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"THE KING OF DIAMONDS"
A Thrilling Story of a Modern Monte Cristo
By Stella Flores
Bashful Bob
The Amusing Adventures of a Shy Young Man
No. 2 There Are More Ways Than One of Breaking the Ice
Copyright, 1914. International
News Service.
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BY LOUIS TRACY.
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THE BKKt OMAHA, Tl'ESDAY, MARCH 17, 1914.
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You Can Begin This
Great Story To-day
by Reading This
First
Philip Anton, a boy of 15 when the
story opens, Is of Rood family and has
been well reared. Ilia widowed mother
has been disowned by her wealthy rel
atives and dies In extreme poverty. Fol
lowing her death tho boy Is, desperate.
On lila return from tho funeral, In a
violent rain, he Is ablo to save the life of
a little girl, who was caught In a street
accident. He goes back to the house
where his mother had died, and is ready
to hang himself, when a hugs meteor
falls In the courtyard. lie takes thin as
a tlgn from heaven, and abandons
suicide. Investigation proves the meteor
to have been an Immense diamond.
Philip arranges with a broker named
Jsaacstcln to handle his diamonds. In
getting away from Johnson's Mews,
where tho diamond fell, he saves a
policeman's life from attack by a criminal
named Jockey Mason. Ho has made
friends with Police Magistrate Ablngdoro,
and engages him to look after his affairs
as guardian. This ends the first part of
the story.
he second part opens ten years later.
.Philip has taken a course at the uni
versity, and Is now a wealthy and ath-
ivuc jounit man, mucn given to roaming,
ii h.,!..,c,linf1 h,s mother was sister of
hlr Philip Morland. who Is married and
has a, stepson. Ho Is now looking for his
Tifphew, Johnson's Mews haa been turned
into the Mary Anson Home for Indigent
-Hoys, one of london s most notable
private cnarwes. Jockey piason. out of
jirlson on tlckct-of-leave, seeks for venge-
hiivc. ana mus in wun victor ureruer, a
master crook, and James Iangdon. sten-
eon of Sir Philip Morland, a dissipated
jounder. Philip saves a girl from Insult
from this gang, and learns later she is
the same girl whose life he had saved
on that rainy night. Grenler plots to get
possession of Philip's wealth. His plan
is to Impersonate Philip after he has been
fciunapea ana turned over to Jockey
Mason. Just as this oalr has corns to an
understanding, tAngdon returns from tho
plrl's home, where he has attended a re
ception. The thre crooks lay their plans,
nd In th meantlmo Philip arranges so
Sirs. Atherly recovers some, of her money
from Iord Vanstone, her cousin, and
secures a promise from the daughter to
wed him, Anson Is lured by false mes
sages to visit a secluded spot. Anson Is
trapped by a ynnu' at a ruined house.
Copyright. 1001, by Edward J. Clodc.
Tho -attoitfsh-ca- "aerrarrt; tfltpktrttf not?
Before 'fie to'uld reply his master turned",
crpxsed a room fcbly. lighted by. a dull
lamp -and" passed through a curtained'
doorway. . . ,,
Green was. staring perplexedly at tlie
house, the kitchen, his-. Ulrfayored com
panion, carrying Philip's' portmanteau
within, when he heard his master's voice
nguln, and saw him standing between
the partly drawn 'curtains, with his face
quite visible In the dim rays of the
lamp,
"Green?"
"Yes sir."
"Her are my keys. Unlock the bag
and take the keys with you. You remem
ber the small portmanteau in my safe at
Park Lane?"
"Yes, sir."
"Open the 3afc. get that bog and send
it to mo tpmorrow night, by train to the
Station Hotel, York."
"Tomorrow night, slrT"
"Yes."
The keys were thrown with a rattle
onto the broad kitchen table. Evidently
Mr. Anson would not brook questions as
to his movements, though his few words
sounded contradictory. Green got down,
unfastened fUn portmanteau and went
back to the dog cart.
"They're queer folic J' V grange," said
the stable boy, as they drove away.
"There's a barrow-night and a lady as
nobody over sees, an a dochtor, an' a
man him as hem for ye."
"Surely they are well known hero?"
"Not a bit of it. On'y bin Here about a
week. T' doctor chap's very chirpy, but
Von uther Is a rum 'un."
Green was certainly PUKled very greatly
by the unexpected devetopmtnta of tho
last few minutes, but he was discreet and
well trained.
He liked his young master and would
do anything to serve bis Interests. More
over, tho ways of millionaires were not
the ys of other men. All he could do
was to hear and obey.
Ho slept none the less soundly because
his master chose voluntarily to bury him
self, even for a llttlb while, in such a
"ciruij- iuniDiiown. ow mansion as the
Grange House. .'
