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“Initials Only” By Anna Katherine Grene
A Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Times
(Copyright. 1911, Street * Smith)
(Copyright, 1911, by Dodd, Mead A Co )
TODAY’S INSTALLMENT
“I—l saw many things - Oh. many
things ” the girl proceeded with an ad
mirable mixture of suggestion and re
serve “That day and other days, too
She did not talk Oh. no she did not talk,
hut 1 saw—Oh. yes. I saw that she that
you—l’ll have to tay it. monsieur, that
you were trei bon amis after that week
tn
“Well?” His utterance of this word
was vigorous, but not tender “What are
you coming to? What can you lave to
show me In this connection that I will
believe tn for a moment
“1 have these —is monsieur certaine
that no one can hear? 1 wouldn’t have
anybody hear what 1 have to fell you for
the world for all the world
“No one can overhear
For the first time that day Sweetwa
ter breathed a full, deep breath This
assurance had sounded heartfelt “Bless
ings on her cunning young head She
thinks of everything
“You are unhappj You have thought
Miss Chailoner cold, that she had no
response for your ver* ardent passion.
Hut these words were uttered sotto
voce and with telling pauses “but
1 I know ver much heifer than
that She was ver proud She had
a right, she was no poor girl like me
but she spend hours—hours in writing
letters she nevaire send I saw one, just
once, for a leetie minute, while you could
breathe so short as that, and it began
with Cheri. or your English for that, and
it ended with words Oh, ver much like
these ’You ma> nevaire see these lines.’
which was ver interesting, veree so, and
made one want to see what she did with
letters she wrote and nevaire mail, so I
watch and look, and one day I see them
she had a leetle Ivors box Oh. ver nice,
ver pretty I thought It was Jewels she
kept locked up so tight But, non. non.
non It waa letters these letters I
heard them rattle, rattle, n<»t once but
many times. You believe, me. monsieur” ’
“I believe you to have taken every ad
vantage possible to spy upon your mis
tress 1 believe that, yes
“From Interest, monsieur, from great
interest
“Self-interest
“As monsieur pleases But it was
strange, ver strange for a grande dame
like that to write letters shells on
sheets and then not send them, nevaire
I dreamed of those letters I could not
help it. no. and when she died so quick
with no word for anv one. no word at all.
1 thought of those writings so secret, so
of the heart, and when no one noticed
or thought about this box. or or the ko.v
she kept shut tight, oh. always fight In
her leetle gold purse. I Monsieur, do \on
want to see those letters”” asked the girl,
with a gulp Evidently his appearance
frightened her - or had her acting reached
this point of extreme finish” “I had
nevaire the chance to put them back.
And and they belong to monsieur ’l'hev
are his —all his and so beautiful' Ah.
Just like poetry.”
“I don’t consider them mine I haven’t
a particle <»f confidence in you or in your
story You are a thief self-convicted, or
you’re an agent of the police whose mo
tives I neither understand not care to in
vestigate. 'lake up your bag and go I
haven’t a cent’s worth of Interest In Its
contents ’’
She started to her feet Sweetwater
heard her chair grate on the painted door,
as she pushed It back in rising The
brother rose too. but more calmly Broth
erson did not stir Sweetwater felt bls
hopes rapldlv living down down into
ashes, when suddenly her voice broke
forth In pants
“ Xnd Marie said everybodv said that
you loved our gnat lady. that you. of
the people, common, common, working
with the hands, living with men and
women wot king w ith the hands, that you
had soul, sentiment what you will of the
good and the great, and that you would
give your eves for her words, si tines, si
spirituelles. so like des vers de poetc
False! falsi'! all false’ She was an angel
You ate read that!” she vehementh
broke in. opening her bag and whisking
a paper down before him "Bead- and
understand mv proud and loveiv lady
She did right to die. You are hard
bard You would have killed hrr if she
had not-
’S lence. woman’ I will read nothing”’
cause hissing from the strong man’s teeth,
set m almost ungovernable anger ’Take
back this h tei a- \ou call it. and leave
nn room
“Ne.vane! You will not read” But you
shall, you shall Behold another! • me,
two. three four ’ Madly, they flew from
her hand Madl.v she continued her vi
tuperative attack Heast! beast! That
she should pour out bet innocent heart to
you. you! I do not want vour money.
Monsieur of the common strict of the
•ommon bouse It would h* dirt Pierre,
it would be dirt. \h. bah’ |e m’oublle
tout a fait Pierre. II est bete II refuse
ie les toucher Mais II fa it qu’ll les
touche, si je les lalsse <ur Ie plancher
Va-t’en’ Je me moque de hr. Canaille!
L’homme du people, tout a fnh du peo
ple!”
