Show I What's hats hat's His Name By George Barr IS jt Copyright t 1813 by Bar I l S SYNOPSIS HE BE reader Is ushered at once with without without Ith T THE out tiresome passages into the tho story What's Name His Nape tho In Incongruous Incongruous In- In Incongruous congruous husband of ot a n. popular notrees no- no trees la Ig thrown upon tho canias canvas with withA A short snappy twist of or the authors author's s wrist as Is also aso his little daughter with whom ho lives In tho suburbs while his occupies sumptuous sumptuous sump sump- sumptuous apartments In town Nellie Duluth HIs ames s tia me s 's famous wife leads him a u. marry morry life lito Sho Bho literally roll foil Into prominence from her llor box In tho chorus at an early ago a pro Realizing that the tho legs that brought her Into tho limelight cannot last forever ehe he uses her keen keon brain to feather her hernest hernest nest with tho the result that her hor husband sees little of ot her and Broadway a preat teat deal She astonishes astonished Fairfax her latest with the information Information tion cruelly Imparted that she Bho Is mar mar- ried Nellie's Nellies diminutive husband whom Bho aho delights In calling Harvey Harve Is alt alt- ap approached P- P b by Fairfax with u n proposition proposition tion tion th that L P Phoebe o o bo be o sent e to a con con- wont vent cule aa snail b gu l u Up Harvey Bane demurs Harvey Hane e Insists that thol his wife depart D with him and In n order to avert a scene which both sho she and Fairfax fear tear she complies They argue Over Overa a separation until ho yields On Christmas day sends sands shifts for tor overy every one but him A package from Fairfax co contains n to In s a 0 diamond slipper sUpper for his little Cinder Cinder- ella Phoebe The gift Sift enrages 5 What's HIs What's Namo rind and ho confiscates It H. A telegram summons Phoebe and her nur nurse e to the Christmas matinee an and to supper In n Nellie Nellie's s dressing room He accompanies them and while tit t I o the they are at the Performance strolls along Broadway He Ile orders a soft sott drink Ina In Ina Ina a cafe n and takes a seat at a table only to put out as a loiterer Again he roams the street When ho returns to the theatre he finds that tho the stage doorkeeper ha j ha-j J orders not to admit him He watts waits and se sees rocs s Phoehe Phoebe and the tile nurse WhiSked away any in ll an u au au He rejoins them on the tram train for Tarry Tarrytown town A few days later Tie he ie conceives an Idea of ot threatening to commit suicide Taking an old revolver re revolver re- re volver he be goes gOE'S to New v York forces his way Inlo o Nellies Nellie's apartment and anc lands In the midst of ot a n merry dinner party arty There Is consternation among Fairfax and the other guests an and when he hc dl displays pla s 's th the revolver they become be become become be- be come panic stricken The admirer harking back to other notorious ca CA concludes he Is I about bOllt to bo be murdered and hides beneath tho the table The Tho husband realizes that ho has got gol himself Into a n ver very unpleasant predicament ment by flourishing this thin revolver re without really having the Intention tl to kill and concludes to turn the tho w weapon upon himself Yer Very ery politely he agrees to go o out Into the hallway and do the tho deed but on tr trying several se times dis- dis discovers covers er that the tho weapon Is la not loaded I In the meantime the police p have IHle been called and the young OUD aids him himIn In In escaping through th the back wn way and Into rota tho alley her heart having suddenly suddenly sud sUd- denly denh be been n touched by his distress Ho lie fears tears arrest at his home In and Is In desperate straits I r CHAPTER ti VH Continued II-Continued Continued LA LA 1 n. n HERE camo came a a. polite knock at nt the tho T THERE X door Annie admitted a pleasant faced rather ceremonious young oung man who Bald eia he tad lad business of the tho ut utmost ut- ut most Importance to transact with Mr Mr He Ho Ito glanced at a no paper which he drew from his pocket and supplying supplyIng supplyIng supply- supply Ing Ing- the name asked If It the gentleman was wae In tn Harvey Barter was tiptoeing toward the dining room room with Phoebe at his heel heele when the tho stranger entered the tho library Pardon Fardon me c called the young man With what seemed to Harvey unnecessary sary eary haste and emphasis Just a 3 mo mot meat ment please Harvey stopped chilled to the mar mar- marrow row row- It was wan all an a Joke ho he said raid quickly Just a little Joke of ot mine Hal Hat Hal Hai HalIt It was a sepulchral laugh I am John Buckley from the tho offices of ot- of Barnes Barncs Canby representing MIAs IJas Duluth your Jour wife I believe It isn't a 0 pleasant dut duty I have to perform Mr but er Mr r. er er but of course you understand un- un we aro are acting In the tho Interests Interests Inter Inter- ter- ter ests of our client and If we can get set to together together to- to gether s on this this Cant ant you ou come some Bome other othor day by I stammered Harvey HarvoJ holding holdIng- Phoebes Phoebe's hand very ery tightly In his Im Im I'm Im I'm not well ell today we We-we We we are waiting r now for tor the h health officer