The Washington times., 1921-03-23

Is IdI HOIc Unlike TIC Quiet tWO
They become the personages o
sciously they are linked by a sin
One Of this trio is the studious
and outwardly unemotional assist
ant librarian in midwestern
suburban community. The gods
reached down and took her by the
hand and she brushed greatness for
awhile.
Two Prompt Strange Crimes
Another is the lovely but obscure
orphaned daughter Of an art col
lector. eking out AN existence Is
secretary, and becoming. because
of her poverty, the unwitting, jnsti-
gator of a crime marked by a cum
ming worthy Of better cause.
And the third is q nameless
maiden sold out Of China into the
most hideous form Of slavery. But
vengeance was her ,handmaiden
and played villainy into her power,
and she in turn shaped events
until they led to enc of the
| stransest and eruelest fsats Of
physiological punishment on
record.
Each, after her great hour, has
withdrawn from view though none
of them can withdraw into forget
fulness. In this three-ply fashion
their stories are now told for the
first time.
First of all there Is Miss Henri
eta Brown. a young woman whose
reserve has often been admired. She
has served q useful rather than or
namentaI purpose at the desk Of the
library in Chicago suburb. Her
eyes are circled with the rims Of
studious glasses: her voice is low
and her speech nrecise: her dress Is
plain and remarkable for nothing.
as befits one VIII boards with her
worn, COLLABORATING sister. wife Of a
bookkeeper. who lives in plain
cottage across the tracks"
Had Secret Interest. 4
To her neighbors and to those for
whom she retches books from high
shelves. the assistant librarian lis
merely Miss Henrietta Brown, but
that plain but serSiceable name con-
ceals a high sensation, hitherto sup
pressed. When Miss Brown was not
fetching books or minding her wall
ing nieces and nephews she had in
terests of her own. These she culti-
waited in an unusued garage back of
the cottage across the tracks"
There with doors bolted and shades
drawn, uushod and unhindercd by
raiment more elaborate than blouse
and bloomers she taught herself
the way to freedom. And when she
found Il. as she did. she was. for her
brief spell of glory. not plain Miss
Henrietta Brown of the suburban
library. but o radiant creature who
took the applause of the multitude
That is now all thing of the
mast. In ner great day Miss Brown
took refuge in such anonymity as
the title of The Masked Dancer af-
forded. and in all the suburb only
one found her out--the studiously
sedate. but soon desperately strick-
en-. principal trustee of the library
wherein Miss Henrietta Brown
fetches books. And his way OF and
ing her out. and his reaction to his
discovery. and her response tn his
reaction. arc no less q part of the
suppressed sensation than Miss
Browa's flaming career incognito.
Daring Crime Il Concealed.
Suppression of the singular story
of the second Young woman may
seem even more> remarkable, for her
career was marked by an incident
which cried 1oudN for publicity.
This young woman, namc OF Edge
water possesses remarkable beauty.
Hut her beauty has never been ex-
plotted and she even more than Miss
Henrietta Brown is content to abide
In ohscurity.
Miss Edgewatcrs employer as
retarial talent. The principal enemy
of her employer asserts that she has
pictorial qualities which RISE above
comparison even In New York, city.
famous for it's beautiful women.
Tho events which bring Miss
Edgewater into this story have
never been mentioned by her. II is
not thought that she is even aware
of thcm She and hcr mother have
found life lifhcult since the death
Of her fathcr. In the beginning,
her employment was an act OF char-
| itv on the nart of tho man who Nas
led Ly the pathotic situation in
which she and her mother found
themselves, to apply his great but
sinister talent for their beneht.