\ ■ ■ a •
•V
t
■"■cited face of the girl at hia side.
....... 'took out her purse, and from an
Inner compartment drew out a sover
eign. She looked at it a moment, and
then handed It to him.
"I th‘r,k l owe you this.” slip said
shyly. "Let me discharge the debt be
fore \vr talk further."
Max Vtllier8 was bewildered. His
face Hushed, and he rose from his seat.
But Blanche rose also, and stood fac
ing him, the gold coin still in her hand.
“1 don't understand," Max faltered
at last. "You—you owe me nothing.
How could you? I have never lent you
anything.”
"It was nearly two years ago," said
the girl steadily. “You and I were In
an A. B. F. shop in the Strand, and
we were both poor. I had lost a sov
ereign, or I thought I had, and you
pretended to pick it up. No one knows
how grateful I felt to you, for that was
my last sovereign. But when l got
home I found my sovereign in the lin
ing of my dress, and then I under
stood. 1 tried to find you, in order to
return it to • you. for—for—I thought
you might need it as much as I. But
I couldn't. And it was only when 1
saw you In the train two short weeks
ago that I recognized you. But you
were prosperous then, and so I waited."
Max Villiers looked at the proffered
sovereign in evident embarrassment.
There was a long pause, and then
their eyes met. A great joy leapt Into
Villier s heart, and he grew bolder than
before.
“What about the interest?" he asked,
taking the little hand, sovereign and
all, into his strong grasp. "It accum
mulates in two years, you know."
"How much do you demand?” she
asked archly.
"The biggest 1 can get,” he said.
"Single or compound'.”' inquired the
girl.
‘A belter than either," was the an
swer.
“And what interest may that be?”
she as.ted again.
"Human interest," he said promptly.
“I am a novelist, you know, and tbs
demand is therefore appropriate.”
They both laughed, and looked deep
into each other's eyes. Then Max Vil
liers drew the girl into his embrace
and took the first kiss of love from
those ripe, sweet lips. For a moment
or two they stood thus In silence--his
arms about her waist, her head rest
ing on his shoulder.
IOWA MAN WILL
BUILD THE CANAL
rheodore P. Shontz Accept*
Presidency of the Isthmian
Canal Commission.
I _ I
IS A GREAT MONEYMAKER
Took the “Three I” and “Clover Leaf'
Roads When They Were Almost
Nothing and Worked Them
Into Big Properties.
Washington. April 4.—The announce
ment is made today that T. P. Shontz.
president of the Toledo. St. Louis and
Western railroad, has decided to ac
cept the chairmanship of the Isthmian
canal commission.
Theodore F. Shontz, the president'!.
"$100,000 man," is one of those who,
having an opportunity provided, made
the most of It. Mr. Shontz got his
start In life by making a good mar
riage. He became a son-in-law of
General F. M. Drake, and through that
relationship the way was opened to a
brilliant career in the railroad busi
ness. He was made superintendent of
the Central of Iowa at the period when
Governor Drake was deeply Interested
in that road; and later, when Drake
became the controlling power In the
“Three I," or the Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa, he was made by Drake Its presi
dent.
Made the ‘‘Three I."
Thus Mr. Shontz may fairly be
claimed as an Iowa man. He did a
great piece of work for the "Three I,”
which was a minor road that crossed
all the trunk lines entering Chicago
and occupied a strategic position, of
which Mr. Shontz availed himself to
build up an Immense business. He
made the road, which before his time
had been a poor earner, so valuable
that the Lake Shore gathered It In on
a basis that added some millions to the
Drake fortune. Incidentally, Mr.
Shontz made himself also a wealthy
man through this deal. In which he
wus deeply interested with Governor
Drake.
Then the “Clover Leaf."
When the Lake Shore look over the
“‘Three I” about four years ago. Mr.
Shontz went to the "Clover Leaf,” as
the Toledo, St. Louis and Western is
called. This was an unimportant road
from Toledo to East St. Louis. Again
Shontz proved Ids ability to "do busi
ness." He hud a fashion of hypnotiz
ing the business. Even within the last
few months he has been able to draw
the packing house product business
from as far north as Sioux City down
to St. Louis, in order that it should be
turned over to his lino for the east.
