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wilcox had become an actress, that
she was to appear in this play.
How like Fate to play a trick OF
this kind. Out of all the plays in
New York she, Helen. had picked
out the one play that she wouldn't
have seen for anything. She tried
to be calm and to think logically.
she even tried to convince herself
that warren's knowing all this did
not necessarily mean that he had
anything to do with Lola Wilcox.
But she found this beyond her power
to believe
All that she could do was to sit
still. with a wooden feeling about
her heart and a stiffness that was
almost like physical pain. Before
any more conversation could be had
on the subject the lights went
down and the curtain up and Helen
found herself looking eagerly for
the appearance of this woman who
had flashed for the second time into
her life.
The plot was interesting, II
claimed the attention. In spite of
herself Helen found that she was
absorbed In the action. Then Lola
Wilcox came on in a cloth of Eold
gown and a big black fan.
On the stage as in life, she was to
typify that kind OF woman that
Helen feared and hated most. 1t II
the kind of woman that most women
fear because Of her mystery. It is
the kind of q woman known in the
movies as the vampire, but known
in more polite society as the woman
who does not show all her cards at
once, and keeps herself veIled in q
subtle mystery always calculated to
tear the heart of man right out OF
his breast.
Lola's speaking voice was clear,
and as she began to act Helen
could see that she had some talent
Given a small part. she was making
the most of II. and the audience
was plainly with. her. Her exit
from the stage evoked a ripple of
applause, and Helen glanced side
wise at Warren to md q look of
keen interest on his face.
Helen was not sure how to pro-
eeed. Her thoughts were in . tur-
moil. She wondered II she had done
wrong to show SO plainly the fact
that she did not approve Of Lola
Wilcox. Perhaps the other woman's
very subtleness. matched with
Helen's transparent attitude. had
kept warren's interest alive.
Helen knew quite well that, II she
allowed herself to think. she could
imagine anything. As It was the
strain on her was quite evident
She wished wildly that she had met
Lola Wilcox with more indifference
| than disapproval. In dealing with
a woman of her type 1t Is neces-
sary to fight the woman herself,
not the man who is interested.
CWatch for the next instaIInent of
this absorbing series.)
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DRAcULA, or The Vampire By Bran stoker

registration, and arranged with the
local undertaken TO come up in the
evening to measure for the coffin and
to make arrangements.
When got back Quincy was wait
ing for me. I told him 1 would see
! him as soon as knew about Lucy
and went UP to her room. She was
still sleeping. and the Professor
seemingly had not moved from his
: seat at her side. From his putting
his finger to his lips. gathered that
he expected her to wake before long
and was afraid OF forestalling nature.
So went down to Quincy and took
him into the breakfast room, where
the blinds were not drawn down, and
which was a little more cheerful, or
rather less cheerless, than the other
room. When we were alone, he said
to me:
Jack Seward, don't want to shove
myself In anywhere where I've got no
right to be; but this is no ordinary
case. You know I loved that girl and
wanted to marry her: but. although
that's all past and gone, ] can't help
feeling anxious about her all the
same. What is It that's wrong with
her? The Dutchman-and a fine old
fellow he is: can see that-said. that
time you two came into the room,
that you must have another trans.
fusion OF blood, and that both you
and he were exhausted. Now l know
well that you medical men speak in
camera, and that a man must not ex-
pect to know what they consult about
in private. But this Is no common
matter, and, whatever 1t Is, I have
lone my part. Is not that so?"
That's So" 1 said. and he went on:
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IIN IHAT brought you here? !
| M cried as our hands met
w 81 guess Art is the
cause"
He handed me a telegram:
Have not heard from Seward for
three DAYS. and ap terribly anxious,
Cannot leave. Father still in same
Icondition. Send me word how Lucy
lis. Do not delay.-Holmwood."
II think I came just in the nick OF
time. You know you have only to
tell me what TO do"
Van Helsing strode forward and
took his hand, looking him straight
in the eyes as he said:
| a brave mans blood Is the best
thing on this earth when woman is
lin trouble. You're man and no
mistake. Well. the devil may work
lagainst US for all he's orth, but God
sends US men when we want them"
once again we went through that
tghastly operation. have not the
lheart to go through with the details.
