Show h ha t ts t's L s H i is' is S N am 4 By y George o ge Bar Ba M McCutcheon SYNOPSIS HE BE reader Is ushered at onto onCe without with out tiresome tiresome passages eS into th the thc e story atory TF Name liat His s-His Name tho ln- ln husband ota of ot a n. popular actress te thrown upon the canvas with Ith with a n. short nappy twist of ot the tho authors author's wrist a asIS as s 1 IS e also his little daughter Phoebe with tho suburbs while his t horn n he ho lives s In Ite ife occupies sumptuous apartments In own t. t Nellie Duluth What Names faI fa- fa I ous oue wife eads cads him a merr merry ife tte She fe fa into prominence from her box In n the chorus at an eary ear age ase Real zing t that hat the oga that brought her into the thc cannot ast forever she uses er keen koen brain to feather teather her nest with Ithe the that her husband sees itte 4 af t f her and Broadway a great dea She astonishes Fairfax her admirer with Rh the tho Information cruey Imparted that hat she is married L Nellies Nellie's g husband whom be he delights in calling Harvey Harvo Is hu- hu mated company with Butler Buttar ans ItS ns neighbor ho he meets with sound Bound while seeking gratuitous tous ous ous' admission to the tho theatre in which Is wife is the star Butler Butter who is a a. a man is not interested in the thc how but Is deeply smitten b by the charms of ot Mrs HIs What's i Harvey with Ith Butler manages to gain admittance to the tho back of or the stage ind nd to Nellie Nellie's s amazement appears ater at ater tier er dressing room door Fairfax tho the thoI I 1 other rother admirer joins them An embarrassing embarrassing embar- embar rassing situation is presented but NelIe Net Net- Ulc Jie recovering her wits emerges tri- tri CHAPTER II III I. I Mil MR FAIRFAX GREAT life fCc oh 7 said Harvey e meaning that which surrounded i r hem They were in the alley outside the stage door j Im Tm going to catch the ten twenty I said Butler Jamming jamming- his hat down firmly Aint tint you OU going eoln to see the tho last act Demanded the other dismayed S fc Butler lifted his right hand to heaven and shaking It It t the tho better to express I the tho Intensity of ot his declaration remarked rc- rc marked marJ ed I hope somebody will kick me allover all over town If Ie Im I'm ever caught be being InS InS' e such such a damned fool as this again Ii I i honestly hope it IU Ive I've been made ri- ri a a blithering fool foo Why you sett ou you He lie paused In his rage a sudden assailing him wave w of pity f By George Goorge I cant can't help feeling sorry r for you ou Good night c Harvey hurried auer alter him nun mm I 1 guess Ill I'll take It too That sets acts f us out at eleven en We can get bet geta I a It bite to cat In the tho station I 1 guess t He Ile had almost to trot to keep pace 4 6 Ith Butler Buller crossing crossin to the Grand Central Seated side by side In n the train and antI after he ha had recovered his i ir breath a bit hit he ho said x Confound It I 1 for forgot ot to ask Nellie tf Ir It H will be wise for her to conic come out outon Jon If-Jon on Sunday The Tho hearts heart's a mighty bad thing It certainly Is said Butler Butter with unction S At the station In n Tarrytown he said hurried hurried hur hur- Good night very cry gruffly and ried off ort to jump into the only cab cabat at the platform He lie had heard all aU about and the tho wild life Harvcy Harvey Har liar vey h had d led there and he was mad madI I enough to fight t Good night Mr Ur Butler said Harve Harvey Harvcy as the hack drove ot off He walked up the hill lie found the tho nursemaid up and waiting wafting for tor him Ph Phoebe ebe had a dreadful dreadful dread ful tul throat an and a high temperature It had come como on n very suddenly it s seems and If Annies Annie's memory served her right it lit was Just the thc W way diphtheria began The Tito little girl ha had bath I 1 ii m thrashing about In the thc be bed and whimpering for daddy 8 S heart sank like I lead n to n. n afar tar deeper level than It had dropped r PP t with the base basa Desertion of or Bute But- But ter Jer Filled 11 stairs with remorse he ran upstairs upstairs up up- without taking ot off his hat or overcoat The feeling of ot resentment toward toward to to- ward Butler was lost In this now new overpowering over- over powering sense seno of or dread drca the discovery of at his own n lamentable unfitness for tor high life Ute life expeditions faded ade into nothingness noth noth- In the face ta-ce Of ot this possible catastrophe What 1 if Phoebe were to die Ho would be to blame Ho remembered remembered re- re that he should not have left her that evening it had been n. n premonition and this vias was to be the price of at his folly At three In the morning he ho went over to rouse the doctor all the time thinkIng thinkIng thinking think- think Ing that even if It ho were capable of or forgiving himself for tor Phoebes Phoebe's death Nellie would always hold him ble Tho The doctor refused to come before 8 S o clock o'clock and slammed the tiro door in the disturbers disturber's face If sho she dies he said Bald to himself over o and over again oguin as he ho trudged homeward home home- war ward Ill kill klU that beast of ot a doctor Ill I'll tear his heart henrt ou out The doctor did