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.oar alammad bahina tse gizi
W-sep kiaa. sEs Brss ~ EecoEer'
raiaae ,i.a aisiasalk. she ~as aii-'-s
IL rae faxicab. v bafeser EeNai1 as.N
haa sromisea The lasH- Re ~nas'tae =
machine a3ag a. u irosa sHs 'e''s y
sudden aeaih.
Ana a.rtiaa from ne hossse ''...s
oa the minister's heels. Ma Fe..i.''.
Irapad iufe bis a~u car aRd. a. = ne
baa naf haaTd har thEaai oF F"eeises
sabatautlai prsof oi her eaFHeSsnsss'
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~aou aaFe uas Feru.s.-

~1ou daFe uat Fefase.~
Why"
"Booauso oI this~
Nhippiae q small revolver from an
other pocket Vi her dressiHs gown. Js-
att placed u 90 the table. ready 70
hsr hand
~Yos sln shoot me Il do not Goa
SEMI
MOI you-bu3 him. II yos refuse.
Httle sister, I viii sh0ot Allan Law
dead when he comes 10 keep his sp.
poiatmeut with yoa.~
All" Rose cried IN miaglsd fright
end amusement. ~HoW did y0u ind
OUT"
"Never mind. Is II a bargain. How.
abouf the trey q hearts? Remembef
I shall Keep H,y word about this pis-
tol
Win a shuadsr Rose bowed her
head
Deal she mutteFed fearfully. "sRa
may God judge between US"
one by one she stripped the cards
from the top OF the deck, dealing first
10 Rose. then 10 herself
One by one they huttered TO the
table on either side the glass oi poison,
and fell face BPpermost
The trey of hearts fell to judith.
There was an instant of silent dread.
ended BY Rose. 20 Judith S hand moved
steadily toward the glass.
judith" she implored "DoB't-i
beg of yOu-I didn't mean t-I take
back my consent"
"Too lstei" said Judith, lifting the
glass and eyeing its contents with a
strange smile.
judith you cannot mean to drink
it?"
Cant I, though ?" the other laughed
mirthlessly "Just watch mel"
With a straHgled cry Rose covered
her face with her hands to shut out
the sight, stood momentarily swayng
and dropped to the floor in a complete
faint
Delaying only to recognize this phe-
nomena with a plying smile for the
weakness of spirit that caused II. Ju.
6ith's glance darted through the win.
dow and saw that which caused her to
stay her hand an instant longer
On the topmost tier of girders of the
bsilding opposite. Alan Law stood
amid a little knot OF amused and ami.
mated laborers, one foot in the great
steel hook of the hoisting tackle, both
hands clasping the chain that linked
It to the gigantic block.
And as Judith stared, he smiled at
something said by one of those about
him, looked back, and waved a hand
70 some person invisible.
Immediately the arm began to lift.
the tackle to move slowly through the
blocks. Very gently he was swung up
and outward.
With a cry Judith flung the poison
heedlessly from her, leaped across the
room, and snatched up the street gar
ments Rose had dropped at her sisters
entrance.
In another moment she was strug.
Cling madly into them.
Before the shadow of Alan, clinging
to the hook and chain, fell athwart the
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less, hove into view. Promising its
driver anything he might ask, in or
out of reason, Alan gave him the ID
dress, and helped the girl In.
II Marrophat pursued Alan could sso
no sign of him. The second car made
better time than the first. Unhindered,
and as far as could be determined,
without being followed, it covered the
brief remaining distance in q CRATE
fully short lapse of time.
The suburb dropped behind a maze
of streets where dwellings stood Shout
der to shoulder and dooryards we're
seant. The car swept up to a corner
house of modest and homely aspect
Two minutes more, and Alan was ex-
changing salutations with and making
his bride-to-be known to Digby's good
friend, the Reverend Mr.. Wright.