Lucy had got terrible hook, and II
told on her more than before. for,
Though plenty OF blood went into her
iveins. her body did not respond to
the treatment as well as on the other
occasions Her struggle back into
life was something frightful to see
and hear However. the action Of
both heart and lungs improved, and
/ Van Helslng made a sub utaneouS in
lection OF mOrphia, as before, and
with good effect. Her faint became
a profound slumber.
| The professor watched whilst
went downstairs with Quincy Nor
ris, and sent one Of the maids to
lpay or one Of the cabmen who were
waiting. l left Quincy lying down
| after a glass OF wine, and told the
cook to get ready good breakfast.
Then a thought struck me. and ] went
back to the room where Lucy now
was. When / came softly in. / found
Van Helsing with a sheet or two Of
lnotepaper In his haI d. He had evil
IDENTIFY read Il, and was thinking II
over as he sat with his hand to his
brow.
There was a look of grim satisfac-
tion in his face, as of one who has
had a doubt solved. He handed me
the paper. saying only: 1T dropped
from Lucy's brea.t when we carried
her to the bath"
When / had read II, / stood looking
Z at the professor. and. after a pause.
asked him: In Gods name, what does
II all mean? Was she. or is she, mad;
or what sort Of horrible danger is IL?
4 was so bewiIdered that / did not
know what to say more. Van Hell
sing put out his hand and took the
paper, saying:
/ DO not trouble about Il now. For
get II for the present. You shall
know and understand Il IL in good
time; but 1t will be later. And now
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Their Married Life
A NARRATIVE OF EVERYDAY AFFAIRS
Helen Goes to a Theatre and
Finds the Hated Lola Wilcox
in the Play

Copyright. 1911. IntsrHAtOnaI News service.
AT sNT It Just great to get back
to the theatre?" said Helen
expectantly from her chair.
1T seems ages since I've seen .
good play"
This ought TO be good. too"
Warren said good-naturedly.
Warren, you were a darling to
come" Helen exclaimed, impul-
siveIy.
We'll I occasionally DO things to
please you. don't II"
Not 30 spontaneously as you did
this, though. I was never so sur.
prissd IN all my life as was when
you actually offered to take me.
You know I've never been TO a
real first night"
Warren grinned Eood-naturedly.
7 hope the play is as good as you
expect It to be-" he remarked Have
you seen the. programme? Here's
yours"
Helen took the programme and
ran her eyes quickly down the page,
murmuring. Il wonder who is in the
play besides the starr" Then her
eyes became nxed on one name and
she almost gasped in her astonish-
nent.
why Warren" she said suddenly,
Lola Wilcox is IN this play. Did
you know itf never even knew
she had gone on the stage"
7 knew that" Warren returned
quickly. evadInE the FIRST question.
why didn't you even mention it
to mer'
II knew you didn't approve of her.
Women like you never do"
"Just what do you mean by that7-
That women who are married.
living easy lives with plenty to eat
and wear. can't understand the
lives OF women who have to make
. living for themselves. You
couldn't understand Lola Wilcox
and her methods of life probably
any better than she could under
stand yours."
do you understand her 30 wellr'
'T understand her better than you
DO. I always admired her for her
attitude and the fact that she was
Independent"
Yes and the fact she showed 50
plainly that she liked admiration" "
Helen could not help retorting.
We'll, I hope she comes up to your
expectations in this play"
She waited for him to say some
thing. to deny that he had known
that she was to be in the play, but
warren made no effort TO do this
He simply went on studying his pro-
Eramme and Helen felt baffled. For
q moment she had a wild idea OF
leaving. This was Just at first,
however, for she got control OF her
self almost Immediately and won
Gersd DULY just how It was that she
could sit there 80 calmly.
30 Warren had known that Lola
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Fossils and Microbes

nitrogen and carbon from inorEaz8s
sources.
So far from looking upon a
microbe as an impudent interloper
in the arena of life, we ought rather
to consider It as a kind OF grand
fatherly link between nebula and
man.