not come till The They never do He at once said It way was wasa waya wa waa a bad attack of or ton and began an treatment on the stomach He took a culture and said he would let Jet Mr Mr Mr What's Namo know whether there there was anything diphtheritic In tho the meantime Take goo good care of ot her her Saturday morning morning-a a loving note camo came from tram Nellie deploring the fact that she sho couldn't come out on Sunday after all The doctor said she must save savo her strength She instructed Baryo Harvey to dismiss dismiss dis dis- dis- dis miss Bridget and get another cook at once But e Harvey's Harveys veys vey's s heart had melted toward oward Bridget Tho The big Irish woman was vas the soul of or kindness now that her employer Jo or was In n distress About 9 0 o'clock that morning a man came ame up and tacked a placard on the door loor and Informed tho the household that It t was in quarantine Harvey Harvcy went wont out md and an looked at the card Then he slunk back Into Phoebes Phoebe's room and sat Bat down vcr very cry white and scared Do you rou think shell she'll die ho he asked of f i the doctor when that gentleman called ailed soon Boon art afterward Ho was shivering shiver shiver- Ing Ing- ng like a leaf Not necessarily sal said the man or of medicine calmly Diphtheria Isn't hat lint hat It used to be If she dies Ill I'll jump In the river said aid thu the little father bleakly n n. n Nonsense said the doctor Can you ou swim he added whimsically No Ao said Harvey his face lighting hUns up P. P The doctor patted patte him on the back Brace Drace up sir shoo Has lIas the child a Harvey lIane stared at him Of Ol course he e said Donl Doul Dun t you oU know child d you ou arc are tending I 1 confess 1 I. I crIShe cr I She is s the thc daughter aughter of Nellie Duluth Du- Du uth luth Oh I fell feU from flom the doctors doctor's lips And you you-you jou rou- rou you ou are Miss Duluth's husband husband hus- hus band and I didn't quite connect toe names ames names Well Im I'm her husband name names or no noname noname name explained tho the other I 1 suppose suppose sup- sup pose ose I ought to send for tor her Sho She ought ht to know Are Arc you er you er separated ted Z Not at all aB all said said- ald Harve Harvey Han HaneI I maintain maintain main main- tain ain tain two establishments that that all alj One no here OUR onri In the city Oh I see see sec said the doctor who didn't in the least see Of course she would be subject to quarantine rules rules' If Ir she sho he came here hors Mr Mr l Mr ahem They couldn't get along without ul her herat herat hert at t tho the theatre groaned the tic Id ed suggest waiting g a day or two me m my dear deal sir sic the Ule child will pull hull nil through I will do all that can bedone be bo boone done dOlle one sir sh Rest nest easy His Ills manner was was' as quite different now that he ho lento knew the 10 importance of or his patient He readjusted re- re adjusted his leis lasses glasses Ia ses an and Cleared his throat I r hope hone to h have c the plen pleasure or of f s seeing Mis your Mrs rS or your our wife sir Ir Sho She has a regular r. r physician in town town own said c politely For two weeks he ho nursed nurse Phoebe day av and night ht announcing to the doctor los doc 10 tor or In the beginning that his ills early parly training raining maur made him quite capable lh Thera r were moments when he ho thought she hc was lying dying but hut they passed KO so 0 quickly t that tat his faith alth In the ph physicians physician's ns- ns I rose above o his fears ActIng Act- Act lug Ing ng on the purely unselfish motive that Tollio would 1 he up upset ct hy the news ners no he hc kept the truth from her and onil slip she hc went wenton on n singing and dancing without so much luch as a word tord to distress her Two Run Sundays ay pas passed l her own lamentable hie Illness J kept kent ent her awa away from the little house hO 1 ou- ou oue e In Tarrytown If u we Wc tell her about lt Phoebe Phoehe sail saH Harvey to BrI Bridget get and 1111 Annie Annio shell shel shello zo o all to pieces piece Her Tier heart ma may stop like kc c as not Besides Beside hed he'd insist on an coming out and taking care of ot her find that would he fatal to the tho sho show She's he's never hall had diphtheria ria Shed She'd 1 he sure to catch it U. It t hoes goes very hard with grown rown people Have p yon von over ever cr had it if H. H sir sir a asked Annie nn io anxiously anxiously- I m slid I 11 Who n m tree hadn't t otho thought I t. t ot of It up Ut to that 1 mo mo- mo ment When hen the child was a able to sit un he put In his time lime reading leading David l Con Con- nt norfield to her Later on he played lacks jacks with her and l C cut pictures put out of the comic supplements B Bv the on on 1 of or the month he was thinner and Irl more morp peaked if fr anything than she hc Unshaven Unshaven Un Un- shaven cn unshorn impressed was he tie but buth hn ho was as too full of or jo joy to lo give Ic c heed to toMs tolls Ms Ids own o personal comforts or r require require- ments His mind was r to he c sorely troubled over one thing thin Now ow that Phoebe Phoehe was well and getting strong he realized d that Nellie Nole would bo he furious itZ vf t T 1 T 5 S e S till IL i c cS l s f t r 1 I