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1 W ■' © *■ If You Insist on Being a Worm, Don’t Be Surprised If Folios Go Out of Their Way to Step on You © © -T>, • AT D A V • A TU / ... # • r\ 1 ruling o/ory oj oo cietij nlac^mai levs <fl) You Can Begin This Great Story To-day by Reading This First Aline Graham, the beautiful daugh ter of U. B. District Attorney Gordon Graham, is beloved by Captain law- ence Holbrook., a soldier of fortune, fre© iance and all-round Rood fellow Aline love© him. but, because of orne secret in her nest she refuse* to marry him While Holbrook la at her bonne ah*- re reive* a telephone message from .Turlaon PlaKg a lawyer and notorious bla< k mailer of society Holbrook b« r* Aline to tell him her se.cret She refuses and makes him leave her The message from FIrrr has made her frantic, and ©he finally decides to go lo his house In the meantime the reader >© Riven a glimpse Into PlaRR's den. The lawyer is closeted with his nephew, Tommy, the only human being for whom he ap pears to bear an-, affection, Congre-> man Rowland's butler, Jones, calls and -sell* P’Iagg a letter compromising Mrs. Rowland Ah the butler starts to leave, Flagg presses a button and takes a se -•ret flashlight of the man He rushes from the house In terror Aline slips away from her horn© unobserved ami reaches Flaggs home She finds flu- front door open and goes to his study. Front the nla> by Georg* Scar- torough. now being presented at the rhirty-ninth Street Theater. New York. Serial rights held and copyrighted by International News Service t f R. FLAGG?” queried the girl, pushing aside the heavy curtains beyond the it rent oak door. * The man was standing at his desk examining a letter he had Just taken n >m a japanned tin box. A satisfied smile played across his dark, crafty Vi tyres and the smile deepened In nt *nsitj as he looked up anti saw he pretty girl he had drawn into his ' eb of trickery and deceit He was a connoisseur in ail things beautlfkil as the warm-toned hangings, hand- tooled books and rare paintings in his luxurious library den testified He had a sudden instinct to hide his box of shameful letters In his safe, but as he started a paroxysm of pain marred his face beyond Its usual *▼11 and saturnine leer M Oh pardon he laid press)ml- hi* 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 ‘*1 phoned you.” she said ooolly. Her blood was throbbing in wild i tear She was alone, late at night, with Washington's master fiend, the blackmailer of sooiety—the creature ' who fed full on the loves and sorrows of his fellows, whose heartlessness was sated because men and women had foolish, erring, loving hearts. Flugg controlled hi* offerings "Sit down,” hhid lie. Tin girl continued to ntand, slen- { ler, alluring at the side of his great oaken desk. "Please let me gee that letter you i sa> you have.” "Hit down. M1*h Graham” "I must hurry!” “We won’t be disturbed here He said If with slow' emphanis with j poisoned innuendo. "Let me see that letter if you have Jit," replied the girl impatiently. I "Presently.” The man sat down J with impudent sang-froid, and scruti nized her with admiration that fairly reeked of insult to the girl alone with j thin unsavory ereature in his den. "Please hurry!” “You’re a pretty woman, Miss Gra ham’" h“ insinuated. "I didn’t come here for that, sir” The girl spoke with simple dignity - she in us! not let this man .see how »he feared him "Mon beautiful than the lady in my pieture good painting Salon— Paris! ” I T»• pointed to a magnificent portrait of "Justice" satirically hung above the portals of his injustice. HIm finger was «>n the electric button that controlled the camera and flashlight. When his visitor turned to look at the picture she would he posed full fAce for the eamera Mipe Graham would soon he photographed in his gallery of immortals, thought Judson Flagg and. like his other victims, she would be powerless to deny that she was a client of his. But Aline did not turn. The plate in the camera was saved for later, more fiendish work! “1 haven’t time for pictures I must hurrj You know it Please let me see the letter and go.” "You said over the phono you had not written any letter you were afraid of!” Flagg enjoyed