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THE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. M DM W W TP IT M Vxna. CHAPTER XXII. 15 Jimmy Wallace Throws n Bomb. It wns about cloven months after ttoso had watched Rodney walking de jectedly away Into tho rnln that Jimmy Wallace threw his bomb. Every year ho mado two profes sional visits to Now York; one In nu tumn, one In tho spring, In order that he might hnvc Interesting matters to write about when the local theatrical doings had been exhausted. From tils first spring pllgrlmago after Rose's disappearance ho came back wearing n deep-lying and contented mnlle, and a few days later, nftcr a talk over the telephono with Rod ney, he headed a column of gossip about the theater with tho following paragraph : "Corao On In," as the latest of tho Now York revuca Is called, la much like all tho others. It contains tho eatno procession of specialty mongers, tho same cacophony of raR-tlmo, tho samo gangway out Into tho audlonco which rofroslica tired busi ness men with a thrilling worm'e-oyo vlow of dancing girls' knees au naturel. And up and down this straight and narrow pathway of the chorus tlioro Is tho cUsto rnary parado of tho samo haughty beau ties of Broadway. Only In ono Item Is tlioro a dovlntlon from tho usual formula: tho costumes. For sovoral years past tho revuoA at tho theater (tho Columbian) )iavo boon caparisoned with tho decadent colors and blzarro doslgns of tho cxotlo Mr. Gronvlllo Melton. I know tlioro had been a change for tho bettor as soon as 1 aw tho first number, for those- drosses have tho stimulating quality of a hoalthy and vigorous Imagination, as well as a trlvld decorative value They aro exceed ingly smart, of course, or elsa they would novor do for a Broadway rovuo, but thoy aro also allvo, whllo those of Mr. Molton were Invariably ulckly. Curiously onough tho name of tho now costumo designer has a special Intorest for Chicago. Sho is Doris Dano, who participated in "Tho Qlrl Upstairs" at tho Globo. Miss Dane's stago experience horo was brlof. but nev ortholosa hor striking buccoss In her new urofcaslon will probably causo tho forma- tlon of a Urgo and enthusiastic "I-know- hor-when" club. .TImmy expected to produce nn effect with It. Rut what he did' produco ex ceeded Ifls wildest anticipations. Tho thing camo out In tho thrco o'clock edition, and beforo ho left tho olllco that afternoon ho had received over tho telephono six invitations to din ner; three of them for that night. Ho declined tho first two on tho ground of nn enormous press of work Inci dent to his fresh return from n fort night in Now York. But when Violet Williamson cnlled up and said, with a rofcrenco to a previous engagement that was shamefully llctltous: "Jimmy, you havon't forgotten you'ro dining with us tonight, huvo you? It's Just us, so you needn't dre33," ho answered: "Oh, uo, I'vo got It down on my cnl cmdar all right. Seven-thirty?" Violet snickered and said: "You wait I Or rather, don't wait Mako It seven." Jimmy was glad to bo lot off that extra half hour of waiting. Ho was lmputlont for tho encounter with VIo- lot a stnto of mind most rnro with him. IIo meant to wring all tho pleas uro out of It ho could by way of re venge for Vlolot's attitude toward Itoso after her presence in the Globo chorus had becomo known for that biting contempt which was tho typical uttltudo of hor class. violet saia, tho moment 110 ap peared In tho drawing room doorway "John made mo swear not to lot you tell mo a word until ho camo in. no's Bimpiy uuruung. uut there's ono thing ho won't mind your telling mo, and that's her address. I'm simply per ishing to wrlto her a uoto and tell her how glad wo were." Jimmy mado n llttlo gesturo of re gret Uo'd huvo spoken too, but sho dldn t glvo him time. MYou don't mean," sho cried, "Uint )rou didn't find out wlicro Bho lived whllo you wcro right thero in Now York!" John