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Then Why do you sim love herr"

Then why do you still love herr
Are you madT" he gasped. Good
God. woman. how can you ask that
question Of me. knowing that love
you with all my heart and soul?
How"
With all your heart, yes! But with
your soul? No! That other woman
has your soul have heard your soul
speak and 1t speaks of her-yes, to
herl Night after night, In your sleep,
James Brood. you have cried out to
'Matilde.' You have sobbed out your
love for her, as you have been doing
for twenty years or more. In your
sleep, your soul has been with her.
With me at your side, you have cried
to 'Matilde!' You have passed your
hand over my face and murmured Ma.
tilde!' Not once have you uttered the
word 'YvonneI And now, you come
to me and say: We will come straight
to the point!' Well, now you may come
straight to the point. But do not for.
get, in blaming me. that you love an
other woman!"
He was petrified. Not a drop Of
blood remained in his face.
1T is some horrible, CHASTITY delu.
sion. 1t cannot be true. Her name has
not passed my lips in twenty years. 1t
Is not mentioned in my presence.
have not uttered that woman's name
-"
Then how should know her name?
Her own son does not know it. firm
ly believe. No one appears to know II
except the man who says he despises
IT,"
Dreams! Dreams!" he cried scorn.
fully. shall be held responsible for
the unthinkable things that happen in
dreams%
NO." she replied significantly; "yoI
should not be held accountable. She
must be held accountable. You Grove
out her body, James, but not her
spirit. 1t stands beside you every in
slant of the day and night. BY day
you do not see her, by night-ah, you
tremble! Well, she is dead. they say.
II she were still alive, myself might
tremble. and with cause"
Before God, love you, Yvonne. I
implore you to think nothing of my
maunderings In my sleep. They--they
may come from a disordered brain.
God knows, there was a time when !
fell that | was mad. raving mad. These
dreams are"
To his surprise. she laid her hand
gently on his arm.
Il pity you sometimes. James. MY
heart aches for you. You are man
"a strong, brave man, and yet you
shrink and cringe when q voice whis-
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comes out and-and | realize that |
helped IN its making. Nc one has ever
been In a position to tell the story OF
Thibet as you have told II, MIR, Brood.
Those chapters win make history. -"
Your poor fathers share In those
explorations is what really makes the
work valuable. my dear Without his
notes and letters | should hSse been
feeble indeed" He looked at his
watch. They we're at the concert, you
know--the Hungarian orchestra. A re-
cent Importation. Tziganes music.
Gypsies." His sentences as well as
his thoughts were staccato, discon.
nected.
Lydia turned very cold Sne dread
ed the scene that now seemed unavoid-
able. Frederic would come In response
to his fathers command, and then
Someone began to play upon the
piano downstairs. She knew and he
knew that 1t was Frederic who played.
For a long time they listened. The
air. no doubt. was one he had heard
during the evening, soft sensuous
waltz that she had never heard before.
The girls eyes were upon Brood's
face. It was like a craven image.
Cod" fell from his stir lips. Sud
denly he turned upon the girl. DO
you know what he is playing?"
NO." she said. scarcely above a
whisper
1T was played in this house by Its
composer before Frederic was born. It
was played here on the night of his
birth. as II had been played many
times before. 1t was written by a man
named Feyerelli. Have you heard Of
him."
Never" she murmured. and shrank.
frightened by the deathlike pallor in
the mans face, by the strange calm In
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FOR his father. tns.. she inquiries
slowly.
The perspiration stood out on his
brow. lie made no response His lips
were compressed
you have uttered her name at last, "
she said wonderingly. after a long
wait.
Brood started. "l--I--oh. this Is
tortured"
I'VE must mend our ways, James. II
may please you to know that shall
overlook your mental faithlessness to
me. You may. go on loving hatilde.
She is dead, Am alive. ] have the
better of her, there. ale? The day
will come when she Is dead In every
sense OF the word. In the meantime.
u am content to enjoy life. Frederic
Is quite safe with me, James; safer
than he is with you. And now let Us
have peace. viii you ring for tea? 2"
He sat down abruptly. staring at her
with heavy eyes. She waited for a mo-
ment, and then crossed over to pull
the old-fashioned bell-cord.
I'VE will ask Lydia and Frederic to
join US, too" she said. 1T shall be a
family party. the FIVE of us"
FLYER he muttered
YES" she said, without smile.
Are you forgetting Matilde?"
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his voice. The gates were being
opened at last! She saw the thing
that was to stalk forth. She would
have closed her ears against the reve
lations 1t carried. Mother viii be
worried IL am not at home"
Guido Feverelli. An Italian born In
Hungary. Budapest. that was his
home, but he professed to be gypsy
Yes, be wrote the devilish thing. He
played II a thousand times in that
room down-and now Frederic plays
It. after all these years. It is his
heritage. God, how hate the thing
Ranjab! Where is the fellow? He
must stop the acnursed thing. He"
MIR. Brood! Mr.. Brood" cried
Lydia. appalled,. She began to edge
toward the door.
BY mighty effort. Brood regained
control OF himself. lie sank into q
chair. motioning for her to remain.
The music had ceased abruptly.
He win be here In moment" said
Brood. Don't CO."
Suddenly be arose and confronted
the serene image OF the Buddha. For
a full minute he stood there with his
hands clasped. his lips moving as II
Ia prayer. No sound came from them.
The girl remained transhxed. power
less 10 move. Not until he turned to-
ward her and spoke was the spell
broken. Then she came quickly to his
side. He had pronounced her name
you are about to tell me some
thing. Mr.. Brood" she cried in great
agitation. Il do not care to listen. I
feel that It Is something ! should not
know. Please let me 60 now. r."
He laid his hands upon her shoul-
ders. holding her OF at arms length.
Il ana very fond OF you. Lydia. ! do
not want to hurt you. Sooner would
have my tongue cut out than II should
wound you by q single word. And yet
must speak. You love Frederic. Is
not that true?"
She returned his gaze uDwnvering.
ly. Der face was very white.
yes. Mr. Brood"
1T Is better that we should talk II
over. We have ten minutes. No doubt
he has told you that he loves you. He
is a lovable boy. be Is the kind one
must love. But II is not In his power
to love molly. He loves lightly as"
he hesitated. and then went on harshly
las his father before him loved"
Anger dulled her understanding:
she did not grasp the fill meaning Of
his declaration. Her honest heart ruse
TO the defense OF Frederic.
''Mr. Breed. do care for Frederic"
she famed. standing very erect before
him. ~He loves me. know he does.
You have no right TO say that be loves
lightly. ignobly. You do not know him
as I know him. You have never tried
to know him. never wanted 10 know
him. You-0h. ! beg your pardon. Mr.
Brood. III am forgetting myself
I'll an afraid you do not understand
yourssis. LvdsS." said he levellV. Yea
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SYNOPSIS.

