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He was strikingly handsome In face and figure, with s grace of presence that was almost matchless, and a voice that In Itaelf might have won a man fmm*. Further than thla. however. Fortune left Nlchol Hartram very much as she leaves the majority of people. He was a hard student. His pro feaslon he had taken up seriously. He read history, studied Shakespeare and Goethe and Dante and lived among kings and heroes. Hla fame had preceded him to North Falls, and the beauty and fashion of the city had assembled at the Par nassus theater to see him In Romeo. Dines of carriages extended up and down ths Intersecting streets like a dark Greek cross under the garish elec tric lights. Inside the thester silks rustled Jewels glittered, and gay fans waved back and forth while the audi ence waited. Fur behind the drop curtain, nt the entrance of a narrow passageway, a young girl stood looking through an opening between two stretches of scen ery. At the sound of footsteps she started on toward her dressing room hurr'edly. It was Stella Deems, the Jul et of the company M ss Deems was not R great actress, but she played acceptably, with an evenness of manner that was always not'-d by the dramatic critics of the newspapers. ghe was still young, barely 10. and moreover was very pretty ami engag ing Her presence here must be ex plained by the fact that she had left her room on an errand, and had been tempt ed to take a premature peep at the atsrt'cnce. , "Stella, wait. It’s I," a man s voice entreated In clear, low accents. "Let me have a moment— only on*." 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I All the little toy people laughed aloud. "Everybody loves you." said Stella half tessingl.v. "They say you get dos ens of love letters from the great la dles.” "Never mind what they say. Believe this. Stella—ln all thla house there is for me hut one 'great lady.' Say you love me. that you will be my wife, and I will play rs 1 have never played before!'' Their ey e met In a flush of rosy light that darted out of o suddenly opened door. Stella‘k face was rudlantly re sponsive. Borne one was coming. Bartram knew It was Larry Maxwell, once his friend, hul now his rival and he did not stop to say more, but hurried to his room full of unutterable delight. Meanwhile people continued to pour Into the theater. The ushers tripped nimbly up and down the sloping aisles, seating tßte comers In unexpected va cancies, while rows of heads arranged themselves In two great semicircles un der the galleries. At last the curtain rolled up nnd the ploy proceeded. Nlchol Bartram did not disappoint the audience. Happy Bartram! He did lot see the audience. He was playing for Stella. What wonder that, with his heart aflame, the words of the text should fall glowing with Inspiration from his lips? Ovation followed ova tion. The people forgot their sober dig nities and cheered wildly. It was marly 11 o'clock, but no one thought of time. There were no fllt t ngs away to the railroad stations to catch late accommodation trains. To the charmed audience there was but one place— Verona, where the Capulets and the Montagues were fighting their battles, hating and loving. What was that glimmering In the Capulct garden behind the trees" A bit of realism, some thought. The play was finely mounted. Others did not no tice the illumination, so intent were they with what was going on upon the •tag*. The glimmer grew brighter, brighter. Many noticed it presently, and some whispered uneasily to friend* at their aide*. 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' ffV* 1 we were In the eh op • ;rd*w. th*e» ween I aome poor, replied aha u» t ,ta mure and ke«t| at oi ftteCf day He ! ram id Hear them »r*hiny »e belonged I te them, and Mm Noah «wU like to . j go to them i net rad of three rich < hil ! dr an a ho hare ee aah " Panta looked murh tour-had and at pad I hie aye* enra or Wire on the lark of a j ! polar haer rktn glove He cleared hla ! throat t-afore r- p yin# "I'm glad to hear It! Mre. Noah and I nit of y«a deeerve credit for your kind | heartr. I'm euppored to be a rt-'b ana 1 but I'm not. I can't do what I'd like for all the children, »a I depend a |* t I deal on contribution* to art up my j toyr The p-opic that *end me lh# mon* I branches of the shrubbery. And now. all at once, above the voice* of th# ac* j tore, a roaring round ta h»ard, and th* | Ram-* taau* forth, taking hold of the i scenery. laatong acroaa the ataga. and Itaahtng up the aid* wall* to th* boxes. j "Eire!*’ cried a hundred volaea. It waa a repetition of a *cen* often depleted hy the newspaper* under the head of "A Theater Horror." Ther* : war the furtou* ru»h of people to the door*: women fainted and were tram pled by the frenzied crowd, elbowing, struggling. leaping ovef seats to find quick exit, and all the while flame* roared louder, destroying varnlahed wood and silken draperli-a. eating into the floor, lapping fiery fang* about the gallerlea, pressing closer and closer up on the escaping people. At the aide entrance, flying to a place j of *afety, Larry Maxwell felt hla arm grasped. "For heaven's sake. Max. do you know where Bttd!a la?” It was Bart ram— Romeo, smoke be grimed and desperate looking, with the plume of his hat singed to a mere quill and his fantastic Roman cloak half hurned tiway. Maxwell's lips closed tightly, and an t-vll light glittered In his eyes 11.