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“Initials Only” * By Anna Katherine Green I
A Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern 'limes
(Copyright. 1911, Street A- Smith (
(Copyright, 1911, by Dodd. Mead X- Co )
TODAY’S INSTALLMENT.
There was sidcnco. Mr. Dur.n thus
addressed attempted no answer; not for
a full minute. The two men were meas
uring each other—(George felt that he did
not count at al! and they were quite
too much occupied with this task to
heed the passage of time To George,
who knew little, if* anything, of what
this silent struggle meant to either, it
seemed that the detective stood no show
before this Samson of physical strength
and Intellectual power, backed by a pls
told just within reach of his hand. But
as George continued io look and saw the
figure of the smaller man grUdualh di
late, while that of the larger, the more
.potent and the better guarded, gave tin
mistakable signs of secret wavering, he
slowly changed hls mind and. ranging
himself with the detective waited for the
word or words which should explain this
situation and render intelligible the
triumph gradually becoming visible in ti e
young detective's eyes
But he was not destined to have J, is cu
riosity satisfied so fat He migm wit
ness and hear, but it was long before he
understood.
“Brotherson?” repeated their host,
after the silence had lasted io the break
ing point. "Why do you call me that?"
"Because it is your name."
“You called me Dunn a minute ago."
"That is true
"Why Dunn if Brotherson Is my
name?”
"Because you spoke under the name of
Dunn at the meeting tonight, and If I do
not mistake that is the name bj which
you are known here."
"And you? B' what name are you
known?”
"It is late to ask isn’t it? But I'm
willing to speak it now and I might not
have been so a little earlier in our con
versation. I am Detective Sweetwater, of
the <ew York department of police, and
my errand here is a very simple one.
Some letters signed by you have been
found among the papers of the lady whose
mysterious death . .. i •. ,m tn Is
just now occupying the attention of the
New York authorities. If you have nny
. information to give which w ill in any way
. explain that death, your presence will
be welcome a : Coroner Henth’a office
.in X'ew York. It you have not. your
presence will still he welcome At all
events. I was told to bring > on. You will
be on hand to accompany me in the morn
ing, I am quite sure, pardoning the un
conventional means I hate .to make
sure of my man?"
The humor with which this was said
seemed to rob it of anything like attack,
and Mr. Brotherson. as wo shall hereafter
call him. smiled with an odd accep ance
of the same, as he responded:
"I will go before the police certainly.
I haven't much to tell, hut what I have
is at their service It will not help you,
but I have no secrets Whitt are you do
ing?”
He bounded toward Sweetwater, who
had simply stepped to the window, lifted
the shade and looked across at the oppos
ing tenement
"I wanted to see If- it was still snow
Ing." explained the detective, with »
smile, which seemed to strike the other
like a blow "If it was ~ l.lwuty, please
pardon it.”
Mr. Brotherson drew id. The co’d all
of self-posses- on wl' ■ i: ',e now a-senud.
presented such a contrast to the unwar
ranted heat of the moment before that
George wondered greatly over it, and
later, when he recapitulated to me the
whole story of this night. It w..s this in
cident of the lifted shade, together with
the emotion it had caused, which he ac
knowledged as being for him the most
■ inexplicable event of the evening and the
one he was most anxious to hear ex
plained
As this ends out eoniue.ion with this
affair. 1 will bid you nit personal fare
well. I have often wished that circtim-
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stances had mail? it possible for me to
accompany you through (he remaining in
tricacies of this remarkable case.
But you will not lack a suitable guide.
A Difference of Opinion.
\t an early hour Ihe next morning.
Sweetwater stood before the rort>ne»*'s
I desk, urging a plea he feared to hear re
fused. He wished to be present "hi the .
