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A Woman Beli eves She Should Do Her Christmas Shopping Eurly and Also Late © A ©taeGiMs AT BAY A Thrilling Story of Society Blackmailers. fNevellied hy> jrgL <7 When the South and the West Ate One When One Mile Might as Well Be Ten Thousand ^ and Three Thousand Feels Like Two By NELL BRINKLEY Copyright, 1913, International News ■ From tha nley by Oorge Srar- boreugh. nnm being preaenleri at the Thirty - nih th S’reet Theater, New Yrirk. Serial rl«ht» hebl ami copyrighted by International New* Service.) TO DAY’S INSTALLMENT. ' A Filipino hoy- his name's Barnadlno —but I’ve cut off the 'dlno' and made him a Christian." Barney smiled vagusly at the witti cism and departed. ‘'Kltfg has Just died—sudd only—an hour ago." went on the Captain "Chief Shannon calls Flag’s death a murder I called it a suicide.” "Well?” asked the doctor, quietly. The diagnosis of this case wae very imperfect as yet "There’ll he an autopsy The Coroner will be under the domination or at least under the Influence of the police I want an Independent surgeon present—a mi of personal courage and of authority In his profession. I WANT YOU THERE” "I can’t do that," said th# doctor firm ly There was no ang* r In his tone - only surprise that sueh a man as Hoi* bfook should ask a favor like this “You can’t do that—you can't do what?” “Assist In an autopsy” "You can witness it, can’t you?” “I don’t care to.” "Who does care to? But a* a duty. . . . Why, I’ve a vital Interest !n be lieving this man a suicide." "Are you asking me to distort the farts?" "Do you think I'd Insult you? To prevent their distortion—T want a man of my own there to see all that's dons or discovered. It’s a matter of life and death, doctor-and every move must be covered expertly . . . There’ll b# the best lawyers money can get and they'll want to confer with a man of their kind tha best surgeon money can get—not a coroner—-but Doctor Francis Elliott—the last word In his profes •Ion ” "When is this?” "At daj light, I think—I’ll find out?” "My assistant could ” began the doctor, moved In spite of himself by the plea by the ring of desperate earnest ness in Holbrook’s voice. "Your assistant won’t do. . . . Come, now', doctor, would you send your as sistant if I was to be cut open my self?" "No—but " The Warning. “THIS TB A THOUSAND TIMES MORE IMPORTANT TO ME. . . .” "Who’s that?" asked the doctor, nerv ously. as If caught In some flagrant wrongdoing, as he heard the sound of a knock on the door. "How can I be telling through a wal nut door?" laughed ljorry, easily. He went toward It, nodding toward the de canter of whisky the while. "Help yourself—’tis a fine bracer, they tell me ’’ But Dr. Francis Elliott knew well that the "bracer" might stimulate for the moment but the pendulum would swing hack again, and depleted man hood would pay in greater nervousness for the toll the "bracing" drink had demanded for its moment of warmth He smiled and poured himself a cup of tea! "Ah. Father Shannon—come In,’ cried Larry in the warm tone of affection that crept into his voice at the sight of this fine man and friend and preacher "I’ve very urgent business. Captain.” said the father in a voice whose hid den pain betrayed that the business that brought him was Indeed "urgent." "I'm leaving." said the doctor, dryly. "Not without your promise to do what I asked you," Interposed Larry. Into his voice came some of that command ing quality that had kept Tommy Hil bert from telling too much at the "third degree" in the spider's den There was a pause and none of the men could dream how much hung on that moment of silence. "I promise," said Doctor Francla Elliott. “God bless you—I’ll phone the hour And I^awrence Holbrook closed tha door after his guest after the guest whose visit had meant so much, much more than he could know "Larry." **ld the Father with alow meaning. "There's a lady In my taxi cab downstairs.