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/ # © If You Insist on Being a Worm, Don’t Be Surprised of llieir Way i ' [ME on V ou AT BAY A ' 7 hrilling Story of Society Here’s ; You Can Begin This Great Story To-day by Reading This First uraham, the beautiful daugh- l r>. District Attorney Gordon is beloved by Captain Law- n.ilbrook, a soldier of fortune, free and all-around good fellow. Aline • , n . but, because of some secret: » er past, she refuses to marry him. 1 > Holbrook is at her house she re- I , telephone message rrom Judson ' Fiai’ 1 lawyer and notorious black- society. Holbrook begs Aline tn i.im her secret. She refuses and maK , « im leave her. The message A, i<"l<igg has made her frantic, and s i. tt - , ! decides to go to his house. i, intim«> the reader Is given a j .. Into Flagg’s den. The lawyer r s , ■ .pied with his nephew. Tommy, ihp . . human being for whom he ap- bear any affection. Congreas- r,a’ Rowland's butler, Jones, calls and rf . s ’lagg a letter cpmpromiring Mrs. u i . As the butler starts to leave, , - £ presses a button and takes a se • ash Ight of the man. He rushes I f r . -n the house In terror. Allno slips tv fmm her home unobserved and . s Fiagg’s home. She finds the h r open and goes to his study. Now Read On r n n (Novelized by) i i he pi*. borough. now being presented at the tvirtv- ninth Street Theater. New York. Ser'ai ’ gbts' held and copyrighted by International News Service.) | K. FliAOO?” queried the girl, pushing aside the heavy curtains beyond the great oak door. The man was standing at h1s desk examining a letter he had just taken fr .m a japanned tin box. A satisfied smile played across his dark, crafty features -and the smile deepened in ;nf -nsitv as he looked up and saw the pretty girl he had drawn into his weh of trickery and deceit. He was a connoisseur in all things beautiful as the warm-toned hangings, hand- j tooled books and rare paintings in i his luxurious library den testified. | He had a sudedn instinct to hide his box of shameful letters in his safe, but as he started a paroxysm of pain marred his face hey end its usual evil and saturnine leer. "Oh- pardon,” he said, pressing his hand in grave pain to a heart weak ened by years of unholy excitement Parleying for a Soul. Aline ignored his pain. Her own was grave •enough. She could have no sympathy for such as he. "! phoned you,” she said coolly. Her blood was throbbing in wild fear. She was alone* late at night, with Washington's master fiend, the blackmailer of society—the creature MOTHER COMES TO DAUGHTER’S RESCUE When. Daughter Thought, Every Avenue of Escape Closed, Mother Came to Rescue. who fed full on the loves and sorrows of his fellows, whose heartlessness was sated because men and women had foolish, erring, loving hearts. Flagg controlled his sufferings. “Sit down,” said he. The girl continued to stand, slen der, alluring at the side of his great oaken desk. "Please lef me see that letter you say you have.” “Sit down. Miss Graham.” •I must hurry!” "We won’t be disturbed—here.” He said it with slow emphasis—with poisoned innuendo. “Let me see that letter—if you have it." replied the girl impatiently. Presently.” The man sat down with impudent sang-froid, and scruti nized her with admiration that fairly reeked of insult to the girl alone with this unsavory creature in his den. ‘‘Please hurry!” “You’re a pretty woman, Miss Gra ham!” he insinuated. "I didn’t come here for that, sir.” The girl spoke with simple dignity— she must not let this man see how she feared him "More beautiful than the lady in my picture-—good painting—Salon— Paris!” He pointed to a magnificent portrait ••Justice” satirically hung above the portals of his injustice. His finger was on the electric button