In the New York home OF James Brood.
Dawes and Riggs. his two old pensioners
and comrades, await tines coming OF
Brood's son. Frederic. TO learn the con-
cents OF wireless from Brood, but Fred
eric, after reading throws Il into the
fFe and leaves the room without a word.
Frederic tells Lydia Desmond, his fiancee,
that the message announces his fathers
marriage. and orders the house prepared
for an immediate homecoming Mrs
Desmond the nousekeeper and Lydia's
mother, triea 10 cool F'rederie's temper
IL the impending changes Brood and his
bride arrives. She wins Frederic's liking at
first meeting. Brood shows dislike and
yelled hostility ~ his son. Lydia and Mrs.
Brood meet In the jade room, where Lydia
works as Brood's secretary. The room,
dominated by great gold Buddha, Is fur
nished In oriental magnifcence. Mrs.
Brood, after a talk with Lydia, which
leaves the latter puzzled, Is startled by
the appearance of RanJab, Brood's Him
du servant. Mrs Brood makes changes
consent TO send Mrs Desmond and Lydia
away. She tries 20 fathom the mystery
~ Broods separation from his first wife,
and his dislike OF his son, but fails. Mrs.
brood fascinates Frederic. She begins 10
fear RanJab In his uncanny appearances
and dsappearances and Frederic, remem-
bering his fathers East Indian stories and
nm belief In magic. fears unknown evil
RAnjab performs feats OF magic for
Dawes and Riggs. Frederlc's father. jeal-
oue, unJustly orders his son from the
dinner table as drunk Yvonne follows
Frederic to the jade-room and influences
him to apologize to his father and the
Kuests for his alleged lapse. Brood tells
the story OF Ranjab's life TO his guests.
He killed q woman" who was unfaithfu'
g. him. Yvonne plays with Frederic's
infatuation for her. Her husband warns
sr that the thing must not go on.
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pers to you In the night You sleep
with your doubts awake. am Ma
tide. not Yvonne. 10 you. j am the
flesh on which that starved love OF
yours feeds; ! represent the memory
Of all that you have lost"
This is-madness!" he exclaimed
and 1t was not only wonder that filed
his eyes. There was : strange fear IN
them too.
4 am quite myself. James. she said
coolly. Can you deny that you think
OF her when you hold me In your
arms; can you"
"Yesl" be almost shouted. Il can
and do denyl"
Then you are lying to yourself, my
husband" she said quietly. He fairly
gasped.
Good God. what manner OF woman
are your" he cried hoarsely. "A sor.
ceress7 A-but no. Il is not truel"
She smiled. IAN women are sor.
ceresses. They feel Men only think.
Poor FREDERICK You try to hate him.
James. but ! have watched you when
you we're not aware. You search bis
face intently, almost in ageny-for
whaif For the look that was his
mother's-for the expression you loved
in"
He burst out violently. mol BY
heaven, you are wrong there. my sor.
ceressl an not loakirg for Mstilas
- Fra4erie's face.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
Pledges Women His Vote