'IleTense Is Mine, I Will Rfpjy,"
"Can't I have a Ilght7" said Philip,
with head screwed round to ascertain If
the doctor were following him.
Eoma sense, whether of si6ht or hear
ing he knew not, warned him of move
ment near at hand, an impalpable effort,
a Physical tension as of a man laboring
under extreme but repressed excitement.
He raid little heed to It. All tho sur
roundings In this weird dwelling were so
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greatly at variance with his anticipations ;
mni nc paruy cxpccicu 10 nnu runner
surprises.
Dr. Williams did not answer. Philip
advanced a halting foot, a hesitating
hand groping for a door.
Instantly a stout ropo felt over his
t.houlders, a noose was tightly drawn,
and ho was Jerked violently to tho stono
floor of the passage. He fell prone on
his face, hurting his noso and mouth.
Tho shock Jarred him greatly, but his
hands, if not his arms, were free, and,
with the Instinct of sclf-prcscrvatlon that
replaces all other sensations In moments
of extreme peril, he btrove valiantly to
rise.
But he was grasped by the neck with
brutal force, and some one. knelt on his
back.
"Philip Anson," hissed a man's voice,
"do you remember Jockey Mason?"
So he had fallen Into a trap cunningly
prepared by what fiendish combination
of fact and artifice he had yet to learn.
Jockey Mason, the skulking criminal of
Johnson's Mows. Was ho In that man's
power?
Under such conditions a man thinks
quickly. Philip's first ordered thought
was one of relief. He had fallen Into
the clutches of an English brigand.
Money would sottle this difficulty, If all
other means foiled.
"Yes. yes," ho gurgled, half-stranglcd
by tho fierce pressure on his throat.
"You hit mo once from behind. You
can't complain If I do the same. You
sent mo to a living hell for ten years
not your fault that It wasn't forever.
JAe still! Not all your money can savo
you now. I am Judge and Jury, nnd hell
Itkclf. Ton are dying dylngUadl"
And with the final words drawled Into
hjs earn with bitter Intensity. Philip felt
a terrible blow descend on his head.
Thoro waa no pain, no fear, no poignant
emotion at leaving all the world held so
dear to him. There was an awful shock.
A thundercloud scmed to burst In his
brain and he sank Into the void without
a groan.
Now, In falling, the hard fell hat ho
wore dropped In front pf his face. Tho
first wild movement, of his head tilted it
forward, but the savage jerk given by
his 'assailant ' brought the rim slightly
over his skull again.
In tho almost completo darkness of the
passage. Mason could not see tho slight
protection thlB afforded to his victim, and
the sledge-hammer blow he delivered with
a., life-preserver that murderous Imple
ment named so utterly at variance .with.
Its plirposcrrdM .taotrovtal --the. prccn&
of an obstacle.
Ho struck with a force that would have
stunned an ox; It must have killed any
man, bo ho the hardest-skulled aborlglno
that ever breathed. Bui the stout rim of
tho .hat, though crushed like an egg.
shell, took off some of the Instru
mcnt's tremendous Impact. Philip, though
quite Insensible,, was not dead. His
sentient difficulties were, annihilated for
the time, hut his heart continued its life
giving functions, and ho breathed with
Imperceptible fluttcrlngs.
Mason rose, panting with excitement,
glutted with satisfied hate. Ho lifted Ills
victim's Inert form with tho cave of hit.
great strength.
"Come ,on!" he shouted, and strode
toward a door which he kicked open.
A step sounded haltingly In the pa,
sage. Grenler, tho sol-dlsant doctor, livid
now and shaking with the ague of Irre
trievable crime, stumbled after his more
callous associate. Unconsciously he kicked
Phlllp'a hat to one side. He entered tho
room, an apartment with a boundlebs
view of tho sea. I
Herts there was more light than in th
kitchen. The windows faced toward tho
northwest, and tho last radiance of a sct-
ting sun Illumined a wall on the rjght.
"Not there!" he gasped. "In this chair;
his face I must see his face!"
Mason, still clasping his Inanimate bur
den, laughed with a snarl.
"Stop that." he roared. "Pull yourself
together. Get some brandy. I've done my
work. If you can't do yours, let me fin
ish It."
"Oh, Just a moment! Glv me time!
hate the sight of blood. Get a towel. Bind
It round his neck. His clothes! They will
be saturated. And wipe his face. I must
sec his face."
Grenler was hysterical; he had the
highly strung nervous system of a girl
where deeds of bloodshed were concerned.
While Mason obeyed his Instruction ho
pressed his hands over his eye.