that controlled the camera and' flashlight. When his visitor turned to. look at the picture she would be posed full face for the camera. Aline Graham would soon he photographed in his gallery of immortals, thought Judson Flagg and, like his ether victims, she would he poiVerless to deny that she was a client of his. Rut Aline did not turn The plate | in the camera was saved for later, j more fiendish work! “T haven't time for pictures - I must hurry. You know it Please lei rq$ see the letter and go.” "You said over the phone you had not written any letter you were afraid of!” Flagg enjoyed prolonging the torture of this pretty victim. “I haven’t!” "Then why are you here?” “If you have such a letter it's a forgery,!” thp girl declared. “Why didn’t you forgo a marriage certificate? One of them covers a multitude of sins?” The man was sneering openly now. The Book of Shame. The girl struggled for self-mas tery. This creature should not— must not—guess the extent to which he* terror of him was growing. His daring insult and the abvss of shame which gaped before her anguished eyes at his words must loom before her eyes alone. He must not know— he must not guess how he was terri fying her "You said you had a letter of mine I’ve come to see that. If you won’t let me see it, I’m going! Please hurry." Rut haste was not at all to Flagg’s mind. The girl was pretty—she was* fair game for his chasing. This ' promised to be sport of a sort as dear as the blackmailer’s very self to his cankered old heart. He rose in leisurely fashion, crossed to his safe, unlocked hts japanned tin treasure- trove-^and slowly selected a pale pink epistle from its contents Pink! The color of the rosy tinted young dreams of the girl who had “Mr. Flagg?” Qv the G-ir], Pushh, Aside the Hea\jy tains Beyond tin Great Oak Door. Tell flu- !»’■ NBk’ST?’’ A ’ • • To the iri useful gift D ' t There a judged tht Also, / r outlining tin husband’* >■ 1 gold pit < each, a ' * Stud go in Mad * - MONEY FOR written it after those dr.-.um- - « r meeting ru v a waken ii dreams were bitterly and gloomy, with only * kinder tinted lining behind The man was ccmstl rocco hook that cont.'i in- ■•: tn : \ of shame —an "in fix t it should have been. H ■ • < r it and read aloud eynn < !?•• tortured girl wondered \ someone would - ■•nt< ;<t:< < • “r her here. Why had s e > m> ' >'n r - questioned her owi Y\ ,;n she not trusted stronger guide her course? 1: w > now —she must go on depths and abysses • no in iminatfng momeh >f before.” Flagg was reading from ? s tree- ful red hook—rcridin ; ni< ment. "Graham Aline—that’.-* ' n la : .Miss Graham, seem to • '•,/.»} the theory that indiscretion ’*'■ better part of love—but ti t's a. • istaia the next time be sure u > or vour gentleman friend againsi a : vtnt i certificate—iTosaic. ■!i ' : ind in the end-*-ch .<per r lea.st for the woman. Ah. here ii W'oolwort^—Graham! Does that ■ 11 anything to ybuf "Wool worth—Graham” — did that • all .anything to her? In the midst f her present agdny. the girl recalled H-se oiher days of vivid agony—the . of horror and shame and u -dess .ret th it had followed bar! upon >• glowing days of love and hop*, nd trust—and the three days out of lifeline- -the ihree days a lifetime ?o—the days that had brought her night —the days t; to dream of tl care of ro-r i The pink !< rt r! "Oh, iet me s fiend who knew . THE [Novelized byl •octet y! Life in New York FAMILY | Success b Jvy Owen Davis in drive -how far 4 to Inst*11 wi n to drive his bargain i Im - knowledge of effects he • ;h • woman of 25 the little i of the girl of lit the girl i i outgrown in her fatal leap nhool six years before, om, you can’t ciesprt me now , believe even your own ou can’t go to the other side , , ;h—and leave me to bear i > ou suggest—the torturing shame!” * i i lo mber it ’” asked the ] \ tc casually Then he; • vl\ .rich word a drop of falling with delicate | same spot a woman's • r >• joy in her honor nti; >d To-morrow. D ARD Louisville, Ala.