to to-to to to see whether Its It's smallpox or Just a a. rush rash of ot- ot Tho rho pleasant young oung gentleman laughed All AU tho more moro necessary why wo TO should settle the question a at once If IC It Is fa smallpox tho the child would bo be quarantined with you that you that would bo be unfortunate You dont don't appear to have havo a R. rash however It hasn't got goot up to m my face tRee yet ot explained Harvey faintly You ought to see eee my hod body hodyl Its It's Ive had it It announced tho the young I man glibly so Im I'm immune Ho winked What do you w want nU demanded Harvey ej bracing himself for tor tho the worst Out with It Lots Lot's see your jour start star starl Oh Im I'm not a n cop cov Im I'm a n. la lawyer The Tho other swallowed noisily A A lawyer er Wo We represent Miss Duluth Ill I'll Ill I'll get iret down don to tacks right aw away r. r If It j you'll permit mo mt to sit Bit down sown Ho IIo took a chair retrospective retro retro- Tacks queried Harvey a a grin appearing on his lIp Gee Goc I wish I Id I'd thought to put a Sl couple couple couple- But excuse me I cant can't talk without my lawyer lat being present Tho The visitor stared You You do do you ou mean to Bl sad saV you ou have retained counsel counsel coun coutt- sel The best In New cw York lied I Harvo Buckley gave O a n sigh of ot relief Ho Ho knew a n lie when he heard one 1 Id suggest that you jou send the little girl out of ot the tho room We can talk tali I better belter If wo we arc alono alone After Phoebes Phoebe's reluctant departure t the e visitor bluntly asked Harvey which ho be preferred states state's prison or an nn amicable blo adjustment without dishonor Neither said moistening Harvey Har 11 u s Thereupon Mr r. r Buckle Buckley calmly announced an announced announced an- an that his client Miss Duluth was willing to forego tho pleasure of Ir putting him behind the bars on condition condition con con- that he surrendered at once the person of their child their child their Joint child ho put It so BO that Harvey lIane might not be unnecessarily confused to confused to bo ho reared educated and sustained b by ho hot hor without lot or hindrance from that time Ume forward eo so on and so eo o forth forth forth-a a bewildering rigmarole that meant nothing nothing noth noth- ing to the stupefied father who only knew that the they wanted to take talce hi his s child away from him Moreover said Mr Buckley our ou r client has hns succeeded In cancelling the lease on this cottage cottaS and has authorized the tho owner ot to take tako possession on the tha first of ot the tho month next month next Wednesday that Is Monday morning bright an and d early the packers and movers will be he hero bore to talco take all of her hor effects awn away Tuesday night ht we wo hope the house willbe willbe will willbe be quite empty and ready to bo be boarded up Of course courso Mr er Mr Mr er you rou w will fl see to It that whatever er trifling effects you may have about tho the place aro are re removed ro- ro moved by that time After Atter that naturally naturally nat nat- many Miss Phoebe will U bo be o homeless unless provision is made mado for tor her b by er berb er by-er-by er by tho the court Wo 0 hope to convince con you ou that It ft will wm l he e better for her If tf tho the question Is not referred to a lL court of Justice Your own ot good d sense will point the alternative Do I make malte m myself quite clear to you No said Harvey Harve helplessly Wel Well Ill I'll be a a. little more e explicit said cald tho the lawyer grimly A warrant will Il be issued for tor your arrest before etore 2 o today Ir if you OU do co not grasp m my meaning before that hour It Is 1210 0 now Do you think you OU can catch th tho I Idea In an hour and fifty minutes Harvey was thoughtful What i Is I Ithe the smallest sentence thc they can give she m mif mo me If It I I It If I stand trial That depends said Mr r. Buckley Buckle sll slightly taken aback but without submitting sub Bub- an explanation You dont don't t want to bring bring- disgrace race on the child b by being branded as a a. Jailbird do you ou Nellie wont won't have the h heart att to pu put t mo me In Jail groaned s the unhappy little littleman e man She She aho sho just cant can't do It U. Sti She e knows Id I'd die for tor her But she Isn't the state of New York explained her counsel briskly The Th e state hasn't anything In the shape of a a. heart Now Non Im I'm here to settle tho the matter mat ter without a a. contest if it that's pos pox sible sibie Tf Tt you sou want to ff fight ht all aU right rich You know Just what you'll ro set get Besides Besides Be Be- sides Isn't It perfectly clear cloar to you ou o that Miss Mimes Duluth doesn't want to p put you ou In Jail That's her Idea pure puro and an simple I dont don't mind contes confessing th thour that our firm Insisted for tor a long long- time o on n giving you oU up to the authorities b but ut sho she wouldn't have hae It that Wa way a Sh She wants ants her little girt c that's all Ian Isn't that perfectly fair Shoe Shoo shoe she's going to give hf up tho th house murmured Harvey Har passing ht hi hand over his eyes ece Certainly i Its n a mighty ht Inconvenient time to for tor forua ua to to-to to to look for another place place Th tR