Embarrassment worked confusion
with the young mans perceptive facul-
ties. As this moment approached
when two should be made one who had
gone through FIRE and flood, literally
as well as figuratively, for each 9TH
er's sake, incredulity drew a veil be-
fore his vision. He viewed the world
as in glass, darkly.
He was aware OF a decently fur.
nished minister's study: of two wit
nesses in the guise of unassuming
womenfolk of the ministers house,
hold; of the Rev. Mr.. Wright himself
as a benevolent voice rolling sono-
cfH- TO- n L..
ence; of the vCr-an of his heart stand
ing opposite h.m; of questions asked
and res sponses made; of a ring that
was magically conjured from some
store apparently maintained against
precisely similar emergencies; of a
hand that took the hand that was to be
his wifes and placed it in his; of his
clumsy and witless bungling with trs
task of fitting that ring to the finger
of his sweetheart's hand
And then he was aware Of G11r
that banged violently in the hallway:
of the sound of a mans voice making
some indistinguishable demand: that
Roses hand was suddenly whipped
away, before he could TT on the ring;
tlldl lut slOuN ubbi Nd5 luli5 open ana
that this animal of a Marrophat had
precipitated himself into the room
He opened his mouth to protest
and Marrophat silenced him with a
cry.
You fool Drop that ringi Stop
this farce! Don't you know whom
you're marrying? That woman is Ju-
dith Urine, you idiot-not Rosei"
Blankly Alan turned to the girl.
Her flaming face, her suIlen eyes.
her very pose, from which the man.
ner of Rose had dropped like a cast
garment, confessed the truth of Mar
rophat's assertion. And as if this were
not enough. Judith confessed it doublv
with a sudden outbreak of such rage
as never could have been brewed in
Roses gentle nature.
You devili" she cried-and threw
herself in front of Marrophat with a
spring as 1.-THE as that OF leopardess.
Take warning now from me: keen
out of my way forever after the-or
take the consequences God knows %
she painted. why ! don't kill you as
you stand!"
He was in her way. between her and
The open door. She gave him -
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OF an uHsavory looking tenement, be
fore the cab took a corner ON two
wheels :"
Not seriously injured. | fancy" he
told the girl in response to her eager
look. Worse hcki" he added
gloomily.
But it seemed that he was to have
greater cause than this to complain of
his luck, before that ride was ended
Three blocks further on a tire blew
out with a report like cannon-crack-
er, and the taxi lurched perilously
hesitated. slowed down. and limped
dejectedly to the curb.
Alan and the chauffeur piled out in
the same instant, the one standing
guard-with an eye out as well for
another cab-while the other assessed
damages.
Nothing for IL but a new tire, sir {"
this last reported sympathetically. 1t
must have been broken bottle or
something like that-it sure did rip
GO to it," Alan advised him terse-
Iy; "and if you make quick job OF it,
III stand the cost of the new tire
But If another cab comes along
while you're at it you'll lose US as
quick as a wink. Here's my card. in
case we have to desert you in hurry;
you understand this is a matter of life
and death, and I'll nave no time to
settle up with you. But you can call
at Mr. Digby's Office and he'll fix
things up to your satisfaction"
The man took the card and after a
glance at the name touched his hat
with more noticeable respect.
"All right. Mr.. Law" he agreed
"any thing you say" And forthwith
got to work.
The rapidity with which he com
pleted the change of tires proved him
an excellent chauffeur, an adept at his
craft: but the delay was one disas.
trous for all that. II worked together
with what Alan pardonably described
as the devils own luck to bring the
touring car in sight at the precise mo-
ment when the chauffeur was cranking
up and Alan on the point of re-enter-
ing the cab. And though they were
of again before Alan could close the
door, the attempt was hopeless from
the start.
And yet-whether or not because
Alan's distaste for interference had
been too convincingly demonstrated
the touring car for the time being
contented itself with trailing about
fifty feet in the rear. while the taxi
fed the tenement Puriieus Of the Ho-
boken waterfront and found its way
into the broader streets of an unpre-
tentious suburban quarter.
