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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
•ATUBDAT, FEBRUARY X 1*W.
MIRANDY ON VALENTINES
Dorothy Dix
rut Jelr
unde
, ,.. M 1*07. by Am»rlc*n-Journ«l-
■ • Examiner.)
. e r"v js 18 «le of fl* |W," ob-
“I J Mrvert Mlrandy, “when a
\J mlddle-aiod married woman
M-on iove'n youn« dmam turn
. iiumn-abouldarod man w|d da
ln: " • in“fo' Chilian, faala ink
rl '!' “ ;,un" to da corner dru* atore,
lln a no* of Roush on Rata,
“vim, hit aho- do make a woman
, , h e done played do wrons num-
('*' , d( . policy ahop whan ah* area
T, I. vnuns sal* wh ut ain’t mo’ dan
«» ,l ' ,* man. bain’ anoweU
i-alentlnea all full of roaea
an’ hearts an’ darts, an’
, j, an’ thins*. *n’ »h* don’t aee
V i -man n-rlnsln’ her do’ bell arid
"" , nclf lime nteaaly love token
1’"® a. man dat ahe la wuked her fln-
„ r , t<> .If hone a-alavln’ fo’.
* .... out-how lilt aee me to tlve her a Jolt
H^tvakea her up, an’ make* her won-
V; , ( love la done played out, an’ ef
fy dat a mien «l» out of matermony
fj a , I.rlvllese of cookin’ a man’* din-
L. an- ptitvhln* hi* brltrhe*. an’ lla-
t„ him srumble an' troan. ’Cpoe
dt-thne she’s too buay try In to
JL de Butcher down de price of liver.
r ui,bin* de Chilian* chlat at nlsht
mutton tallow for colds, an’ makln’
, her vear befo’ las’ hat ao dat de
,l„ere in de chu’ch won't know hit. to
“ah, tum h notice of dal temperature if
her huahand’a affection, but on Valen-
al1 of d «'» whut la In
J”® **' < ’»*c dey wanta to be, Inatld of
hevate dey aught to be. Is a-sendln'
maaaasea to detr aweetltearta, ah* aho'.
ty does hone for her husband to make
dead *° rt 0t *** n dat * >l " lov * B * n l
,, "^ ut be don't, not once In a million
il'h'J- l«n. I ’apec* dat ef all da
married men in a block would turn out
an send delr wives valentines, dat dera
would be a funeral In ev'y house. De
women would drop dead wld suprise.
1 know I would, an' ylt befo' we was
married Jke sent me a valentine dat
*’** ‘’ut paper, wld flowers on hit,
an bleedln hearts dat waa skewed
tosedder wld on arrow, an’ dat muat
of coat as much aa fifty cants. But
dat was de las' valentine I eber sot
front him, becaae 1 married him, an’
by de time anodder Valentine's day
rolled round he done forsot 1’ae abe*
took any Interest In Ills tellln’ me dat
he loved me.
“Dat'i de reaaon.dat when Ma'y Jane
sits a valentine from 8ltn Reeves dt*
mawnln'. whut aay:
“ 'De roee ie red, de violets blue,
Susar am sweet, an* ao la you,’
I advises her to put hit In a Bible W'bar
hit'll Da took sood keer of.
“’Why, maw?’ axes ahe. ,
‘"Baeaaa, ‘apons I. W you marrlea
hlpt. hit'll have to las' you Ions aa you
live. Dare* one habit dat a man swears
off on hte weddln' day. an' dat la da
valentine habit. I ain’t naber aaad no
married woman tit ana ylt unlasa soma
odder man sent bt^.' i
"Yasaum. dat’* so. an’ ylt 1 don’t
know of anythtns else dat a married
man could put twanty-flva cants In, an'
tit aach Interest on hi* money as ha
could by buyln’ hla wife a valentine.
Hit would tickle any of ua woman dat
la fat an’ forty, an' rrlsala balded, ao
much to know dat our huabands still
thoutht enouth of ua to sand ua lov*
poetry dat day could coma' horn* bllln’
drunk an’ bus' up da furniture ef dey
wanted to, an' we wouldn't aay a word.
"Tasaum, hit’s my opinion dat at men
would send all de valentlnee after mar
ries*. Inatld of befo' manias*, dat we
wouldn't have none of dla hash thins
whut dey calls de divorsh aril. N»wm,
da woman dat was axpactln' a man to
come horn* of a night, an' tall her how
pretty ahe looked, an' whut a fln* ftsi
ahe'e sot. wouldn't meat him In a call
wrapper dat looked lak hit didn't have
no acquaintance wld de wash tub, an'
shoe* dat waa run down at de heel.
She'd be dressed up to try to als him
on to pay her a tew mo' Compliment*.
But aa hit la. ah* ain't lookin' for no
valantlna. no way. Far aa ah* kin see,
on anyhow, an' so she thinks aba
aa wall b* comfortable.
’’An' da woman dat knowad dat her
husband was swla* to sat up ah’ bras
about bar cookin’, aa’ da way aba could
make on* dollar do de wuk of two, an'
how he appreciated de way dat aha was
a noble, salf-aarfafleln’ ansei dat waa
too sood for him—you reckon you could
tola dat woman ha's traipsin' de streets,
an’ wastin' hla money, an' buyln' hla
dinner at da dsllcattesaum *to‘? Dat
you couldalt. Sha’d have a line of
talk at horifc dat she'd be brookin' her
neck (o live up to.
