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Show The I li Vampire I :: ii ; In Romance Stic In Beautiful, ; ; In Real Life Unattractive to j; All Except Her Victims. T ; By LILZUi BRCNNAN There havo been many versions of tbo woman who has n pasnlnn for en thralling men, from the ordinary flirt to the vampire. The ordinary flirt t Hiippuncd to havo a conscience. Tbo vnl'iplro lures men to tbclr rulu nud If they have families arc as ready to wreck wife and children nn the man himself. Tho vampire U not a beauty wllh soft, languishing eyes, .slio tins a stony fare. Mho conquers rather by ber will power than by fascination, though she calls to her nssHtaticc the senrs whenever she finds It nefrs snry. I have never seen but ouo woman wo-man In real llfn who ilrcerted the name of vampire. While alajlug st n summer hotel 1 heard of a man among the guests who wsh enthralled by a woman and taken completely nway from his family. 1 was told that 1 might sec the couple any evening after dinner when the guests walked on the ptniia, promenading with the other. I expected to sen a radiant beauty lu the woman, with seductive manners. I was astonished at looking upon the stoniest face 1 have ever seen and Utterly devoid of brntity. The man war, good looking, though then? was no strength In his feature. Hut tho wilt may grow stronger or weaken like tho muscles, which are developed by exercise .or tieennin flabby by disuse. I afterward learned the story of this man. IMward (Irani was prominent In college col-lege not only ns an all round available man, I rut as a scholar. lie was president presi-dent of hi class and graduated with linnori. lie bernmo nt Inched to Mar Jorlo Fleetwood, the daughter of one of the professors of (tin unlrendty. They were married, nnd a Iwy baby wns Ixirn lo them. The couple hud been married fourteen four-teen year when IMwnnl flrnnl was called from hi homo lu the east to Ban FroriclKco on n mntter of business. II was his first seprimtloii from his ram. Ily except fur a few days at n time, and he no moro wished to go than tit wLfo wished to have him go. He was dchathu; with livr wU-iher, after nil, he hnd not licttrrglve) up tho trip when tliclr son. Hurry, thirteen years old. came Into the room where they were and heard his father tell his mother that hn hnd promised hi partner to make tho Journey. "Papa." said Hnrry, "If you havo promised don't you think you ought to go?" This derided the fnlhrr, who took his son Into Ids arm and hugged and kissed hliu with pride. Then, after a lust embrace or Ids wife, he lore himself him-self away. Ou the same train and having a chair In the same parlor car with (Irnnt snt a woman about his own age traveling nloniv, She was reading n novel, while (Irani wus looking out through tho window, serins nolliluir of the ussilne view, for hU vision was iihui a mental plvturu of tho wife and sou from whom ho hnd Just purled, sutl ho vas wondering won-dering how he could endure thst separation sep-aration during the period llxed for his absence. Tho woman In the next chair was constantly glnucliig nslde from her book nt tbo lino looking man who was so wnipied lu his thought that bo was uucoiiscloii of her presence. While shu was by no nun us U-nutlftll, she was drvMed rnultlessly, and tlicrs was that suspicion of per funic alxmt her which Is seductive lu n womnii who U in adept In the art of Its use. The lady dropi'ed a glove. (J runt did not seu It, Shu leaned forward to pick It up, brushlug agnlust him. Ho turned turn-ed mid looked Into n pnlr of eyes fixed uK)ii his. From him the eyes fell to the glove. Omul lient and picked it up, Tho lady niadit a move lo rerovrr It ngnlu, nud, their heads romlng very near together, they turned thrlr faefs toward each other, and (irnnt saw that snmo pnlr of eyes tiled uxn his nud lu close proximity. Then hn reached for the glovo und handed It to her. Mho inaiikcu mm aim rcsumeii ner hovm. (Irnnt turned ngtiln to look out throuxh the window. Hut now those eyes, In which there was n lure, en mo between him and the vision of his wife and sou. Tho faint odor thnt hung nlsiut the woman was waited toward him whenever any ouo pasted through thu car. No word was s-Hikuu by either, but now and iignlii their eyes met. and every tlmo tlniut felt more strongly thu lure that twis In thofo of the wouinn. (Iriihml-y (Iriihml-y a feeling enmo over him thnt sitting "leildu this woman hour nfter hour without a word (Kissing between them wai becoming Irksome. Was It not U want of compliment to his fellow uis-senger uis-senger that ho should refrain from ml Urtsslng her? Surely it would bo tin-modiut tin-modiut In her to spenk to him without a wonl from hint. Ho mndo n trivial remark. Tho Indy received It not unkindly, hut replied briefly, The Ice thus broken, thoy soon fell to conversing. Tho woman wbb n rood listener, und (Jrant was a fluent talker. Slut listened, but did not absorb ab-sorb what he said. This he knew, for thurv was between thorn u subtlo undercurrent un-dercurrent thnt told him his companion compan-ion was Interested lu him rather than In what bo