curious and an.
tagOnistic stare.
The mufasd rumble Of their voices
we're the only sounds audible aside from
an occasional ringing OF boot-hssls IN
the Eangwey ~ ne sctor after another
left his dress!nL room and hastened to
the street. keen set for the clash Of gos-
sipins tongues In thsstrical ovbs Snd
restaurants.
Gradually the building grew more and
more empty and silent. until At length
Whitaker was left alone with the shad-
ows and the electrician and doorman.
These betrayed siKns OF impAtiencs. He
himself felt . little symps&hy for their
temper. Women certainly did take IN
onscionabls time to dress!
Al length ne heard the sound Of two
pairs OF feet hurrying along the lower
gangway. He turned TO toin his wife at
the stage entrance Elise passed them.
burdsnsd with two heavy handbags. and
disappsaxsd into the rainwsshsd sllsy.
wy. The slsetyteiAS detAohed his shoul.
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s<7sz@=~@ proceeded TO the theatre TO
the dress rehearsa! OF Faith"
They succeeded In taking their seats
without attracting attention, either from
The owners OF that scanty scattering OF
shirt-bosons In the orchestra-the critf-
cal fraternity and those intimatea bid
den by the manager to the first glimpse
Of his new revelation In stage crast-or
fnom those occupying the stage.
The latter were but two. Evidently.
though the curtain had been up for
some minutes. the action OF the piece
had not yet been permitted to besin 10
unfold.
whitaker gathered that Max had been
dissatisfied with something about the
lighting of the scene. Tha manager was
standing In mld-s.age. .tar.nS UP at the
borders.
Aside from him. tho only other occu-
pant OF the stage was Sara Law. She
sat on o stone bench. with her profile
q the audience, he. back TO the rlgb,
Of the proscenlum arch, 30 that she
could not. w'trout turning. have 10,
t'oed the entrance OF Ea.>.r ara her
hisSand,
DO ahead" snapped the manager.
An actor advanced from the wings,
paused and addressed the seated wom-
an. His lines were brrf. She lined
her head with a startled air. listening.
lie ceased TO speak and her voice OF
golden velvet Allied the house with the
flowing beauty o. Its unforget;ably sweet
mod ulatlors.
That opening scene was one. perhaps.
unique In the iitory OF the stage. Com
posed by Msx in soinc mad. poet,eai
ncment Of Inspired plagiarism, 1T not
only owned poignant and enthralllng
beauty Of imagery, but II moved with
an almost Grecian certitude, with q
siSn!hcaacs extraordinarily direct snl
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By Louis Joseph Vance
AvtAor o. "Ths Brass DesoI" "a.

on the Great West Bay. 90 that W
learned to know one another"
plead guilty to that little plot
yes" Ember LAUGHED. "But. best Of all.
this comes At just the right tims-ths
rightest time. when there can no Longer
he any doubts or questions or mis-.
no ground for further
fears and apprehcns!ons when the de-
stroyinG angel Of your 'ili-starred des-
tiny.' my dear'-he turned to the woman
lis exoroised--banishsd shsd--proscribsd.'- -
Maxi Whitaker struck In explo-
sively-"fs on his way to tho police sta
tion. well guarded" Ember Affirmed with
. nod and . grim smile. II have his con.
fess!on. roughly Jottsd down. but signed
and attsstsd by several witnsssss. I'm
glad you were out OF the way: II was
rather q painful scene. and disorder,y; f;
II wouldn't have been p!sAsAat for Mrs.
Whitaker.
I'VE had trouble In the beginning
clearing tho theatre. Human curiosity
IL a treme ndousiy persistent and resist.
ant force. And then I had some trouble
dealing with the misplaced loyalty Of
the stan of the house.
However. eventually ! got Max 10
myself alone. that 10. with severai men
I could depend on. And then ] heart
leSsly put him through the third degree
--forestalllns my friends. the police.
my dint Of asserting as, truths And
personal discoveries what ] merely sus-
pscted. I broke down his dsnials. .
We owned up, doSgediy enough. and
yet with that singular sort Of pride
which have learned to associate with
some phases OF homicidal mania. I
won't distress YOU With details. Tho
truth 10 that Max was quite mad on the
subject OF his LUCK. lie considered II. ss
I suspected, indissoiubly associated with
Sara Law.
When poor Custer committed siicids
ne saved MAx from ruin and innocently
showed HIN tho way 10 save himself
ther eAfter. when hs felt In peril. by
assa s7lnst!ng Hamilton and later Thurs-
ton. Drummond only cheated . similar
fate. and you"--turninG to Whitaker
escaped by the narrowest shave. Max
hadn't meant TO run the risk OF putting 3
you out Of the way unless he thought
Il absolutely nscsfHary. but the failure
Of his silly pla" In rehearsal Tonight.
coupled with the discovery that you
we're In the theatre. drove him tsmpo-
rarlly mad with hate, chaGrln and jssl-
ousy"
Concluding. Ember rose. II must fol-
low him now 70 the police station.
shall see you both soon again.
Whitaksr followed HIN almost inAms.
Gatay ~ - oAA0vASs sut eeun1
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4 Summer Romance
- Of Neso York "

