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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-25
BY STANLEY
BY BLOSSER

Don't look now" she whispered
TO Barray. but over in that corner
is a man who has not taken hts eyes
from me In half an nour. And the
wornsn--that vnmpish creature In
the black dress--she's there. too"
Barray looked. but their raze did
not waver Then slowly they re-
ceded. further and further into the
dim corner. until they quite disap-
peared.
They've gone" said Barray. maxi
ing his tone reassuring. But with
out knowing why. he felt there was
sourethin. more sinister In their GO
ing than In their staying there
60 BE Continued .~,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-25

.cs,tmued Prom Yesterday
- seat oct q tho room. lie
...s,h,. There you arcs Now I've
he went back. Il eay.
- = .s,r, Tor hursting out like that.
-, had rather a nisht Of T.
=. ,.rr,tl.. zn't Il. both % them
- nat Ar~nt you awgully sorry
.s.us il. Mabel
a. nsa. I'm very sorry. Very
- ,uaeeA Hut yoa can't expect
= sat much when yen speak In
-. sxsracrdinary manner.
= vas with her when she died.
,s.s UPSET nse hit.
." Scar wonder. II You ask me.
.s,,k n was very extraordinary
- se.nx there. II yea ask me,
49, i vas very funny az that Miss
-. senting fer yeu at that hour
ne night Whyever should she
"a sor ycu q AL peepies-
- was their greatest friend
~v~ I know you always liked
49, nut yca couldn't be o. any
~~ I mus, say I DO think people
-. very funny sornetimes II Miss
r-.<et h,a done the right thing. As
=. a., their nearest ueighbors abe
~..a have ssrt and asked mo II
go l<s enc az the maids SO over
- n with her. Then ycu could
~. sons up too Il you'd wished
- -srla have ecu,e hack again. I
<rsr think she had any right 70
s>~t fer ycu.~
IA bad sat Down and was about
A pcur himself cut some tea He
-. Avn the teapot and got up.
e5cok here. g. me a favor. They're
40 10th u them. Don't say any.
ssl-x more about them Dcn't men.
,rn the susiect again For ood's
nk>s
y. w~nt cat q the house ara rot
!. stcveie ana set cut for the off1ce.
8 re top e the Green he passed
/ ,urr pfnnoek. Tn. son az Pfnnocx' :
eu-~s scrne patch 81 colour about
rsrx Psnncck caught his eye. he
r<>a sxsla- The color was n vivid
= ercwn an . khaki trasz&rd on
q. ,curx mans arm Ths bafrs
n. recruits enrolled under the
nv .nlistrnsat scheme. He dis
ur,~.. -HuIio. Pirrock. How on
- "a you get that arrnietr-
\ i've snlned W
SIT ! thought you'd been REJECTED
ss,rf furty tirn@< HAven's yvu GOT
Il a. rot IN the grave or soneshingr'
4 rsxn< Pinnock GRAINED hugely.
ru-r natter n you've Got both feet
4 q bead and shoulders neither.
/ rw at chevenshury today. Mr.,
Asra rts TIRE last day u this YET
orny schema. an there's such q
p~ss q ehaps 70 Get IN before th~y
lie ocnsrrfrss Of 'en they're fair
|xr-s snyoody thru
asrss heArt--that WY heartt--
rzzset win an inrrnsnss hops
proa fhink rs the same At It'd
rr.uxhr"
TseTrs nytne NJ sAs sams
wyvher& They say they're ras>-
ycu tnru II you can breathe !
= bats % ~ chovenssury any
WY. they d.tnt hardly look
- eurned hss front wheel 70 the
nseury road I'm 90 there.
VII
cHc---seury the recruiting -.
was IN TIRE elementary schools
entered q large room ffiied
rnsn IN various stages % dress
pdUrous u humanity. VERY noisy
. a rouxhish collections the rnsr
y q the abortng or srtesr
Al tahis IN the center two
with lance corporHis stripes
Hing Up hlus forms With the
~ 60 ouessfons harked out al
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-25