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through the hall. accompanied b\ the
slower and heavier tread of the so called
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brother, then silence, and such silence
that Sweetwater fancied he could catch
the sound of Brotheraon’s heavy breath
ing His own was silenced to a gasp
What a treasure of a girl! How natural
her indignation! What an instinct she
showed and what comprehension! This
high and mighty handling of a most dif
ficult situation and a most difficult man.
had imposed on Brotherson, hud almost
Imposed upon himself. Those letters so
beautiful, so spirltuelle! Yet, the odds
were that she had never read them, much
less abstracted them. The minx! the
ready, resourceful, wily, daring minx!
But had she imposed on Brotherson?
As the silence continued. Sweetwater
began to doubt. He understood quite well
the importance of his neighbor's first
movement. Were he to t*ar those letters
into shreds! He might be thus tempted.
All depended on tie strength of his pres
ent mood and the teal nature of the secret
which lay burled In his heart.
Was that heart as flinty as it seemed?
Was there no place for doubt or even for
curiosity, in its impenetrable depths'*
Seemingly, he had not moved foot or hand
since his unwelcome visitors had left.
He was doubtless still staring at the
scattered sheets lying before him; possi
bly battling with unaccustomed impulses;
possibly weighing deeds and consequences
in those slow moving scales of his in
which no man could cast a weight with
any certainly how far its even balance
would be disturbed
There was a sound as of settling coal.
Only at night would one expect to hear
so slight a sound as that In a tenement
full of noisy children But the moment
chanced to be propitious, and it not only
attracted the attention of Sweetwater on
his side of the wall, but It struck the ear
of Brotherson also. With an ejaculation
as bitter as it was impatient, he roused
himself and gathered up the letters
Sweetwater could hear the successive
rustlings as he bundled them up In his
hand. Then came another silence then
the lifting of a stove lid.
Sweetwater had not been wrong in his
secret apprehension. Ills Identification
with his unimpressionable neighbor's
mood had shown him what to expect.
These letters these innocent and pre
cious outpourings of a rare and womanly
soul the only conceivable open sesame to
the hard-locked nature he found himself
pitted against, would soon be resolved
into a vanishing puff of smoke
But the lid wa< thrust back, and the ■
letters remained in hand. Mortal strength
has its limits Even Brotherson could
not shut down that lid on words which !
might have been meant for him, harshly]
as he had repelled the Idea.
The pause which followed told little, j
but when Sweetwater heard the man
within move with iharaeterlsti< energy to!
the door, turn the key and step back j
again to his place at the table, he knew
that the danger moment had passed and
that those letters were about to be read
not casually, but seriously, as indeed
their contents merited.
Ibis caused SwoetW’nter to feel serious I
himself. I'pon what result might he
calculate? What would happen to this]
hardy soul, when the fact he so scorn 1
fully repudiated was borne in upon him. !
and he saw that the disdain which had i
antagonized him was a mere device a
cloak to hide the secret heart of love |
and tager womanly devotion” Her death
little ns Brotherson would believe It up
until now had been his personal* loss
the greatest which can befall a man
W hen he came to see this when the mod
est fervor of her unusual nature began
to dawn upon him hi these self-revela
tions. would the result be remorse, or Just
the deadening and final extinction ot
whatever tenderness hr may have re
tained for her rnemorv "
Impossible to tell. The balance of prob
ability hung even Sweetwater recognized
this, and clung, breathless, to his loop
bob’ bain would he have seen, as well
as heard
Mr Brotherson read the first letter
standing As it soon became public prop
erty I will give it here. Just as It after
wards appeared In the columns of the
greedy journals
Beloved
When 1 sit. as I often do. in perfect
• inlet under the stars, and dream that
you are looking at them too, not for hours
as I do, but for one full moment in
w'hlch vour thoughts are with me as
wholly as mine are with you, I feel that
the bond between us, unseen by the
world, and posslblv not wholly recognized
by ourselves is Instinct with the same
power which links together the eterni
t les*
“It seeniH to have always been; to
have known no l>eginnlr>K. only a buil
tlltig an ••frioteM I'ti. e, the visible product
of a hidden but alwats present reality. A
month hko an.l 1 was Ignorant, even, of
your name. Now you seem the best
known to me. the best understood, of
God s creatures < >ne afternoon of per
fect eompanligiahlp one flash of strong
emotion, with Its deep, true Insight into
each others soul, and the miracle was
wrought We had met. and henceforth
putting would mean separation only. and
not the severing of a mutual bond l>n«
hand, and one only, could do that now
I will not name htat hand. Eor us there
is nought ahead but life
' Thus do 1 ease my heart in the si
lence which conditions Impose upon us
Some day I shall beat your voice again,
and then "
The paper dropped from the leader s
hand It was several minutes before he
j took up another
j This one as it happened antedated the I
other, as will appear on leading It
I My Erlend
I said that I could not write to you
I that we must wait You were w illing:
. but there is much to be accomplished.
