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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
One of the Greatest Mystery Stories Ever Written
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN.
(Copyright, 1912. by Anna Katharine
Green.)
TO-DAY’S INSTALLMENT.
••Thirty—If you can explain yourself
satisfactorily to this man.” was the al
most stem reply.
She drew back, grieved, probably, at
the tone, which was short and sharp,
and her manner became graver and her
look more anxious.
“I will tell what I know,'’ she mur
mured "It Is not much, but It may
help the detectives a little. First, then,
I became acquainted with Mildred Far
ley through her asking me for work
"She heard—I do not know how—that
I was going to be married and she came
to me here one day and asked If I would
not employ her to make my dresses 1
laughed naturally, for though she was
a respectable appearing person I did
not know of her likeness to me then,
for she did not lift her veil—her name
was wholly unknown to me, and to one
who had had some dim Idea of employ
ing Worth, this proposition of hers
seemed ridiculous. Ilut she begged so
hard for me to try her wfth one dress
that I became Interested In her and re
quested her to remove her veil. Bhe
did so. but with a hesitation I was at a
loss to understand, till her features be
ing disclosed I beheld In them as It
were a mirror of my own. Then, Indeed
I became Interested In good faith, and
asked her question after question. Rut
her replies told me little. She was the
daughter of a poor widow who was dy
ing of consumption, and It w f as her de
sire to support that mother. She hud
learned the trade of dressmaking, and
felt that she had the talent to make me
costume to my liking Would 1 try
lier? She would work with all the more
spirit that personally she was a poor
Imitation of myself -that Is the way who
put it. I could not deny her; It would
he too much like denying a favor to my
self, so I gave her material and allowed
her to take my measure and was ho as
tonished at the final result that I let
her make all my dresses; only stipulating
that she should always come veiled to
the house, as the extraordinary likeness
between us would otherwise occasion
remark.
"That I kept all this from you, moth
er, Is not so strange when you consid
er that the similarity In appearance
which Interested me In her favor would
certainly have prejudiced you against
her, your pride being of an older growth
than mine, though mine is none too
lightly rooted either.”
The naive look, the hand half held
out. seemed to arouse Mrs Gretorex
from something like a trance. Sigh
ing, as If with a great relief, she smiled
upon her daughter, and for the first
time since she had been in the room,
looked about for a chair and sat down.
"You understand your mother," ahe
declared, and smoothed out her dress
with an easy return to her natural man
ner that impressed the detective pro
foundly.
"And now, how much more have I to
tell about her?” proceeded Genevieve,
with a thoughtful ulr. “I don’t know
anything about her death, and "
"Excuse me, madam,” Interrupted Mr.
Gryce, with grave respect, “has not this
young girl, who was so evidently the
recipient of your kindness, ever spoken
to you of her own troubles and anxie
ties? Did she never mention Julluu
Molesworth’s name to you or confide to
you the fact that she contemplated mar
riage with him?”
"What Is It you want to know?
Whether Mildred Farley ever spoke to
me of Dr. Molesworth? She did, but
guardedly. Shortly after her mother's
death, she told me how lonely she felt
and how dreadful the future looked to
her. Then, with some hesitation, she
Informed me that she had had an offer
of marriage from the doctor who took
on the morning of my wedding day, |
she (hanked me with the utmost earn- I
etsness for what she called the mer
riest days of her life. I little thought j
that before 24 hours had passed she
would be dead and possibly by her own
hand.”
The Question.
Mrs. Cameron paused; the detective
at once took up the thread.
"You parted, you said; may I ask
where?"
“On the corner of Broad and Franklin
streets. She came back to the city
and l went to my cousin’s He did not
tell you I had been there but u few
hours,” she said to her mother with a
half smile.
Mrs. Oretorex's reply was Inaudible,
but contempt «at on her Up. and Mrs.
Cameron r|ld not look that way again.
*T have ‘ruined my position as the
unapproachable Miss Gretorex," she
murmured, with sly yet daring sarcasm,
as she turned away. " I can not boast
again that I have never mingled with
Inferiors; and If I should have to make
this escapade, public M She stopped
and cast a side-glance at her husband.
Indeed I wiHh I had never engaged In
It. I do, Indeed, If only for your sake
and the mortification which must come.”
He waved his hand Indifferently.
“That Is of small moment now. The
question Is. did Mildred Farley take
’ »• dose ot poison herself or was It
administered by JiiIIuh Molesworth?"
"Yes,” chimed In Mr. Gryce, "that Is
the question. Rut Mrs. Cameron does i
not seem to be In a position to answer i
It Unless,’’ he added, "she can tell us
with what Intentions Miss Farley pro- ;
fessed to leave her."