He is a great business man, and stands
in the first rank of raliroad executives
of the country, despite that he has nev
er been at the lieud of a great system.
Railroad and business men who know
him and his career are confident the
president lias made no miptake in se
lecting him to build the canal.
FATAL SNOW SLIDE.
Two Men Are Killed and Several In
jured in a Colorado Ac
cident.
Denver, April 4.—The storm which
lias raged in Colorado and a portion
of New Mexico for thirty-six hours
has subsided. For the first time this
winter the Santa Fe road found It nec
essary to use snowplows between
Pueblo and Colorado Springs. Ill
Pueblo two inches of moisture fell dur
ing the storm, this being a record, ac
cording to the weather officials East
of Pueblo about seven miles a bridge
and a strip of track on the Missouri Pa
cific was washed out, and north of thut
city the Rio Grande experienced some
damage by washouts. Between Clyde
and Fairvievv the snow is live feet deep
and rotaries, snowplows and shovelers
are endeavoring to remove it. Only
two men were killed yesterday in the
destruction of the buildings of the
Bankers' National mine near Ouray by
a slide. Seven men were Injured, none
seriously.
The list of dead follows;
GEORGE ROBB.
JOHN ORTH.
The injured:
A. B. Higginbotham.
Robert D. Roberts.
Barney Burns.
James Mullins. .
Walter McEwan.
Alex McNeil.
BAD MINE EXPLOSION
Five Men Dead and Fivo Other* Seri
ously Injured.
Prescott, Ariz., April 4 —As the result
of an explosion In the United Verde
mine at Jerome, owned by Senator
Clark, five men are dead and five oth
ers seriously if not fatally injured.
The dead:
T. W. CROFUT.
E. RUFFIN.
PETER SEDER.
A. J. HALT,ADAM.
J. M. ROE.
The injured:
N. Nevonich.
H. Garcia.
J. Koscio.
J. P. Roe.
B. Carpo.
J. Wilovich.
M. Sullivan.
The accident happened Just as the
shifts were being changed and all the
men except twelve had been raised to
the surface. On account of the recent
heavy rains, surface water found its
way to that portion of the mine where
tire has been smouldering several years,
and steam thus generated caused the
explosion, flowing out the bulkheads
erected to keep the fire from spreading.
The men were suffocated by smoke aiul
leated steam.
LEAD TRUST FORMED.
After Years of Negotiation the Gug
gonheim Family Gains Control
of United Lead Company.
New York, April 4.—After years of
negotiations a deal has just been con
summated by which the seven sons
of Meyer Guggenheim, who died a few.
days ago, have achieved. In conjunc
tion with their allied Interests, a union
of the National Lead company, com
monly known as the "white lead trust,"
capitalized at $30,000,000. with the Unit
ed Lead company, the Guggenheim con
cern, the total authorized capital stock
of which is $25,000,000. It is believed
the capital of the holding company will
be about $40,000,000. The consolidated
concern will be known as the National
Lead company.
INDULGES IN SARCASM
Vic* President Rogers Issues a State
ment Anent That $100,000 Rocke
feller Gift.
New York, Itprll 4.—H. H. Roger.*,
vice president of Standard Oil, made a
statement evidently prompted by the
criticism of accepting a grift of $100,
000 from John U. Rockefeller.
Mr. Rogers said: “The ministers say
queer things. Ur. Washington Glad
den says everybody knows John U.
Rockefeller obtained his money honest
ly. With as much reason I could soy
everybody knows Ur. Gladden would
not trust the ten commandments for
ten days with the deacons of his
church because they would surely
break some and bend the rest. Slavery
In certain sections of the United States
was legal until President Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation. Rebates
on railroads were Just as legal until
the passage of the interstate commerce
commission act. After an exhaustive
examination authorized by congress
June 18, 1898, the commission re
ported :
eral belief on the part of almost ail the op
ponents of the Standard OH company that
these discriminations In various forms
have been continually received, even up to
date. On the other band, these charges
have been dented In toto and most em
phatically by every representative of .the
Stundard Oil company with reference to
all cases excepting one. which they claim
was a mistake, tlie amount of freight due
being promptly paid on discovery of the
error.