enmo In Just then, nnd Violet, turning to him tragically, repeated, "IIo doesn't oven know whero sho lives 1" "Oh, I'm n boob, I know," suld Jim ray. "But, as I told Uio other flvo . Vlolot frowned ns sho echoed, "Tho other flvo what?" Jimmy turned to John Williamson with a perfoctly electric grin. "Tho other flvo of Roso Aldrlch's friends and yours," ho said, "who called mo up this afternoon and Invited wo to dinner, and asked for her ad -ircss so that thoy could wrlto her 40tcs and tell her how glud they wore." John sold "Whoosh I" all but upset A chair, and slammed it out of tho way (n order to Jubllato properly. Violet stood looking at them thoughtfully. A llttlo flush of color otaB coming up Into hor face. "You two men," sho snld, "oro try tag to act as if I weren't in this ; us if 2 weren't Just ns glud ns you aro, and hadn't ns good a right to bo. John here," tills was to Jimmy, "has been gloating ever slnco ho camo homo with tho paper, And you . . , Did you mean o by that snippy llttlo thing you said WKiit tho 'I-know-her-when club?' Well you'll got your punishment. There's dinner I But you won't bo allowed to eat. You'll have to begin at the begin ning and toll us all about her." Jimmy, his effect produced, his long meditated vengcunce completed by the flare of color he'd seen como up In Violet's checks, settled down seriously to tho telling of his tale, stopping oc casionally to bolt a little food Just be fore his plate was snatched awuy from him, but otherwlso without intermis sion. no'd suspected nothing about tho costumes on that opening night of "Como On In," until n realization of how amazingly good they wero made him search his program. Tho lino "Costumes by Dane" hud lighted up In his mind n wild surmlso of tho truth, though ho admitted it had seemed al most too good to bo true. Bccauso Uio costumes were really wonderful. IIo cast about, ho said, for Bomo wny of finding out who Dnno really wns, And, having learned that Galbrulth was putting on the show at tho Casino ho looked him up. Galbralth proved n mlno of Infor mation no, ho was more llko ono of thoso oil wells technically known as a gusher. IIo simply spouted facts about Rose, and couldn't bo stopped. Sho was his own discovery. Ho'd seen her possibilities when sho designed and executed thoso twelvo costumes for tho sextette in "Tho Girl Upstairs." Ho'd brought her down to Now York to act ns his asslstunt. Sho worked for Gul braith tho greater part of last season Jimmy hnd never known of anybody having Just that sort of Job before. Galbrulth, busy with two or three pro ductlons at once, had put over a lot of tho work of conducting rehearsals on her shoulders. He'd get a number started, having llgured out the mancu vers tho chorus wero to go through. tho steps they'd use, and so on, nnd Roso would actually take his placo; would bo in complete chnrgo of tho re hcarsal as tho director's reprcscnta tlvo. Tho costuming last season hnd boon n Bide issue, nt tho beginning nt least, but sho'd dono part of the costumes for ono of his productions, and they wcro so strikingly successful thut Abo Shumun had snatched her away from him. "Tho funny thing is tho wny she does them," Jimmy said. "Everybody elso who designs costumes Just draws them : dinky llttlo water colored plates, and tho plates aro sent out to n com pany llko tho Star Costumo company nud they cxecuto them. But Roso can't draw a bit. Sho got a mannequin not au ordinary dressmaker's form, but a regular painter's mnnnequln with legs and mado her costumes on tho thing; or at least cut out a sort of pattern of them In cloth. But somehow or other, tho designing of them and tho cxecu tlon aro moro mixed up together by Roso's method thun by tho orthodox one. Sho wanted to get soma women In to sow for her, ,nnd bco Uio whole Job through herself; deliver tho cos tumcs complete, and get paid for them. But it seems that tho Shumnns, on