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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Six Men Forward Fhe Dances of To-day By EVELYN NESBIT THAW, One of the Greatest Mystery Stories Ever Written occasionally was heard the monotor nous command of an officer: "Six men forward.” Nobody Refused to obey this order, thought it meant death The only innocent man among them was struggling to control his fear. He was trembling with terror and his fore head was wet with cold perspiration. He could not bear the thought of dying the death, not of a martyr, but of a common criminal. His conscience difl not trouble him, he had committed no sin, but a voice within told him that he had acted the part of a coward. If he had been a worthy servant of the Lord he would have refused to • put on the blouse or touch the gun. w The sound of each new volley In the courtyard increased his anguish. How many were there still ahead of him? When would his turn come? How many minutes had he left in which to live? It was an easy death, of course, far better thaji to die from a long sick ness. but he was afraid to die young as he was. At last he found himself in the front rank. Another volley! Then a short silence and the officer's deep voice: “Six men forward.” Brother Bernhard's pale lips moved and he cried: "I am innocent!” His Appeal. His companions stared at him in sur prise. The officer looked up. “I am innocent,” Brother Bernhard f repeated. “I was caught when on my ^ way with a message from the Prior of St. Martin’s monastery and forced to carry the gun after they had taken my coat away and put me into a blouse. I have not fired a single shot.” “Have you any papers or passport?” the officer asked. “No, but if you will send to St. Mar tin’s or to our other house in Rue Traveraiere ” “We have no time for that,” said the officer. “Six men forward!” Every hope was gone. Brother Bern- hard felt that he was about to faint and pressed his hand against his heart. But what was that? His rosary! In stinctively he had concealed it at his bosom when they tore away his clothes He pulled it out and held it up high. The officer smiled. He felt sure that not another man in the hall had a similar passport. “Step aside!” he commanded. “Six men forward!” At the left, in the upper picture, is shown the begin ning of the dance, as Mrs. Thaw and Mr. Clifford dance it. The partners face forward and are sufficiently apart to retain the grace and individuality that each should display. The picture above, at the left, showing another posi tion in the dance, Mrs. Thaw considers one of the best defenses possible of the modern school of the art, and she adds that there are many steps equally graceful, pret ty and modest. At the right Mrs. Thaw appears in a little exercise preliminary to the dance itself, which she considers wis dom to practice, since it makes for suppleness and grace. < < A 1 AY the L,ord protect you l^/l while you are away, Brother A Bernhard, and may you soon return safe and sound,” said the Prior cordially to a young man in lay clothes who stood before hfm. That his dress was a disguise was quite evident, for everything about the young monk betrayed his profession. In May, 1871, the commune held its wild orgies in Paris. The streets were barred by barricades and the churches and public buildings in constant dan ger of destruction. The Tuileries were a smoking heap of ruins. The mob were masters and priests and monks were no safer than outlaws, so it was small wonder that Brother Bernhard was afraid, as he was about to carry an important message to a house at the other end of Paris. As he was leaving the monastery the thought struck him that his rosary might betray him, and that it would perhaps be better to leave it in his cells. On second thought, however, he kissed the rosary and put it back in the pocket of his coat. To avoid suspicion he sauntered along as if in no particular hurry, but he had a vivid realization that his acting was very poor, and when he met a crowd of half-intoxicated hoodlums his courage deserted him, and he took refuge in the nearest doorway. It was a long while before he ven tured out again. As he turned a cor ner there, confronting him, was a bar ricade. He turned quickly and was about to run when one of the men on the barricade signaled him to pass. He walked past the one end of the barri cade where a narrow opening had been left, and suddenly found himself sur rounded by a score of workingmen in blouses. . Forced to Fight. “Vive la liberte! Vive la commune!” they shouted, and compelled him to re peat the cries. He begged them to let him go, but they only laughed and cursed. In a few minutes they had torn his clothes from his body and put him into a blouse. He was given a gun and placed in the most exposed place on, the barricade. All afternoon and evening he stood there thinking only of how to get away and trembling with fear that his gun might go off. At midnight he re ceived a ration of bread and brandy, but he was not relieved as he had hoped. Evidently the men were expecting to be attacked by the regular troops, and in his heart Brother Bernhard prayed that these heroes who had Just fought and bled for their country might be vie torious and liberate the beautiful city from the howling mob. His prayer was heard. On this glo rious day in May Paris was liberated. The troops captured one barricade after the other, some