The Standard Oil company not merely
challenged the opponents to bring forth
proof of any ease, but produced many let
ters from leading officials of railroads to
Show that the company has In no case
received any favors or asked for them.
"It became known today that prior
to the final action of the prudential
committee of the American board of
commissioners of foreign missions. In
accepting the gift of J100.000 tendered
by John D. Rockefeller, a number of
prominent members of the board at
a meeting held considered the matter
at length. As a result the parties to
the conference Issued a statement In
which they declared that they did not
feel that the acceptance of the gift,
would compromise the board in any
way.”
The statement closes with a quota
tion from the report of the mission,
committee In which that body refused
to consider the source of the gifts and
mentions the names of the signers of
he committee report.
DR. GLADDEN MAKES REPLY.
Sharp Retort to Rogers’ Defense of In
justice If Legalized.
Columbus, O., April 4.—Dr. Wash
ington Gladden loduy again vigorously
answered H. H. Rogers, vice president
of the Standard -Oil company, regard
ing the gift of John D. Rockefeller. Dr.
Gladden says; ,
"Mr. Rogers says I would not trust
the ten commandments for ten days
with the deacons of my church because
they would surely break some of them
and bend the others. I surely would
not. 1 hope these commandments are
in a stronger power than the deacons
of any church; a power In which they
will not be twisted for the benefit of
Rogers or any one else.
“Mr. Rogers says that until Lincoln's
proclamation slavery was legal in cer
tain sections. But It was .lust as much
an abomination and a curse in those
regions as in regions where it was abol
ished. Lincoln did not touch it there
because he h id no power. The rebates
of the Standard Oil company were Just
as outrages before a law was passed
forbidding them ns they were after
ward; and the methods by which, under
tile law. the company Is now overpow
ering and oppressing Its competitors
are Just as wrongful as were those re
bates. The position that wrongdoing
is to be condoned so long as it is done
under cover of the laws, or by evasion
of the law, is one that Christian min
isters or missionary societies ought not
to take.”
OUTFLANK LAFOLLETTE
Indications Are That the Railroads
Have Again Stolen the Wiscon
sin Legislation.
Chicago, April 4.--Governor I.a'i'o,
lette, of Wisconson, who. like Folk, of
Missouri, has been lighting legislative
corruption in ail its forms, is believed
to have been defeated in the greatest
battle of the war he has been waging.
The Chicago Tribune, in a dispatch
from Madison, says today:
Has Governor Robert M. LaFcilette
if Wlsconson lost his legislature? Have
the assembly and the senate leaders
of the halfbreeds refused to "stand
for" the anti-railroad legislation which
the administration is trying to put
through this session of the legislature?
Has the original railroad commercial
bill, known as the "Hatten” bill, and
recognized from the first as the gov
ernor’s measure, proved too extreme
for his followers? If not, why has it
hung fire in the committee so long and
why is there every reason to believe
that when the revised bill is reported
out it will differ radically from the
original measure?
Measure Will Be Tamed.
The railroad representatives at the
capital—the lobby, in other words—Say
that the original administration meas
ure will never go through the senate
unless stripped of its radical features.
For ten years or more Robert M.
l.aFollette has devoted his political life
to secure legislation for Wisconsin
which will regulate end control the
railroads of the state. He is said to
have made repeated promises to the
people of Wisconsin that he would not
give up the battle against the "enemy”
tthe railroads) until he had secured
laws which would make forever im
possible the abuses which the state has
suffered so long from the railroads.
Recently he has given wide circulation
in a weekly to the charges that the
railroad rates of Wisconsin are from
3d to 50 per cent, higher than the rates
in other states, notabilly Missouri, Iowa
and Illinois. For session after session
of the legislature the railroads and the
stalwarts have blocked practically ev
ery effort to pass remedial laws.
Their opposition apparently has only
renewed the governor’s effort ’to bring
G>out their final defeat.
$24^000,000 IS SHY.
dew York Inquiry Shows Items Ag
gregating That Amount Not Ac
counted for.
New York, April 4.—Apparent dis
crepancies of $11,000,000 in profits and
$13,000,000 in the investments, in the
statements submitted by the Consoli
dated Gas company, formed features of
the inquiry by the legislative commit
tee conducting the gas investigation in
New York.