> Interview soon to be held with Mr Broth- :
era on, and he had no good reason io ad- I
vance why such a privilege should be al- !
lotted him
li r not curiosity,” said he ’’There’s 1
a question I hope to see settled I can’t '
communicate it you would laugh ai me;
but it's an important one, a very Imnor
tant one, and I beg that you will le; me
ait in one of Hie corners arid Jjear wha.
he says I won’t bother and 111 be ven
still, so still that he'll hardly notice me.
Do grant me this* favor, sir.”
The coroner, who iiad had some Irlib.
experience with H is m; n, surveyed him
with a smile less fort»iddlng than the poor
fellow expected.
’’You seem to lay great store by it.”
*»R d he. “if you want to sort those papers *
over there, you may.”
"Thank you. I don’t understand the •
| Job. but I promise you not tn increase
I the contusion If I do. if I rattle the
j lea cs too loudly. 11 will mean. 'Press him
further on this exari point.’ but I doubt if
I rattle them, sir No such luck.”
The last three words were uttered 4btlo
voce, but the coroner heard him, and fol
lowed his ungainlj’ figure with a glance of
some curiosity, as he settled himself ai
the desk on the other side of the room.
'ls the man ' he began, but ai this
moment the man entered, and Dr. Heath
forgot the young detective, in his inter
est in I tie new arrival
Neither dressed with the elegance
known to the habitues of the Clermont,
nor yet in the workman** outfit in which
he had thought best to appear before the
Associated Brotherhood, the newcomer
advanc'd, with an aspect of nprn re*po« •
whi'h c< ”ld not fail to n ake a favorable
impression upon Hie (‘ritual eye of the
official awaiting him So favorable, in
deed. was this impression that that gen
tleman half rose, infusing a little more
c<uisi(i» ’-ation in’o his greeting than he
was accustomed to show to his prospect
ive witnesses a fearless eye he
had M**ld<>m encountered, nor was it often '
his pleas .re io confront so conspicuous a ,
'specimen of physical and Intellectual
1 manhood.
"Mr Hrotl.erson. I believe." said he. as
’he moiioiwtl his visitor to alt.
"Thai is my name, sir." \
"< u lando Hrotberson
"The same, sir.”
"I’m glad we have mad* no mistake.”
mniled the doctor. "Mr Brotherson. 1
ha.c sent for you under the supposition
; that you were a friend of the unhappy
, i< dy lately dead at the Hotel Clermont ”
"Miss Chailoner?"
"Certainly; Miss Chailoner.”
"i knew’ the lady But ” hete the
speaker’s eve took on a look as question
. 1 ing as that of his interlocutor—“but in a
[ | way ;■» lievoid of all publicity that I van
not but feel surprised that the fact should
i be known."
At this, the listening Sweetwater hoped
1 | that Dr Heath would ignore the sugges
tion thus conveyed ami decline the ex-
■ planation it apparently demanded. But
the moi ession made by the gentleman’s
! good looks had been too strong for this
coroner’s proverbial caution, and, handing
1 over the slip of a note which had been
1 found ixnotig Miss Challoner's effects by
I ’.her father, he quietls asked
>1 Do you recognize the signature?"
I "Yes, it is miye.”
i! "Then you acknowledge yourself the
‘author of these lines’.”
Most certainly Have I not said that
» this is my signature ’"
"Do you remember the words of this
note Mr. Brotherson?"
"Huidlj I recollect its tenor, but not
> the exact words.”
"Head them."
Tn Br Continued in Next Issue.
vt The Ten Ages of Beauty * n». Dora gm
ii‘ . m t' lift
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This picture, by Nell Brinkley, is reproduced bs permission from Good Housekeeping Magazine
for September, and accompanies an article by Octave I’zanne. entitled
“The Story of Furs and Muffs.”
Bv MARGARET HUBBARD
AYER
UtHAT would have happened if
' Dora. David Copperfield’s
child-wife, had lived to grow
i old?
Would she ever have learned to man
age her household, her husband and
babies, or would she have been eternal
-1 ly Inefficient, childish and irresponsi
ble .’
