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The Stranger

And now" she said. will you
let me tell you about the houseY'
you shall talk about whatever
you like" said PHILIPPE .'What is
1t you want to do. sweetheart?"
- sGss - . ,
Lady Dunlace>left the house, not
feeling. inclined to wait indefl nitely
for Stfie conclusion OF the lovers
intFyibf; she was at no time very
patient Her forehead wrinkled
through with perplexityv as, she
walked through Grosvenor Square,
and presently, turning into Brook
street. she came upon Hilda Detch-
mere standing on the steps Of her
luxurious little maisonette just
about to press the bell.
Lady Dunlace's eyes hardened
and she was about to pass by.
Hilda turned toward her rather
appcalingly. and the girls dark,
usually commanding face looked
30 drawn and haggard that Lady
Dunlace. always soft-hearted, felt
q pang Of pity.
What is the matter with you,
Hilda?" she said haltipgly. You
don't look yourself at all"
Il arm tired said Hilda list
lessly, "and-rather lonely. Won't
you come in and talk to me?''
Lady Dunlace had chosen to see
nothing Of Hilda Detchmere since
the day she had publicly affronted
Joan. But she was feeling sorry
for Hilda, and was never able to
cherish resentment for long. Be-
sides. II was beginning to rain, and
Lady Dunlace had on a most sue
cessful new dress. She accom-
panied her former friend into a
particularly cozy boudoir. and Hill
da rang for tea. -
TEL me all the news" she said
to her guest. 81 60 nowhere now"
Lady Dunluce did 30, avoiding
awkward topics; indeed, It was
Hilda who b-oached them first.
And Lady Tallbois' marriage?".
she said. when n II to bef'
II can't understand why Joan
doesn't fix q date" said Lady
Dunluce, ''bdt I have q fancy she
will do 30 today, and that 1t win
be very soon."
IT hope she will be happy" re-
piled Hilda. selecting sugar Care
fully from the bowl.
Her guest looked at her oddly.
I'm sorry ]. was rude to her."
said Hilda evenly. "You know It
10 only my way. ! did what
could to put things right when
met her at your house. I practi-,
cally apolokixed. ft..t
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<<TOAN!. Do you mean that? :
will have a special
- license by the morning,

-
I will have a special
- license by the morning.
Joan-" 49, :, 7.
1T might be better though II
we were to watt" she said with a
curious catch In her voice. 1T
might be better-for you"
Joan! What do you mean?
Why do you look like that. dear?"
IT don't know" she answered
quietly. Perhaps / am talking
=. nonsenserwould not be kind to
talk nonsense now. though" The
cloud passed from her eyes. Shall
1t be in ten days then, Philip? Ten
days from now" She bowed her
head and he pressed his lips to
her fingers.
"It is yours to command," he
said. "Ten days then. Ten days
more of loneliness"
She placed her hands on his
shoulders and looked into his eyes.
do you want me 90 muchf" she
said, wistfully.
want your" he answered pas
sionately; "the light is out of my
life when you are not with me.
May heaven punish me. Joan, II
ever fall you or cause you sor-
row."
There was a long pause.
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"It was nice OF you. dear" said
Lady Dunluce warmly. "She be-
came engaged to Philip, you know,
; the same night"
Hilda. turned her head away.
The fage yand svindictiyeness tn
: burned in her heart were well con-
cealed. She could control her fea-
lures when she chose. S'''t
II am very fond of Philip-in a
way" continued Lady Dunluce,
but I am much fonder of Joan.
She is the sweetest little thing,
think. that ever ] knew. That,
voti see, Is quite a different thing.
I am not sure Tn glad she Is
giving herself to Philip
"On Philips account-or hers?"
said Hilda dryly. Something In
her tone caught Lady Dunluces
ear.
''Hilda," she said gently, "for-
give an old woman.s impertinence,
but-you are not taking this thing
to heart, are your"
Hilda shrugged her shoulders.
What is the use?" she said,
the thing Is done"
Lady Dunluce laid a hand on
her arm kindly.
"You were never in love with
Philip, Hilda-as l understand the
word"
was I notr Perhaps you are
right. But 1t Is not pleasant to
lose what one thought oneself sure
of. am frank with you, you
see."
