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Show r Dim: - - " SYNOPSIS. '; ' " . t htf ' "lttrar , v r answered pa yrtW Monti. , Otl WhMt'B ft Tartar Rlrl, became enamored . . behind most of thnm ..... If 'lipcnnau k, gulden beardd strariKiT who was sain m taa y reason." Von're young. . K tintr and o. iiuHrininro studying herbs In the . f .. .. your .... nxruiinui - - following her . .. of her home in central Asia, and i . . it i j iii'.i i h mi'ii nnr ii i. ' ii yuu can leave fh flnn.i.,i muo hmumw . ln8lBt UPn know'n d to him the location of a mine nun more iu uir whaVnS"' the assota uenj ili hoping that the stranger would ,08e by rm other big one ta thlt flfsl fysure."0" cr in return tor tier disclosure, te" you were followed to the cave by the Wned wnereas ha f these who oiocKca up the en fancv noU Mauve, tZ' u, 8aye Margaret th Blngcrs can only bang the box i.k L-J- L off Mgarefa eye drew and the water iuddIv l tlie couple to die. Buraka'a cousin to climb clasped tightly on her knee, and sho ,lier betrothed, attempted dIdn 1 treat her Vi re h ciirr ovrriooKimj the mine; but very 8 not 8 rorwar1 "I suppose I must 'allow- 7 worn-- n shot him. The stranger was Uttle. "He- vplr In .,i,,M- , . .tn",ngwent. a water Kourd Snad earcontinents Mrs on. "it would not b laughed the prima donna. f nerfrom hlii way out of the tunnel, and ore( but he tried to 4 l vor J? "Well, now, I've told von Jed, deserting the girl and carrying oi rumes, jinrnnK ptmriprua ail llie the name I need, and you've ,u;mey than 7V . he could carry, and started In pur- we voice, and the talent, and Ionune or iionne (Margarita da wanted ZTi.: "J"",e Margaret me nunured thousand r ffno fa), a famous prima donna, became the got science and culture. I suppose ii in ixnion to KonHtantin i,o WUld bfl ' the 8P,endl ou II Jet me say that I, a wealthy Greek financier. J lor I've got the power to have the most beautiful rrienn was countess keven. uuiuiiwm won't aointy, you?" music in the world .- - .. iMny maun, wnose nuxbp.ni The iron a bomb ifn killed mouth smiled inquired Feters-. - Mrs. Rushmore. by n.r...ilittle " given nowher pIhaI y - In St. ..... t b .uuai intimate nmi ijati? Miiuu r--i Srlmly, i ffi, Killed bv on .. miiM itiuus van Torn, an Amari singing myself the nset. t -- I ttV W "uiumoD ne, I ex "Rather! I I fancv had become one of the richest plained Mr. Van Torn . , . m the most . Slio iihtij world. Van Torp was In love V f .perfect I "inm-- you naa less!" . An surroundings! t0 and rushed to London ns 1 11 th,nk" lurgaret, ! Mme Tom the whol 1 waim't that "And the monev'-h- or II V , V. A. , ,",i:"p8ira. Vi Y 111 I t heard of her betrothal. Ho He . un hv k "tra"' th8 Rreate8t Mmid u.WW.OO" for her pet a have a blank cheque in rhe r pocket better man. I if sue wouin urn turn in winning t faultless chorusl .vou like, I'll nil it i ' I recollect. Ills haA ... DK''i iioiii iMHuiucii. Jiarana ap-klt'norJf' Rnl the costumes-na- me LoKOlheti at Versailles it 7 posit with a to sell. He presented a ruby to AW9. reryth,nK . of the T,orZJZJ!rn . everything could be. If t mm was t. Van Torp bought a yacht ami . nratt.t or He waa visited by thov f,,, to Venice. that uiit Hrounn, Cordo "Vv"iu . 'Mm,da v.. PW.et-boocan in male attire, Bhe gave him a with hi we can make out cards our e"19p09. tn American little ler the sible to had told her of 1 u. "Ka; they knew who seen in ine i nneu males a man it was rig tne cleserimion of the nn i.. bnrlv someThe Amerlcun followed Murgiiret hat .n the i'ougn nave every lh,n on earth othw and before we leave here vo,. e of: iZ me iiiyreuth "Parsifal" festival. Alar wnKn ms a, lining 10 van xorp, wno B perreck Ko around and pre. andVnt the f Wake speak i her with the ruby Baraks hu.i Things must have tw " era about an enEaM, it'll pay after liu. fount Kralinsky. a Russian urt then, where It h ,n ."I'7 " at Hnyreuth. for a Wagner festival 7 Van Tom hllvUI 1 BUP" BeTn"' you'll Posed you knew." lie the one Baraka waa pursuing. nan ourwu in l.muun on