The evening world., 1913-06-30


- q great Edwin Forrest frowned
- strutted. There. too. you might
ne met that sun Of American letters.
aahinSton Ir, Ing. And. after him. the
sIancholy Poe. the busy Bayard Tay.
y. Nathaniel willie. home from
hrope. poet Halleck come from his
)sk, drudSsry in Astors counting
)uSe. Fenimore Cooper. austere. high.
hiL sour because Irving had been
wen q, public dinner and he had not.
here, too. came the fashionable danes
the OSdsns. the Livingstons. the
Ays. the Crugers. the Costers. the
cekmans. the schsrmerhorns. the
yards. the Words. the Emmets and
% Storms. -.
A. you wind modestly in and out,
bw Note q sudden change. Forrest re-
$xss his ramrod strut. Cooper forsets
be sour. the dropping Poe hres as
1th the inspiration Of . now Annaoel
1e. willis rsl!ehts the lamp Of his
bterest a. II smother and . more
booming Lady .BlessinSton had ap-
based to patroni1e. ana bedaxsls him.
- affty-ysar-old eye OF Irving. sup
ssd 10 bs permanently dimmsd by the
bath Of the beautiful lfias Hoffman.
nms ahd brishtens.
What has wrought this marvslS
What. indeed. but the last town Won
elths talk OF club and drawing-room
he admiration Of every man, the des.
- of every woman-the lovely. lust
bus bswilderinG '0irl In Green!" The
- q nlA Uvly
5wssQs .siong-chalIenging. demanding.
1svsurtNt with her. unolinkins. deep
olAck. velvet eyes.
Hslsn's New York years were four
~ then she died. And a. In Portland,
- again in Boston. she seemed to NIL
- males OF her species. rot alone with
: 1puShts Of love. but orange blossoms
Q Ladv's Rescue: 90
DAvink looked for the woman. let u
take + look for the man. ....
Ilo name was Richard j. Robinson.
ponth older than Helen. the was born
Litchfsid.. Conn. Like Helen. he too
an orphan. H!s whole sole fortune
njstod Of an Improbable Land patent
~ 1lnnola acres. mostly swamp.
Jlnooh, aged fourteen. camc to New
=. at that time q riotous metropolis
$4,000 sOulS. He went to work fol
- Hoxis, goldsmith and diamond
efiane In. Neldsn Lane. His stipend
,iAtgely inferior to his tastes, which
A1 expensive. How he managed
1Ag mis- earlier New York years IL
D unimportant; no managed somehow
he had touched twenty. when hi
Hslsn came together.
Annis Kembis at the Park Theatre
playing Juliet. and all the worlf
6ons to see her. Helen sat In bo'
yed in the inevitable green. Also
q often as 1t looked at Fannie
world looked at Helen. who. calm
B6led. imperturable. gave back look
look. go
olsn was .alone, as she ever was In
olc, for she resented even the I'M
ation Of ownership which might nov
b the protecting presence OF n man
che was leaving the theatre. a youns
|klkod OF the town, full OF drink ant
Hailsntry, accosted her only to be hooret
oaAnhe a. a founder BY Robinson's fist
lfelen had never before seen Robin
-; the young blood had never befor'
pe0n Robinson; but the young blood wen
down bsfors the Robinson fist as though
he'd run against the pole Of 1 dray, ant
Dgcief was duly grateful. Indeed, th'
SlOW which brought down The drunkeI
oeod brought down Helea. but In
0jeArsnt way.
tlen's Char,piO
1eisn flashed her black eyes on hel
0DIon. Robinson was handsome
crisp. yellow, wavy hslr-not unlik'
en's after the barber had laid osid'
Cuseihg tongs. His faca was high
smooth; eyes, gray-blue; nose
~ archsd; mouth. luxury loving
rounded. mobile. but weak. Their
- the under mining disaster OF II all
~ N0binson ohin was weak.
4 ~ what she saw was the Byr mi
}noaA, the form weli-l!mbed and graceful
y AmsR artist!c hands. the shoulde.
6UbarD sst a. the fore-topsau yard o
kl S06insen placed Helen In her carriage
NJ ne thanked him. she put a srel
~ him with her black. deep. we've
In which Love was already softl.
- vi ~ h0Do. she asked his mamie
IT 6oy ~ wrote . note. tn