Lady >Dunluce looked at the
window, where the rain was
striking in long rods upon the
panes.
"Did you ever hear the story of
the two drops, Hilda2" she said
pensively.
Hilda raised her eyebrows in
quiringly.
"The river was in flood" said
Lady Dunluce, rolling bank-high
toward the sea: millions Of drops,
from the clouds, the mountain
springs, md the dew from the
heather. And one little.orop said
to another <journeying beside 1t:
Who are you, sister,
"The second drop Nanswered
sadly: 4 an, a tear from the eye
of a girl forsaken by her loverr's.
".Do not mourn. little sister
said the first drop, Il am a tear
Z from the girl who got him."
Hilda smiled family.
"I must GO" said Lady Dun
luce; "the rain Is stopping, and I
am overdue at home. II was good
Of you to let me come In. dear.
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BY Beatrice Fairfax.

Who OccupieS . Unique Position
In the Writing World Is an An.
thority ON Problems Of Girls.
q" AVE you ever watched a
hammer thrower winding
- up?" He stands poised for
action and then he begins to whiri
around and around getting ready
TO throw the heavy weight. Some
times II seems as 4 he is never
going to start. He twirls and
whirls. He turns and balances.
And then at last his arm shoots
forward. the great muscles across
his shoulders and back tense, his
torso swings and with his full
weight and strength behind 1t, the
hammer" whirls forward, thud-
ding down at last to make its dis.
tance.
There are plenty Of folks who
get up steam for what they have
to do In a moment or two. There
are others who get up their speed
and their strength slowly and
seem to make q lot of preliminary
motions before at last they fling
themselves into what they are
You may not be q hammer
thrower You may instead be
more like the trap-shooter.. who
stands waiting. calls ''PHT!' and
sighting quickly pulls the trieger
with nice and yet instant calcula-
ton Of where the scattering shot
must be dipectedeto break the clay
pigeon.
1t doesn't matter mitch which
sort of worker you are-or indeed
II you have quite q different
smethod from either the hammer
thrower or the trap-shooter. The
point IL that you must find out
what Is your method Of working
and work 1t that method until
you have perfected II.
I know writer's who can sit,
fountain pen in hand. and write
/. all day without ever q thought or
cramp or strain. There are others
who can think only at the type.
writer, And still others need the
stimulation Of an audience or the
sound Of their own voices and
must dictate to get their best re-
suits.
:. How foolish any Of them would
be to insist on using the methods
which serve someone else well but
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Thrilling Episodes and Unique Situa-
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and Immediately the Colonel an.
nounces a visit from one of them,
one Of the most dangerous. For
you will find out that a Duchess
like that is a woman such as you
described for U.s."
IT shan't receive her." said the
Prince resolutely.
But" presisted Castro. Il had
an idea that this Duchess was a
cousin of yours?"
There is no such relationship.
Her father was the brother OF my
mothers second husband. But we
have known each other since child
hood. and we each have a most
unpleasant memory of the other.
Alicia never appealed to me par
ticularly. Besides. she has lived
just as she pleased almost
as much as have. She has as
much Of a reputation as I have.
They even accuse her of love af-
fairs with people whom she has
never seen, Just as they do with
me.
mo. I shan't receive her." re-
peated the prince.
And in order to avoid further
talk about the Duchess de Delii1e,
he left his friends abruptly and
walked out Of the hall.
Don Miguel Saldana, father Of
Prince Michael. had found him
self. some forty years before. at
the end of the second Carlist war,
banished from his own country.
poor and obscure. as a. result of
defeat. The Madrid paper. with
out a prefix Of slanderous adjec-
tives. called him simply "the rebel
chief leader"
Among his own people he was
known as General Miguel Saldana,
the Marquis Of Villablanca, a title
the pretender.. Don Carlos, had
given him.
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Bu John. Goodman,

Keep your heart up; you are much
too strong to let a thing like this
cast you down."
She took her leave. AS soon as
Hilda was alone she gave bitter
laugh and her eyes grew stale and
cruel as a snakes.
"Foolv' she said. II could have
given you some news that would
surprise you! There will be no
wedding bells for your peeress
from the slun1s. saw Harold
-Drummond last night, and know
now that he will not fail me.
