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CHAPTER VIII.-Continued. )
"There's Mr. : Balcomz over there , "
Zelda remarked , casually. "He sings
divinely : , doesn't he ? Don't you think
he sings divinely ? " and she looked at
Morris suddenly , with a provoking air
of gravity.
"I'm sure he was a De Reszke in
some former incarnation , " said Morris : ,
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savagely. .
"That was just what I was thinking ,
only I hadn't the words to express it , "
said Zelda , with a mockery of joy , at
finding they were in accord.
"I'm glad , then , that we can agree
about something , even when we're both
undoubtedly wrong. "
"I don't like to think that I can be
wrong , " said Zei la. "And it isn't in
the least battering for you to suggest
such a thing. I shall have to speak to
my Uncle Rodney about you. : "
"Any interest you may take in me
will be appreciated. "
Jack had crossed the room , giving
what he called the cheering jolly to
several young women on the way , and
he turned quickly :
"At your service , Miss Dam ron"-
and he bowed impressively. ,
"Mr. Leighton is crazy about your
singing. He is just waiting for a
chance to congratulate you. But he's
very unhappy to-night. "Words fail
him. " And she shook her head and
looked into Balcomb's grinning face as
though this were a great grief between
them.
"What kind of a jolly is this ? I say ,
Morris , you look like first and second
grave-digger done into one. We're not
playing Hamlet now. But I can tell
you , Miss : Dameron , that when Brother
Leighton-he belongs to my frat , hence
the brother-did Hamlet over at our
dear old alma mater , the gloom that
settled down on that township could
have been cut up into badges of
mourning enough to have supplied
Spain through her little affair with
these States. That's Walt Whitman
-'these States. ' Do you know , I was
Ophelia to his Hamlet , and if I do say
it myself , I was a sweet thing in Ophe
lias. "
' : 'I don't doubt you ; were , Mr. Bal-
comb , " said Zelda.
"There was just one thing lacking
in your impersonation , " declared
Leishton ; "you ought to have been
drowned in the first scene of the first
act to have made it perfect. "
"No , violence , gentlemen , I beg of
you ! " And Zelda hurried across the
room to where Herr Schmidt was as-
sembling the principals.
"Say , that girl has got the art . of
stringing down fine. She seems to
have you going all right. You look like
twenty-nine cents at a thirty-cent bar-
gain counter. But you take it too hard.
I wish she'd string me ! They're never
so much interested as when they throw
you on your face and give you the
merry tra la. I tell you I've had ex
perience with the sex all right , and I
know ! "
"Yes , I : remember your flirtations
with the girls that waited on table at
the college boarding-house. You had
a very cheering way with them. "
Balcomb's eyes were running rest
lessly over the groups of young peo-
ple. He was appraising and fixing
them in his mind as he talked. His
joy in being among them-these rep-
resentative young people of the city ,
whose names he knew well from long
and diligent perusal of the personal
and society column of the daily pa-
pers-amused Leighton ; but the fel
low's self-satisfaction irritated him ,
too.The chorus had been drilled apart
and this uncle"I
heard the principals sing. He had
joined the chorus under protest , but
Mrs. Carr had insisted , and when he
learned that Zelda was to be the star
it had not been difficult to comply.
She began now one of her songs.
When the last notes died away , Bal-
comb stepped out at the director's nod
and began the answering song. Bal-
comb usually amused Morris ; but the
fellow struck upon him discordantly.
Zelda was laughing at Balcomb's an-
tics as he began to sing with fervor
and a real sense of the dramatic re-
quirements. As he neared the end ,
where Zelda and he sang together the
duet that ended . the first half of the
opera , Zelda put * up her hands , and he
nok them , gazing into her eyes with
3 , fine lover-like air. Their voices soar-
. : d into the climax without a break.
vhile the director threw : himself into
strange contortions as he struck the
last bars leading to the high note
which they gained and held perfectly.
The dress rehearsal was fixed for the
next night.
"It simply can't fail ! " declared Mrs.
Carr to Leighton. "Miss Dameron
could carry it alone if every one else
should break down. "
"That is altogether true , " said Mor-
ris. He was glaring at Balcomb , whose
joy in being a member of the cast "was
hard to bear.
CHAPTER IX.