I I ar.l the silence may be long My father
Jls not an easy man to pJease. but he !
'desires my happiness and will listen to
| i'i' plea when the right hour comes
'Wien you have won your place when
you have shown yourself to be the man I
, tet I you to be then nty father will recog-
( nire your worth and the way will be
.chared, despite the obstacles which now
'intervene
But. meantime' Ah, you will not
J know it. but words will rise the heart
ilmuat And utterance What the Jtp can
I I not utter nor the looks reveal, these
, i paces shall hold m sacred trust fur you
mill the day when my fathei will place
iI mv liamt In y our- with heartfelt ap-
I proval
To Be Continued in Next Issue
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Beauty and Youth
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Fortunate she whom Youth caresses and in whose ear he whispers: “I will De yours so long.’
Up-to-Date Jokes
For a number of years a bitter feud
existed between the Browns and the
Perkinses, next door neighbors. The
trouble had originated through the
depredations of Brown’s eat. and had
grown so fierce an affair that neither
party ever dreamed of 'making up."
One day. however. Brown, sent by Ills
servant a peace-making note for Mr.
Perkins, which read:
"Mr Brown sends his compliments
to Mr Perkins and begs to say his old
cat died this morning."
Mr Perkins' written reply was bit
ter:
"Mr Perkins is sorry to hear of Mr.
Brown's trouble, but he had not heard
that Mrs. Brown was ill."
A rather seedy-looking man hurried
excitedly from the rear carriage into
the one ahead
"Has any one got any whisky?" he
shrilly Inquired "A lady back there
has fainted."
Half a dozen flasks were offered in
stantly Seizing one. he looked at it
critically, uncorked it. mt it to his lips,
and took a long lingering pull.
"Ah'" lie exclaimed with gusto. "I
feel better now Seeing a woman faint'
always did upset me."
A parts of traveling men in a hotel
were one day boasting of the business
done by their respective firms, when
me of the travelers said
"No house In the country. I am proud
to say. has more men or women push
ing its line of goods than mine."
"What do you sell'.'" he was asked
"Baby carriages!" he shouted, as he
tied from the room
Newspaper Proprietor (angrily.
What did you mean by telling the man
who asked if there was money in
mushrooms that there would lie more
money for him in toadstools"
Editor of the "Question and An
swer Department " (with an air of one
who knows he is in the right, Be
cause sir. I looked up the man in the
directory, and found he was an under
taker
Nagg r ■ Lkman’s imsiiiv.' s re
minds me of f’ha .toll's daughter '
Jagg In what way?"
Nagg Didn't she draw a prophet
out of the water""
What is that dog barking at "" asked
a fop. whoso boots were more polished
than ids ld«'<s.
"Why," »<.ld a bystnndet. "he sees
another puppy in your b>ots "
I see .lack Hansom was married the
other dax Io Miss Rli hlex '
V■ - snd f was x erx sot rv io -c< it."
"S.nrx " Fot he, sake or his?"
"For mine I wanted her."
Association. By Nell Brinkley
Advice to the
Lovelorn
/?v Beatrice I ■'airfax.
ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
1 have called on a young lady for
t a short time and find that I now
love her. She has another young
man calling on her and has virtu
i ally promised to marry him. She
shows me quite a bit of favor and
says that she cares quite a bit for
me. How do you think I could win
her from the other chap, or do you
think it would be useles to try ?
I ANXIOUS.
You have a light to try. Be sure
I that you use only the most honorable
means, and never say a disparaging
word of your rival. Just leave him out
of the question. If you love her. tell
her so. Give her a chance to choose
between you. If the decision is against
you. accept it like a man. If you can’t
have her love, her friendship and re
spect will mean a great deal to you.
DON'T DO IT.
' Dear Miss Fairfax
I am a young girl and deeply in
love with a young man one year
; my senior. We've been going to
i get her for ten months. Occaslonal
i ly we would quarrel, but it never
amounted to much. For some rea
i son or other he has become tjngry.
Several people have asked him the
reason, but he refuses to tell. Do
you think I ought to write and ask
. him to explain his peculiar actions?
PERPLEXED.
If you offended, apologize. But if he
is sulking without reason, don't eat
humble t ie when it is not your turn.
Just let him alone. A lover who is
coaxed back never stays long One
xvho returns voluntarily is too ashamed
of himself and too much afraid he w ill
" not be forgiven to ever stray again
PUT AWAY THE PAST.
Dear Miss Fan fax
I am a widow, having lost my
husband font years ago I am in
love with another man whom I
know to be honest and true and
who can give me a good home. H*
has asked me to many him and I
' have accepted Now. when he gives
me my engagement ring shall I re
move my previous one to another
finger, and w hat shall 1 do with tny
wedding ring on our wedding dav?