"Bring some brandy, white-liver. Do
you want mo to do everything?"
This gruff order awoke Grenler- to
trembllnir action. He went to a cupboard
nnd procured a bottle. Mason, havlnn
Placed Anson in a chair and steadied htl
head against the wall, seised half a tum
blerful of the neat spirit and drank it
with gusto. Tho other, gradually recover
ing his self-control, was satisfied with a
less potential draught.
"It will lie dark toon," growled Mason.
"We must undress him first, you said."
"Yes. If his clothes are not blood
stained." "P.ot. He must go Into the water naked
In any case. The Idea Is your own."
"Ah! I forgot. It will soon be all right.
BcsldeH, I knew I should be upset, so I
have overythlng written down here all
fully thought out. There can be- no mis
take then."
! -ed H TincelnTngerl To
3lancttl a a closely written page. Tho
words danced b.efore his vision, but he
Hl" C08t Jlrlt' Then his boots,
Clothes or linen stained with blood to be
'burned, after cutting off . buttons.
1 ow' 1 m rfttJ'' 1 wl not funk
any
more." ,
His temperament linked the artistic
and criminal faculties In sinister com
bination, and he soon recovered his domi
nation In a guilty partnership. It must
have been Instinct of the plekpooket
that led him to appropriate Philip's
watch with Its quaint shoelace attach
ment, before he tou hed any other article
j tTv U? I ontinucd T'norowj
Ho was skimming along on bis sic a ten one afternoon when u bend lu tho
river revealed a group ol glrla on tho narrow strip of lco ho must posu. Without a
moment's hesitation ho dashed HUe an arrow towards tho danger point. Tho lco
might not break, but.lt bo passed those 'girls some of them woro bound to speak to
tiimllbwbver, 'the lco did break, and after clnw'.ig" wildly at crumbling pieces, Bob
realized that his' strength wna gone. He gave one loud cry for help, and then every
thing went black.
"Old Women Who
By DOROXHY DIX.
A i-rnnt.litarted woman who lias re
cently died has willed all of her fortune
to build u home for poor women whose
existence Is made wretched by having to
live with relatives who do not want
them, and who find them "in tho way.'
It Is a beautiful
charity, for there.
are no tradedlea In
tho world moro
poignant than the
fate of those old
wemen who arc
forced to cat the
bitter bread of de
pendence, and to
live In the homes
of others where
they are one too
many.
Sometimes It Is
an old mother who
has given her best
years to slaving
and tolling for her
children, but who
flndR hernrlf un
unwelcome euest In her son's all. daugh
ter's homes. Jvjnietlmrs It Is an old maid
sister who has sacrificed her youth, ami
her romunce, and her own chances In
life m order to give younger brothers
and sisters bettor opportunities than she
could have, who Is farmed out among
those for whom she has done so much,
and who regard themselves as martyrs
for having to "take" Jane for so many
months a year. Sometimes It Is a forlorn
old cousin, or a widowed aunt, childless,
penniless, to whom, for very sHame sake,
an unwilling door has been grudlncly
opened.
Always these women who must llvo
In other people's homes know thoy are
not wanted. They see themselves flighted,
patronized, put upon. In many cases
they reallre that they are a perpetual
source of discord In the family, and that
their presence Is fiercely resented by
seme rclatlve-ln-law. There Is no an
guish of hurt love and reused pride that
they do not suffer, these poor, forlorn
old women who are In the way of thn
y ciing, and happy, and seiruii.
rinH rt ih kouI of the woman who
haa remembered their sorrow, and whoe
money will build a home to which some
nt thrm may flv as to & temple of refuge
until they creep Intp that last home that
holds out Its welcoming arms to us all.
The building of this home where speci
fir purpoe I" to b a "heller for the
women who arq "in the way." should
be more than a mere sanctuary for de
pendent old women. It should bring
home to all women who arc approach
ing middle life a warning of th fata that
may He In store for them unless thoy
bgln at once to take steps to protect
themselves against It.
It is a harsh and oruel thing to say,
but It Is a truth that we do well to face,
and that Is that every woman who lives
In another wpman's house Is a woman
'in the way ' This will seem Incred
ihU to mothers. Tlity wi nv "My
Miuy ano t- Tredd'c will always want
their r.ot'. e- The will never find me in
Are in the Way"
tho way. I will always have n warm
seat by the fire In my children's homes."
This may bo true- enough of one's own
children, but there Is Mary's husband,
and Freddie's wife to take Into consid
eration, and the son-!n-law and tho
daughtcr-ln-law have yet to le born who
receive a mother-in-law Into their house's
without feeling that they are giving n
living understudy of martyrdom, nobly
borne. '
If Mary's husband and Freddie's wife
arc- pin-fentherrd saints, they try to do
tl.tlr duty by their mother-in-law, but It
Is duty and not pleasure, and In her
heart the mother-in-law knows that she's
di trop.