—In referring to her recent troubles, Mrs. Bessie E. Bruce, of this town, says: "After childbirth. suffered greatly with wasting, and V5 U‘lo\in womanly troubles, and was In bed for six weeks. Half the time I °ould not move, only when I was turned over by some one. Oh! how I suffered, no one knows. T told that I would have to go through an operation, but at the time the operation I was too weak to undergo it, and I decided there was no chance for me. "As a last resort my mother ad- me to try Cardui, the woman’s l °nic, and my husband bought me a mottle, i oould tell from the first That it was doing me good, and bv fixe time I had taken the first bottle I ould stand on my feet. I got another b °tfie. and before I had taken It up I Wa? just about well. The pains all topped, and in a short while I was a hl p to do my -work. ’I know that Cardui saved my lif p . ®nd I would not be without it in the ^ 0Qs<i I almost waited too long, and 2 advise all suffering women not to hut to begin taking Cardui at oik?" ruggist sells Cardui. Get a Lott. e to-day. r»ji. B Write to: Ladies’ Advisor* bnc h «ttanooga Medicine Co., Chat- ^ : Tenn., for Special Instructions, 4 *hage book, ‘ Home Treatment for . tv omen," tuest. -Advt. *ent in plain wrapper, on re- (From Owen Davis' play now being pre sented at the Playhouse, New York, by WiKiam A. Brady. Copyright, 3913, by International News Service.) TO-DAY’S INSTALLMENT "Not for a million. I'm through with that game I can’t (|uit. T won't! Not for a million! Don’t talk to me any mure -I’m sick of It," sai<i Kitty, crossly. A little of the gloom went out of Pick's face ho shrugged his shoulders nnTl smiled with a slight change of stress. Dick Do Roy was not quite through yet, Kitty rose and began walking un easily about the room. "Whore's Ken?" he yawned. “He seems to be out early. Never thoutjjit how much earlier than the bird who caught him, Mr, Early Worm, must have got up!” "He’s looking for the job he’s talking about." said Dick. Kitty glared at him—then more ac cusingly at Jim. "This room Is In fine condition. I sup pose Potter won’t officiate while you are here." “Potter has flew the coop along with the rest of the Nelson family!" an nounced Dick, succinctly. Jim tried to t?e peacemaker. "What’s a little dirt?" he questioned pleasantly: "it’s healthy! Kitty flung herself into another chair with an obvious air of bored discon tent. Dick stared toward her with an access of tenderness. He stood back of her for a moment. "Kitty.’ he said, low and soft. The girl did not stir, ■nick Stood earnestly thinking for a minute, and then he made for the piano stool. He sat down, struck a ranrnus chord or two. and then, as if suddenly given an idea, he exclaimed: "gav, Jim! Play that thing for me will you? I think you know it” Hr Stepped back with an ingratiating bow and a fine flourish. "Every one on this floor knows It," grumbled Jim. But the tone and the smile tempted him. He got up and strolled noncha lantly toward the piano. He sat down played a scale, then some chords. There was a .lash and a swing in his stooped ilgure. He played through Dick’s favorite. "Meet Me In Spoon Tim" Dearie." and turned for his meed praise Dick was grinning hroadly. His experiment bade fair to work. Kit- ty was leaning forwat g.r/b;; r u • m with a sort of speculative i e - ? t. “Fine!” exclaimed Dick. "Got a llght' > " asked Jim quite a? if Dick were in the habit of fetching him matches. So easily suo-c -• • n • • s! "My piano playin’ is gcttii ' sort of rusty lately, and I got a : tc" thumb where my old horse bit M. ‘ I made a mistake givln’ up mv m; < - but I always did love a cab' The < ety click of the hos.