That he believed it his duty as a
national legislator to vote for an en-
abling resolution which would place the
question of woman suffrage before tie
States for theirTejection or ratification,
was the assertion Friday of Congress-
man Thomas w. Miller. speaking to
delegation from the Delaware Con-
vention of the Congressional Union, in
Rose room of the Hotel dupont.
Should such resolution come up in
Congress, Mr.. Miller said, it was his
present intention to vote for it, but
that such action does not mean that he
would exert himself outside of his
duties as member of Congress. Mrs.
Florence Bayard Hilles and Miss Mabel
Vernon replied to Mr.. Miller's address,
thanking him.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH NOTES

May 23d. Whitsunday.
Morning Prayer, Altar Service & Ser
mon at 1880 A. NJ.
SunF y School session at LAB A. NJ.
Even song and Address at 7.3O P. NJ.
Service on Wednesday evening at
7.30.
The offering for the Coal Fund Of the
Parish, is to be received on Sunday. 1t
is hoped that every parishioner will
make contribution to the same.
The annual meeting of the Junior
Auxiliary of the Diocese of Delaware,
meets in Emmanuel Church, New Castle
Lei, on Saturday, May 22d. The dele
gates from St. Annes' Parish are Fran
ces Cochran, June johnson and Ramona
Newman.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Dio-
cese of Delaware meets in Christ
Church, Wilmington, DEL. on Thursday
May the 9th.
Ihe Hon. James pennewill, Chief
Justice of the State of Delaware, will
make the afternoon Address in Old St.
Annes' Church, on the 2lOth., An
niversary, which will te held this year
on the third Sunday in June, and the
Preacher at the morning service will
be the very Rev. H. B. Bryan, B. d.,
Daan of Trinity Cathedral, Easton,
Maryland. The Public cordially invited
to these services.
The Rt. Rev. F. j. Klnsman, D D.,
Bishop of the Diocese of Delaware,
has issued invitations, to reception
at Bishopstead, Wilmington, Del, for
the evening of May 26th., to meet the
President of Delaware College, Mrs.
Samuel Chiles Michel, and the Dean of
the Womens' College of Delaware.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
NEW CENTURY CLUB NOTES

A special business meeting of the
Woman's New Century Club was held
on Wednesday afternoon, in the Parish
building. The object of the meeting
was to discuss the bids Offered for the
building of the proposed new Club
House. The president, Mrs. Mary
Cochran Pool, opened the meeting and
after telling the object of the meeting,
called the chairman of the Building
Committee, Miss Eliza Cochran Green,
to the chair.
Miss Green read the bids offered by
four different contractors, the lowest
bidders being Culp Brothers of Chester
town, Md, their-bid being something
over 81, 800. This amount, by concen-
sus of the members was more than they
had bargained for, the architect, Mr..
Street, of Philadelphia, having agreed
to furnish plans for a SIS, 900 club house.
After quite lively discussion on the
part of the members, it was decided to
write Mr.. Street, asking him to elimi-
nate certain arrangements from the
plans, and probably making the house
smaller, whereby the cost be brought
down to the original figure of $1,000.
Certain expenses pertaining to light,
heat, etc, will be added 10 the first
cost. The members now have about
$4,000 in hand and hope to add at least
another thousand before building is
begun.
Mrs. Mollie Sutton Pool, chairman of
Entertainment, told of the proposed
festivities for the coming year, which
include play, supper, summer festi-
val and the December Bazaar.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
Local News

