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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 i**«s*a******a**a*a*< 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»«