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HEARTS
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MASKS
By
HAROLD MacGRATH
AuthoroPTheManon the Box etc
With Drawings by Harrison Fisher
Copyright 1805 by Bobbs Merrill CoJ
CHAPTER II Continued
Tho ten of hearts again Hang
the card And then with a sigh of
relief I recollected that in all prob
ability he like Columbine had heard
me call out the card to Hamilton
Still the popularity of the card was
very disquieting I wished it had
been seven or five theres luck in
odd numbers A Blue Domino
My heart leaped and I thought of
the little ticket in my Waistcoat
pocket A Blue Domino If by
chance therq should be a connection
between her and the ticket
She was sitting all alone in a cor
ner near by partly screened by a pot
of orange trees I crossed over and
sat down by her side This might
prove an adventure worth while
What a beautiful night it is I
said
She turned and I caught- sight of a
Wisp of golden hair
That is very original said she
Who in the world would have
thought of passing comments on the
weather at a masque Prior to this
moment the men have been calling
me all sorts of sentimental names
Oh I am coming to that I am
even going to make love to you
She folded her hands rather re
signedly I thought and the rollick
ing comedy began
CHAPTER III
When they give you a mask at a
ball they also give you the key to all
manner of folly and impudence Even
stupid people become witty and the
witty become correspondingly daring
For all I knew the Blue Domino at
my side might be Jones wife or
Browns or Smiths or even Greens
but so long as I was not certain it
mattered not in what direction my
whimsical fancy took me It is true
that ordinarily Jones and Brown and
Smith and Green do not receive in
vitations to attend masquerades at
fashionable hunt clubs but some
how they seem to worry along with
out these equivocal honors and pros
per Still there are persons in the
swim named Johnes and Smythe and
Browne and Greene Pardon this
parenthesis
As I recollected the manner in
which I had self invited the pleasure
of my company to this carnival at
the Blankshire Hunt club I smiled
behind my mask Nerves I ought to
have been a professor of clinics in
stead of an automobile agent But
the whole affair appealed to me so
strongly I could not resist it I was
drawn into the tangle by the very fas
cination of the scheme I was an
interloper but nobody knew it The
ten of hearts in my pocket did not
match the backs of those cards regu
larly issued But what of that Every
one was ignorant of the fact I was
safe inside and all that was roman
tic in my system was aroused There
are always some guests who cannot
avail themselves of their invitations
and upon this vague chance I had
staked my play Besides I was de
termined to disappear before the
hour of unmasking I wasnt going
to take any unnecessary risks I
was then fairly secure under my Ca
puchins robe
Out of my mind slipped the previous
adventures of the evening I forgot
temporarily the beautiful unknown at
Mouquins I forgot the sardonic lipped
stranger I had met inFriards I for
got everything save the little ticket
that had accidentally slipped into my
package and which announced that
some one had rented a blue domino
And here was a Blue Domino at my
side just simply dying to have me
talk to her
I am madly in love with you I
began I have followed you often I
have seen you in your box at the op
era I have seen you whirl up Fifth
avenue in your fine barouche and
here at last I meet you I clasped
my hands passionately
My beautiful barouche My box
at the opera the girl mimicked
What a cheerful Ananias you are
Thou art the most enchanting
creature in all the universe Thou art
even a turquoise a patch of radiant
summer sky eyes of sapphire lips
Archaic very archaic she inter
rupted
Disillusioned in ten seconds I
cried dismally How could you
She laughed
Have you no romance Can you
not- see the fitness of things If you
have not a box at the opera you
ought at least to make believe you
have History walks about us and
you call the old style archaic That
hurts
Methinks Sir Monk
There Thats more like it By
my haldiom thats the style
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Odtls bodkin you dont toll me
There was a second ripple of laughter
from behind the mask It was rare
music
I could fall In love with you
There once was a Frenchman who
said that as nothing is impossible let
Jus believe in tho absurd I might be
old enough to bo your grandmother
lightly
Perish the thought
Perish it Indeed
The mask is the thing I cried
enthusiastically You can make love
to another mans wife
Or your own and nobody is the
wiser cynically a
We are getting on
Yes we are getting on both in
years and in folly What are you do
ing in a monks robe Where is your
motley gay fool
I have laid it aside for the night
On such occasions as this fools dress
as wise men and wise men as fools
everybody goes about in disguise
How would you go about to pick
out the fools curiously
Beginning with myself
Thy name is also Candor
Look at yonder Cavalier He wab
bles like a ship in distress in the wild
effort to keep his feet untangled from
his rapier Ill wager hes a wealthy
plumber on week days Observe Anne
of Austria What arms Ill lay odds
that her great grandmother took in
washing Theres Romeo now with
a pair of legs like an old apple tree
The freedom of criticism is mine to
night Did you ever see such ridicu
lous ideas of costume For my part
the robe and the domino for me All
lines are destroyed nothing is