tile Mrs. Rushmoro . if Mealing from ovr,ioi.. iL v Pinney, a she had ol1 to Logothetl lingers were the thieves. Lady . Hesldes . ' said m tr m nmi iaikoiuvms asmiii.. iUh Baraka were open to suspl-pr- i so Informed Margaret. Van Islleved that Kralinsky was the Maud' "'"as cans. her T.adv I natooj Ul wnte88 ne imu Known in ins vounir man. in ner I Leven aioneyg an awful realltt," . whinh '"T Iitigothetl secured Baraka's reu enouBn know on ner cards." ' V.iVi edge of tha Torp ml tiien. with her as hla u . remarked. V.ju "I'm m..i , one would nntm-oli,. " "?,e!e si a on his yacht Krlnna. Baraka r owtt ness, and a. I'm the one whov ?JZ-U8e L ner pmns ror revenge on the tirio" observed Mrs p. ine nigner " to co"'ine Van Torn'. put most I liud up of e rev deserted her and Mi iw th. p iai c.ouw do me the credit to believa 7hVtC V.iU succeeds In moiiiTatlne erently. r.ognuiHii certainly I ,!., muuu .. . an Iiveu. in liav" "ucn n Perm house. " wide quite awake." Tor'; ,that" objected :rm.b0"J to say I mean never" "been seen and th InAb" 11 HAPTER XI. Continued. r. i Bjjune almost like a eh 1,1 iwrhon. ma flur'ng Ha first cLywheTe -t. It was not the first ..m Z,, 77 I I that the financier htf account of her temper, I sup- 1. Aon'1 know hw V .t "I'm Not Sure He Wis i . Then . . tuTlfi. ., re .th08e thlnw out at courts Answered the good lady win inm marrni ... nlngZ effect Ul ". .D,, Bum. ,1 BOl. Wore her so skllirullv that i , , Projected asu J. w rsj ..I ce era up for ror sne was looking up and j bo lie Went awav luinnv; and rrr---ri-i- ---juuge. scats at a dinner " me lie columns in search of some-course. moment. right weie oia mends now, and punched If. J..SI my ?,aIl"? K?!!!,,P: 'n h,ch the great game again, voice, her he had already seen. "Hum a cows on the same business man! and he's ranch, he she said. "It is under the S 'he worth mor thought ' "' . than anv coming on ..... niw " ' U IIIH KA - - why he waamy yacht. I only wonder had vt tAtaftMt proportion to hln 5 news. rehc.owuiu . 'Cape Finisterre. mnt-I,- . so anxious to rpmmnhnr money, ahd in which she ."u -- r.K u- magnitude man aean auwiii . aii j.. at 4 p. m., going south, steam t was all ic riss; Bieaaiea sis naturally to invest money of iw nu,..wovii. warn that, and why he a it would t, brain. :rinna. with owner and nartv and I happy release for La 'y Maud' be kind of friendly thought steady I if called him : sharing the risk aceordin doubt if she sits . "Yes." he said quletl r ah wen.- My dear child, it ICOlirnino-Ou,6ul "I do. umglegs again, and he called k11 M B'Vlng tne neater part U1I1I. 1I3VO Inn K me clear that if this Is Mons. t, ... ucc" Fanny Cook. I wonder! H avs nnf 8h you little. aDd ! a Miss Donne?" he's still very fond of 'Parsifal.' and he is going to Gib- you lo mftRe " decision He changed the anhfo -- .i.u Cin thB(:heme' KrP'ns aa If sh. till you feel quite read to. came on purpose to hear it. hut that treme directness, and Mrs. hi t0 .. ... . anv ""?uothinkDUt I 8"e could find none. onl 1 .1... 1 ve ino"8''t the whole Rushmore he's completely forgotten how to whin- I t know anything about geog-don't shall need time to tli think this over," she Margaret said, and her wrath, of lions took Ways tie. mats funny, too. I Just thought Ve,UUre' a m . g.enU'ne u ? th. I that controlling u iea you, because If ad been snioulderlnc anil oeiieve In It, or I would her voice better, nowsaid, you come on that she had sne would hav hOB my It. ."""" pose he and to made nmMaybe you've cnt COmeH. tan. vnn'ro began up her mind. "As I understand glow again. glad t0 discuss the relative and in- - nameyachtsee sible lawyer you have eonfldo- nio I am to put in what I can In said Mrs. Rushmore. iret, quite a good deal of one " ft the the designations anoiner. and would like to consult him first If way of ready ii pnse me: you were very' money, and I am to give Maud Lady and "Countess " " feel "Did you Leven that way. I d rather 'ou my time in all ways, as iKht you tell him that Mrs. Rush Rut it was much