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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1013. .
The Mistakes of Jennie b v hal coffman
Being a Series of Chapters in the Life of a Southern Ctrl in the Big City
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WITHIN THE
LAW
Copyright, 1913, by the H K. Fly Com
pany. The play “Within the Uw" la
copyrighted by Mr. Veiiler and this
novelizatlon of it Is published by his
permission. The American Play Com
pany is the sole uronrietor of the ex
clusive rights of the representation
and performance of “Within the Iaw”
in all languages
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Up-to-Date
Jokes
When Professor Rokitanski, of Vi
enna, was asked if he had any sons
he answered. "Four.”
"And u hat professions have they
chosen?”
"Two howl and two heal,” was the
laconic reply.
A couple of his sons were public
singers and the other two were doc
tors.
"Where have you been, Frank?”
"Jn Manchester.”
"What were you doing there ”'
"I ran a photograph gallery ”
"Did you get anything to do?”
"Well. I should say I did. I
out a sign, 'Babies taken here,*
i ext morning there were four of them
left on the doorstep.’*
pul
and
Just Dogs
l» T OTHI.NG is *nore like a man
j
than a dog is," declared the
candy store proprietor. “I'm
jv st liae a dog myself 1 even know
a dog is thinking more than half
tie time when 1 am watching him.
’ v ej;t?rday 1 saw a dog a block and
b hi- f f way, I knew at once that some
thing was wrong with him He had a
a" uncomfortable look. He hung
his heed. As 1 passed him the dog
haded me afte»* the fashion of fellows
<•' thf same guild and with the same
oi'v rf comradeship:
* Sim-'enly Danny!' The word of re
proof sn de the air. Danny had known
all the ’..'me that the woman who owned
him was -retching him. waiting for a
chance to give him a rebuke. That’s
why he had the famous hangdog ex
press ion He knew that it was im-
possiole for him to keep free from
scolding. . knew how he felt.
“Some dogs are very particular not
to speak u ydu until you have spoken
to them f.rst. There is a scraggy dog
t; i coi'it-c to our house from time to
tim ‘visits for a few days, and then
depa.vs either to go home or to visit
somewhere else. We may not see hint
for a month or six weeks.
“Jusi the other day he appeared at
our house The kids were playing on
'he porch and didn't soe him. He saun-
ereo into the yard in a casual sort of
way and lay down on the lawn, watching
the children with a very alert expres
sion
"Kinnl’y one of them saw him anti
cried, ‘Why, there’s Babs!’ 'That Is our
name for him. since we do not know
his real name
“At this greeting Bahs tore up the
north steps and nearly wiggled himself
into a frazzle in his delight I am like
that
“A dog is very bitter in bis hatred
<f flies, (teas, cats and firecrackers He
hates like sin to have to get out of the
way of an automobile, anti music and
carpet dust nearly kill him. He is so
like me in these things "
U THEN Jenn
\\/ night she
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got home that
he told her boarding
house keeper she was going
out the next day—being Sunday—
with Tom. They were going ii^to the
country and have dinner at some lit
tle inn that Tom knew about. So the
next morning she hurried out :o
where she was to meet THE MAN.
He was waiting for her with a big
'ouring car and a chauffeur to drive
it. And Jennie, in her plain little
white dress, couldn’t help but look in
w jfle-eyed wonder at such luxury and
grandeur, and could hardly realize
that she was going to ride in it all day
long.
THE MAN helped her in. and was
very careful to arrange the robes
"just so,” and explained to her .t
would never do for his little “pal'' to
get eehilled.
Do-! Golly! Thought Jennie, this is
even better than the taxicab and the
cushions were so soft and Tcomfy."
And so they rolled on and on, until
early afternoon, when they caine to
the quaintest looking little* hotel that
nestled in the trees by (he side of the
road. And THE MAN said they were
going to have the daintiest luncheon
that Jennie ever tasted. The landlord
bowed and smiled, and seortied very
happy to see THE MAN, and ushered
them into a private room, where the
table was all set as if waiting for
them. And everything had an air of
being prearranged. But Jennie was
so happy she didn't notice it. or th >
side glances of understanding between
the landlord and THE MAN as if iie
had been there many times before.
THE MAN ordered cocktails, and it
tasted so warm and nice to Jennie
that she didn’t say no. when THE
MAN asked her to have another one
before they ate their luncheon. After
the second one. Jennie felt so happv
she wanted to sing and laugh both at
the same time, and didn't quite real
ize at tlr*t when THE MAN held tier
tight in his arms and was kissing
her. »
* • * • •
An hour or two after Jennie had
left the hous** that morning 'Pom came
over for her to go out with him to
spend Sunday ns they both had be
come accustomed to do. Jennie’s
hoarding house friend was great’v
surprised when she saw Tom for
| Jennie had told her she was going
out with Tom that day.