without meeting any resistance, some after long and bloody fighting. Law and order had conquered and the reign of terror of the com mune was over. about it myself. They can give me no news of him at the hospital, and the case he spoke of has become mine; but there is no talk anywhere of his being in custody or even under the surveil lance of the police. I think I will hunt him up at his home. “It would be kind of you,” quoth Gen evieve. Molesworth Again. And thus it was that Dr. Cameron rang Mrs Olney’s bell one morning, and, being ushered in, asked for Dr. Moles worth. He was told he was not well, but saw a few patients, and perhaps would see him; whereupon Dr. Cameron sent in his name and waited with con siderable curiosity for the response. It came spectdlly, and was to the ef fect that the doctor would-be pleased If he would step to his ofNce. Dr. Cam eron at once complied, and upon en tering that bare and unattractive spot saw first the figure of his colleague stretched upon a long haircloth sofa, and next that of a small and insignificant looking man, who, with his face bent over a cheap novel, which he held In his hand, seemed to take up a certain amount of space rather than add his personality to the scene. “I am glad,” began Dr. Molesworth, springing to his feet as tlje door closed behind the servant, “for un opportunity to ask you how our patient is getting on.” “Well,” returned the other, “consid ering that the nurse shakes her head over every drop of medicine she gives her.” “You will have the nurse removed; the case must not suffer from any such non sense as that.” Dr. Cameron nodded and looked curi ously at his companion. “You are ill, they say.” A grim smile disturbed the corners of the other’s lips for a moment “I have a nurse, you see.” Dr. Cameron cast a glance at the si lent figure of the man in the corner. “I understand,” his intelligent look swamed to say. Then, with quiet so- Cltude. “And how soon do you think *n.»u will be better?” Dr. Molesworth shook his head. “As I have not yet made a satisfactory diag nosis of my case, I will not venture to prophesy." "Do you want a prescription?” "No.” “Do you want anything 0 " “Not from you.” It was gently said. Dr Cameron looked at the speaker with renewed in terest. "I was uneasy about you,” was his earnest remark; “so was my wife. I am glad to find you comparatively com fortable.” “Mrs. Cameron is very good.” Dr Molesworth’s bow was profound, his totta very serious. Dr. Cameron moved toward the door “I judge,” exclaimed the other, with an aspect of much respect, “that the evening which brought ine such misfor tune brought you the happiness of your life?” The light in his visitor's eyes was un mistakable “You have said It," he assented. Dr. Molesworth’s lips parted in a smile that touched the other strangely. “I congratulate you.” said he, and softly closed the door between them. pleasantness, however. In the first place, Mrs. Gretorex, though delighted with Genevieve’s impiM.v«*wi appearance, was not altogether satisfied wdth her man ner. Genevieve did not talk enough, and when she did enter into the con versation, it was upon other topics than those chosen by the mother. Then she did not show that Interest In domestic affairs which the occasion seemed to re quire. never asking once about certain changes in servants which Mrs. Gre torex considered of infinite importance Nor did she show herself concerned when the mother announced that Clara Foote was on her way home, deprecat ing, indeed, every allusion to this per eon who had formerly been, and still held the title of being, her most inti mate friend. Mrs Gretorex, not under etandfng this, and becoming gradually JtTitated by an apathy so unnatural, fflnally asked her daughter what it meant. Whereupon Genevieve replied with some spirit, that she had heard something said about Clara of lat« which had turned her completely against her. and that she no longer regarded her as her friend or over should again This w r as unpleasant in the extreme, particularly as she would not explain herself or hear the subject argued She and Clara were alienated and that was enough. She was not even sure she should accept the present that young lady had sent her. But the climax was reached when Mrs Gretorex in the most natural tone in the world asked Gene vieve to go upstairs with her to the room she had occupied as a girl “I want you to tell me what to do with certain articles.” she explained. “Everything is Just as you left it.” she said. “I would not have anything touched.” A Strange Objection. “You are very good,” replied Gene vieve. coldly, “but you must excuse me from going into such matters to-night .” “But ” began the mother “I am too tired and l don't feel like It Pome other day. when I have not Just come from a long railway Jour ney " The result of this was that she asked her husband the first thing in the morning if their own home could not be got ready for them that day. and upon his deciding that it could at least be made habitable, she announced it as her Intention to remove immediately. And she did so, carrying out her determina tion not ungraciously but firmly, ac ceptlng inconveniences and parrying ob jections. till Dr. Cameron felt very much flattered a« her evident preference for his sole and undivided society. And so It was that Genevieve Cameron the wife cut the strings that bound her to Genevieve Gretorex