Not until they were well into the
suburbs, with few dwellings near and
no pedestrians to interfere. did Mario
phat's purpose become apparent. Then,
however-and it happened while Alan
was looking back-the touring car
drew in swiftly and easily and Mario
phat, rising in his Sc Il. Ieveled a re
volver over the windshield and fired.
The crack of mis- weapon was prac-
ticaIly coincident with a metallic thud
beneath The rear seat of the taxicab
Not for some moments did Alan ap
preciate the viciousness of the scheme
surmisins that the gasoline tank had
heen punctured by the bullet. he Was
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Make seIie~e

Make -Seiie~e.
For upwards OF thres quarters Of an
hour OF that golden morning which foi-
lowed the night Of bis return to New
YORK Mr. Law vas permitted 70 es-
teen himself ~ apl est Of moTtals
And inasmuch as shis Is not only a
longer uninterrupted tern Of happi-
ness than Is humauly common bui -
more OF that emotion th IN ordinarily
heavens the whole Of lifetime. Alan
was perhaps to be- envisd. even though
disiilusioHment when IL came was sud
den. sharp. aud 60 him unspeasabiy
sh0ckuE-a swirl. uHpFesaged plunge
from sgulit peaks Of supreme content
20 the black depths Of a bleak Aver
Rus oi Despair.
The beginning Of the period was
synchrOnous with the slam OF taxi
cab deer that shut away a superduous
world from the com paHy Of two who
loved
The sound spelled safety as well az
success in Alau's understanding.
The C-r slipped zmoofhly away from
INT Atal ID tla.A NHaANN W q AANAAA NAah
OF semiIronic cheers from the little
company OF working men who had wit
messed as well as measurubly partci-
pated in the putatiVe elopement from
the house of Urine.
vigilant for any indication that their
evasion had had a witness in that
strange home Of deathless hatred,
Alan watched IL through the little
window in the back Of the cab until a
corner blotted out the vision Of It;
then with a sigh Of relief sank down
by the side OF the woman to whom his
every thought, impulse and emotion
were dedicated
"Rose!" he whispered. and tenta-
lively touched one Of the hands that
lay clenohed in her lap.
She responded with never a sign to
indicate consciousness either OF his
touch or his whisper
And reminding himself of the strain
imposed upon her by the experience
through which they had just passed,
Alan excused her sponsiveness on
grounds of reaction, and for the time
felt constrained 10 let his sweetheart
rest and regain her normal poise
there was bliss enough for him N the
consciousness that he had won her
safely away. that nothing now more
than a short hours drive across town
and by ferry across the Hudson stood
between them and the marriage that
should prove the consummation of all
their trials Barring accident!
Alan had too often suffered the pen.
atty of disappointment for over-indul
gence in this failing of his for depreci
ating the Unforeseen, not to make the
mental reservation, Barring acci
dents!" with little shiver of dread.
Had any of Trine's household been
cognizant of his daughters escape
Alan argued interference must have
been instant
Despite the reassuring aspect, the
preOccupatiOn o. his companion SC
wore upon him that he was presently
no longer able TO refrain from disturb
ing her.
"ROsei" he begged again, closing e
hand tenderly over hers. Dearest
girl, don't worry another instant! Dc
calm yourself: remember we are SAFE
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CHAPTER XVII.
The Rino.

The hlno.
Theirs was the last vehicle to swing
between the gates before these last
were closed.
And this was quite as well; for Alan,
rising for one last backward glance
through the rear window, started IN
voluntarily and choked upon an ex-
clamation when he deserted a power
ful touring car tearing madly toward
the ferry house, it's one passenger half
rising from the front seat, beside the
driver, and exhibiting a countenance
purple with congested chagrin as he
saw his car barred out OF the carriage
entrance.
Quickly sensitive to his emotion, the
girl caught nervously at Alans hand.