said. While ho was speak- toward Ananias and the Widow How- til Ilefore she reached them there ws a shout. Alvln Harker. a teller In the bank. Jumped from hi automob le aad i,alf carried a veiled lady to the air- ship and lifted her Into tho P"nBfr" seat, strapping her In with deft rapid- I "There's your passenger, Ananias," 1 he muttered In a choked tone. "Clear the way, all of your he shouted. The crowd fell back. Ananla Jnmped nimbly Into the pilot's seat, was strapped In. Harker whirled the profiler, the engine started, stopped, atartod again, and the ungainly bird teetered over the ground on Its landing land-ing wheels. . , It mounted a rise, then lifted and rose obliquely toward the pale moon. From the pilot's sent leaned a gnome-like gnome-like figure, Ananias Htlne. In the passenger's seat, stiffly erect, sat the tmssonger, the veiled Indy. On the ground two other veiled ladle la-dle stood shoulder to slmulder and gated upward after the vnnlhlng Ana-nbis. Ana-nbis. For the moment n common grievance declared a truce lietween them. "Who was shcr nimbled Km Hevl In her deep tones. The Widow Howell cleared her voice of emotion. "It looked like that fnderwood girl from Hnnrllng Hollow," she muttered. The shout of applause which had arlcn when Ananlns Bllno salted away died down ns the airship Isvamo a dark speck Bgalnst the moon's face. Hllenco fell Hon Terry's fleld-sl-lence which was broken by confused shouts. Wo turned hastily to discover Haywood Hay-wood Drayton's big motorcar plunging plung-ing aero tho grassy field. Haywood Drayton was president of the Quince Harbor bank. Mr. Drnjtoii Junu-vd from hi motor-ear, motor-ear, followed by the. Imposing form of Constable I,ee. Alvln Darker was sliding toward his own little ninilsiut when the big constable's con-stable's hand fell upon his arm. "I gnes you'll have to come along wllh me, Alvln," he snld good nntured-ly, nntured-ly, and as the Idler straggled In rree himself the offlcer's linnd tightened Its hold. "He a good loy, Alvln," he coaxed. "You ran't rob the bank without Ih-tng Ih-tng punished for It. you know"' "it was Ananias," quavered tho teller desperately. "Ananias I an accessory; uoiri ror-get ror-get thnt. We mut gel htm." put In Haywood Drnjlon. "He' pit n lady wllh hlniT some one said, nud theeonsliihle laughed. "A nice Indy deaf, dumb nnd blind." ho explained Mwevn rhuikles "a wax Auger from Km Hevl' show window, win-dow, her holler form tilled with isick-age isick-age or greetitisck rrom the bank. Oh. Ananlns 1 eloping wllh an helre", all rlghtr Km Hevl mid Hetty Howell exchanged ex-changed ulnuce or dlMiiny "ImiUT' sitinim-d sonic one. "He Is coming bnrkf' We gncd up nt the pule star strewn sky. Out or the silence came the throb or the airship's engine, and the htigu wings were directly over Terry's fleiil. Dowu swooped Ananias Hllue's airship air-ship until It was '.IK) feet aliote us. For a moment It hoi r red. rocking violently. vio-lently. Then some one screamed lu horror, for a dark ohlccl was falling from the nlrshltit humnii form. A shuddering cry went up ns the relletl luiMMi-ntrer NlrueL tint t?rninut nml was Sill). Borne uiim remembered whul tho cou-stable cou-stable hud wild a Unit thu wax figure III Km Hells' show window. "Let's see!" he shouted, and ran for-Vatd. for-Vatd. Sure enough, the nwr veiled lady was the fumlllnr tlguro wu hnd often seen In Mrs. Hells' window. Hut her waxeu bead was siiiushed to atoms, nnd her broken form revealed roll and wad or uewsiutH'nt-tlmt was all Cunning All lu Darker hnd tempted Ananias to run away with tho stolen money, whl.e nil thu time ho had hidden hid-den the money lu u safe place nud had Muffed tho dummy pusscnger with pv por. Ananias, conscience strlikitu-pcr haps feur stricken, who kuows?-had reiH-ntiil and returned to drop the lad ami the loot upon Terry's Held, lie might have mndo hi escapo In the Hawk hud not something hapeiied m thu engine. Bo thu Hawk ctimn Hopping to esrth und AiiuiiUh crept out of tho ruins m' sought Constable !.eo to give him self up. An hour urtvrwartl two veiled Indies apicared lu the constable's offlee. Out was Km Hevls, ami thu other was Hetty Het-ty Howell. They eaiuo to proffer ball for thu u lator's release. "Cap'u Fish balled htm out nn hour ago," explained .t-e. "I don't reekun wo can do much ngjn a mnu's riinnlnc . off with Wilds of liewspuiHir-uiileiH," ' ho iuIJimI hopefully, ")ou wnnt tomiiUe I a chnrgu iigulnst him for stealing jour wax flggcr, Km!" Km Hevls looked tlioughtfnl. "'Twan't my tlgger. Jim," she said nt Inst. "I gave It to Ananias, didn't I, Hetty V Hetty Howell nodded emphatleall) "Or j-oiirm shu did!" "Then there ain't any case agalimt him." declared Jim I.ee. When I told Ananias silnn o thU noble deed on tho pnrt or Km Hevl his bulbous blue eyes tilled with eroo-tlon.il eroo-tlon.il tears. I hnd not IkIivh1 he could vp nny more than a fish could sheil teurs. "Mbw Telham." sniffed Ananlns "that's why I can't make up my mind to marry either ono or them noble wlm-men. wlm-men. It's becnuse I don't rel I'm good enough ror 'em." And I almost believed hlral |