"Deceivers Ever" was presented ,
with no more delays and slips than us-
ually befall amateur performances , be-
fore an audience that tested the capac-
ity of the Athenaeum. It was a great
occasion for Mrs. Carr , as she had un-
doubtedly taken the Dramatic' Club
when its life was ebbing fast and made
a living thing of it. She sat in the
wings holding : the prompt-book and
prepared for any fate.
"Let us speak to Zee and then es-
cape , " said Merriam to his sister , as
the chairs were being pushed back for
the dance that was to follow the play.
A few older people were there and ehey
formed a little coloitv by themselves.
Zelda came out presently from the
dressing-room , with her arms full of
flowers ( that had been passed across
the footlights , and she bore Olive Mer-
riam with her.
"Don't be ' afraid ; not in the least I
afraid , " Zelda said tp her cousin as I
she : hastened : across the hall to her
aunt : and uncle
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kind to me. "
"No danger at all ; they're all per-
fectly amiable when you know how to
manage them. "
"Aunt Julia , this is a real compli-
ment ! Thanks very much. This is
Olive Merrjam. : , And , Uncle Rodney ,
here's the star , to whom I expect you
to say something particularly nice. Mr.
Merriam , Miss l\ferriam"-and Zelda
smiled at the old gentleman bowed low
over the hand of his brother's daugh-
ter.
"Olive Merriam , " said Zelda , "is my
cousin and my very dearest friend. "
Olive was not afraid. She smiled at
Rodney Merriam : ; and there was some-
thing very winning in Olive Merriam's
smile. Zelda looked demurely at her
aunt , who seemed alarmed lest some
thing unpleasant might happen ; but
Rodney Merriam laughed , half at find-
ing himself caughF ' and half at the
sight of Olive Merriam's blue eyes , her
glowing cheeks with their furtive dim-
ples and the fair hair that Zelda was
now compelling her . to wear in the pre-
vailing mode.
"I am delighted ; I am proud of you , "
he declared , quite honestly. '
"I think-I that I
may say recipro-
cate , " replied Olive. "I haven't seen
you for a long time-Uncsle Rodney-
except at a distance. "
"Altogether my fault and my loss ! I
trust that the distance may be con-
siderably lessened hereafter. "
A number of people were watching
this by-play with keen interest. Some
thing had surely happened among the
Merriams. : It had been many years
since so many members of the family
had been seen together at any social
gathering.
"There's a draft somewhere , " said
Mrs. : : Forrest , suddenly. "We must be
going , Rodney. And now , Zelda , don't
stay out all night. Mrs. Carr is going
to take you home. You'll be sure to be
sick if you're not careful. And"-Zel-
da was looking at her aunt intently-
"Miss : Merriam , I do hope you will
come to see me. I never go anywhere ,
you know. And please remember me
to your mother. "
"And pray remember me , also , " said
Rodney Merriam , feeling Zelda's eyes
upon him.
"Oh , Zee , " said her uncle , in a low
tone ; "it was all fine ; but how did Pol-
lock come to be in the show-I don't
care to have you know him. " .
"Of course I shall know him. "
"But I prefer. "
"Please don't prefer ! I'm having a
little fun to-night , and I can't be seri-
ous at all. Some other time-good-
night ! "
"What do you think of that girl ? "
asked Mrs. : Forrest , when she was
alone with her brother in their car-
riage. '
"I think she's very pretty , if you re-
fer to Olive Merriam : : , and has nice
manners , " was his reply.
"There seems to be no way of check-
ing Zelda's enthusiasms. I hope 'that
girl won't take advantage of Zee's
kindness , " said Mrs. Forrest , as her
brother left her at her door.
"I shouldn't worry about her if I
were you. "
"I certainly shan't ; but you were al-
ways down on her father. "
"I was always a good deal of a fool ,
too , " said Rodney Merriam ; and he re-
fused to be taken home in his sister's
carriage , but walked homeward from
her door through High street , beating ,
the walk reflectively with his stick.
At the Athenaeum Zelda was enjoy-
ing herself unreservedly. Her cousin
Olive had been presented to a repre-
sentative Mariona audience in a way
that had commanded attention , and
Zelda was thoroughly happy over it.
She did not care in the least what peo-
ple might say about the healing of old
wounds among the Merriams. It gave
her the only unalloyed joy of her
home-coming to see Olive established
socially on a footing that was , she
told herself , as firm as her own.
Balcomb , who was ' much swollen I
with pride by his success in the op- ]
era , was talking in his usual breath- :
less fashion to a young friend from I
the country whom he had asked to
witness his triumph. Beyond Pol
lock's head Zelda could see Balcomb's
profile , though she could not hear him.