Tom told her there had been :io
definite arrangement made, but bad
just come over to call for Jennie
the same as he had always done. An3
(then Jennie's friend realized for tl ■
flret time that the little girl had lied
to her.
— HAD COFFMAN.
(To Be Continued.)
Well Versed.
i Lord Dufferin delivered an address be
fore the class of the McGill I’ni-
• versity. about which a reporter wrote:
"His Lordship spoke to the class in
the purest ancient Greek, without mis
pronouncing a word or making the
slightest grammatical solecism."
"Good heavens!" remarked Sir Hector
Langevin to the late Sir John A. Mac
Donald, "how did the reporter know
•hat?"
"I told him." was the Conservative
statesman’s answer.
"But you don’t know Greek."
“True; but 1 know a little about poli
tics."
Do You Know
Thai—
The Canadian Parliament is one of
the few Parliaments in the world
where speeches in two languages are
allowed. This, of course, is due to
the large French and English ele
ments in Canada. For instance, when
the ( anadian House of Commons is
sitting in committee, should a French-
Canadlan start to address the House
in French, you may see the English
chairman retire from his seat and
allow a French chairman to take nis
pDii*e. In tile same manner the offi
cial English reporters cease work and
a staff of French shorthand writers
begin.
(Hving to the frequency of weak
excuses for leave of absence from
work many employers have framed
a special code of rules to govern days
off. The following are the regula
tions of one firm: "1. One day off for
funeral of any relative where death
certificate is produced. 2. All mar
riages and honeymoons to be ar
ranged during annual holidays or nit
ai all. 3 The burying of more than
tmree uncles or aunts a year not ac-
cepte.l as an excuse for absence. L
For s cknpss where it is proved days
off allowed.”
I ho Kaiser has adopted a novel
Style of displaying the royal standard
on his motor cars. A on which
art* emblazoned the words, “God with
us." will be painted on transparent
glass, which will be electrically Il
luminated at night when he Is In che
cat. so that it will be recognized a
long way off.
Wished He Hadn’t.
"You see’ he exclaimed, as be showed
her (he wishbone of the Christmas tur
key. "you take hold there and 1 take hold
here Then we must both make a wish
Lir.d pull, and when it breaks the one
who has the bigger part of it will have
his or her wish gratified."
"But I don’t know what to wish for,"
she protested
“Oh, you can think of something." he
said.
"No. I can't." she replied. “I can’t
think of anything l want very much."
"Well. I'll wish for you!" he exclaimed.
"You really wish for me?” she asked.
"Well. then, there's no use fooling with
the old wishbone." she interrupted, with
a glad smile. “You can have me.”
A Matter of Observation.
I.exton Sake entered the room
and critically examined the sur
roundings. Then suddenly* his eye
lighted on the < lew for which he
sought
"AhaV’ he exclaimed, "it was from
o hole somewhere in this room that
the mouse emerged!”
His companion opened his eyes w ide
in wonderment; then —
"Your power of scent.” he remark
ed. "is positively marvelous. Bloxton.”
"Power of scent be bothered,” re
plied the great detective. "Can’t you
see the heel-marks of a woman s shoe
on tnls chair—eh'.”'
She Forgot.
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The order which the comely young
German woman l>anded in at the Post-
office Savings Bank was made payable
to Gretchen H. Schmidt, and she had
s gnod It simply Gretchen Schmidt. The
man at the counter called her back to
rectify the mistake just as she was turn
ing away.
•See you have forgotten the ‘H.,’ ”
he explained.
The young woman looked at her re
ceipt and then blushed a rosy red.
"Ach! so I haf," she murmured, and
wrote hurriedly: v
"Age .3."
By MARVIN DANA' from the
Play by BAYARD VEILLER.
TO DAY’S INSTALLMENT.
At last Gilder was restored in a
meaure. to his self-possession. He
spoke with the sureness of a man o(
wealth, confident that money will
salve any wound.
"How much?” he asked, baldly.
Mary smiled an Inscrutable smile.
"Oh, f don’t need money.” she said,
carelessly. “Inspector Burke will tell
you how easy it Is for me to get it.”
Gilder looked at her with a newly
dawning respect; then his shrewdness
suggested a retort.
Mary Laughed.
“Do you want my son to learn what
you are?” he said
Mary laughed. There was some
thing dreadful in that burst of spu-
t'.us amusement.
"Why not?” she answered. “I'm
r eady to tell him myself.”