On behalf of the company it was said
another statement would be presented
showing what disposition had been
made of the $11,000,000 profits*.
On account of the absence of R. A.
Carter, secretary, no explanation was
offered of the difference of $13,000,000,
! beyond the statement that it was the
! difference between the price o’’ proper
1 lies i cquired and their preset \ value.
IS NO PHILANTHROPIST
j Uncle Andy Carnegie Alto Believes IPs
Not a Disgrace to Die
Solvent.
New York. April 3. "I never said that
to die rich was to die disgraced.*'
Thus spoke Andrew Carnegie last night
after he had footed up his unfulfilled
promises to colleges and libraries at the
close of business hours and learned that
they amounted to $17,000,000. Turning from
| the contemplation of this, which did not
j disturb him in the least, lie said:
"What I did say was much more sensi
ble and much nearer the truth. Some time
we will discuss it.
"I do not expect to impoverish myself,
but I hope to set in motion systems Of
w.se and practical benevolence which,
with what fortune 1 ieave, may be wisely
and profitably employed by those who
come after me. I am satisfied with what I
have accomplished thus far. but I should
not be if 1 did not believe that what I be
gan will continue after I have gone, ft
!k not what ! am able (o give, but what
I am abb' to induce others to give which
docs the if*al good l seek to accomplish.
Is No Philanthropist.
“I object to the term philanthropist
when applied to myself, I always under
stand ,t to moan a man with more money
than brains. In my work for humanity £
propose to use the brains I have well,
as 1 tried to do in accumulating the means
»>f doing good and making myself and oth
er persons happy.
"In my assistance to colleges l am en
deavoring to apply the same business prin
ciples which have enabled me to put my
self In the position to do what I am doing.
I have no intention of encouraging small
colleges—nor large ones, for that matter—
to expand beyond their visible resources.
It will do more harm than good In most
instances to place at their disposal a con
siderable sum of money to be employed in
any way which might gratify the Immedi
ate v'cws of thoir trustees and faculty.
‘‘I must be assured first that there ex
ists a pressing need which cannot be met
by the resources at the command of the
trustees, f must then be assured that the
enterprise is one wrhlch has a reason for
being. Which if managed wisely and con
servatively has a reasonable chance of be
coming self-sustaining. My secretary, Mr.
Bartram. receives all applications for gift»
before they come to my attention, and ho
is an export.
"I do not object to a school conducted
under the patronage ot a denomination
if it prospers by reason of such
patronage, in ease a school Is so strictly
guarded that it makes the acceptance of
its tenets a condition of matriculation 1
am free to say it does not Interest me."
Given to Colleges.
Following is a list of colleges which Mr.
Uarnegle has assisted since December,
1900 and the amounts for which he has
made himself responsible in each in
stance.
$150,000— Pennsylvania State college
Syracuse university.
$125,000—0beriin college.
$100,000- -Tuft's college.
$50,000 - Iowa college. Beloit college. Cor
nell college, Mount Holyoke college,
Lawrence university. University of
Maine, Washington and Lee university,
Depaw university. University of North
Carolina, Drake university,
$40,000 Washburn college, Marie!ta col
lege, Fairmount college, Pomona college,
University of Tennessee.
$30,000—Oklahoma university, Buekneii
university. Berea college, Winthrop
normal. Central University of Kentucky,
Karlham college, Alabama Polytechnique.
$25,000—Upper Iowa university, Atlanta
university, University of Mississippi.
$20,000—T11 s k agee Institute, Lebanon
Valley college, Bethany college, Fish uni
versity.
$18.800-North Carolina state normal
school.
$10,700—St. John's college.
$15,000— Yankton college, Talladega col
lege. Wilbcrforce university, Park col
lege, North Dakota agricultural college*
Furman university.
$12,500—Livingston colleger.
$12,000—Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege.
$10,000- -Converse college. Simpson col
lege, Carson and Newman college. State
| normal school.
$6,000— Benedict college.
$5,000- Fassenden academy,
There ar* forty or lifty more applies^
| tions which will he acted upon before
i .\lr. Carnegie goes abroad for the sum
; iner.
KAISER IN MOROCCO.
German Ruler Is Given a Warm Re
ception When He Lands in Afri
can Domain.