Unhurt. he picked himself UP In time
to catch a glimpse OF Max. on the stage.
momentarily helpless In the embrace OF
desperate and frantic woman. who
had caught his arms from behind. and.
presumably. detected his aim.
In the same breath Ember. who had
ieapcd 10 the railing round the box.
threw himself across the footlights with
the 1.-THE certainty OF . beast OF prey
and. seemingly In as many deft mo-
tons, knocked tho pistol from tho
managers hand. wrested him from the
arms Of the actress. laid him nat and
knelt upon him.
with single bound Whitaker fol-
lowed him to the stage: In another he
had his wife In his arms nd was sOoth-
ing her first transports OF semi-hysten-
cal terror.
1t was possibly the quarter Of an hour
later that Emher paused before a door
on the ground floor dressing room gang
way OF the Theatre Max-a door d,stin-
suIshed by the Initials - L." In the
centre or golden star, With soms hest
tation. With even a little difidencs, ne
lifted hand and knocked.
At once the door was opened by the
maid Elise. Recognising Ember, she
smiled and stood aside. making way for
him 10 enter the smali. oirta.ned lobby.
'Madame-and monsieur" she sai6
with smiling significance told mo to
show you In at once. NJ. Ember."
From beyond tho curtains Whitaker's
voice lifted up tmpatisntly. That you,
old manT Come right IN"
Nodding to the maid. Ember thrust
aside the portiere- and stepped into the
brightly lighted dressing room.
Il am !ntruding'--- be sugsestesi
sravely with slight turn bact towa rd
the door as II offering TO withdraw.
NO" Tho word faitering on the lips
OF Mary Whitaker was lost In an en-
phatic iteration by Whitaker
sit down. ne insisted. As II we'd
let you escape now. after you've kept
us here In suspense'-
The wife answered for both: 1T 10
settled dear friend. can struggle no
longer. thought myself a strong wom-
an; ] have tried TO believe ] was a
genius bound upon the wheel OF my NJ
starred destiny. but I hnd I am"-tne
glorious voice trembled slishtly-"only a
woman n love. and no stronger than
her love"
II am very glad" Ember repeated,
'for both your sskes. its happy con-
summation OF my dearest wishes"
1--WE owe you everything" Whitaker
said with feeling. dropping an awkward
hand on the othsrs shoulder. IT was
you who threw w together. Aown theso
The evening world., 1913-07-29
Betty Vincent's Advice TO Lovers.

m!nut.Dn of the individual to forget the
unworthy friend or lover, 1t vii! take
time 70. th!s resolve TO WORK Gu. suc-
cessfuily. but. sooner or later, be.!eys
iaat succs,s VII, oe attained.
"B, b." YVES; Last Sunday / hap
pened 10 meet on = boat a. young man
phom ! have Eeen occasionally. Hs
spoke to me, and l dia not isno.s a!n.
Did &C Wrong?"
On general principles II Is not wise
to speaH 10 a man 10 whom you haven't
been Introduced.
~. So writes: "A man is paying ma
attention and | like him very much,
But he plays cards until O'Clock In
ths morning, ana my friends advise me
not to marry him. What Is your ad-
vee?"
That . gambler 70 not apt 70 make
. Sood husband
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SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

bfNOFSIS Of PKECEUINV CHATIENS'
Hugh Whitaker, . New Yorker. msrries Mary
iAdisias TO save her reputation when abe y de-
ssssd %S. gs ~ Snsansi with n, Tho% shs No.. sS'd
rlortsd drowned. He returns to find Nlary !. .
famous actrss under the name of sara Law Mary
Ssi'' because several men who loved her have died
violent deaths. Man and Hugh are wrecked on
r., their love lor each other. But after their
return 70 New York MaEy declare. she doss not
Aush does not believe her love for him u dead.