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Your voice lacks the proper and
requisite anxiety It is always the
married woman who enjoys the mask
with thoroughness She knows her
husband will be watching her and
jealousy is a good sign
You are a philosopher Certainly
you must be married
Well one doos become philosoph
leal after marriage
But are you married
I do not say so
Would you like to be
I have my share of feminine curi
osity But I wonder ruminatingly
why they do not give masquerades
oftener
That is easily explained Most ol
us live masquerading day by day and
there might be too much of a good
thing
That is a bit of philosophy that
goes well with your robe Indeed
what better mask is there than the
human countenance
If we become serious we shall put
folly out of joint said I rising And
besides we shall miss the best part of
this dance
She did not hesitate an instant I
led her to the floor and we joined the
dancers She was as light as a feath
er a leaf the down of the thistle
mysterious as the Cumaean Sibyl
and I wondered who she might be
The hand that lay on my sleeve was
as white as milk and the filbert
shaped horn of the finger tips was
the tint of rose leaves Was she
connected with the ticket in my pock
et I tried to look into her eyes but
in vain nothing could I see but that
wisp of golden hair which occasion
ally brushed my chin as with
fy fi
Look at Yon Cavalier He Wabbles Like a Ship in Distress
nizable My my Theres Harlequin
too walking on parentheses
The Blue Domino laughed again
You talk as if you had no friends
here shrewdly
But which is my friend and which
is the man to whom I owe money
What Is your tailor here then
Heaven forbid Strange isnt it
when a fellow starts in to pay up his
bills that the tailor and the under
taker have to wait till the last
The subject is outside my under
standing
But you have dressmakers
I seldom pay dressmakers
Ah Then you belong to the most
exclusive set
Or perhaps I make my own
dresses
Sh Not so loud Suppose some
one should overhear you
It was a slip of the tongue And
yet you should be lenient to all
Kind heart Ah I wonder what
all those interrogation points mean
the black domino there
Possibly she represents Scandal
Scandal then is symbolilzed by
the interrogation point
Yes Whoever heard of scandal
coming to a full stop that is to say
a period
I learn something every minute
A hundred years ago you would have
been a cousin to Mile de Necker
Or Mme de Stael
Oh if you are married
I shall have ceased to interest
you
On the contrary Only marriage
would account for the bitterness of
your tone What does the Blue Dom
ino represent
The needle of the compass She
stretched a sleeve out toward me and
I observed for the first time the min
iature compasses woven in the cloth
Surely one does not rent a costume
like this
I understand now why you at
tracted me Whither will you guide
me sentimentally
Through dark channels and stormy
seas over tropic waters into the
haven under the hill
Oh if you go to quoting Tenny
son its all up with me Are you
married
One can easily see that at any
rate you are not
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reptitious caress If only I dared re
main till the unmasking I pressed
her hand There was an answering
pressure but its tenderness was de
stroyed by the low laughter that ac
companied it
Dont be silly she whispered
How can I help it
True I forgot you were a fool
in disguise
What has Romance done to you
that you should turn on her with the
stuffed club Practicality
She has never paid any particular
attention to me perhaps that is the
reason
As we neared the corner I saw the
Honorable Julius again He stretched
forth his deaths head mask
Beware the ten of hearts he
croaked
Hang his impudence The
Blue Domino turned her head with a
jerk and instantly I felt a shiver
run through her body For a moment
she lost step I was filled with won
der Tn what manner could the ten
of hearts disturb her I made up my
mind to seek out the noble Roman
and learn just how much he knew
about that disquieting card
The music ceased
Now run away with your benedic
tions said the Blue Domino breath
lessly
Shall I see you again eagerly
If you seek diligently She paused
for a moment like a bird about to
take flight Positive fool compara
tive fooler superlative foolest
And I was left standing alone
What the deuce did she mean by that
After all there might be any num
ber of blue dominoes in the land and
it seemed scarcely credible that a
guest at the Hunt Club would go to a
costumers for an outfit I had gone
to a costumers but my case was alto
gether different I was an impostor
I hunted up Imperial Rex It was not
long ere we came face to face or to
speak correctly mask to mask
To be Continued
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Gunner The gridiron hero is all
smiles
Guyer Yes he has captured a grid
iron heroine
Gunner A gridiron heroine
Guyer Yes a college girl who real
ly knows how to broil a beefsteak
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An autograph letter of Abraham
Lincoln writter more than half a cen
tury ago to his life long friend
Thomas J Turner of Freeport 111
ifterward a colonel in an Illinois regi
ment is here reproduced as an object
of national interest
The value of this letter to the fam
lies to whom it has descended like an
apostolic succession may be estimat
ed from the fact that it has passed
from deathbed to deathbed as a sacred
pharge in the Turner generations the
Famous Illinois Tavern
Where Lincoln When a Circuit Rid
ing Lawyer Swapped Stories