Tangier, Morocco, April, 3.--The
steamer Hamburg, with tne German
emperor on board, arrived here today
from Lisbon. The emperor was wel
comed on lundiug by representatives
of the sultan, the diplomatic corps and
a large crowd of people. The usual
salutes were exchanged between the
escorting German cruiser, I'rlnz Fried
rich Karl, and the land batteries, and
two French warships now in these
waters.
The emperor’s landing was delayed
three hours, owing to the heavy sea.
The emperor, who was accompanied by
a brilliant staff, rode ori horseback
through the densely crowded streets in.
the German legation. Later he re-em
barked on board the Hamburg.
Kmperor William was received by
Abd-Kl-Malek, tile sultan’s Ulielp, with
whom he conversed for some time.
Deputations from the German resi
dents and leading Moors were pre
sented. The Germans delivered an ad
dress of welcome, to which the em
peror briefly replied. The emperor pro
| eeeded to the German legation, where
he held a reception to members of the
diplomatic corps and Arab nobilities.
He left the legation at 1:3C p. m., say
ing that owing to the delay in land
ing he could not remain any longer,
but must proceed to Gibraltar. At the
landing stage Abd-El-Malek presented
the imperial visitor with gifts sent by
the sultan, and Kmperor William re
einbarked after having been scarcely
two hours ashore.
The emperor was accorded a splendid
reception by the natives, who, however,
were greatly disappointed at the brev
ity of bis visit.
IS ITIusT A JOKE?
New York Society Paper Prints a
Roosevelt - Beveridge Engagement
Announcement.
New York. April 3.—The New York
; Journal says today: A weekly society
paper published In this city prints to
i day the following notice of the en
i gagement of Miss Alice Roosevelt.
••Miss Alice Roosevelt has surren
dered her heart and promised her hand
und now wears upon her left third
linger the Jeweled token of her mar
riage engagement. The successful
wooer is ttie eloquent boy orator of the
Wabash.’ Senator Albert J. Beveridge,
of Indiana, and the formal announce
ment of the betrothal will be made
Raster. President Roosevelt is more
than pleased and lias given the happy
pair his paternal benediction.
“Senator Beveridge Is a widower of
43. His first wife was Miss Katherine
Langsdale. of Oreencustle. Ind., who
died in ISbO. The senator was a plow
bey at 13. a railroad laborer at U, and.
a tea tisp-r at 15.”
Max Villiers crossed the great open
-apace ot Trafalgar square and turned
into the Strand. A cutting east wind
met him and he buttoned his great
'mf V-Oiet still more closely about him. A
W, f couple of poor, 111-dad, hungry-look
lt’.g children passed him, and he dived
Into his trousers pocket for a stray
sixpence. He knew it was there, for
his cash balance had now dwindled far
below the limits of arithmetical calcu
1 ition. Finding it, therefore, with very
little difficulty, he tendered it to the
astonished urchins, and, mumbling
something about "buns" and “cakes,”
hurried off as though the police were
' on his track.
"Poor little souls!” he muttered. “IPs
rough enough for a man, but it's worse
for kids!"
He walked on a few paces, and a
smile—half sad, half humorous—
crossed his handsome, thoughtful face.
He turned into an A. B. C. shop, and,
t iking a seat at one of the tables, or
dered an exceedingly modest tea.
He was roused from his reverie by
■the sound of voices at the adjoining
table. For the first time since he had
entered he became aware of the pres
ence of the girl whose eyes had more
than once been attracted to his face.
Blie was in obvious embarrassment
now. though Villiers was as yet ignor
ant of its cause, and a waitress was
standing at her side. The girl was
fumbling nervously in her pocket, and
n very slender purse lay on the table
before her. There was a look of un
belief nn the face of the waitress,
which the girl was not slow to notice.
Her embarrassment increased each in
stant, and a look of utter hopelessness
crept into her face as her search re
vealed nothing.
‘I had a sovereign in my purse," she
said feebly. "I can't think what has
become of it. Oh, dear, I hope I haven't
lost it. for I haven't enough change to
pay you."
The waitress preserved an uncom
promising silence, and the girl grew
more and more nervous.
"Oh. what shall I do!" she said, al
tnost crying.