“ Eagerly and anxiously the Irishman spoke "Herself?” “Herself!” cried the eon of the land of mists and dreams — and action, when there was a cause that caught the ten der Irish heart. "Herselfl"—and in all the world there wai but one woman that could mean to Captain Lawrance Hol brook. The Father nodded "To see you." "Bring her up please,” cried the Cap tain What if she should be seen by some midnight marauder what if some one found her alone in a taxi cab outside of Washington’s greatest bachelor eyrie ... if the deeds of that black night had left Aline Graham one shred of reputation all who loved her must seek to preserve it now' A r \ Little Bobbie’s Pa By WILLIAM F KIRK. I " T snowed yesterday A wen Pa calm hoam last nlte he was two (2) hours la.lt for dinner. Ware have you been? aed Ma. With the Bonn of the Snow, sod Pa, tny deer old pals. Once I was pure like the snow', but I fell, sed Pa. Hoo ray Who In the world are the Sons of Snow? sed Mn. It Is a Jolly bunch of fellows. Pa sed, that get together onst every Fall wen the first fall of snow rums, A we have a littel celebrashun. They are grand fellows, all of them, sed Pa, A I have belonged to the order for years I thought you know about them. No, I dldent, sed Ma. Between yure lodges A yure clubs you are a busy cup of tea. Well, sed Ma, come now & eet yure dinner. Wen Pa was eeting his dinner he was telling us how he cairn to Join the Sons of tho Snow. All of the boys In this order was Wisconsin boys, sed Pa, A you, of course, know that It snows a grste deel In Wisconsin. We think of ee( h other offen In the sum mer. too, Pa sed, but wen the first flurries of snow dims out of the hev- ings. the tellefone gits busy A we all git together in sum snug tavern and drive dull care away for three or four hours, while the Wintry blast Is howling outside The snow, the snow, the beautiful snow, seil Pa. I beeleeve peepul shud git together moar I beeleeve In fra ternity. So do 1. sed Ms. A and that matks me think, the Sisters of Song are dimming up to the house nggenn to- nite I am glad you are here, for one of the new members Is a famus suf- raget from England. A she wants tc talk to you about suffrage. Then Pa began to look kind of blue. 1 am afrade that will conlllck with a engagement I made, he sed. The last thing beefoar I left the Sons of Snow 1 asked them all to cum up to the house to-nlte. I wanted my wife A littel boy to see my noabel comrades. 1 know thay will not be at thare eese with a sufTraget around. Thay hear all of that thay want to at hoam, sed Pa, J doant think any of them will git here If thay feel us sleepy as you look, sed Ma. But If thay do cum I am aure thay will enjoy meeting my trends. Then Pa went Into the library A lit a seegar A sat down In his big chair & started to smoak. Pa newer wares carpet slippers like the married men wlch I have red about that put on thare slippers wen thay git hoam at nlte. Bobbie, Pm toald me onst, nev- ver ware carpet slippers If you git married A have a hosm A good aol- Jer shod always be under llte march ing orders, & maybe you mite want to beat a retreet on sum winter nlte. You wud newer be abel to git far in yure carpet slippers. Pa sed, A the en*»my mite have yure shoes hid. Pa talked to me a few mlnnlts, A then he went to sleep In his chair. The Sisters of Song calm to visit Ma. but l shut the dosr into the library A Pa dident wake up. Ma A me let him sleep until her trends had went hoam. A then we woak him up A asked him ware the Sons of Snow was. Dldent the boys cum? sed Pa. No, sed Ma, the boys did not cum I knew thay wuddent cum. The gurls was all here A have went. Cum on, now, deer Son of Snow, sed Ma. A go to yure fleecy bed T HIS was on a trolley car, where you hear lots of things! A sweet little voice-—that sounded like it usually used better grammar, but was so excited that it forgot—piped out right behind my velvet back: "Ain’t it awful—WHEN YOU’RE HERE AND HE’S THERE?” And I knew right away what was the matter, and I knew that it was AWFUL. Oh, all lovers who arc far away from the smile of one another's eyes, here’s all kinds of wishes- wishes that a social letter is starting lover- ward this very night; for fortune that will suddenly, In good humor, twist your destiny so that you may l>e where she is and she where you may lie: for a private wire to girdle around the world; a lover’s line with gold-dusty headed Danny for Central to fire every other folk off. Oh, ail good, good wishes. For when there are two lovers and the two of them make one, and the One is divided into Tw r o—and one hairs on one const and the other half is almost on the other—nothing’s right! The sunset is a fuded thing. It used to be a heart of flame and feathery fire when she watched it with you and now it’s brown—just RIIOWN! The end of day used to be “twilight” and the hills turned tender purple in that short season between night and day—hut now it Juat “gets dark!” You watch the theater go dark at a moving picture show. The square of Speechless Romance flashes on the screen—the girl in the picture looks like HER! The passing stranger who hustles