tho side, owned tho Star company ami raked off a big profit on tho costumes that way. I don't know nil tho details. don't know that Galbrulth did. But anyhow, tho first thing anybody know, Roso hnd financed herself. Sho got ono of thoso rich young bachelor wom en in Now York to go into tho thing with her, nnd organized a company, and mado Abo Shumnn an offer on all tho costumes for 'Como On In.' Gal bralth thinks that Abo Shumnn thought bho wns suro to loso a lot of money on It and go broke, and that then ho could put her to work at n salary, so ho gavo her tho Job. But sho didn't loso. Sho evidently mado n chunk out of it, uud her reputation ut tho samo time." Violet was Immensely thrilled by this recital. "Won't sho bo perfectly wonderful," sho exclaimed, "for tho Junior leaguo show, when sho comes buck 1" Jimmy found an enormous satisfac tion In saying: "Oh, she'll bo too ox pensive for you. Shu's n regular rob bor, sho says," "Sho Buys I" cried Violet. "Do you menu you'vo talked with her?" "Do you think I'd have como back from Now York without?" suld 'Jimmy. "Galbrulth told mo to drop lu at tho Casino that same afternoon. Some of tho costumes wero to bo tried on, and 'Miss Dune' would bo there. "Well, and Bho camo. I almost fell over her out thero In Mia dark, because of courso the auditorium wasn't light ed at all. I'll admit she rather took my breath, Just glancing up nt me, and then peering to mako out who 1 was, und then her face going nil alight with that smile of hers. I didn't know what to call her, and was stumniorlng over n mlxturo of Miss Dnno und Mrs. Aldrlch, when sho laughed nnd hold out n hand to mo nnd suld she didn't reme'vihr whether I'd over rmll hr Roso or not, hut she'd like to honr someone call her that, and wouldn't I begin?" Jimmy explained there hadn't been any chance to talk much. "Tho cos tumes began coming up on the stage Just then (on chorus girls, of course), nnd sho wns up over tho runway In a minute, talking them over wltli Gnl bralth. When sho'd ilnlshcd, she came down to mo again for u minute, but it wns hardly longer than that reully. She said she wished she might see mo again, but that she couldn't usk mo to come to tho studio, bccauso It was a perfect bedlam, and that there was no use asking mo to como to her apart ment, bccauso sho wus never thero herself flieso duj's, except for about seven hours a night of tho hardest kind of sleep. If I could stuy around till her rush was over . . . But then, of course, sho knew I couldn't." "And you never thought of asking her," Violet walled, "where tho apart ment wns, so that the rest of us, if wo wero in Now York, could look her up, or wrlto to her from hctc?" "No," Jimmy snld. "I never thought of asking for her address. But it's tho easiest thing In the world to get. Call up Rodney. lie knows." "What makes you think ho knowB?" Violet demanded. Well, for ono thing," snld Jimmy, "when Roso was asking for news of nil of you, Bho snliJ: 'I hear from Rod ney regularly, Only ho doesn't tell mo much gossip. " "IIcdm from him I" gasped Violet. "Rcsuiarlyl" Sho was staring nt Jim my in a dozed sort of way. "Well, docs she wrlto to him? Has sho mado it up with him? Is sho coming back?" I suppose you can Just hear mo asking her all those questions? Casu oily, in tho alslo of n theater, whllo sho was getting ready for a running jump into a taxi?" Tho color camo up into Violet's faco again. There was a maddening sort of Jubilant Jocularity about theso men, tho looks nud nlmost winks they ex changed, the distinctly saucy quality of the things they snld to her. "Of course," she said coolly, "If Roso had told mo that sho heard from Rod ney regularly, although he didn't send her much of the gossip, I shouldn't hnvo had to ask her thoso questions. I'd have known from tho wny sho looked and tho way her voice sounded, "You Two Men . . . Are Trying to Act as If I Weren't in on This." whether