Bacteria. then, having no occasion
TO ask anybody's permission to live
on the earth, enjoy as free use OF
the soil, the water and the air as
belongs to any of the other crea-
lures. and being able to multiply by
simple subdivision, or automatic
splitting In = two IA process which.
IN some cases, Is repeated every half
hour OF less). IL Is manifest that
they are quite able to maintain
themselves here below and that as
they antedsted man, SO they may
also Cutlive him.
But indiscriminate condemnation
OF bacteria - without Justification,
for thNre are many species which
promote the welfare OF man, and
even aid him to live and to get a
living. Think Of the enormous ser
vices rendered not only to US. but
to all kinds OF animals who live
upon the produces of the soil, by the
nitrogen-fixing bacteria whose habI-
tat Is the ground. among the roots
OF plants. Not all the manures and
fertilizers in existence could save
our farms from becoming sterile
and our families from starvation
without the aid OF those micro
scopic workers in the soil. who.
though their bodies may consist
OF only a single cell, and they have
no sign OF a brain, are more pow
erful chemists than any that ex-
pertinent in our laboratories
Then, consider what bacteria do
for US in the production Of butter.
cheese. wine. beer. cider. vinegar,
etc. through the fermentatIons and
chemical changes that they bring
about.
Milk Is one OF the favorite homes
Of bacteria. II is crowded with
various kinds of them-some dan
gerous and disease-breedinE. like
the tubercIe bacilll and otrrers in
nocent and useful. like the ferment
producers Fortunately the mimi
cal species can be destroyed BY
sterilization.
Even those kinds Of bacteria
which II introduced into the
human system in ordinary cIrcun1-
stances. attack the machinery OF
life with the utmost virulencs,
producing fevers and devouring dis
eases. may be tanned and turned into
defenders OF our body by a prooess
OF training which deprives them OF
their herceness. though not Of their
power 70 produce certain changes
which Insure immunity against the
attacks OF their untamed conEensrL
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what is II that you came to me tc
sayT" This brought me back to fact
and / was all myself again.
DIR. SEWARD EXPLAINS
OBJECT OF CALL.
81 came to speak about the certin.
cate OF death. II we do not act prop
erly and wi .ly. there may be an In
quest. and that paper would have 10
be produced. 1 am in hopes that we
need have no inquest. for If we had
It would surely kill poor Lucy, II
nothing else did. 1 know, and YOU
know. and the other doctor who at
tended her knows that Mrs. Westenra
had disease or the heart, and we can
certify that she died OF il. Let us
fill UP the certificate at once. and I
shall take 1t myself to the registrar
and go on to the undertaken"
Good, oh my friend John! Well
thought Of! Truly. Miss Lucy. ~ she
be sad in the foes that beset her ia
at least happy in the friends that love
her. One, two. three. all omen their
veins for her. besides one old man
All yes, I know, friend John: I am
not blind! / love you all the more
for It! Now GO"
In the hall I met Quincy Morris
with a telegram for Arthur telling
him that Mrs. Westenra was dead:
that Lucy also had been III, but was
now going on better: and thai Van
Helsing and l were with her. told
him where / was going, and be bur-
ried me out but as l was going said:
when you come hack. Jack. NAV
have two words with you all 10 our
selves?' I nodded in repIy and went
out. found no difficulty about tbs
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For France
By Jane Mclean.

T AN the Battery sea wall
The ships that come and go. know them all
Strange, foreign ships that anchor for day
Aud with the break OF morning sail away
knew them all-the ships Of every sort;
Toe little ships that huddls into port
Pressed BY a storm; the ships that come to trade.
Laden with spice and silken stuns and jade.
am the Battery sea wall.
The ships that 60 and come. know them all;
But never have thrilled until to-day
When, peerinE out beyond the misty grey
That blanketed the harbor all about.
saw them as they quietly steamed out
And my old eyes were grateful for the chance
They the troop ships sailing forth for Franco
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st school for another year. graduated months earlier
that lieutenant he could be sent out to learn
Don had had training whatsoever but, being valiant
patriot he 0od not Git be drafted but enlisted private
The slight income that had helped to contribute the support
the fdm-conSsting of Ruth and her father ko too
old to workcGs stopped But Ruh also being faithful
counys did not resent it, fact she l0gly Dorked
harder and longer that there might be chance double
pay.
