Show I if I Y t p r 4 6 Y f n on- on Bas n. n U t SYNOPSIS lIE KE reader is ushered at once with T I put out tiresome passages Into th tha a story What Name His His s-His Name tho In to Incongruous Incongruous congruous husband of ot a popular actress IB fe thrown upon the canvas with i short snappy twist of at the author wrist as is also hl his 11 little t daugh te Phoebe with whom he twos lives In th suburbs while his wi wl wire e occupies sump apartments in town Nellie NelUe Duluth Names What's famous fa famous wife loads him a 0 a merry life Ure Sh literally foil fell Into prominence from tram he hoi box In to the chorus at an nn carl early age Realizing that tho legs leIs that brought he hei Into the limelight cannot last lost forever she he uses her keen brain to feather hos ho rd nest with tho the result that her husban d I sees wees little of at her and ond Broadway a 0 great greal J j d deal al She astonishes Fairfax her latest lat tat est eat admirer with the Information cruell cruelly Imparted that she sho is married Nellie's Nellies diminutive husband whom sh she e dell delights Jn n calling Harvey Is humiliated hump fated when In company compan with Butler hl his hiE s suburban neighbor he meets with a I sound rebuke while seeking gratuitous s admission to tho the theatre In which hl hla wife is the st star r. r Butler who v Is a 1 married married mar mar- ried tied man Is not interested in the show but hut is d deeply smitten by the tho charms o of ot f Mrs Mrs His Name Harvey with Butler manages to gain c admittance to the back of ot the stage and I to Nellie's Nellies s 's am amazement ap appears ars at ather ather ather her dressing room door Fairfax theother the theother theother other admirer joins them An embar embar- embarrassing rassing situation Is presented but bu t Nellie recovering her wits emerges triumphant Harvey returns to his I home ome In th the country countr where ha finds his daughter Phoebe seriously ill II He lIe nurses h her r for several weeks and fearing fear fear- fearing ing the effect of tho news on N Nellie keeps It from her At len length th Fairfax rails calls lie ne has been sent by Nellie to propose the child be s Stout nt to a convent In Montreal al while wl Nellie shall hall go to Europe Harvey demurs d Fairfax his patience exhausted 1 rails calls j a I leech leecil f a n loafer a laughing I stock Flock and and offers him with a drugstore store In Blakeville his native town If he ho will grant a s separation to toe Nellie e iii c Stung into brio a tur fury Harvey Harley throws himself upon the big hiS man who 1 thrashes him soundly 1 T III Continued MR MI 1 p. p FAIRFAX I I F. F rushed excitedly from Cram the room H HE grabbed grabb d his hll hat and coat In the hall and was out of oC th the hou house e like a whirlwind The Tho whirr of a motor motol car came a vaguely vague vaguely vague vague- ly indistinctly to Harvey's Harveys s cars He Ile was was as lying lying- close to the window ow As If t tn Ina a dream he lifted himself feebly to toils ils GIs I knees and looked out of or the tho winlow win win- low fow not knowing wowing exactly what he hc did r wh ho hr did It A A bib green car was leaving his ont gat gate Me He was a long time lime in r ro- ro rifling who came up In Jn It H. Ills his breath was coming slowly H He tried to speak but hut a strange unnatural ral wheeze came from his lips Ups A fit of at cou coughing followed At l la last lalit t he got upon Ills his feet steadying steadying himself himself against the window windo casing For a long time ac stood th there re working It all aU out In 11 ila 1114 dizzy thumping brain Ho Ito put his his' hand to h s lips and md then stared dully at the stains that hat coy cov- it when he he took it away Then It all aU came cam back to him with a L' L rush Like a n. runt guilty hunted thing ho slunk upstairs to his room carefully avoiding avoiding avoiding avoid avoid- ing the room In ln which Phoebe was t b bedecked In Jn her Sunda Sunday frock Her Hor high voice olce came carne to his ears He was weeping bitterly sobbing flee I. I whipped child He lie almo almost t fainted when he first peeped into the mirror on his bureau His l Is eyes were re beginning to puff purr out like lije great knobs his face and shirt shirtfront shirtfront shirtfront front were saturated d with his own plucky pluck blood Pluck Plucky The word oc occurred occurred oc- oc c J ed to him as he looked Yes he had been plucky pluck He didn't know It was as In him to be so plucky pluck A sort Bart of at pride in ln himself arose to offset t the tho pain and mortification Yes he had defended his 1113 honor and Nellies She Sho 61 should uld hear of itt It Ho He would tell her what hat he had done Jone and how Fairfax had struck him down don with a chair She would then den deny to him that she had raid paid those awful things about him She would he be proud of ot him Careful Carefully he washed his hands nn and tac face With trembling fingers ringer he ap applied ap- ap plied court plaster to his lips acting with speed because his eyes ees were closIng clos clos- ing lug Some Sorno one had told him that raw beefsteak was vas good for black eyes ces He wondered If H bacon would do as well These There was no beefsteak in the tho house Ills His legs faltered as he