the girl. Advice A schoolmaster in the country de livered an address to the scholars, of which the following passage is an example: “You boys ought to be kind to your little sisters. I once knew a bad boy who struck his little sister a blow over the eye. Although she didn’t fade and die in the early summertime, when the June roses were blooming, with the sweet words of forgiveness on her pallid lips, she rose and hit him over the head with a rolling-pin, so that he couldn’t go to school for more than a month, on account of not being able to put his hat on.” In the great hall in the Conciergerie a few hundred men from the barricades were huddled together. They were not to be taken before a court-martial, as the fact that they had been captured arms in hand was sufficient death war rant. Among these men was Brother Bern- hard. The soldiers for whose victory he had prayed were now to be his ex ecutioners. No Time. Everything had hapened so quickly that he had had no time to throw away the hated gun and flee from the bar racks back to his beloved monastery, wh^re the brethren were anxiously awaiting his return. The men were glum and silent and flDarlboroupiH!! ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Trivialities. D \. CAMERON met his wife at a restaurant that afternoon and they went home together. He had told her of his interview with Moles worth and she had utterea a polite word or two of thunks, but her interest was evidently less than In the morning and he did not strive to Increase it. Her gayety was too agreeable for him to mar it. He basked in her smiles and lent himself unreservedly to the pleasure of the moment. At the door of their own house they looked at each other and smiled. “It is pleasant to get home." he cried. “It is heaven.’’ she faintly murmured. The house was not large, hut it was exquisitely furnished As they entered, an atmosphere of ease and luxury en veloped them, making it hard for them to part at the foot of the stairs A gentleman called that very even ing, I think, and affixed to hts name on the card were the words, “pressing business.” They both saw him, be having sent for both, and after a word or two oi introduction, he told his errand in this wise: “I have come.” said be. "to ask Mrs. Cameron a very simple question.” And turning to that lady, he inquired the name of her dressmaker. Had the ceiling above her suddenly bent and caved in, Genevieve could not have looked more astonished and possi bly not more terrified. "Your pardon.” this gentleman con tinued. "I am abrupt, and. you probably think, rude. Let me explain myself: Dr. Cameron, you. if not your wife, doubtless remember the affair of a young girl who died In a doctor’s gig not long ago from a dose of prussic acid?” It was now Dr. Cameron who looked amazed. "Mildred Farley?” he inquired, wondering why this name was ever springing up at his hearthstone. "The same,” rejoined the other. “Yes,"assented the doctorwith a glance at his wife, which she did not meet, so absorbed was she in the flames of the dancing firelight before her; “1 remetn- r the occurrence well; it was no* only sad hut mysterious. Can the question you have put my wife have any hear ing upon this tragic affair?” “Some,” responded the other, looking, however, with a most paternal smile upon the still and stately woman who. evidently waiting for him to make his business more intelligible, listened, but said nothing to his enigmatical remark study of the modern dance, and through these columns I hope to bring about a better knowledge and under standing of the beautiful steps and postures, the enjoyable motion and gliding that is so much misunderstood and that is maligned, as are all mis understood things. The turkey trot and the tango and the better variations of both are beau tiful dances in their time and place. But the time is not 5 in the afternoon, and the place is not the “Dansant” or "Tango Tea.” The tango tea is a menace to young girls. Parents who take the proper interest in their children can keep them at home and out of dance halls (spelled with the second vowel if you prefer) at night But of course young girls have to be allowed a certain amount of freedom in the day, and many a 16- year-old child drifts out of the pure air into the drink-and-danger atmos phere of the tango tea at 5 in the aft ernoon. Apart from stage dancing, which is meant "for to admire and for 4o see,” there is modern dancing for every one. The place is the home or the private ballroom, and the time is an evening of pleasant relaxation and healthy ex ercise. The first thing to consider in ball room dancing, as I am going to call it, is position. The turkey trot and tango should be danced with the partners a foot apart. These dances rnusl allow for freedom of motion and individual ex pression, and to he graceful as well as modest they demand room for each partner to move about •easily. 