Then Glider showed the true heart
of him, in which love for his boy was
before all else. He found himself
wholly at a loss before the woman’s
unexpected reply.
“But I don’t want him to know,” he
stammered. "Why, I’ve spared the
boy all his life. If he really loves you
—It will ”
At that moment the son himself en
tered hurriedly from the hallway. In
bis eagerness he saw no one save the
Aoman whom he loved. At his en
trance Mary rose and moved back
ward a step involuntarily, in sheer
surprise over his coming, even though
she had known he must come—per
haps from some other emotion, deep
er, hidden as yet even from himself.
The young man, with his wholesome
face alight with tenderness, went
swiftly to her. while the other three
men stood silent, motionless, abashed
by the event. And Dick took Mary’s
hand In a warm ciasp. pressing it ten
derly.
"I didn’t see father.” he A*aid, hap
pily, “but I left him a note on his
desk at the office.”
Then, somehow, the surcharged at
mosphere penetrated his conscious
ness, and he looked around to see his
father standing grimly opposite him.
But there was no change in his ex
pression beyond a more radiant smile.
"Hello, dad!” he cried, Joyously.
‘Then you got my note?”
The voice of the older man came
with a sinister force and saturnine.
“No, Dick, I haven’t had any note."
"Then, why ?” The young man
broke off suddenly. He was become
aware that here was something ma
lignant, with a meaning beyond his
present understanding, for he saw the
inspector and Demarest, and he knew
the two of them for what they were
officially.
A Pawn in the Game.
“What are they doing here?” he de
manded suspiciously, staring at the
two.
“Oh. never mind them.” Mary said.
There was a malevolent gleam in her
violet eyes. This was the recompense
of which she hf 1 dreamed through
soul-tearing ages. "Just tell your fa
ther your news, Dick.”
The young man had no comprehen
sion of the fact that he was only a
.pawn in the game. He spoke with
simple pride.
“Dad, we re married. Mary and I
were married this morning.”
Always, Mary stared with her eyes
steadfast on the father. There was
triumph in her gaze. This was the
vengeance for which she had longed,
for which she had plotted, the ven
geance she had at last achieved. He.v
was her fruition, the period of her su
premacy.
Gilder himself seemed dazed by the
brief sentence.
"Say that again,” he commanded.
Mary rejoiced to make the knowl
edge sure.
”1 married your son this morning."
she said, in a matter-of-fact tone. "I
married him. Do you quite under
stand. Mr. Gilder? I married him.”
In that insistence lay her ultimate
compensation for untold misery. The
father stood there wordless, unable to
find spoeeeh against this calamity that
had befallen him.
It was Burke who offered a diver
sion, a crude interruption after his
own fashion.
"It’s a frame-up,” he roared. He
glared at the young man. "Tell your
father it ain’t true. Why, do you know
what she is? She’s done time.” He
paused for an instant, then spoke In a
voice that was brutally menacing.
“And, by G . she’ll do it again!”
The young man turned toward his
bride. There was disbelief, hope, de
spair. in his face, which had grown
older by years with the passing of the
seconds.
"it’s a lie. Mary.” he said "Sa\
it’s a lie!" He seized her hand pas
sionately.
There was no quiver in her voice as
she answered. She drew her hand
from his clasp ^nd spoke evenly.
"It’s the truth."
"It’s the truth!" the young man re
peated. incredulously
The Son Interrupted.
"It is the truth,” Mary said, flrmiv.
”1 have served three years in prison."
There was a silence of a minu’e
that was like years. It was the fathcu*
who broke it, and now his voice was
become tremulous.
"I wanted to save you. Dick. That s
why I came.”
The son interrupted him violently.
"There’s a mistake— there must be.’’
It was Demurest who gave an offi
cial touch to the tragedy of the mo
ment.
"There’s no mistake,” he said. There
was authority in his statement.
"There is. 1 tell you!” Dick cried,
horrified by this conspiracy of defa
mation. He turned his tortured face
to his bride of a day.
"Mary.” lie said, huskily, “there is
n mistake.”
Something in her face appalled him
j He was voiceless for a few terrible
instants. Then he spoke again, more
I beseechingly.
Say there’s a mistake.”
| Mary preserved her poise. Yes—
| she must not forget! This was the
hour of her triumph. What mattered
it that the honey of it was as ashes *n
her mouth? She spoke with a sim
plicity that admitted no denial.
"It’s all quite true.”
The man who had so loved her, so
trusted her, was overwhelmed by the
revelation. He stood trembling for a
moment, tottered, almost it seemed
would - have fallen, but presently
steadied himself and sank supinely
into a chair, where he sat in impotent
suffering.
To 3e Continued To-morrow.
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