*T understood that she was to be
married the same evening as myself,”
‘bat lady Immediately answered.
"You must have been surprised, then,
when you saw her walk Into your room.’
“I was more than surprised. I did not
know what to make of It."
"And what excuse did she give?"
"Very little. She said she had changed j
her mind about being married that
night, and had come to assist me In
my preparations. It was a delicate
subject, and I did not put any ques- j
tlons, especially as she seemed very
sober and unhappy. If she had wished
me to know Any particulars about her
self she woud have told me. As she
was silent I took It for granted that
«he did not wlHh to explain herself
further.'
"And she S ni ( ] nothing about death or
suicide? Nothing about not seeing you
again or anything of that kind?"
Mrs. Cameron stopped to think.
"Her whole manner was that of one
greatly troubled. She may have said '
good-bye. I think Hha did. But 1 was ex
cited on my own account and do not I
perfectly remember. I can give It aa !
my impression, however, that she was I
In a state of suppressed emotion greut j
enough to lead her Into almost any deed
of desperation. I believe she took the
poison herself. But mere belief, I am
told, does not go for much before
jury.”
”No fc ” returned Mr. Gryce, "but It may
Influence a detective.” And bowing low
to either lady, he expressed his thanks
for their patience and the kind way in
which they had answered his questions.
He then prepared to leave, but Mrs.
Gretorex detaining him by an appeal for
such consideration us he could find It
In his power to show them, Genevieve
slipped out of the room before him, and
running up to her husband’s side, laid
her two hands on his arm and sought
to look Into his face.
"You are angry with me." she mur
mured, "justly angry. My conduct ap
pears to you light, and my prevarica
tions unpardonable I do not wonder,
Walter, 1 do not wonder. But there
was no guile In my heart; only weak
ness. I acknowledge It, and I crave |
forgiveness. Is it an impossible thing
for you to grant?”
He did not answer. Seizing her by
care of her mother, but did not say
Whether she Intended accepting It or the hands he drew her farther dewn ihe3
her * -
noi I gathered, however, from tier j haU> , nto tt re ,. ess whl( , h waa ,, hle(1
manner that she did. and later I waa | by a large window of colored glass.
quite sure of It. but we did not talk
on the subject much, for I did not know
Dr. Molesworth, and was, besides, rather
selfishly filled with thoughts of my own
prospects. A few days before I was
married, though, we did a strange thing.
I hardly know how to tell It, for I am
sure I shall shock my mother and pos
sibly my husband. But he has told me
to speak, und I will speak.
"In the course of our Interviews—and
she came quite often to this house—we
became quite attached. She was not by
any means a common person, and hud a
spirit and brightness which I admired.
To enjoy her companionship and also to
procure the rest of which 1 stood In sore
need, I therefore proposed to her that
we should take a vacation together. She
was not to tell her friends and I was
not to tell mine, but we were to meet
and go away to some place where we
could enjoy our freedom and each other's
society without restraint. It was an er
ratic thing to do. and as T look at it
now. It appears undignified if not Im
proper; but 1 was not married then, and
the dash and the romance of the thing
pleased me.
We accordingly carried It out, and for
two days or more we boarded together
in a respectable boarding house In New
ark. where we passed for nurse and
patient I being the patient and Mildred
the nurse ”1 wonder at It now,” she
murmured—’’but we meant no harm and
It was very amusing Mildred especially
seemed to enjoy herself exceedingly,
and when we came to part, aa we did
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"Genevieve,” he cried, "I am not
thinking now of your prevarications. I
am thinking of what you said to Mr.
Gryce when he asked you if you left
Mildred Farley behind you in your room
when you went down to he married.
You replied ‘Yes.’ and yet I distinctly
saw you on that night and at that time
lock the door behind you when you
came out, und put the key In your
bosom. If there was a woman there
whom you did not expect to see when
you returned, why did you do this?”
The Way Out.
•‘Because”-she moistened her Ups,
but did noi drop her eyes from hts
gaze- ’ because 1 did not know what
1 was doing. 1 was terribly excited,
Walter—1 wonder if all brides are when
'hey are married- and then I had that
pain It came upon me Just as I was
crossing the threshold—from the ex
citement, I suppose, and what with the
one th?ng and another, I was all In a
daze, and locked the door and took the
key away. I thought of it afterward,
but It was too late And the mystery
to me then and now Is how she man
aged to escape in my absence. There
is no other key and no other door;
yet she was gone when 1 returned, and
I neither know’ how nor where.”