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Stage dancing may combine atheltics and acrobatics, and even a bit a contortion, all duly mingled with the poetry 1 of motion. Ballroom dancing should he far more conserva tive should be. and sometimes is not. These pictures were especially posed for this page. enter of the girl's waist in back, procession and be a turkey trot and Ts left hand is Just below the tango expert. ight shoulder, with her arm par- To-day I am showing you a little his; and the girl’s right arm is stretching exercise that it will be wise held over the man’s left forearm, for you to practice, of suppleness and s held tense from the bent el- grace, before you start doing the steps which Mr. Clifford and I will picture for position allows for free motion you. eful guidance that will make for ■phe Tan^O SteD f motion without any jerks or ° \n<! is not the position modest, Next consider the tango step, danced ,re modest than the now gener- for sta * e Purposes only. TUe step itself tepted and allowed walla posi- ls Wrttj and simple, partners facing forward, man’s right and girl's left foot slightly raised, but the close “embrac- Always. ing’’ position must change for ballroom usage. text great rule for the turkey The th|rd plcture the , )egt defense is: Keep your feet on the floor, j i know for the modern school of dttric- ;lide all the time; don’t bounce ing Is it not graceful, modest and wriggle or sway in the objec- pretty? 1 hope soon to teach a11 of you many steps that belong In just the same fashion of people who do not category with th i s step—and I hope that ind the modern school of danc- al] my i ong -,]| 3 tance pupils will be able t dance at It Keep your feet t0 do ateps and whole dances that take floor and do not shrug jour the | r p i ace t n the same class with this -s; Just glide along In a near- grace(ul mUe near-minuet dip-step. Vogue of Waltzing, It was the second morning of their new life in their new home that Dr. Cameron surprised his wife searching the columns of the morning paper with great eagerness. Her fact wore an anxious look, and her bands trembled nervously. “What is it?” he asked. “You seem to be looking for something especial. Genevieve.” She at once dropped the paper “Oh, no,” was her nonchalant reply. "I was only whiling away a spare mo ment or so. Is it time for you to go out ?” It was. but he lingered a moment. “I wish I understood you,” said he. “Understood me?” “There are moments when you seem miles away from me." “Oh, no! Oh. no!” "Not this moment,” he whispered, for Bhe had thrown her arms about his neck and hidden her face on hts breast. “At no moment," she breathed. “You are too strong a man to cherish fan cies.” He thought so, too, and laughed He was so freshly alive to love that It made him hypersensitive. “You would make any man think black is white,” he cried. “I am afraid I should have difficulty in persuading even this man that white is black.” she laughed, touching her hair with her Jewled finger. "I don't know," he murmured, “you Jhave not tried.” m And so their parting was pleasant. W " ext morning she was first at the • ; cr ,p;iin, and this time she ex plained herself. ’ 1 do not see any notice of Dr. Moles worth’s jkrrest. Should it not be in the ixp*7- I “Certainly, and 1 have been wondering | fortnight! Now, years ago, when the waltz first came into vogue, it bad many enemies who considered it vulgar, indecent and well-nigh impossible to allow in re spectable places—the poor, dear, con servative little waltz that is allowed by all the people who would scarcely dare to look at a turkey trot to-day. But the turkey trot is in its infancy and here bo it said that it is a very hale and hearty Infant, and when prop erly brought up and educated will grow into a very charming youth. I have given time arid interest to the among your acquaintances who have spent their vacation in Colorado. Notice the clear eye, the springy step, the gotfd color, and then—look in your mirror. You are tired out; you can’t con. centrate your mind; your brain is slow to respond to your will. You Need Colorado its mountains, its climate, its wonderful scenery. Don’t delay another day. Go while this low fare is in efFect. Make your reservation. Up-to-the-Minute Jokes Every Woman is interested and should know about the wonderful Marvel Douche Farmer Crab’s brook is noted for the number and size of its eels. Fishing therein is "strictly prohibited,” which in itself is attraction enough for the small boy. The other evening an urchin was leav ing the neighborhood rather hurriedly, when a youthful friend inquired: “Caught anything. Bob?" “Yes,” replied Bob. been mixed up in some decidedly shady transactions. She was giving orders at express rate, for they were married; and he, as a rule the most meek and submis sive of men, .was, like the proverbial worm, beginning to turn. "Do you think," he inquired, “that you rule the whole of the universe?” “No.” she snapped; “but I rule the first letter of it.” A sk yonrdruggist for it. If he cannot sup- ply the MARVEL, accept no other, but send stamp forbook. Marvel Co., 44 E. 23d St..N.Y. "No; toe.” Hts friend understood and wisely cided to turn back with Bob. To Be Continued Monday, Junior—I hear Briggs got into a lot of trouble with that girl he was going with. Soph—Yes? How’s that? Junior—He married her. STANDARD ROAD OF THE WEST -Political Candidate—Well, did you discover anything in Stump’s past life that we can use against him?” Detective—Not a thing. All he ever did before he came here was to sell awnings. Political Boss—Why. that’s just what we want. We ll say that he has A. J. DUTCHER, G. A. 908 Olive Street St. Louis, Mo. C. M. ROLLINGS, T. P. A. 620 Woodward Bldg. Birmingham, Ala. Barber—How would you like to have your hair cut, sir? Customer—With scissors, sir! Did ye s’pose 1 wanted done with a scythe? THE SCENIC WAY WITH DINING CARS 3KVB