from q dim corner across the room
she saw the sailow face OF the man
peerinH from the shadows. his ratty
eyes fixed first on her face. then on
the flashing Jewel OF her ring as the
beams from above caught IL.
shc looked away. But always she
was drawn 10 glance back. lie stood
there immovably, his face making
a waxy blob against the background
Of smoke and darkness. his eyes al
ways upon her. She nervously kept
her left hand out OF sight hut still
she felt him staring.
what Is it," asked Barray. ART
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-25

ne rsrt valley was q terror. The
Ivfrs doys warned the Twins
|ss>us Il.
No matter what happens. said
|ss pretend not 20 notice. but 20
|rrsight ahead. The Valley Of watch
|ss1f-stsp will be sure 70 try your
|/nrzes. But no matter what hap
s>r1 b sure not 10 scr~an or CRY
ssI Old Tricky Trixo. the second
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-25

voeiferous applause followed the
effort OF the man I'm the apache cos
tune. IT had a certain rhythm
three short claps. two long ones,
three short, two long. with a final
vocal Ar drawn out til breath
was exhausted. II was their indi-
viduai style Of showing approval. n
the performer had not pleased them
they would have flung him a splatter
OF ordinary applause or kept silent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-25

ana A rnce.trnck suit Of checks cut
70 ape American fashion--p Ished up
close to them on the bench.
Don't you like 1T" asked the girl
challengingiy.
"Exoelientr' answered Violet
quickly IN French. II thought II very
clever
At this both the giri and the man
burst into n laugh. but said no
more.
Presently Violet felt the creep
mess Of someone's glance fixed upon
her. She looked TO right and left.
but could not find the source. Then.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-25
ofar, Seattle
::?3%e !, II R@;.{,!s; .
Page 659 ~
ABnur JoHNNY AND TIE MASsACIT

II guens we're all hungry.
John nasd. I'm see II I can find
anything"
They came 10 the smoking
ruins Of tlreir homa arf In the
ashes 81 what had been the little
log room. where they had kept 20
iatoes and things. they found
piles Of potatoes all smoking hot
and mealy. roasted by the burning
house.
They found a trickie % butter.
too. IN the place where the butter
"sirkin" had been. so John dug
out some potatoes and spread
tf<m with melted butter and they
made a pretty good lunch and felt
better.
Johns little dog came barking
up and John was 80 glad 10 see
him. hut he didn't dare let him
stay because there was one more
sound that the Indian might hear.
SO he cried little and irove the
dog away with a stick.
That's most the hardest thing
I've had TO do" he said. wiping
his eyes. ".cause he don't under.
stand"
Cooper Johnnie called again
az he trudged Off. Cooper but
only echoes answered.
The narrow path ran thru dense
underbrush and heavy timber. and
II was two miles 10 tho nearest
neighbor.
They had gone only 4 quarter
OF mile when a great, cross dog
attacked them.
TO BE Continual
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-25
BY AHERN

Poor little boyi you remember.
don't you. Row the children cried
and how his arms ache: and he
knew tina; II they didn't be quiet
tho dreadful Indians would surely
find them and KIN them
Il wish" he half sobhed. II
wish had somewhere could hide
them whne 80 and find some
body 20 help us."
lie hurried on and after Q time
he found a little hollow mace In
tho ground and put tho two little
ones into II and covered them with
brush while Re went carefully up
20 the door OF the neighbors
house 10 see II the Indians had
been there too.
Ho looked in. but oil was sim
No human being was In sight
The windows were all broken and
tables and chairs we're turned up
side down. while the pillows and
feather beds were cut open and
the loose feathers flew about over
everything.
SO John went back 70 the chm
dren. picked up the baby and they
turned back toward thel- home.
I'm hungry. Johnnie" the 1T
tie sister walled.
'T'm hungry walled the baby
like a sad little echo.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

