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THE GEORGIAN'S MAGAZINE PAGE “Initials Only” By Anna Katherine Green .4 Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Times (Copyright, 1911, Street & Smith.) (Copyright. 1911, by Dodd, Mead & Co.) TODAY’S INSTALLMENT. • Excuse me. I had rather not. I am aware that they were bitter and should b ,, ti e cause of great regret. I was angry when I wrote them." •'That is evident. But the cause of your anger is not so clear, Mr. Brother ion. Miss Chailoner was a woman of j,,ftv character, or such was the univer sal opinion of her friends* What could ihe have done to a gentleman like your self w draw forth such a tirade?” •'You ask that?” ■I am obliged to. There is mystery surrounding her death—the kind of mys tery which demands perfect frankness on the part of al! who were near her on that evening, or whose relations to her were in any way peculiar. You acknowledge that your friendship was of such a guard f.i nature that it surprised You greatly In hear it recognized. Yet you could write her a letter of this nature. Why?" • Because —” the word camo glibly; but ihe next one was long in following. '‘Be cause.” he repeated, letting the fire of some strong feeling disturb for a moment his .lignified reserve, “I offered myself to )liss Chailoner, and she dismissed me with great disdain.” ■•Ah! and so you thought a threat was due her?” "A threat?” These words contain a threat, do they not?" “They may. I was hardly master of myhelf at the time. 1 may have, ex pressed myself in an unfortunate man ner." "Head the words. Mr. Brotherson. 1 really must insist that you do so.” There was no hesitancy now. Rising, he leaned over the table and read the few words the other had spread out for his perusal. Then he slowly rose to his full height, as he answered, with some slight display of compunction: "1 remember it perfectly now. It is not a letter to be proud of. 1 hope—” "Pray finish, Mr. Brotherson.” "That you are not seeking to establish a connection between this letter and her violent death?" “Letters of this sort are often very mischievous, Mr. Brotherson. The harsh ness with which this is written might easily arouse emotions of a most un happ) nature in the breast of a woman as sensitive as Miss Challoner.” "Pardon me. Dr. Heath; I can not flat ter myself so far. You overrate my in fluence with the lady you name.” "You believe, then, that she was sin cere in her rejection of your addresses?” A start, too slight to be noted by any i one but the watchful Sweetwater, slgowed that this question had gone home. But the self-poise and mentral control of this man were perfect, and in an instant he was facing the coroner again, with a dignity which gave no clew to the dis turbance into which his thought had just been thrown. Nor was this disturbance apparent in his tones when he made his reply: "I have never allowed myself to think otherwise. 1 have seen no reason why I should. The suggestion you would convey' by such a question is hardly welcome, l ow. I pray you to be careful in your judgment of such a woman's impulses. They often spring from sources not to be sounded even by her dearest friends.” Just; but how cold! Dr. Heath, eye ing him with admiration rather than sympathy, hesitated how to proceed; while Sweetwater, peering up from his -papers, sought in vain for some evidence of the bereaved lover in the impressive but wholly dispassionate figure of him who had just spoken. Had pride got the bet l“r . f his heart? Or had thar organ al v.aj.s beer, subordinate to the will in t'is man of instincts so varying that at < ir time lie impresed you simply as a ideal gentleman of leisure, at another as no more than a fiery agitator with powers absorbed by, if net limited to the Luise he advocated; and again- and this /fined the most contradictory of all- Z-ist the ardent inventor, living in a tene ?i lent, w ith Science for his goddess and ' work always under hfs hand? As the / 'ung detective weighed these posslbili ’ es and marveled over the contradictions H'cy offered, he forgot the papers now ly ing quit , under his hand. He was too interested to remember his own part something which could not often be said <: Sweetwater. Meantime, the coroner had collected s thoughts. With an apology for the ' 'tremely personal nature of his inquiry. " asked Mr., Brotherson if he would ob it to giving him some further details acquaintanceship with Miss Chal ner; where he tlrst met her and under •' at circumstances their friendship had •• 'eloped. Yot at all.'’ was the ready reply. "I •■'e nothing to conceal in the matter. I wish that her father was present Remove the Cause SCIENTISTS have proven that diseases of the blood, stomach, bowels, kid neys and nerves are caused by germs, minute living organisms that enter into your system through the water you drink, the food you eat, and the air you breathe. DR. KING’S Royal Germetuer Known as the Germ Destroyer was produced by an expert after an exhaustive study of 15 years in an effort to find a perfect cure for all germ diseases. GERMETUER builds up the tissues of the body —purifies the blood, and aids to perfect health. It’s a safe family remedy. On sale at all druggists’ or by ELLIS-EILLYBECK DRUG CO. MEMPHIS, TENN. that he might listen to the recital of my acquaintanceship with his daughter. He might possibly understand her better and regard with more leniency the presump tion into which I was led by my ig norance of the pride inherent in great families.” ) < ur wish can very easily be grati fied. returned the official, pressing an electric button oil his desk. "Mr. Chal loner is In the adjoining room.” Then, as the door communicating with the room he had mentioned swung ajar and stood so. Dr. Heath added, without apparent censciousnes of the dramatic