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ilSßsd ‘The Woman|
By Harold M&xGrath * %|U|
ife? Copyright, 1900,
■olid ami that most ot the people walk
ed slower, I might have been look In*
down upon Broadway for all the
change of place I saw. There la not
much difference between New York
•nd I,ondon except In the matter of lo
comotion. The American gets around
with more rapidity than does tils Eng
lish cousin, but In the long run he ac
complishes no more. It Is only when
one steps on to the continent that the
*x>al difference In the human races Is
discerned. Strange as this may seem,
it Is not distinguishable In a cosmopol
itan city. Suddenly my roving eyes
rested upon a familiar face. It was
Hillars. and he was pushing rapidly
across the street. Any one would have
instantly marked him for an American
by the nervous stride, the impatience
at being obstructed. 1 went Into the
fireroom, intending to give film a little
surprise. 1 did not have long to wait.
The door to the main office opened, and
he came in singing a snatch from a
drinking song we used to sing at col
lege. The rich baritone that bad once
giade the old glee club famous was a
bit husky and throaty.
“Dick:" tie called. “Til. Dick! Well.
I’m hanged!” Evidently he bad dis
covered my cable.
“Dick Isn't in,” said I, erosslrg tbe
threshold.
In a moment our hands were welded
together, and we were gazing into each
other’s eyes.
“You old reprobate.'" I cried. “Not
to have mot me at the station even."
“Bless my soul. Jack, this cable was
the first intimation that you were with
in 3.000 miles of London. But it does
my heart good to see you!" pumping
my hand again. “Come out to dinner
with me Now don’t begin to talk till
we've had something to eat. I’m al
most famished. 1 know all the ques- J
tions you want to ask. but not now. J
There's a Bohemian joint a block
above that'll do your heart good to see.
We'll have chops and ale. Just like we
did in the old days, the green and |
salad days. ! would they were back I
again." soberly. “Oh. I’ve a long story j
to tell you. my sou. Time enough
when we get to my rooms. But not |
a word of it now—not a word It will
all be forgotten in ten minutes with
you. We’ll rake up the old days and J
live 'em over for an hour or so. I’m
glad that 1 suggested you in my letter. J
What did the old man say about my
ncrvo is prostration?” with half a
laugh.
"He put quotation marks around it." j
1 answered. “1 wanted to see you par
ticularly. They told me that y t ou were
rolling down hill so fast that if some
®ue did not put a fulcrum under you
you'd be at the bottom in no time at
all. I’m going to be the lever by which
you are to be rolled up hill again.”
He smiled grimly. “If any one could
do that—well, here we are.” And we
entered the cliophouse and took a ta
ble in one of the side rooms. “Woods,” I
hr said to the waiter, “chops for two, j
chipped potatoes, and fill up those j
steins of mine with ale. That w ill be |
all. 1 brought those steins from across.
Jack. You’ll go crazy over them, for
they are beauties."
A college bred bachelor nine times
out of ten has a mania for collecting
pipes or steins or both. Dan and I
had been affected this way. During
the year 1 had studied at Heidelberg
I had gathered together some fifty odd
pipes and steins. I have them yet* and
many a pleasant memory they beget
me. As for the steins of Dan, they
were beyond compare.
“I’ll tell you a story about them.”
said Dan after he had taken a deep
swallow of the amber ale. “Few men
can boast of steins like these. Not
many months ago there was a party of
men and women, belonging to the capi
tal of a certain kingdom, who nttended
a dinner. It w T as one of those times
when exalted personages divest them
selves of the dignity and pomp of
court and become free and informal.
There were 20 of these steins made
especially for the occasion. By a cir
cumstance over which I had no con
trol I was the only alien at this din
ner. The steins were souvenirs. How
I came by two was due to the lady
whom I took down to dinner and who
presented hers to me after having
after having—well, kissed the rim, Do
you see the crest?" pointing to the ex
quisite inlaid work.
“Why,” I said eagerly, “it Is the
crest of”—
“Yes. a noted king,” Dan completed,
“and these were made by his express
command. But never mind.” be broke
off. “it’s merely a part of the story
1 am going to tell you when we get to
my rooms. I am always thinking of
it, night and day, day and night. Talk
to me or I’ll be drinking again. This
is the first time I’ve been sober In a
month. It’s drink or morphine or
something like. Do you ever see any
thing of the old glee boys?”