“ 'Cog* I 'apecka women la mlshty
foolish to be Bo honsry after soft talk,
but dat's da way day la built, an' hit
aho'ly does look strati** to me dat
when compliments 1* .’boat da cheattest
thins soln' dat man ain't sot *nou«h
sense to f**d 'am on bit. Taaaum. otto
valentlns would taka da place of a atik
frock In many a fnmbly.
•'Hit’s a sort of a aorrarful thins to
think 'bout all de married women
what's a pinin' for valantlna*—an' dat
won't sit 'em. But 1st m* tall you -Ie
shoe don't dt on, da odder foot, an'
hit's a mlshty Iuboas ondertakln' for
a wife to sand bar husband a valen
tine, I knows, becaae 1 tried hit, an'
htt liked to bav* landed Ike in de lioa-
pltal. an' m* In da callerboose.
"Tou aee. on* tint* dat Valentine's
day was cornin’ a round, aa' I sot to
thlakln’ dal mayba Jfc* waa a-cbarlabln'
de same see rat yearnin' to sit a valen
tine from me dat I waa from him, an*
dat maybe'dat dare wam't no mo’ ro
mance in a woman ’■praalfyla' bar af
fections for a man by fry In' pork chop*
week an' aaamad to m* lak Ike dona
fan Into da habit of be Ins late for din
ner. an' look to wastin' hla Sunday
doth** to an' from wuk. an' he made
me moa' break my back waahln* clean
shut* for him, an' he bousht blm a
bottle of hair oil, an' slicked da tons
hair over da bald spot over da top of
hla bald, an' I sent for da doctor, case
.-id who. ...... uk^t .._.(*•* looked to me lak dat Ik* Is *ot da
aid while sravy. becaae he liked «m a/mptom* of softenin' of de brain com-
dat way, whan ah* bad bean raised to j in' on
SSi-’Ta.^a 'i " An ' lo! •»* >*h<*l«. *hut dO you
of rabhase to haMnstldof a bunch of ,hl ? k J* &e m,I, * r? ft * *hlnka dat
Violets. ! Ma'y Bus Jonas, whut la a mlshty
"Ho I up an' bought a An* large val- peart, slim young ymtler gal. 'bout It
entlne. wld a lot of real poetry #n hit, 1 years ole, Is done eent him dat vmlen*
“* nt , htm !!! # e“. ton * ln '- » n ' »*'■ • •***•«»*'"■ around her
house, an’ a-fllckln' hla handkerchief at
to wait for him to come home an' tell
me how pleased he waa dat 1 was at I it
In love wld him after w* la don* wres
tled a Ions tosedder for twenty-live 'de pertlce. An' whan b* found out 1
year*.
"But, Mas* you' soul. Ike neber came
home dat evenin' nntel I done waited
dinner till hit waa burnt to n cinder an'
my tamper had a rasor aids* to hit. an'
when he did he looked kinder foolish,
an' abeaplah, an' h* kept a foalin' In
hla -pocket for dat envelop* dat had da
valentine In hit. but he didn't say
nothin' to me. An' I didn't prosnoi-
tlcate nothin' to him. an’ we want to
bad wldoui .peakin'.
"Wall, thins* run alon* lak dla far a
her onlel bar mak threatened to 9111
sent de valentine ha waa dat mad dat
In de little arsument dat followed mo*'
of de family chlny sot busted, an' ho
tails da ntlshbora dat he upsnt da ta
ble. an' 1 lets on as I black my eye
aslnat de bed post. An’ eance dat day
we ain't a-bean a celebratin' Valentina
day In our family, but I aho' would like
to s<t one from Ike. *f h* I* my hus
band—Juat aa a sl*n dat b* remem
bers.
"An' I ain't de only woman dat's In
dat da."
AN ACCOUNT OF TWO VISITS
By
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I
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CopyrlsM. 1»0?. by Amarlcan-Jountal
Examiner.
A MORN1NQ With senlua In Hi#
splendor of life’s afternoon.
An afternoon with senloe In
the gl«r>' af mornln k-
A breakfast "en famine” with Sarah
Bernhardt.
v lea with Jose Charmoy.
That ua* the sood fortune which fell
to mv lot one day recently In Parle
l-„' sit beside Sarah Bernhardt at
i* r own breakfast table, and see her
■urnundcU with her cbarmln* family
—that was Indeed a pleasure; for to
tiiou Hie artist 1* never *0 Inteeeatlns
„ |„ know the woman—or the man—
briilnd the artist.
As I waited In her drawlns room,
filled with aouvenlr* of a remarkable
life It seemed like a fairy etory to
think I waa really to sac the •world-
famous tr«*edlenne In the simplicity
nf home life—apart from all the trap
pings of alas* machinery-
I had Iteen told that Madame Bern
hardt was always the actress—edwaya
theatrical, under the moat ordinary
rendition*. But Ion* **o I learned
ho» the world makes mistakes (when
It does not wilfully lie) In Its aseertlona
concerning celebrated people: and how
easily It confound* Individuality with
eccentricity, and how the common
place mind falls to dlttlnculeh between
-the artistic and the "queer," the rare
nil the "odd."