The members of Bethesda M. E.
Sunday School will celebrate on the
first Sunday in June.
The Sunday School of Forest Pres
byterian Church will hold their Children 8
Day services on the second Sunday in
June.
After June first, the hours at the
Public Library will be: Tuesdays z to
$50 p. M; Fridays. Z to $50 p. m. :;
Saturdays, 5 to 8 p. m.
Unclaimed Letters-The following list
of Letters remaining unclaimed in the
Post Office, for week ending May 18th:
Mrs. Addie Bratler, Miss Julia Dorman.
Mary Ida Stock, Noah Amerson, Mr..
Familse, Joseph H. Griffin and Anglous
Lascals.
The members of the Phlathea class
of the Bethesda M. E. Sunday School
will hold bake and rummage sale in
the room adjoining Mr.. P. L. McWhor-
ter's residence on next Saturday, Nav
10Th. All contributions will be CRATE.
fully received
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
MARYLAND HIGHWAYS

1t is believed that at the end of this
! year Maryland will be the first state in
the Union to have completed continu-
Gus, connected, main arterial system of
modern state highways radiating from
the industrial aud geographical centre
of the state at Baltimore, and connect
ing the county seats of each of the
twenty-three counties with each other
and with Baltimore. This will soon in
clude the longest practically continuous
section of modern road in the United
States, being nearly 400 miles from
Oakland in the heart of the Allegheny
mountains, at the western border of the
state, to Ocean City on the Atlantic
ocean, at its southeastern extremity.
The state is also constructing the Han
over street bridge in the city of Balti-
more, which will be one and half miles
long over all, including approaches, etc;
will cost approximately 81 250, 900; and
is the longest and most expensive bridge
in the state, besides being the largest
ever built by State Highways com
mission. The state is also expending
within the corporate limits of the city
of Baltimore, the sum of So, ,25O, 600 on
all kinds of city paving of the latest
and highest type, this being the only
case in the country where state is thus
extending its system on a large scale
into the heart of a city with 900, 900 in
habitants. The state has likewise CON
structed boulevard forty miles long
between Baltimore and Washington,
and one of thirty-five miles between
Baltimore and Washington, and one of
thirty-five miles between Baltimore nd
the state capitol at Annapolis. 1t can
conservatively be stated that Maryland
is eXpendng more money for state roads
in proportion to it's resources and size
than any other state, while the amount
actually dishursed in this way may be
exceed in only one or two states.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
CeciItOn High School

There will be eight graduates of the
George Biddle High School, Cecilton,
this year. The commencement will be
held in the school building, Tuesday
morning, June l. DR.. S. C. Mitchell,
President of Delaware College, will ad-
dress the graduates.
Glass Day exercises will be held in
the High School Thursday afternoon,
May 27, at 2 O'Clock. Sunday afternoon
May 80, at 2.3O O'Clock Rev. W. A.
Coale will preach the Baccalureate SER
mon at St. Stephens P. E Chapel in
Cecilton.
The graduates and subjects of their
essays are as follows;
Mary Anderson Road building in
Maryland.
Isabel Clark - Old Bohemia Manor.
Frances Davis $ Historic Churches of
Cecil County.
Robert Hall : Some Arguments
Against War,
Elizabeth Lusby California as an
Appropriate Place for the Exposition.
Ethel Luthringer-P Patriotic Songs of
America.
Agnes Ostrom The influence of In
migration Upon the Development of
the United States.
Carmon Prce-Life on Cecil County
Farm,
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
FARMERS SURROUND THIEVES