Lady Dunluce. serenely uncon.
scious. was making her way along
the wet pavement when she met
Philip returning from Grosvenor
Square. He raised his hat to her
as he passed. There was such
happiness in his face. such
radiance in his eyes, that Lady
Dunluce glanced at him with
frank surprise. and for some time
she walked onward in deep
thought.
Il wonder" she said to herself,
whether I have been mistaken
about Philip!
It was close upon noon next day
when Joan. returning from Bond
street In her car. found a quietly
dressed gentleman on her front
door steps making inquiries Of the
butler. She recognized his back,
even before he turned round. 1t
was Mr. Norman Vaille.
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(To BE Continued Tomorrow.)
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Novua, the man Of learning OF
our monastery. WIN expound the
music of the spheres; and Spa
doni, our musician will sit down
at the piano. and delight US with
terrestrial music"
"Splendid!' exclaimed Castro.
"You are almost a poet in de-
scribing our future life. We are
going to be happy. No petticoats
n Villa Sirena, Nothing but
men; monks In trousers. selfish
and tolerant, coming together to
live a pleasant life while the
world is aflame."
Atillo remained thoughtful a
few moments and continued:
I'VE need name; our COM
munity ought>to be named. We
shall call ourselves The Enc
mics of Women
A Strange Meeting.
The Prince smiled. and Novoa.
feeling hohored by the recent con-
fidence Of men 80 different form
those with whom he had associ-
ated until then, seconded the
name with enthusiasm.
II confess. gentlemen, that ac-
cording to the distinction made
by the Prince. have never met
a woman. Females, perhaps, q
very few. But like the name,
and agree to join the Enemies Of
Women even though such a
woman never enters my life"
The Colonel. who had listened
in silence to the conversation in
regard to women, seemed sud
denly to recall something.
Last evening"" he said to the
Prince. in a mysterio6s voice,
II met the Duchess de Delille in
the Casino. She often has asked
about Your Highness. and hearing
that you had just arrived, she
gave me to Understand that she
intended paying you a call"
I'VE are starting WELL" said
Castro laughing. mo women!
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Anecdotes

TyfIE Marquis Of Aberdeen and
Temair has a great fund OF
u humor, and tells the following
story Of himself:
He left London at Midnight IN Q
sleeping-cap for the North. In
the morning, when he was awak-
ened. he saw q stranger opposite
him. W "
"Excuse me-" said the stranger.
may I ask II you are rich1'
Somewhat, surprised. his lord.
ship replied that he was tolerably
weil-to-tlo.
MAY Il askS continued the
stranger, how rich you aref'
"weil. n Il win do you any good
to know" Mas the reply, II bup-
pose ! lave several hundred thou
wen" went on the Stronger,
~ I were - rich - you. ana
snofed as loudly ~ you. I should
take q whole car. - - not 70 IN
tsrrupt ths 49, . othees
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WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
N ABSORBING SERIAL OF EARLY Welded LIFE

menage. Carlotta's door was-ppen,
and one glance served to show me
that there was a collection Of gar
ments strewn around the room.
Moreover. there were several bags
of varying ases. b Carlotta hailed
j me breezily. in a tone I certainly
could never have foretold.
I'm glad you're 30 early" she
cried. "I'n have a chance to visit
with you a bit before making the
eight-forty-five." >,
I had a momentous impulse to
ask II she was going out to Join
Tony and Betty, but something
prevented me carrying It out.
That s6mething shall always
regard as q merciful 1ntervention
of fate. For me to. connect her
telegram with her departure was
natural. For me to tie Il UP
wrongly would have been sad.
Carlotta's very next words made
me realize how sad. for they gave
me the notion I haven't yet shaken
, off. ~
I'm going North on a trip" she
said. There is some timber land
We ought to look into for q client.
Neal can't be asked to run away
and leave Phoebe. Pat and Vir-
ginia are so happy that 1t seems
cruel to break in-especially as
that would leave Virginia to enjoy
Rosa Cordova's society all by her.
I self. So you see, what would be
q real hardship for one OF my
partners c0mes--as sort of
mercfful release for me-"
Carlotta just breathed this, I
think she hardly realized tho force
Of 1t until It had got itself said.