Sarah Bernhardt's beautiful draw In*
room was a becomln* background for
her graceful figure as ah* came for-
»»rd to greet me.
She was of course, artistically
gowned In simple flowing robes suit
able to Uie noonday hour, and the
charm of the woman waa never more
potent than there at that moment, with
no stage accessories, no wig, no make
up—no role to play, save that of host
ess.
Her own hair was loosely knotted on
her head and hung straight and *ome-
what negligently about her forehead
and ears: very pretty aare, and a brow
remarkably free from lines.
In the clear unmerciful llrlit of high
noon the complexion of Sarah Bern
hardt (who telle the world she la slxty-
was smooth an.l fair
and full of the tones of health—a com
plexion any woman of twenty-nve
might be happy to possess. Her fea
ture* were noticeable for their dell-
eate molding and their mobility of ex
pression. and the direct glance of Iter
eyee waa peculiarly young.
Under the eyes only. In the whole
face, waa there a suggestion of fa
tigue—that slight shadow which often
Is more attractive than otherwise In
the countenance of a woman of tem
perament, showing that ahe has lived,
and that she Is not a mere flgure of
wax or marble.
When I thought of the tremendous
nervous strain, the high tension, under
which Sarah Bernhardt had tolled for
almost half a century to attain her
present attitude aa a great artist, and
of the physical fatigue Imposed by Con
tinual travel, rehearsals and varied
productions of emotional plays, 1 felt
as If I were gaalng upon the wonder
of the age.
Nothing more "homey” or domestic
could he Imagined than the breakfast
room, with Its windows racing tbs Bou
levard—and Madame Bernhardt at tho
head of tha table, aun-ounded with her
family—all save her son, who waa In
Italy.
The daughter-in-law and two grand,
dauahtera seemed to give tho "Dlvtno
Sarah" a greater devotion even than
that which Is accorded her by adoring
Parle.
It Ie always a proof of a great char
acter where a man or woman Is an Idol
In th* family clrcl*.
A brilliant genlua may win the
narld'g applause, while he la a bad or
cruel or weak man at home'. BUJ a
really great soul It one who In th*
near and clear light of home ahlnas
with radiance.
"Madame Maurice,” aa I might desig
nate the daughter-in-law of Bernhardt,
Is almost as much of a phenomenon In
appearance aa her mother-in-law. An
extremely pretty, rather petite woman,
looking not a day over 25, she yet de
clared herself to be the mother of a
young girl evidently sixteen, who re
sembled her closely.
A younger daughter, ten yearn old. Is
a striking reproduction of Sarah Bern*
hard!. “No, she will never bo an
actress," Madame Bernhardt assured
me. "An artist, yes; but not an artist
of the stage world.”
Tet who can tell? Surely the child
has the face and tho palm of- genius,
and the world must yet hear from
her. , •
This child adores her grandmother,
and all through the breakfast hour
reaaaa and I left the little flaxen-
haired fairy kissing her grandmother’s
hand whllt ah* waved me a farewell.
Great devotion, admiration and re
spect war* shown the huataaa by each
one of bar household. Two Interesting
young women, who seemed to be mem-
bora of the family—maids of honor to
tho quoen of the dramatic world per
haps—ware lorluded In th* circle, and
hung with Interest an saclv word
dropped by the golden vole*.
Surely he who says Sarah Bernhardt
Is "always theatrical" has not seen her
In her own home.
Her new role of Saint Tharaae In
CMulla Mendee'a poetical drama Is a
* ‘ ' varaatlie genius.
there waa a pretty side play between
them—loving glances and stolen > ca-
Nothing more beautiful than the death
■cans In the last act was ever wit
nessed 00 any stage. Of all the many
death* this great actress has died, Ufo
last la chief. And In her nun's cos
tum* no critic (not even Alan Dale,
who loves to say that women look old)
could sac more than thirty years upon
bar face, or hear more In the tones of
her voice.
After I left Madame Bernhardt a
couplet cams to me aa follows:
Immortal youth, wed to Immortal a-t.
Tou charm the vision and you please
the heart.
Then I tried to turn It Into French
verse, and In two abort llnea made alx
mistake# In grammatical construction,
so a critic fold Me, and thereupon de
cided to-leave poetry to French poets.
While Sarah Bernhardt takes scien
tific care of her person and uses skill
to keep herself young In appearance,
yet there Is another great underlying
cause of her youthful appearance. It la
her ever active mentality and her con
tinual food of new thoughts, new ambl.
lions, new purposes, new achievements
In the world of art.
Hhe never allow* her mind to waar
ruts In her countenance, Hhe never
permits herself to become bored with
life, weary Of-work .or phlegmatic in
emotion. Hhe keeps herself alive, ex
pectant, determined.
Were we to look up the playmates of
her youth, who have lived monotonous
lives In remote places, we would And
Ihem old woman with worn fares and
shapeless forma, believing In age and
decrepitude. Sarah Bernhardt has be
lieved In youth. In beauty. In work. In
progress. In art. So now at S'; she hua
more beauty than ahe had at 2fl. and al.
most as much youth.