prolonging the torture of this pretty victim. “T haven’t!” Then \vh\ are you here?" "If yon have such a letter it’s a forgery! ” the girl declared. "Why didn't you forge a marriage certificate? One of them covers a multitude of sins?” The man wan sneering openl\ now. The Book of Shame. The ,'lrl 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 abyss 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.” But haste was not at all to Flagg’s mind. The girl was pretty—she was fair game for his chasing. This promised to he sport of a sort as dear as the blackmailer’s very .self to his cankered old heart lie rose in leisurely fashion, crossed to his safe, unlocked his 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 Here’s a Chance to Get YOUR Christmas Money Tell the Readers of The Georgian How YOU Haw Solved the F’roblem of Present-giving. VTJRYBODY seems to be planning the selection of Christmas gifts ahead of the "rush” season. To-day's mall brought *.« J avalanche of letters containing suggestions. Married ra&dem of The Georgian seem to be very much Interested In the offer I mad© the other day. and which Is in force until December 18. I venture to say that from the day the custom of gift gTxlp# * 4 , Christmas was inaugurated husbands and wives have been perplex** over the problem of suitable presents. I have been worried year s/to year, and I thought 1t would be a good plan to get the Ideas ethee© on the subject. That was the reason I made the offer of gold piece* for best few ters. If you haven’t sent In your letter, rsad the offer carefully mu* then let me have your suggestion. READ THE OFFER To the wife who write* the best short letter teXUmg tchoS u ffe* useful gift for a husband, one $10 gold piece. > Three award* of $5 each will be given the wires who** tetter* w , judged the next best. Also, I will award the same prints to husbands who wnte brief last*** outlining the most appropriate gift ft>r a husband to give his wife husband's letter that is adjudged the best the iwriter will reoeipe a $tf gold piece. Husbands who irrite the three nest best letters wiU rm*4g\ *ach. a "So gold piece for their thoroughness. Send your letters addressed to S/T ART LB A DAVT&, Hfditoriel Department. The Atlanta Georgiy Hc-i • -..me letters that hare 1u art arrived . TURKEY AND DUCK. Miss Mary Lea Davis: Husband would enjoy most turkey, wild duck, oysters and box of cigars. MRS. K. Seneca, S. C. H. GIVE HIM AN EASY CHAIR Miss Mary Lea Davis: Let the wife give husband an easy chair. She will enjoy see ing him comfortable. MRS. S. P Madison, Ga MONEY FOR THE WIFE Miss Mary Lea Davis: My idea of a present for a wife Is *5 or I'll) that she can spend as she sees flit. I know by expe rience. J L. P Fitzgerald, Ga will get Ju*t wlaat he ■em.rtm amt he pleased as a. result. MRS. 4W,* Atlanta, Ga A DAILY REMINDER Miss Mary Lea T>avl«‘ I think a man like* to read « f rood daily paper when he comes n from his work and I am going to present my husband with a year’s subscription to The Geor pan MRS, R. r; Dallas, rie. written It after those dreams wen* meeting rude awakening, and the dreams were bitterly black and gloomy, with only the hope of a kinder tinted lining behind The man was consulting a red mo rocco book that contained an Index of shame—an “index expurgatorius,” it should have been. He fingered it and read aloud cynically, while the tortured girl wondered how soon someone would come and discover her here. Why had she come? She questioned her own heart. YVh\ had she not trusted stronger hands t< guide her course?. It was too latt now—she must go on—and on to the depths and abysses of which she had no illuminating moment pf “shadow before.” Flagg was reading from his shame ful red book- reading with shameless enjoyment. "Graham—Aline—that‘s it —You ladies. Miss Graham, seem to go upon the theory that Indiscretion Is tiie better part of love—but -that’s a mistake—the next time be sure to steei your gentleman friend against a magistrate and a certificate—r-proquic, but safer and in the end—cheaper— at least for the woman. Ah, here It is Woolworth—Graham! Does that | recall anything to you? “Woolworth -Graham" - did that recall anyf.hlng to her? In the midst of her