made his way to the back stairs Bridget was comIng coming com com- Ing Ills up up- She t started back with a holCome howl l Come here herc Bridget ho whispered Into room Be quick He lie re- re VT 2914 Ir rte treated H He would employ her at aid and swear her to secrecy The Irish knowe know e e a great deal about aboUt lightIng fighting he re reflected re re- I I Iii la the name RV v HOT sor what a has happened to yes yer 01 whispered s 8 Bridget aghast In the doorway r Como Come in and Ill Til tell you said sald he ho e wl with th a groan Pr Presently a a. childish voice olce ernE cone clamoring clam clam- clamoring oring orin at the locked door He heard It ItI t te e I as from afar Bridget paused In her herr r ministrations Ho lie had Just said I will take boxing lessons and ph physical physical phy phy- r culture of at your your ur brother Bridget r You think he can build me up I know 1 Im I'm a bit run down No exercise you t know Still I believe belleve I would have thrashed him to a frazzle If It I hadn't stumbled That was when he kicked mo me here I got this falling against ac the tn table ble Yes sor said Bridget dutifully In re response ponso to the pounding on the thedoor door he hc called out bravely You cant can't come In now Pho Phoebe be Papa has hurt himself a little bit Ill I'll come out soon I got my Sunday dress dres on on Daddy cried the childish voice olce And Im I'm all spruced up Has the nice gentleman done sone away His head sank Into his hands Yes d deary ar hes he's gone h he replied In muffled tones CHAPTER IV L LUNCHEON CHEO For several days he moped about the house not even e venturing upon the tho porch his faco face a a. sight to behold His spirits were lower loner than titan tile the they had been hoen in all aU his life The unmerciful beating he had hall sustained at tho the hands of ot Fairfax Fairfax Fair Fair- fax tax was vas not the sole ole cause cause of ot his hla his his' de de- de As the consequences of ot that pummeling pummeling- subsided the tho conditions which led up to It forced themselves upon him with such horrifying Immensity Immensity Immen Immen- sit sity that he lie fairly staggered ered under them It so slowly dawned on him that there thero was something very sinister In Fairfax's Fairfax's Fair FaIr- ta fax's s 's visit something terrible Nellies Nellie's Nellie's Nellies Nel Nel- el- el lies lie's protracted visit In town her har strange n t-t t of n Phoebe to tn s c a O y 3 no ming m- m ing in- inot of ot himself the tho presence of at Fairfax Fair Fair- tax fax in her dressing room that night and a H great roat man many circumstances which c came me plainly to mind now that he he considered them worth while wh noticing all an went U a long wa way toward Justifying Fairfax In coming cOIning to him with the base proposition that resulted so 50 seriously to his countenance Nellie was tired of ot him He did not ot belong belong- to her world That was the sum Bum and substance of 01 it It As he dropped out of ot her world some somo one else quite naturally rose to fill the void old That person parson was Fairfax The Tho big man had said th that t she alto wanted anted a n separation she wanted to provide a safe sate haven for tor Phoebe The Tho Inference was plain She wanted to get rid of ot him in order to marry F Fairfax Fairfax had hac been honest honest honest hon hon- est enough to confess contess that he was WM actIng act- act tag Ing on his hla own Initiative In n proposing the tho bribe but t there must have been something b behind It all alL He Ie had spoken of or charges What charge could Nellie bring bring- against him 1 Ho was two days in arriving at the oh ably ohly one one failure failure to provide Yes that was teas It Failure to provide How he lie hated haled the words How he despised men Wile who did not provide pro for tor their wives wives' He had never thou thought ht of at himself himself him him- self telf in that light before But It was wa true truo all true And Nellie was slipping slipping slip slip- ping ping- away from him as the result Not only Nellie but Phoebe She would be taken from himI himI himI him I dont don't drink he argued with himself himself him him- self and In 1 Ive I've never treated her cruel cruelly Other women dont don't Interest me I never swear at nt her Ive I've never beaten her Ive I've always alwa's loved her So It must be that Im I'm no good just as that scoundrel says No good goodS Why she knows better than that There never ne' was a fellow who worked harder than I did for tor Mr Davis I drove drew trade to his store tore Anybody y In Blakeville will swear to that Haven't I best to get a a. Job in the same shows with her Wasn't I the tho best comedian they had In the dramatic club Ive I've never had hod the tha chance to show what I 1 could do and Nellie knows It But Ill I'll show them all alii I Ill I'll make moke that thet big brute wish Ieh hed he'd never been born Til Ill I'll assert myself He shant take her hera a away a from me me Ills His resolution soared oared to great heights h only to succumb to chilly blasts I that sent them shriveled back hack to tho the lowest st depths What could he do against a man who had aU all the mone money that Fairfax possessed What could he e otter offer for tor lIe tie ve now that tha some orae