character of this episode, “You will not need to raise your voice beyond its natural pitch. He can hear perfectly from where he sits.' “Thank you. I am glad to speak in his presence,” came in undisturbed self possession from this not easily surprised witness. “I shall relate the facts exactly as they occurred, adding nothing and con cealing nothing. If I mistook rny posi tion. or Miss Chailoner's position, it is not for me to apologize. I never hid my business from her, nor the moderate ex tent of my fortune. If she knew Yne at all. -he knew me for what 1 am; a man of the people who glories in work and who has risen by it to' a position some what unique in this city. I feel no lack of equality even with such a woman as Miss Challoner.” A most unnecessary preamble, no doubt, and of doubtful efficacy in smoothing his way to a correct understanding with the deeply bereaved father. But he looked so handsome as he thus asserted him self and made so much of his inches and the noble poise of his head-—though cold •>f eye and always cold of manner—-that those who saw, as well as heard him, for gave this display of egotism in consid eration of its honesty and the dignity it Imparted to his person. I first met Miss Challoner in the Berk shires. he began, after a moment of quiet listening for any possible sound from the other room. “I had been on the tramp, and had stopped at one of the great hotels for a seven days' rest. I will acknowledge that I chose this spot at the instigation of a relative who knew my tastes and how perfectly they might be gratified there. That I should mingle with the guests may not have been in his thought, any more than it was In mine at the beginning of my stay. The panorama of beauty spread out before me on every side was sufficient in itself for my enjoy ment, and might have continued so to the end if my attention had not been very forcibly drawn on one memorable morn ing to a young lady Miss Challoner —by the vfry earnest look she gave me as I was crossing the office from one versinda to another. I must insist on this look, even if it shock the delicacy of my lis teners. for without the interest ft awak ened in me. I might not have noticed the blush with which she turned aside to join her friends on the veranda. It was an overwhelming blush which could not have sprung from any slight embarrass ment, and, though I hate the preten sions of those egotists who see in a woman's smile more than it by right con vels, I could not help being moved by this display of feeling in one so gifted with eevry grace and attribute of the perfect woman. With less caution than I usually display, I approached the desk where she had been standing, and, meeting the eyes of the clerk, asked the young lady's name. He gave it, and waited for me to express the surprise he expected it to evoke. But I felt none and showed none. Other feelings seized me. I had heard of this gracious woman from many sources, in my life among the suffering masses of New Y’ork, and now that I had seen her and found her to be not only my ideal of personal loveliness but seemingly approachable and not uninterested in my self, I allowed my fancy to soar and my heart to become touched. A fact which the clerk now confided to me naturally deepened the impression. Miss Challoner had seen my name in the guest-book and asked to have me pointed out to her. Perhaps she had heard my name spoken in the same quarter where I had heard hers. We have never exchanged confi dences on the subject, and I can not say. I can only give you my reason for the interest I felt in Miss Challoner and why 1 forgot, in the glamour of this episode, the aims and purposes of a not unambi tious life 'nd the distance which the world and the so-called aristocratic class put between a woman of her wealth and standing and a simple worker like myself. “1 must be pardoned. She had smiled upon me once, and she smiled again. Days before we were formally presented, I caught her softened look turned my way, as we passed each other in hall or corridor. )Ve were friends, or so it ap peared to me, before ever a word passed between us, and when fortune favored us and we were duly introduced, our minds met in a strange sympathy which made this one Interview a memorable one to me. Unhappily, as I then considered it, this was my last day at the hotel, and our conversation. Interrupted frequently by passing acquaintances, was never re sumed. 1 exchanged a few words with her byway of good-by but nothing more. I came to Nev, York, and she remained in Lenox. A month after and she too name to New York.” To Be Continued in Next Issue Beauty Secrets of Footlight Favorites How to Have and Keep Pretty Eyes By MARTHA WELLINGTON. I IF the new baby has nice eyes, the | family predict that it will be ai beauty, and a good pair of eyes is the only claim that many famous wom en have to real pulchritude. With our subways, our electric light, our constant use of the eye's in reading magazines and papers everywhere and at all times, I often wonder whether our great-grandchildren won't be born with spectacles, and 1 rather think they will unless we learn how to avoid eye strain. When you think of what a tremendous amount of work is required of Ore I eyee, and how wonderfully they re spond, you feel that they are really de serving of better treatment than that which they get. I am sure that the vast amount of electric light which we use is to some extent responsible for the gaunt and hollow eyes which even the younger so ciety women can not escape after a couple of seasons, for electric light is not only much harder on the eyes, but it is much more unbecoming than the soft glow of the lamps or candles of our forefathers. On the other hand, of course, if it is properly focused, it saves the sight, for the strain of seeing an object iir a poor light is tremendous, and is one of the reasons why so many people have to wear glasses at a very early age. Children begin at school to read and study by a poor light, for not all of the schools have adequate lighting as yet. but parents are even more at fault, for ! the child does its home work as best it can. and by any light that will serve, so that it gets the idea very early in ■ life that the eye will stand for any 1 kind of treatment. A Test. If you want to know what a strain electric light is on the eyes, stand be hind the footlights in the spotlight. 