“Once In twWle. Ton know,” said
% B|btiaf a cigarette, “all the fellows
Wit you and I bad money. Most of
them are carrying on the business of
their paters and ornamenting dinner
parties and cotillons.”
“1 thought that you had a rich un
cle,” said Dan.
“I did have, but he Is no more.” And
1 told him all about the bequest.
He laughed so long and heartily over
it that 1 was glad for his sake that It
had happened. Already 1 was begin
ning to look wholly upon the humorous
side of the affair.
“It is almost too g*od not to be print
ed," be said. “Bnt bis sod may square
matters when be dies.”
“1 do not want matters squared," I
growled. “1 can earn a living for a
few years to come. I-slisn’t-worry.".*■
"By the way. Is that Miss Landors
whom you used to rave about In your
letters married yet?”
“No." Miss Landors was I'byllis
only to her Intimate friends. I called
tbe waiter and ordered him to replen
isb my stein, Dan watching me curi
ously the while. "No, }l!ss Landors is
not married yet.”
“1 have often wondered what she
looked like," he mused.
"When do you go on your vacation?"
I asked irrelevantly.
"In a week or ten days—maybe to
morrow. It’s according to bow long 1
stay sober.”
I was sorry that he had recalled to
me tlie name of I’byllis. It dampened
my sociability. I was not yet prepared
to take him into my confidence. The
ale. however, loosened our tongues,
and. though we did not talk about our
present affairs, we had a pleasant time
recounting tbe days when we were
young in the sense that we bad no real
trouble. Those were the times when
we were earning sls and S2O the week;
when our watches were always in dur
ance vile: when we lied to the poor
washerwoman and to the landlady;
when we would always be "around to
morrow" and "settle up” with our cred
itors.
"There was no ennui those days,”
laughed Hillars.
“True. Do you remember the day
you staid in lied because it was cheap
er to sleep than work on an empty
stomach?"
“And do you remember the time 1
saved you from jail by giving tin* sher
iff my new spring overcoat to nay a
washerwoman’s bill of six months’
standing?”
"1 bung around Jersey City that
day.” said l. And then there was more
ale, and so on. it was 9 when at last
we rose.
“Well, we’ll go back to the office and
get your enje," said Dan. “Where’s
your trunk?”
"At the Victoria.”
“All your luggage must be sent to
my rooms. I will not hear of your go
ing elsewhere for lodging while in
town I have a floor, and you shall
share it It’s a bachelor's ranch from
basement to garret, inhabited by art
ists. journalists, one or two magazine
men. a clever novelist and three of our
New York men. There is no small fry
save tnyself. We have little banquets
every Friday night, and they some
times last till Saturday noon I've
taught the Frenchman who represents
the Paris Temps how to play poker,
and tie threatens to become my Frank
enstein. who will eventually devour
me." Hillars laughed, and it sounded
j like the laughter of other days. “Jack,
i 1 think you will do me good. Stay
with me and keep me away from the
bottle if you can. No man drinks for
pure love of liquor. My father never
loved It, and God knows what he was
trying to forget. For that’s the sub
| stance of It all. to forget. Whet*, you
start out to the point of forgetfulness,
you must keep it up; regret comes
back threefold with soberness. It
seems silly and weak for a man who
has been buffeted as I have, who Is
supposed to gather wisdom and phi
losophy as a snowball gathers snow as
It rolls down hill, to try to drown re
gret and disappointment In liquor. A
man never knows how weak he is
till he meets the oue woman and she
will have noue of him.”
And somehow 1 got closer to Hillars
spiritually. There were two of us, so
it seemed, only I was stronger or else
my passion did not burn so furiously
as his.
The apartments occupied by Dan
were all a bachelor could wish for.
The walls were covered with photo
graphs, original drawings, beer steins,
pipes, a slipper here, a fan there and
books and books and books. I felt at
home at once.
I watched Hillars as he moved about
tbe room, tidying up things a bit, and
I noticed now more than ever how
“/’U tell you why Pm going to the dogs."
changed he was. His face had grown
tliiu. his hair was slightly worn at
the crown and temples, and there were
dark circles under his eyes. Yet, for
all these signs of dissipation, he was
still a remarkably handsome man.