"She's a regular piece , that girl. I
was scared to death for fear she'd
throw me in that duet - we'd never
sung it together-but I carried it
through all right. She's that stunning
Miss : Dameron's cousin. She's rather
stuck on me , " I'm afraid-I've : done lit-
tle things for her-theater and so on ,
but I'll have to cut it all out. She's
amusing , but I can't afford to have her
misunderstand my attentions. When a
fellow finds that he's got a girl down
fine she ceases to be interesting. It's
the pursuit that's amusing ; but when
they ; begin to expect sOIlethlngCun -
ning ? well , I should say ! " _
Pollock heard him distinctly , and he
shut his eyes two or three times in a
quick way that he had when angry ,
though he kept on talking to Zelda
about the evening's performance.
"I'm afraid you're jealous of Mr.
Balcomb. He got more applause than
anybody. "
"He deserved all he got for making
such a monkey of himself. "
"He's a man of courage ; he proba-
bly thought he could afford to do it. "
"All of that ? " said Pollock. '
"A rising young man , " continued
Zelda.
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"A person , I should say , of most ]
egregious and monumental gall" - and 1
Zelda laughed at his earnestness. She ]
had not heard Balcomb's remark about 1
her cousin , but she knew he had said 1
something that irritated Pollock. That
young officer left her quickly when 1i i 1
Leighton. came up for the dance that
had now begun.
Pollock found Balcomb in a moment.
The promoter was standing at the side
of the hall , his eyes nervously . search
ing for the girl with whom he had en -
gaged the dance.
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"Mr. Balcomb ald ' Pollock , at hfl !
elbow , "may I speak to you a moment. "
"Certainly , " said Balcomb , in .his us-
ual amiable fashion. "Only I'm engag .
ed for this dance and have lost my
partner. "
"Thai's my own fix , " declared Pol-
lock , "but my errand is brief. Let us
step out here. "
He led the day to a door opening up-
on the main stairway of the building
and they paused there , Pollock with
his back to the door , facing Balcomb.
He carried one glove in his hand and
was very trim and erect in his evening
clothes.
"Mr. Balcomb , I was so unfortunate
as to overhear your conversation of a
moment ago-with some one I didn't
know , but that doesn't matter-in
which you referred to a young lady-a
young lady who came here to-night
under ] your escort , in terms that a gen-
tleman would not use. "
"Ao a confessed eavesdropper I don't
believe it is necessary for you to say
anything further , " said Balcomb , with
heat , and he took a step toward the
door of the assembly-room.
Pollock touched him on the shoulder
with the tips of his fingers , very light-
ly. Balcomb was half a head taller
and much bulkier , but the tips of Pol-
lock's fingers seemed to carry a cer-
tain. . insistence , and Balcomb drew
back.
"I shall hold you responsible for this ,
you- "
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"I certainly hope you will. As I was
saying , you referred to a young lady ,
who was here under your protection , in
terms 'which no one but a contemptible
cur would use of a woman - "
Balcomb's arm went up and he
struck at Pollock with his fist. The
officer stood as he had been , but the
glove in his right hand slapped smart-
ly upon Balcomb's face , and Balcomb
took an involuntary step backward
down the stairway.
"In the part of the country that I
came from , Mr. Balcomb , " Pollock
continued in an easy conversational
tone , "we do very pleasant things to
bright and captivating people of your
stripe"-he took another step forward ,
and Balcomb , a little white in the face ,
retreated again-"but in this instance"
-Pollock lifted his left hand to his
shadowy moustache and gave it a
twist ; he took another step and Bal-
comb yielded before him-"I shall let
you off with unwarranted leniency. "
Balcomb , forced another' step down-
ward , had grown red with fury , and
again struck at Pollock , but with the
result that Balcomb stumbled and re-
treated two steps instead of one , reach-
ing a landing. With this more secure
footing he gained courage.
"You little cur , you little - " he blus-
tered , drawing his face down so that
he could glare into Pollock's eyes.
"Yes , " said Pollock , calmly ; "I have
been called little before ; so that your
statement lacks novelty. As I was say-
ing"-and he leaned against the stair-
rail with the tips of the fingers of his
gloved hand thrust into his trousers
pocket , and holding the other glove. in
his right hand-"I haven't time now to
go into the matter further , but I am
always at your service. It will give me
great pleasure to make your excuses to
Miss : Merriam , or to any other friends
you may be leaving behind you-owing
to an illness that made it necessary
for you to leave-suddenly. Now you
will oblige me by continuing on down
to the coat room-unattended. There
are probably some gentlemen below
there that I should very much dislike
to explain matters to. "
Balcomb leaped lightly forward as .
though to make a rush for the door of
the assembly-room.