But again i connected her going
with the telegram she had re.
!. ceived.
"You need q change" agreed
placidly. 1T does all of~us worlds
of good to pull up stakes now and
again. And I'm sure that racing
around in the north woods with
iumberjacks, or whomever 1t is
you're on your way to consult,
will do you most excellently good
4 Cariotta dropped the oid.time
flamboyantly checked black and
white suit she was folding and
turned to me with twisted
smile. Then suddenly she flung
across the room and caught me
In her strong arms. 81
you darling" ,she cried. "Of
course you wouldn't be~~inquisi-
tive, or psk Qu ions. OF course
you'd let me help In my malke-be-
lieve. Wen. I won't burden you
with too much Of the truth. But
you've right to part Of It." !.
"Tell me whatever you want
me Ito know---end no more, I
said, striving for the poise and
calmness with which to meet her
nee1. .,s, 49, as,.,itstst t,asge gsf' Fl. N
= ."Fou know about the telegram
kretn Tony. Anna No one else
ddAS yet. II came to- theS house
this Morning. VIII -pretend
YOU opened It after I'd gons?"
4 Yes" I agreed quietly. $50
(" II plight have realised you'd
stand by. You nee, II they don't.
know Seceived it--they won't
dream--that 7 can't stand. to face
them when they come taeether.
, ! can't see Tony with Betty yet.
.rn running away 49,
QS n GsaAlnssd safsn1srl
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MAKE YOURWORK PAY
USE METHOD THAT SUITS YOU,

which are not proved and tested
in his own case.
How foolish you are If, because
someone else insists that the only
way to do a certain thing is his
method, you Immediately give up
your way Of doing II as ali wrong
ana proceed at once to use the
other fellows system.
All OF us can learn from every
one we meet. But none of us
must get the foolish notion that
because Jones does things a GER
tain way and gets results the
Jones method would be bound to
work In our case.
Individuality applies to such
simple things as washing dishes.
/ may be happy only when rinse
my dishes under hot running
water. You may be satisfied only
by soaking your dishes first in
lukewarm soapsuds. There is no
right or wrong about either
method. You may test mine and
1 may try yours. But II one way
suits me and another pleases you,
why take all the poetry and joy
Of creation out Of work by doing
1t according to Q method that
doesn't quite suit your person
ality-or mine?
When there IL a right or a
wrong way Of doing things, of
course you'll acauaint Yourself
with the systematic, efficient way.
But when little things give you a
chance TO express your personality
-0r when q certain method suits
your work-don't try to make
yourself into "a trap shooter IL
you are q natural-born' hammer
thrower. giit
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H<r WANT to see you at
home" cried Car4otta on
II the same breathless note
with which she had told me OF
her telegram from Anthony Nor.
feys.. Can you be early? Wen
have dinner together. Just the
two Of us. You don't mind?"
Working away on my new copy
for the Dalton-Sturges Corpora
tion all through the rest OF the
afternoon, I found It difficult to
hold my mind down to business.
Everything / did reminded me Of
Carlotta. And every time.
thought of her naturally I was
overwhelmed by desire to help
her. So at last, seeing that my
copy wasn't likely to carry much
smashing conviction, I gave up
and started off for home.
"I wonder how q man like
Ralph Lacy would handle a diff
Guilty Ike this9' ! pondered as
I walked along. "He.s the sort.
who'd think straight on almost
any subject. And act decisively
on his thoughts. II this were
my problem I'd go to him. /
can't 60 to him with Carlotta's.
But wish / could think up o
few Hypothetical questions to put
to him. They might help me find
. way to help her
When I arrived at the house
that mood vanished as II It had
been puffed out by strong gust
Of wind. For I found the second
floor In q state Of unrest and
furry astonishing In the Sturges
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have seen all the women you ever
want to see, and now you want to
force on us :"
The Prince. as though absorbed
in his own thought. interrupted:
Seeing that you can't get along
without 1t Very well!
have no obsession to make
martyr of you. Go on being a
slave to a necessity that is a re-
suit more of the Imagination than
of desire. You can satisfy your
whims whenever you like
but no women
The three listeners looked at
one another in aston,shment and
even the Colonel who never
showed his feelings when his
'lord" was speaking. revealed in
his face a certain surprise
What could the Prince b get
ting at?