pr< **:it agony , the girl recalled i those other days of vivid agony—the ! days of horror and shame arid useless regret that had followed hard upon 1 the glowing days of love and hope and trust and the three days out of a lifetime -the three days a lifetime ago- the days that, had brought her 1 into the toils of Judson Flagg this night—the days that forbade her ever to dream of the love and protecting (are of her man of all men—Captain Larry Holbrook, soldier and gentle man. Flagg dropped the book back in the box, locked his treasure-trove, hid it safely away in its fastness and came back to the desk of intrigue with the little pink missive tn his clawlike, clutching hands. The pink letter! It was to claim ii —to regain it—that Alino Graham had dared name and fame and fate to night. "Oh, let me see it!” The words /airly leaped of themselves from the girl’s fast beating heart to her trembling lips. "No. listen to it!" said the crafty fiend who knew jifst how far to play his .devil’s tune on husnan emotions. how far to drive—how far to instill fear and when to drive his bargain for the pound of flesh. With tine knowledge of effects he read to the woman of 25 the little heart cry of the girl of 19—the girl Aline had outgrown In her fatal leap to womanhood six years before. “Oh, Tom, you can’t desert me now —I won’t believe even your own words. You can’t go to the other side of the earth—and leave me to bear the horror you suggest—the torturing fear—the shame!” "Do you remember it?” asked the arch fiend quite casually. Then lie went on slowly, each word a drop of water falling, falling with delicate torture on the same spot—a woman’s pride—a girl’s joy In her honor. A REPLENISHED WARDROBE. Miss Mary Lea Davis: I give my husband the things he needs most. I replenish his run-down wardrobe and pay for it out of my own earned money. He is always delighted. Kirkwood. Ga MRS. J MONEY FOR PRESENT9 Mis^ Mary Lea Davis: I always give my wife the money that she wishes to spend for Christmas gifts. She buys her own gift and seems pleased with the arrangement. W. J. O’B. Atlanta, Ga. To 8e Continued To-morrow. THE [ Life in New York j FAMILY Adapted from the Broadway j Success by Owen Davte CUPBOARD A GRAFONOLA Miss Mary Lea Davis: A Grafonola and some choice records Is about the best pres ent a wife can give iter husband: that Is, if he likes music, and most men do. MRS. W F M Atlanta, Ga MOTHER COMES TO DAUGHTER'S RESCUE [Novelized by! When. Daughter Thought, Every Avenue of Escape Closed, Mother Came to Rescue. Lotfirrflle, Ala.—Tn refernn* to her recent troubles Mrs Bessie E Bmce, ef this town, say© "After childbirth, I suffered greatly with wasting, and various womanly troubles, and was n bed for six weeks Half the time I could not move, only when T was turned over by some one Oh! how 1 suffered no one knows I was told that T would have to go nrougd an operation, but atethe time of the operation I was too weak to undergo It, and T decided there was i.o chance for me A$i a last resort my mother ad vised me to try Cardul, the woman’s i.ni and my husband bought me a bottle 1 could tell from the first hat it was doing me good, and by he time 1 had taken the first bottle I could stand on my feet. 1 got another bottle, and before I had taken it up I was Just about well. The pains all .stopped, and in a short while I was able to do my work. "I know r that Cardui saved my life, and I would not be without it in the ■ouae I almost waited too long, and vise «uffer1ng women cot to but to begin taking Cardul at (From Owen Davis’ play now being pre sented at the Playhouse, New York, by William A. Brady -Copyright, 1913, by International News Service.) TO DAY’S INSTALLMENT Your druggist sells Cardu bottle to-day N. B.—Write to. Ladles Adv:.-or> Dept , Chattanooga .vied *ne < o . Chat- anooaf Tenn . for Special Instruction*, and book Home Treatment for ^Vcns-i* f«rt in plain ’wrapper, oc r•- "Not for a million. I’m through with that game. I can’t flutt. 