- was Jealous of Bartram—Jealous of the lat ter's fame. Jealous of his sorlal sur ras", but. most of all. J*alous of h'» de votion to Htelta Deems. Ah he looked Into his rival’s handsome, noble face even their common peril and (he fact that danger and death were In the air did not soften the bitterness of hla malic*. He controlled hi* voire, how ever, and managed to say with well feigned alarm and regret: -Why. really. I don’t know where Stella is, Bartramt I thought she was one of those yon carried out s moment ! ago. No? Then, good God, she must be In her dressing room! She’ll be”— Bartram did not wait to hear more. He had been told that Stella had es caped. and he had accepted the In formation as a fact and bravely ad dressed himself to the work of saving some people that were screaming for aid In one of the boxes. With inex pressible horror he realised now that he must have been misinformed about the young girl's safety. The dressing room section of the thea ter was by this time a mass of flames, but Bartram rushed back across the stage, defying the firemen, who were now on the roof shouting to him not to throw away hie life. In one of the property rooms he snatched up a woolen cloak ami ran on, gasping in the smoke, breasting show ers of lurid sparks, leaping through wreathing tongues of Arc. "Stella. Stella!” he called, pitting his voice aga'nst thy roar of the contend ing elements. But no voice responded. 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"I* thl* what you give me? And you call thl* saving my Ilfs?” he exclaimed bitterly to the doctor* at the hospital, when, some six months after the ca tastrophe. he And beheld his scarred face and mlsshmieu body in a mirror. It was said that the doctors wept for him. Recovering. It wounded Bartram sore ly that the busy nrweimpers took no pains to contradict their earliest reports tn regard to the fatal nature of hi* In juries. It I# given to few to realise the UN 1 lio % ■B mm M ''m&fmb- !s■ W- r'; j* ; !|f pr’7' v % I jl| JjpN ' i VS** "IT’S T,” SAID BARTRAM. | bubblelike character of their fame. Not ; many know by experience how willing I the world is to forget them. ] This is the cup that Bartram now drank to the dregs. Living, he belonged to the dead. The gap In time had clos ed. People came and went.- Th*y loved and married and feasted And praised the acting of new stars. Only a few knew of a strangely deformed man that lived In an obscure Comer of a business block without corapanlons tJf any kind. Vao Pat' moot o bay. M* tbaM «g*vt boi potNi to m* mm mt mm m yvtaO V MM* VM M 4 Ml thot MtTf IV ««•*#* ao tV MM a* Vo tm oo M a«p v* mgV wtM a too fmo MMMt Pd V **a vwg M» MM# «i rv gtopt ****** M* am 4 v boat* a •pomp *o tv hi bun mi at tv ***** 4 M*do -MV I iot" aoVi Tor* tr— IV ******* a Vt* V wv try MM Mo V* I *wd T W Ota IV Mttta poor rbi> d-m Vat PM *V ****** aod avooi tv M*y aod #a»o tv that *V " AM fam atotui bib oil bo *t«* « j IV tiiHMt The fiefd is areen with Christmas trees. The wild wind moans and sonata Discoursing dreary melodies Among the waving houghs The emotu nests fife stockings swim And o'er the snowdrifts veer The birds thinft as they gfad y »ma "Santa wiff soon he here." The birds wiff find when shines the sun No gifts, and then they'ff sigh. "We poor birds have no Christmas fun Nor e'en a fourth Jufg. a hideous. ghoulUke creature that : haunted the street* after dark tn order to avoid somen and children In hla walk*. llartram endured th* Horror of hi* existence for a *ingl« purpose—re- ; venge. For a number of year* he had knvwn that Maxwell bad Intentionally deceived him *n regard to St-dla Deems' *afety at the time of the Are. Maxwell w»* 8t 1- la'a h-isband now. The iwo had been married a v»ar after the tread event. It waa a beautiful December night, j plars gleamed overhead, emi’tlng a mist of frosty brightness above the j lighted etty. The rounded moon hung j Invitingly near the house tops as If fli Hi I seeking acquaintance with the pale electric globes. The streets were full of people— strangely full of women and children, Bartram thought, as he darted into a dark alley to avoid a group of merry shoppers. He had forgotten that it was the evening before Christmas. At the new Parnassus theater Max well and his wife were playing. Bar trnm had planned to meet his enemy at the door of the theater. By one well aimed thrust he hoped to cancel the deadly obligation. But the plan had failed. Maxwell, always alert and sus picious, bad evidently seen him and -en tered by another door. Disappointed, the cripple stole away. He crossed the city, using the least fre Tv* «oh* yam ao tv w*#m o** -mm .