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David Amber, starting for a luck-shoot-Inp
visit with his friend, Qualn, coincsup
on a younc lady equestrian who tins bwi
Oinmounted by her home becoming frlRlit
nrd at the sudden nppearnnco In the roiul
of a burly Hindu. Ho declare he Ij
pieharl IaI ChatterJI, "Tho appointed
mouthpiece of tho Hell," addresses Amber
tut a man of high rnnk nnd prewlnp a
bnystrrlous little bronio box, "Tho lo
JseniULnlo his tiand,. disappears la th
rwmiu. 'inn Kin cans AlnW 05 ' T-Vpr
tile In turn nddrcssea her ns Miss Boplile
Parrel!. daughter of Col l"arrell of tho
.British diplomatic ncrvlco In Indln nnd
vtslttu? the Qualns. Several nights Inter
alio Quoin homo In burglarized and tho
fcronzo box stolen. Amber nnd Quoin ro
hunting on an Island and becomo lost nnd
JAmber Is loft marooned, lie wanders
inborn finally reache a cabin nnd rfj
PKnltes on Its occupant an old friend
biamcd Itutton, whom ho last met In Knff
fand, and who appears to bo In lildlnf.
PVfcna Miss rnrrefl la mentioned Itutton la
trnnjcely ndtated ChatterJI nppeam
nd summons Itutton to a mcellnir of a
mysterious body. Itutton seizes a rovol
ivcr and dashes after ChatterJI Ho ro
.turns wildly excited, says ho hns hilled
the Hindu, takes poison, nnd when dyltm
jxsUr Amber to ko to India on a. mysterl
jpui errand. Amber decide to leavo nt
(nme for India. On tho way ho sends n
letter to Mr. Labertouche, n sclontlflo
ifrlend In Calcutta, by n quicker routo.
llJpon nrrlvlnu ho finds n note awnltlnc
him. It directs Amber to meet his friend
At n certain place. The latter tolH him
Bio knows his mission Is to get Miss Far
rell out of the country Amber nttnmpts
to dlsposo of the Token to a monoy-len-tier.
Is mistaken for Rutton nnd barely
escapes being mobbed. A messapo from
Iihertoucho causes him to start for Dar
lecllng, CHAPTER XI. (Continued,)
"Ah, that Voice!" cried Amber In
cxaBpcrjitlon. "I grow weary of tho
"ivord, Rain Nath."
"Thnt may well bo," returned tho
pan, Imperturbable. "Nono tho less
jit were well for you to havo a caro
Blow you fondlo the revolver In your
(Docket, sahib. Should It by chanco
go cS and tho bullet And lrxlgmont In
Four tonga-wallah, you aro llko to
iear more of that Volco, and from
less frlondly lips."
"I think you have eyes In tho back
af your head, Ham Nath." Ambor
withdrew his hand from his coat-
pocket and laughed shortly as he
spoke.
"Thoro Is a saying In this country,
jenhlb, that even tho stones In the
Hesert havo ears to hear and eyes to
Ifico and tongues withal to toll what
Jthey havo 3eon and heard."
"Ah-hl . . . That Is a wlso say
ling, Ram Nath."
"Thoro bo thoso I could namo who
would do woll to lay that saying to
heart, sahib."
"Yon am rhzht, Indeed. . ., Now
If there bo aught of truth In that say
ing, and If ono woro unwisely to
cpeak a certain namo, oven hero "
"Tho echo of that name might bo
heard boyond tho threshold of a cer
tain Gateway, sahib."
Amber grunted and said no moro,
jcontented now with tho assurance
jtoial he was in truth lti touch with
Xjtbprtoucho, that this Ram Nath was
'en e'mployoe of tho I. 8. 8. Tho wink
Wa now explained away with all tho
EMt of tho tonga-wallah's churlish
oss. As the tonga swiftly lessened tho dis
tance, his gaze, ponetratlng tho thin
ning folds, discerned tho contours of
a cotton-wain drawn by twin stunted
bullocks, patient noses to tho ground,
toils aswltch. Desldo his cattlo tho
driver plodded, goad In hand, a naked
Bword upon his hip.
Dellberatoly enough the cartor
" ved ftia beasts asido lo wake way
for the tonga, lest by unduo hasto ho
Should make himself seem othor than
what ha was a freo man and a
fft&JpuL But when his flurco, hawk
Bike eyes encountored thoso of tho
ilak traveler, his attitude changed cu
jrlously and completely, Recognition
fend reveienco fought with surprise iu
fcla expression, and as Ram Nath
fawung tho tonga past tho man sa
paamod profoundly. His volco, ns ho
(rose, camo after them, resonant and
clear:
"Hall, thou Chosen of the GalwRvt
Mall!"