"Perhaps you might leave something
instead, until you can get the money,”
suggested the waitress. "If a lady
forgets her money, she sometimes
1 Messrs. Caxton and Wall present their
compliments to Mr. Villiers. and re
quest the favor of an early interview in
order to arrange preliminaries regard
ing the publication of the novel now
iri their hands. Both the partners will '
be in tomorrow morning, it that suit
Mr. Villiers' convenience."
Nearly two years‘had sped by since
Max Villiers’ first book had taken the
world by storm, and its author found
himself famous. A second book had
Just been published and the avidity
with which it had already been read
promised well for its success. The old'
time poverty was almost forgotten. It
was parly autumn, and he had accepted
the invitation of a wealthy book lover
to spend a few weeks at his estate in
Rutlandshire. He had to catch a local
train at a sleepy country junction, and
he was directed to take his spat in the
front part of the train. He settled him
self comfortably in a corner of the
compartment, and waited for the train
to start. Presently he heard the voice
of the guard •
“Front of the train, miss. This way,
please!”
There were footsteps on the platform,
and a moment later the guard flung
open the door of his compartment and
j a young lady, pretty and well dressed,
| entered. She started at sight of Max
Villiers, but took her seat with appar
ent unconcern.
“Straight through for Magden Park,”
i said the guard, as he slammed the
! door.
He was going to Magden Park. As
] soon as the train moved out of the
! station, she picked up a book she had
brought with her, and, opening it half
1 way, began to read.
There was a light in Max Villiers'
| eyes as he recognized it as his own re
cent production. The girl was deep in
her book, and Max Villiers' thoughts
were divided between his newspaper
and various speculations as to his fair
companion’s opinion of his own work.
A fortnight had slipped by and most
of the guests in the big modern man
.sion at Magden Park had taken their
departure. Max Villiers and his fair
traveling companion of two short weeks
ago were among the few who still re
mained. and more than one was heard
to whisper a prediction concerning
N-RAYS SHOULD BE PINK.
They Indicate a Good Life, Says Di.
Hooker.
London Cable to New York Sun: The
Lancet publishes a letter from Dr.
Hooker on the results of three years’
experiments with the Blondlotz N
rays emitted by the human body. Dr.
Hooker says he has established the fact
that these ray3 differ in color according
to the character and temperament of a
person, and also that the rays are not
merely heat vibrations, as he proved
by passing the rays from his own hand
through the forearm of a corpse to a
prepared screen which immediately
showed increased luminosity. In ref
erence to the different colors of the
rays. Dr. Hooker says:
"Rajs emanating, from a very pas
sionate man have a'deep red hue. One
whose keynote in life is to be good and
to do good throws off pink rays; an
ambitious man emits orange rays; a
deep thinker throws off deep blue; a
lover of art and refined surroundings,
yellow: an anxious, depressed person,
gray; one who leads a low, debased
life, muddy brown rays; a devotional,
good meaning person, light blue; pro
gressive minded, light green, and physi
cally or mentally ill person, dark green
rays.”
Dr. Hooker admits that his statement
may be received at first with a sndle of
Incredulity, hut he Is confident It will
sooner or later be accepted as a fact.
He further says he has proved that
N-rays are not given off by the human
body, but by objects which have been
in contact therewith. He obtained this
impression from a letter thirty years
old. which proved that the rays are
radioactive and retain their power on
the paper on which writing is made.
Swallowed Up by a Little Failure.
Success: Some people get along
beautifully, for half a lifetime, per
haps, while everything goes smoothly.
While they are accumulating proper
ty and gaining friends and reputation
their characters seem to be strong and
well balanced, but the moment there
is friction anywhere—the moment
trouble come3, a failure in business, a
panic, or a great crisis in which they
lose their all—they are overwhelmed.
They despair, lose heart, courage, faith,
hope and power to try again—every
thing. Their very manhood or woman
hood is swallowed up by a mere ma
terial loss.
This is failure, indeed, and there is
small hope for anyone who falls to such
a depth of despair. There is hope for
an ignorant man. who cannot write
his name, even, if he has stamina and
backbone. There is hope for a crip
ple who has courage; there is hope for
a boy who has nerve and grit, even
(hough he so hemmed in that he has
apparently no chance in the world, but
there is no hope for a man who can
not or will not stand up after he falls,
but loses heart and lays down his arms
after defeat.
