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THE GEOBQIAWS MAGAZME PAGE
‘‘lnitials Only” By Anna Katherine Grene
A Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Tinies
• Copyright. 1911. Street * Smith )
(Copyright, 1911, by Dodd. Mead & Co )
TODAY’S INSTALLMENT.
“I—T saw many things—Oh, man?
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 I saw—Oh. yes. 1 saw tha’ she -that
you—l’ll have to say ft. monsieur, that
you were tres bon amis after that week
1n I-enox
' Well?” His utterance of thia word
was vigorous, but hot tender “Whai are
you coming to? What can you have to
show me In this connection that I will
believe in for a moment ’ '
“I have these—is monsleyi <er tame
that no one can hear? 1 wouldn’t have
anybody hear what I have to fell you for
the world for all the world
“No one ran overhear
For the first time that da> Sweet ws
ter breathed a full, deep breath 'Phis
assurance had sounded heartfelt Bless
ings on her cunning young head She
thinks of everything
“You are unhappy You have thought
Miss Challoner cold, that she had no
response for \ our ver’ ardent passion.
But ’ words were uttered totto
voce and with tell ng pauses “but
I I know—ver much better than
that She was ver’ proud She had
a right, she was no poor girl like ifie
but she spend hours —hours in writing
letters she nevaire send I saw one. just
one*. for a leetle minute, while you could
bret the short hs that; an<l it began
with (’heri. or your English for that, and
it ended with words oh. ver much like
these. ‘You ma nevaire see lines.’
which was \ei interesting verec so and
made one want to see what she did with
letters she wrote and nevaire mail, so I
watch and !• ok. and one da> I see them.
She had a leetle ivory bnx <>h. ver nh'e.
ver prettj I thought it was jewels she
kept locked up so tight But, non. non.
non It was letters these letters I
heft’d them rattle, rattle, not once hut
ntan.v times You believe, me, monsieur’’
“I believe \ou 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, vrr strange for a grande dame
like that to write letters sheets on
sheets and then not send them, nevaire
I di earned of those letters I could not
help ft. no. and when she died so quick
with no word for anv one. no word at all.
I thought of thofp writings so secret, so
of the heart, arid when no one noth cd
or thought about this box, or -or the key
she kept shut tight, oh, always tight in
her leetle gold purse. I Monsieur, do you
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 0 “I had
nevaire the chance to put them hack
And and they belong to monsieur They
are his—all hia—-and so beautiful! Ah.
jest like poetry.”
*1 don’t consider them mine I haven’t
a particle of confidence in you or in your
story. You are a thief self-convicted; or
you're an agent of th<* police whose mo
tives 1 neither understand nor care to in
vestigate Take 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 floor.
rs she pushed it back in rising The
broth, er rose too. but more calmly Broth
arson did not stir Sweetwatei felt his
hopes rapidly dying down down Into
ashes, when suddenly her voice broke
forth in rants
' Ind Marie said everybody aaid that
you loved our great lady . that you. of
the people, common, common, working
with the hands, living with men and
women working with the hands, that you
ha<i soul, sentiment what you will of the
good and tfte great, and that you would
give your eyes for her words, si fines, si
spirituelies, so like des vers de poete
False! false' all false' She wn« an angel
You are read that' she vehemently
broke in. opening her bag and whisking
a paper down before him “Read and
understand my proud and lovely lad>
She did right to die You are hard
hard You would have killed her if she
ha«i nut
S lence woman’ I will trad nothing'
came hissing from the strong man's teeth,
set in almos 1 ungovernable anger “Take
bac ' th s letter, as you - all it and leave
my room.'"
Nevaire’ You w 1 11 not read ' But you
shall, you shall Behold another' one,
i w ••. three, four' Madly they flew from
her hand Madly she continued her vi
tuperative attack Beast! beast' Thai
she should pour out her innocent heart to
you. you! 1 do not want your money.
Monsieur of the common s ieet, of the
•rnnmon house It would be dirt Pierre,
it would be dirt Xh. bah’ le nboublle
tout a fait. Pierre. II est bate II refuse
1e les touchei Mais ii faut qu’H les
touche, si it les laissp sut Ip plancher
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L'homme du peuple. to it a fait du peo
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A loud slam the akurrying of fee'
through the hall, accompanied by the
slow pj and hcavlpt ’read of the ’-called
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brother, then silence, and such silence
that Sweetwater fancied fir could catch
the sound of Brotherton’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 moat dif
ficult situation and a most difficult man.
had imposed on Brotheraon, had almost
imposed upon himself Those letters so
beautiful, so spirituelle! Yet, the odd*
were that she had never read them, much
less abstracted them The minx’ the
ready, resourceful, wily, dating minx!
But had nhe imposed on Brotheraon **
As the alienee continued. Hweetwater
began to doubt. He understood quite well
the importance of bis neighbor's first
movement Were he to tear those letters
into shreds' He might be thus tempted
All depended on the strength of his pres
ent mood and th* real nature of the secret
which lay buried in his heart
Wag that heart as flinty as it seemed?