by you on the street makes your heart trip up and hold its breath for a dizzy moment. It looked like HIM—just as tall—with a coat belted In— could it 1*» that lover of yours himself? This is u station (and it’s a wild lunatic thought for you got a letter an hour ago and he was clear across the continent then), but mayl)e he has conjured himself right here. And then he turns the face of him around—and. oh, my gracious! how could you ever think a plain chap like that could he the only man In the world? It IS awful “WHEN YOU ARE HERE AND HE IS THERE.” And one mile might as well be ten thousand and three thousand feels like two! Advice to the Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. CERTAINLY. Dear Miss Fairfax: In keeping company, do you think It is proper if a girl is about a year older than & young man? STEADY READER. A year’s difference In age Is too little to think about. LET HIM DECIDE. Dear Miss Fairfax: We are two very attractive young girls and have many ad mirers, but both of us seem to be infatuated with the sarr.e . young man. He Is very bashful and shy, and for that reason we can not tell which of us he loves the more. ANXIOUS. That Is something he alone knows and the fact that he is impartial in his attention Indicates that his love for both is the same When he learns his own heart he will make the dis covery known, and there is nothing you can do to hasten the discovery. THAT IS NO BAR. Dear Miss Fairfax: I have been In love with a girl for three months When I asked her If she would marry me she said she would marry me next January. My mother said I should not marry because she is blind in one eye. J. B. It is not clear to me who is af flicted, the girl or your mother, but in either case it is no bar to your marriage. So Changed. “I gave up smoking to please her.” “Good!” “And drinking.” “Well?” “Now she says she finds me very uninteresting.” Up-to-Date Jokes When at Brecon the other day the Archbishop of York told this story. He said he would not say anything against Yorkshiremen, but they possessed one characteristic which might be consid ered as a virtue or as & defect, accord ing to the view they took of it. One Yorkshire native, who had become well to-do, was asked by some one for a subscription. He demurred, and was pressed with the observation: "But see how' you have been pros pered in your business.” Whereupon he remarked: "Don’t you come any of your relig ion on me. The Almighty wouldn’t have trusted me with so much brass if Hs didn’t think I could keep it!” • * • A well known university professor was lecturing to some students on hy giene some time ago when one of the class—from the provinces—asked him how he, the student, could safeguard himself In drinking Croton water. The professor rather startled him by reply ing: 'First boll It, then filter It, and after that—drink beer.” • • • Mr. Closecoyne (during his wife’s re ception): "She gives ’em lights; she gives ’em music; she gives em food, flowers, champagne, and that’s what she calls receiving." A Talk to the Male Jilt By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. I © @ Tabloid Tales # # Dear Miss Fairfax: I have been calling on a girl for three years, and now' I have fallen in love with somebody else. The somebody else is a cousin who is visiting the other girl. I think the cousin knows that I am in love with her. and I know' that the other girl Is very jealous. What am I going to do about it? EMBARRASSED. She Arrives. “Are you alone?" asked Father Shan non "Only my Filipino boy—he’ll not corns until I call him The Father went to fetch the lady —and the man who gave his rooms that were soon to be honored by the pres ence of the woman he loved -slayer and fugitive from Justice though she might be a critical Inspection He whisked up the decanter and started for the concealment of the buffet—he paused- and returned the tray to the table with a little gesture that said, "abide in peace Just where you are " And to the flourish of returning the decanter he added a question aloud in the silence "No! Why all this—Unease*’’ He twisted his mouth a bit wryly thereat and walked to the door and stood wait ing to welcome his guest. "Aline”’ cried his heart aloud. Then he closed the great doors of Circassian walnut and followed the girl across the room. Aline was again in soft browns of the copper hue she loved. She rose in the paleness of a lily from her calyx of bronze Gould this girl of flower- Uke delicacy be all—be any of what the scandal-rnongerlng world would say