Let everything else go. If you must,
but never lose your grip on yourself.
Do not let your manhood or woman
hood go. This is your priceless pearl,
dearer to you than your breath. Cling
to it with all your might. Give up life
Itself first.
Alius Findin' Fault.
Washington Star: "De man dat's
alius findin' fault," said Uncle Kben,
"lias picked out one of de easles’ but
at the same time one o' de poorest-paid
jobs dat Is."
* •'-• i r-s her watch or ring, and sends for
it inter on.'"
The girl shook her head.
"I have neither,” she said, and the
waitress sniffed significantly.
F’oor little thing!” he said to him
•self. “But what can I do? It wasn’t
so difficult with the kids, but a sov
ereign-is different. And then there’s
Mrs. Jinks! " Again he looked^ at the
fioor. troubled face of the girl, and he
ground his teeth.
“Confound Mrs. Jinks!” he muttered
to himself.
Secretly extracting his last gold coin
from its receptacle, he stooped sudden
ly. noisily jerking the table as he did
so. A moment later he arose and ex
tended his hand to the girl at the ad
joining table. Between the finger and
thumb was a sovereign.
■Js this what you lost?” he said
steadily. “It was on the fioor."
"O. thank you!” she said gratefully.
“It must have droj ped out of my
purse.”
A few' moments later and she was
gone, and *Max, again lightening his
pocket by the sum of sixpence, went
out into the Strand and turned down
i side street in the direction of the
Embankment.
"An expensive outing." he said com
ically. as lie mounted the narrow stairs
to his attic.
Mrs. Jinks, hearing him enter, came
out of her sitting room to meet
him.
"Two letters for you, sir." she said,
and looked at him significantly. ”1
’ope as ow it’s good nous, sir, for your
bill’s arunnun up and I’m only a poor
■voider, sir. and money’s shocking light, ,
and the butcher he do gay——”
She stopped. Max Villiers had torn
open one of the envelopes and the
pink flush of a check caught her watch- 1
ful eye. She hastened to apologize. |
"I’m sure I means no offense, sir.” I
I know, I know,” said Max hastily.
Mrs. Jinks retreated with a satisfied
sigh, and Max, left to himself, tore
open the second envelope. One glance
and the color leaped to his face, and
.«.!« eye brightened.
Ah." he said. "It’s com* at last: t
t
them regarding llielr future relation
ship. And there was, in truth, ample
oeasons for such predictions. Fpr the
first time in his life. Max Villiers had
yielded to an attraction so potent that
It subjugated every other consideration.
He was in love and he fully realized
It.
He had by this time learned who she
was. It was dropped out. piece by
piece, in their frequent conversations
of late, and Max felt a growing sym
pathy with the girl whose early life
had so nearly resembled his own. She
was an artist, but until the last two
years success had eluded her. And
then the turn of the tide had come,
and she, like himself, had taken it at
the flood. Steadily but surely she had
mounted the ladder of fame and now
stood not far from the topmost rung.
One brilliant masterpiece—a conception !
of great originality and power—had ef- !
fected the change, and now her progress j
was easy and her name was well known
as one of the greatest living lady
artists. And then Max told her his
own story, so like hers that it seemed
almost repetition.
And now they, too. were about 1o bid
farewell to the lovely Rutlandshire
scenery. Hut before they went away.
Max Villiers was determined to know
his fate. They had wandered out into
tHe great shady park, and were sitting
in a little arbor hidden away beneath
the tall old elms. There was a curious
note in the mans voice that made the
girl look quickly up into 1)is face. Then,
with a soft pink blush on her cheeks,
she turned away her head, for she had
read his purpose.
“Miss Tempest." he began. "I have
something to say to you which may
surprise you, but which I cannot put
off any longer, in three words—I love
you."
He paused. The girl's eyes were on
the ground. But she was not angry,
he could see that, so lie proceeded:
"True, it is only a fortnight since 1
first met you in the train on your way
here, but love is not slow to grow when
once the seed is sown."
He stopped and looked down at the
Hlx- If a woman has a divorce cr
two she can succeed upon the staije.
Dix—Then the .late.st star should
prove to be a wonder. She's had flu
divorces,