What is it, dear?"
"Marrophat." he snapped.
She uttered a hushed cry of dismay.
Don't be alarmed, however, he
fastened to comfort her. "Hes lost
the race: the gates are shut-even the
passenger gates-and there must be
company spotter somewhere near by,
for the gateman is virtuously refusing
to be bribed by roll of money as
thick as my wrist!"
AT that instant the taxicab oiled
aboard the ferry boat; the deck zates
were closed; haarse whistle rent the
roaring silence of the city; wiuches
ratified and chains clanked; and the
boat wore ponderously out of ITS slip.
so much for Mr. Marrophat!" Alan
erowed, sitting down. Fooled againi
He can't stop us nowl"
Perhaps :"
Why that perhaps? WHY that
tone?" he demanded sharply. sfruck
by the foreboding her accents con
fessed
This isn't the only terry. Tfsre's
the Pennsylvania and the Lackawanna
and by hard driving he might even
manage TO catch the boat that con-
meets with this from the Chris 1pner
street ferry Of the Eriel"
Impossible! ] don't believe II /
WON'T"
Let's not" she agreed. "Dua Alan
/ 'Yes?"
I Promise me-if he should ,ape
to catch up with us-you won't r.. him
talk TO you. ] mean. don't Iet r..r-"
NO fear Of that!" he ae ated
hotly. IF he tries to eycha--. one
word with me- only wish be 5Idt"
. She seemed satisfied with lH- hut
the incident had served apprer rrv 70
chill their spirits. They accom- she'd
the remainder OF that v1gr-. In a
silence that was no less dar-. he.
cause they sat hand iu hand t.-1-rgb.
out
Nor was their taxicab th~ra -.-.u,as
out Of the ferry house on tho u rsev
shore-thOugh the chauFprr i-,p.
later by AlaI,s extravagarr r-.-ises
was doing his best TO frarr.-- the
speed laws and escape arrest hen
the girls fears were amply Just fed .
a shout from behind drew Alan baad
out Of the window on one side "a tbs
girls OF the other and proved o. rotb
that Marrophat had indeed Frr-a ,o,,e
way to make the crossing e-.shon,
great delay.
His touring car was with e.x
yards when they nrst were -. =,
IT. ar7 Marrophat. stauafrr .- -,s
running board was shouting -.;,,,
lately ana Hourishfng an f---.--.,,,-<
nand; while the distance bz-ue<p
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ever there the Niser a. yei ne a..
ciargd Nish = aorisiVe Rod ios ara the
home of Trino Come along tiere >
q EuloEz ~ saitiHz. IL twenty mia
utos vel b. a. the ferry IN forty ~ sr
IA jersey Wishiu an hour marTied
within ioar haars safe a. sea-,
CrAPTtR sxsL
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CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE

said Herbert in his precise way, Kitty
did say that she wished you TO have
her baby"
What answer did you give herr"
t'Well-%eIl you see, the doctor
said she must not be excited, SO said,
You are going 10 get well and keep It
yourself, dear
But she kept at me about sending
for you and saying, Margie must have
my baby until 10 quiet her, said, II
Margaret wants your baby she can
have it,
Dick started to Interrupt. but | held
up my hand and said: Margaret
does want it."
"Rut-but. my dear Margaret" said
Herbert, you must realize 1t is also
my baby-l can't give it TO you'll feel
the great duty that owe It. am the
custodian Of its immortal SOUL"
Then you told a lie to Kitty
Well. You see, did not think you
would want 1t and even II you did /
was not sure AIR. Waverly would wish
you to be burdened with It."
a grunt OF acquiescence from Dick
seemed TO give him courage.
81 guess was so sure OF your re-
fusal that said that only to quiet
Kitty, as knew that the least excite
ment imperiled her lite."
81 told her | would bring up her
child as my own. II you would let me
have her. / did not lie. | made no
mental reservations" was my IN.
compromising assertion.