Let her life of activity and achieve
ment he a lesson of encouragement to
every woman. Not all have ganlus, but
all ran read, study, think and open the
mind to new- knowledge, new power,
new beauty, as years go by.
That same afternoon I visited the
studio of Joae Charmoy, th* sculptor.
He Is only 34, ami he weighs scarcely
120 pounds, but his work Is cotossel
both In alxe and scope, and Ita power la
almost upranny.
Parle critics stand speech leas before
this slander lad's bold genius. His
Zola, his Baudetalse, hla Renan, his
Beethoven are all masterpieces: and
hla Edgar Poe (originally designed for
Baltimore, but the groat dr* caused the
order to be countermanded) Is strik
ingly original In conception.
This young artist was bom on tha
Island of Maurice, and there were no
conditions or environments to suggest
an art career.
When he expressed hla desire to be
come an artist and began to modal and
drew his family violently opposed him.
He was urged to study law or medicine,
and hla insistence and perseverance In
the direction of art caused a near rela
tive to rut hie acquaintance -such la
the obstinacy ~ and ~ blindness at the
commonplace mind!
And with all this opposition and all
this lack of art Influence In bla sur
roundings, young Jdse baa reached an
astonishing eminence In hla chosen ca
reer at the early age of If.
It seams one more direct Instance of
the reincarnation of an old soul In a
young body.
There la Juat one thin* to tear re-'
gardlng Joae Charmoy, and that la tha
danger of exhausted vital fore** before
he reaches the senlth nf hla powers. H*
works at high pressure and works-al
ways, and hla Intena* pallor and fragtl*
body Indicate the need of moderation
and relaxation.
Perhaps because be Is an old sout
ane who In a past life was hindered
from the accomplishment of hie deal re*
—he is hurrying now to finish th* laved
tasks In hla morning hour*. Who
knows?
iinnMMaa**e»«M«iH*MM>wOMtt
BELOW THE STAIRS
By F. M. Hueffer
ISSfWS*
I N THE SUDDEN OPACITY that fell
iijMin the two men rhnptuan ww nb»>-
luit'lv nothing. Before the niunleroti*
wrath of the man who hnd l»et*u. teu
miniiti w before, hhi friend, he had. In *1‘
UHMiitMit «»f ten**® tnepiratlon, noticed the
•■ttvirJ.' dwiirh near th© door, ttretched out
the lone -hooting gallery, the white target,
hid frb'ii.rn vivid, tuitofu! fnco with the
hfarv nniRinrhe. The light Imd tjeen oo
mi.i nut It ntlll neemed to pms upon hla
tin* ilnrknent wnt now no thick thut
it *» ••mill to hare blotted out hie rery
T'-n minute* Iwfore Chnpman b«d been *
rath.r •■.•imnonplflcc mou—with n delicate
intru'i., if yon will, to carry on—but, feel-
!n* li!iiim'If perfectly ordinary—with the
n»n«*ii.iiMicwi of hnvlnjt enten hit booty
p-l <11 ntier, and nf bnrlng happily digested
If—with the fomu'InuwtieM that In n ohort
iidk' nine ho would go to bed and sleep
•ril. ami timt If he had betrayed the mau
*hli whom bo waa now Idly killing tluie
u.. tniuftn, he wnn at iMtt nhdlncov-
rttNt. niut would noon extricate htmneif
•rwui tlm iiichm by n prudent flight- Now he
•'"•*•!. with hln Anger On the twitch. In
v: m.mi itarknenn. a convicted villain,
lu i» rii ..r hit very life,
. "hi not believe it: ht could not be-
hop unit if was a villain tny more thnn
>•- '"uhl bciifve thnt In a moment he might
1- t i» r might bare taken a life. ^
li.- -i.wii |M>rfectly ■till; with * *ort of
■ hinting found, nnd suddenly he faenrd
the tlnlent. Indiftlngulnhnbln nonnd from
the center of the dnrknena. Mode had
caught hln nervoua hint; ho waa crouching
there In the darkneaa. There waa no kuo*>
lug where be waa: perhapa be had apruug
awlftly to one aide when the light had
K ne out: perhapa he waa allll atoudlng by
• cartridge table.
A henry irritability, a aenae of axaapart-
tlon. Invaded blm. It teemed abominable,
that nt that Juncture he muat worry him-
■elf about what he waa to do. He want
ed to be quiet—It were, to have time
to arrange dIp affalra. at leant in hit head.
It occurrnd to him that he ought to lie
paying prayera. becaune ha waa going to
die. lie waa going to be cut olf In the
mldft of mortal tin—and unrepentant. For
-and It teemed odd to btro-be waa not
port ted at the folly which ha<r led nlm to
ao Imbecilely betray btmaclf to the man
he had-hut he could not put It that he had
moat worried thnt he did not feel a
of moral baaeuexa.