Amber neither turned to look nor
'replied. Hut his frown deepened. Tho
.Incident passed into his history,
marked only by tho torso comment it
adduced from Ram Nath words which
were flung curtly over tho tonga
wallah's shoulder: "Eyes to boo and
cars. to hoar and a tonguo withal . .
. sahib I"
Tho Virginian said nothing. Rut It
was in hiB mind that ho had indeed
thrust IiIb head Into tho lion's mouth
by thus adventuring Into tho terri
tory which overy Instinct of caution
jand common-ECMo proclaimed taboo
rvO him tho orstwhllo hlcgdom of tho
wauarana Har Dyal Rutton.
CHAPTER XII.
Tho Long Day.
Ono travels dak by relays casually
.disposed along tho routo at tho whim
of tho natlvo contractor. Between
Badshah Junction and Kuttarpur
thero wero ten stages, of which tho con--elusion
of tho first was at hand Am
her having all but adandoned belief
In Its existence.
Slamming recklessly down tho bed
of an ancient water course, tho tonga
spun suddenly upon ono wheel round
a shoulder of tho banks and dashed
out upon a rolling plain, across which
tho tioll snaked to othor farthor hills
thatlay dim and low, a wavy lino of
.blue, upon tho horizon tho hills In
twboso heart Kuttarpur Itself lay oc
Puccini
Was
How the Famous Composer Came to
Dfi OlintArl n. A41..IJ til-
Optra of Toica.
Slg. Puccini, tho composer of Tho
iGlrl of the Golden West, was respond
Hng in excellent French " a toast on
music,
"One of my strangest musical rem
Inlsceflcwj," ho eatd.' "relates to Milan.
Visiting Milan on a rainy winter day,
w ytC iv AN
cult. And, by tho roadside, In a com
pound fenced with carool-thorn, sat an
aged nnd Indigent dak-bungalow,
marking tho ond of tho first stago, tho
beginning of the second,
Itnm Nath reined In with n flourish
nnd lifted a raucous voice, hailing tho
ayco, whllo Ambor, painfully disen
gaging his cramped limbs, climbed
down and stumbled toward tho veran
da. Tho abrupt transition from vio
lent and orratlc motion to a solid and
substantial footing affected hlra un
pleasantly, and with an undenlablo
qualm; tho earth seemed to rock and
flow beneath him as If under tho In
fluence of an antic earthquake. Ho
was for somo sceonds occuplod with
tho problem of regaining his polflo,
and It was not until ho heard an Hng
Hshwomnn's volco uplifted In accents
of auger, that ho rcmomborcd tho
other wayfarer with whom ho was to
share his tonga, or associated with
tho whltc-clad flguro In tho dark door
way of tho bungalow with anything
but tho khansamah, coming to grcot
ond cheat tho chanco-brought guest.
"Whero is that tonga-wallah who
desorted mo here Inst night?" tho
woman was demanding of Rnm Nath,
too preoccupied with her resentment
to have cyca for tho other traveler,
who at sight of hor had stopped nnd
removed his pith helmet nnd stood
staring as If ho had como from a
land In which thero wore no women.
"Where," sho continued, with an Im
perative Rlamp of a daintily-shod foot,
"Is that wrotchod tonga-wallah?"
"Sahiba," protested Ram Nath, with
a great show of dofcrenco, "how
should I know? Bollko ho Is In Bad
Bhah Junction, whlthor ho returned
very lato last night, being travel-worn
and woary, and wnaro I left him, be
Ing sent with this excellent tonga to
tako his place."
"You wero? And why havo I bcon
detained horc, alono ond unprotected,
this long night? Simply because that
other tonga-wallah was a fool, am I
to bo Imposed upon In this fashion?"
"What am I," whimpered Ram Nath,
"to onduro tho wrath of tho sahiba for
a fault that Is nono of mlno?"