he thumbed over the notes. In runs on the
bank he had sometimes handled more than q
million francs. This evening twenty-five thou
sand appeared to him a fabulous When
nc entered his apartment he locked the bundle
in his desk. having first counted the bills again
through TIE force of habit and ascertained
TIA. the total was correct. Then he washed
his face and hands. The servant found him
pacing to and fro in the modest salon.
Did Madame say anything when she went
out after breakfast" he asked.
She hadn't said anything. NJ: Jerome looked
at his watch and went to the open window.
Leaning out, he watched tie carriages passing
By. Almost every evening Nine jerome took
a taXicab, returning, thus in pomp from visits
she was making to Madame X, tho Countess
L and other schoolgirl friends. She had been
we'll educated, and if her father bad not gone
into bankruptcy Niiat marriage she could
have made At thc time Of his engagement -
her M Jerome had blessed this failure, be-
cause it pcr.ettcd him 10 marry HVcnnc. To-
day lie wasn't 50 sure about tic blessing. lilo
thougbt
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

Although he loved to saunter along On his
waT home from the bank, this evening he
walked quickly. His face, that Of the molcl
bank cmployee, trained to inspire confidence
and respect, betrayed unusual excitement
The Old flower stand woman and her frie. d,
The dairy lunch room, man, noticed his unnatu-
ral manner. They were used to seeing him
Iass twice day. They exchanged smiles
IS Will be the d, ath of him yet" said
the old flower merchant.
She's good for nothing" replied the dairy
lunch man.
They We're speaking Of Nine jerome, who
often came TO tho bank to see her husband
Sle was very pretty. had touched-un blonde
nair and was always prctentiously dressed
NJ. jerome was no longer young.
It's pity the flower merchant conclud-
co. You can see him grow thinner day by
day
she exaggerated. But she couldn't con-
.v'Vo ct any one being unhappy without los
"is "csh, and it was too evident that the
rasa'er o. the house OF Schrciucr, Malan &
faup didn't lead a happy life at home.
"h+c he Was covering the few hundred
!arcs between the bank and his lodgings, he
"epe hultoning and unbuttoniug his coat and
s'she4ns susp'ciously TO the wight and to The
~. lie seemed to feel that cac;, pa,sor-by
'@s ioohing at the pocket in which he was
,asfS1ng roll Of twenty-five 1000 franc
s'''s !" '.eA &c was behind his own front door
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29
By BINET-VALMER

Evidently don't give her the luxury which
she deserves.'
So he always lowered his head when she re-
preached him sharply for never having used
his position with Schreiner Malan & Traub to
enrich himself by spac,llatcns on the Boursc.
Your father wasn't very successful gam
bling in stocls,' lie argued.
But what does that prove?' she replied.
Then NJ. jerome had tried to draw his wife
OF his knees.
Il can't do ii, my little girl. \ cashier
doesn't speculate on the Boursc. Besides,
haven't the money for the margins
lie was bitterly disappointed At the time
Of his engagement she had told her friends
she was marrying tie power behind the throne
in The house Of Schreincr She had said that
he was modest fellow. but that she would
undertake to make him more aggressive and
ambitious. IN reality, she had married merely
an honest man. whose sole pride was in the
confidence which his employers had in him.
Sometimes he said. with q s,aile
"If l wanted to I could take hundreds Of
thousands Of francs"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

"Wc take thenl,' Yvonnc advised him.
"Sneculatc and you can return thcn.'
1T is an idea, q good idea" he answered,
smiling away his soul.
He hadn't smiled for long time lnscn-
sby life had become ugly to him. 1t is hard
to see a woman YOU love suffer. 1t is still
harder when you no longer young and
your wife is only too pretty. 1t is a real drama
when she suffers from the medocrsy of her
position and surroundings, which you yourself
haven't realized, but which suddenly becomes
;nsupportablc TO you. A few evenings before
Yvonnc had said to her husband:
You don't expect to 90 Oh living BIKE this,
do you2 l certainly DON'T.
lie was afraid Leaning out Of the window
lie WAS afraid that she wouldn't return.
Eut he heard the door Of the salon open
That afternoon Yvonnc had come back on foot
lie held her in his arms and gazcd at her
with a passion she had never seen him show
before. She rcpulsed him. her little eyebrows
knitted over her gray eyes.
"Charlcs, i have only little time to talk to
you. Listen"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