1 That is the place which so many stage aspirants hope to attain, and most of them would be willing to sacrifice their good sight to get there. ! I believe in taking care of my eyes, and if the time ever comes when the spotlight glows for me alone I shall be able to face it with strong eyes at least. I have made up a lot of rules for my self, and I try to follow them as well as I can. In the first place, I never read in a rocking chair; the movement ' of the rocker requires a constant re adjustment of the sight, and it is a strain on the eyes. I never read in bed, either, even if . the light falls straight on the book and not in my eyes, because this is one of 1 the surest ways 6f straining the sight. ' I rest my eyes when traveling, and ; even in thaecars I avoid reading if pos , sible. i Os course, when one is up late at ; night the eyee invariably show it, and ■ I try and relieve them by bathing them 1 with a little salt and water. I always have an eye cup, which must be washed ' out thoroughly before it is used, as it . should be absolutely clean. Into this I cup 1 pour the salt water, which should ■ be about as salty as tears, or the ocean. ' I hold the cup firmly to my eye so the water can not escape,.put my head back and open my eyes. This is not only very refreshing, but it Cleans the eyes out, removes every particle of dust that may have gotten in them and is ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN « » b v B ea i„ ce F a ,Gx ASK HIM TO CALL. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am eighteen, ami very much in love with a young man one year my senior. I have known him for eight months, but in that time I have only spoken to him about a. dozen times, and only on business matters. L. C. It is your privilege to ask him to call, and I would advise you to con sider him more carefully before you let your heart get away from you. A man may be an angel in an ac quaintance that consists of half a dozen business talks, whose angelic characteristics would not survive a closer relationship; and 1 beg of you, don’t let him know that you entertain more than a passing interest. THEN SEE NO MORE OF HIM. Dear Miss' Fairfax: I am a stenographer of seven teen. and have known for the last fourteen months a young salesman two years my senior, and love him very dearly. He in turn is always nice to me when alone, but when in company he acts toward me as if he does not ear • for me in the least* and flirts with other girls and always tries to make me jealous, because he knows well enough that I care for him. Sometimes I just think I hate him for that reason, and then again he talks to me in a nice way, and we make up. This has been going on for quite a long time, and I am getting sick at heart. The more I see of him the more 1 care for him, although 1 know he is mean and is not worth my love. S. B, You are making a serious blunder in letting your heart run off with your better judgment. Don’t see him any more. You will be surprised how quickly you will forget him. And your peace of mind will more than compensate you for the few heart pangs it will cost to give him up. HE SHOULDN’T, BUT HE DOES. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am engaged to a young man. I am sorry now. He really isn’t a man, This man has no more con ception of the cost of living than a child. He had not thought of the future at all —only love. He is only making a small salary and.saves MISS MARTHA WELLINGTON. (One of the Ziegfeld's beauties in “The Winsome Widow” Company.) one of the best ways to keep the eyes bright and clear. Sometimes when 1 am very tired and my eyes show it, as they always do at once. I get a basin of ice water with a little bit of perfume atided to it. Then I take a small bit of the ice. wrap it in a piece of soft linen and rub the skin utider the eye and just over it will; ths ice. You have to rub very quickly, ana don’t leave the ice on too long in any one place. It is likely to bo quite sting ing. After you have done this for a lit tle while, treating both eyes, rub on a little cream, or, better still, buttermilk if you can get it, and pinch the skin around the eyes until it becorwes quite red. I think this treatment will take away tnose dark circles under the eyes, and will also relieve puffiness, which is so unpleasant and disfiguring. Relieving the Strain. Sometimes when the eyes are very tired you can make them feel better by pinching the muscles along the eye brow; this Seems to relieve the strain for some reason or other, and especially if you can get same one else to do it, is quite an excellent thing. I nevci wear veils with great big dots or figures which interfere with thq sight, because I think they are respon sible for much of the eye troubles of women. very little (two or three hundred a year). Now that we are engaged he is very small about things. He has always been more or less cheap, but I didn't mind, but now it rubs the wrong way. Should a man of this type and no higher ambi tions gain the love of a girl who has always been used to everv- ' Do You Know—- Twelve million gallon* of beer are annually consumed in Italy. As many as 442 rocks and shoals were discovered last year on th> high seas. A piece of camphor burnt