But you must see that ! cannot
give my child into your care-eren
though know II would be the best
maternal care In the world. You will
forgive me, Margaret, II say that my
daughter must be brought up In an
atmosphere OF Christian influence
which have not found at your home
on my few visits. must refuse you,
even II you think me traitor to the
dead. feel l owe more 10 the living"
stole look at Dick when he spoke
OF Christian influences and found that
even Dicks anger at me was dissi.
pated by his evaporation at his ar.
raignment OF our home atmosphere.
But he quickly recovered himself and
gave q slight grin, which I could not
help answering with smile.
~ guess II that is settled we can
take the early train" said Dick. get
ting UP and shaking hands with Her.
bert.
81 believe I would rather live with
Dick with all his faults" l said to my.
self, as babe Herbert good bye; "at
least he Is human"
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BEAUTY AFTER 40s
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY
IoAH meeLoNE GIBSON.

Whenever anyone speaks Of beauty
articles, everyone Immediately thinks
OF the complexion. a man who want.
ed to be clever once said to me that
most Of the pretty women he had met
thought more about their complex.
ions than OF their immortal souls.
! agreed with him but did not tell
him that a woman soon learns that
the only man who takes great interest
in her immortal soul is her clergyman
and that most men she meets seem
vitality interested in her complexion.
There is as much powder for the
skin sold as salt for the palate and
half as much cream and other 10.
lions as butter.
All the people who sell complexion
dope" have gotten rich aud you can
also say this for them; they have ad.
ded TO the sum OF woman's beauty.
And yet good complexion Is an
easy thing TO acquire. First you must
be like the kings daughter" men.
toned in holy writ, clean without
and within"
No one man or woman can have
good complexion who does not take a
warm o. hot bath daily.
Lillian Russell. whose complexion is
the wonder OF the modern age, al.
ways take her bath very hot, Sand
have found that hot water agrees with
me also.
One cannot give general directions
for the use OF baths or cosmetics. /
.caa only tell YOU what agrees with
me.
/ never have my face massaged, but
/ have my head and scalp massaged
once week and all the flesh drawn
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HERBERT WILL NOT GIVE NE
kiTTY'S DAUGHTER.

Well. little book. It's all over. Kitty
has been laid far away from mortal
eyes and am home again, but NOT
with Margaret Katherine Spencer
Dick came down just in time for
the funeral which was CHASTITY with
its long sermon OF G:hortatlon, and
It's songs In minor Key that tore your
heartstrlnss anew.
Through II all Miss HeathcOtt sat
Just where the setting sun formed q
halo over her golden head. In her arms
Kitty's baby. very picture OF MadoR-
ma and child! It was tragic, little
book. that she made picture with
Kitty's baby that poor Kitty could
never have posed.
Dick was courtesy itself to me, but
he never spoke TO me except when /
addressed him question and you may
be sure. little book. that was not often.
at is mesllf that has the pride OF me
Irish ancestry" as Annie would say.
land when 1t is perfectly reasonable
that I'm within me own rights no man
can make me change even II 1t should
be himself that might try"
AS they were taking Kitty out
through the door. and Herbert was
stalking behind with the child in his
arms. became almost hysterical.
1t seemed all SO futile, SO foolish to
be glad you were alive.
Do you know, little book, II really
seems to me that at that moment that
Kitty, silent, cold and lifeless, yes
even shut out from the lights and the
laughter she loved so we'll, was better
off than | with sullen Dick at my side.
His arm seemed iron as took 1t.
There was not the slightest yielding to
my touch.
For the moment hated Aunt Msry's
money! hated him and most OF all,
l hated the life that saw stretching
beyond me In the future.
When We got back from the GENE.
terry Dick remarked very casually, but
so that Il might be heard by anyone
Il might concern: I'VE must hurry II
we catch the evening train.