"Do not let that disturb you," said a
soft voice at their side. ”It Is a mat
ter easily explained." And Mr. Gryce,
stepping around the angle of the hall,
motioned toward the room from which
they had Just come. "If you will step
back with me for a moment I can show
you how Miss Farley managed to es
cape.”
Genevieve’s eyes dilated, and for an
instant she seemed to hesitate. Did this
man appear to her like a shadow, and
was she beginning to dread his eye and
ear.
**I can not Imagine " she began.
but presently thought better of her ob
jections and hastily followed her hus
band, who was only too anxious to have
this mystery explained.
"You say there is no other door.” de
clared the detective, as they re-entered
the room from which they had just
come "That is true; but there is still
a way of escape easy enough for a per
son who is very anxious to effect one.
See there!” And he pointed toward a
window at the end of the alcove 1 have
before mentioned.
To 3c Continued To-morrow.
The Dances of To-day
The pictures reproduced to-day, especially posed for
this page, show Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s way of dancing the
Tango—the kind of Tango she believes to be the host and
most graceful variant of the South American dance of that
name.
+•+
This dance, in which Mrs. Thaw has the help of Jack
Clifford, she has named the North American Tango, be
cause it is more suited to Northern methods of dancing
than its South American namesake.
By EVELYN NESBIT THAW
OAO
as illustrated and on the fourth count
turn to reverse.
Step three is very much like step
one except that for a little dip on
the fourth count, a deep curtsey is
substituted.
Step four is somewhat like step
two, but for the kick on count three,
a long forward sliding step is substi
tuted—the long glide that is char
acteristic of the Tango Argentina is
here introduced into the North Ameri
can Tango.
Step five—advance for two counts,
and on count three mark time with
the outward foot through two counts,
swaying gently while doing this step.
Confessions of a Medium
By CHAS. D. ISAACSON.
The last figure is very pretty and
very simple—advance through four
counts and turn slowly through four
counts, and then do the reverse step
away from the outstretched hands for
four counts.
The steps may be done forward and
in reverse order, or each step may be
repeated to the number of four figures
of each or eight as I have suggested.
And I do hope that patience, prac
tice, careful following of directions
and good music to inspire you will
make each of you who read and fol
low, an expert in the pretty steps of
the modest and graceful North Amer
ican Tango.
(Copyright, 1913. by International News
Service.)
I KNOW a woman who is a great
believer in all the weird mys
teries. She attends seances, re
ceives messages from the dead, is a
constant visitor at fortune tellers
and claims to have seen ghosts. She
has a son now' 21, the sole heir to
her many millions.
He is a lawyer and hates his pro
fession. I don’t say but that he might
do any kind of work, but he yearns to
ward surgery. He would love to
change the book of Blackstone for the
doctor’s knife. It is not too late *o
learn, it Is true, but he is in a rut.
He has spent year^ at law, and no
doubt at law he will remain.
We were talking together—the
mother, the son and myself. Robert
was telling us how he had spent the
day. How the hours had dragged In
the drowsy courtroom; how the regu
lation phrases and procedure bored
him.
"Robert,” the mother said impa
tiently, "I do wish you would not run
down your life work like that; you
know you don’t mean it.”
"But, mother, I do," he said. ‘T
wish I could get out of It.”
There was a little squabble, and in
the heavy silence that followed, for
want of something better to say, I
asked how he happened to get into
the law’.
"I put him there,” said the mother,
"on the advice of B .” (A noted
astrologer.)
“And how did he know?” I asked,
surprised.
“When Robert was born, I went to
B , in whom I hav«- always had
the fullest confidence. He looked up
the location of the stars and planets,
and declared that Robert would make
a wonderful lawyer. This was his
absolute dictum.
About Astrology.
"Robert’s Planetary influences cut
him out for a great jurist. I asked
if any other profession might be sub
stituted, but I w’as told only law was
suitable.
"You know I believe in astrology.
Everything that B has told me
and my friends has come out correct
ly, and I knew at that time that he
was right in relation to Robert. He
pointed out how all the great lawyers
had been born under Robert’s sign.
So from that time forth I determined
to educate my son for his life work.
He hasn’t taken to it, I admit, but it
has been because he was lazy, I am
sure.”
Astrology Is the science which pre
sumes to foreteh future events by
the aspects and situations of the stars
at a birth. If the moon is full or the
moon is new; if Mars is here, or Ju
piter is there; if Venus is flippant or
Mercury is strong—all these things
will influence your/life and make you
a poet or a butcher, a cruel tyrant
or a kindly Samaritan. A true as
trologer would be afraid to let the
moon's rays fall on his face while
asleep.