"Try that again , " said Pollock , seiz-
ing him by the collar , and throwing
him back , "and I'll drop you over the
banister. " .
Some men had entered the lower hall
from the smoking-room , and Balcomb
greeted them cheerily as he turned and
went below as though to join them.
Pollock stood above waiting for Bal-
comb to reappear , and as he waited he
resumed his glove and buttoned it
with care. The waltz was nearly over ,
bue he stood there leaning against the
stair-rail and beating time to the mu
sic with his foot , until he saw Balcomb
come out of the coat room clad for the
street. When Balcomb looked up , Pol-
lock waved his hand to him gracious-
ly , and turned and went back into tha
hall.
hall."Miss
"Miss : : Merriam , " he said , bowing be-
fore Olive , "I very much regret to pre-
sent Mr. : Balcomb's compliments and to
say that he has been unexpectedly
called away-pressing business-and
he asked me to do myself the honor to
see that you don't get lost. This 1 18
our dance. "
( To be continued. . )
CAUGHT BY ITS TONGUE.
Story of a Remarkable ' Capture of a
"Wild Beast in ZYebraska.
In the winter of 1896-97 , says a con-
tributor to the Wide World , I was de-
pot agent at Duncan , Neb. , a small
town on the main line of the Union Pa
cific Railroad , ninety-nine miles west
of Omaha. The weather was bitterly I
cold. One morning shortly after day-
break , while a man I knew , called Her-
man Ernst , and his assistant were
hauling hay a short distance from my
station , the former's attention was at-
tracted to a gray wolf standing Be
tween the rails on the main line , and
as he did not leave the spot on the ap-
proach of Herman's wagon , he ( Her-
man ) grabbed his fork and ran up to
the wolf , which had its head close to
the rails , as if in a trap.
After killing the wolf Herman tore
the animal from the rail and was as-
tonished to note that its tongue was
left attached to the metals. Subse-
quently I investigated this curious in I
cident and evolved the following ex- :
planation :
The morning passenger train had
passed that point only a few minutes
before Herman saw the wolf and had
run over a jack rabbit , leaving the
blood on the rail. The wolf had either
been chasing the rabbit or had hap-
pened [ by soon afterward , and in try
ing to lick the blood from the rail
his tongue , owing to the intense cold
of the metal , froze to it , while tne
saliva from his mouth became a caTce
of solid ice over an inch thick , at
taching : him to the rail as securely as
though IB a : viso.
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SENATOR LEAVES COLONEL IN
JUBILANT . . . MOOD.
Declares Former President Is Great
est American Living and [ Is In
Fighting Trim.
Oyster Bay.-Robert M. La FoIIette ,
United States senator from WIscon-
sin , spent two hours talking politics
with Theodore Roosevelt. He left
Oyster Bay wearing a broad smile.
Senator LaFollette arrived with G.
E. Roe , a New York lawyer : , who was
formerly his law partner. Colonel
Roosevelt's chauffeur was waiting for
them , and whisked them away to Sag-
amore HilL The senator had pulled
his hat down over his eyes and tried
to escape unseen. But he was caught
fairly at it by a group of newspaper
men. They tackled him on suspicion ,
although nobody recognized him , for
his hat hid his famous pompadour.
"Not a word " he " '
, said. "I'm going
,
to Sagamore Hill , but I don't want a
word said about it. "
When he returned , just in time to'
catch a train for New York , he was
smiling his most expansive , persuasive
smile. "It's all right , boys , he cried
jovially. "The colonel says I may talk
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with you. "
"Did we talk politics ? " he replied
to the first question. "We did.
"We talked of the legislation of the
present session of congress , from the
attitude of those members of the Re-
publican party whom the newspapers
are pleased to call insurgents. "
"Can you go into details ? "
"No ; I prefer that they come from
Sagamore Hill. I am very much pleased
with the result of my visit with
Colonel Roosevelt , very much pleased ,
indeed. " ,
The senator paused for a moment.