The Dora girl will always be a type
. of feminine beauty which many men
will, find bewitching, for, the very help
lessness of her makes an instant ap
peal to the masculine sense of protec
tion.
There she is locking out of the win
t dow , waiting for HIM to come home.
Perhaps he is late, detained by busi
ness, or perhaps he lias gotten into
some foolish scrape and doesn't want
to bring his troubles home, because his
child-wife is unequal to the burden of
sharing them with him.
Possible they bad a quarrel in the
morning before he left Something went
wrong in the household, something that
she could have and now she
looks out of the window witli her ten
der little heart wrung in an agony of
self-reproach for the Dora girl always
reproaches herself when it is too late.
Her experiences leave no impression on
her. and she gets no further in life's
school, despite the hard lessons she has
to master.
She is either light-hearted and sun-
Do You Know—
A question as to the validity of a
marriage which look place recently in
Colombo, Ceylon, has arisen. The bride
and bridegroom played a rather un
usual practical Joke at the ceremony,
for the former dressed up as the bride,
groom and the latter masqueraded in
the woman's clothes, and the ceremony
w«s quite through before the two peo
ple concerned were identified.
A Socialist boot manufacturer of
Paris, who has Just retired from the
business afle making a large fortune
lias presented the factory anti good will
to Ills employees, to be carried on by
them as a copartnership concern
Among the Alps there are several
postoffices at a height of 6.000 feet or
7.000 feet. One letter box. from which
the postman makes four collections
call.', is nearly 10,000 feet above the sea
level.
At St. Petersburg there is a clod
with 95 faces It toils tin time of lh<
das ai 30 different places in the wot Id.
and the movement of the earth and
other p unets.
Policemen anil firemen in San Fran
cisco have Been ordered to do a twelve
nille walk once a week in order to check
a tendency to corpulency
There were thirteen deaths from ac-
I • ii?»ni« by fir or explosion in the man
I ufacture of explosives in Great Britai
I last year. •
I ny or in deepest despair of her ow n
I shortcomings. But generally she is in
| capable of helping herself out of her
i troubles or of finding the key to her
I misfortunes.
When the Dora girt makes a success
I of life, though, she has done more than
the ordinary girl would be capable of,
for she has had to triumph over herself,
over her weak and clinging nature, over
her childish feelings, and general in
competency. The strong character can
hardly understand her trials c I her
little childish temptations. It is only
DANGER MARK
NOW PASSED
In Condition of Mrs. Hibbs,
According to Advices
From Morton’s Gap
Mortons Gap. K-y. —"I was taken
sick, and confined to my room and bed
most of the time, for ten months,"
writes Mrs. Louise E. Hibbs, of this
place.
■I had ulcers and then a tumor. The
second xloctor who treated me said the
last chance was an operation, to remove
the tumor, and when the third doctor
was’ called in. he told me it was se
rious and that jt was doubtful if I
w ould recover.
"I couldn’t consent to the operation,
so 1 decided to try Cardui. When 1 had ,
taken two bottles 1 felt better In two
months 1 could go about and do light
housework. Now’ I feel well, and the
tumor is gone
“I do heartily recommend Cardui to
suffering women. I am sure it will
cure."
Cardui acts gently on the womanly
organs, and has a strengthening effect
on the entire womanly constitution For
over half a century Cardui has been
successfully used by jnany thousands
of women, for the numerous ailments
peculiar to their sex. also as a general
tonic, for building up their strength.
So if you suffer from any of the ail
ments so common to women, or if you
need a good tonic to build up your
strength—don't wait longer, but do as
they do—take Cardui. Begin today
It will surely help you, as it has so
many others.
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| the Dora woman who has succeeded
I who can show her the way.
| One—of these little Dora wives had
reached the brink of matrimonial un
happiness and her feet were already
trembling over the dark waters.