Exactly at the hour the their departure for
parts unknoOn unknOUn that eUery but those co
gongboh brothers stood their uniforms under the careful
and afeconate surveillance of their sisters They fneook
youths and tho khak tended to make them almost hdndsonte
There moment the hearts of the make them
forget the loss they about to kno the splendid pride sy
both fH each possessing such Oky specimen of manhood
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Time VIII Help You.
N Miss Fairfax:

llnE WIN nGAg 49,
Dear Miss Fairfax:
am about nineteen. I have
been going about with a soldier
boy for about three months. 1t
has seemed to me that he is the
only man that 1 have met that l
care anything for; in other words,
81 love him very much" He is
twsnty-four and from Kentucky.
He has learned to love me, and
wants me to become his wife.
At the present 1 am holding q
good position. Ny friend makes
only $50 per month in the army.
We are not engaged, but he has
asked me to give up all my boy
friends; but I cannot agree with
him on that subject Do you
think 1 am right?
He is stationed at a hospital
unit, and he tells me he may not
be sent away for some time, pos
sibIy not at all, as they will need
some of them there. But 1 feel
that I had better walt until the
war Is over. c.
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By EUGENE BLAIR.

WHpPsSv psvsH:n,. Hs l'1g; .; 6a; ;a: :S;1 :i;S,
Wv so carefully carpeted
with asphalt and brick,
and square our shoulders for Nd
ture's braeing prescription Of alter
mating hills and valleys, Of contend
ing winds and underbrush and
burrs and thistles and narrow
mountain trails and fairly danger
Gus leaps from one footing to an
other. we soon discover that we are
not light-footed chamois at all, but
rather stlR. unwieldly, muscle
bound, over-careful humans who
cling to an alpine stick as q very
present help In time OF trouble.
In choosing this alpine stick we
lean toward the straight. sturdy.
unbendable. ungraceful, gnarIed,
knotty kind. We don't care about
its having frills. scrolls, or FAM
cies. No one is 50 impractical a.
to sigh because his stan IL not
made OF the stun that dreams are
made of.
Yet the soothsayers who are
sharing our anxious watch beside
the cradle OF the newborn Rus
sian republic, quiet our fears and
assure us that this squAlling, un-
lovely. "rambunctious," unmanage-
able infant viii develop into full
grown. law-abiding member OF the
democratic family.
But the reason they give for their
belief is strangest Of all. They say
Russia will live because she has q
vision"-not because she has the
solid alpine stick of countless acres
and people almost as many as the
sands OF the sea to lean upon; not
because she has vast wheat helds
and Is rich in mines. but because
she has a vision and Imagination
and fancIes which. like Queen NAB,
are "thin Of substance as the air
and made of the moonshine's wa
terry beams"
Hide Not Your Dreams.
Yet. isn't It true that there Is
nothing we are all 50 ashamed Of
as OF our own visions and dreams
and fancIes? We keep them as
carefully under lock and key as the
family skeleton. Our best friends
never know Of their existence.
The older we grow, and supposed
ly the wiser we grow, the more We
are ashamed OF their existence. We
stifls them, crush them. pile layers
and layers of practical. work-a-day
facts upon them. and the only rear
son we don't crush the life out OF
them entirely Is because these
wraiths OF our thoughts can't be
killed any more than you can kill .
ghost.
Sometimes these visions are even
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'T take It that both you and Van
Helsing had done already what I did
+ today. Is not that so?'
That's 60"
"And I guess Art was in it. too.
When saw him four days ago down
at his old place he looked queer.
have not seen anything RULED down
so quick since was on the Pampas
and had q mare that was fond nf go
to grass all in a night. One OF those
/ big bats that they call vampires had
got her in the night. and what with
his gorge and the vein left open.
there wasn't enough blood in her to
let her stand up. and I had to put a
bullet through her as she lay.