If a man believe in this science, he
is entitled to peace in his convictions.
If, however, he attempt to use the
knowledge in moulding credulous
minds, it is time to call a halt. It is
al» very well for an astrologer to
tell you what sign was in the ascend
ency at the time you were born, and
what is the star which rules your des
tiny. Nevertheless, he should not be
allowed to outline human lives. If
people think that a printed folder,
the same for all persons born at a
certain period of the year, contains
infallible information for their
mental, spiritual and material guid
ance. they ought to be diverted from
buying it.
This boy Robert has been sacrificed
on the altar of superstition. Per
haps, if hifci mother had not had
money, and he had not been depend
ent upon her for support, he might
have disobeyed her will. No doubt
there are but few cases as extreme
as this one, yet the principle in
volved is, to my mind, the same.
It has been my very good fortune
to gain the confidence of several as
trologers, and particularly one. from
whom I have learned some of the
basic principles of star-gazing, and
the ways of the fakers.
"Never say anything which will
hurt a man’s feelings,” he told me.
"And yet you must not give only
praise, for then he might become sus
picious. You must use great tact,
and you must pump.”
"But I thought everythlrg you said
was basted on science,” I replied.
“Oh, yes, yes, that is all very well,”
he said, impatiently, "but you piust
use your imagination.”
He Begins.
Therefore, one day I set out my
sign as an astrologer. A large chart
of the heavens was on my wall, and
placed on the table were several pon
derous looking volumes. I professed
to give character readings and advico
on business dealings and matters of
love. I promised to tell all my pa
trons what star ruled their fortune,
and a complete description of the
qualifications a prospective partner in
marriage should possess. More than
that. I guaranteed to tell days on
which it would be wise to enter into
important business contracts.
My first visitor was a young lady,
whose birthday was in November.
This is something like what I told
her:
‘‘You possess wonderful will power,
and have very great s«elf control; but
you must be a little careful of your
temper. You are slightly suscep
tible to flattery, and I advise you to
study people more as to their true
character. If you will cultivate your
higher nature and give proper atten
tion to the training of your naturally
strong faculties, there is scarcely
any undertaking in which you can not
achieve splendid success. You have a
very loving nature and are not easily
made jealous. Your lucky days are
the 13th and 27th of the month. De
cember will be your best month for
the coming year. When you select a
husband h° should be a man of strong
personality, who is yet gentle and
kind.”
You will notice that most of the
qualifications given might be applied
to almost anyone. However, there is
a great deal in the way these things
are said. By using proper gestures
and dropping the voice to impressive
intonations, you can make anything
you say seem wonderful. Once 1 said
to a man, as though I had made a re
markable discovery. "You had a
mother,” and then followed it up by
saying. “You also had a father.” The
words were spoken in a slow, convict
ing tone, and the man was positively
frightened, and didn’t have enough
sense to smile.
Just Guessed.
Several people have come to me at
various times and inquired whether
the day was propitious for entering
into important contracts; and al
though I have most always declared
that that was a little beyond my
scope, they have insisted, and the re
sult was that I have just guessed.
How much guessing goes on in this
field, nobody knows. I should say
there is about 2 per cent false science
and 98 per cent intuition. Imagine
telling anyone that he must marry a
widow, or that unless a girl were bom
in December she must be avoided.
All I can say is that you should be
very careful when you are born. Be
sure that the moon and the heavenly
planets are so placed in the firma
ment as to augur well for your fu
ture life. Arrange the day so that it
will be a lucky one acordlng to the
mystery men an then live your life
by astrological chart.
By EVELYN NESBIT THAW.
(Copyright, 1913. by International
News Service.)
P OPULAR opinion is steering a
steady course toward a definite
goal in its attitude regarding
turkey-trotting. You remember, of
course, the old quotation, "first scorn,
then pity, then embrace”—well, that
is exactly the course for the turkey
trot cup. First horror-struck amaze
ment, then amused toleration, then
the Every body’s- doing-it -I- must -hur-
ry-and-learn eagefness.
But while everyone is doing it. not
everyone is doing it correctly; and
the dance of to-day will not come In
to its own and rise above popular
critcclsm and accusation until thero
is the proper knowledge of how and
when and what next.
In a crowded ballroom, If every
body is merely expressing what the
music moans to ihem and swaying ro
the rhythm the dance brings to their
own individual minds, there will be
bumping and sliding and all sorts of
antics that give the satirical writer a
chance to liken the dance of to-day to
the Moro wooing a and the Nautch giri
posturings of the back-water civiliza
tions of yesterday.