more you need it, BllOUld. A busfneHB nartn.l...... Important that more ana I WOUld COUie?" Martrarot le prima donna did not hear When U 18 wanted- - l uii snouia be left alone Tt,r0lCe, to asKea. with Into thing that go "And Lady Maud!' with urade or mild reproof that Marearet as mnnh ..f... shut, and If we had anv ma.,... W hy, no. You've not 55h . ""r." nD.i'""e, ana the . -that, when vnn 1UW .wv, " promised yet, ncu fiiiiiiinJ i v av 1 if ii i 7:nnv thAnrnMA iui ...... ... aaiuiin u" anoiner. it would be l,."Lxcept n, any more than you did last night w.c braltar was, and that Lo , that she had un iu uibko, . inoti r ps. "rtut" "e l" uo na leu wueii we laiKea about it, so how Is eoinec nil ih . an' CaCh v.v tt lit! sUweridP v'6 IUUUU lO I aaKoes, it appears to me that couiu it i rorgot to mention Lady uerranean on hla njyacht with ,n Iness-lika "I had a little talk with mannl a.vTrp lue ,acw m Pay yourself, or for company, and th9t ih. befn Kra,,n.8kJr .nana io nun, or else I thought Ko on. which r: ...L, , omu fu-.van we . --a i when mute woman v""i f.u.u both shall pay you. Torn, I t any i: which. It forget succeed partnership doesn't one. jU8t as much . w was what t.r.'. lung After she irnro tr I eat tl,a Ba' ne meet matter. Iiuid had said th Rny othor flrotHclasa "Lin JU,d brains, besides a little money of "No." Margaret smiled, "Not a litor as much more asSou '"theMt doubt in her mind asto hla I davs. your own and I've tie bit!" would get in London or New the certainly got who could be no one bui Vienna in his udZ-Irest of York If !f ? "You " you signed an me vompany, which is You and I, w. lunnii. I u lIKe you to nut secern amused, observed Mr. e nad been told that he 24 hours: engagement" .. ho'ii fhn .r,iT 111 Van ' ii. " " mougn, 6" Torp. win rrooaDiy Rule" .1 iryou can spare . It ."uul"' "e says ;'Is that fair?" Margaret asked. wanted at I,avr,,th u because that's "Ry your way of putting It and 1Jt the company, y,' certaln,J, orating the sunset of hi. dronned m . an(f r a h? .... .. 1 to be In earnest, too, and OB' yu neard your pretending in.Wnn0rk tW What t0 : ' to prop08e ife in nia v.nu foriret - war. m, n such do ... nnr i me ukhs. i rnnnchf r do... i m " rule u mus cnl aUa ' "a"l . .1 . auow. ...and t hat I that you mustn't sine in rnS : . thing." ir. If h WW . . --", 1. . tne . MlDUHJ t..,... u"1 ' me window of aiaua D "51" ...v.,... iiiinnuflu . . opera IO VOll 1iid a. I .. .aivcnn aim lliuiiey. Wnv r. fin't u.m f lalKWK ht your "It wasn't quite true that I forum. we anywhere In the states east of r - ha,. ,..0,. V UPeu sent io him. room as I got out.1 build a theater Zl When I Jo a man In the same position. Not the rockies. They've sot t together? but I wanted to, so I didn't say any. I .1 t iSVl IL HI I . IFr0 Itnta .... un-,- , , uieun a nrui.niuou i ucvsuw i aouut tnat if 8!'d. ' "But to how V'"' ! 71. lork do hear , about her. That's why I nut it ... thing .. toil . there, and -We'll name to a piece of nanor "v.... .Li... you'll be free to do in tiiat way. I don't choose to leave opera bouse and not a barn. w"ng h you Know mat is my w ndow?" largaret left Ravrei.th you like anything WH the In the first place. I've counted th you best do employ in architects to build it your share a partnpp. hut Europe outside of our seism, inpd to make such a any doubt about what I say. or and, of im- - windows. 1 course, I'd leave .vrvthin. because I'm used tn u,,n- a sort Of Intereat In mean, even in the thing yon can felt the epare time." 7 " Kwuig away the next mom. """in ,.... smallest thlnes. niw,,,!... .v . 