The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-10-05

A Hindu fakir who has a young girl in
his power He runs across a friend
who is in love with the girl and to-
gether they plan TO get the girl away
from the Hindu. After an exciting chase
through the fortune-teller's house and a
leap through a second-story window,
they corner the Hindu in an alley and
obtain from him a startling confession.
Sardonis TiIIinghast, fresh from his
bath and barber, strOlled alone down
broadway, smoothing the pink. gleam-
ing nails of one bare hand with the soft
gray suede covering the other.
busting little man, brimming over
with flesh. nearly bumped into him. and
Tulinghast tapped him on the shoulder
AS he started to rush on without even
4 pretense at apology.
Hello, Amberg," said Tillinghast. as
man turned and thrust out short,
fingered, energetic hand, ARE you
pursuing soubrette who refuses TO
sign up with you-or running away from
one who wants tor
Neither" the others SNUG face slid
into a smile. Il was just going TO
Forty-second Street, to see he cut u
with a nervous laugh and finished
believe in that sort Of thing"
DO come in here and tell me about
it, Amberg. I'm whiting with the heat
Its been an age since I've seen you,'
continued Tillinghast, pulling the pufty,
nervous little fellow into a convenient
oasis and requesting him to order some
thing cOolinE-''anything short of an
iceberg" Now. tell me-; were you go
ing TO see your lawyer-yOu seem to
l,r in troublc-or your dentist?
Il was going to see Prof Hindutcst."
,aid Ambcrg, looking up sharply into
The others quizzical eyes, seeming to
challenge him.
'.Inderd,'' TilIinEhasts brOws raised
with polite interest To have him
roreteu the fortunes Of your latest
musical comedy. or give with the name
and address. together with the color
Of hair and eyes, Of your future wife.
But. ] forgot, You're in love or some
thing. aren't you. AmberE? How is Miss
Dawtou? Shes so wonderfully clever
haven't seen her in such long time.
Anbers slumped down in his chair.
his buIl-neCk thrust forward as he pUuted
his upper lip refiectiveIy over a tall high
hall glass. taking thoughtful drauGht-
Nothing wrong, l hope prOdded
Tlllinglislst.
Bah. cried Amberg. jerking up in
his char and gazing full at the young
society man. This is a rotten life. Some
budy hands you a bunch Of roses and
before you get EN- in your list they're
faded.
An Of which means your box-office
receipts are falling OfT-Or you've been
crossed in love
Crossed, Nothing, But I can't dope
the thing out. Hindutest says every
thinEll come out all right; but he's been
baT GiN foN
Have you asked her. Queried Til
iinghast with just enough delicaCy to
appeal to the little theatrical manager
whose respect he had gained through
loaning him some money to start his
first mUsical-Comedy venture
40. That's just the trouble. Hin
Cetest says not to. Besides, Dolly
won't come to percussion, or something
like that. for three months or 50. Says
it would be suicide to ask her now. You
know, he's the fellow who gave Billie
Long the tip to.
My, That sounds mystic, You the
atrical people" laughed Tillinghast.
You go to medium 10 get a lucky
name for a new show. and when it fails
you so back and ask the reason and
he says it was all on account Of the cast
in the stars eye-Or the star in the
casts eyes
This ones all right. Mr.. Tillinghast,"
Amberg assured him nervously. I'm
not saying there aren't a lot of fakirs
in the business; but it's so even in your
line; you'll see a lot of Johnnies tryin'
40 look and act like you; but they aren't
the real goods You are!-and SOS Hin
dutest. Why, he told Mamie Monroe"
1t ; nice of you TO approve of both
Hindutest and me; but really, my dear
fellow, you've been losing some of your
charming weight and your face is be
coming perfectly CHASTITY. Do stop this
psychic stuff before You get to seeing
things at night. Even Palladino has
been proved q fraud. You mustn't place
too much confidence in Hindutest. Go in
and win the girl
That sounds encouraging" sighed Am
berg. But Hindutest will pull it through
all right He wants everything astro.ogi-
cally correct, and then he says I'll win
You see, he's right l know. I've led
up TO the question several times and Miss
DAYTON seems offish. 1t isn't the psy-
Geological moment But I'm sure th:ngs'u
take a turn for the better
Il suppose you thing Genethliacs, Chiro
NANCY and Mantology will pull you
through" drawled Tillinghast. "Of course
ii seems quite likely. Meantime I pre-
sumo you are supporting Hindutest?'
Amberg's face settled into a defensive
frown.
oh. that don't natter" he exclaimed.
with an irritable gesture. But I've got
10 get over there now"
We'll. good luck TO you" said Till
inghast, slipping smooth hand into Am
berg's palm, as he rose and waddled
through the door.
If there's anything that's slUshy it's
"A fat man in love" Tillinghast said to
himself, as the curious little fellow
bobbed out.
Having finished his drink, Tillinghast
lounged over to the Van Rensselaer, Club,
OH Fifth Avenue; dragged the large
leather chair before the Jade Fireplace
closed for summer; put his feet Oh the
fender and sunk into his accustomed
lassitude, CHANGING through "A stack OF
morning papers piled beside him.
IL was his daily habit to read the Per
sonaT' columns in the papers. Tie init
macy of the advertisements amused him,
and occasionally he found something ~
real interest.
he glanced through them all and. hay
ing found them dull. sat staring into
vacancy. Subconsciously one advertise
ment insistently repeated itself
I'D. D he unused. well, if 1t
didn't seem like coincidence. I'd say
that ad. was addressed 10 Dolly Daw-
tom
Cropping through the papers idly. he
selected the one in which the haunting
advertisement had appeared.
With added interest he read il through