What really troubled hlui waa tha atro-
dona aelf-confldence that led to the dla-
cloture, fie had alwaya been aelf confident!
kirn. Hode alwaya forelKMllng. They had
nerar even written any lettera-^except the
one In which, worn out with hla plead
ing. after meaning to aeparnte forever, aho
had written to him: "Oomc to me: I can
not live without you." For tome rettoii
that ha coaid not fathom, agaluat hla (let
ter Judgment, he bad never burned that let
ter. But. to be aure of It, he bad alwaya
carried It about with him. And that very
altnply with bla handkerchief Into hla
cufT.
Helf-confidence! Madneaa! He had de
cided t month ago that be muat "break
off the Intrigue." Ha had told Mra. Hode
that they must part. They ware to have
parted In a week, he to go to tho Can-
caaua.
Huddenly Into the darkneaa-thore blared
at him tho iiuoMion: "What will ahe do
■owl" For be would be—not goue to the
Caucaaup—but irrevocably away. In unend
ing darknes*.
It aecma fo him to be andednty botrf
ble that lie can do nothlug better for hef
—that the muat pant the rent of bar day*
with him lrr«m»cah|y under ground—Jum
aa at that moment he wn« umler ground,
and the, for above, no doubt, filled wltb
foara. For ahe had told him that every
wap to her an agouy or dread
did ahe feal —„
two men—were atlfl downatnlra. ahe dread
ed ahvnyp discovery, outcry, and
hall mentlonad hla determination to go to
the Caucasus—Hode had talked n good deal
about "Ella." A mentally tranquil peraon
thing of routine. He bad lived aevan years
with hla Klla without observing her more
tbnu to know that abe liked an orcaatonal
preaeut of flowers, and thought that one
ought to rest for aa 1»our after lunch. He
would no more have suspected her of
psychological vagaries than ho would have
expected hla wru to hurat Into an uncon
trollable fit of hysterics npou parade.
Bnt chamuan shrugged hla shoulders Im
patiently archest- memories, and It came
over him wltb a renewed snap of rage that
he waa there, beneath the ground. Impo
tent. and she waa upatalrs. agonised, dread
ing eiitgsure. And then for the first time
Ue realised that exposure had come. It had
come. When next llode pushed hla wlfle'a
dtmr open she would • • • Again he dar
ed uot think what would face her. II©
THE POOR FAIRY PRINCESS
By MARIETTA VON MARKVIC8
Hi*. r..i
*«MlW i
«tiiiiifd Ills breath between hla
h* sound pf bto breathing
...i* InviBible man that be felt
•larktmas an Indication of where he
i re wns In front of him a picture
!iu<b* must shoot him. Their boat
•nun uutl women wb« formed tb«*
ir *> tbero were long since In bed:
• nt* were In bed, too. The abootlug
' "* nt tho very bottom of the large
’’"•l chapman, at the end of a dull
ii i-. imd decided to go down to the
ci *hoot off the match of fifty re-
'■ I'hnpmau, who waa to tet off
•[ i* ;i< y with the revolver. Hode had
• ••• II I (lend Shot.
1 ' dared to move, Chapman would
k Idni for hla folly lu coming;
"•'IbIIiIc presence at teu paces
"f time seemed to past, lie
f to wonder what to do. lie
• U: he would flash light Into!
would have hla revolver lev-1
"iher hnnd, Hode waa always
"Hup. lie could not tell, too.
nerve was not destroyed; at
‘"•nt he was not quivering nt
••••'cr could tell how you
Hdng or how It would affect
' n * he to do? If he fired at
kh» hit llode. but If he missed
he firing would give Hode an
I N THE OLOAMINO she ant at the
open window of her lonely room, rest
ing her golden-haired, tired bend In
her little hand, whole aJJent tears al
most without her knowing it fell from bar
b Tho°rwin wpp full of 8oweri. and there
were fiowera lu the garden out aide—no w era
everywhere where she could find place for
them, for she loved flowers more than any
thing else in this world. v .
The last mall had brought her a lettar,
which ,hc w«« still boMInx In hc' han'l
The Moalmarh ahowed that It “"'ijf?™®
from Prague nud the addreaa was or\tten
In a flriu, strong hand on expcnxlrc Chines*
paper.
How clear and logical were 'he «mtent.
ot tb* latter, and allll her poor h«nl waa
not able t» undaratnnd them.
"You demand the troth, andI 1 tar* triad
im-a*lf—I do not luxe you. Marianne, Yon
ore lx-Hutlf.il and toeaW more than mo,t
women: I «wtrd«te !« r »td«J«.
f"youreetf I admire .'''ur .wee eh.-erfnl
spirit, hut I do not love yon, Mnrlaun*.
w2*n' which b me lie* htu/ I* rjTbSoVr
nnd tblVat. th- *arl.l yet*
KneelV tie- that I have l.e*n foree.1 In
ilfr5h.“tThMe r IS>'l " t'rtil..°.lr- y .X
h *nV tr'tnn-'um'h he right
wrong, but whai aUaU
egottMtP. *nd * d ' **"""* rrt
to cnll me
II men nrc
Mtirinnnc; j
anti I 1
future
i»t 1 hut feeling come up In .....