she was at her trial 0 For to-day the world Is not reminded that only the guiltless may cast the flrst stone—and pebbles and rocks alike hurtle about the head of a woman who stands on trial before the bar of "Justice " To Be Continued To-morrow. What, Mother Dear, is meant by lead ing the double life 0 ” If a man. Innocent One. earns $100 a month and gives his wife only $09.60 of it, she suspects him of leading a Double Life with the remaining half dollar. But has she grounds, Mother Dear, for such a suspicion? As a woman learns the other sex bet ter. My Child, she learns she has grounds for every suspicion that enters her head What, Mother, is the test of the suc cess of a woman’s dinner party? If every guest. My Dear, hunts a dream book next day. In what. Mother Mine, does the housewife And her most engrossing oc cupation? I can not determine. Daughter, but it seems to me to be one of two things: . Either in keeping her spare room ready I for guests or in roaring because guests are coming Why, Mother, did you order tha maid to put the eggs in the bedroom? Sstre- ly a sleeping room Is no place for eggs Hush, Little One—there are burglars about, and we will sleep to-night with the eggs under our pillow What, Mother, is a bandit? Are there any these days? In olden times. Inquisitive One, a man rode up to a house on & bold Mack charger, and. picking up a maid, gal loped off with her In these days the bandit is a woman who in a sweet, gen tle voice gets the maid at her friend’s \ house at the telephone, and steals her away by offering her more wages. The modern bandit is an object of greater hatred than the bandit of old. I What. Dearest Mother, is the Yule Tide? It is an expression of sentiment used commonly Just before the 26th of December for the purpose of hypno tizing Father and getting his mind off the bills. Tn what respect. Mother Mine, do you think the Bible shows most that it was written In ancient times? In no plaoe, Studious One. does it say In re’attng the downfall of Adam that Eve wa# a blond. What, Mother. Is Hospitality? It is a virtue. My Child, that has its origin in lonesomeness and careless housekeeping The woman whose idol Is an immaculate house and a spotless tablecloth is never out looking for guests. -FRANCES L. OARSIPF E MBARRASSED. well, I should think you would be embarrass ed. you poor, weak, shilly shally. dilly-dally creature, you. For three years you have taken up this girl’s time; for three years you have made her believe that you were in love with her. and now just be cause her cousin is new you are ready to break the other girl’s heart. A fine fellow you are. to be sure. So you think the cousin knows you are in love with her? Why don’t you tell the truth for once? You know she knows it. for you have done everything you could to make her know it. Be honest now for a few minutes and admit it. Every time you’ve had a chance you've given Cousin to understand that you never really breathed a long breath till she "came into your life.” Poor cousin. I hope she. at least, has sense enough to see through you and to estimate your deep and tre mendous passion at its true value. Why, you aren’t worth a tear—you aren’t worth a sigh—you aren’t even worth a little crooked quirk of a smile. What In the world would any wom an of any sort of character do with a poor weakling like you? Fidelity is the one great virtue a woman asks of a man and a man de mands of a woman. Without fidelity you are no more use to any one than so much straw scattered by every wind that blows. Run along, little man, run along. Nobody wants you or your kind anywhere in the family. “Eating” the Evidence. The counsel for the prosecution in a recent trial had a frightful cold, and when he rose to make his ap peal to the jury he had in his hand a box of lozenges. In the course of his speech he had occasion to pick up a pistol bullet, which was a very important piece of evidence. "Gedlebed.’’ he said, “this is the bullet egstragded frob the body ob der bad Dow. gedlebed”—he took a lozenge—"id is gontended by the de- fedse dat der brisoder dever had a bisdol dat dis bullet would fit, ad— ad ” He stopped suddenly; his bosom heaved, his eyes seemed starting from their sockets. “Oh. gedlebed, gedlebed!” he cried in agonized tones; “I’ve swallowed the bullet.” CHICHESTER S PILLS T«t UUMONO DltA>D. A ! Aek yeur to, A Blue Ribb**. I’tll* In Med ftsul i>«ld l“’«i«, tmkd with Blue •• »‘br B*y of j>, r V T**n known ki But. Safest. 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