7 . mat it flu ve koiI a niiM-"" or course, way in ntisinpaa Knowing wnicn was yours. And then, i ne moment you feel the least doubt nm.in ut,es lot that very night. j New York w Just v about that in strlbo ouen see your maid ononinit i i "Well, now. I iuddoba w o the about the perfect accuracy of any... . .. " ,ii,4 Rnsry reflections h 'fl Place, and It won't take long to build offendedr and kt well n0te that down unuuer8 in tne morning. I tell you, even if It's ' I thing not rJght all at fe's lecture on the Importance I'll land the give and m, .1 "Orfnddi" vu. uinisaifi KlllllPd. "Old you preliminary 1,. lie or agreement What downright anything resem money for the building, if ,n education were inter- - notice anvthlnir There waa no . you'll one, you won't trust me at all. dertake mistaking the bud- - say?" bling the management. You'll put Passed excitement and entrance or Mr aiai a wnen von saw iw.r" h. "I say that I slmnlv in unythlng. delight In her Hecatise, ir you trust In any money -be of such had like, i an offer!- - ...... a.... r :"" nuv y0 tt . n. nr course, and nmi. uiui Kooa imu eyes imicu me. you'll end by liking me. and If we II share possessed the Intel i .ii.wawii. ' uie aoor by Justlnn . the . nroflts. of In n ligeuce "Slnre von montlnn it r Your ihwn consent Is all that's me you'll go back to be don't trust Bllr ' you "'""Sill . rBln.h manner. On the thres. looked as If she didn't fePl un rt " l, i , quite handsome, for we'll lease the d,ar of Faust he could not have ue Bum, nito ,,n n thinking that I'm the lieast out of theater in a matter-of-fac- t I j said tone. ...... ... . ....., i.. In ,iih fever, he stood still and asked the mark-p- ale, nvihi. I thought she was." 1 ne 1 " .y P,ea8'n to her Revelation, or something, as you .... u'Imi nam L..' Vl. T . . . . come in; being mo oest talent in u,n"'i aim ner vanity. "Yes," Margaret said. ..r.i She felt used to." pressed to MPI0dI!ced from an ,nne, Pocket and Europe, "Of course," he said. "It a yieitiea, advanced, and sat ill for a moment, and I thought she sheet of foolscap, which 'I've forgotten all about the Hast." will nav us pay for it. and the ..public I. ....... needn't be i iwi '"'"II the two ladloa n was going to faint. But it passed al- Margaret said. Ii16 Crner of " " to 0U8Ht be table be! v": Cordova :BT.""' : it took out a fountain iaia jvirs. Kush' most directly, and she insisted on go' na you 11 HV""ru,," mat would make a differ- "Thank you." answered Mr. Van i a.' peo and began to write io y0llP ow 'wst upon knowing uh ing for a walk." ,jea8 lenco to you. quickly. The Torp. "To change the subject I've and sing v,UIU,K or not. whenever you please."' She hesitated a moment, an .i,.. and forms were as familiar to terms ountess Leven." "Oh," mused Mr. Van Torp. "Is that got a little scheme to propose. May " him " ""-- the alphabet and he uu in earnest? i Know. 0..l. " Mrs. Rushmr,r nymv luiuer iimiaiy. lost no time; be. n so? Well, I dare say it was the best be you 11 think well of It. Anyhow ' had Margaret some I think perhaps sides, aa he had told the prima If we hi,i difficulty in wmionalre, slowly rubbing thing she could do. I was telling you as it's a mere matter of business con donna. the words clearly. Was vuum iiittUHge a nundrpd tu m 'natter' . .. . spoKen to her about Kralinsky. lies not Levi Long-leg- s net ted with your career, you won'i there ever a "luusiiiia great soprano who did pounds," she said. "Would ti,t '"'hnr mr from after all, and I'm not sure lie was mind my explaining It to you, will not ... . dream of having the most i.. uo "What if Mrs. Itushmore comes In In the west." mnu, you tninKf ever 7 perfect iuu iu. t. .. . . a" rSht. you She's prob theater of her Just The as we are signing it?" askad nr. very own, and "mouth klarge who "I thought it sounded twitched a waiK. She often b.m unlikely," No. Indeed! Margaret was Inter could receive unmoved ti, smiled garet. iv. snid. pleasantly. w..V, iu : umry, i know-- her ested at once. "Do tell me!" she said, I. ..Iff fa. Margaret ,,mn Wh0 "We'll "That's too much," he said, "11 build "I asked him, Just like that, In a leaning forward a little. nn ,J u I.ra shaking ness ourtell her, and ask her to . his head. "You mo he a mustn't signatures," replied Van , thought put all vonr he began, "I've looked iiujie you U nav friendly way, and ire had she "Well, of eggs in one basket. A hundred thou- - Torp without looking up. "I ment and made