The Tango.
Last week 1 gave you three simple
rules to fix in your minds before at
tempting the dances of to-day—stand
well away from your partner to allow
for lndiivdDal freedom of motion, keep
your feet on the floor to insure glid
ing instead of hopping, and hold the
body, including shoulders, firm and
steady.
To-day I want to add an almost
equally important rule. Learn your
steps and dance them, as far as pos
sible, with one and the same partner (
—do this at least until you are sure of [ ond picture. Advan 1
yourself; for if every time you dance j first, through two
you have to readjust yourself
different sort of guidance and a new
set of steps, you will never master
any part of the dame you are trying
to learn, but will dance at your goal
instead of toward it.
To-day I am going to give you an
idea of the tango—not the exotic,
southern tango of the Argentine, but
a tango more suited to and more
characteristic of our northern race.
They say the Czardas of the Hun
garian peasant can be danced in all
its perfection by the Hungarian
peasant and no other race can com
pass it. So the Tango Argentina is
meant for the man and woman of
Oastilllan blood. With this in view,
and with the Tango Argentina as a
basis, my dancing partner, Mr. Clif
ford has arranged the North Ameri
can tango which we introduce in our
ballroom dancing at Hammer9tein's
and of which I will give you a sketch
to-day.
The Reverse.
There are six steps or figures in
Mr. Clifford’s Tango, which will be
found practical and pretty for ball
room dancing; and what Is more 1
think you will find them easy to mas
ter. Always begin a Tango step with
the outside foot. Beginning thus,
dance forward with arched foot and
pointed toe, In stately walking meas
ure for two counts; during the third
count the girl turns in to the right,
swinging to face her partner, who
holds her out at his left side. This
step is taken on the girl's right foot,
and is followed on the fourth count
by a little backward dip on the left
foot.
Then reverse this stdp, advancing
away from the outpointing hands and
then swing back into movement one.
Advance and retreat thus eight times
and use each of the other steps, i
will describe back and forward thus,
eight times in all.
Step two is illustrated by the sec-
* with outer foot
counts, on the
ttie kicking step
The Superior Sex
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE.
HEN a man does a good deed
he lingers around it long
enough to put up a signpost.
I No man ever admits he talked too
much. The greatest concession he will
I make is that he made a mistake in the
person in whom he placed confidence.
| After a man has bought his meat
1 and groceries and sent his children
I to the public schools for an educa
tion he begins to talk of what he has
"done” for the tow’ll.
No man was ever sorry soon enough.
No man could ever tell the truth and
! his side of the story at the same time.
A man, while denying that his wife
j is more patient than he is. will get up
I and pass the baby to its mother when
It cries.
There are so many men In the world
that all the meanness has been thought
I ot -
There Is this much to say about the
faithfulness of man: Every time he
builds a castle in the air he puts a
different woman In it.
Having faith in a man sounds beau
tiful in poetry which never goes into
details.
When a man laughs ten times a day,
nine of the laughs w-ere inspired by
something he said himself.
Any man would prefer remaining in
ignorance to being enlightened by some j
one he dislikes.
It makes a man cross to make a de
mand on either his purse or his sympa
thy; therefore, women who have to han
dle the brutes, beware.
The best luck that happens any man
Is that the people don’t have time to in- j
vestigate all his statements.
Do You Know-—
Every year over 16,000.000 sheep and
lambs are slaughtered In Australia for ;
export, and beef totaling over 100,000
pounds is sent out annually for oversea
consumption.
In Paris there Is a corps of profes
sional dinner tasters, whose duty it is
to test and pass judgment upon all food
prepared for banquets and similar occa
sions of state.
England has 11,500 ships engaged in
foreign trade, Germany over 2,000,
Japan nearly 1.000, while the United
States has cfnly nine ships so engaged.
Two-thirds of the telephones used In
the world are In the United States, or a
total of over 8,362,000. To operate them
requires more than 18,000.000 miles of
wire.
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”Yes, gentlemen,” he said, "I have
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"It’s pretty expensive to have one's
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"Bui it doesn't cost anything to
keep one’s own counsel."
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How to Remove Easily.
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, Be sure to ask the druggist for the
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"Of all the ills under the sun,
There is a remedy or there is none,
ff there is one, do you wish to find it?
If there is none, why do you mind it ? **
We have applied the remedy for others, and that is
business. \Ve point, with pnde, to the college record
our boys.
Not a death or a serious case of sickness in die TfJlR*
TEEN YEARS’ history of our school Write for a cata»
log, and consider our plau.
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