! took It that was one OF those con.
cerned In the matter and interrupted
Herberts long minded explanation
that there was later train, By ask.
ing: did Kitty tell you that she
wanted me to have her baby" both
men stirred uneasily and then sat
up very straight.
II cannot deceive you, Margaret"
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and had
John Boiling, 2d-Narried EeliEa>
beth Blair ar1.
and had
John Boiling. Su-.Married Martini
Jefferson
and had
Archibald Bollins-Married Cath
crime Gay
and had
Robert Bolling-tArs. Cats grand
father)
who Ind
Edith Boiling tGalt)-Who becomes
Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. Cats sisters arc Miss Bertha
Boiling. Mrs. Alexander Gait (wise OF
a cousin OF Mrs. Cats former hus.
band) and Mrs. Matthew H. Maury.
Mrs. Cats brothers are Richard V.
Boiling, Julian B. Boiling. Roife E.
Boiling and DR.. William e. Boiling.
Her mother, Mrs. William H. Boil.
ing, now lives in Washington
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up at the sides of the head. also
have a good deal OF work put on my
throat.
! never put powder on my face that
do not first rub II lightly with cream
and wipe OF with soft cloth.
SIT down IN front OF your mirror
and put on the cream copiously, al.
ways with an upward motion, wipe
of and then put on whatever make.
up suits you.
Yes. | believe in makeup. but I
don't believe in following fashions In
makeup. Find the one that looks
well on you and then keep TO It.
Later I'm going TO tell you some
things the women Of 30 cannot do
when making up.
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Looks as II the lords of creation
were to lose their dearest privilege
the privilege OF protecting the weak.
,er sex"
DR.. Emily Putnam OF Barnard Col.
lege Gurged 700 college girls 10 learn
TO pull gun" to be mannish ana
train themselves to take mans
chances in the world. Miss Helen
Bennett. manager Of the Chicago Col.
legiate Bureau OF Occupations agrees
with DR.. Putnam and fully approves OF
the mannish girl.
The mannlsh girl is the best OF
girls: she's the girl OF courage and In.
dependence and polse," says Miss
Bennett.
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CHAPTER I.

No. es CHRPTEH ].
Mrs. Galt-she was 43 years old last
Thursday-was born in the sleepy olo
southern town Of Wythevilie. Va. Oct.
14,T1s72. Her father, the late Judge
William H. Boiling, was lawyer OF
distinction and a member OF family
distinguished In the social and polit.
6icali history OF the Old Dominion. from
the earliest colonial days.
The Bollings, In fact. trace their an.
cestry back to John Rolfe, who mar
ried Pocahontas. So Edith Boiling,
theIpresent Mrs. Norman Gait. Is real.
lyl a descendant OF the famous Indian
maiden who figured so prominently In
the early history OF America.
Edith Boiling was the youngest OF
the four daughters. Her mother be.
fore her marriage was Miss Sallie
White, and thu W.T." e
Bedford-co family. Little Edith Boil.
ing also had i've 5-3.4:::..
She did not attend public school. bat
was educated By a goyernes5 and her
maternal grandmother. Mrs. Loswood.
Who prepared her later for college.
She was siso"brung up" BY Aunt
Becky" Anderson. q negro nanny
who served the Boiling family for 80
years.
when she grew old enough she was
sent away to Martha Washington Col
lege at Arlington and afterwards to
The then well known finishing school.
Poveli,s School for Young Ladies in
Richmond.
By this time the Boiling girls"
were known in wytheville and the sur.
rounding country for their beauty, tact
and social charm-and this In sec
lion Of Scountry famous for generations
for Its beautiful women.
The first real event or perhaps
Triumph In her life came while she
2 was AZ school in Richmond. She
entered a contest for reading-and, be-
fore the eyes OF the entire school was
awarded first prize. The selection she
read was Mrs. Browning's "Catar!na to
cameons
Chapter two OF the Life Story OF
the Next First Lady OF the Land" vii!
appear IN the West Virginiau tomor.
row.