sho wns writing to Rodney or not, and whether sho meant to come back to him or not; whether sho was ready to mako it up If ho was nil that. Any woman who knew her nt oil would. , Only a man, perfectly In fntuatcd, grinning . . . Seo If you can' tell whnt sho looked llko und how she snld it." Jimmy, meek again, attempted tho task. "Well," ho said, "sho didn't look mo in tho cyo nnd register deep mean ings or anything llko that I don' know whero sho looked. As far ns tho mucction or ncr voice went, it was Just as casual as if sho'd been telling mo whnt sho'd had for lunch. But the quality of her volco just rlchcucd up a bit, as if tho words tasted good to her. And she smiled, just barely, as If sho knew I'd bo staggered and dldri care. Thero you aro I Now Interpret unto mo this dream, oh, Joseph." Violet's eyes wcro shining. "Why, it's as plain," Bho suld. "Cuu't you seo thut she's just waiting for him; that she'll como llko n shot tho minute he says tho word? And thero ho is eat ing his heart out for her, nnd In his rngo charging poor John perfectly ter rifle prices for his legal services, when all ho's got to do Is to say 'please, In order to bo happy." CHAPTER XXIII. Rodney Gets a Clear View of Himself, It was Rose herself who begun this correspondence with Rodney, within month of" hor arrival In New York. If Rodney lind done an unthinkable thing; If ho hud kept copies of his let tors to Rose, ulong with her answers In n chronological flic, ho would hnv mado tho discovery that the stiffness of thoso letters hud grnduully worn nwuy and that they wore now a good deal moro than moro pro forma bullo- tins. Thero had crept Into them, so subtly nnd so gently that between one of them and the next no striking dlf- ' foronco wus o M observed, a friend liness, quite cool, but wonderfully firm. She was frankly Jubilant over tho suc cess of her costumes In "Como On In," and sho Inclosed with her letter n com plete sot of newspnper revlewo of tho piece. It was n week later that sho wrote: met Jnmes Randolph coming up Broadway yesterday afternoon, about flvo o'clock. He's changed, somehow, slnco I snw him lust; as brllllunt as ever, but rather lurid. Do you sup pose things nrc going bndly between him and Eleanor? He told mo he hadn't seen you forever. Why don't you drop in on him?" It wns quite truo that Rodney hnd seen very llttlo of the Randolphs since Roso wen nwny. When It camo to confronting tils friends, in the knowledge that they knew that Rose hud left him for the Globo chorus, he found that James Randolph was ono he didn't caro to face. Ho knew too much. He'd bo too Infernally curious, too full of surmises, eager for experi ments. But Roso's letter put n different faco on uio matter. Tho fact that snou put him, partly at least, in possession' of what sho had observed und what slu" guessed, gave him a sort of shield ugulnst the doctor. So ono evening about nlno o'clock ho slipped out and walked nround to tho new house which Bcrtlo Willis had' built for Elcnnor. Rodney reflected, ns he stood at tho door after ringing tho bell, that his own house wns quite meek nnd conven tional alongside this. Bcrtlo had gone his limit. The grin which his reflection nfford- ed him wns still on Rodney's lips when, a servant having opened tho door, ho found himself face to fuce with the architect. Bertie, top-coated and lint In hand, was waiting for Eleanor, who was coming down the stairs followed by a maid with her carriage-coat. Ho returned Rodney's nod pretty stlflly, ns was natural enough, since Rodney s grin hnd distinctly brightened up nt sight of him. Eleanor said, rather negligently: "nello, Rod. We'ro just dashing off to the Palaco to see n perfectly exquisite little dnncer Bertie's discovered down there. She comes on at half past nlno, so we've got to fly. Want to come?" "No," Rodney said. "I camo over to see Jim. Is ho at home?" Tho maid was holding out tho coat