m 1 W III IF 1 I t c i il l IA It r i t 1 s 1 1 Sri i 5 I The Doctor Patted Him on the Back Brace Up Sir Has the Child a Mother when when she found out how hots ill III tho lie child had iad been and how alto bho ha had been de de- de Ho He considered the Ity ty of keeping it from her altogether swearing swearIng- e cr every one to secrecy c but there was tho doctors doctor's bill to be paid When It came to paying that Nellie would demand an explanation It was utterly impossible for him to pa pay it himself Thinking Thinking- over O his unhappy position he declared with a great amount mount o of r r 4 but no YI vigor or that ho was going to get set a Job joh and bo ho Independent Inde hide pendent once more More than U that a when he got fairly we well established In his position he rather leaned Jeane toward tho the drug rug or the restaurant business he would insist on Nellie giving U up her arduous stage work an and settling down own to enjoy enjo a n. life of or comfort an and ease even ease even luxury If things thinS'S went as ashe ashe aslie he lie meant them to go One afternoon late In October when tho the scarlet leaves were blowing across I II I ils JI little front yard ard and tho the screens lad iad been taken from rom the tho windows a a. I lg ig green automobile stopped at his ate atc and a tall man got out and came risk up tho the walk Harvey was sit sit- sit sit- ing In the tho library helping Phoebe with Uh wither Uhler ler er A B n Cs when ho caught sight tight of a s crossing the tho porch Gentleman to see you ou said Annie AnnieL nnie L moment later Is It the butchers butcher's man I declare must got get in and attend to that little account Lecount Tell TeU him Ill I'll be bo In Annie It aint the butcher He's Hes a a. swell awelL Harvey Harvcy got up felt feJt of ot the four days' days s 's of beard on his chin and poa- poa i iDid Did he give his name Mr oIl Fairfax he ho said He rem remembered Fairfax His hand band handran ran n over his chin once more J 1 Tell him to come in Ill I'll be down In fifteen minutes Ho lIe went upstairs on tho the jump anc and ot his razor out He was nervous nl that morning he had written to telling her of or Phoebes Phoebe's I c lt e Illness and of or her Joyous recovery the doctors doctor's bill was 90 Ho cut himself himself him him- self eJr In three places Fairfax was sitting near the window window- talking with Phoebe when he clattered ten mutes later deploring the cuts but pleased with himself for tor having broken all all records at shaving The rhe big New ew had a A. way with him Iran he ho could interest children as well as their mothers and and grown sisters sister t Phoebe was telling hi hl mahout Jack th the Giant Killer when her father tather popped 1 into the room Phoebe ho he cried stopping short In horror Fairfax arose languidly I How do you do Mr ah 1 ah ah ahem Tho The little girl has been playing hostess The fifteen minutes h have ve flown Ten minutes b by m my watch said Harvey Harve promptly Phoebe dear dear where did you oU get that awful dress dress dress- and oh m my those dirty hands Wh Where Wheres re Annie Annies Annie's the nurse Mr Ir Fair Fair- fax Run right right- away and tell telf her to change chango that dress and wash your our hands How Now do you do Mr Fairfax Glad to see you How are you you He lIe advanced ad to shaker shake the big means mans hand Fairfax towered over himI him I was as afraid you would not remember remember remember ber me said Fairfax Run nun along Phoebe She's been very ill you ou see ee Wo We dont don't mal make e life lite any harder for her lien than we have haYe to Washing gets on a childs child's nerves dont don't you think It used to on mine I know Of Ot course I remember you rou Wont Won't you sit down Annie Oh Angle Annie Annle An An- nie gle He Ile called Into the stair hallway and Annie appeared In the dining dining- room Ann Ann oh oh here you are arc How many times must I 1 tell ten you to put a clean dress ress on Phoebe every da day daj What are areher areher areher her dresses for Id I'd like to know Ho lie winked violently at nt Annie from Crom the tho security of ot th the portiere which 1 he ho held at arms arm's length th as a shield Annie arose to the occasion and winked ed ba backMa back Ma May I pu put t on my Sunday Sunda dress cried Phoebe gleefully Only one of ot em s said ld he in h haste haat t Annie will wilt pick out u one oFle for you o Considerably bewildered Phoebe was wu led away by the nurse said Faint Fairfax ax s sa a a. pretty prett child If It his manner was wan a trifle retrained Harvey failed to to make no note e. e of t It H. J Looks lIk like liner her mother II Tm glad you OU think so 50 saI said th the t father ther radiantly Id hate to look like JUte me inc Fairfax looked oot ed him over and arid suppressed suppressed sup sup- pressed a smile She ho Is quite happy here with joU yuu oU I suppose he said taking a chair Y Yea Ye c 51 sirce rc I with her her Do Does Docs she sho ever Jon long to be he mother apol apologizing Well Tell you yuu ou sec cc said Harvey for sho doesn't t see ee een n much l h or of Miss hiss or of her mother the these e eIta Ita days I J guc guess UC- UC s s got kind of uC used to being with Kids KIls arc Cunn funny things s you rOll J She Sho seems to have hac |