With the demolition of the old Kel
ley tavern torn down to make room
fox a barn there passed one of the
famous old hostelries of Illinois Built
in 1839 the old tavern became the
stopping place of all west bound trav
elers it being the only hotel between
Danville and Urbana on the state
road
For -years it enjoyed great popular
ity especially during its ownership by
Joseph Kelley who operated it from
1840 until 1864 During the 50s it
was the regular stopping place of the
old time circuit riding lawyers among
whom were Abraham -Lincoln and
Judge David Davis Both Lincoln
and Davis were warm friends of Kel
ley fthose ready wit and great fund
of stories made him a favorite with
both men Kelley was a great story
teller and during the months inter
vening between the April and Septem
ber terms of court he searched assid
uously for new stories to tell Abe
Often Lincolns coming being her
alded about the surrounding country
drew scores of farmers to the hotel
and not infrequently residents of Ur
bana drove down to enjoy the contest
between the two great story tellers
However well equipped with new ma
terial was Mr Kelley he always found
himself vanquished by Mr Lincoln
whose fund of anecdotes seemed in
exhaustible Old residents say that
the two champions frequently told
stories almost all night Lincoln sit
ting in an immense armchair with
wide rockers and a buffalo robe cush
ion known to the household as Abes
chair The old chair is still in the
possession of the Kelley family one
of its most cherished heirlooms
The old tavern played an important
jpart in the social life of the commun
ity Here during the winter months
assembled all the young people for
miles around to dance and enjoy
themselves In the yard were held
the turkey shoots on Thanksgiving
and Christmas when the pioneers as
sembled to prove their wonderful
skill with their old muzzle loading
firearms Whisky on these occasions
flowed freely and some famous fights
have occurred about the old building
but for the most part the early settler
was good natured even in his cups
and no serious damage was done in
these encounters
With the coming of the railroads
and the passing of the stage coach
the old tavern suffered a lamentable
falling off in business and after a pre
carious existence it was closed and
the building became the home of a
tenant farmer Later it was used for
the storage of grain and farm imple
ments Falling into decay it has at
last been torn down after an exist
ence of 75 years many of its timbers
going into the new barn
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man to whom it was written treasur
ing the series of Lincolns correspond
ence in order to bequeath to members
of his family souvenirs whose value he
foresaw with prophetic eye
Any letter of Abraham Lincolns
would be of interest to the people ol
Illinois especially one written before
the period of war and turmoil when
the Springfield lawyer was engaged
in the vocations of peace The owner
of the letter a Freeport man is now
living in Chicago
As Wallace Saw Lincoln
Famous Author Wrote Entertainingly
of First Meeting
The charm of Lew Wallaces Auto
biography consists not only in the
fact that the author was a famous
general and famous novelist but that
so many of his recollections are rem
iniscent of the great
One of the most fascinating des
criptions is that of his first sight of
Abraham Lincoln It was in 1850 at
a tavern in Danville I1L
Wallace writes as follows
There was one of the contestants
who arrested my attention early part
ly by his stories partly by his ap
pearance Out of the mist of years
he comes to me now exactly as he ap
peared then
His hair was thick coarse and de
fiant it stood out in every direction
His features were massive nose long
eyebrows protrusive mouth large
cheeks hollow eyes gray and always
responsive to the humor He smiled
all the time but never once did he
laugh outright His hands were large
his arms slender and disproportion
ately long His legs were a wonder
particularly when he was in narra
tion he kept crossing and uncrossing
them sometimes it actually seemed
he was trying to tie them into a bow
knot
Altogether I thought him the
gauntest quaintest and most positive
ly ugly man who had ever attracted
me enough to call for study Still
when he was in speech my eyes did
not quit his face He held me in un
consciousness
About midnight his competitors
were disposed to give in either their
stories were exhausted or they were
itacitly conceding him the crown
From answering them story for story
he gave two or three to their one At
last he took the floor and held it
And looking back I am now con
vinced that he frequently invented his
replications which is saying he pos
sessed a marvelous gift of improvisa
tion
Such was Abraham Lincoln And
to be perfectly candid had one stood
at my elbow that night in the old
tavern and whispered Look at him
closely He will one day be president
and the savior of his country I had
laughed at the idea but a little less
heartily than I laughed at the man
Afterward I came to know him
better and then I did not laugh
Lincoln Then and Now
Tall swart ungainly gaunt he stood be
fore us
Chaffed by the mob for his
ness
Now like a very god he towers oer U3
Beloved for his tender knightliness
A laughing stock his figure when we
knew him
A shrine for all thats best in us since
then
Revering een the blessed soil that grew
him
A model he for all his fellow men
Baltimore American
MODEL OF LINCOLNS ONLY PATENT
One of the most valuable of the gov
ernments unique collection of patent