*. #*■ rM a a pgk ■ - * igtiu rkapo ♦otv a ton*# at tV imo. Mvata V* VM* b«y, to*** Ok* hv»b> ooi NMI o*4 MW ******* tv Vt bod (M* ItopM a. *4 ta (MO Tv *m# iwaow* *v ***** iv* Wk« 4Ma bad not W iw*4 at on, tun Vd*t a II »a*»Q. Vi maaao*« la rpowt aaat aoi wy at tv bopynoi bw ***** Vyo ***** miv omm Mr* Waoh Mt IV ****** VM, ***** oil tanod • <toty vmVrtabK bom*. Mr tio »oMi*f wv a **ty good niott 6(nl (MMI 4MMt Ms (K# • MV Vt to* MNM born* atrt gwtNO* *y boi iroyMM Mm V §**• a# At4CK tm bkMUT quented •treats, murmuring to himself: •Tonight! It shall be tonight or never." The house that Bartram sought was a pottage that set hack a ltttie distance from the straot. He hobbled up to the porch, wh-re he rested for a few min ute*. He never used a car or a cab. ’’A Ilf.- for a life," he whispered to hlm s-lf. "It waa the old law. It la the la-.v of nature. It t* Ju*t.” Ilestrd. he tried the front door. To hi* surprise It opened readily. Bartram entered the little hall quietly and turn ed off the gat that had been left burn ing l»w. All wa» quiet In the houae. A dork ticked In one of the llfeles* down stair room*. The cripple mounted the stair* cau tious!'* am! stole Into the quietness of the front chamber. The window shades rvere rolled up. and the light from the street was sufficient to enable one clear ly to distinguish objects In the room. Bartram noted the white draped bed and the chairs and the tall mirror on the dressing case. He sat down and walled. Only re venge was in his thoughts. All the sweetness and poetry of his nature had turnen to passionate hatred of the one man that bad wronged him. Accidentally he touched the window shutter, and there was a creak. In a moment the man heard a light step In th. next room. "Is that you, papa?" a child s voice called Bartram raised himself in the hsif light end caught his breath. Surprise made him dumb. He had never heard that Maxwell had a child. Presently, however, the communicat ing door opened, and a small, white clad figure, with an aureole of yellow hair, stood In the passageway. The child looked at Bartram without a trace of fear. A flash of light from the window showed a smile on the fair little face. "Is you Santa Claus?” she asked. The startled Bartram felt his blood grow chill in his veins. "My name Is Nlchol Bartram.” he trembled, wonder ing If It were a real child or an appa rition that he was addressing. The wretched man was more inclined to rive credence to the latter idea because the small being manifested no horror of his deformity. “Nlchol.” the little one repeated. "That’s nearly the same as St. Nich olas. Is It you who gives us the pres ents? Oh, how I wish I could ##* you! But 1 was born blind.” "Blind!” groan, d Bartram- half to himself. “Ah, now- I unde -stand.” "J think you must be very beautiful. St. Nlchol— Nicholas?” hazarded the lit tle one questioning!y. "Why do you think so?" asked Bar tram, scarcely knowing what he said. “Because your voice la so beautiful. I think you must be like your voice. My name la Estelle Maxwell. You make me -eimoa: see beautiful things when you •peek. May I come close to you and feel your face?*' With which she ad vanced a few of her short paces. HAMM. 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Again he felt that she must be aomethlng more than mor tal. Else why that rebuke? Aa he turned about some one lighted the g.is In the hall and advanced: ad vanc'd. and then stood still. It was Maxwell. The latter’s face paled at the Bight of the midnight In truder. “lfa I,” said Bartram. meeting hla old foe face to face. T know why you came.” gasped the guilty man. shrinking back. B- fore Bartram could answer a small voice Interposed. "Oh. papa, thla Is the good Rt. Nicho as!” She put her arras around her father’s neck, drawing the frightened face down and kissing it. The clock struck 12. With the last stroke the church bells began to chime. "Listen, papa, and perhaps we may hear the angel* singing ’Glory to God In the highest, and on earth peace and good Will.’ ” said little Estelle. For a moment the two men regarded each other mutely over the child’s gold en curls. Then, as If actuated by a common impulse, they both dropped up on their knees, with bowed heads. When they rose, they shook hands, and shortly afterward Bartram walked quietly out into the starry Christmas morning. _____ Christum* Versos Thonksalxlng. It has often been remarked by intelli gent English traveler* who stay long enough In the United States to get a fair idea of the people and their cus toms that the American Thanksgiving more nearly approaches the British type of Christmas than the American Christ mas. This November holiday, which orig inated among the perils and trials of New England colonization, has secured a prominence In the affections of the people that may almost be termed unique. When families have their re unions. the plump turkey is sacrificed on the altar of hospitality, and general good will prevails. One of the travelers already referred to says: “I think that your Thanksgiv ing Is more Joliy than your Christmas because the participants in the festivi ties are not weighed down by the fact that they have spent all their money for presents. There is no gift giving in November, but the December holiday seems to be the occasion for lavish and often extravagant expenditure." Knew Hl* Business- She (enthusiastically) —Oh, George, don’t you think the greatest Joy in ill* is the pursuit of the good, the true ana th* beautiful? He—That's what I am here for.