1 won't! Not for a million’ Don’t talk to me any more -I’m sick of it," said Kitty, crossly. A little of the gloom went out of Dick’s faoe he shrugged his shoulders anfl smiled with a slight change of stress Dick 1* Roy was not quite through yet. Kitty rose and began walking un easily ahout the room "Where’s Ken'”’ he yawned "He seems to he out early Never thought how much earlier than the bird who caught him. Mr Earlv 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. T sup pose Potter won't officiate while you are here.” "Potter has flew the coop along with the res« of the Nelson family!" an nounced Dick, succinctly. Jim tried to be 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 fur a moment "Kitty," he said, low and soft The girl did not stir. Dick stood earnestly thinking for a minute and then he made for the piano stool. He sat down, struck a ranrous chord or two, and then, as If suddenly given an idea, he exclaimed: "Say Jim! Play that thing for me, will you? I think you know it." H« • pped back with an ingratiating bow and a tine flourish iIvory one on tills floor knows it." grumbled Jtm But the tone and the smile tempted him He got up and strolled noncha lantly toward the piano. He sat down and played a scale, then some chords There was a dash and a swing in his stooped figure He played through Dick's favorite. "Meet Me in Spoon Time Dearie." and turned for his meed of praise Dick tvu grinning broadly. Hie alignment boot taw to work: Hiu | ty was leaning forward, gazing at Jim with a sort of speculative respect. "Fine!” exclaimed Dick. “Got a light?” fcsked Jim quite as if Dick were in the habit of fetching him matches. So easily' success succeeds! “My piano playin’ Is gettin’ sort of rusty lately, and 1 got a stiff thumb where my old horse bit me Maybe I made a mistake givin’ up my inush- but I always did love a cab! The click- ety click of the hosses' hoofs Is some music, too--but them blamed taxi clocks a tickin’ Is not at all to my ear!" He lit his pipe, puffed away furiously to see that it drew qutre well, then turned to the piano and went on. “Talk about your tin-pan operas - this song reminds me of an off-day in a barber shop!” he ventured in a su perior tone- delighted at this sudden admission to an equal footing with Dick LeRoy, and bound to make the most of it while it lasted! He played the song 'quite through Dick sang it. At the end of the verse they both turned anxiously to Kitty. They were both actuated by the same desire to reach her to penetrate her reserve to make her consider them and the things they could do. So the ban tam rooster struts before his hens ''How it Is?’’ asked Dick anxiously “As full of expression as a disap pointed oyster," said Kitty vigorously if inelegantly Her indifference was falling from her. She looked suddenly vacant and 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 with en ergy All the lassitude and lndlffer- 1 ence had fled She made a mocking i little bow to Dick, and stood hesitating a moment, asway ready to leap into I pictured motion. Dice’s face expressed his delight. This was more than he had dared hope Why, he HAD Kitty! In a throaty little soprano she hum med the tune. Then she caught her narrow skirts high pirouetted and pranced a moment and. becoming at last quite sure of herself, began to dtp and sway to the syncopated music of the dance She stopped, sang the chorus through, bowed to a mythical audience- ano then ran toward Dick with her eyes aflame "Shall we do it together! Want to dance with me?” "Want to dance with you? Gee—Kit ty. *cu witch.' He caught her roughly 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 Angers the piano gave out luring, witching, velvet melody. Dick apd Kitty swayed and whirled In each other’s arms. A little wisp of her hair trembled out from under her hat and laid its soft gold across Dtck’s face. He caught It between his Ups and drew her pulsing young body close In his embrace. Pink banners were fly ing In Kitty's face. Her eyes were blue flame This was living! Closer came Dick’s burning eyes. He loosed the strand of hair and sought her lips with his She trembled a little but did not draw away. Kitty May was knowing a real emotion a big feeling, though it was born of the sensuous strains of the dance She had forgotten herself and her plans Dick's lips found here -clung a mo ment and then the music stopped with an awakening crash Kenneth Nelson stood In the door wav His face was pale—hs looked