Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-24

EPISODE SIN
for This Newspaper
THE Forbidden ROOM.


THE Forbidden ROOM.
seD l. quiet and listen to n man who is in
d earnest" said I to Jimmy Barton.
lie smiled down me from the cor
self with cheerful inlpudcncc
But am in earnest. l meant jus; what
denly Iinnys tone took ON plaintive ca
dencc I've heard about dangerous rivals
SO many as l. All tho lovers in the world
seem to be getting between me and my lady
fair. Why didn't YOU answer my note"
Jimmy Barton was getting almost AS hard
TO manage rs my r"mantic "randm"ihcr'
vcycd To me ny hand aud with elaborate
care note which read as follows:
Dear Miss fairfaN:
~ ann handsome Young man. in love
with a girl wh" lo"l* jnt' Ike N"n What
THAT note was .uuri.n,ly cmbarr:,"sinr 10
confuse any young woman. felt myself
paving IT the ,rthut" "f hiush, and thcn
got thor"ughlN angry With tbc man who
was of himsrIf tina; be .ould laugh
fancied ln"w enough about human
nature 10 determine Just how much Caith
were paid YOU by sunshjuy youth who IN
stinctit"ly paid chivalrouS court 10 amy WON
an In his ncighborhood.
Eut sometimes when earnest honest loycrs
wrote me 'cndcriN "f tho rirls for whom they
cared It gave 'n" . sudden fc"l'n2 If Won
PLY filled by work ANA interest in other
peoples affairs.
hours after date TO suEGcst that his letter
was still unanswered ana that he didn't
mink Miss FairlaN had amy right 10 trca,
her mail that way, and that hc might hiv,,
to speak to tho managing editor if this
negligence continued.
Dignity did not avail to turn Mr. Barton
aside from the conversational paths OF light
handiilaCe on which he had decided SO
picked up a letter OF the type which clutched
a, my heart and handed IL to him with the
previously recorded request that he listen
TO man who was in earnest.
lie took it. PROTESTING that he didn't care
about any ono clsc's AFFAIRS
But insisted that he read the letter. In
differently enough nc glanced At it. and then
suddenly his attention focused: he became
once keen. alert, Inc earnest newspaper
man who was so utterly different from The
that his motto she is n woman and
therefore to be woood. She is a woman and
therefore to be won"
This is tho letter which turned Jimmy
from AN Indifferent lover to an Interested
reporter:
"Denr Mis-. rairiS.:" F 'f"''' Ne" York
81 M.> -. to hs ben, ,",aa.. Ny aan-
phoncd her "mpi"ycr WHO says she left
this afternoon aud hr has not seen her
since. What Shall ! do.
John MILES. II. D. -. Is"
Jimmy Barton looked at THAT letter fxcdly
Blue cove. ne easped Blue cove
that funny When aid you get this let
teri?
mt IN win Story Of %oars. AIR. ra i;tH s"N'
-, = al dadp NJ thinl i iniportant then, but
could possibly bc--wcll. think III tell 70,
Cove's littie plac4 and tInre Can't '' u,
many missing arirIs n, ~ iIave ,.o, n al
an hour To spa-.r
managed a tone OF mock seriousness
oh it's All i'm tlin J,,,'s ,rnrli,- "
We'll. then I'm begin m Inc berinninn
Yesterday Harness ca1l.d ma o,.sr - Tia ~,
Desk and gave me an assirumct,t. that orrh
10 lead to something lie told me 70 go Owe,
TO the secret Scrvi,a ana see Norm ahon
the counterfeit nils mat are crculatins
round 50 ulcnyifuIly SOUNDS a far cr, from
your deserted bridegroom Doesn't iir''
long. have found ,uat on, i'm my v.orlt
Mr. Barton"
Il wonder ~ rs long enough Ia lathe
up the threads or uy story and weld thnn
into "A wedding ring for John Miles?
= We'll. trottcd over to sec Moran and II,
showed q crisp new nVc-doIInr bill thn
wasn't n bad crgravinL- lob at an lie Sai,
they were being sent all over the country
but that he was sure they were made some