Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07
LIFE, LOVE AND LOGIC OF
PROFESSOR POLYDORE
BY IRVING n. BACON.
Bsans tho Adventures Of a Palr

Is it Mile Du Claire's past or future
that is SO ominous?'
Neither" replied the professor.
! Miss Du Claire's face had blanched,
and. not needing the laughter-pro-
voking witticisms which were being
banded she asked. almost gaspingly:
| What then?'" M
| Your present"
| At the girls earnest. entreaty the
company retired out of earshot AS
soon as she and the PIANIST were
alone Professor Polydore said, with
out any circumlocution
! You are in love with a scoundfeI.
II you marry him, as you intend do
ing perhaps this very night YOU will
cause the death of your mother.
/ He will bring endless disaster upon
you Without him your life would
run along bright and happy as
song. With him you will find exis-
tence D curse, and insanity will pre-
cede an early death"
! Uttering a piercing scream, Miss
| On Claire fell fainting into Profess
sor Polydore's arms. Amid the dis
may which seized upon all some one
| had presence of mind enough to dash
a glassful of water into the girls
face. This revived her, and as she
came out of the stupor the Whisper
INb lhudOipHs lids.
! There was but ono Rudolph pres
ent-Rudolph Van Sturdington. But
as he and Miss Du Claire We're known
to be barely on bowling terms of &C.
quaintance, he was not, even for a
moment, associated with the Rudolph
whose name she had pronounced with
such pathetic tenderness.
RudoIph's Hand.
| Professor Polydore begged the girl
to forgive him and declared that
he would never again give salon
hand readings.
mo, nor pleaded Miss Du sfs7aire.
do not allow my sudden indisposi-
ton to interfere with the enfertaiu-
ment. ] am feeling quite strong
again. Please do proceed" And then.
with gayety of voice and gesture
strangely in contrast with her I'M
usually quiet, reserved demeanor she
exclaimed:
Mr. Van Sturdingtons hand has
not been read yet. Please do read
his hand, professor"
Everybody urged, and SO there was
no escape from it.
Shall I read In tho presence OF
alp" asked the professor after d
momentary glance at Mr.. Van Sturd-
| ington's hands.
Van Sturdlngton stood six feet
three when in stockings and was an
athlete in appearance in every re-
speet.
II should prefer a private reading"
he said
Before calculating the hlero-
glyphics in your own hands, said
the professor, when they We're alone,
~ should like to tell you, if You
will permit, why Miss Du Clair
tainted. ''She has small thumbs;
smooth pointed fingers, a long sloping
head line, a strong line of affection
cut in twain by line from the
mount of Mercury, which is the name
of the protuberance below the base
OF the little finger. And finally. there
is a broken line running parallel with
the life line for about a third of the
distance"
THAT is all very interesting, in
deed" interrupted Mr.. Van Sturding-
ton, "but don't quite see why it
should have caused Miss Du Claire to
take a fit
The Trutb of the Reading.
Her thumbs" replied the profess
SCR, indicate that she Is easily led
and is guided by her heart and NOT
by her head. Her pointed fingers
betray most delicate, tender, ideal
istic, dreamy soul, wofully lacking in
all that is practical. Her head line
gives evidence of imagination so
vivid and overInastering as to make
insanity q constant menace under
certain circumstances. The line COM
ing from Mercury and cutting the
limo of affection at point indicating
her present age shows that a thief is
about to bring ruin, despair, insanity
and death to this amiable conflding
young girl: and tho broken line be-
side the life line testifies TO the death
of her mother
and why tell me this?" demanded
Van Sturdingtom
II, myself don't exactly know
said Professor Polydore, unless be-
acter of the man with whom Miss
Du Claire is infatuated.
Does my hand proclaim me
thief?'
"of the worst type" replied the
professor, as composcdly as If he
were diagnosing the weather. You
have the crooked, badly twisted little
finger of the bad mercurian-the type
which produces our truly great
coundrels---besides, your heart line -
extremely thin, showing coldness;
and the quadrangle between the
heart line and head line is the mar
rowest I have ever seen. It indicates
the suspicious, rat-like nature 80
common to thieves"
At this moment there was great
stir among the guests. Two stang
ers had entered unannounced, and
Van Sturdington, one 81
them displayed the shield OF detec-
tive and declared him under arrest
"On what ground?" demanded Van
"Wheres your War
rant?''
"On the ground of embezzlement,
replied the detective, exhibiting
warrant.
As Van Sturdington was being lei
away Miss Du Claire moaned, "hu-
dolph' and fell into faint again.
Willie Was Hep!