Evening star., 1921-10-16

~ strange experiences, uut pei
~ haps the most remarkable is
what happened to Benny. the
book agent. selling Aunt James Cook
Book" at So per copy, when he en-
tered the door Of No. 40 Elm avenue,
westcote. Long Island. Down Elm
avenue came Benny. with his oilcloth-
wrapped sample copy Of Aunt James
Cook Book" under his arm. stopping
at ono house after another and being
turned away from one after the other
quite uniformly. At the ornate iron
gate of No. 40 Benny paused to take
last Whit of his cigarette; then he
threw away the butt. entered the gate
and walked up the path to the door
of the spacious. solid-looking man
sion. 1t was late July or early Au-
gust. and the day was hot and still-a
sleepy. drowsy. yawny day.
Benny yawned as he pushed the
electric bell button and then turned
and blfnked at the street. The door
opened behind him and he turned;
butler of solemn mien held the door
open. Peace and calm! Benny step
ped inside the doorway. Instantly
two strong men threw themselves
and six rough hands bound and gag
Sed him. He had a glimpse of fair
face above the costume of a parlor
tail. % spanish @ eh hall II chair i ' and tied fast
in 1t, and the three men, including
James. the butler. pounced upon the
"ilcloth-eoyered copy OF aunt Az t., James a1
: cloth, as though to discover the prop
!, er method of making angel food or
mock chicken croquettes was a matter
/ of life and death with them! Why an
innocent book agent should be so
/. treated. why three men should show
!: such a mad interest In AUNT zane
0ok B9oh and THAT BART 5se
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AZ. BE-" said Rosa Adelheim to her
lover. Abe Roseheld. who was
. only a salesman in Helger's piano and
; music emporium. Main street. West
cote. papa and mamma won't let me
! marry you. no matter what 1 say
, about it. Against you they don't say
anything. except you are too poor,
but ;u all the time they talk nish, up whsi Mrf
did I do but come right out and ask
why they had it in for you. Abe. and
they didn't have any reason at all.
!, fore you look at a girl her father Is
, retired already. like papa is"
Yes" said Abe; sarcastieally' tis .a,,,d and
I, pick up a couple of fortunes, couldn't
he? Good chance. Rosa"
We'll. there you are. Abe" she an
since he got it. the gout. in his foot.
and scared by that doctor all the time
hat it is going to his heart. Could /
talk back at him like I'd want to il
have a heart stroke? Hush! mamma
says all the time, don't speak of Abe
10 your father when he's so set on
having you marry Mr.: Helger as soon
as we pet hack from Europe and Ger
"Whatla" cried Abe.
Yes said Rosa, sadly. that's what
It is now. Abe. Baths and drinks at
some cure place is what the doctor
tells papa to take and right away we
must go. oh. Abe. my heart is most
broken"'
Abe held her hand silently for a
When do you go. Rosa?" he asked
at length.
Almost right away. Abe" she re-
piled. "On the Germanic next We'd
can, the doctor says"
For awhile Rosa sat silent. She was
herself afraid Of the constant urging
of her mother and Of the difference
distance might make in the vividness
of her impression of Abe. She did not
dare utter one-half her fears and at
length she arose.
Now I must 60. Abe. she said,
LOT IL lS 6Cltii5 idtC ditSdAy ahN |
mamma will talk lot il she thinks |
I'm with you. Honest. she don't like |
it any better than do that we must
20 abroad. Once more papa can't af- /
ford to give her that birthday neck !
lace on account of the cost of the trip. |
Sooner would mamma have that neck |
lace than see all the foreign places on |
the map" |
Mr.. Adelheim himself did not relish |
the idea of having to go abroad. |
When he retired from business he did |
so to enjoy his home life and the |
house that protected it. The house |
Adelheim's wealth might well be
proud. and the solid elegance Of the |
interior and it's decorations were, as
Mr.. Adelheim enjoyed saying. in
servants. for Mr.. Adelheim desired
only the best of each. Mamma Adel- |
helm was perhaps not yet educated up
to Mr.. Adelheim's ideas. and she was
more apt to choose servants for home
ly virtues than to be ''in keeping"
with their surroundings. and for that !
reason Mr.. Adelheim, as long as he
was able to move about freely. visited
the employment agencies himself. He
chose man servants and maid servants |
such as he had seen in the best regu- |
lated palaces and mansions ever por- |
trayed on any Broadway stage, wait |
ing on lords and ladies in high-class. |
scene-painted ancestral halls. He was
proud Of his parlormaids in short |
black skirts and white caps and |
aprons. and prouder than all was he
of James. his butler. James had |
calves equal to anything ever shown |
in silk stockings. James had a man. |
uer as impressive as it was severe |
and that stolid cast of countenance |
known only on superior buffers and |
ex-convicts.
For six months James had given Mr..
Adelheim the greatest satisfaction. |
and when Mr.. Adelheim's physician |
peremptorily ordered the old gentle !
man abroad the fact that he must |
give up James was source of real
.Tames-he might never secure an
other such jewel. To close the house |
at 40 Elm avenue and dfSperse his |
carefully chosen household was Mr.. |
Adelheim's reason for disliking the
trip to Europe. Mrs. Adelheim. as
reason.
EOR several years. and year after !
year, Mr.. Adelheim had promised |
his wife birthday necklace of dia- !
monds. but each year he had put her
of; with excuses. But short time be-
fore she had almost secured the neck !
lace. Mr.. Adelheim's physical ill-be- |
ing gout tied him to wheel chair |
uttered the ultimatum regarding the
European trip Mr.. Adelheim had de- |
cided to repay his wife for her pa
thence under his irritation by buying !
the necklace. He had been lifted from !
his wheel chair for some easier repOse
on q couch when he made the decision |
and he called James and asked him to |
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