for Eleanor's nrms. But Eleanor, at Rodney's question, just stood for a second quite still. Sho wasn't looking nt anybody, but the expression In her eyes wns sullen. "Yes, ho's at home," sho said at last. "Busy, I suppose," said Rodney, Her Inflection hnd dictated this reply. "Yes, o's busy," sho repeated ab scntly and in a tone still more coldly hostile, though Rodney perceived that the hostility was not meant for him She looked around at .Bertie. "Walt two minutes," sho said, "If you don't mind." Then, to Rodney, "Como along." And she led tho way up tho lustrous, velvety teakwood stair. Ho followed her. But, arrived at tho drawing room floor, ho stopped, Look here," he said. "If Jim's busy "Oh, don't bo too dense, Rodney 1" sho snld. "A mnn has to be 'busy' when ho's known to be In the house nnd won't entertain his wife's guests, Go up, sing out who you nrc, and go right In." She gave him a nod and hard llttlo Bmlle, nnd went down- stnlrs ngaln to Bertie. Rodney found tho door Eleanor had Indicated, knocked smartly on it, and snng out nt tho samo time, "This is Rodney Aldrlch. May I como in?" "Como in, of course," Randolph called. "I'm glnd to seo you," homdd- cd, coming to meet his guest, "but do you mind telling mo how you got in here? Somo poor wretch will loso his Job, you know, if Eleanor finds out nbout this. When I'm In this room, sncrcd to reflection nnd re search, it's a first-class crlmo to let mo bo disturbed." It didn't need his sardonic grin to point tho satire of his' words. Rodney said curtly: "Eleanor sent mo up herself. I didn't much want to come, to tell tho truth, when I heard you wero busy." "Eleanor I" her husband repeated, "I thought Bho'd gono out with her poo dle" Rodney said, with unconccnlcd dls taste: "They wcro on tho point of go Inc out when I came in. Thnt's how Eleanor happened to seo mo." 'With a vlslblo effort Rnndolph re covered n moro normnl manner. "I'm glnd It happened that way," ho said, "Get yoursolf a drink. You'll And nny thing you want over there, I guess, nud something to smoke; then we'll sit down nnd huvo an old-fashioned talk.1 Tho source of drinks ho indicated was a well-stocked cellaretto at tho other sldo of tho room. But Rodney's cyo fell first on n decanter and slphou on tho table, within reach of tho chair Randolph hnd been sitting In. "I don't believe I want anything moro to drink Just now," Rodney suld. And as ho followed .Rodney's glance, Run dolph allowed himself another sardonic gnn. Tho preliminaries wero gono through rather elaborately; chairs vdrawn up und ndjusted, ash-trays put within reach; cigars got going satisfactorily But tho talk thoy 'vero supposed to proparo tho way for, dldu't at onco be gin. Randolph took nnotuor btlfilsh drink nni settled hack Into u dull, sullen oh sti action. Flnnlly, for tho sake of say Ing something, Rodney romnrked "ThlB Is n wonderful room, lsu't It?" Rnndolph rnusod hlmso'f. "Never been In horo bofore?" ho asked. "Well then, here's two moro rooms you must son." Tho Urtt one, oponlng from the study V)nIni'd Hs )mriwi t it . ., with desk nnd typewriter, nd filing caM nets nround the wnlls. "Rubber floor. Randolph pointed out, "ffclt celling; nb solutely sound-proof. Hero's whera my stenographer sits all day, ready like a flremnn. And this," ho conclud ed, lending the wny to U'o other room, Is the holy of holies." It hnd n rubber floor, too, ami, Rod ney supposed, a felt coiling. But its only furniture was ono chulr and a canvas cot "Sound-proof too," snld Randolph. But sounding boards or something In a'l the walls. I press this buttov start a dictaphone, nnd talk In nny direc tion, nnywherc. It's nil taken down. Here's whero I'm supposed to tMnk, mnko discoveries and things. I tried It for n while." They went back into the study. "Clever beasts, though poodles," Uo remarked, as he nodded Rodney to his chair nnd poured himself nnother drink. "Learn their