on ono one also h had cad put a stupendous price on her Ho remembered reading about an 7 1 o od d i t I II IS I S Th i t tf f l t t f I L u uI j f I t i I p. p I I Ia I II I a f yU I i 1 11 1 I s ya r i h 1 I a V 1 S 4 S f y S SA S A bi big green car was leaving his front prate gate oil painting that originally mold 1014 fo for GOO COO franca francil and afterward brought j 10 40 OClO Somehow ho likened Nellie to r picture with the reservation that thit fi its Ji didn't believe bellevo any p painting on earth was wall worth If It th there ther re was w wa a thing he had never seen It lt Then he began to think of ot poor Kellie Net Kel- lie 11 cast helpless among the tempters She was like a a. child among voracious beasts beatta of at prey No wonder she nhe felt hard toward him Ho lie was WM to blam terribly to blame In the highest most exalted state of ot remorse remora h he b. wept not once but often otten His Ills poor little Nellie In one of ot thc these u strange overgrowing flights of ot combined self reproach and self exaltation he so vividly imagined himself as a rescuer as an nn bodied able defender against all the ills and evils that besot beset her that the tha fane fancy took the shape of ot positive e determination H Hs He made up his hl mind to take her off th r stage back to Blake Blakeville and to an 11 environment so sweet and pure that her her life lito would be the tha long season seaon of at joy JOT and happiness With the growth of ot This this resolution Its h. h I began bogan to plan his own personal rehabilitation rehab rehab- First of ot all he would let his bit faco face recover Its natural shaper shape then hi he b would cultivate muscle and brawn at atthe atthe atthe the emporium of ot Professor Flah Flaherty moreover he would devote considerable attention to his hla own personal appearance appear appear- ap appear appearance arance ar- ar ance and to the habits of at the tho men men about town He Ho would fight tIght th lh the tempters with their own weapon weapons the corkscrew the lobster pick the tha knit knife and fork tork and the nut Ho He did not emerge from the house houa for or five days J. By that time Ume he ha was iraa fairly presentable It was Annies Annie's day y out so he ha took Phoebe for tor a little walk As A. for Phoebe hoebe she never passed a certain door upstairs without kicking at It with first one then the other of her tiny feet teet in revenge for tho the way it had bid hurt her father tather by remaining open so 80 tt that t he could bump into it on th that t bloody terrifying day She sent little darts of or exquisite pain through him by bT constantly alluding to tho the real devastator devastator devas devas- as that nice Mr Ir Fairy It was her pleasure to regard him as a great big fairy who had promised her herIn herin hern In n secret that she would some soma day be belike belike belike like Cinderella and have all aU the tho riches riches' the tho slipper showered shower rl upon that poor little lady As the they were Tere returning returning- home after a CL stroll through a rather remote street they came upon Mr Butler who was wall down on his knees fixing Ing something or other about his automobile Harvey Har liar ve vey thought It a good opportunity to start his crusade against New V e York CI City t Hello he ate said halting Butler looked up He was ag mad as a a. wet hen hento I to begin with I Hello he ho snarled resuming his hi work vork I Ive been thinking thinking- about that littie U lit little I tie tle tle 1 I Get out of the light will you Harvey Haney e m moved ved over dragging Phoebe I after aCter him S That little scheme of at yours ours to dine together In town some night You ra- ra h member wo we talked about It Ith It No Xo I 1 dont don't snapped Butler We e miI might t lunch together early arly next I week I know a nice little place in Seventh avenue where you IO get cot tI spaghetti We Im booked for a n. whole month of luncheons said ld Butler sitting Bitting back on his heels to stare at this this' impossible I person person Cant Join you Some Som other time then said Harvey Barve waving hU his hand genially Your wll home yet yett r Butler r got upon his feet teet Say said he aggressively do you know she's heard hoard about that trip of ot mine mino to town that that night night Fairfax Fairfax Fair FaJr- told and somebody's II fax tax everybody c wife told Mrs Butler It got me in a a. t devil of ot a mess mes You rou dont don't say so so l Yes r T do sa say gay so Next time thre you ou ouI 1 kl I catch m but ma but buL what's Die the use He Ha 1 turned to his wor work with an expressive J Shrug of at his ills shoulders 1 Ill lIl have my wife explain everything to Mrs Irs Butler the first time sh she comes out said Harvey Haney more bravely ra than he felt He Ht could not help wondering when would come out S It lt isn't necessary Butler made haste to assure him Harvey Har Haras was as silent for a moment Fixing your our automobile auton ho asked unwilling to give c It up without ut an another the effort What t do you ou suppose Im I'm dOln doing Its wonderful how ho fast of ot there theu II little one seated cars can go mused Harvey Har Cheap too aint they Butler faced him again malice In his s glance in It with that big Its not green car your our wife us |