\Xss there no place for doubt or even for
curiosity. In Ila Impenetrable depths’*
Seemingly, be had not moved foot or hand
since his unwelcome visitors had left.
He was doubtless still staring at the
scattered sheets lying before him. poftsi
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 certainty how far its even balance
would bp disturbed
There was a sound as of settling coal.
Only at night would one expect to hear
ho slight a sound as that in a tenement
full of noisy children. But the momeni
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 1 Mu»t herson also W ith an ejaculation
as biwter as it was impatient, he roused |
himself and gathered up the letters ;
Sweetwater could hear the .successive
rustlings as he bundled them up in bis
hand Then came anomer soence then
the lifting of s stove lid
Swept water bad not been wrong in his
secret apprehension His identification
with his unimpressionable neighbors
moofl had shown him wriai to expect,
these letters these innocent and pre
cioua outpourings of a rare ami womanly |
soul the only conceivable open sesame to j
the hard-locked nature he found himself I
| pitted against, would soon be resolved I
into a vanishing puff of smoke
But the lid was thrust ba< k. and the j
letters remained in l am. Mortal strength ;
has its limits Even Brotherson could
not shut down that lid on words which I
might have been mount for him, liarshly |
as he had lopclhd the idea
The pause which followed told little: i
but when Sweetwater heard the man
within move with characteristic energy to
the door, turn the key and step back 1
«Kaln to his place at the table, he knew ;
that the danger moment had passed and I
that those leiters wt-e about io be read '
not casually, but seriously, as indeed 1
their contents merited
I llis caused Sweetwaler to feel serious ,
himself. Upon what result might he
calculate? What would happen to this
hardy soul, when the fact lie so scorn
fullr repudiated was borne In upon him.
and he saw that the disdain which had
antagonized him was a mere device a
cloak to hide the secret heart of love
and eager womanly devotion * Her death
-little as Hrotherson would believe It up
until now had been his personal loss
the greatest which can befall a man
When ha came to see this when the mod
est fervor of her unusual nature began
to dawn upon him in these self-revela
tions. would the result be remorse, or Just
the deadening and final extinction ot
whatever tenderness he mat have re
tained for her memory?
Impossible to tell The balance of prob
ability hung even Sweetwater recognized
this, and clung, breathless. Io his loop
hole lain 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 I sit, as 1 often do. in perfect
quiet under the stars, and dream that
you are looking at them too. not for hours
kt I do. but for one full moment In
which your thoughts are with me as
wholly as mine ate with you. I feel that
the bond between us. unseen by the
world, and |>osslbly not wholly recognised
by ourselves, is Instinct with the same
power which links together the eterni
t tea
‘‘lt seems to have always been; to
have known no beginning, only a bud
ding an efflorescence the visible product
of a hidden but always present reality A
month ago and I was ignorant, even, of
y our name. Xow. you seem the best
known tv' me. the best untlerstoovl. of
Hod's creatures tine afternoon of per
fect companionship one flash of strong
emotion with its deep, true Insight into
each others soul, and the miracle was
wrought We had met. and henceforth
parting would mean separation only, and
nol the severing of a mutual bond One
hand, and one only, could do that now
I will not name htat hand For us there
is nought ahead but life
"Thus do I ease my heart in the si
lence which conditions Impose upon us
Some day 1 shall be«t your voice again,
and then
The paper dropped from the reader's
hand It was several minutes before he
! took up a not het
| This one as It happened, antedated the
I other, as win appear "n reading It
i My Friend;
"I said thal I could not write to you
j that we m.ust wait. You were willing;
; but there Is much to he accomplished.
■ ‘and the silence may be long My father
jis not an easy man to please, but he
desires my happiness and will listen to
;my plea when the right hour comes
1 1 When you have won your pltvce when
. v< u have shown vouiself u> be the man I
feel you to be. then my father will recog
( t.ize your worth, and Hie way will be
< 'eared, despiie the obstacles w hich now
’ t.tervene
But. meantime' Ah. you will not
i j kt., w t but words will rise the heart
I I must find utterance What the lip . .tn
1 not utter nor the looks reveal, these
.pages shall bold m -acted trust for you
ihe dsy when my fat he i will place
, my band in vours. with heartfelt ap-
Iproval
To Be Continued in Nest Issue,
CASTOR IA
For Iniauti and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Beauty and Youth Association. By Nell Brinkley
"'YgG . ■ |
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Fortunate she whom Youth caresses and in whose ear he whispers: “I will oe yours so long.’’
Up-to-Date Jokes
For a number of years a bitter feud
existed between the Browns and tile
Perkinses, next door neighbors. The
trouble liad originated through the
depredations of Brown's,eat. and had
grown so fierce an affaii tiiat neither
part) ever dreamed of "making up."
One day. however, Brown. sent by his
i servant a peace-making note for Mr.