. «„uid Interfere with my work
ml.MlouB when 1 dreaut of the
•'» ngnln to think of what
was itll doe t«v his Invarl-j
j ii-e. Mr,. i| (M jf*-|t was mid •
f his Intimacy with her, that
jjlnue the llode* hnd come
dlfornla, he had alwnys
Mr* Ilnd^Mra. Ui*le-
frightfully timorous. Hhe*
"*"d; she hml nlways dreaded
Gu- most obscure places,
'-•'iiwb-h. in Chiswick or »t
Ami he had nlwnv*
' ,l 'lv. fur who of thalr act
' - nwitb, lu Cklawlek ot a.' *
f '*! r flolentljr determined to ■
!"• .felt n fierce hatred St
I'liapuiaii. died,
•.i *-..fiiii v.utr photograph, which I have
1 , r,l , 1 ,V I .-An set* you gening
no right "• (“;«* ' ur h(uu tun fiusblng
aSS'-.g.!, Ve"d these line. I shall-punish
Impplm—. nn.l my
foritct. )
7l..Tre* (" ^eVc'a.d '•rtm
aslda and did not hesitate to tall bar In
actions piatnter than words that ha did
uot care for bar carcases. He laughed
which
At last ahe never tried to Approach him.
and It seemed to her at If all feeling had
djad within her heart as she t>eut her bead
In resignation to the Inevitable.
Than cam* days of misfortune and Bor
row, and aim bora them better ami with far
more courage than ha. when be, for po
litical reasons, wits sent to prteon. only to
leave hla cell for banishment. Now ahe
ho|*od once more to win hla lova and hla
E itefulaets. She should have known him
Iter.
The relations lietwaen them became avan
worse thnn before. lie grew more nud
more Indifferent nnd cruel. Then, oue after
tha other, the cblldreu died, and. at laat,
when she found out thnt her huabam! de
ceived her. thnt be had never, lit fact,
been faithful to her, she told him to let hla
mistress tnke her place, and left; him to
make her own way In the world.
Hhe ha«1 never learned anything which
could enable her to make her own living,
but alic thought that she could write, nud
after rears of disappointment ahe- suc
ceeded In iM'diinltic kuowu. sud her stories,
which were all uielniichol)'. ss had been her
own life, were much «>n*ht for by the
luagnslnc*. To gather material for her
stories nnd to exchange Idea* with aoiue-
body, she »>eg«n to correspond with nn mi
known and found real enjoyment In bid
letters, ns lie professed to flud lu her*. Ill
her first letter she lint! said sImiui herself
thnt she was old. almost crippled and al
together poor, ao thnt might lie finite
sure that If her correspondent lenrned to
cure for her If was for her* Intellect.
pile nlways signed herself. "Your Fairy
Prince UN." while In* algned his letters with
bla full name. Thus the whole winter
iiiiKAcd. and When sptlilg citutc |)r. Adolph
1 ** — * bla "Fairy
UK.
\|Mil.l'll VON MKN'tlKN."
'.i understand this letter yet.
IIH fu• simple. "I do »°t I”'**
Nothing could I- simpler,
i... u*4--I to suffering nuit sor
-i... fliii'iit eight long
imi' li older
.Marintine was winking or
Hhe was entirely token up
and spent her whole day.
iMMlk.
work
iiul even part
t Ip
iiiislnmd « J'" it*' 1 1
,,, ...,cd fo. ... - -
I. i \ oil. III though the
* ,i«yiirACiI (hit ,
the door.' llode ! tlls.t|'P**n
■till believing In ;
iig passion which
-mooting st.ir. ,
.it the ntglu. nt her desk, taking nn
stnnnl rest only to piny, for she was a imis
hlmintc lover of muni*-. If sin* felt tlrei)
In brnlu it ml hand, musk aecmetl to give
her non energy.
A few ilnys after Mater cam© a letter.
• Please let tile see you. If for one Hour
only. I feel llmt you cap make me luipp.r.
K«e tnustits 1 hate real a led the desixt' sud
have now asked yon to nteei. iue In>caii*c
v»u made that n condition when we In-gan
to ii*rres|***nd: but after rending your last
u. ’My Fairy I'rlnceaa.*
•nn uot In* er.:c enough
nud'I feel ll».i
»'r, 'lu*VM tile room alive. It
'*.»• f ' " ,1 '* thnt he should have
‘ be had baguu to la*-I
• -onger caretl for bar.
-^.1* "‘Oiigiit of how She would
; . | 'llPtrnce. a cold wave or
*• tU kLu. from hla forabasd I
'•* M * In kl« braath with
this
ilig the
bridge 1
hliu
irl tC’ could Hhe saw him i
oil her from ,11;
tn will him Iwlik bv
■Ho bill seen other
always pushed her
hnslmnd had l*ce« handsome of frofure
n walking fashion plate, earwd not bins for
Iwsntv. A few years ohler than ahe. he
swuke the feeling of lov« lu bar heart
which ahe had thought dand forevar. Flrat
abe loved him os a brother, than more thnn
a -friond. and nt last a day came when aha
felt lu her heart that ana could not be
hnppy without blm.
They did uot aaa each other too often.
He waa working on a large legal work
which waa to make blm famous. Some
times he waa cold and distant, at other
time* full of lase; navar tha aauie.
that they could never be anything but good
com rude*.
