Bisbee daily review., 1913-02-16
NT1N RKWN
. PROMINENT CITIZEN
~ EMERSON HOUG1
AUTHOR Of 1rtrNnssIssIPpI BUBBLE; 5f-4O OR TIGHT.
ILLUSTRATIONS By R2>10akrzss


De equal TO each other-for just q 1t
tie while, Miss Delaware. Isn't It
true? If it is only play, why. let's play
at IT,
Il forgot 70 tell you" he added,
that nay sOn-in-law. Mr.. Halsey. has
gone back 70 Chicago. He was sum
moned By wire. No one else knows us
both. There wouldn't be one chance
ia many OF our being seen by anyone
here who knew either of US. and If SO.
what harm? Well go and dine as well
as the best OF them. in the main room.
What do you say, Miss Delaware?"
She stood facing him now. seeming
years older than she had a few mo-
ments before. A very skilled OBJ
server might possibly have suspected
d certain new quality in the calmness
| Of her eye. Beautiful she certainly
was: alluring, irresistible in the an
cient appeal OF woman, she certainly
| ought TO have been, and would have
been 10 any but this particular man
who now stood facing her. half smil-
! ing: q man of middle age. gray about
| the temples, of heayy-browed eyes,
strongly lined face, of strong and bony
frame: not an Unlocking or unmanly
| man one might have said, though
years older than this young woman
who stood now threading between her
| fingers the iimy Eioonshine chain
which suspended the points OF flame
that rose and fell upon her bosom.
At last she said, hesitating, and
holding up the flaming pendant, 'Fm
not to keep them?"
mo. Marguerite!" he smiled. This
particular Papa Faust retains string
on those jewels. They have been seen
elsewhere, my dear girl. No. one
nights use OF them is all this business
/ proposition carries, my dear
He began to be Just a shade more
familiar: but she looked at him, still
curiously helpless, because she found
him strong where most men are weak
and defenseless. He caught some sort
OF challenge in her attitude and in
| spite OF himself trod a half step for
| ward She eyaded him. He
| heard her laughter ripping in the hall,
and followed Soon they were
In the crowded lift, packed in against
shirt front and aigrette, silks and jew
| els, arms and bosoms barred for the
evenings fray.
1t may be true that no gentleman is
| grown in less than three generations,
! but it is not the case that it requires
| three generations TO produce an arts
| tocrat: and here was simple and per-
feet proof of that assertion. Head
| walters make no mistakes!' The head
| waiter Of the main hall unhesitating-
1 ly took John Rawn and his companion
to as good a table as there was in the
| room. He knew the air of distinction
! when he saw it!
| Heads, in plenty. Of men and other
| women, turned as they passed through
/ in that careless throng Of the world
/ wise and blase. They walked by quiet
i ", simply, took their places with no
| hesitation John Rawn had bethought
him earlier as TO the dinner order. He
gave his directions now quietly, with
out hesitation.
The two ate and drank discTeetly,
comported themselves, in fact, easily
as any Of these scores Of others. They
did not lean toward each other and Oh.
giously talk secrets, they did not laugh
uneasily and state about Among the
many wsll-bred women in that room
| where at least a few such were pres
ent-none showed an easier accus
| tomedness than Virginia Delaware
4 Her eagsrness, her feverish anxiety
all now we're gone, She was perfect
! " in hand II was her pleasure now
! only to prove her fitness for such a
scene, to compoTt herself as though
she had known no other surroundings
than these in all her life. Once more
the miracle OF possibility in the young
American woman was shown.
Rawn, discreet as his companion
looked on with approval. You're it,
he once whispered across the table, as
he bent above the menu. You are
the parti" Suddenly there came te
him out OF this occasion an additions
surge OF self-confidenee. Yes. he SAID
to himself. he. too. could travel this
| gait. He could step easily into thi.
l. / lie, the SUBMIT VI ire II AHSflCd-
| as he thought-as though born to IL
He could spend money with the best
He could obtain for himself as beauti
full a woman to wear his jewels as am
, man here in all this great city. He
could as widely advertise his power
| his wealth. as any OF these. Did h'
|, not see envious eyes bent upon hi
companion and upon himself? Il wal
done He had wonl He had sue
ceededi
after all, It had been easy. as n
, had found so many things easy in thu
, test. As to the young woman viii
/, him. John. Rawn's cold heart went on
in admiration ~3y Jovel" he said
~she's a lady. that's what she is. She''
be-" Yet # is TO be noted that ht