Though not so robust as when i last
saw him, his form was yet elegant. In
the old days we bad called him Adonis,
and Donie had clung to him long after 1
the Cambridge time.
“Now.” said he when we had lighted
our pipes. "I'll tell you why I'm going
to the dogs. I’ve got to tell it to some
one or go daft, and 1 can’t say that
! I'm not daft as It is.”
j “It Is a woman." said I after reflec
tion. “who causes a man to drink, to
lose all ambition.”
“U Is.”
“It I* a woman." I went on. bolding
the amber stem of my pipe before the
light which gleamed golden through
the transparent gum, "who causes a
man to pull up stakes and prospect for
new claim*, to leave the new country
for the old."
“It Is a woman Indeed." be replied.
He was gazing at me with anew inter
est. “If tbe woman had accepted him
he would not have !>ecn here,”
“No; be would not,” sold 1.
“In either rase, yours or mine.”
"In either cose. Go on with your
atory. There's nothing more to add to
mine.”
Homo time passed, and nothing but
tbe breathing of the pipes was heard.
Now and then I would poke away at
tbe ashes in my pipe bowl, and Dan
would do the same.
“Have you a picture of her?” 1 ask
ed. reaching for some fresh tobacco.
“No: I am afraid to keep oue.”
To me this was anew phase in the
matter of grand passions.
"A likeness which never changes its
expression means nothing to me.” he
explained. “Her fare in all its moods
is graven in liiv mind 1 have tint to
shut my eyes, and sire stands before
me in all her loveliness. Do you know
why I wanted this vacation? Best?”
His shoulders went up. and his lips
closed tighter "My son. 1 want no
rest. It is rest which is killing me. 1
am going across 1 am going to see
her again, if only from the curb, as she
rolls past ?n her carriage, looking at
me. Imt not recognizing me. telling her
footman to brush me aside should 1
attempt to speak t tier. Yet 1 would
suffer tiiis humiliation to see that glo
rious face once more, to hem again
that voice, though it were keyed to
scorn. 1 am a fool. Jack. What, have
1 gone all these years free heart to love
a chimera in the end? Verily 1 am an
ass:
“She is a princess. She has riches.
She lias a principality She is the
ward of a king What has she to do
with such as I? Three months in the
year she dwells in her pretty palace.
The other months find tier here and
there—Paris. St. Petersburg or Borne,
as fancy wills. And I—l love her! Is
it not rich? What am I? A grub bur
rowing at tbe root of the tree in which
she. like n bird of paradise, displays
her royal plumage. ‘Masters, remem
ber flint 1 am an ass. Though it he
not written down, yet forget not that
I am an ass.' The father of this prin
cess once rendered the present king’s
father a great service, and In return
the king turned over to his care a prin
cipality whose lineal descendants had
died out. It was with the understand
ing that so long as he retained the
king’s good will, just so long lie might,
possess the principality, and that when
he died the sovereignty would pass to
his children. The old king died, and
his son sat upon his father’s throne.
The father of the princess also died.
The king of today made the same
terms as his father before him. The
Princess Hildegarde accepted them,
not counting the cost. Last spring sbo
was coronated. Shortly before the coro
-1 nation Prince Ernst of Wortunibotg
I became n suitor for her hand. The
king was very much pleased. Prince
Ernst was a cousin of the Princess
HMdegarde’s father and had striven
for the principality in the days gone
by. The king, thinking to repair tha
imaginary wrongs of the prince, forced
the suit. He impressed upon the prin
cess that it was marry the prince or
give up the principality. She gave her
consent, not knowing what to do un
der the circumstances. Prince Ernst
Is a prince without principality or reve
nues. In marrying the princess he
acquires both' f shall tell you how I
became concerned.”
Hillars laid his smoking pipe in the
ash pan. He got up and roamed about
the room, stopped at the window and
stared at the iuken sky, then returned
to his chair.
CHAPTER IV.
I shall tell Hillars’ story as he told It.
He said: Last August 1 went to B .
