The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-08
Murrette
TONIGHT.

Blanca F'OrSetS II mere are a great
many things in his couTtship of Blanca
Wells which young Jarvis is at a loss
to understand Particularly is he
mystified as regards the identity of
certain Count Berdeau, who is con-
stantly at the Wells home. He has
his suspicious, however. And this ex-
plains why the Count is forcibly
snatched away from ballroom, where
he is innocently enjoying himself, and
marched before a magistrate to whom
he is obliged to give written evidence
that he is a gentleman in order to
escape being sent to Jail as a fugitive
criminal.
MONDAY
"Checkmate''-Tom and Arthur, two
friends, are employed, respectively, as
wire chief for the telephone company,
and as telegraph operator for Burton
Gray, stock broker. Tom meets
Gray's ward Dorothy, and is greatly
attracted. Dorothy never has seen her
father. He had placed her in Gray's
care as a baby, refusing to see her
because her birth had cost her mother
her life. And he had given Gray
sum of money to be handed to Dorothy
upon her coming of age, or in the
event she should marry. Gray uses
the money in speculation and it is
lost.
TUESDAY.
"Home of Bentley-When his son
John falls in love with Edith Polly,
Bentley, Sr., fires his pretty little
stenographer He tells John that he
will disown him if he marries below
his station financially. Grandma
Bentley. however, sympathizes with
the broken-hearted young lover. She
also meets the girl and is satisfied
that Miss Polly really loves John. So
Grandma recalls to her son the story
Of his own romance, and how he and
his bride began life together in pow
erty. Bentley, Sr., lives over his
youth, and, realizing that love is the
foundation of success, he consents to
Johns and Edith's marriage.
THURSDAY.
The cmeback"-Borden. reused
to defend the name OF girl whom
Sinclair has implicated in a story he
has been telling. empties a revolver
point blank at the other clubman. He
is WhisEed away in an automobile by
Fred Dexter his cousin, who hides
him until he can get out of the coun-
try. Sinclair has recovered meanwhile
and is plotting revenge. But as Bor-
den refuses to bring before the public
the name OF the girl, he is unable to
vindicate himself. So he goes to New
Zealand. Some eight motnhs later,
Carr. the city editor of the paper on
which he has been employed under
an assumed name. calls his attention
to a picture in New York paper re-
markably resembling himself. A news
item announces that Fred Dexter has
identified a man found dead in the
woods as his cousin, Richard Borden,
missing many months; and Dexter,
being next of kin, inherits the for
tune of Francis Borden, South
African millionaire, who, is July of the
previous year, had died
FRIDAY
Their One Love'-Jack ever since
childhood, has been the twins hero.
| The years pass. Jack is as devoted as
ever to the two beautiful young girls,
but has given no sign that he cares
for one more than for the other. The
Civil war breaks out and Jack marches
away. Each of the twins has come to
love the young volunteer. but keeps
her secret from her sister. One night
Madeline wakes to see Marion stand
ing by the window, looking at Jacks
picture in the moonlight. She de-
termines to give up Jack. Marion.
however has guessed Madeine's feel
ings for their hero" and has made up
her mind that she will not stand in
the way of AIadeline's happiness. The
next day each of the twins writes to
Jack. MariOn's note tells him that
Madeline is waiting for him. And
Medicines missive bess him to be
careful of himself for NIarons sake.
The letters never are posted. For
word comes that day that Jack has
been killed in battle.