just Juat what Ive I've been saying to you ou urged Buckley The Tho weather bureau says nys well we'll have o zero cro weather for a n month or two tt I shudder to think thin of that poor child out In InOh InOh In inOh Oh I Lord ord came almost in a Wan wall from the lips of or Phoebes Phoebe's father II He Hec c rl Arr hl his f with 1 l lil hl hn if Mr nn u Buckley Buckle unseen smiled triumphantly At 1 1 Phoebe with all nil h her childish h was waH driven to th tho station by bj Mr Mt Bucklo Buckley who it would wool d I appear had come prepared for tho 0 ern emergency Before leaving lea ho go baythe bay 0 tho the two tt servants a months month's wages and anda an ana e a two weeks weeks' notice dating from th tho 0 of ot December and le left t with Harvey liar Har C vey sufficient money mone to pay all th the outstanding bills of ot the last month with a little tittle left over aver I Wo draw a curtain on tho the parting that tool took place pIneo in hi the little library Just before the the cab drove roc away Phoebe was waS going going- to Reno neno Long Lang long aft after r the departure he her hor r father ather lifted lilted his half hatt closed blue e eyes es ess from the coals coal In tho grate rate and dt discovered dis s covered that tho the room was ice Ico cold Ho IIo understood tho two habits naults of ot astute e I theatrical mana managers so well b by this thi time that h ho did not have hae to be tel told that the company compan would Journey t to toI I Chicago b by ono one of ot the slow trains Th The e comfort and cOn convenience of oC the pla play player er erIs Is seldom considered b by the manager manage who as a rule when there Is time to toI t I spare transports his production b by th the least e expensive wa way Harvey line knew w that Nellie and the tho Up In the AI All Air company would pass poss through Tarrytown Tarrytown Tarry Tarn town on the pokiest day train leavin leaving g New York over the Central There was wa a ga of ot course courso the possibility that tho the a affluent af aC- fluent Nellie Nellio might take the tho eighteen hour train but It was somewhat r re re- re mote Sunday morning found lound him at th the Tarrytown station the arrival or the tho pas passing of ot the train bearing bearin the tho loved loed ones who were casting hl him off He lie was there thero early earh bundled hunched i In his ulster an old c cap pulled pulle down over his cart carp a limp cigarette between his lips lip A few of the tho station I employees knew him Lim an and ami passed th the time of ot day Going in rather early arty rl aint you yot our t r. Mr 1 Mr remarked the station stationmaster master mater clapping his han hands s to generate warmth No So said Harvey c leaving the It In InQuirer Inquirer In- In in tho dark darl as ns to whether h he referred to a n condition or a purpose A couple of ot hours and a 3 dozen trains train went b by Harvey having e exhausted hausted his hie supply of ot cigarettes effected th the loan Joan of ot ono one from th the tho ticket agent Waiting for some Borne one ono sir asked d that worth worthy Or aro are you Just down dow n lIn hu I rn D What time does the Chicago tra traino train go o through 1 asked Harvey lay Any ny particular ono one No Im I'm not particular Theres ono one at eleven tort Im much obliged He was panic stricken when th tho train at last appeared and gave g u unmistakable un un- mistakable signs of ot stopping stopping- at nt Tarr Tarry Tarry- town Seized 1 b by an Inexplicable Impulse Im I pulse ho darted behind a pile of ot trunks trunk His dearest hope had been that Phoebe Phoeb might be on the tho lookout for him as the cars whizzed through and ud that sit she sho would waft watt a n. final kiss to him But It was las going to stop atop He lie hadn't counted counte count count- counted e ed 1 on that It was as most embarrassing From his hla hiding place ho watched th thelong the long line lino of ot sleepers roll b by slower and slower until with a wheeze the they canto came to a n. full tull stop atop Ills Hla eager eye eyes took In er e window every that passe passed Thoro Thorn was no sign of Phoebe Somewhat Some Seine what emboldened he ventured forth fort from shelter and strolled along tit tho platform for tor a a. more deliberate scrutiny y of oC tho the windows Tho The feeling of ot disappointment was Iva Intense lIe He had nevor known lonell ness floss BO so great reat as this which camo came over ore him now Tho The droop drool to his shoulders shoulder became a R. little more pronounced as h ho turned dejectedly to enter ro the tho walt walt- room oom The train began to move ou out ns as ho neared tho the corner of oC tho the build ing ng L T The last coach crept b by H Ho He ti it dully A shrill cr cry caught ht his ear car His eyes eye suddenly 01 alert crt focused 1 themselves o on the observation platform of ot tho the private ate car as it picked up speed and and- began and began th tho diminishing process s. s Braced against t tho the brass bars that enclosed tho o little platform was Phoebe In he her white os fur coat and hood her fingers finger s I clutching tho the rail above which her ros rosy faco face appeared as the result of ot edge eager r tiptoeing Tho The excellent Rachel stood t behind the tho child cold and unsmiling |