-es' k • ne music, to., but them blamed i a tickin’ Is not at all r «r!" He lit his pipe, puffed away furiously to see that It drew *• well, then turned to the piano and v. nt ; "Talk about vour tin-pan opera • this song reminds n •• of an . i • ; . in a barber shop!" he ventured in a perior tone—delighted at this sudden admission to an equal footing with D k LeRoy, and bound to make t) .* mbst of It while It lasted! He played the song quite through. Dlok sang it. At the end of the verse they both turned anxiously to Kitty They were both actuated by the .-.• desire to reach her- to penetrate her reserve—to make her consider them and the things they could do So the bun- tarn rooster struts before his hens. "How it Ls?" a ■ • • 1 "As full of expression as a .disap pointed oyster,” said Kitty \ gon-usly If inelegantly. Her indifference was falling from her. She looked suddenly v Bran’ nd full of life. "Here! Play it over again." she cried. "What! AGAIN?” exclaimed Jim. "Yes! I’ll show you!” The Break. Kitty leaped to her feet buoyant, sparkling and fairly bubbling v.yUi <-• ergy. All the lassitude and indiftYr ence had fled. She made a % monk ins' little bow' to Dick, and stood h'vdtatirg a moment, asway. read- to leap to pictured motion Dick's face expressed his delight. This was more than he had dared ho? e. Why. he HAD Kilty! In a throaty little soprano she hum med the tune. Then she caught her narrow skirts high, pirouetted ad pranced a moment and. becoming at last quite sure of herself, t ■ n ' ■ • dtp and sway to the syncopated music of the dance. She stopped, sang the i * is thn , bowed to a mythical endience- no then ran toward Dick with her eyes aflame. "Shall we do it together! 'Vint to dance with me’.’ "Want to dance with yon Gee Kit ty, j ou witch!" He. caught her ronglily in his arms. Jim went on playing the sensuous music of Dick’s song. He did not glance up He had found himself again. Under his chapped old fingers the piano gave out luring, witching, Dick and Kitty swayed and whirled in <.o’ other's arms A little wisp of her hait trembled out from under her bat and laid its soft gold across Dick's face. IB aught it between his lips pnd drew her pulsing young body close in his embrace. Pink banners w'ere fly ing in Kitty’s face Her eyes were blue flame This was living! Closer came his. She trembled a little but did not ! draw awa- Kitty May was knowing a was bom of th*- sensuous strains of the dance. She had forgotten herself and her plans. Dick’s lips found hers—clung a mo ment- and then the music stopped with an awakening crash. Kenneth Nelson stood In the door way. His face was pale—he looked like a man awakening from a had dream. Had he seen? Kitty pushed Dick away petulantly. "Dick, I'm surprised at you! 1 wouldn’t go to all that trouble trying to teach you the tango if I'd thought you would take such shameful advan tage of a lady!” "Oh, it’s you!” Dick spoke con- temptuously and ignored the scene that Bad ju.M passed, and all necessity for a pology. "You get out. I’pn still a hit above entertaining chauffeurs in my apart ment, end don’t you ever dare to smoke that pipe tn here again! This Is neither a servant’s hall nor a barroom. I won’t • "Why the grouch?" queried Kitty "f won't have it! You go!" said This time Kitty did not think it worth her while to Indulge In a bit of play acting and add a histrionic, "James!" "Oh, all right," said Jim, the oft- snubbed. "I don’t see much In tills place, anyway, but let me tell you some thing. young feller. Pride's all right when you are somebody, but when It ain’t travclln’ with a bank-roll it’s a He slammed the door after him. The rr ia ire ■ f th • fall of the son of the B« use l Nelson was marked by the fact that U i Gnrrlty slammed the door aft» r him and that Kitty scorned to pretend Irdigr.' tion at her supposed servant's prudeiiet. Instead, she »ai<i very cekity; / It take* time to 1 : . • had she for a piker | . hi' hardened that hard ! us< u culled her heart. • started something -how ! • • finish it?.. I can't see : ■< cm to be very well! • >f Kenneth Nelson - ! MONEY FOP Mi.ss :m , jnonev 1 B.t for CB ?