Jack. II you may tell me without
betraying confidence, Arthur was the
first; is not that so?" As he spoke
the poor fellow looked terribly anx-
ious. He was in a torture OF suspense
regarding the woman he loved, and
his utter ignorance OF the terrible
mystery which seemed to surround
her intensified his pain. His very
heart was bleeding, and It took all
the manhood of him-and there was
royal lot of II, toto keep him from
breaking down.
paused before answering, for 1
felt that l must not betray anything
which the Professor wished kept Sc
cret: but already he knew so much,
and guessed so much, that there could
be no reason for not answering. so
/ answered in the same phrase:
That's So"
on?"
About ten days.
A PROBLEM THAT
BAFFLEs EVERYONE CONCERNED.
'-Ten days! Then I guess. Jack
Seward. that that poor pretty creature
that we all love has had put into her
veins within that time the blood OF
four strong men. Man alive. her
whole body wouldn't hold IT." Then.
coming close to me, he spoke In
nercs half-whisper: "What took II
out7"
I shook my head. THAT" / said
''is the crux. Van Helsing is simply
frantic about II, and am at my WIS
end. can't even hazard a guess
There has been a series Of little cir
cumstances which have thrown out
all our calculations as to Lucy being
properly watched. But these shall
not occur again. Here we stay until
all be well-or ILL.," Quincy held out
his hand. Count me in he said.
You and the nnfrhman will tell me
what to do. and I'll do It,"
(TO be Continued TOnOrroU)
(CopyriEhtsd)
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where Are the ~NIee" Glrisf
Dear Miss Fairfax:
Having read Madeline BIS creed
1 tell her she's Just one Of the
nice little thinGs who doesn't
know a real man when she sees
one. Here am. for Instance
male, normally healthy and good
looking, almost thirty, and no
prospects, matrimonIally speak
ing, whatever. PEI one Of the
army of Government clerks, and
like most lonely men, looking
for an honest, sineese girl to love.
And from q somewhat varied
worldly experience 1 can truth
fully say that to the best Of my
knowledge and belief, There
amt no such animal" Ny ex-
perience parallels Madeline's. II
all right up to the '-asking-point,
but then it's "all on" There are
lots Of girls in Washtngton-
technically mice who will fan
for a Uniform or a fat bankroll'
but the girl who used to love a
man for his straightness and
goodness and nanIlness has be-
come extinct, along with the dod-
bird. ). L
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No she hasn't She i5 very num-
erous and very lonely! The trou-
BILE with the good and manly mas
culine person OF whom you speak
is that he too seems, from tne
point OF view OF the nice little
Madeline BIS, to be extinct. Men
and women today seem to be
sBeaking to each other across
vast seas OF misunderstanding.
Girls see men snowering attsn-
tions on little pink and white,
berinEletted dolt-baby girls, ana
they 60 rushing peIlmell to the
rouge pots in an effort to initiate
what they think men want. And
then men explain that they like
real women, and were only
amusing themselves as q tired
business man must with little Miss
Goldilocks. And the misunder-
standing grows. Fashions In
men and women will never
change and honesty and mAnli-
ness will always attract the
worthwhile type of fsmininity.
You were PROBABLY self-centered
and shy and instead of talking
to the women you meet with q
good natured, hAlf-eynical. half
humorous charm OF style you put
into your letter. suppose you
cover up the real you with all
sorts OF foolish camouflRge.
Cheer up, The right girl is go
ing to come along. and you're
going to know each other. Either
- Nv,Na
ligent search fo= your mate. And
don't be bitter about the charm
OF a uniform-Instead take off
your har to the Big Things fer
which = uniform stands.
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DUTH and Rodd solitary their existence at times did
not lead altogether isolated UeS Each had older broth
er, both of hOm devoted to their individual sisters
ROdG hOwever had had less of the cOmpGnOnShp of Ted
than Ruth had of her brother Dan Because she had dloay
poor little rich grL she suffered the misfortune of having
brother at military school during the greater part of her girl
hood Ruth she rich in having Dan by her side
during those first years of youth.
Especially that both brothers about to Iecve their
SISTERS the circumstances Of the brothey and Serly relationship
made poignant than For gears ROdG had been
cdng for the day to hen her brother Coud finish school
and return to the city to ve ~ her. Ruth because of the daily
contact vh her brother hch developed them both frner
intimacy for silently offered prayer that she might
be parted from him.
NoW had been declared Uho Uas TO hdUe remained