"I beg your pardon, nir," said tho
girl, turning to Ambor, "but it Is vory
annoying." Sho looked him over, first
with abstraction, then with a puzzled
gathering of her brows, for he was
far from hor thoughts tho last per
son sho would havo expected to meet
lti that plaoo, arid very effectually dis
guised In dust nnd dirt besides. "The
tiro camo off tho wheel Just as wo got
hero, Into yesterday ovenlng. and In
trying, or pretending to try. to fit it
on,Ra!n( that block-head of a tonga-
wallah hammered tho rim with a rock
a big as his head and naturally
smashed It to kindling-wood. Then,
beroro I could stop him, ho flung him
self on tho back of a pony uud went
away, saying that It was tho wjll of
God that ho should return to Badshah
for a better tonga. SInco when I
havo had for company ono stable
scyo, ono doaf-anddumb patriarch of
a khansamah and ., . . tho usual
dak-bungalow discomforts Insects,
bad food, and a terrible fear of da
colts." "I am so sorry, Miss Farroll," Am
ber put in. "If I had only ben
hero . . ."
Tho girl gavo a llttlo gasp and sat
down abruptly in ono of tho veranda
chairs, thereby threatening it with
Instant demolition and horsolf with a
bad spill: for tho chair wns foeblo
with tho burden of Its many years,
and she was n quite substantial young
person. Indoed, bo loudly did It croak
n protest and a warning that sho Im
mediately aroso In alarm.
"Mr. Amber!" she said; and,
"Well ... I"
"You'll forgive mo tho surprise?"
ho begged, going up on tho vuranda
to hor. "I myself had no hopo of
Sr.dlng you her? "
"Hut," sho protested, with a pretty
flush of color "but I left you In tho
States such a llttlo whllo ago!"
"Yes?" ho said gravoly. "It scorns
bo long to mo. . . . And when
you had gone, Long Island was a very
lonely place indeed," ho added, with
calculated Impudence
Hor color deepened and aho sought
annthnr chair, snatlng horfielf with
gingerly doclslon. "I'm suro you
don't moan mo to ossumo that you'vo
followed mo half round tho world?"
"Why not?" Ho brought anothor
chair to faco hor. "Besides, I haven't
soon anything of . . , India for a
cood many years."
"Mr. Amber!"
"Ma'am?" ho countorod with affoct-
ed humility.
"You're spoiling It all, I was bo
glad to seo you I'd havo been glad
to seo any whlto man, of course "
"Much obliged, I'm sure."
"And now you're actually flirting
with mo or protending to."
"I'm not," ho declared soberly. "As
a matter of Boleran fact, I had to
como to India."
"You had to?"
"On a matter of serious business.
Pleaso don't ask mo what, just yet;
but It's very sorlouB, to my way of
thinking. This happy Incident I
count myself a very happy man to
havo been so fortunate only makeB
m. errand tho moro pleasant."
Fho regarded him Intently, chin In
Laud, hor brown eyes sodato with
Well Gulled
x
I dined iu the arcado near the catho
dal, and then I strolled, cigar in
mouth, in tho direction of La Scala.
Lo and behold, my own opera of Tou
ca was billed at La Scala for that
evening, bo, of course, I couldn't re
sist a stall,
"La Tosca was rccolvod warmly by
a crowded houso. Tho applause was
almost frantic. In fact, a young lady
bcated on my loft got so annoyed be-
' . V - -
speculation, for somo time. "I bo
llovo you'vo boon speaking In par
rtbles," sho assorted, at length, "If
I'm unjust, bear with mo; nppear
nnccfl aro against you. Thero Isn't
any reason I know of why you should
toll me what brought you here"
"There's every reason, In point of
fact. Miss Farroll; only ... I
can't explain Just now."
"Very well," sho ngrced briskly;
"let's bo content with that. I am
glad to aeo you again, truly; and
wo'ro to travel on to Kuttarpur In the
samo tonga?"
"If you'll permit"
"After whnt I've ondured, this aw
ful night, I wouldn't willingly lot you
out of my sight."
"Or any othor whlto man?"
Sho laughed, pleased. "I presume
you'ro wondering what I'm doing
horo7"
"You wero to Join your father In
Darjcellng, I beliovo?" ho countored,
cautious.
"But 1 found ho'd been transferred
unexpectedly to Kuttarpur. So, of
course, I had to follow. I telegraph
ed him day hoforo yesterday when I
was to arrlvo at Badshah Junction,
nnd naturally expected ho'd come In
porson or havo somo ono meet mo,
but I presumo tho message must havo
gorio astray. At all events thero was
no ono thero for me nnd I had to
como on nlono. It's hardly been n
pluitnAiit uxptirleneo, that Incompe
tent tonga-wallah behaved precisely
aa though ho had deliberately mado
up his mind to delay me. . . .