Perkins, which read:
"Mr. Brown sends ills compliments
to Mr Perkins and begs to say his old
cat died this morning."
Mr. Perkins' written reply was bit-
"Mr Perkin’ Is sorry to hear of Mr.
Brown's trouble, but he had not heard
that Mrs. Brown was ill."
A rathe, seedy-looking man hurried
excitedly from the tea car iage 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. out it to his lips,
and took a long ling' ring pull.
"Ah!" he exclaimed with gusto. "I
feel better now Seeing a woman fain!
always did upset me
I A party of traveling men in a hotel
we e one day boasting of the business
done by their lesp’ctfve Arms. when
me of the travelers said:
"No house in the country . 1 am proud
Ito say. has more men or women push
ing its line of goods than mine."
“What do you «el ?" he was asked.
"Baby carriages!" he shouted, as he
fled from the room.
Newspaper Proprietor (angrily)
W hat did you mean by telling the man
who asked if there was money in
mushrooms tnat there would be mote
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 I -Be
cause, str. I looked up tne man in the
directory, and found he was an under
taker.
Nagg The milkmans business re
minds me of Puaaohs daughter."
Jagg In what way?"
Nagg Didn't she draw a prophet I
j out of the water?"
What Is that dog bat king at " asked
a fop. w host bunts wer« more polished
than his idw»
\y t t . ...
| another puppy in your hoots
I see .lai k Hans.mi was married .the
'Other day >" Miss Rlihiev"
Ves and I •«» verv sorry to .e. it.
' Hot IV ' Foi he, sake of hl“'."’
I "Knr mine 1 wanted het
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Advice to the
Lovelorn
Ry Reatrtce Fairfax.
ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE.
Dear Miss Fairfax
I have called on a y oung lady for
a short time and rind that 1 now
love her. She has another young
man calling on her and has virtu
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?
ANXIOI'S.
You have a right to try. Re sure
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. (live 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 groat deal to you.
DON'T DO IT.
Dear M iss Fairfax :
I am a young girl and deeply in
love with a young man one yea
my senior. We've been going to
gether for ten months, occasional
ly we would quarrel, but It never
amounted to much For some rea
son or other he has become angry.
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 pie when it is not your turn.
Just let him alone. A lover who is
coaxed back never stays long. One
who returns voluntarily is too ashamed
of himself and 100 much afraid he will
not be forgiven to ever stray again.
PUT AWAY THE PAST.
Dear Mis.- Fairfax:
I am a widow, having lost my
husband four years ago I am in
love with another man whom I
know to be honest and true and
w Ito can give me a good home He
has asked me to marry him and I
have accepted. Now when he gives
me my engagement ring shall I re
move my previous one to another
finger and what s II do with my
wedding ring on our wedding dav"
CONST ANT READER
No man likes to tie reminded when
he gives a woman engagement and
wedding rings that she has worn them
for some other man Put away ev •
eminder of th" pas You owe this
mm h tn the m ill who I.- to In your
Itugbanu.
Do You Know-
It is 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 SO 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 count?. 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
invented a machine that will wash and
dry 10,000 dishes or plates in an hour.
In dr? air sound travels 1.442 feet a
s>cond, in water 4.9iUl feet and through
iron 17.500 feet.
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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.
UTA 0 SOU we W ‘H 156 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
rich as those who love and are ihved.
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
hold fast to your faith in the man who
loves you. Nothing else counts."
"Nothing else counts." 1 wish evert
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.
Fur 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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lates every law of heaven.
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 husband's wealth, they claim,
gives the wife a greater influence. She
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is not hampered by the restrictions of
poverty. She is not limited by time.
She never says; "I would if I could"
Life has placed her where she can
say: “I will.”
But women do not marry wealth for
the opportunity it affords for helping
others. Every woman who marries for
riches is obsessed with one thought,
and that is to help herself.
And no woman, be her heart ever s>
broad, and her purse ever so deep, has
helped others as much as the woman
who loved a poor man and married
him. and went on loving him, for She
Justifies by Her Happiness Every
Claim Love Makes.
She keeps alive the faith of others in
their fellow beings. Her happiness re
stores failing hope. Her confidence In
the man she loves brings renewed con
fidence to all who know her.
She Is an example. There never was
a woman who married solely that she
might have wealth who did not become
a warning.
We may look at Love through the
cold eye of prudence: we may scorn
him because his arrows are not gold
tipped; we may see only the toilsome
climb in the road on which he beck
ons: we may do this and more, but wo
can't deny that Happiness travels with
him.
“Yet am I rich.” Love said.
PINION OPINION.
Mr. Dresser —Your hat looks vow
well with that wing In it.
Mrs. Dresser—Yes. but it would look
better with two wings in it.
Mr. Dresser —Oh. that's merely a
matter of pinion.
HIS ALL.
Klndleigh—So poor Littleton left a!’
he had to the Children’s Home. Did
he have much?
Sourleigh—Eight small boys and
three little girls.
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