"You are not ignorant, Atilio."
continued the Prince, "of what a.
woman really is. In the great
majority of towns On this earth
there are females. young ones
and old ones. but there are no
women. Women, real women. are
the artificial products OF civiliza-
tions that have reached their
maturity, somewhat like hothouse
flowers, with a complex perverse
beauty.
"Only in the large cities that
have come to be decadent be-
cause they have reached their
limits. do you find women. Not
being mothers, like the poor fc-
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males. they giya up all their time
to love. prolong their youth mar
velously and scheme to inspire
passions at an age when the
others live like grandmothcrs.
There you have the creatures that
personally I am afraid Of! II they
once enter here, there's the end
Of our society, Of our tranquil.
even life.'
The prince arose from the table,
and they all followed him into the
great hall adjoining. where coffee
was served. The colonel looked
about anxiously, examining the
boxes of Havanas and the large
liqueur chest with it's varied cut
glass and colored TASKS placed in
q row.
Cutting the tip Of his cigar. the
prince continued, speaking all the
while to Castro:
His Case Outlined.
when you want IN
you need to do Is choose in the
vicinity of the Casino. A hundred
or two francs; and good-by! ="
But the other ones! The women!
They work their way into our
lives, and finally dominate US.
They want to mold our ways to
suit their own. Their love for
US. after all, is merely vanity. like
that of the conqueror who loves
the land that he has conquered
with violence. They have all read
books-nearly always without
rime or. reason. but they have
read-and such reading leaves
them determined to satisfy vague
desires and absurd whims. that
only succeed in making slaves Of
us, and in moving us to act on
impulses likewise acquired in early
reading .. I know them.
I have met too many in my life.
II women from our own social
sphere mingie with, us here. 1t
means an end to peace.'N
Novoa, cup In hand, listened
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BY Vincente BlascO Ibanez
Author of 1.-THE Four Forsemen
Of the Apocalypse" and Other
Novels Of World Renown.

<<" HE one thing I insist
on" continued the
Il Prince after long
pause. els that we live alone. as
men. No women! Women must
be excluded from our life"
The pianist opened his eyes in
establishment. Castro stirred in
his chair; Novoa removed his
glasses with a mechanical ges-
ture of surprise. Immediately
adjusting them once more to his
nose.
There was another silence.
"what you PROPOSE" said Atilio
at last with smile, reminds
me Of q comedy of Shakespeare.
No women! And the hero in the
end gets married"
1T know that play" replied the
Prince "but am not in the habit
Of governing my life according to
comedies. and I don't believe In
their teachings. You can rest as
sured that I for one sha'nt marry,
even If it gives the lie to Shake
speare and the French King from
whose chronicle he got the mate
rial for his work"
"But what you're attempting Is
absurd" )" Castro went on. Il don't
know what the rest think, bnt
save me from :"
With a gesture he ended his
protest.
Then. seeing that the Prince re-
manned thoughtful. he added:
1T is quite evident that. you
have had your fill. You
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"yE can not get around II,
" though most Of US have
tried: we've muttered:
"Oh, confound IT," while deeply
we have sighed. Each fellow and
his neighbor have sought to side
step work; just adding to their
labor by their attempts to shirk.
They never stop inventing new
schemes for works decrease, new
methods OF preventing the use OF
elbow grease. While patent stoves
are cooking and patent busters
dust. the way things now are
looking the housewives doomed to
rust. With patent sweepers going
to get up dirt and crumbs and
patent aids for sewing. she'll sit
and twiri her thumbs. Machines
are raising clamor and clouds of
smoke and grit, and proudly peo-,
pie yafnmer: 1--WE soon. shafi't.
works bit!v with tractors In the
offing and autos all about. weak
minds at labor scoffing declare.
works going out. Folks all have
grown 30 clever when needing
light or fire, a button or a lever
Will bring what they desire. With
modern means to tighten mans
burden all the way. his prospects,
oughtIto, brighten he should have
time for play. In spite OF hts,
endeavor to get two-hour day.
he works the same as ever TO
draw his weekly pay. We can not
get around II. whatever we In
vent. for every chap has found tt
takes toll 10 pay The reak