•; -i in . own git' D.fci the a;ran i Atlanta, <; ■ A fttR A? Miss Mar A i if records ;s .bo ent a wife n that 1- if B" It men do. At 1 au .i, ( HIS HOM I thin tin paper. It i •;»! C ntinued To-morrow. Atlanta, Ga MONEY FOR Miss M ice to Get ['OUR s Money Ciporgian flow YOU Have : in of Present-giving. an r v the selection of Christmas '* so i. To-day's mall brought an n . :i i, rested in the of^er I made ot! plan to get the ideas of others •tfl'er of gold pieces for bt -1 let- i, read the offer carefuiiy and u.S OFFER. R - / letter telling irjiat is the most ;Deen the uives whose letters are ad- : to husbands who write brief Irfttrs t n t In st lettt < will receive, 1/1 /.' > LEX PA VIS, il Department, The Atlanta Georgian. i Will I h \\.‘ ?:i 11 Hi B<- pie.axed as a result. MRS. G. \V. T. Atlanta, Ga. • A DAILY REMINDER. Miss Mary Leu D'avis: ! think a man likes to read a -•• d d daily paper \vh »n Be comes u- ni his work and I s.m going »i subscription to The Geor- MRS. R. G. Dallas Ga. A WOMAN'S IDEA. Le t i mv is: i R as the most appro* orr*' e it. spend the next year LOVE AND RESPECT. ir wife love and respect jdtase you, and she will accept • ny gift from you if true senti ment is felt, from a block of chewing gum to a beautiful home. Roberta, Ga. J. L. I>, LIKE USEFUL GIFTS. Miss Mary Lea Davis: d \o n. :;s a rule, appreciate use ful therefore 1 make'it a rule ■ give my husband the things 1 knou he war I always nmko n ‘e of the things I hear him ••civ he n*-ed».. Some of the things \ ’ much appreciated by him embroidered collar hag, a pair of c< 1 { cuff link? with the mono- r m engraved, a h. r.d-mad< ru i pi-** caar* with a j ocket foi • teh dav of the week. ThL in dm easy chair, and bed/ KLberton, Ga. MRS. C. A. P. •Ve ha ve moved to our new store, ’I 1NTA FLORAL CO. stuff on m Ju ’ m?* i few dirty della see how quick! > nc< More Money. when you foun/1 out ’hat it wa Le Roy, < ; int- - - would f want of you? I'll sex fore I go, Kitty, l •’ I'*• ■? ’ ' "Dick, too! I fi'up” ® I’ll b The. girl drew aw t f h, t«U gestion? When yo properly dipri food your hiooi thin and every < body soon feels ti > is—headaches, sic ' and many other sync • tion- of poisons in the • is given aid at this follow. Now is the time .... -now is the time to t;, D2£. I' he result srriovs illnesses eakened stomach Pirn pi. hi • ■ • i poisono.i, and energy. i-Ft lax dye 1'or free .sample ObejTilcal Comi>un: Advt. (In Tabic ; er. It has the same power to se; y;. in thousands of other case, the food you eat will nour reviving blood. It will < waste a sluggish liver permitted to a rum on Sense Adviser. It will rm.) avoid thrtnia- ■ hich Dad to the f ill-health. Over , « 3 have been sold • each, but you may c -uy'of the revised T>>:- pages, cloth- i. illustrated, if will send SI one- stamps to pay .t of Wrapping m i ling only. ■ been proved to have r tomach so that land make good > get rid of the Dowels hava our system. Dr. Piprce’s Got "ti of known native h> no alcohol to d drugs, to give been K.»Ui form -ah, , An in vita. 1 on is ex tended by Dr. Pierce people to consult with- ph b r - ■■ ■ rns t end spent, sts. Write ttlty. Dr. li. V. Pierce. Free., Buffalo t JV. Y. I :i|[ I ■ i \ flihl i f Ml [j i| £ ij I ( \2