-Four more alleged chicken thieves who
are said to be implicated in the many
robberies that have occurred during the
past few months in the vicinity of Iron
Hill, Pencader hundred, from which the
farmers of that section have sustained
loss of more than a thousand fowls
were held for the Court Of General Ses-
sions by Magistrate Lovett. after a
hearing Thursday night. Two of the
men We're Hanford Taylor and Charles
Boyles, the negroes who were arrested
Wednesday morning last, on the public
road with large number of dead
chickens in bag. These men were in
cam owned by Taylor They were
held under 81, 600 bail each. Thomas
O'Connell, one of the farmers whose
hen house was robbed Wednesday
night Identified most of the chickens as
his. The other two men who were held
ult er $500 bail each for court, were
Andrew Hill and Spencer James both
ored. They were arrested by State
detective Mccoy and Constable William
Dean, The arrest of these two men
was made in a house near Salem Church
Wednesday afternoon,
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
Port PENIS Ball Schedule

The Port Penn base ball team will
open their season on Decoration Day
when they will play a double-header
with the strong fremont team of Will
mington.
The probable lineup for this season
will be C. Yearsley and White, cacthers;
B. Yearsley and Johnson, pitchers;
Rimes, 1b; Dyer, 2b; Bender or Car
penter, 3b; r. Yearsley, IS; Saxten,
Voshell, Zacheis, Hickman, and Gibson
Several other players will be tried out.
The club has purchased new uniforms,
which they obtained at wholesale prices
through the kindness of MIR. Albert
Kumpe.
The Port Penn Club has arranged the
following schedule for the season of
1915.
May 81, fremont e games).
June 5tn, Penlyn Hall.
June 18th, (pending).
June 10Th, Wildel.
June 26, Overbrook.
July Sd, Ward Club.
July 9Th, SilVerbrook e games). IA,
July 10th, (pending). is)
July 18th, fremont.
July Oath, Luxberger A. C.
July 3lst, Wilmington, at Wilmington.
Aug. 7th, Wildel.
Aug. 18th, Penlyn Hall.
Aug. 21st, Delaware Hard Fibre.
Aug. 28th, (opem.
Sept 4th (open).
Sept 9th. (open).
Sept. 18th, Middletown, at Middle
town,
Will not schedule remaining games
until later in season.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
Townsend Against Saloons

TOWNSEND, May Is: :-Twenty-four
representative men and women in court
of general sessions at Wilmington Fri
day entered strenuous protests to the
granting of liquor license here to j.
X. Dickerson, on ground that it is not
necessary for the accommodation of the
public, and that, being located very
close to dry territory and the Eas-
tern Shore of Maryland, it wonld be-
come a rendezvous for immoral and
disreputable people. Evidence was in
troduced to show that Townsend has
thrived as dry town. The remon-
STRANGE is signed by fourteen business
men, five members Of the board of
he alth, eight members of the board of
education and four councilmen. A de-
cision was deferred.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
NAMES TAX COLLECTORS

Tax collectors for New Castle county
for the next two years were elected by
the Levy Court of New Castle county
a. the meeting Tuesday afternoon
Commissioners Smith and Purks acted
as tellers of the election.
The election of the collectors for the
various hundreds resulted as follows:
Appoquinimink, Walter S. Money;
Blackbird, Harry Woodkeeper; Brandy
wine, Frank C. Miller; Christiana,
William Tinsman; Mill Creek, Robert A.
Groves; New Castle, John U. Taylor;
Pencade!, Edward o. Walton; Red Lion
John C. Stuckert; St. Georges, George
E. Rhodes; White Clay, Forrest w.
Lovett.
All the collectors elected were collec-
tors for the past two years with the
exception of Groves in Mill Creek hun
dred, Walton in Pencader hundred and
Money in Appoquinimink hundred, who
are new men. Groves and Woodkeeper
each received all seven votes of the
members of the court; Miller, Taylor,
Stuckert, Rhodes and Tinsman each
received six votes; Lovett and Walton
each received five votes.
AT meeting of the court Tuesday
morning a letter from Thomas F.
Gormley, chairman of the New Castle
County Building Commission, was
presented to the court in which if was
stated that the resolution of the court
asking the Commission to consider pip
ing the county building for gas, had
been referred to the commission.
A resolution providing for the rate
per item to be paid the rural assessors
for completing the assessment list for
the fiscal year beginning July l, 1915,
and ending June 80, 1916, was adopted.
According to the resolution the rates
per tenn in each hundred and the total
amounts in each hundred will he,