like a man awakening from a bad 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 had lust passed, and all necessity for apology. * * "You get out. I’m still a hit above entertaining chauffeurs in my apart ment. and don’t you ever dare to smoke that pipe In here again! This is neither a servant's hall nor a barroom. I won t tell you that again ” "Why the grouch?” queried Kitty lightly "I won't hare It! You go'” said Kenneth 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 *T don’t see much in this place, anyway, but let me tell you some thing, young feller. Pride's all right when you are somebody, but when it ain’t travelin’ with a bank roll It's a bum stall." lie slammed ihe door after him The measure of the fall of the son of the house of Nelson was marked by the fact that Jim Garrity -slammed the door after him and that Kitty scorned to pretend indignation at her Supposed servant's imprudence Instead she said very coldly* i. | "Now I suppose you are satisfied!" I "Satisfied! Good heavens, Kitty, I j am learning a great deal lately. But it takes time to learn to associate with j some of your friends.” Dick came toward Kenneth in ruf I fled Indignation and with threatening I manner. "Kitty’s friends are hard to asso- i ciate with—eh? Meaning me—per- I haps?” "Perhaps!" said Ken very coldly "I suppose you can pull that haughty stuff on me Just because I owe you a few dirty dollars ” Kenneth answered with a quietness of manner that almost Impressed Dick— at least it made him honest in reply'. “When I had money I shared it will ingly. It has been a lesson to me—to see how quickly your manner changed More Money. when you found out that It was gone "Why wouldn't it?” exclaimed Mr. T^e Roy, disingenuously "What else would I want of you? I’ll see vou be fore I go, Kitty, but I'm done!" "Dick, tool I suppose I'l] be next!" she flung out, bitterly. The boy crossed to her, his aj*rns held out. Tn the tone of his sad young voice there was something of the love that had not yet been destroyed-csome- thing of the despair that was destroy ing everything. "Kitty!” he pleaded The girl drew away from him petu- Pimply Faces Need Not Be Pimples, blotches, blenust es low skin just fade away after a few days treatment of HOT SPRINGS LIVER B1 T T( 1 MS. Thousands of women owe their good complexion, health, glowing cheeks and sparkling eves to these splendid little wonder workers. 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W Atlanta, Ga. A WOMAN'S IDEA Miss Mary Lea Davis: I suggest as the moat appro prlate gift for the husband a real promise to spend the next year at home looking after his and the children’s interests. That would be appreciated in many home* next year. MRS. S. A_ W. Atlanta, Ga. LOVE AND RESPECT Miss Mary I^ea Davis: Give your wife love and respe .’ and thank her for her klndnes* and admire her in her effort to pleaae you, and she will aoeen* any gift from you if true sent! ment is felt, from a. block of chewing gum to a beautiful horn*. Roberta, Ga. • J, L. Di LIKE U8EFUL GIFTS Miss Mary Lea Davis; Men, as a rule, appreciate wee ful giftb therefore I make it a nil* to give my husband the thing* I know he wants I always mak* a note of the things I hear him say he needs. Some of the things* very much appreciated by him were a leather bill fold, * hand embroidered collar bag, a pair of gold cuff links with the mono gram engraved, a hamd-ma.de newspaper case with a pocket fo^ each day of the week. This 1 proved to be & great eonven ience. He also found much com fort in an easy chair and bed room slipper*. Elbert on, Ga. MRS, C, A- P To Be Continued To-morrow. MONEY FOR HUSBAND Miss Mary Lea Davis: I am going to give my husband the money and let him purchase his own present. Then I know he We have moved to our new gtor* 97 Peachtree Street ATLANTA FLORAL CO Js. Do You Suffer From Indigestion? When you do not properly digest your food your blood becomes thin and every organ of the body soon feels the effect. The result is—headaches, sleeplessness, nervousness and many other symptoms—due to accumula tion of poisons in the body. Unless the stomach is given aid at this stage more serimm illness** follow. 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