My mission was important and took
me to the British legation, where I am
well known. I was most cordially in
vited to attend a ball to be given the
next evening. The notables of the
court were there. For a few moments
the king let his sun shine on the as
semblage. It was a brilliant spectacle.
At midnight I saw for the first time a
remarkably beautiful woman. I was
looking well myself that night. All
women like to see broad shoulders In
a man. It suggests strength-some
thing they have not. Several times
this young woman’s eyes met mine.
Somehow, mine were always first to
fall. There was a magnetism in hers
mine could not withstand. Later an
attache came to me and said that he
wished to prceent me to her serene
highness the Princess Hildcgarde of—
let us call It Hobeophalla. He whis
pered that she had commanded the In
troduction. I expected to see some
red faced dowager who wanted to ask
me about my country and bore me
with her guttural accents. Te my in
tense pleasure, I found myself at the
side of the beauty whom 1 had been
admiring. There was a humorous
light in her eyes as she put some ques
tions to me.
“Do you speak German?” she asked
in that language.
“Poorly, your highness," I answered.
“Perhaps, then, you speak French?"
“As I do my mother tongue," said I.
“I am Interested In Americans," she
said.
"Collectively or individually?" I tried
to say this with perfect Innocence, but
the smtle on her lips told me that I
had failed.
L. ** ooirrnrtnal
NEAR ROME-
Scounorrl Misplaced a Switch arid
Threw Train on a Siding.
Rome, Ga., Dec. 24. —The pas
senger train of tae Chattanooga,
Rome and Southern was wrecked
by an unknown niiscretnt at Mil
ler’s Nurseries early last evening.
Train employes were injured and
the passengers badly shaken up
but no one was fatally hurt.
The north bound passenger
train between Carrollton and Rome,
due here at 4 o’clock was running
at full speed through Miller’s sta
tion when the train suddenly took
the sidetrack and crashed into a
dozen box cars.
The engine was almost totally
demolished.
The engineer and fireman saved
their lives by jumping, although
tne fireman received severe inter
nal injuries. Several passengers
were thrown from their seats and
were bruised but nobody was fa
tally injured.
It was ascertained this morning
that the switch lock had been
broken and the switch purposely
turneu.
The matter will be investigated
by the county authorities and the
railroad people at once.
Reapportionment Bill,
The reapportionment bill re
ported from the house census com
mittee, which leaves the total
membership of the house the same
as at present, but takes one mem
each from eight states, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Ne
braska, Ohio, South Carolina and
Virginia, and gives six states, Illi
nois, Louisiana, New Jersey, New
York, Minnesota and West Vir
ginia, one more than they now
have, and Texas two more, is be
ing fought hard, and as no party
question is involved the division
is not on party lines. The nucleus
of the opposition comes from the
states which would lose under the
bill, but it is by no means confined
to them. An effort is being made
to solidify the opposition in favor
of a bill supported by the minority
of the census committee, on a ba
sis of 387 members of the house,
one to each 194,000 population.
Under that bill no state would lose
any members and the following
would gain: Arkansas, Califor
nia, Colorado, Connecticut, Flor
ida, lowa, Louisiana, Massachu
setts, Mississippi, Missouri, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Washing
ton, West Virginia and Wisconsin
one each, Minnesota, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, two each, and
Illinois, New York and Texas,
three each. If the opposition cari*
be united on *his bill it may knock
out the committee measure.
McClure’s Magazine for January,
In variety and worth of contents
McClure’s Magazine for January
is notable, :.s well for literary mer
it and for art. The first is a series
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graces of her writing the famous
actress gives added value to a nar
rative full of interest. In this is
told the story of her trials and tri
umphs on the occasion of her first
appearance in New York.
There is a careful and vivid pen
picture of the Emperor William,
that most interesting figure of con
temporary royalty. A third article
of merit is entitled ‘‘Great Achieve
ments of Modern Bridge Building.”
The fiction in this issue is of the
best. A second installment of Mr.
Rudyard Kipling’s new novel,
“Kim,” appears, with illustrations
by for. Edwin Lord Weeks and
Mr. J. Lockwood Kipling. The
short stories cover a wide range,
and they are splendidly illustrated.
A clever study of Chicago types is
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man’s Politics.” Mr. Will Payne
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