tricks very nicely. But, good heavens, Aldrlch, think of him ns a man I Think what onr Amer ican married women nro up ngalnit. when they wnnt somebody to play off ngnlnst their husbands nnd hnvc to full back on tired llttlo beasts like thut Eleunor doesn't menn anything. Shis trying to mnko me Jenlous. That's lwr newest experiment But It's downright pitiful, I suy." Rodney got up out of his chair. St wasn't a possible conversation. "1 11 bo running nlong, tbik," he sal L 'I'vo a lot of proof to correct tonigtV, and you'vo got work of your own, 1 expect." "Sit down ngaln," said Randolfa sharply. "I'm just getting drunk. But that can wait. I'm going to talk. I've got to talk. And If you go, I swear I'll call up Eleanor's butkr nnd tnlk to him. You'll keep It to yourself, anywny." Ho added, as Rodney hesi tated, "I want to tell you nbout Rose. I saw her In New York, you know." Rodney sat down ngaln. "Yes," ho snld, "so sho wrote. Tell mo how sln looked. She's been working tremen dously hard, and I'm n little ufruffi sho's overdoing it." "Sho looks," Rnndolph said very de liberately, "a thousand jenrs old." lit laughed at tho shnrp contraction ol Rodney's brows. "Oh, not like thntl Sho's as beautiful as evo.. Her skin's still got that bloom on It, nnd she still flushes up when sho smiles. She's lost flvo pounds, perhaps, but that's just condition. And vitality I But a thou sand years old, jusi the same." "I'd like to know what you mean by that," said Rodney. "Why, look here," Rnndolph sail You know what a kid she wos whn you married her. Uchoolglrll I used to tell her things and she'd listen, ail eyes holding her breath I Until I fe3 almost as wise as ntia thought I wns. Sho was always game, even then. If she started a thing, the s.nw It througti. If she said, 'Tell It to mo straight,' why, sho took it, whatever it might be, standing up. She wnsn't nfrnld nf anything. Courage of Innocence. cnuso she didn't know. Well, slurs courageous now, becnuso sho known. She understnnds I tell you every thing. "Why, look hero I We nil but rur Into each other on the corner, thero, of Broadway and Forty-second street! shook hands, said howdy-do. If I hud n spare half-hour, would I come nnd have tea with her here at tho Knlckei bocker? Sho'd nodded nt two or thrw passing people while wo stood there. And then somebody, said, 'Hello, Dana,' and stopped. A miserable, shabby. shivering llttlo painted thing. Rose said 'Hello' nnd nsked how sho was getting nlong. Wns sho working novr? She said no; did Rose know of any thing? Roso sold, 'Give me your ad dress, and if I enn find anything I'll let you know. Tho horrible little bent told her whero sho lived and wct nwny. lloso didn't say anything to me, except thnt she was somebody who'd been out in n rond company with hw. But there wns a look in her eyes ... 1 Oh, sho .knew everything. Knajr what the kid wus headed for. Knefv thero was nothing to be dono about ft Sho had no flutters about It, didn't pull a long face, didn't, as I told yon, say a word. But thero was a look In her eyes, somehow, that understoml nnd faced everything. And then To went in nnd had our tea "I hnd a thousand curiosities nboHt her. I'd have found out anything could. But It wns sho who did tho fin 1 Ing out Beyond Inquiring nbout yo.i, how lately I'd seen you, and so on, sl.e hardly asked a question; but pretty soon I saw that sho understood rot. She knew what was the matter with me; knew what I'd mode of myseJr. And sho didn't even despise mo I "I came back hero to kick tttXs thing to pieces, glvo myself a frceh start And when I got here, I hadn't tho sand. I got drunk Instead." lie poured himself another long drink nfld sipped slowly. "Everybody knows," ho said at last, "that down-nnd-outs nlmost Invariably toko to drugs or drink. But I know why they do." That remark stung Rodney out of his long silence. 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