Suddenly the smile left his face for
the first time and he said impressively :
"I want to tell you that Colonel
Roosevelt is the great living Ameri
can , and , " he added slowly and sig -
nificantly , "he Is in fighting trim. "
CHARLTON CASE IS HALTED '
Arraignment Postponed to Await Ex
changes Between Washington and I
Italian Government.
New York.-Porter Charlton's case
now wafts upon the result of ex- .
changes between the state department
at Washington and the Italian govern-
ment.
His counsel , in asking that his for-
mal arraignment be postponed , Tues-
day promised that no effort would be
made under habeas corpus , insanity or
other proceedings to take the prison-
er out of the hands of the New Jer
sey authorities , pending the adjourned
arraignment , which after some argu-
ment , was finally set for July 8.
Meanwhile : it is expect : d , that the
international aspects of the case will
have adjusted themselves and deci-
sion be reached as to whether Charl-
ton shall be delivered to the Italian
authorities on extradition proceed-
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Ida Von . Claussen Files Suit Against t
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Slander and Conspiracy. G
New York.-Ida Von Claussen , once
the wife of Dr. William Francis
Honan , whose coming to America to t t
sue Theodore Roosevelt and other o
notables was announced from Parisn
a few weeks ago , appeared in the D
county house Tuesday with a com- a
plaint which she insisted on filing in. a
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the county clerk's office. .
Her complaint charges Theodore c
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Roosevelt , Robert Bacon , ambassador
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to France ; Charles Graves , minister o
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to Sweden , and Mrs. Alice Wright G.
Graves , his wife , with slander and c
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conspiracy. She declares that through
the machinations of these distin-
guished persons she was deprived of a
royal marriage with Prince Eugene of o
Sweden as the bridegroom. b
Wherefore she demands $1,000,000 P
damages. ' "
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1,500 IN SHIP FIRE PERIL n ]
Four Dead , Number Seriously Injured IJ
and 400 Slightly Hurt-Result of
Burning of Excursion Steamer.
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La Crosse , Wis.-Four persons are
dead , a number seriously injured and
about 400 slightly burned in attempt-
ing to escape from the burning hulk of
the excursion steamer J. S. , with 1,500
passengers aboard , waich caught fire
Saturday night in the Mississippi : river
15 miles south of here.
The story of the rescue as told is
that the steamer , when It finally
reached Bad Ax island , where the pas-
sengers were able to escape ashore ,
was burning so fiercely that only 200
of the 1,500 aboard were able to go
ashore on the gangplank. The other
1,200 or 1,300 passengers were forced
to : leap over the rail into water four or
five feet deep and wade ashore , suf-
fering : terribly until they were able to
each the main land.
Arizona Election September 12.
Phoenix , Ariz.-Governor Sloan is-
sued a proclamation Wednesday fixing
September 12 as the date for the elec
tion : of delegates to the convention
which ; will frame a constitution for
the new state of Arizona.
Rolls to Fly in America.
New York.-Charles S. Rolls , the
English aviator , who flew twice across
the channel a few weeks ago , has en-
ered both the international balloon
contest : and the international aviation
contest :
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Lightning Rods on the White House.
The White House is going to have
lightning rods. They will be put on i
some time this summer. The distin
guished occupants-of the mansion past . .
and present have never been pro. '
tected : against Jupiter's bolts. The rods
will be put on every part of the build-
ing , except the low offices where the
president transacts his official busi
ness. Col. Spencer S. Colby , United
States superintendent of public
grounds ; and buildings , persuaded Mr.
Taft that the White House ought to
be equipped with the rods and execu
tive ; approval was given. The cost
will ; be between $500 and $ . - Phila .
aelphia North American.
German Alcohol Stills. . /
An authority on alcohol stills says
that : there are 20,000 farm stills in i
operation on as many farms in Ger-
many. The German government per '
mits the farmer to produce a certain
amount of grain or potato alcohol , the
amount depending upon the size and
ocation of the farm and the annual
demand for the product , upon the pay-
ment of a reduced revenue tax. Alco
hol distilled in excess of the quantity
allowed is subject to the higher rate
of taxation. Denatured alcohol , how. .
ver , Is not subject to any tax.
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Degrees of Misery.
Two young ladies were talking the
other day about a third who had Just
become engaged to a widower who
plays the cornet and has four children.
What could be worse , " exclaimed
one , "than four
children and
a cor-
net ? "
"Nothing , " said the other , "except
perhaps , six children and a trombone. " . ' -S.-
Lowering the gas makes the world
brighter , - to lovers. $
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