And tho tonga's nearly ready; I must
lock my kit-bag."
Sho went Into tho bungalow, leav
ing him thoughtful, for perhaps. . .
. But the back of Ram Nath, as that
worthy busied himself superintending
tho harnessing In of fresh ponies, con
veyed to him no support of IKs half
credited hypothesis that this "acci
dent" had boon carefully planned by
Labertoucho for Ambor's especial
benefit.
Tho girl Joined him on tho veranda
In due course, very demure nnd
"l Myself Had No Hope
sweet to look upon .'n hor traveling
dress of light pongeo nnd her pith
helmet, whoso green uudurbiitu and
puggaree served very handsomely to
set off hor fair coloring. If sho over
looked tho adoration of his eyes, sho
was rathor less than woman; for It
wns In them, plain to be seen for tho
looking. Tho khansamah followed
hr frra the bungalow, Rtnggorlnc
under tho weight of hor box nnd kit
bag, and with Ram Nath's surly as
sistance mndo them fast to tho front
scat, whllo Ambor gavo tho girl hla
hand to help her to hor placo, and
lifted himself to hor sido In n muto
glow of ecstasy. Fato, ho thought
with reason, was most kind to him.
They rattled headlong from tho
compound, making for tho distant
hills of blue. Amber was seated with
tho woman who was to be his wife.
Tho second stago woro away with
out a dozen words passing between
them; bo also the third. Tho pauses
were brlof enough, tho ponies being
ttxoliangrd with gratifying dispatch.
Tho tonga would pull up, Rnm Nath
would Jump down , . , aud In a
braco of minutes or llttlo moro tho
vohlclo would bo en routo again, Am
ber engaged with tho lnflnlto ramifica
tions of this labryrlnthnl rlddlo of his,
and tho girl Insensibly yielding to tho
need of sleep. Sho passed, at length,
Into sound unconsciousness.
Sho roused finally very much re
freshed tor tho midday halt for rest
and tiffin, which they paused at ono
of tho conventional bungalows, In
nothing particularly unllko Its fellows
unless It wero that they enjoyed, be
fore tiffin, tho gorgeous luxury of
plenty of cloan water, cooled In por
ous earthen Jars. Ambor, over-
wholmed by tho discovery of this
nbundanco, promptly went to tho ex-
Homo of calling In tho khansamah to
causa I didn't clap and shout that sho
robukod mo, a frown wrinkling her
pretty brow.
'"Why don't you applaud this maa
terplcco?' Bho Bald.
" 'Masterpiece?' said I, and I laugh
ad sarcastically. 'Mastorpicco? Oh.
dear.'
" 'Don't you llko this music?' sho do
mandod. In nmazomont.
"No," said I. 'It's tho work of an
amateur.'
'"You know nothing of art, she
crlod, 'or you wouda't talk llko that'
sltilco him down with Jar aftor, and
felt like himself for (he tlrst time In
flvc days when, shaved and dressed,
ho returned to the common living
room of tho rcsthouse.
The girl kept him wnltlng but a llt
tlo while. Lacking tho attentions of
an ayah, sho had probably boen un
ablo to batho so extensively as he,
but oventunlly she appeared In an Im
measurably moro happy Blato of body
and mind, calling up to him tho elm
Ho, stronger thnn any other, of a tall,
fair Illy after n morning shower. And
Bho was In a bowltchlng humor, ono
thnt ingenuously enough succeeded
In entangling him moro thoroughly
than over beforo In the wob of hor
fascinations. Over an cxecrablo cur
ry of stringy fowl and questionable
rice, eked out with tea nnd tinned
dollcacles of their own, their chatter,
at tho beginning sufficiently gay and
Inconsequent, drifted by Imper
ceptible; and unsuspected gradations
perilously closo to tho shoals of In
timacy. And cubsoqucntly, whcnthy
had packed thomsclves back Into tho
narrow tonga seat nnd again wero bo
Ing bounced and Juggled breathlessly
over shocking roads, tho exchange of
confidences continued with unabated
Interest
For all tho taint upon hor pedi
gree, sho proved herself to Amber at
heart a simple, lonely Englishwoman
a stranger In a sullen and suspi
cious land, desiring nothing better
than to return to tho England nhe had
sce.n and learned to love, tho England
of ample lawns, cf box-hedges, and
lanes, of traveled highways, pavements-
and gaslights, of shops and
theaters, of homo and family ties .