models the finest in the world is No
6469 granted May 22 1849 to Abra
ham Lincoln for method of lifting ves
sels over shoals The device consists
of the application to a river steamer
of two or more collapsible floats made
like bellows worked from sides of
boat by upright poles When a vessel
so equipped strikes shoal water the
bellows are inflated by pressure on
the poles which is supposed to raise
the boat clear of the bottom When
the bellows are to be deflated a wind
lass raises the poles N Y World
NERVOUS HEADACHES
Dr Williams Pink Pills Will Cure
Most Cases and Should Interest
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Nobody who has not endured tho
Buffering caused by nervous head
ache can realizo tho awful agonyof
jits victims Worst o all the ordin
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to euro nor even to glvo relief Somo
doctors will say that if a person Is
subject to these headaches there is
nothing that can bo done to prevent
their recurrence
Nervous headaches as well as neu
ralgia are caused by lack of nutrition
tho nerves are starved Tho only
way to feed tho nerves is through tho
blood and it is in this way that Dr
Williams Pink Pills have accom
plished so many remarkable cures
Mrs Addle Merrill of 30 Union
Street Auburn Me says For
years I suffered from nervous head
aches which would come on me every
five or six weeks and continuo for
several days Tho pain was so severe
that I would bo obliged to go to bed
for three or four days each time It
was particularly intense over my right
eye I tried medicines but got no re
lief I had no appetite and when
tho headache passed away I felt as if
I had been sick for a month My
blood was thin and I was pale weak
and reduced in weight
I read about Dr Williams Pink
Pills in a paper and decided to try
them I first noticed that they be
gan to give me an appetite and I
commenced to gain in weight and
color My headaches stopped and
have not returned and I have never
felt so well as I do now
Dr Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists or sent postpaid on
receipt of price 50 cents per box six
boxes 250 by the Dr Williams Medi
cine Company Schenectady N Y
W N U OMAHA NO 6 1907
MOUNTAIN GUIDES FAIL HER
Miss Peck Will Make Another Attempt
Upon the Highest Andean Peak
Miss Annie Peck whose chief pleas
ure is climbing mountains has re
turned to New York from Peru beaten
in her attempt to climb the highest
of the Andes beaten not by the moun
tain itself but the worthlessness of
the men she employed as guides and
porters on the expedition She Is con
vinced that she would have reached
the summit but for the faults of her
men and says she is going back with
Swiss mountain men to make another
attempt
As it was she reached a height of
18000 feet being then about 2000 feet
above the summit This was at her
first attempt One of her men deserted
and tho rest got drunk on the alcohol
which was carried as fuel for cook
ing Besides they were all afraid of
the trip and especially as they ap
proached the top of the mountain of
which they have a superstitious dread
The second attempt was like the
first except that the men gave out
sooner and so less progress was made
before the attempt had to be aband
oned
FEARFUL BURNING SORES
Boy in Misery 12 Years Eczema In
Rough Scales Itching and In
flamed Cured by Cuticura
I wish to inform you that your
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twelve years of misery I passed with
my son As an Infant I noticed on
his body a red spot and treated same
with different remedies for about five
years but when the spot began to
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of doctors Under their treatment the
disease spread to four different parts
of his body The longer the doctors
treated him the worse it became Dur
ing the day it would get rough and
form like scales At night it would
be cracked inflamed and badly swol
len with terrible burning and itch
ing When I think of his suffering
it nearly breaks my heart His
screams could be heard downstairs
The suffering of my son made me
full of misery I had no ambition to
work to eat nor could I sleep
One doctor told me that my sons
eczema was incurable and gave it up
for a bad job One evening I saw an
article in the paper about the wonder
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trial I tell you that Cuticura Ointment
is worth its weight in gold and when
I had used the first box of Ointment
there was a great improvement and
by the time I had used the second set
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ment and Cuticura Resolvent my
child was cured He is now twelve
years old and his skin is as fine
and smooth as silk Michael Stein
man 7 Sumner Avenue Brooklyn
N Y April 16 1905
His Practical Idea
A benevolent old man who lived on
his farm in Iowa never refused shel
ter to any who might ask it of him
His many friends remonstrated with
him about this characteristic know
ing that many unscrupulous hoboes
would avail themselves of the oppor
tunity and that there was great dan
ger of the old man being robbed To
these remonstrances the old man re
plied that he believed in practical
Christianity
But said one of his friends this
seems very impractical Suppose one
of these men took it into his head to
rob you one night
My dear young friend was the re
ply I bid all enter in the name of
God but I prove my belief in practi
cal Christianity by locking up their
pants during the night
Dont be too sure of the man who
boasts of being sure of himselL
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