opened the desk, put the roll Of bills in his
pocket. went into the hall. put on his old
fashioned hat, took his s;lver-l1eaded cane.
botel down the stairs and rushed to the bank.
There hc unlocked the counting room, opened
:he safe and put back the twenty-five thousand
francs. Finally he took his customary seat,
got down the lcdgcrs and restored the orig
lad ,ntr.es which he had falsifed
Tim he gazcd at the walls which had shut
in Lis narrowed existence for so many years.
He shcoE his head. bent over the desk and
wrote NJ Gustavc Schrciner brief request to
bs allowed to exercise his right to retire He
ric'! the lette" with powdered sand, sealed it
ana went out Of the bank building in his strall-
ing, lcisursy manner, as Of cid. The flower
vendor stopped him:
what has happened to you, Monsieur Je-
somc, all of sudden? You look cheerful
again.
"Do look chcerful?" he asked, in an almost
ritful tone.
But when he returned :lomc, late that even.
in.-. he found letter from Yvonne. He read ::
GLOW could you believe what / said? 1t
wasn't true. ] have locked myself in bccausa
| am afraid of you. Rrt tomorrow You will
ask my pardon. Y Oil didn't even seem sorry"
lie WAS anything but delighted Thing,
were going to continue as they were. What h..
had nearly done he was capable of doing. liz
would % it some day. lie leaned his elbow,
On the table and sobbcd like child.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29
HIS DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL
Translated by WILLIAM l.. MCPHERSON

Che walked off few steps and then turned,
Il am going to leave you"
81 don't understand" he stsmmercd.
You are going to understand. l love an
other | am not going to live here any longer"
NJ jerome fell into chair. Then he got up
hi; mouth open, his eyes expressioniess ard
advanced slowly toward her.
"Aou are going away with him. You have
come TO an agrccmcnt::'
"We have come to an agreement. lie loves
me-
'Is he r;ch?'
''Hc is very rich. When we are divorced
] shall marry him.
He watched her curiously. Little by little
he seemed to recover his balance. lie brcathcd
freely, as if he had been relieved Of great
burden. Nevertheless, he made violent gcs-
turc. lie seized her by the wrist.
"Comc, Will show you something"
But when they were before the desk he
pushed her away.
go. Pack your trunks
He .cok her by the shoulders and bundled
her out Of the room. When she Was gone le
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

method Of creating their popularity and main
tanning it entirely through merit and without
tho aid of the press agent. When they opened
the doors of their thcater their audience was
waiting on the sidewalk. and not until some
owlish critics discovered that they we're "art;s-
tic" did that audience begin to melt away. 1t
was humble audience at the start and one
rich in rcwsboys, Office boys and others who
had studied the stage from gallery rcrchcs.
but As years rolled OF their fame spread to the
upper parts Of the city and fashion began to
aS scrt itself in the orchestra chairs. Shortly
after :hs tire dramatic critics came numbering
on the scene to offer bclatcd praise
1'hc AIulligan plays dealt with life in the
ower wards Of the city, and Harrigan's sense
Of detail and local color was even superior to
Aug@st!n Days, for while the latter repre-
scnted what one knew to be New York Harr-
can could show the differences in the various
wards Tie team WAS we'll matched, for while
Harrigan was The dramatist Tony Hart was
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