But India sho know. "I sometimes
fancy," sho told him with tho con
scious laugh that doprecates a con
fessed superstition, "that I must havo
lived hero In some past Incarnation."
Sho paused, but ho did not Bpeak "Do
you beliovo in reincarnation?"
Again ho had no answer for her,
though temporarily ho saw tho day
light ns darkness, "It's hard to live-
of Finding You Here."
hero for long and resist bollof In it
. . . But ns a matter of fact I seem
to underataud thoso people better
than they're understood by most of
my people Don't you think It curi
ous? Perhaps It's merely intuition "
"That's tho birthright of your sex,"
ho said, rousing. "On the othor hand,
you havo to remember that your fa
ther ! nnn of n family that for gen
orations has served tho Empire. And
your mother?"
"She, too, camo of an Anglo-Indian
family. Indeed, they met ond courted
hero, though they were married in
England. ... So you think my
Insight Into natlvo character a sort
of birthright n Kcmn Inherited?"
"Perhaps something of tho sort."
"You may bo right. Wo'll novor
know At all ovonts, I aeom to havo
a more more painful comprehension
of tho natlvo than most of tho English
In this country have; I seem to fcol,
to sense, their motives, their desires,
aspirations, oven somotlmes their un
translatable thoughts. I beliovo I un
derstand perfectly their feeling to
ward us. tho governing raco"
"Then." said Ambor, "you know
something his Highness the Viceroy
hlmsolf would glvo his ears to be
suro of."
"I know that: but I do."
"And that feollng Is?"
"Not love, Mr. Amber."
"Very much to tho contrary 7"
"Very much," oho affirmed with
deep conviction. ,
"This 'Indian unrest' ono reads of
In tho papers is not moro gossip,
then?"
"Anything but that: lt'3 tho hidden
firo stirring within tho volcano wo
told oursolvcs was dead. Tho quiet
of tho last BO yoara has been not
content but slumber; deop down thoro
hna always beou the flro, slow, deadly,
'"Oh, don't I?' said I. And then I
proceeded to prove to hor, according
to tho laws of thorough bass and
counterpoint, how poor a work La Tos
ca was. I told hor this aria suggest
ed Vordl, that chorus was a romlnls
conco of Bizet In a word, I knocked
my own rauslo luto a cocked hat
"When I finished, tho young lady
said:
"'Is that your real opinion your
sincere conviction?'
" 'Absolutely,' said I.
"'Very well,' said she, with an odd
smoldering benoath tho ish Tho
Mutiny still Uvea In spirit, om. day
It will break out afresh. You must
beliovo mo I know."
Night overtook tho tonga when it
was closo upon Kuttarpur, swooping
down upon tho world llko a blanket
of dnrknoss, at tho moment that the
final relay of ponies was being hitch
ed In,
With fresh ponies tho tonga took
tho road with a wild Initial rush
soon to bo moderated, when It began
to climb tho last steep grado to tho
pass that gives access to Kuttarpur
from tho south. For an hour tho road
tolled up and ovor upward; steep
ellffri of reck uiuwded It, threatening
to push it over into black abysses, or
to choko It off botween towering,
formldablo walls. It swerved sud
denly Into n broad, clear space. The
tonga paused. Voluntarily Ram Nath
spoko for almost tho first tlmo slnco
morning.
"Kuttarpur," ho Bald, with a wavo
cr Ws li!r.
Aloof, austere and haughty, tho City
of Swords site in tho mouth of a ra
vlno so nnrrmv thnt a wall no moro
thnn 100 yards In longth la sufficient
to seal Its southerly approach. Be
neath this wall, to ono sido of tho
city gato, n river flows from tho lake
that Is Kuttarnur's chle'fest beauty.
Northwards tho palaco of Khnnda
war's kings stands, exquisite, rare,
and marvellous, unllko any olhcr
building In tho world. White, nil
whlto, from tho laleo that washes Its
lowest walls to tho crenellated rim
of Its highest roof, It sweeps upward
In breath-taking Bteps and wide ter
races to tho crest of tho western hill,
Into which It burrows, from which It
springs; n vast enigma propounded
In whlto marblo without a noto of
color savo whero tho follago of a hid
den garden poops over tho edge of a
Jealous screen a hundred imposing
mansions merged Into ono monstrous
nnd Imperlnl mnxe.