"Dear Doctor." aha wrote In one of her
Utters. "J hope that yon have forgotten my
bad liehavlor of yesterday. I*et os always
remain gotnl comrades; tat aa aaa each other
once or twice n week and be together aa
long ns we iMith enjoy It. I*et ua forget
that you are a man and 1 a woman, and bo
tuy friend In the true aeaae of tha word.
I need your advise all the time and beg
you to tell me always what yon thluk of
writings without fear of hdrtlug my ft
Inga. Mt us make op again.
"YOUR FAIRY PRINCESS.
She tried to keep down her strong feelings
and tried to nvotd lielng alone with blm In
her room. Him no longer allowed him to
taka her arm when they walked through
the alleut woods, but still be moat have
Iteen blind If he should aot have teen her
real finding.
"Dear Prince**." came a latter from him.
"Have 1 offended you In any wayt Yeater-
her hesrt weut nut to him In spite of her
struggle and still ahe wrote nlm: "No.
comrade, do not expect that anything
warmor thnn friendship shall ever exist be
tween ua."
One evening Marianne was sitting ut the
Window which opeurd Into a garden, eujoy
ing th© beuntlful moonlight and the fra
grance of the roars outside. It waa Sun
day and the family wltb whom abe lived
bad
out.
Then she heard the gate open. Hurrying
steps mine up the garden path and before
know It he whs kneeling liefore her.
told her that he could not live without
and asked her to Ids wife,
i* sjMvke to lier with' Ids deep earnest
» tier
id she lUte
ept.
If lit n dremn
n l*elng who really
> did not Answer, but »h -
klaec4| hts foreheml nud his eyes, which
she thought wen* re idly hotvutlful lu this
ad
"fly dear Fairy Princess." he wbtspercil
quite.
"You wrote «»»• Unit you bad to *»> to
Prague for « few days.' ahe said quietly,
"nnd I thought, ('omrnde Adolph, that yiiu
Imd alreiuly gone. Before ; give you mi
answer, tty your owu heart once more If
I ahull mu c more content to become u
wife I must Iw aure of you; I muat know
that voor heart Iwata for me «aly. ami I
demand faithfulness. Do you love uie ao
much thnt you cau anertflea something fov
Do uot aay any more, my maud.
DID THE CALIFORNIA QUAKE
ORIGINATE IN THE BEHRING SEA
loll
EHTION that will probably lie
ug debated among geologists, and
ttint possesses a keen Interest for the
* * people of flan Kranclaco and tha Pa
cific const In general. Is whether the hew
atram bclt hlng taland throat tm from the
bottom of Bering aaa colncldentij with the
occurrence of the flan Francisco earthquake
had auy casual connection with that earth-
S nake or uot. J«at kow dose the wind-
euce waa In time b*tween the birth nf
the new volcanic Island and the shock,
2,00b miles away, can not bs told, because
nobmly happened to aee the prcdlalous mass
of smoking and steaming lava at the mo
ment of Ita eautgenee front the ao*. ft
seems to hare come to the aorfare and to
have attained an elevation of several huu-
dre«l feet without causing any great dls-
turbiiiu-e. except In Ita Immedbite nelghlMir-
hood But the water la deep around It.
and the ImaglaatkHi Is atlrred at the
thought nf the Immense power that must
have acted Iwnsatb the sea Imttom lu order
to elevate an vast a weight. All the might
lest engines In the world coupled together
could not have lifted a thousandth part of
It n single foot.
Tip- strongest argument adduced In supv
port of the view that there waa a connec
tion between the uptbrustlng of this Island
sud the California earthquake Is. perhaps.
moat kill 1 Indi*. If# -aaaat—kttt
That would mean an eternity _
torture. He waa anra ot that Btr
hla ear* then he caught a steady, i
‘ It seemed to coma straight
rtwpTng
uhl rem4
_ r _ i there i.
long table. Hode could not be that*. ___
he might have crept beneath tha tahla.
hXippoalng that he himself ttravl six shots,
ring hla arm rapidly tn a circle? Bat
ra.‘
would pass over hla **•««*.
lie conceived the atrategem of •crouching
•* R v “ t he meat
him, aa he Imaj
the altnatloa.
should be dot
of the twitch, which gave
■fined, a certain coutroTet
What should he do? What
felt that It waa Indtspeaaable
should have time to r — *
out some excuse for l
It waa utter folly. __
have come down Into the gallery with
rlooe to the new (aland. Moreover, thta
rift waa greatest and th* effects of thd
earthquake were moat vlolant where It en
tered tha aaa In Mendocino county. Two
hundred miles la about one-tenth of tha
distance separating Ran Francisco fromthe
•cent of the outbreak In Bering aea. T“ *
a crack In tbo earth's ernat of so area
length might b* formed la possible, but
absence of concurrent disturbance* In the
aea or along the eoaat between California
and Alaska seems to oppoee the auppoal
tlon. T’poa the whole, the evidence thu_
far obtained favors the view that the si
multaneous occurrence of th# two erei
waa a coincidence But another curb
coincidence muat be added la the eruption
of Vesuvius, which happened eo aaurt a
time l»efore the destruction of Ran Francis
co. The truth, no doubt. Is that all three
of these great outbreaka of auhtemmeau
f4»rces. aa well aa the Valparaiso garth-
quake later In the summer, sere doe to a
common oansa. For reasons not yet clearly
discriminated the earth baa paroxysms nf
Internal disturbance during which regloaa
separated by thousands of miles may lie
simultaneously affected.