an effort to recollect, around this plnce a good deal since heart but ,l.abeen aware . . .. her bodily u 'CB' bihni,. .: Mrs. uu uouars wouiu be Kushmore to have oulte a Judg, and then he seemed quite pleased to I've been here, and I've come to the quite enough .. t"H u nammer on the anvil. s as of business." " ttllll ft your share na i edge of the capital, with op- remember that I'd b'en 'Fanny' and conclusion that it's not very well "I'm In Antnn.i II ll. "You seem able to write and tnii van lorn an . oi me at par. up to v"",i he'd been 'Levi Longlogs,' and that he done, anyhow, except 'Parsifal.' That'B a million, or so, if mm "mu Diva . neriect at the same time." MarBnrt jfa a success." used to whistle things out of Tarslfal' what most of the people o i.i '. - over " really come l...i.. .l wnoie . "II TllMM in Would smiling. thing 'Iteally? all its an that fire be of the ovenlng." for. I'm Informed that they give all aspects, Just as I would a enough? kM r.... . countess by ,' l"e ,.. "Dusiness talk, yes." The nen r.n II llh'M nnJ . II ' int usB, wna- - is atock' In such a t. "Well-b- ut In that case- -Marga the other operas better In Munich. " ... u oertniHi.. .. on swiftly. "There. That's about rve 'no. and concluded look. an with all said Mr. Van ret stopped inquiring with the advantage of being In what to try it, It you'll .." help me. because it'$ "Stock," said the financlel. 8 a lit- - I Bhould Bay. Do you think vnn "JuhI so," continued Van Torp, nod you may call a Christian town, com- r..u iu i.u a U4 ?,in(' t0 8ay "he'i r SBie read lnvestnixnt my writing? I don't suppose ur nwnc wnicn, when well watered, friends ding. "Did you ever attend a trial pared with this. Is that correct, do bcc, Miss Donne," he went on ran ; l.mrMwill you've ever seen It"" like the mustard ' may Maud, Mrs. and hear a witness being . j there n no artist on the irrnnd slowly, all thegrow you think?" (TO BK CONTINUED ) birds of Wall street make their .. -. by a lawyer who wants lilm to "Yes, I believe so." it..,, ....... ...I.-,,OB B0 weu equipped for m us rr"L oranciies. If And he wants to you don't "It Is, you can depend upon it. Now, the business aa you are. I'm "Tea with Children." h..r.ir .ru" ',rt,iers it a remember something, and t ""- - water it too much, it'll be all " . ... . but can't be what I want to know Is, why you and if! 0,1 Bf,'' rve had remember it himself, in ..!.. "Tea." says the London Chronicle, ...k ,uu, euner. in vom- ir r . a our case, the atock is min Hunt, n . ... "in the cause lie never nearu oi it oeiore m I shouldn't go into a Uttle business of parts you've simply garden Is one of the heat. no rival. that shnre of the buslnesa which got law The do or this and kind most It's his life? funny. ': established ymi'" forttlve me of our quite "fni U partnership, thing Everybody say. so. and I suppose instipeople sell to raise money, and whw-tutions. Mr. E. V. Lucas who Is a yer makes steps for him and puis his brown, as it ought to be done." Mar won't play kitty and tt tl.." we mean to keep for ourselves. I al- connoisseur of the k,nd feet Into them so that he g'ts along garct opened her handsome eyes wide. start fair, now." caddy recalls la ways do It that way, when clrcum-stance- s his "It would be silly to nicely, unless the judge happens to "Iiecause." continued Mr. Van Torp, essay, 'The Divine Leaf, a Btory Vm that deny I allow, . once an bouirbt of the late Arthur Cecil, who one wake un and kick, and then the little as coolly us If he were explaining a one of the first." stock of a railroad for tint h In ' -- j...!... UIUIVIa, and somebody new plan to a board if directors, countered U do. thank vnn there, the following mat stops right game reason .u. nn, in an' '"iR ine'" Instance, and sold all th hnnrt. a garden at Kew: 'Tea,Inscription laughs. Well, my talk with Kralinsky "we've got the cHpital and the ability nist. and the first Is one of tham let it plain, 6d.; ,h,Bk 1 go bankrupt. 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