But for a moment wero they per
mitted to gazo In wonderment; Ram
Nath had llttlo patience. When ho
choso to, ho applied his whip, and tho
ponies stretched out, tho tonga plung
ing on their heels down tho steep hill
side, like nn ungoverned, ungovern
able thing, maddened. Within a quar
ter of an hour they wero careering
through tho city of tents on tho park
ed plain beforo tho southern wall. In
five minutes moro they drew up at tho
main city gato to parley with tho
Quarter Guard.
Hero they suffered an exasperating
delay. It appeared that tho gates
wero shut at sundown, In deference
to custom Impiomorial. Between that
hour and sunrlso nono wero permitted
to pass either in or out without tho
express sanction of tho State. Tho
commander of tho guard Instituted
an Impudent catechism, In response to
which Ram Nath discovered the sev
eral identities and estates of his
charges. The commander received
the Information with impartial equa-
ttiiui, t.u ti.i.tiu .iiuitu btlo Ctj WW
confer with his superiors. After somo
tlmo a trooper was sent to advise the
travelers that the tonga would bo
permitted to enter with tho under
standing that tho unaccredited Eng
lishman (meaning Amber) would con
sent to lodge for the night in no other
spot than tho State rcsthouse beyond
tho northern limits of the city.
Abruptly tho peace of tho night was
shattered, and the hum of tho en
campment behind them with the roar
of tho city beforo them was dwarfed,
by a dull and thunderous detonation
of cannon from a terrace of the pal-
oleo. Tho tonga ponies reared and
plunged, Ram Nath mastering them
with much difficulty. Sophia was
startled, and Ambor himself stirred
uneasily on his perch.
"What now?" he grumbled. "You'd
think wo woro visitors of state and
had to bo durbarred!"
Far up on tho heights a second red
flamo stabbed tho night, and again
tho thundor pealed. Thereafter gun
after gun hollowed at Imperative,
statoly Intervals.
"Fifteen," Ambor announced after
a time. "Isn't this something ex
traordinary. Miss Farroll?"
"Perhaps," sho suggested, "there's
a native potentate arriving at the
northern gato. They're very punc
tilious about their salutes, you
know."
Another crash silenced her. Am
bor continued to count. "Twenty one,"
ho said when It Beomed that there was
to bo no moro cannonading. "Isn't
that a royal salute?"
"Yes," said the girl; "four more
guns than tho Maharana of Khanda
war himself Is entitled to."
"How do you explain It?"
"I don't," she replied Rlmply. "Can
you?"
Ho was dumb. Could It bo posslblo
that this Imperial greeting was In
tended for tho man supposed to bo
tho Maharana of Khandawar Har
Dyal Rutton? Ho glanced sharply at
tho girl, but her faco was shndowed;
and ho believed sho suspected noth
ing A groat hush had fallen, replacing
tho rolling thunder of tho stato ord
nance. Even the volco of tho city
Beomed moderate, subdued. In si
lonco tho masslvo gates studded with
sharp-toothed elephant-spikes swung
open.
With a grunt, Ram Nath cracked
hln whiplash and tho tonga sped Into
tho city Amber bont forward.
"What's tho namo of that gato,
Ram Nath If you happen to know?"
"That," said tho tonga-wallah In n
level voice, "Is known as tho Gateway
of Swords, sahib," Ho added In his
own good tlmo: "But not tho Gato
way of Swords."
Ambor failed to educo from him any
satisfactory explanation of this orphlc
utterance.
I (TO BE CONTINUED.)
llttlo laugh, and at breakfast tho next
morning tho first thing I saw In my
newspaper was tho headllno 'Puccini
on Tosca.' And thoro I road, word for
word, my remarks of tho night before.
Tho young lady, a musical critic, had
recognized mo. When I thought I
was gulling hor, sho waa gulling mo."
To say that a man's heart lc in the
right place la a back-handed compli
ment. It seams to Imply that thoro
may bo something tho matter with bit
head.
The Awakenlnn.
Dignified mother of prospective
brido (to social editor) And llttlo
Dorotha, sister of tho bride, who is to
bo flower girl, will bo dressed llko a
Dresden shophordcsB, with golden
crook festooned with rosebuds nnd
Young volco from tho stairway
Ma, whero Is tho washrag? Judgo.
Sometimes a girl gets confidential
and tells a man that a lot of other
men have tried to kiss her, but he Is
tho only ono who succeeded.
A woman Is npt to regard a bachelor
as a man who Is too much of a coward
to get married.
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Marjorlo Gracious, I hopo not!
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