Another reason for thinking that the out
break lu Bering sen was not the enaao of
the enrtluinake Ie that aeveral time# l»e
fore new islands have been thrust up near
the same spot without any disturbance be
ing felt on the California coast.
ear the truth from Prague,
lie klss4>«l her once uiotv a
ib«* bud united days, weeks nnd mouths,
nd hu bad not written, until today, the
letter came:
unut the truth, t have tried my
do not lov* you."
Dr. Adolph Von um^n had. In Prague,
forgottimi all bla amlililoiis plans for the
fillure. J,»Min. the lieautlful dnnecr at the
lt**vuI o|m rs house, had enticed him nwuy.
ud the Image of Marl mine had paled In
U heart
Falter Princess: It was the laat
you
to lie happy.
Freaks Not Included.
"How many senses has man?"
"Heven."
"Nn. 1 mean an ordinary nran— n»t
Hherbx'k Hnlmea."—Cleveland Preaa.
John D.'a Defender.
"Defend John D. Rockefeller If you
wish, but I claim hla methods nt lehat
are not refined."
"Of course they are. How could an
oil men'a be otherwise?"—Cleveland
Press. .
Tha Vindiefltion af Man.
"Your buffet luncheon the other dqy
was simply perfect, Mrs. Rushby. I
never enjoyed anything more—every*
thing ao dnlnty and delicious. Your
cook la a Jewel."
"Oh. the cook had nothing to do with
It. It was prepared by a Mr. Schmel-
xenhetmer. one of George's friends down
town."—Cleveland I*rena.
No Muck Raker.
"Gentleman named Jones down in
the office wants to aee you/' aatd the
bell boy.
"All right. Show him up."
"Bhow- him up! IVyou think I’m a
magaxlne writer?"—Cleveland Presa.
Tee fluflflestive.
From The Cleveland Presa.
"Bounder and hla chorus girl wife
can't agree on a place to live."
"What's the trestle?"
"Bounder wants to live In tho out
skirts, and she saya that w*ou!d contin
ually remind her of her IU* on the
aia*“V
41/. He ought new to
-onie uow —
Mato.
On* or (h* molrm had l**k*d* Itttio-
U* knurklr had Imd Mack«Md—h* h*d
pullad oat hi* hxndk-rrhlrf from hi* cuff
and h*r l*tt*r-th* ou* IMt.r—hid bm
l*rh*d out right «m to th* rrrr foot *f h.r
hualmnd. Thr groat hold wrlllng, the **■
ml*uk*hl* hi** p*P*r with tb* rad ernt—
tb* ward,: -Um t* id*. 1 e*o not Hr*
without /a*.''
ID acre h*r h* tnu»t *hoo( Hod*. Th*
word* h* r*p*«t*d to himarir, tor ho room
not touirto* btmavtf raannittod to that »*•
tlon. It wnn nil. Mill. Ilk* * (area. It w
on!/ * wild Idiot iik* Hod* who coaM 1
i *n/ longer." The basil
ntsa affairs ef
go up q
would nint* till Ih* morning.
■ I wt* nn Idlntlr ntrnlr. If 0*1/ h* con id
k. he would h* kid* tn pro,* thlt to
*p**l
lio.ll
:od*. Bnt b* dnr*d not nponk.
_js*"&**a
missed!" The gallery was vlslbla; the taw.
ed wltb rase above the white shirt front*
sitting nn the floor, gating hard at him.
The gallery remained light Uke that Be
thought: "Oor! b.11 not punishedt I shall
bavs her!" lie could uot naderatsua why.
If he did aot ease foe her aay longer, ha
should rare to aare her. "I moat love her,
hr thought. He had never qalte believed
that hr loved her. "Bnt now I moat firs,"
hr as Id, aad l»e wondered what wa* love.
All three thoughts passed through hla
brain while Colonel Node's bullet was tT
ellng toward hla forehead. Then he felt
naln, and tbonght: "la tkla punishment of
|tove or repent a nee • • • ?" and the
r<U formed themarlvaa again and again
PH his brain grew Idle, reprotlng the last
thought a indefinitely. And because the laat
thing that hla eyes saw wat the lltlle tar
get In the light of the Plate! trash, ao ha
continued to are the whitened wall, the
target and light. • - ^
h * • ' • •’
Colonel Hode, atlff from hla crouching,
staggered a little Sa he made, hts way to
the awltrh. Hr tnrurd <hi ttu* warm light,
took thr andlarhxrged pistol from the dead
iiian's fingers, aaa dropped his own to th*
floor, hrctaimmu** sbv. n- went
I upstairs, pushed hl« wife * ito4»r npcs, sud
muttered "Good night." and went Into his
owu room. When he bed rmraved his cost
and waistcoat, he rrmemie-red that he hml
left on the tabtr hla owu paper hearing
the weeds: **l ran not bear this strata auy
longer." lie went downstairs to the galleirr
again, aad' with « iu»rrb carefully basasd
ilwr. UU lira x»i*f *1 t»«