N'n7. "ioNo OF Clutches" or "r,iudcrcl!a At
S,ncoiN were produced were attended by such
@uo'enc"s rs hs.Nc seldom seen elsewhere. Nor
IS this suFprsing when we consider tho fact
that JaIioa Lewis. John Drew, Mr. G. IT. Gil
bert, Noar'cs 1ccarc and Miss Echa5l were
all members of the regular stock company and
;h&' every play was carefully rehcarscd by Mr..
lialy himself
Standing beside the doorkceper or these oc-
c%sic'ls was 2 parsonage with whom all tire
CRITICS and other regular first nshters we're
familiar, though he was unknown 70 thc gen
oval public. This was John Duff Mr. DAYS
tathcr-rlaw and associated with him in the
still more intimate relation Of financial backcr
His one object in life was to foil TIE efforts Of
those who tried to enter tho .hcatcr without
paying, and he scrutinized suspciotisly every
PASS. even those signed b. his son-ill-aN-, that
was presented. OF the many anecdotes related
of his lifelong warfare against deadheads rc-
oal] that Of a certain Ben Lusbe, an employee
of the Barnum circus, and nspicuous'y fo;a-
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

and rigid discipline Of the company that did
not end at thc stage door. 1t was seldom that
any visitor was admitted behind the scenes
2nd the actors were not expected to show them
selves Oh Broadway or Fifth Avenue. "If the,
rubic can sec YOU on the street for nothing
they may not be willing to pay dollar and a
haif to sec YOU or the STAGE said Day
4 very interesting book called "1he Diary
of DAILY Dcbutantc' written by & young girl
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

turcd on its program a. the lightning ticket
seller
90 YOU pass the rrofosh::" inquired Mr..
I.usbie with cool assurance one evening. "I'm
Bon I.usbic, the lightning ticket soller.'
To which Mr.. DrN made prompt answer:
Then go Over to the box Office and see how
damn quick YOU can buy onc'
The conduct Of this theatcr Was marked by
conscientious attention to the smallest detail
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

termed, I believe, the
old fashioned method Of
thcactors who appeared
II them. That rugged,
manly actor, Cha rles r..
lhorne jr., tho vet
Gran J. Al. Stoddard,
the strangely gifted
{ lara Morris were
oll marvclously expert
in carrying tho tense
interest cF a drama
scross tho footllghts.
Augustin Daly's road
during tho '70s was a
hard one TO travel
| recall him as man
agcr OF at least four
thcatcrs during that
time aud 1t was not
until carly I'm tho sos
that he found a firm
footing In tho house
that until recently bore
his name. Hero he MS
scmblcd tho splendid
stock company with
which his name Is iden-
tilted and presented not
only comedies adapted
from the German, but
also comic operas, chief
~ from the same
source, and it was in
thesc that Catherine
Lewis gained cxtraor
dlnary popularity. And
whilo Miss Lewis was
dcligllting audiences In
The Royal MILDLY" Mr..
DAILY was dcvoting much
timo to the training Of
Miss Ada Rchan, whom
lie had discovered in an
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

stock company and Of
the kindly, protective
attitude Of the older
players toward the au-
thor and her youthful
associates. The book
was printed by Duflield
s. Co. some years ago
and is worthy Of a place
in any theatrical IL
brary.
No first nights do !
recall moro vividly and
pleasantly than thosc
at tho Thcatcr Comi1uc
when l(arr'igan and
Hart were at their
prime. they, TOO, had
Il distinctive following.
Largely speaking, tho
characters remained
the same during tho
run Of the famous
Mu'ligan scricz, and
people attended the
first representation Of
Il new farce, Interested
to see what lDchmul-
lcr or Dan Mulljgan or
Mrs. Nulligan would
w, 'Ol III lilC c. CS OF
tho Cor1iquc's clientele
these were all actual
living persons.
Like Weber e. Fields
Of later years, Ned
Harrigan and Tony
Hart had begun their
stage careers in vari-
city and arrived at thcirJ
goal Of actor.,nanagc-
mcNt by the legitimate
New-York tribune., 1922-01-29


make The
identified, William
Ade, Laion Russell, HYDE Alan Dle
Marshall Wilder,
photograph wa made n
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-06-15
LOCAL LEGISLATION
GEORGIA-COBB. COUNTY:

Notice is hTeby given of the intention to
spply to the next session of the General AS
senbly of Georgia for the passage of an act
10 be entitled IAN act to ammend an Act
establishing and creating a new Charter for
+be town of Austell in Cobb county Geor-
gia, approved August oath, 1905, by repeal
ing Sections Nos. 81 to 49, inclusive of said
Act; and to ammend an Act amendatory of
said Act, approved August 18th, 1909, by re-
pealing the following part of Section No
II of said Act, to-wit: "They shall have
authority to levy and collect a tax of not
exceeding fifty cents. ten cents for sanitary
purposes, thirty cents for street purposes
and ten cents for general purposes, making
not more than total levy of 30 cents on the
hundred dollars upon all property real and
personal, within the corporate limits of said
town, and upon all money and chooses in ac-
ton whose owner resides within the corpo-
rate limits of said town which are subject
to taxation by the laws of said State and in
addition thereto, they are authorized to levy
and collect a tax for school purposes and to
pay interest school bonds, and create a
sinking fund for the redemption of said
bonds equal to the taxes authorized to be
levied under this act', and to substitute in
lieu thereof the following: "They shall have
authority to levy and collect a tax annually
OF not excealing one dollar on one humid
red dollars, upon all property real and per-
sonal, within the corporate limits of said
town, and upon all money and chooses in
action whose owner resides within the cor
porate limits of said town which are subject
to taxation under the laws of this State
for general purposes, and for other purposes"
JUNE STH, 1922
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-06-15
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATURE

Notice is berebv oiver Of an intention to
arrIv for the passage by the revt General
Assembly of GEORGIA NJ local bill the cap
tior of which is as follows:
An Act tn ammeud the charter ~ the civ
If Marietta nv anmending T25 of the Act of
1904. pages 519-533, entitled:
''Ar act 70 create 2 new charter for
tho C;+,. If Wa~ietta. in tHe COUNT Of Cobb
and to consolidate and declare the rights
a,I powers of said corporation and for
sr1roved August g. 1on4 by s+rikirg tHe
word "forty'' in the fifth line of said T25
and INSERTING in lieu thereof the word fifty
60 as to authorize said Citv to levy and col
lec+ a tay not exceeding fifty cents on one
Hundred dollars upon all property. real and
nersonal. within the corporate limits Of said
ritv. and upon all money and chooses in ac-
tion whose owner resides within the corDo-
rate limits of said ETY., and for other pur-
poses.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-06-15
MTATIoN-YEAR's SUPPORT

'1CANbiA, CNooD COONI
The return of the appraisers setting apart
twelve months support to the family of John
W, Davis, deceased, having been filed in my
Office, all persons concerned are cited to show
cause by the 3rd day of July 1922, why said
application for twelve months support should
not be granted.
This June 7th, 1922.
j. M. GANN, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY:
VIII be sold before the Court house door
IN the city of Marietta, Georgia, on the 18th
DAY of June, 1922, between the legal hours
Of sale, one certain five passenger Chevrolet
automobile, model No. 3-63052, motor No.
u-16l88, license No. 9S415. Said property levied
on and sold the property of Gus Robertson,
oy Virture of an order of Hon. D. w. Blair,
Judge Superior Court B. R. c. granted in
open court on June Bird, 1922, to satisfy
Tondemnations proceedings instituted by
Jonn ). Wood Solicitor General B. K. o..
ana against said automobile.
This the 3rd day of June 1922
w. E. Swanson, Sheriff.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-06-15
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY

IEURGIA, COBB COUNTY.
VIII be sold before the Court house door
IN the city of Marietta Georgia, on the I7tb
day Of June. 1922, between the legal hours
OF SAFE, one certain model ''F'' five pas
License No. 65587 Ga. 1921. Said automobile
Levied Ie.iet on and sold as the property of G, r
Williams and g. G. Champion, by virtue of an
S order OF Hon. D. w. Blair, Judge Superior
court b. r. G. granted in open court on
june Srd 1929, to satisfy condemnation pr 90
ceedings instituted by John S. Wood. Solicitor
General b. R.. c. and against said automobile
his the Bird day of June, 1922.
w. E. Swanson, Sheriff.