over a candle will effectually drive away winged pests. There are more than ten and a half million women above the age of 21 in England and Wales. The -precise weight of an English ounce was fixed by Heni’j 111. who de-'j creed that it should weigh 640 grains of dry wheat. A strange custom prevails among the Indians of Alaska. When a difference arises between two of them and a friendly settlement seems impossible, one of them threatens the other with , dishonor. He executes his threat by tearing up a certain number of his own blankets. The only way his antagonist can get even with him is by tearing up a greater' ntim'oe of his dWn. The one ' who destroys the most blankets is re- ■ garded as having won the fight. The postotTice department of th< United States is, according to Mr. Has- i kin, by far the largest postal instltu- I tion in the world. Its 300,000 employees j handle more than 15,000,000,000 "pieces! of mail" each year, which is one-third of the aggiegate postal business of ail : the civilized nations. The American postoftice handles more than 800,000 i lettets every hour of the 24 every day I in the year; it issues and redeems daily , more than 250,000 money orders, it reg- ' inters dully more than 115,000 letters and parcels, and it handles thousands of tons of second and third and fourth- ! class matter every hour. When I go automobiling or to the seashore, I wear large colored goggles; they may be disfiguring, but I'd rathet be disfigured with them for a few hours .han suffer from the effects of wind and the stronger reflection of sunlight on the sand. I also carry a parasol lined with green, and try to keep rny com plexion in such shape that I can stand the green color. That is a great test, you know. If you look well under a green parasol, or under a green awning through which the light is reflected, you don’t have to worry about your skin, for few people come out of this trying ordeal without appearing to be frights of the first water. Ami, speaking of green, don't let any cne ever persuade you to wear anything of that shade, when you are going on an ocean trip. I think people who are sea sick ought to dress In pink; that is real ly the only becoming color for that woe-begone condition. But, of course, if you traveled dressed in pink, people would think you were crazy, whereas you would only be try ing to spare your fellow creatures the painful sight cf the seasick pers >n dressed in a garment of the saim color, For that reason, I don’t like green veils at the seashore, though I know they aw the be-t for the eyes; gray and btown are almost equally good, and much more effective. flb thing of a refined nature witii ex travagant taste? disappointed. A man of the nature you describe should not ask any woman to marry him. But men like him marry every day. With the opinion you entertain of him, you are doing both him and your self an injustice by marrying him. If you marry him, disliking him in the way you do. you can not claim to be any better than he is. A TOPICAL FABLE. The (’hinese empire, now in a state of chaos, is, according to Mr. Jan C. Hannah, little more than a gigantic bit of bluff. It looks very big and terrible, but in reality it is all outward show, and the g. »at empire if: at the mere.' t ,f Its first determined oppo nent. In his bock on "Eastern Asia,” Mr. Hannah compares it to the donkey in the ancient fable. A monkey, the fable runs, was cap tured by' a tiger. "'th. spare me!" cried the monkey, i"! am thin and my flesh does not taste good. But. I know where there j is a fine, fat donkey.” I The tiger consented to spare the monkey's life on condition that he lead him to where the donkey was tied. When the donkey saw them coming lie was terribly frightened, but he ; tried to appear calm and bawled In a masterful tone: "Monkey, you used to bring me two tig rs. 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And by that I mean an effort to do one's best, and, when that best fails, to recognize the failure as the very best thing that could have happened. I want them to know that everything is for the best. I want them, when they desire sunshine, to know that rain was more needed or it wouldn't have rained. I want them to realize, when all their little plans go awry, it means their plans were not for the best. I want them to feel, when today’s hopes are shattered, that it is better It happened today than If it happened to morrow. I want them to know that it means a valuable experience, that will go far toward making tomorrow's efforts sue-, cessful. When the young women who read this were litt'e girls thev sobbed wildly over a broken doll. A few years later they shed tears because it rained on a picnic. The tears onlv made the de pression and saturation worse, and didn't scatter a cloud, but they shed them, nevertheless. If they have not learned that it is as futile to complain of the more serious troubles of later years, they have spent all their time with their eyes off the book. If they were still in school and had been as slow in learning how to do a sum, they would be sent to the foot of the class in disgrace. Pride is what keeps many a pupil at the head of her class. The same kind of pride should be ap plied to learning the lessons of later years, “I have learned.” a girl should be able to say, “that complaining does no good whatever, and, therefore. I never complain.” Complaints of circumstances, envi ronments, unkind friends and cooled off lovers never accomplish any changes. The thing to do is to go right ahead, doing what one knows is right, and then let it rain or shine. What mat ters? If sunshine, all the better. If rain, “then rain’s my choice,” and the spirit of meeting it bravely gets»one through it quicker and with less dam age. 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