CONSTANT READER
No man likes to be reminded when
he gives a woman engagement and
wedding rings that she has worn them
for some other man. Put away every
reminder of the past You owe th s
much to the man who is to be your
husband.
Do You Know—
It 1s stated in a volume of the census
report, just issued, that if the total
population of England and Wales at the
last census, 36.070.402, was distributed
at equal intervals over the whole sur
face of the country, a distance of 76
yards would separate each individual
from his nearest neighbor. in 1901
this interval was 80 yards. In 1891 85
yards, in 1881 90 yards and In 1871 96
yards. In 1801 it was 153 yards
Considering that it Is 200 years old.
or even more, a tortoise belonging to
the Duke of Beaufort has shown a re
markable amount of energy. It was
missed on July 14 from the duke’s for
est of Wentwood, near Chepstow, Mon
mouthshire, and has just been found at
Newport, in the same county. The tor
toise had walked to the outskirts of
Newport, eight or nine miles, and had
been picked up and carried into the
town.
The steward of a Chicago hotel has
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In dry air sound travels 1.442 feet a
second, in water 4.900 feet and through
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'Poor Love!” said Life, “thou hast nor
gold,
Nor lands, nor other store, I ween;
Thy very shelter from the cold
Is oft but lowly built and mean.”
“Nay: Though of rushes be my bed.
Yet am I rich,” Love said.
—Princess Troubetzkoy.
Y° u think we will be happy
| J when we have so little
money?” a girl asked me re
cently, looking up from a "Hope Box”
filled with dainty little bridal attire
she had made herself.
Every article in the box had been
bought with a mind fixed on economy;
every stitch had been taken with the
happy seamstress - brain busied with
methods and plans for pretty effects
that are obtained by outlay of labor in
stead of by outlay of money.
My dear girl,” I replied, “no one is so
rtch as those who love and are loved.
You are showing inappreciation of love
if you call yourself poor.”
She folded away the contents of the
box in white tissue paper, putting
sweet-scented pads between, and smil
ing so happily to herself while doing it
that I wished I had the genius of a
painter.
Hold Love Fast.
"Hold fast to your love.” I said, “and
told fast to your faith in the man who
loves you. Nothing else counts.”
“Nothing else counts." I wish every
girl who scorns a love that "hast not
gold, nor lands, nor other store." could
realize that no Love, be it ever so poor,
comes empty-handed.
For if Love's hands contain nothing
else, they hold Happiness, and what is
wealth without that?
I have seen girls who think that the
only joy in life lies in being able to
decorate one’s self like a Christmas
tree, turn up their little powdered
noses in scorn at the thought of a poor
man’s love.
They would sell their hearts for a
ribbon. They find, when the bargain is
made, that they have also sold their
souls.
No woman can marry a man solely
for his money and remain a good wom
an. She may violate no moral or so
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I have heard women argue that mar
riage 'to riches gives the woman a
broader opportunity of doing good. She
has a purse that knows no bottom
when appeals are made to her for char,
ity.
A husbands wealth. they claim,
gives the wife a greater influence. She
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Is not hampered by the restriction? 0 » I
poverty. She is not limited hv t j m . I
She never says: "I would if 1 cou’,’"' I
Life has placed her where she I
say: "I will."
But women do not marry wealth c, H
the opportunity it affords for h<-: r .' n? I
others. Every woman who marries 4 I
riches is obsessed with one th.>. !jr h t ‘ I
and that is to help herself. ■
And no woman, be her heart v. ■ |
broad, and her purse ever so dee,,. h ail I
helped others as much as the \i Oman ■
who loved a poor man and married |
him. and went on loving him. for g ho ■
Justifies by Her Happiness Every ■
Claim Love Makes.
She keeps alive the faith of others t n ■
their fellow beings. Her happiness re. H
stores failing hope. Her confident f n I
the man she loves brings renewed r,-, n . I
fidence to ail who know her. ■
She 1s an example. There imver ■
a woman who married solely that <d lP I
might have wealth who did not 1, 1
a warning.
Vt e may look at Love through the
cold eye of prudence; we ma,, s, ~r n I
him because his arrows are not gold. I
tipped: we may see only the t ■
climb in the road on which he heck- I
ons: we may do this and more, hr w » I
can't deny that Happiness trav, - ■
him. ■
“Yet am I rich,” Love said. ■
PINION OPINION.
Mr. Dresser—Your ha: looks v»- v E
well with that wing In it ■
Mrs. Dresser—Yes, hut it wmi’d ■
better with two wings in It.
Mr. Dresser—Oh. that's merely a ■
matter of pit.ton. E
HIS ALL.
Kindleigh—So poor Littleton '• a” H
he had to the Children's Home [i ; ■
he have much ? K
Sourleigh—Eight small boys ar,.; ■
three little girls. ■
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Compound. a woman's reined' Dr B
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