Her particular David had always
been the most devoted husband, until
lately, when he found his home occu
pied by a mother-in-law. a sister-in
law and various other relatives of his
w’ife. Dora had weakly allowed this
invasion of her home, and her kind'
heart could not bear the idea of saying
“no" to any of her kin. The conse
quence was that her husband’s home
no longer belonged to him, and being
a very uncomfortable place, he avoided
it as much as possible, and Dora looked
out of the window and watched for
him. until an older woman of her own
kind came and pointed out her failings.
"You'll have to choose." said the
older Dora, "w’hether it is worth while
sacrificing a perfectly good husband to
the whim of your own family. You
chose him, «and it is up to you to stick
to him. You have virtually given his
house away. His wife’s time no longer
belongs to him. so, naturally, he doesn’t
come back. If you prefer the others,
■go with them, but this is a house di
vided. which can not stand, and you
will be the loser."
And little Dora gathered up her cour
age and gave formal notice to her rela
tives that the house was David's, and
he would have to come first. They left
in high dudgeon, but happiness and Da
vid returned.
Up-to-Date Jokes
"Ah, Jack, old fellow! Haven’t seen
you since your wedding, two years ago
How goes matrimony?"
"Very well, thanks. But. Jove. it'S
j expensive comfort! The dressmaker
| alone. If I had known —”
"You would have remained single,
eli r
"No, no; but I would have married
the dressmaker."
Father (severely)—Mrs. Grille has
just been and told me you've broken
four panes of glass in the greenhouse.
Now. how d’d you do it?
Son (who has read about George
Washington•—Yes. father. 1 did it. I
can not lie.
Father- No. and you won't be able to
sit either when I've done with you!
Fetch tha* strap ai once!
♦
A little slim child was enjoying his
first glimpse of pastoral life. The set
ting sun was gilding the grass and
roses of the old-fashioned garden, and
on a little stool he sat beside the
farmer's wife, who was plucking a
chicken.
He watched the operation gravely
for some time. Then he spoke:
“Do you take off their clothes every
night, lady ?”
Proprietor—Get out of this! Don't
you see my sign. "No fishing on these
grounds?"
Fisherman- Yes. but I'm not fishing
on (.be grounds 1 only want to fish in
the water.
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
THE CLINGING VINE/
SO many vital questions come up
for discussion at the Making- Life
More Beautiful Club that Daysey
Mayme Appleton, its president, is.urg
ing that the most vital be sent to The
Hague for solution.
The story books say a man is "mas
terful.” but in real life the women hand
it to him without sugar by saying he
is “bossy.” And they handle him in
this careless, ungloved way in their de
eisions at the sessions of the Making
Life More Beautiful Club.
A recent decision covered the state
ment that It is better to go hungry
than to eat when cross.
"If our husbands,” the club members
decided, "adopted that plan, they would
starve to death.”
At a recent meeting, one woman said
she had been criticised unfavorably be
cause she so often went out of town.
"I go.” she said, "because the only time
my husband ever kisses me is when I
take a train.” Met with sighs from the
wives who still cherish Ideals, and by
snorts from those who don’t.
But the real excitement was caused
over an attempt to define the duties of
a wife whose husband’s ideal woman is
"The Clinging Vine."
I began with the testimony of a mili
tant wife, whose hair fairly stood out
on her head in resentment and anger.
"1 arise," she said, the willow plumes
on her hat standing up like the quills
of an angered porcupine, “at six in the
morning.”
”T get breakfast for a family of five:
Advice to the
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
THE OPPORTUNITY WILL COME.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am anxious to make the »e
--quaintance of a girl about a year
my junior. I have learned that she
does not speak to anybody without
a proper introduction, and I have
no one to introduce me to her.
YOURS IN ANXIETY.
The girl is right, and I am sure you
would respect her less if she spoke to
you without being introduced.
Be patient and wait, lam sure if the
girl is intended for you the opportunity
will come for knowing her. Os that be
sure.
KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
Some time ago I made the ac
quaintance of a charming young
lady. One evening I passed a re
mark referring tq her in a joking
manner, which she took as an in
sult. Having found out that I hurt
her feelings, I wrote her a letter of
apology, which she accepted. Now,
when 1 meet her, she seems very
distant toward me. I would like
to know how I can gain her af
fection back, as I now find that I
have fallen very deeply in love
with her. J. k.
Tell her you love her. Tell her fer
vently and often.
You are contrite for having offended.
Prove your contrition is sincere. Pay
her every attention; be kind, be cour
teous.! be agreeable. Be all that a lover
should be, and refuse to be discour
aged. A girl who is worth winning is
not always won easily.
WOULD IT BE FOR THE BEST?
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am eighteen years of age. and
have been keeping company w r ith a
girl of the same age for the past
six months, during which time we
quarreled twice. Each time she
came back and asked me to renew
friendship, but we had a slight dis
agreement about a month ago. and
she gave back the ring I gave her.
is there any way in which I could
win back her love, for I love her
very much, and I think she loves
me, for she has told me so?
JOHN M.
Do you wish to make up that you
may quarrel once more? It looks like
it, and that would be a foolish waste of
emotion and time. You say she “came
back" each time: if you really must
make up it is your turn to go to her and
beg pardon. I am sorry she has eaten
so often of humble pie without demand
ing that you eat your portion.
WHEN YOUR HAIR BRUSHES OUT
Your hair is as sensitive as your skin—
even more so. It stands up under heavy
hats, curling irons, and diseases of the
scalp, etc. But there is a limit.
When you comb and brush your hair in
the morning, watch for the “TRAILERS”
that turn grey, fall out, and comb out with
lie first morning brush.
A on MUST know that there’s something
prong. If your hair was in good health,
it wouldn t fall out, nature never intended
that. 1 here is something wrong at the root
of things the hair needs a tonie-a restorer,
hen you are sick you take medicine.
That is your first thought. Its turning grey,
tailing out, are both ways the hair has of
"complaining of illness.” It can’t do it
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dress the three children for school (j „
the cleaning, and get to n>v office ’
nine. ai
“I work there till five, and after I
get home at night I find time to
dinner, take care of my home, wait nr
my husband and children, and some
time, somewhere, during the week
routine I find time to wash, iron l, a k»
sew and mend.
”T earn more than my husband ar,l
have done more than he toward our
support since the day I married him
But I diave never complained.
“The* other evening," her voice so
quivered with indignation she had to
pause A sympathetic woman handed
her a drink, and, controlling her emo
tion. she resumed.
"The other evening we had the
preacher for supper, and my husband
told him that his ideal woman was the
Clinging Vine!"
Here she xnorted so violently that
the laces of her straight-front corset
began to pop like popcorn over a ho
blaze
"What I want to know i« this r at .
a woman support her family, and wash
and scrub and bake, and be a Clinging
Vine at the same time?"
A murmur of protest and sympathy
arose all over the hall. Seventeen worn,
en stood a.t once, and all began talking
g.t once. Daysey Mayme rapped for or
der in vain, and the meeting disbanded
in confusion.
However, ft seemed to be the gen
eral verdict that a woman to be a
Clinging Vine must have a husband
who supports her. She must also board,
and have no honseboM oarea of anv
kind
“Women can*t be a Clinging Vtae,’’
was the consensus of opinion, "If the
man she marries isn't strong enough to
cling to.”
Ho ranch Interest was aroused h was
decided to ask The Hague to lareatl-
Kate the wage-earning abCJtjr of any
man who says his Meal woman b a
Clinging Vina, Eltbsr he tnuat bo ea- ‘
pable of earning a goo 4 salaam co b*
compelled to change his MaaL
WOMEN, AVOID
OPERATIONS
Many Unsuccessful And
Worse Suffering Often Fol
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A Warning.
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long time. My phy
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several months with
out much relief and
at last sent me to
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home sufferingworse
than before. M y
mother advised me tn