And If Mary's husband nnd Freddie's
wife are Just common, ordinary human
beings, the mothcr-ln-law Is not pnly
the woman In the way, but the woman
who leads the way only too often for
her son or daughter to the divorce colirt.
Of course. If a woman Is old, and sick.
and poor, there Is frequently no way in
which she can prevent herself from be
coming dependent, ond being forced to
live with those who do not wnnt her.
tut there are many other cases In which
a woman onngs inin crun laic umioMi;
down upon her own head.
If I could say one word moro earnest
than any other to a middle-aged woman,
whi? has a little home and a little prop
erty of her own, It would be to hang
on to her pockrtbonk to the last grasp
of life, and not' to be foolish cuough,
as so many mothers do, to give every
thing she has got to her children on tho
supposition that she ll be perfectly happy
and need nothlnp. living about with
them.
Children are human and In-laws are
dtubly human, and the minute they have
done mother out of her property, they
fcrgct the obligation, and consider hur
a burden. Between mother wth her own
money and able to make presents, and
mother who has to be taken carp or, is
the different between a welcome guest
and the woman In the way.
There Is no way to keep your children
dutiful and attentive equal to having
thorn have a wary eye on your will.
And 1 would equally urge the woman
win. Is In business not to give up her
Job because her prospective son-ln-Uw
Invites her to come and live with him.
Ante-nuptial and post-nuptial sentiment"!
in a man are seldom tho same, and ex
perience shows that the only possible
way to keep the peace with In-laws lu
not to live under the same roof with
them. Every mother who goes to live In
her son's or daughter's house Joopardliea
th peace and happiness of that home.
Therefore, every woman who Is ap
proaching the age at which her children
are likely' to marry and leave her. should
begin preparing herlf to make her own
living In some way If she is poor, and,
In any ease, she should resolve that
Kme what will. -he will live her Inde
pendent life, apart from her children.
vUitlng them, and having them with
her, but having her separate Interest,
and separate life, for In that way and
that way alone, can she keep herself
frcm the ad lot of being u woman wh
Is 'in the way '
Those New Sandals
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I'uttJnt; On
Ho opened his eyes for the hundreth part of a second. Then ho- closed thent
again very tight. In that Instant Iboro had flashed In IiIb sight more girls than he
could count And thoy woro ull hovering over him with bottles, and steaming cups
"He's fainted again," -uno soft volco moaned. Only ono of them noticed ho -blushed
ovory tlmo a girl's hnnd touched him. Uut It wasn't until hlo mother arrived that ho
opened itho corner of ono eye. "I'm all right now," ho said.
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Here 1b n picture of another
new crate that goes arm In ami
with colored wigs and 'animal"
beauty potN.
It In tho fad of going stocking
Ic.nm and wearing, not the san
dais of ancient Urocco or Rome,
but uhoey of tho type shown In
the picture, which nro Hpccially
made to go w in. bnro feet.
In this photograph tho shoe
nro being worn by n famouii
Frenrh actress. Tho fad has
'caught on" considerably In
1'urls and has already been intro
duced over here. '
the SanUuls.
Advice to the Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAJBFAX.
Wnlt Klw Years.
Hear Miss Fairfax; I am 19, and in love
with n girl about six years my nenlor
I)o yml think It would bo proper to pro
poso to her, or should I wait?
CHAltLTK.
Walt five years. When that Urns Is up
I am sure you will decide to wait longer
before proposing to a girl six years your
senior. You nr still a boy, while she, at
53, Is a woman grown.
Crrlalnlr.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I have ben In love
wit It, h girl two yearn my Junior, and she
says she likes me I proposed to her
some two or threo times and she refused
without giving any reation. Shall I ask
her again? J. D. A.
It Is the only way to win her, but It I
were you I would not make proposing a
habit. Give her a chance to think you
don't Intend to ever ask her again before
you do.
Vou Wcr Very Silly.
Oear Tdlss Fairfax; I met a younir
man two ywars my senior at a party not
long ago, and wa Instantly took a liking
f)r each other. He asked me If he could
wear my ring, and I said yea. but to
surely give It buck, because It belonged to
a boy friend. It Is three weeks sine
then and I have not heard from him and
vmi bit iiiu itiifi uncn.
BOTHERED.
Th girl who lots every stray friend
borrow her Jewelry is always punished,
and deserves to be. You must buy your
boy friend another ring, and always re
member the lesson.
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